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Analects
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on-the-nature-of-things
On the Nature of Things
stuff On metaphysics
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Neurons link into ‘pathways’ that map perceptions to actions. But, neural
pathways don’t just link one thing to one other thing—each pathway is
involved at many things at once. So to change one, you have to also contend
with all the rest.
article
Glossolalia has a unique pattern of neural activity, distinct from
psychopathologies and even other trance-like states. So, the feeling
underneath is special, but the actual speaking itself seems learned. It
makes you wonder where that feeling comes from.
article
The brain almost certainly has many processes that contribute to any
decision. Here we have one that cares about what it sees, and maybe another
process that decides what to do about what it sees.
article
The brain probably enhances colour information, inhibits word information, or
some combination to solve the Stroop task. I found inhibition, but really, this is
more of a catalogue of how hard brain science really is.
article
It’s not exactly clear how often humans really ‘think’. Most of what we do is
automatic—habitual responding to a predictable world. But there are a few
puzzling examples of thinking, and we don’t really know how they work.