“I propose to consider the question, ‘Can machines think?’” —Alan Turing If we can map the brain in all its fine detail and reproduce it on a computer, perhaps we can upload people. As data…
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Read over this list of words once, and try to read them reasonably quickly, you’ll be tested on them later: Snow, Ice, Weather, Sun, Rain, Water, Rainbow, Tree, Summer, Cloud, Sky So much of our…
Music, in one form or another, makes use of the whole brain. This is because we use it in so many different ways and in such a variety of situations—sticking a pair of headphones on and…
For serval years now brain training applications for smartphones and computers have claimed to improve our mental abilities. The purported benefits include a better working memory, improved problem solving abilities, and greater focus. What research…
For us to perform at our peak, we need our brain to be fully engaged. What then, do we do in those all too common midday slumps in which drowsiness and fatigue start to set in?…
We see distinct colors in the spectrum, but their boundaries are impossible to measure precisely. — Adam Alter In Drunk Tank Pink, Adam Alter points out that the labels we use in our respective languages influence the…
“Here’s how I see boxing, the twelfth round comes, and you are sitting on your stool, and there is no way to describe how you feel. There’s no way to describe how tired you are,…
I like to just sit sometimes, and look out the window to the trees. At first, my mind will be on something obvious, something anyone else can see or experience — the birds, the changing…
Mindfulness is a word being thrown around a lot recently. Yet there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about what it is. To be mindful, in very general terms, is to be aware. Take…
Music as a whole consists of many facets: Pitch, Loudness, Harmony, Timbre, Rhythm… The thing is, rhythm is a whole different beast to those others, it pulls us in with it’s timely thuds, even without…