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The fact is that almost NO philosopher defends these strong foundationalist epistemologies. But almost NO philosopher denies that both everyday and scientific discourse are guided by reasonably reliably, pragmatic, effective standards. Both philosophical positions these days are found somewhere in the middle.

What distinguishes so-called postmoderni... See more

Research has not convincingly shown a link between DID and increased violence.

Horror movies that feature characters with DID have contributed to this myth and may even be responsible for it. According to 2009 research, DID is a controversial diagnosis because of fear that criminals would not be punished if they claimed another personality committed... See more

DID is more common in people with borderline personality disorder.

While 2014 research shows that the two disorders overlap in symptoms (as many conditions do), they also have distinct features that set them apart.

Dissociative disorders may involve memory gaps and a sense of detachment from oneself and the world. Personality disorders are marked b... See more

A persistent myth about schizophrenia is that people with the condition have a “split personality” — the idea that the self is split into various identities.

A 2008 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) survey found that 64% of the respondents believed that “split or multiple personalities” were symptoms of schizophrenia.

While recent mental hea... See more

DID is more common than schizophrenia.

Research shows that DID is present in about 1.1% to 1.5% of community samples. In comparison, schizophrenia is estimated to occur in about 0.25% to 0.64% of adults.

In a sample of 658 people from New York, 1.5% met the diagnostic criteria for DID. Similarly, in a study of 628 community women in Turkey, 1.1% had ... See more

You use state-of-the-art Retrieval Augmented Generation technology. How does that work?

Retrieval augmented generation (RAG) is an up and coming technique that addresses the pitfalls of large language models, particularly in the realm of AI hallucinations. It uses a mix of both good information retrieval and generative AI to generate answers which ... See more

Semantic search refers to the ability to understand the meaning and intent behind a user's query, rather than simply looking for matching keywords. It aims to provide more relevant and accurate search results by considering the semantics (meaning) of the query and the content being searched.

Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) refers to a type of ... See more

As this technology continues to develop, helpful optimizations that can aid accuracy and consistency have been developed in parallel. Firstly, a very commonly sought feature is to enable the transformer model to display direct citations from the knowledge database, showing the embedding matches it found and used to generate its response. This allow... See more

First, we must acknowledge that vengeance is a human emotion, and it is inescapable – not an alien element, but rather a part of modern Jewish culture. Second, vengeance may lead to collective memory as well as to a cycle of bloodshed. We observed the historical displacement of a desire for vengeance against Nazi Germans, mostly expressed in Yiddis... See more