intellectual
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"Room-temperature superconductivity has been seen as a 'holy grail' by scientists for over a century," said Rohit Prasankumar, director of superconductivity research at Intellectual Ventures.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The UK's Intellectual Property Office estimates millions of people across the UK access content through illegal sources, including about 3.6 million for live sport.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
Intellectual humility is the ability to recognize the edge of your own knowledge and sit with that discomfort rather than trying to rush to fill it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Intellectual humility requires a kind of emotional courage: the willingness to feel uncertain, even a little foolish, in the presence of something or someone that seems very sure of itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Some days the only people who came in were our regulars: a small band of old-fashioned primary-source freaks and Intellectual Seekers.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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