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Prof. Salikoko Mufwene of the U of Chicago on Language Evolution: Contact, competition and change
Scientific Sense ® by Gill Eapen: Prof. Salikoko Mufwene is professor of linguistics at the University of Chicago. His research interests include Evolutionary Linguistics (including the emergence of Creoles, the Indigenization of European Colonial Languag
Prof. Elizabeth Loftus of UC Irvine on misinformation, AI and LLM amplification of false memories
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Elizabeth Loftus is Professor of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is an expert on memory. She has been an expert witness or consultant in hundreds of cases related to memory.Pleas
Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld of University of Pennsylvania on Statistics, Democracy and Choice
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Sophia Rosenfeld is Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania, where she teaches European and American intellectual and cultural history with a special emphasis on
Prof. Jacqueline Gerson of Cornell on how anthropogenic activities changed nutrients in watersheds
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof Jacqueline Gerson is Assistant Professor, Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. She studies how anthropogenic activities have altered the cycling of nutrients and contaminants through waters
Prof. Yotam Ophir of the University at Buffalo on disinformation, and conspiracy theories.
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Yotam Ophir is an Associate Professor of Communication at the University at Buffalo. His work combines computational methods for text mining, network analysis, experiments and surveys to study media content and effe
Prof. Robert Sternberg of Cornell University on Intelligence and Wisdom
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Robert Sternberg is Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. His research include intelligence, creativity and wisdom, Styles of thinking, Cognitive modifiability, Leadership, Love and hate--- Support this
Prof. Anita Allen of the University of Pennsylvania on Privacy
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Anita Allen is Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. She is as an expert on philosophical and social justice dimensions of privacy and data protection law; ethics
Dr. Anna Trindade Falcão of Harvard on Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN)
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Dr. Anna Trindade Falco is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Center for Astrophysics at the Smithsonian Institute of Harvard University. She is interested in multi wavelength studies of active galactic nuclei (AGN), their e
Prof. Mike Wiest of Wellesley College on Consciousness
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Mike Wiest is Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Wellesley College. He researches the physical basis of Consciousness.Please subscribe to this channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ScientificSense?sub_confirmatio
Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer of the University of Sydney on battery technologies and plastics recycling.
Scientific Sense by Gill Eapen: Prof. Thomas Maschmeyer is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Sydney, serves as Founding Director of the Laboratory of Advanced Catalysis for Sustainability (School of Chemistry), and is Founder of Gelion Technol