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2023-12-22: Being You: Anil Seth's new theory of consciousness

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2023-12-04: The world is on track for a “hellish” 3C of global heating, the UN has warned. Apparently our …

2023-11-28: "The Extended Mind" teaches us how to improve our thinking in some counterintuitive ways

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2023-11-10: This interactive visualisation is a great way of explaining or visualising what a given …

2023-10-23: I’m sure no-one needs reminding, but today is National Mole Day. . Nothing to do with small …

2023-10-23: Unsurprisingly, the 'eat 2000 calories a day' recommendation isn't very scientific

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2023-09-21: What causes the Overton Paradox?

2023-09-15: Over here I wrote about some research from Pew comparing what Twitter users say they do vs what they …

2023-08-28: Experiencing the Dream Machine

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