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The Embodied Mind by Thomas Verny is another great read on this theme. It's about cellular memory/cognition.

There’s some pretty compelling research on the brain effects. Here’s a quick explainer: https://youtu.be/dCm6QLGnPPw?si=-OlxcXp8mRBHlCo7

“No participation”—-spot on. The brain evolved for social learning.

The journal listed is wrong, but wondering what people think of this study? Viagra was originally developed as a high-blood pressure med, which I think is interesting. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fda-approves-via....

Have any of you had a peak experience? What was it like and did it change you?

"The phenomenon illustrates the wealth and complexity of urban coastal ecosystems in India, say experts. Sometimes, “human impact results in conditions that seem terrible for nature at a glance, but are actually a gold mine for some species"

What a cool point. What are other well-documented examples of this?

One question--where's the line between "invasive species" and a new welcomed/prized species in a new ecosystem.

Being near water can turn down the default mode network, which is also how psychedelics are thought to work. The idea being that under certain conditions you can reach transcendence without drugs

This dude isn't doing "nothing" he's providing a real service to people who are sometimes dealing with hard shit

lol: "What happened was that Desdemona, through some sort of technology-meets-jazz-fusion kismet, hit him with a reasonable facsimile of his own words at just the right moment."

"Should they succeed, their lab-grown brains could model development and disease in the real thing in greater detail than ever before, paving the way to new insights and treatments."

Riveting short doc about a Russian soldier leading up to the invasion of Ukraine

The data privacy implications

Animals are so smart. Has anyone seen brain scan studies to see what’s going on cognitively? Would be interesting to see what parts of the brain light up, plus if that’s different in house vs feral cats.

The distracting stimuli finding—and the fact that processing irrelevant info—slows us down is interesting to think about in the context of trying to make decisions under stress

The speed of light problem for sending information

Fungi are some of the least understood organisms. To think what would be possible if we knew more.

What’s a good resource for learning more about engineering w fungi?

"Methane has become a valuable commodity"

I've felt guilty about it. I've done some type of work during previous vacations.

It's also being used to aid paleontology research: http://fusion.net/story/30751/paleo-deep-dive-machine-learni...