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CACM
2010
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2010
Every operating system embodies a collection of design decisions. Many of the decisions behind systems have remained unchanged, even as hardware and software have evolved. Operati...
CACM
2008
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2008
In the study of fine art, provenance refers to the documented history of some art object. Given that documented history, the object attains an authority that allows scholars to ap...
CN
2010
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2010
The natural world is enormous, dynamic, incredibly diverse, and highly complex. Despite the inherent challenges of surviving in such a world, biological organisms evolve, self-org...
COGSCI
2010
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2010
This paper compares two explanations of the process by which human communication systems evolve: iterated learning and social collaboration. It then reports an experiment testing ...
COGSCI
2010
13 years 11 months ago
2010
People are remarkably smart: They use language, possess complex motor skills, make nontrivial inferences, develop and use scientific theories, make laws, and adapt to complex dyna...