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What war started after losing a football match?

The defeat of the Honduras national football team by the El Salvador national team in the play-off matches of the qualifying stage of the World Cup was the direct cause of the six-day war between these countries in 1969.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Why was Socrates sentenced to death?

Socrates (470-399 BC), one of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers, who became for subsequent generations the embodiment of the ideal of the sage, was sentenced to death by the Athenian authorities and took hemlock poison.

It all started with the fact that Melitus, who was known as a poet in Athens, accused Socrates of allegedly breaking the law, trying to explore what is under the earth and what is in heaven, "passing off lies for truth and teaching the same to others." Socrates was accused of violating piety, and of denying the gods recognized by the Athenians and introducing new ones, and even of accepting demonic signs. This was said publicly.

The hidden motive of the accusations was different: Socrates' clever, sharp and ironic statements undermined the Athenian slave-owning democracy. This proves the course of voting in court. When the judges first decided on the guilt of Socrates, only a small number of votes were cast against him. However, the second speech of Socrates - on the measure of punishment, full of mockery of the traditions of the Athenians and not expressing remorse - led the judges into indignation. Socrates was sentenced to death by an overwhelming majority.

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The robot, developed at the Cornell Robotics Lab, could be the perfect assistant: it doesn't need to be told to "open the fridge, I'll put a plate in" or "add more beer." Surprisingly, the robot itself is able to assess the situation and act proactively, "kindly" warning all human intentions.

This is indeed a great achievement, since it was previously difficult to take into account the many variables that arise when a person, for example, gets up from the table with a plate of food and intentions incomprehensible to the robot. Nevertheless, engineers from Cornell University managed to solve this problem: now it is enough to silently hint at your desire, and the robot is in a hurry to fulfill it.

The robot is equipped with manipulator arms and a wheeled chassis that provides freedom of movement on a flat surface. The robot's "eyes" are a Microsoft Kinect stereo camera that uses a video database of typical human movements. For example, a robot analyzes how a person interacts with objects on a table. If a person pours a drink from a bottle into a mug and then brings it to his mouth, the robot understands that his owner is drinking and the empty mug needs to be periodically filled. In the same way, the robot “understands” that after the owner has poured cereal and milk into the plate, the food bags can be put back.

The essence of forecasting technology is to choose the most probable scenario. When any movement begins, for example, the owner with a plate in his hands gets up from the table, the robot begins to analyze the possible trajectories of the owner’s movement and, accordingly, his intentions. If the owner goes to the refrigerator, the robot opens the door; if the owner goes to the sink, it turns on the water, gives a towel, etc.

During the experiments, the robot made correct predictions of human intentions 82% of the time 1 second ahead, 71% of the time 3 seconds ahead, and 57% of the time 10 seconds ahead. This is not as small as it seems, because we do not perform actions instantly. For example, if the path to the refrigerator takes 10 seconds, then the robot will have 1 second to understand our intention and as many as 9 seconds to drive up to the refrigerator and open the door, that is, wait for the robot to be "courtesy" while standing with a pot of soup in its hands, it won't take long.

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