Rough Beast

Rough Beast
Grifo Mecanico - Diego Mazzeo

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Becoming a Philosoph

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"But eventually, through constant practice, you get to the point where, scientists believe, these processes get pushed down into the subconscious. They don’t need to be consciously worked out anymore. They become a subroutine. Suddenly you realize you’re saying things you haven’t heard or memorized. You’re able to free-associate. Your brain begins exerting control at a higher level, directing bigger chunks of information that can be expressed as whole ideas." Aaron Berkowitz

Read this out loud
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In each case, my anterior cingulate cortex lights up as I attempt to suppress the confusion and pick the right word. This is a meat based Bayesian machine.

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