What Makes a Thing Abominable?

What Makes a Computation Unconventional? or, there is no such thing as Non-Turing Computation

Turing’s standard model of computation, and its physical counterpart, has given rise to a powerful paradigm. There are assumptions underlying the paradigm which constrain our thinking about the realities of computing, not least when we doubt the paradigm’s adequacy. There are assumptions concerning the logical structure of computation, and the character of its reliance on the data it feeds on. ...

Polymeric Gas Separation Membranes: What Makes them Industrially more Attractive?

What Makes a Revolution

Although property rights are the cornerstone of capitalist economies, throughout history existing claims have been frequently overturned and redefined by revolution. A fundamental question for economists is what makes revolutions more likely to occur. A large literature has found contradictory evidence for the effect of income and income inequality on revolt, possibly due to omitted variable bi...

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What makes a life good?

Two studies examined folk concepts of the good life. Samples of college students (N = 104) and community adults (N = 264) were shown a career survey ostensibly completed by a person rating his or her occupation. After reading the survey, participants judged the desirability and moral goodness of the respondent's life, as a function of the amount of happiness, meaning in life, and wealth experie...