What’s News For January 30th? We continue to look for the most interesting headlines around the world. Moreover, pieces of news ignored by the mainstream. Or, rather those that will appeal to the thinker.
1. “Last night I finally read “Infinite Hex is a Draw” — one of the most elegant papers I’ve read in years. There’s basically zero special notation, zero prerequisites, you can just read it straight through and stare at the pictures, and become convinced of one non-obvious conclusion after another after another about Hex on an infinite board. Plus there are many open problems that I’m risk of being nerd-sniped into thinking about!” (via a computer scientist) https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.06475
2. Papers unpicked: Strategy on an Infinite Chessboard between an Angel and a Devil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvhSRCfCHb4
3. Let’s remove Quaternions from every 3D Engine https://marctenbosch.com/quaternions/
4. Discussion Contests: “To induce informed discussion of a topic, BOTH subsidize a betting market on it, AND pay winners of an auction to talk on a center stage in proportion to the info added to market prices while they speak.” https://www.overcomingbias.com/…/discussion-contests.html
5. The Dunning-Kruger Effect Is Probably Not Real https://www.mcgill.ca/…/dunning-kruger-effect-probably…
6. Sars-CoV-2 spike protein activates human endogenous retroviruses in blood cells https://phys.org/…/2022-01-sars-cov-spike-protein-human…
7. In addition, no one really knows what happens inside an atom. [published January 02, 2020] https://www.livescience.com/mystery-of-proton-neutron…
8. Israeli Physicists Create Thought-provoking Model for Material That Never Melts https://www.haaretz.com/…/MAGAZINE-israeli-physicists…
9. “the 1127-30 Han migration southward in historic China had a significantly positive effect on economic prosperity in the year 2000 (as measured by GDP & nighttime lights per capita)” https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/iere.12565
10. In conclusion, happiness increases with income and the relationship doesn’t plateau at $75,000 https://www.pnas.org/content/118/4/e2016976118
