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What if one mind
can hold every perspective
without holding onto any?
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The Disordered Mind by Eric R. Kandel
What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves
Nobel Prize recipient Eric R. Kandel investigates The Disordered Mind to uncover what brain disorders reveal about human nature. This challenging study will not only help transform medical care but also encourage a new humanism based in part on the biological confirmation of individuality.
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Eric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain, is one of the pioneers of modern brain science. His work has helped shape our understanding of how learning and memory work. Building from this scientific research, Kandel explores one of the most fundamental questions we face: How does our mind, our individual sense of self, arise from the physical matter of the brain? The brain's 86 billion neurons communicate with one another through very precise connections. If those connections are disrupted, the brain processes that give rise to our mind can become disordered, resulting in diseases...
When thoughts fall silent,
what’s left?
Pure awareness is not as an idea, but as something you can notice directly when the mind stops clinging to memory, identity, and interpretation.
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Perhaps the most (in)famous and illustrious American computer scientist and acknowledged principal pioneer of the discipline now known as artificial intelligence (AI), Professor Marvin Minsky of MIT, once pronounced—a belief he still holds—that ‘‘the brain is merely a meat machine.’’ It is significant that the English language distinguishes between ‘‘flesh’’ on the one hand, and ‘‘meat’’ on the other. The latter is dead and may be eaten, thrown in the garbage, fed to pigs, and so on. Flesh, on the other hand, is living matter and, as such, deserves the respect and dignity for life of which, among others, Albert Schweitzer spoke eloquently. The word ‘‘merely’’ in Minsky’s sentence means essentially ‘‘nothing but,’’ that is, also not deserving unusual respect. His statement is a clear reflection of a profound contempt for life that, as I see it, is shared explicitly by important sectors of the AI community, the artificial intelligentsia, as well as many scientists, engineers, and ordinary people. Daniel C. Dennett, an important American philosopher, once said that we must give up our awe of life if we are to make further progress in AI.From Weizenbaum, Joseph (2007). Social and Political Impact of the Long-term History of Computing
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’Pain sponge’ derived from stem cells could soak up pain signals before they reach the brain
An experimental treatment uses specialized neurons...
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/pain-sponge-derived-from-stem-cells-could-soak-up-pain-signals-before-they-reach-the-brain#health #mind #neuroscience
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’Pain sponge’ derived from stem cells could soak up pain signals before they reach the brain
What if your thoughts are shaping how your body feels—moment to moment?
This short invites you to notice the connection between thought, action, and inner peace versus suffering—not as a theory, but as something you can observe directly.
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Harmony isn’t abstract.
It shows up in how thoughts shape experience.
This short invites you to observe the difference between love-driven and selfish thinking—directly.
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Computer theorists thus form a neo-mechanistic school of philosophy. Their tenacious defense of some grossly exaggerated claims of what computers can and will do is more understandable if we realize that they represent a school of metaphysics.Epistemology, the Mind and the Computer, Henryk Skolimowski, 1972
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’Mitochondrial transfer’ into nerves could relieve chronic pain, early study hints
A new study reveals that nerve cells receive periodic infusions of mitochondria from neighboring cells—and this may point to a new way of treating nerve pain.
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/mitochondrial-transfer-into-nerves-could-relieve-chronic-pain-early-study-hints#health #mind #neuroscience
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two images show a nerve cell with a tiny tube extending from its surface. a bulge in the tube indicates something is inside it
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AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes
Even the most skilled face recognizers are duped by AI-generated faces, a new study finds. But they can improve with training.
https://www.livescience.com/health/psychology/ai-is-getting-better-and-better-at-generating-faces-but-you-can-train-to-spot-the-fakes#health #mind #psychology
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AI is getting better and better at generating faces — but you can train to spot the fakes
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Tiny implant ’speaks’ to the brain with LED light
By directly communicating with the brain, a new wireless device could someday help restore lost senses or manage pain without medications, its developers say.
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/tiny-device-placed-under-the-scalp-uses-light-to-speak-to-the-brain#health #mind #neuroscience
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Tiny implant ’speaks’ to the brain with LED light
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Brain scans reveal ’dial’ that helps keep us from getting lost
A brain-scan study reveals key components of the brain’s navigation system, which may help us better understand early symptoms of dementia.
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/brain-scans-reveal-dial-that-helps-keep-us-from-getting-lost#health #mind #neuroscience
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Brain scans reveal ’dial’ that helps keep us from getting lost
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’Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren’t worth it’: A neuros...
In his book “One Hand Clapping: Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Mind“ ❲Prometheus/Swift Press, 2...
https://www.livescience.com/health/neuroscience/intelligence-comes-at-a-price-and-for-many-species-the-benefits-just-arent-worth-it-a-neuroscientists-take-on-how-human-intellect-evolved#health #mind #neuroscience
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’Intelligence comes at a price, and for many species, the benefits just aren’t worth it’: A neuroscientist’s take on how human intellect evolved
Compassion grows from our natural ability to recognize and identify with the experience of others.
Senior teacher Ian Ives will present essential advice to help us give birth to the precious jewel of #compassion in our #heart and #mind.
https://prajnaonline.org/live/live-sangha-day-the-heart-of-compassion
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The heart of compassion
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AI is Dunning-Kruger as a service
«A cognitive bias, where people with little expertise or ability assume they have superior expertise or ability. This overestimation occurs as a result of the fact that they don’t have enough knowledge to know they don’t have enough knowledge.»
🤯 https://christianheilmann.com/2025/10/30/ai-is-dunning-kruger-as-a-service/
#ai #knowledge #dunningkruger #mind #youknow #asaservice #mindless #know
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Free online meditation
20 Minutes A Day, free live guided online meditation sessions 🧘
☀️ 8.00am - 8.20am AEDT Calm Abiding Meditation Every Day
(7.30am Adelaide, 7:00am Brisbane, 5.00am Perth, 10:00pm Central European Time, 4.00pm Eastern USA, 1.00pm Pacific USA)
🌸 12.00noon – 12.20pm AEDT Calm Abiding Meditation Tue - Sat
(11.30am Adelaide, 11:00am Brisbane, 9.00am Perth, 2.00am CET, 8.00pm East USA, 5.00pm Pacific USA)
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(5.30pm Adelaide, 5:00pm Brisbane, 3.00pm Perth, 8.00am CET, 2.00am East USA, 11.00pm Pacific USA)
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Our team of meditation guides look forward to seeing you online every day
Free live online meditation sessions
https://rigpa.org.au/guided-meditation-sessions
#meditation #mindfulness #mindful #mind #hopecore
#freemeditation #wellbeing #selfcare #peace
Summer time is ending in USA so depending on where you are the times of our daily meditation sessions may have changed.
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#meditation #mindfulness #mindful #mind #hopecore
#freemeditation #wellbeing #selfcare #peace
Finding the Natural Freedom of the #Mind
A session in the How to Survive Your Mind series.
An introduction to meditation and how to bring the benefits of #meditation into everything that you do.
No need to register, just drop in.
https://rigpa.org.au/event/how-to-survive-your-mind-7/
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Finding the Natural Freedom of Your Mind