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  1. Chien-hsing Ho's avatar

    Worldly Indeterminacy, by Chien-hsing Ho, at Oxford University Press. Available at: https://academic.oup.com/book/63418. Description The book provides a framework to support…

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    Mark, in my view, the article is stronger historically than philosophically precisely because it conflates three distinct questions: whether a…

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    References: https://explainx.ai/blog/china-robot-lightning-100m-usain-bolt-record-august-2026 https://theawesomer.com/robots-humans-perform-martial-arts/796716/ https://www.aiplusinfo.com/blog/robot-learns-badminton-via-ai-simulation/

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“Impossible colors”?

Following up on our earlier discussion of the new pigment of blue, philosopher Michael Newall (Kent) calls my attention to a new paper of his.  He writes:  "My article is about another 'new' shade of blue: yellowish blue, a particular kind of impossible colour, which philosophers and scientists have traditionally viewed with suspicion. For those who'd like to see these colours, it includes some examples – I found these worked on about 70% of the subjects in my study. Anyone without institutional access is welcome to get in touch with me directly (m.b.newall@kent.ac.uk)."

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