Sherlock Holmes, the fictional sleuth who famously resides on Baker Street, is known for his impressive powers of logical reasoning. With a quick visual sweep of a crime scene, he generates hypotheses ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I continue my ongoing analysis of the ...

The last few decades and the rise of mass media, the choice between two options what I term ‘dichotomies of dualities’ has become the root of news television. The application of this principle has led ...

All advertisements aim at persuasion. For example, imagine that Brand X cola claims to be the most refreshing drink. Simply stating this isn't very convincing, so a Brand X advertisement features a ...

My 5-year-old nephew once confidently told me that all dinosaurs were green because his three dinosaur toys were green. So I showed him a nature documentary, Walking with Dinosaurs, and suddenly, ...

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