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Contemporary neuroscience identifies a particular part of the brain, sometimes called “the interpreter,” as the source of the familiar internal narrative that gives us our sense of self. Two prominent neuroscientists have recently characterized the quirky, undependable quality of the tale told by the interpreter. Antonio Damasio describes it this w
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Do We Have Free Will? | Robert Sapolsky & Andrew Huberman
youtube.comWell, the mathematical equation for Shannon’s uncertainty, which measures the amount of ignorance one has concerning the information in a message, is the same expression used to calculate Boltzmann’s statistical entropy, a measure of configurational disorder.
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To battle disorder and allow information to grow, our universe has a few tricks up its sleeve. These tricks involve out-of-equilibrium systems, the accumulation of information in solids, and the ability of matter to compute. Together these three mechanisms contribute to the growth of information in small islands or pockets where information can gro
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Debunking new-age spirituality | Slavoj Žižek, Rupert Sheldrake, John Vervaeke and more
youtube.comAnnual Review of Neuroscience 32 (2009): 289–313. For recent thinking on the amygdala, see: FeldmanHall, Oriel, Paul Glimcher, Augustus L. Baker, NYU PROSPEC Collaboration, and Elizabeth A. Phelps.