This blog post delves deeply into the possibilities and limitations of how music, despite its inherently abstract nature, can represent specific objects or scenes, focusing on the differences from pictorial representationalism. Representational painting refers to a painting that depicts the appearance of an object in a manner similar to the actual subject, allowing the viewer to identify...
How does Frank Keil’s experiment explain how we categorize objects?
In this blog post, we will examine Frank Keil’s virtual animal transformation experiment to explore how appearance and underlying essence create differences in category judgments. This will help us easily understand the cognitive principles behind how we classify objects. How do people determine what a new object is when they encounter it? This directly relates to the problem of...
How do cells in the early embryo acquire different fates through specific mechanisms?
This blog post delves into how cells at the early embryonic stage choose different fates based on interactions between key factors like OCT4 and CDX2, as well as differences in the distribution of bipolarity-determining substances. The countless cells in our bodies originate from the zygote, a single cell formed by the fertilization of sperm and egg, through repeated cell divisions. In...
At what point in biotechnology and genetic engineering does the end of Homo sapiens become a reality?
This blog post delves deeply into how biotechnology and genetic engineering are redesigning human limitations, making the end of Homo sapiens a realistic possibility, and what this transformation means for humanity’s future. Reading the text or title ‘The End of Homo Sapiens’ strongly suggests the imminent end of the world. The title of the final chapter in Yuval Noah Harari’s...
Why is Schrödinger’s cat still the most fundamental question in quantum mechanics interpretation?
In this blog post, we examine the problems of superposition, observation, and interpretation raised by Schrödinger’s cat, and deeply explore why this thought experiment remains a core question in quantum mechanics to this day. A cat is locked inside a steel box. Inside the box, alongside the cat, is a flask containing toxic hydrogen cyanide. If this flask breaks, the cat will die...
How can artificial photosynthesis simultaneously solve energy depletion and environmental pollution?
This blog post examines how artificial photosynthesis utilizes solar energy to alleviate both energy depletion and environmental pollution, detailing the technical possibilities presented by the latest research. Can abundant energy and a clean environment truly coexist? Energy production processes generate various forms of environmental pollution. Gases emitted during resource combustion...
How does TWR technology overcome the limitations of existing nuclear power plants?
This blog post will systematically examine how TWR technology overcomes the structural limitations of existing nuclear power plants and opens new possibilities for energy policy. In 2018, one of the most contentious issues in South Korea was undoubtedly ‘nuclear power generation’. A public deliberation committee, composed of 471 citizen representatives of all ages and genders, was formed...
When AI gains creativity, where does that leave humanity?
This blog post explores how technology is reshaping human roles and identity as rapidly evolving artificial intelligence now possesses creativity and begins encroaching on our unique domain. How long can we continue to call a window a window? If we remove the glass from the window frame and replace it with a translucent solar panel, using the electricity it generates to light the house...
Why does neural lace technology pose the greatest challenge to human identity?
This blog post delves deeply into how the fusion of brain and technology will transform human identity and what new forms of existence a society sharing thoughts will create. Are you familiar with the ‘Ship of Theseus’ paradox? This dilemma originates from the Greek and Roman mythological hero, Theseus. After slaying the famed Minotaur in the Cretan labyrinth, Theseus returned to Athens...
Why does artificial ice at skating rinks have a completely different structure from natural ice?
This blog post explores the secret behind the exceptional ice quality showcased at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, detailing the scientific principles that give artificial ice a structure entirely different from natural ice and explaining the differences in conditions required for each sport. Long ago, the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, held in South Korea from February 9 to 25, 2018...