Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne
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Anne-Laure Le Cunff @neuranne
The human brain is incredible at uncovering meaning, but is deficient at long-term memory storage. If we forget what we read, we can’t apply the knowledge to the problem at hand. We don’t need to read a long write-up on Figma’s winning strategy on a Wednesday at 11am when it hits our inbox, but we should be able to reference it if we’re building a ... See more
Sari Azout • Check Your Pulse #55
“The great human error is to reason in place of finding out.” - Simone Weil
When it comes to brain scans, seeing may be believing, but it isn’t necessarily understanding.
Sally Satel • Brainwashed: The Seductive Appeal of Mindless Neuroscience
Dr. Jonas Salk—who by discovering the polio vaccine saved thousands of children’s lives and never sought to profit financially from it—once remarked, “What people think of as a moment of discovery is really the discovery of a question.” When I felt stuck as a teenager in the structures of thought and perception of our culture, it wasn’t for a lack
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