Category: Cognitive Science
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In this recent essay, Philip Ball makes a series of important observations in the service of an argument for ditching mechanical or machine metaphors when describing biology. We misunderstand life if we seek analogies outside of life. One example he cites is our understanding of the genome, and here I…
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Introduction Here is an interesting policy exercise: assume that you had to talk about artificial intelligence and machine learning, and how it will change the way we work, do research, learn and so on in society – but you could not use the concept of “artificial intelligence” at all, but…
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A recent study in PNAS suggests that we can at least start thinking about that through inversion – the study of what intolerance is. By looking at the areas of the brain that activate during polarized responses etc a group of researchers are now arguing that intolerance is strongly correlated…
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How large is the public sphere? How large can it reasonably be? If we assume that the public sphere is at least to some degree rooted in our biological nature, it seems as if we could answer the question partially by looking at how large our social networks reasonably can…
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In Gary Klein’s work on insights, Seeing What Other’s Don’t (2013), the author spends a fair bit of time on discussing what happens when we have had an insight, and why so many organizations ignore them. His explanation is that many organizations lack a process for changing goals or adapting…
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At the end of the New York Times article detailing the decision by Twitter to de-platform president Trump, there is a short note that hides a real, and vexing problem: Beyond muting Mr. Trump’s biggest megaphone, Twitter’s decision could create headaches for the Trump administration when it comes to complying…