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Computer theorists thus form a neo-mechanistic school of philosophy. Their tenacious defense of some grossly exaggerated claims of what computers can and will do is more understandable if we realize that they represent a school of metaphysics.Epistemology, the Mind and the Computer, Henryk Skolimowski, 1972
#AI #ComputerScience #CognitiveScience #mind #PhilosophyOfMind
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The #naked human #body is #nature unveiled, the #pure form before adornment, the canvas unspoiled by fabric’s pretence. It is the first & truest attire, worn by every being at birth, untouched by vanity or shame. To see it as indecent is to confess corruption within the gaze, not within the form. It is not lustful, not obscene; it is existence in its most #honest state. The stain lies not upon the skin, but upon the #mind that has been taught to recoil from it.
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Naked in nature
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’Mitochondrial transfer’ into nerves could relieve chronic pain, early study hints
A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells—and this may point to a new way of treating nerve pain.
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/mitochondrial-transfer-into-nerves-could-relieve-chronic-pain-early-study-hints#health #mind #neuroscience
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two images show a nerve cell with a tiny tube extending from its surface. a bulge in the tube indicates something is inside it
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AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes
Even the most skilled face recognizers are duped by AI-generated faces, a new study finds. But they can improve with training.
https://www.livescience.com/health/psychology/ai-is-getting-better-and-better-at-generating-faces-but-you-can-train-to-spot-the-fakes#health #mind #psychology
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AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes
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Tiny implant ’speaks’ to the brain with LED light
By directly communicating with the brain, a new wireless device could someday help restore lost senses or manage pain without medications, its developers say.
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/tiny-device-placed-under-the-scalp-uses-light-to-speak-to-the-brain#health #mind #neuroscience
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Tiny implant ’speaks’ to the brain with LED light
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Brain scans reveal ’dial’ that helps keep us from getting lost
A brain-scan study reveals key components of the brain’s navigation system, which may help us better understand early symptoms of dementia.
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/brain-scans-reveal-dial-that-helps-keep-us-from-getting-lost#health #mind #neuroscience
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Brain scans reveal ’dial’ that helps keep us from getting lost
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’Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren’t worth it’: A neuros...
In his book “One Hand Clapping: Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Mind“ ❲Prometheus/Swift Press, 2...
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/intelligence-comes-at-a-price-and-for-many-species-the-benefits-just-arent-worth-it-a-neuroscientists-take-on-how-human-intellect-evolved#health #mind #neuroscience
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’Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren’t worth it’: A neuroscientist’s take on how human intellect evolved
Compassion grows from our natural ability to recognize and identify with the experience of others.
Senior teacher Ian Ives will present essential advice to help us give birth to the precious jewel of #compassion in our #heart and #mind.
https://prajnaonline.org/live/live-sangha-day-the-heart-of-compassion
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The heart of compassion
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AI is Dunning-Kruger as a service
«A cognitive bias, where people with little expertise or ability assume they have superior expertise or ability. This overestimation occurs as a result of the fact that they don’t have enough knowledge to know they don’t have enough knowledge.»
🤯 https://christianheilmann.com/2025/10/30/ai-is-dunning-kruger-as-a-service/
#ai #knowledge #dunningkruger #mind #youknow #asaservice #mindless #know
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Finding the Natural Freedom of the #Mind
A session in the How to Survive Your Mind series.
An introduction to meditation and how to bring the benefits of #meditation into everything that you do.
No need to register, just drop in.
https://rigpa.org.au/event/how-to-survive-your-mind-7/
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Finding the Natural Freedom of Your Mind
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(25 Sep) In the Human Brain, Attention Focuses First on Simple Features Before Zeroing in on Details
To fill in the full picture of what is happening around us, our brains process attention systematically, taking in general facts first and then narrowing down to specifics.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/lpd0u
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In the Human Brain, Attention Focuses First on Simple Features Before Zeroing in on Details
(16 Sep) Gaslighters Take Over the Learning Process, Making Their Targets Question Themselves
Learn how gaslighting works, by hijacking what and how we learn in surprising situations.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/e7bf5
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Gaslighters Take Over the Learning Process, Making Their Targets Question Themselves
(15 Sep) As We Age, Nostalgia Rather Than Trends Controls the Music We Enjoy
Learn about a new study that tracks the lifetime music listening habits of 40,000 people to see how our music tastes change as we get older.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/7bqit
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As We Age, Nostalgia Rather Than Trends Controls the Music We Enjoy
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23 September 2025
Teacup Hypothesis
Did you ever ride the teacups at Disneyland? Me? I’m not sure. I know I went there once as a child and saw the teacups spinning like pastel whirlwinds, but I don’t recall actually getting on the ride. We were there for the Matterhorn, I think—but that too is a wisp in memory, a snow-globe shaken and faded with time.
It’s one of those things: you feel certain you’ve got a grasp on the past, but there’s always the chance the memory is wrong. Our minds are tricky. Hmm... I could’ve said “brains” there, in the not-hungry zombie sense.
Is there a difference between brain and mind? My take: the brain is the hardware, the mind is the software—or maybe the app. The brain runs the body’s systems, while the mind handles thought, ideas, dreams, fears, memories, and self-awareness. There’s overlap, of course, and I’d argue you can’t have one without the other. Except—there’s no thinking without a brain. But you could still have a non-thinking brain. Me thinks.
So what happens when the brain stops functioning completely—when it dies? Logically, the mind, the consciousness, vanishes. Poof. Gone. Not here anymore. Doesn’t exist. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.
But... is there more? It’s comforting to think so, even if it’s not logical—unless you’re in a science fiction story where minds are freed from the burden of biology and float off into the cosmos. Anything is possible, I suppose. Maybe that’s where belief steps in—to help us embrace the illogical with open arms.
“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.” — Guy de Maupassant
“Memory is not frozen, it's very much alive—it moves, it changes.” — Louis Malle
“Our reality is an infinite battle between what happened and what we want to remember.” — Haruki Murakami
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Redwood Rider
"A green anole (Anolis carolinensis) clings vertically to a weathered redwood post, its body stretched in a head-down pose that suggests both alertness and ease. The lizard’s skin gleams with a vivid, almost tropical green—smooth and unblemished, like a fresh leaf after rain. Its limbs extend outward with delicate precision; each toe tipped with adhesive pads that allow it to defy gravity on the post’s upright surface.
The redwood post itself is aged and textured, its grain running vertically in soft striations of reddish-brown and gray. Faint cracks and sun-bleached streaks give it a sense of quiet endurance, like a sentinel in the yard. The anole’s tail curves upward in a gentle arc, echoing the post’s vertical rhythm and adding a sense of motion, as if the lizard is mid-pause between movements.
The background is bright and overexposed, rendering it a soft wash of light that isolates the subject—lizard and post—like a portrait against a glowing canvas. The scene feels intimate and ceremonial, a moment of stillness in the daily choreography of a creature perfectly adapted to its perch." - Microsoft Copilot with edits by the photographer