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#linklog: "A New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World"
Turns out, a messy world demands fewer categorical (ha!) ideas on how our brain processes it! #
A New Framework for How the Brain Compresses Our Noisy World
An updated view of categorization reflects the modern understanding that the nervous system is more of a prediction engine than a filing cabinet.
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Some prescience
Reading an op-ed by David Runciman in an LRB from February 2025, and he's so spot-on on so many things. Like this, for example:
#linklog: "These trees are making air quality in cities worse"
Who'd have thought? #
These trees are making air quality in cities worse
They release compounds that contribute to ozone emissions, and rising temperatures could exacerbate the problem.
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#linklog: "Every Novel Is Boring—Until It Isn’t"
A case for reading novels, even if they seem to bore you at first (it's part of the appeal) #
Every Novel Is Boring—Until It Isn’t
“If you didn’t get into novels at a young age—and organically discover that, at some point, a switch would flip, and then you couldn’t stop reading if you tried—there is no reason to intuit that this is how novel reading goes.” "If you didn’t get into novels at a young age—and organically discover that, at some point, a switch would flip, and then you couldn’t stop reading if you tried—there is no reason to intuit that this is how novel reading goes."
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#linklog: "Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man"
A review of Nolan's Odyssey, by Emily Wilson. I think the final nail in the coffin of the idea, that Emily Wilson and Nolan conspired to rework the Odyssey together. #
Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man
As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...
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Unique forms of continuity in space
Wondering: seeing how it's possible to make new bronze casts of this, what would you reckon would it cost to have one made now, so I can put it in my living room? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_Forms_of_Continuity_in_Space
#linklog: "This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade."
Well, that's exciting! #
This Cell Feeds, Grows and Reproduces. And It’s Manmade.
From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.
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#linklog: "Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items"
Turns out cities might be better for mating (for some birds at least) #
Male bowerbirds hope to dazzle females with bright human-made items
It’s a reminder of how human activity is changing the natural world in unanticipated ways.”...
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Stakka Bo
I only just learned that Stakka Bo, of pop star fame, later became a director and eventually won a ton of awards for his work on the mini-series Chernobyl. Wild.
Under Brescia
My favourite Queen song is one about, I suppose, the canal system of a Northern Italian town called "Under Brescia".
