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## [You Don't Use 10% of Your Brain. You Notice 10% of It.](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/you-dont-use-10-of-your-brain-you)

_2026-07-07 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

Brain fog, and how little of your own mind you can actually feel.

## [Proving that LLMs Know Everything But Think About Nothing](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/proving-that-llms-know-everything)

_2026-03-18 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

What 20 Questions reveals about how AI actually works

## [How do we find the “why”?](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/how-do-we-find-the-why)

_2026-03-10 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

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](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/yes-an-apple-is-red-even-without)

_2026-02-12 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

If things in the world are real, then so are their properties

## [Finding Purpose in the World](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/finding-purpose-in-the-world)

_2026-01-29 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

Purpose is real, absent the divine. But first, what counts as real?

## [Looking for AGI? Try C. elegans, Not ChatGPT](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/looking-for-agi-try-c-elegans-not)

_2025-12-25 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

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](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/from-shoe-polish-tins-to-brain-implants)

_2025-08-13 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

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?](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/are-brain-computer-interfaces-really)

_2025-07-15 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

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](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/when-models-collide-how-the-brain)

_2025-07-02 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

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.

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## [If Purple isn’t real, then what is?](https://jjvornov.substack.com/p/if-purple-isnt-real-then-what-is)

_2025-06-24 · James Vornov · On Deciding . . . Better: Brain, Self, and Mind_

Let’s talk epistemology. Actually, let’s have magenta and cyan bid farewell to epistemology altogether