the human mind

Fast, Deep, Wide

I’ve been thinking even more about thinking.

Jun 12 •

Cognitive Atrophy 2025

Quick—get out a pencil and paper, and tell me what 21,272,032 divided by 4 is?

Jun 7 •

How many times have you heard, “It’s not a bug—it’s a feature!”?

Apr 4 •

LLMs are pretty wild.

Feb 25 •

Differently Dumber

A friend once told me I was smarter than some other friend we both knew.

Feb 10 •

My Other Brother Daryyl

If you’re familiar with the TV show Deadwood, you know there was an ensemble cast that included past and future icons of the silver screen.

Feb 8 •

Back in my day, we used to memorize stories!

Feb 3 •

Nausea and Euphoria

I remember riding a roller coaster with really steep drops.

Jan 29 •

Choose to Believe

I choose to believe that I’ll win the lottery.

Jan 27 •

I've Got a Feeling

I’ve got a feeling

Jan 19 •

Internal Dialogues

Not everyone has little conversations in their minds.

Jan 11 •

Theory of Mind!

Sally is in one of those controlled settings that psychological experiments will often use.

Jan 10 •

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