You Don't Use 10% of Your Brain. You Notice 10% of It.
Brain fog, and how little of your own mind you can actually feel.
On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind
At the intersection of philosophy and neuroscience I’m exploring what it means to be a brain
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Proving that LLMs Know Everything But Think About Nothing
What 20 Questions reveals about how AI actually works
How do we find the “why”?
If things in the world are real, then so are their properties We see agency in the world, but what does it want?
Yes, An Apple Is Red Even Without Us to See It
If things in the world are real, then so are their properties
Finding Purpose in the World
Purpose is real, absent the divine. But first, what counts as real?
Looking for AGI? Try C. elegans, Not ChatGPT
ChatGPT is pretty dumb when compared to an agentic complex system like a worm
From Shoe Polish Tins to Brain Implants: Heros and Broken Promises
We know that BCIs work and hold great promise, but lets see what history tells us about the journey
Are Brain Computer Interfaces Really Our Future?
We’re making real progress providing brain computer interfaces for patients paralyzed by ALS and spinal cord injury. Less invasive approaches are looking promising.
When Models Collide: How the Brain Deals with Cognitive Dissonance
Our actions often conflict with our beliefs. The discomfort we feel isn’t moral failure — it’s what happens when valence systems disrupt the brain’s coherent story of personal identity.
If Purple isn’t real, then what is?
Let’s talk epistemology. Actually, let’s have magenta and cyan bid farewell to epistemology altogether