Taking Students Out of Their Filter Bubble
The algorithms on social networks are there to keep us active. They encourage us to read and comment. Alas, this leads to filter bubbles of ideas and opinions. How do we ensure that students get out of these biases and more importantly, is it really the fault of the internet?
The reliability of ancestry tests, their limitations and uses
Rapid advances in genetic sequencing have enabled several companies to offer the general public genetic sequencing tests to trace ancestry and summarily identify a few genetic traits or predispositions. How reliable are these tests, and how far can they go?
Disruptive innovations thanks to the C-K method
Airships capable of carrying heavy loads, a plane that flies around the world without refueling, a drone designed for the home market, or a segway that allows a person to move vertically on two wheels... These products illustrate the C-K method, designed to encourage the emergence of breakthrough innovations.
On the trail of the Hobo Code
In the 1920's, the Great Depression overwhelms American workers. Among them, a surge of solidarity spreads to the point of developing a secret language that will help them in their search for work and a better life. Based on trust and mutual aid, the Hobo code was born and will endure to the point of becoming a mythical figure in American history.
Understanding quantum intelligence and its challenges
Has artificial intelligence reached its limits? Problem of managing complexity, of ethics, of discernment, of understanding common sense. Maybe, but let's look at it differently. If in fact artificial intelligence was what parchments were to books 500 years ago, at the time of the last great Western mutation called the Renaissance?