"Acquiring one grape costs Alex $2 billion. Alex offers to sell Mike one grape a month for the next 12 months for $1 billion per grape. Alex asks for the full $12 billion up front and provides Mike with one grape for the first month..."
Judge Cooper, his arms wide.
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⭐️From Emily Liquin:
More Time and Effort, Same Curiosity: Expected Effort Does Not Impact Curiosity
THE OFFICIAL @standupforscience.net GUIDE FOR TALKING TO ANYONE ABOUT THE OMB RULE PROPOSAL!!
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Hey everyone: this is important: please take a few minutes to post a comment objecting to this brazen attempt by #Trump administration to politicize ALL science:
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Here is another thing you should do to oppose OMB’s proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034).
Pressure congress. They have the power to stop it!
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⭐️From Elizabeth Lapidow, Amberley Stein, Giovanni Thomas & Caren Walker:
Young Children Use Causal Knowledge to Guide Question Asking
“Xavier owns an apartment that he rents out at a loss of $1 billion/month. Seeing this success, he decides to make financial commitments to construct $850 bi...
Abstract. Why do people feel curious about some questions but not others? Recent accounts of curiosity argue that curiosity should be highest when learning is likely to occur and likely to be rapid. H...