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Monday, December 30, 2013

Sal Khan's Academy and the Purpose of Myelination

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ADDENDUM BELOW: Please see the addendum at the end of the post - it seems that KA has redone their video, correcting the mistake I pointed ...
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Can We Chill Out About How Complex the Brain Is?

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Time for busting another lazy hook : "We won't be able to understand the brain. It is the most complex thing in the universe ,...
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Monday, August 12, 2013

Criticizing a New Criticism of the BRAIN Initiative

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At The Stone, the NYTimes web blog for philosophy, Benjamin Fong has written a rather curious critique of the BRAIN Initiative.  His argume...
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Friday, July 5, 2013

There is No "Primitive" Part of the Brain

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Was watching some old interview about "emotional intelligence" (itself a fraught term, but that's for another day) last night,...
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