Content by Tom Siegfried

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Foods of Abuse? Nutritionists Consider Food Addiction
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This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. From the earliest days of their evolution, guts and brains have been the best of friends. It’s a mutually beneficial relationship. Guts...
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Why Some Artificial Intelligence Is Smart Until It’s Dumb
Tom Siegfried
This story was originally published by Knowable Magazine. It’s Stardate 47025.4, in the 24th century. Starfleet’s star android, Lt. Commander Data, has been enlisted by his renegade android “brother...
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Fighting Crime With Statistics
Tom Siegfried
If Fyodor Dostoyevsky had been a mathematician, he might have written a book called Crime and Statistics. However, since “statistics” doesn’t have quite the same ring as “punishment,” it wouldn’t...