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In this article we use Native Instruments' Absynth to understand what is the relationship between harmonic content and waveforms.Raskolnikov's Dream
Raskolnikov's Dream from crime and punishmentRaskolnikov's Dream
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In 6/12/08 Alexandros Grigoropoulos was murder by a greek cop. Following this event, a series of violent riots and protests started in all of Greece.Free will revisited in the face of quantum physics
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What is history? What are the mistakes that historians perform preventing history from becoming a true science and which is the solution?Behavioral economics revisited in the face of the recent economic crisis
Behavioral economics is a merge of psychology and economics. This discipline becomes even more important in the events of the recent financial crisis: the credit crunch of 2008.Logic
Logic and philosophy, despite what many people think, can have their applications in everyday life and science. This article discusses some of them.A new paradigm in cognitive science
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School sucks and there is scientific evidence why! This article studies the problems of the current educational system and offers some proposals as to how to solve them.Some thoughts on a new micro-economic model and paradigm, throug...
Various thoughts on the science of economy, its relation with psychology and its current paradigm with the goal of the...Lotteries, poverty AND credit cards this time
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Video games can make you smarter and Seed magazine has proof on that :)Near-Death experiences, the meaning of life, life after death etc…
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Nagasaki and Hiroshima were described as acts of compassion by the author of Why Beautiful People Have More Daughters.
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