Every event that is remembered is recreated from disparate associations.
People usually recreate memories in ways that reduce negative affect. (If
you don't, you risk depression, etc.) This includes reducing moral
threat, ie, culpability. Once something has been misremembered a few times
it is
On Fri, 2013-11-01 at 21:31 +1030, Glen Turner wrote:
> The flip side is that drivers lie, all the time, concerning incidents with
> vulnerable road users such as cyclists and pedestrians.
Of course. I would simplify your statement to "drivers lie, all the
time, concerning everything". Often to t
On 28/10/2013, at 10:42 AM, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 08:26 +1100, Kim Holburn wrote:
>>> "We don’t have to rely on eyewitnesses that can’t act be trusted
>>> as to what happened—we actually have the data,” he said. “The guy
>>> around us wasn’t paying enough attention. The data wi
On Mon, 2013-10-28 at 08:26 +1100, Kim Holburn wrote:
> > "We don’t have to rely on eyewitnesses that can’t act be trusted
> > as to what happened—we actually have the data,” he said. “The guy
> > around us wasn’t paying enough attention. The data will set you
free.”
And the data would never, ever
Completely different but somehow related, this article that looks at drone
warfare and the hidden effects on the operators.
http://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201311/drone-uav-pilot-assassination?currentPage=4&printable=true
"It was an unexpected diagnosis. For decades the model for under
We've covered this subject before on link
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520746/data-shows-googles-robot-cars-are-smoother-safer-drivers-than-you-or-i/
> Data Shows Google’s Robot Cars Are Smoother, Safer Drivers Than You or I
>
> Tests of Google’s autonomous vehicles in California and Nev
