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The challenge of celebrating Artemis II as NASA cuts loom
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"NASA has just sent astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since 1972 w. Artemis II. So why would we cut NASA and NSF science now?"

".. US ..released their proposed FY2027 budget, + it’s a bloodbath for NASA science + the NSF: cutting the science budget by 50% in the country."

"Here’s why these proposed cuts must be overruled."

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/challenge-celebrating-artemis-ii-nasa-cuts/

28.4.2026

#Forschung #NASA #NSF #Science #USA #Wissenschaft

This is a great video to run in the background during your day. The physics of spacetime, the consequences of matter and energy being able to change into one another, the absolute awesomeness of the sun and how we know about what's inside, solar storms, and the insanity of neutron stars.

Modern physics is forcing us to rethink existence | Michelle Thaller: Full Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGbZsE7qFgw #physics #astronomy #stars #relativity #bigIdeas #bigThink #awe

Do I make tonkatsu sauce for my chicken that my roommate made that I'm bringing for lunch

#BigThink

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ye4jKSNHhms&pp=ygUicHN5Y2hvbG9neSwgb3ZlcndoZWxtZWQgYnkgZmFzY2lzbdIHCQmOAaO1ajebQw%3D%3D

"In 1970, political theorist Giovanni Sartori described this drift of meaning as “conceptual stretching.” Sartori argued that it occurs when words or phrases move too far from the conditions that originally anchored them. They become gradually devalued, retaining their emotional and moral charge while losing clarity. In everyday use, “narcissist” moved from a clinical diagnosis to a sort of lifestyle judgment, yet it retains the moral seriousness — and social stigma — that we often associate with a mental health disorder."

https://bigthink.com/thinking/from-woke-to-traumatic-how-useful-terms-become-empty-buzzwords/

#BigThink #ConceptualStretching #Linguistics #SemanticDrift

"John Stuart Mill argued that diversity of opinion sustains democracy. If AI funnels us all into the same conceptual pathways, we lose that."

Susan Schneider of Florida Atlantic University, interviewed by Big Think.

https://bigthink.com/the-long-game/why-the-ai-megasystem-problem-needs-our-attention/

#SusanSchneider #BigThink #AIrisks #Cognition #PhilosopyOfScience