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Empirical Enactivism: How our brains simulate the world in order to experiment on the future

Empirical Enactivism: How our brains simulate the world in order to experiment on the future

A single cognitive strategy might help brains do everything from resolving visual ambiguity, empathizing with others, and performing…
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Jeremy Gordon
Apr 9
A neural data science: how and why

A neural data science: how and why

The rough guide to doing data science on neurons
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Mark Humphries
Mar 26
AI Psychosis
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AI Psychosis

The fragility of our minds and theirs
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Mark Humphries
Mar 15
Your Cortex Contains 17 Billion Computers

Your Cortex Contains 17 Billion Computers

Neural networks of neural networks
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Mark Humphries
Feb 12
Evolution doesn’t give a damn what you think a brain region is called

Evolution doesn’t give a damn what you think a brain region is called

A cortex by any other name
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Mark Humphries
Jan 23
2017: a moderately baffled review of the year in neuroscience

2017: a moderately baffled review of the year in neuroscience

We came, we saw, we did a little shopping
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Mark Humphries
Dec 21, 2017
A not entirely serious future history of neuroscience

A not entirely serious future history of neuroscience

And it shall come to pass…
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Mark Humphries
Nov 30, 2017
Mindlessly mapping the brain

Mindlessly mapping the brain

Seeking clarity for the connectome
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Mark Humphries
Nov 21, 2017
On “The Lie” of Basic Science

On “The Lie” of Basic Science

Why pursue knowledge for its own sake?
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Mark Humphries
Oct 23, 2017
The Loneliest Neuron

The Loneliest Neuron

Why doesn’t every neuron know about every thing?
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Mark Humphries
Oct 5, 2017
Chasing the research dragon

Chasing the research dragon

Just one more hit
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Mark Humphries
Sep 4, 2017
Unraveling the hidden systems of the brain

Unraveling the hidden systems of the brain

Slugging it out in neuroscience
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Mark Humphries
Aug 15, 2017
Who will use the open data?

Who will use the open data?

Data labs, and the scant motivations for sharing data in basic science
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Mark Humphries
Aug 9, 2017
Heading in the right direction: the brain’s internal compass

Heading in the right direction: the brain’s internal compass

A tale of the invisible hand of theory in neuroscience
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Mark Humphries
Jul 27, 2017
Some limits on interpreting causality in neuroscience experiments

Some limits on interpreting causality in neuroscience experiments

All our fiddling in the brain is supernatural
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Mark Humphries
Jul 6, 2017
An illustrated overview of how our brains (might) think — the fascinating intuition of the…

An illustrated overview of how our brains (might) think — the fascinating intuition of the…

“Perception is controlled hallucination.”
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Jeremy Gordon
Jun 12, 2017
Is neuroscience doomed to go round in circles?

Is neuroscience doomed to go round in circles?

On the disturbing lack of direction in neuroscience
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Mark Humphries
May 26, 2017
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