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What Acquired Says About Science

5 episodes about science

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Key Insights on Science

"Mask up in between bites" on airplanes should have been the moment everyone realized COVID protocols were theater, not science - Adam

  • Research proposal involves 25 cerebral palsy patients over five years to test replicability of the transformation method
  • What to Make of a Life took Collins 12 years of research studying pairs of notable figures who faced similar 'cliff events' that forced life reconstruction
  • Research shows perceived inequality drives political radicalization more than actual inequality, with social media amplifying wealth exposure effects
  • Political efficacy research shows reducing polarization doesn't reduce violence support, but belief in democratic channels working does
  • UBI proposals may backfire by confirming economic decline fears rather than addressing trajectory concerns, according to sacred values research
  • OpenClaw research agent operates 24/7 to hunt for new AI use cases and categorize them as Primetime, Emerging, or Frontier
  • AI models have crossed from creative parlor tricks into genuine reasoning, solving problems in medicine, law, and science that seemed impossible 18 months ago

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