Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedEmotional MicroscopeBefore we could accept the germ theory of disease, we had to invent the microscope — could some instrument help us understand emotions?Jan 23, 2022Jan 23, 2022
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedDoing “good”Does donating $$ actually improve the world, or merely forces our beliefs on others?Jan 13, 2022Jan 13, 2022
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedA gentle apocalypseIs robots taking over the world bad? I roughly outline one scenario I have in mind, and then reflect on whether it would be “bad” and whyAug 16, 2021Aug 16, 2021
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedDoes butterfly affect?Can a butterfly really cause a hurricane? Reflecting on the nature of causationMay 14, 2021May 14, 2021
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedMindfulness as debuggingI was recently thinking about one cool way we could conceptualize various mindfulness practices from a cognitive and information theory…Apr 30, 2021Apr 30, 2021
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedOur compressed perceptionOne of the most important and amazing feats that our brain learns to do in this complex world is to find compressed representations of the…Apr 4, 2021Apr 4, 2021
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedIs social theory our doom?Complexity science, and especially the dream to deeply understand social systems and build concrete predictive models (such as Asimov’s…Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedWhat is magic?Don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to discover real magic in this world. Recently, I was trying to formulate this desire more…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedLetters about structure of the universeIn this post, I wanted to share a bit of a sense of the more fun aspects of a scientific career: having cool conversations and…Feb 4, 20211Feb 4, 20211
Pavel Chvykov, Ph.D.inBS cubedIn search of TruthIs there one true way to understand a tree? Well, of course there is — talk to any scientist! A physicist will tell you that it’s a…Jan 28, 20211Jan 28, 20211
