Dan Levitt

Why OpenAI’s solution to AI hallucinations would kill ChatGPT tomorrow The cure is likely to be worse than the disease.

A fascinating article

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In groundbreaking study, researchers publish brain map showing how decisions are made | CNN An international group of neuroscientists joined forces to produce a landmark neural map, which revealed that decision-making lights up the entire brain.

www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/s...

WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU? started as a question: how did the particles we're made of find their way from the Big Bang to us?
I'm thrilled that the first translations are coming out! Wonder is the same everywhere. If you're curious about science, it might answer questions you've never asked.
#science

I’m excited to be in conversation with @bschillace.brandyschillace.com about her new fascinating book.

Great. I hope you enjoy it.

The best science books to feed your soul with awe and wonder Dan Levitt shares the 5 best books on science that feeds your soul with awe and wonder. Have you read Krakatoa?

I enjoyed making this list for @shepherdbooks.bsky.social

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"To worsebetter something" (verschlimmbessern) is perfect for both technology and some of my attempts at editing academic writing. Thank you, Germans.

YouTube video by Dan Levitt What's Gotten Into You is now in paperback!

Thrilled to be a PAPERBACK writer. My book, which traces the mind-bending journey of our atoms from the Big Bang to now, is out today. Simon Winchester calls it “A truly astonishing and eminently readable work.”
tinyurl.com/459uepbk

#science #books #biology

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I'm thrilled to see an edition of "What's Gotten Into You" in Portuguese!

A bargain! If I was an LLM, I'd jump on this! 🙃

It was so much fun. So glad you made it!

Really looking forward to this!

Wow!

Opinion | The Nobel Prize-Winning Professor Who Liked to Collaborate With His Adversaries Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman insisted on the value of working with those with whom we disagree.

A great article.

Daniel Kahneman, Who Plumbed the Psychology of Economics, Dies at 90 He helped pioneer a branch of the field that exposed hard-wired mental biases in people’s economic behavior. The work led to a Nobel.

So sorry to hear this!

www.nytimes.com/2024/03/27/b...

#worldmusic #trendingmusic #nepalisong Himalayan Highway performs Sweet Nell and Bajho Khet Ma live at Moksh! Check out this beautiful video of a serene mome... Himalayan Highway - Sweet Nell/ Bajho Khetma

If you like world music, this is wonderful.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKFD...

Emory primatologist Frans de Waal remembered for bringing apes ‘a little closer to humans’ Beginning with his groundbreaking 1982 book “Chimpanzee Politics,” Frans de Waal pioneered studies of primate cognition and shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal — and a human.

So sorry to hear of the passing of Frans de Waal, a brilliant student of ape and human behavior.

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Scientists get closer to solving chemical puzzle of the origin of life Researchers have successfully created a compound critical for metabolism in all living cells, which is essential for energy production and regulation.

Did coenzymes help kickstart life? Scientists make a key one from common organic compounds on the early Earth.
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Scientists Are Freaking Out About Ocean Temperatures “It’s like an omen of the future.”

“We’re used to having a fairly good handle on things. But the impression at the moment is that things have gone further and faster than we expected. That’s an uncomfortable place as a scientist to be.”

www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/c...

Yes. That was an awesome performance. I love what they did with In the Pines, which I know as a traditional bluegrass song They really took it somewhere else.

Yes. That was an awesome performance.

The Seven Laws of Declinism If life is better than ever before, why does the world seem so depressing?

Belgian philosopher Maarten Boudry (wittily, half-seriously) proposes the "7 Laws of Declinism" which explain why so many people feel so bad about the world when most of the data show that on the whole conditions are steadily improving.

So glad to see my book quoted!

We are a story-telling species. by Walt Bobrowski link.medium.com/GFm5bvTvOGb

‘What's Gotten Into You: The Story of Your Body's Atoms, from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Di... Harper, 2023 ISBN: 978-0063251182 Reviewed by Ian Mowll ___________________________________________________________________________________________ This book is about the scientific discovery of th...

Nice to see this lovely review of “What’s Gotten Into You” from GreenSpirit in the UK.

“There were many moments when I felt a deep sense of awe at the stranger than fiction journey that our planet has been on.”

www.greenspirit.org.uk/bookreviews2...

Magic of the waves

Thanks. We had some amazing views on our hike.

Acadia, Maine!

The Best Books I Read In 2023 - Well Seasoned Studio Here is a list of the best books I read from 2023, including some amazing memoirs, a few standout novels, a little science, and more.

Love this review of "What's Gotten Into You."

"Truly the idea of wrapping your head around how the solar system formed, how earth came to be life-bearing, and just how brief the existence of humans actually is… it takes my breath away. Loved this, would totally read again."
tinyurl.com/2dknx6ty

I believe that this was Fred Hoyle. I write about this in my book, "What's Gotten Into You, the Story of Your Body's Atoms from the Big Bang Through Last Night's Dinner." Hoyle figured out that the explosions of large stars were an essential to the nucleosynthesis of the elements heavier than iron.

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