I would prefer not to aggravate global warming

I Prefer to Eat

In this challenge paper, we consider the importance of preferences in smart homes and assistive environments and discuss the potential application of models and algorithms developed within the computational preferences community. We suggest the value of future research collaborations. The Importance of Preferences in Smart Environments A chime sounds and Joe’s wristwatch vibrates, reminding him...

Children, but Not Chimpanzees, Prefer to Collaborate

Human societies are built on collaborative activities. Already from early childhood, human children are skillful and proficient collaborators. They recognize when they need help in solving a problem and actively recruit collaborators [1, 2]. The societies of other primates are also to some degree cooperative. Chimpanzees, for example, engage in a variety of cooperative activities such as border...

Waking up to Global Warming

Con: I would not perform another ESI in this patient.

In a perfect world, this patient would receive an ESI, return to work, and stop her opioids. ESIs are relatively safe procedures, containing lower risks than opioid therapy [1,2]. However, the world we live in is not perfect, and the decisions we make need to consider factors such as perceptions from peers and patients, long-term financial implications, and unintended consequences. After weighi...

Global warming

The role of General Circulation Models (GCMs) has become predominantly important as the practical interest in regional impacts from anthropogenic greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) grows. This first report documents the quality of GCMs as a tool for describing and predicting ‘global warming’ and the related geographical pattern of climate change from the CO2 added to Earth’s atmosphere.