In his new book, "Math With Bad Drawings: Illuminating The Ideas That Shape Our Reality" Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is. It's myriad uses,… ...

We draw from a sociological concept called the Thomas theorem, which states that if you "define a situation as real, they are ...

Ongoing research is revealing the answer to this longstanding question. It seems that realistic drawing ability hinges on three factors: how a person perceives reality, how well he or she ...

In physics, the shape of compactified dimensions governs the behavior of particles. In LLMs, the shape of latent space governs how ideas are related, how analogies are formed, and how meaning emerges.

Linguist Noam Chomsky, shown here in 2003 speaking at the University of Florida, has said that “a language is not just words. It’s a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole ...

When The Bias Turns Inward. The idea that "perception is reality" doesn’t just shape how others see us; it shapes how we see ourselves. And it doesn’t only show up in high-pressure environments.

Print of figure with hammer, above a quote by Bertolt Brecht: "Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it." Credit Line Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs Date ...

Famous musicians and artists aren’t necessarily more likely to die at 27. But the story that they do shapes how we perceive history and reality.