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Why Science is Wrong But Technology is Always Right
Author's preface: This article was written in response to an original piece by the author Zat Rana entitled Why Science is Wrong - It's not because science deniers are right that was published a few years back on Medium.com. I would link to the article but it has since been removed from the site for reasons unknown. To their credit Vocal sent this story back to me with the dreaded black box of "Not approved" explaining that they cannot publish articles with broken links. I have a hard time believing they check every single link in every story but they did catch this one. Of course I had called out the link as being broken in the text of the article so if anyone was paying attention it was not exactly a surprise or hard to find. On the bright side, someone was paying attention. Alternatively the bots that prescan each story for objectionable content may also automatically find broken links. Would not seem a very difficult task for any semi-sophisticated software package.
By Everyday Junglist4 years ago in 01
Koren Donuts, Anyone?
What is Marketing? Marketing is the process of deliberately stimulating demand for and purchases of goods and services, which may include identifying a target audience, deciding which attributes or themes to emphasise in advertising, running advertising campaigns, attending trade shows and public events, designing products and packaging to appeal to buyers, deciding on terms of sale, such as price, discounts, warranty, and return policy, and placing products on the market.
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in 01
Steve Jobs and Insight Marketing
Some people say give the customers what they want, but that’s not my approach. Our job is to figure out what they’re going to want before they do. I think Henry Ford once said, ‘If I’d ask customers what they wanted, they would have told me a faster horse.’ People don’t know what they want until you show it to them. That’s why I never rely on market research. Our task is to read things that are not yet on the page. (Steve Jobs)
By Avocado Nunzella BSc (Psych) -- M.A.P 4 years ago in 01
10 ways to make your organisation more Digitally Inclusive
Based on Microsoft’s six pillars of support, this article highlights the available tools and features to support users with Vision, Hearing, Neurodiversity, Learning, Mobility and Mental Health accessibility requirements.
By Sam Cooper4 years ago in 01
Tech Shocks within Economic Disruption Context
Technology is undoubtedly disruptive at many levels in society. For example, artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), biotechnology, and nanotechnology will be more disruptive than other technologies. Not that because they are fancy techs, but because they have a significant economic impact globally.
By Dr Mehmet Yildiz4 years ago in 01
Invisible Minority
Invisible Minority Kylie Dickinson “No offense, but it’s usually the Asian people who steal clothing.” It was a normal and completely average day at work. I was standing beside my co-workers, enjoying a much needed break from the chaos. Everything was fine, until that small comment slipped out of co-worker’s mouth. The drink in my hand froze inches before my lips. I think I might have stopped breathing. But the conversation carried on normally, even though an entirely racist moment had just occurred. I looked around the circle of my peers and no one was looking at me strange, no one was looking uncomfortable or concerned. No one had even noticed my transformation in attitude. I could not, for the life of me, understand why no one had asked if I was okay or had apologized. Then, like a slap to the face , it hit me once again: I don’t look the way I am supposed to.
By Kylie Scarlett4 years ago in 01
From Prison to President
Early Life and Education Born into a low-income family in a village in Monze district present-day Zambia on 4th June 1962. He is married to Mutinta Hichilema and they have three children. Popularly known as HH. Hichilema cast himself as a self-made businessman who worked hard at school to win a government bursary to attend the University of Zambia where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Business Administration. His Master's qualifications include a Business Administration degree in Finance and Business Strategy from the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
By Debojeet Saha4 years ago in 01
Quantum Physics and I
My Theory of Consciousness, 1988, turned out to be un-publishable. It challenged too many dogmas. For one thing, it challenged the then-understanding of the brain, which said the brain stopped growing upon maturity, and therefore changes in neuron structures stopped after maturity. I claimed the brain continued changing, and in fact learning involved changes in the brain. Fortunately, by now brain plasticity is widely accepted and used in medicine.
By Mukesh Prasad4 years ago in 01
