Brain

Aeon - The empty brain

Aeon - The empty brain

An entire field of Cognitive Science based on one false premise: The brain doesn’t work like a computer. It doesn’t process information. Yet the whole field works with this metaphor. But the metaphor is simply the most current one we have for it (especially funny are the previous ones). Curious what the next one will become.

TED Ideas: Jessica Gross - How the languages we speak can affect the way we think

TED Ideas: Jessica Gross - How the languages we speak can affect the way we think

Every culture develops its own language. But how does the language we speak develop the culture? It turns out it does. You might save more if your language doesn’t differentiate between the future and the present. Or you might be good at orienting yourself if your language uses north or east to indicate where something is from you instead of left or right. Or you might be very fast to know your own gender (that was weird) if you grow up with many linguistic gender markers around.

David Eagleman - Can we create new senses for humans?

David Eagleman - Can we create new senses for humans?

Filmpje!! David maakt apparaten die onze bestaande zintuigen prikkelen met input uit bronnen die we normaal niet waarnemen. "Plug and play devices" waar je brein maar mee uitzoekt wat het ermee moet. Denk aan magnetische velden, de staat van je gezondheid, aandelen koers en emoties van de zaal.

Ian MacKenzie - Interstellar and the End of Time

Ian MacKenzie - Interstellar and the End of Time

Eisenstein samen (zie vorige nieuwsbrief). Nu hebben wij westerlingen best een knip en klaar beeld van tijd. Gister, vandaag, morgen. In die volgorde. In Interstellar spelen ze hier nogal mee. Er lijken 5 dimensionale wezens te zijn die de tijd kunnen besturen.