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The OU meets Pink Floyd
History & The Arts

The OU meets Pink Floyd

...change that I’m conscious of is the way that drum kits now are so much heavier weight. They’re built to be played in a far more ferocious fashion actually. When you look back to the first kit I had, or any of the vintage kits that fascinate people now, the drums themselves are terrific, but the fittings are absolutely appalling, and small wingnuts and so on to hold...
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Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies
Health, Sports & Psychology

Being human: spirit, consciousness and being (or not being) in bodies

...change it. From cosmetic surgery and dieting to self-harm and suicide, us humans have developed a huge range of ways in which to articulate our frustration with our embodied existence. Meanwhile, many others deliberately pursue attempts to escape the body momentarily, through meditation or astral projection. ‘Spirit’ or consciousness might exist independently in other...
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Is it ever morally acceptable to visit a mass murder site?
History & The Arts

Is it ever morally acceptable to visit a mass murder site?

...change our minds, say that there is no difference, and find both tours unsavoury. However, if we still think there is a difference, this might reveal something interesting about the way we think about morality. It is easy to think that the contrast with thinking morally is thinking selfishly. After all, the moral thing to do is (for example) to divide the cake equally...
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Large language models - the chatty computer
Digital & Computing

Large language models - the chatty computer

...changed ChatGPT’s behaviour to avoid some issues entirely or to admit that as an AI, it could not make an informed decision. The intervention of human trainers created a LLM capable of generating helpful, relevant responses whilst largely avoiding offensive behaviours that bedevilled previous high-profile AI experiments such as Microsoft Tay. Having said which, a recent...
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Forgotten families
Health, Sports & Psychology

Forgotten families

...change homes and schools following parental imprisonment, and siblings may be separated. Friendship groups and support networks which are particularly needed can be disrupted. Some children become homeless and may be placed in dangerous or abusive situations. The loss felt by children can go beyond separation from a parent and includes loss of friends and a sense of...
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What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?
Health, Sports & Psychology

What’s wrong with how nurses are portrayed in the media?

...Change’, In Professional Nursing Concepts, edited by A. Finkelman and C. Kenner, second edition, pp. 85–109. Jones Bartlett Publishing. Garcia, R.L. (2020) ‘Nurses Have an Essential Role in Promoting Accurate Health Messages’, Nursing Times. Hill, B. (2017) ‘Exploring the Development and Identity of Advanced Practice Nursing in the UK’, Nursing Management,...
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A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses
Health, Sports & Psychology

A scenario on e-professionalism for nurses

...changes to privacy settings or organisation investigation. If only clarity is met, then this probably requires no action or some reflection on privacy settings and sharing of content. [The three Cs] Discover the 3Cs The following video explains the 3Cs of clarity, context and confirmability, and will help you with completing the activity below. A case study from...
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Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes
Science, Maths & Technology

Revealing the surface of an asteroid using robotic telescopes

...changing distance of the asteroid from the Sun and Earth) against phase angle to construct a “phase curve”. Using different models of the response of an asteroid surface to incoming light, we may infer properties about the surface by finding the parameters of the model that best fit our observations. With these observations, we hope to be able to characterise the...
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