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  2. Roko's basilisk - Wikipedia

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    Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to incentivize said advancement.

  3. Schrödinger's cat - Wikipedia

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    An experiment involving a flu virus has been proposed. [37] An experiment involving a bacterium and an electromechanical oscillator has been proposed. [38] In quantum computing the phrase "cat state" sometimes refers to the GHZ state, wherein several qubits are in an equal superposition of all being 0 and all being 1; e.g.,

  4. Sally–Anne test - Wikipedia

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    Sally–Anne test. The Sally–Anne test is a psychological test originally conceived by Daniel Dennett, used in developmental psychology to measure a person's social cognitive ability to attribute false beliefs to others. [1] Based on the earlier ground-breaking study by Wimmer and Perner (1983), [2] the Sally–Anne test was so named by Simon ...

  5. Facebook's psychology experiment raises privacy concerns

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    If you have a Facebook account, you could have been part of a massive psychological experiment conducted by the social media site. Facebook says it manipulated the news feeds among nearly 700,000 ...

  6. Six degrees of separation - Wikipedia

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    Six degrees of separation is the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other. As a result, a chain of " friend of a friend " statements can be made to connect any two people in a maximum of six steps. It is also known as the six handshakes rule.

  7. This TV writer crafted her most powerful narrative yet — in ...

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    In 'The Morrison Game Factory,' Lauren Bello created an affecting, story-driven tabletop game about an abandoned board game factory — a tale of love and loss.

  8. Furor Over Facebook's Creepy Social Experiment Won't Last - AOL

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    The stock fell by less than 2 percent last week as the story began spreading virally, seeming almost like an experiment of its own to test how far Facebook can stretch the boundaries of what its 1 ...

  9. Social media and the effects on American adolescents

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    The study concluded by saying that due to young people's excessive use of social media, they have high levels of anxiety, stress, fear of missing out, and hyperactivity. The more time they spend on social media, the higher the levels. Furthermore, due to time on social media, teenagers tend to feel more lonely and sad.