Chasing the Why

Machine consciousness versus mimicry

When we think of the term "philosophy", the first thing that comes to mind is a discipline that dictates asking the question “why?” constantly and an image of people making "hmm" sounds, rubbing their beards with their hands on their chins. But philosophy, of course, is not what it seems from the outside. What is a Thought Experiment? In fact, one of the first things that should come to mind when we think of philosophy is thought experiments.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/the-turing-test-and-the-chinese-room-argument/

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How Others’ Expectations Sculpt Your Performance

Do you believe that your expectations can shape your life? Have you heard that a sculptor who is in love with his sculpture in mythology made his sculpture alive and got married? But can a more tolerated and trusted student really exceed his or her potential? How much does your manager's feedback affect your way of doing business and your motivation? Also, can a horse solve arithmetic equations? Let's look for answers to these questions together!

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/self-fulfilling-prophecy-the-pygmalion-effect/

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Why your mirror is actually green

A mirror is a miraculous object that shows us how we look, which ables us to self-criticize. If you raise your right hand, you will see it as if the other person in the mirror has raised their left hand. You would like to touch that reflection. However, that is not possible. When you look at a mirror, the reflection looks right back at you. If you place two mirrors facing each other, you will observe infinite reflections.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/what-is-the-true-color-of-a-mirror/

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Manufacturing fear in Little Albert

There is no doubt that history is full of scary stories and events. From the burning of Jews in the gas chambers to the shooting of the royal family with the change in the Russian regime. History has always been terrible for some people. You can see that all these events to be written and drawn are taken from wars, but today we will discuss the last point of psychological violence.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/fears-learned-the-little-albert-experiment/

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Why Ramses II needed a passport

When we say Egypt, most of us think of pyramids and mummified pharaohs. So much so that these pharaohs are still remembered thousands of years after they died, and the bodies of many of them defy time by not decaying. Before coming to the interesting subject we mentioned in the title, let's look at 1974. That year was a year in which a big step was taken in the history of humanity.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/the-pharaoh-for-whom-a-passport-was-issued-in-1974-ii-ramses/

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The hundred year pitch drop saga

In 1927, Thomas Parnell, the first Professor of Physics at the University of Queensland, signed the " Pitch Drop Experiment ", one of the longest-running experiments in history. In fact, the Professor's only purpose was to tell his students that not every solid-looking substance like the pitch is actually solid, furthermore, they could be fluid under room conditions, but we are sure that he himself would not have predicted that this experiment would take more than 92 years. What is Pitch?

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/the-pitch-drop-experiment-the-fluid-no-one-can-see-dripping/

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Why Your Biology Demands Extreme Risk

Extreme sport is a general name given to sports that involve more risks and difficulties than other sports. In other words, extreme sports also called action or adventure sports, provide people with adrenaline-filled moments because they have more risks and difficulties compared to many other sports. Although extreme sports are often thought of as dangerous sports, we can say that it is safe if you know what to do and how to do it and if you have received the necessary training.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/a-gene-that-could-make-you-defy-death-d4dr/

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Battle Cries and Monster Whistles

Maybe there is something that we wake up to every morning hearing their sound, which many of us do not like at all. When we suppress the feeling of throwing it one side, the “postpone” option comes to light. Yes, I'm talking about the alarm. Well, did you know that the root of the word alarm actually has a connection with the military? In French “By Gun!” The word alarm has come to English language from the French word alarme. This word is formed by combining the words “all arme” in Italian.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/the-sound-that-wakes-you-every-morning-by-gun/

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Spiders spinning carbon nanotube silk

Consider a material that is both stronger than steel and more flexible than rubber. Moreover, it is even more conductive than copper. This material that looks like it's straight out of fantasy literature really exists: Graphene. It is one of the honeycomb-like structures of the carbon atom, and a structure where graphene layers are stacked layer by layer on top of each other is something you probably have at home.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/could-spider-mans-web-be-real-the-spider-that-produces-the-worlds-strongest-fiber/

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Nature’s blueprints for bullet trains and hospitals

Biomimicry can be defined as taking inspiration from nature or imitating nature in designs and technologies developed as solutions to various problems. At the heart of biomimicry is the idea that nature has already solved many of the problems humanity is wrestling with today. Thanks to scientific studies, we know that animals, plants, and even microbes are excellent engineers. So we can say; While failures have become fossils "over a million years of evolution”, what surrounds us today is “the secret of survival”.

Read the full article: https://www.okbutwhy.org/nature-inspired-design-strategies-biomimicry/

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