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Frontiers | The Computational Boundary of a “Self”: Developmental Bioelectricity Drives Multicellularity and Scale-Free Cognition All epistemic agents physically consist of parts that must somehow comprise an integrated cognitive self. Biological individuals consist of subunits (organs,...

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The Computational Boundary of a “Self” by @drmichaellevin.bsky.social is one of the most amazingly interesting articles I've read in years Every goddamn sentence is insightful. Masterfully written and deeply thought-provoking.

Siempre. Nos encanta la autonomía estratégica pero pagarla mejor no

Musk hasn't succeeded in rooting out wokeness, the entire government is still celebrating North Korean History Month

100%, and it's not just masculinity, it's completely redefining virtue to cover things like... petty vengeance, squashing the weak and indifference to suffering?

It's funny the Pompeii papyri folks are involved. All the stoic stuff they decipher is going to sound very unmanly and woke I guess

'Utter disaster': Lindsey Graham calls for Zelenskyy resignation after White House throwdown Sen. Lindsey Graham said Zelenskyy needs to either resign or change because Americans may not be willing to do business with him.

I think you would have to search long & hard to find a more invertebrate figure than Lindsey Graham today. Zelensky "needs to resign" ... "I have never been more proud of the president. I was very proud of JD Vance standing up for our country" www.foxnews.com/politics/utt...

Any remaining arguments against the rearmament of Europe just evaporated in front of the eyes of every single European head of state this evening.

Deep Dive into LLMs like ChatGPT YouTube video by Andrej Karpathy

here you go! I promise it's time well spent (if you want an in-depth summary) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xTG...

I know which video this is 👀

Drafts of the first chapters of my brms Book: Applied Bayesian Regression Modelling Using R and Stan are online: paulbuerkner.com/software/brm... Check it out and let me know what you think!

nice, de dónde es? del blog de Anthropic?

For survey methodology folks: what are some ways to measure trade-offs between different options (beyond a discrete choice / conjoint design). What are other tools worth considering?

Forms of life, forms of mind | Dr. Michael Levin | A talk on Bioelectricity with a special slant tow... This is a 1 hour talk on bioelectricity with a special slant toward microbiology/immunology/parasitology, both the video and the Q&A afterward.

Bioelectricity as the cognitive glue of morphological architecture - yet another fascinating talk by Michael Levin. Make you hopeful about what's coming in medicine.

For example, changes in bioelectric patterns can be used to regenerate limbs in frogs!

thoughtforms.life/a-talk-on-bi...

Is this... generalizability?

Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department. Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.

I'm somewhat wary of articles that say "X place has the secret to good educational outcomes," but this is a good and interesting piece on Defense Department schools.

www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/u...

would love to see an LLM classify those two responses into categories 😅

ain't that the truth

Americans’ Dismal Views of the Nation’s Politics Americans’ views of politics and elected officials are unrelentingly negative, with little hope of improvement on the horizon. 65% of Americans say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking ...

Alright, here we are. Let's start with some light content: 65% of U.S. adults say they always or often feel exhausted when thinking about politics: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

Great content + great memes all along