This is an eye-opening article which reveals that even a tiny amount of incorrect info (like 0.001%) can skew the accuracy of AI responses on medical topics. This is a serious concern! Many rely on LLMs for health info without realizing the potential for misinformation.

“Leaving and Waving”, by Deanna Dikeman, is a poignant reminder of the passage of life and of impermanence.

It is particularly touching for those of us who live in a different country, and for those who have gone through the pain of bereavement.

deannadikeman.com/leaving-and-...

I’m thrilled to get my hands on this new book. It will be my Christmas gift to myself! 🤩

I’ve been fascinated by this perspective applied to meditation since reading @rubenlaukkonen.bsky.social and Slagter’s paper, which is one of my favorites ever since:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In my experience, Waze is generally more accurate in predicting ETA than Google Maps, though both are far from ideal, especially with changing traffic conditions. I never use Apple Maps, BTW.

A new algorithm might shift the entire app landscape. Interesting news:

www.wired.com/story/scient...

best use of AI yet? UK mobile operator O2 has created a human-like AI “Granny” to answer calls in real time from fraudsters, wasting as much of their time as possible 😅 news.virginmediao2.co.uk/o2-unveils-d...

Experience after Floatation-REST: relaxation during floating mediates the afterglow effect: http://osf.io/4n9qr/

“These findings suggest that children with ADHD diagnosis/symptoms may struggle to maintain their circadian rhythm due to a disrupted melatonin secretion system.”

Is this not a chicken-or-the-egg situation? Melatonin disruption ↔️ ADHD?

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#ADHD #ADD #melatonin

NEW TOOL: Sill, by Tyler Fisher, connects to your Bluesky and/or Mastodon accounts, collecting all links posted to your timeline and displaying the most popular ones in your network. It’s similar to Nuzzel for Twitter, and free to use.

sill.social

#bluesky #apps #mastodon #links #nuzzel #hints

The more stimulated we are, the more stimuli we need - digital media’s Pavlovian conditioning effect:

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

#boredom #dopamine #mindlessness #mindfulness #DefaultModeNetwork

In Brazil, one of the main current public debates is regarding changing the law to limit workers to regularly work up to 36 hours per week, 5 workdays per week.

Currently, the limit is 44 hours per week, with 6 workdays per week.

Ironically, I found this on Reddit: www.reddit.com/r/Adulting/c...

I teach a class on data science here at Illinois and during the seminar I host a competition for the class called "The Hunt for the Worst Data Visualization."

This was my most popular post on Xitter, so reproducing some of the best submissions from previous years here:

Started learning Georgian but my inner voice still criticizes me in Portuguese while my pets judge me in Spanish. #ExpatProblems #MultilingualChaos #TowerOfBabel

My idea of social networking is reading Jung alone in a coffee shop and making eye contact with no one.

Apparently, that may put me in the new trend. Woo-hoo!

doi.org/10.1525/coll...

#IntrovertGoals #INFJ #SocialPsychology #PersonalityPsychology

Brazil’s growing gambling habit threatens to hit economy

https://www.ft.com/content/dc09667b-f8cb-4904-b790-a8d6cdf47edd

Started a meditation blog to share wisdom with others. Current meditation practice: thinking about meditating. #SpiritualityInProgress #ZenishLife #Meditation #Mindfulness

I’ve been exploring journaling as a powerful tool to help me reconstruct a coherent narrative of my life.

Although I had a hunch about it, this article got me really inspired: brucefeiler.substack.com/p/new-resear...

#journaling #storytelling #contemplativepractices #guidedautobiography

As my first post on Bluesky, I thought I’d show you the best photo I’ve ever taken, a bit over 10 years ago.

This was a magical day in Königsee, a lake in the Bavarian Alps quite close to Munich.

I'm very proud of it. Hi! 👋

#photo #munich #bayern #photography #butterfly #lake #notaphotographer