A realistic look at doctorate degrees

YouTube video by Idea Cast Interview Series

The brain as computer analogy: A review of The Brain, In Theory by Romain Brette

What it means to let problems incubate

A review of The Mind Is Flat by Nick Chater

Our brains don’t come with learn-o-meters, and we’re bad at seeking out the best ways to learn

YouTube video by Increments Podcast

The limits of reading and learning

We are authors of our actions, but our authorship is something we infer, and inferences can be wrong

A review of one of my favorite sci-fi books and reflections on the importance and ubiquity of memory

Understanding the data problems with human cognition

How social influence skews success

Mind uploads are bad science, good science fiction, and great philosophy

Failed essays on snobbery, bad neuroscience explanations, and the ontological status of stuff

The bias-variance trade-off and the value of pluralism in thinking

Mechanistic thinking doesn't drain the world of meaning; it can imbue it with wonder

A review of How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett

Analogy is the engine of thinking and the power of mathematical modeling

Cognitive Wonderland is (almost) 2

Attention as a competition, and what that means for our sense of self

Let’s read a bad neuro article to ironically regain our hope for neuroscience writing

or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Simplicity