“Physics can study the origin of the big bang but neuroscience can’t even tell you what being sad is.” @DrMisterPatrick

...the high likelihood that mammals and birds have mental experiences akin to subjective consciousness...suggesting that consciousness must take on a great variety of forms, many of which differ substantially from human subjective experience.

The most exciting and consequential exploration within reach is inside ourselves.

Our imaginations are constrained to the familiar, limiting our ambition and potential. Aspiring past the known, into the unknown, is a level up in cognition.

A cognitive revolution is upon us, where we reimagine what it is to be human.

The next era of human exploration is within - ourselves.

@AIHammer @KernelCo When someone can casually speak about their cognition using numbers and others immediately understand

@rosskimbarovsky Yes still use the same pair though have not researched the topic anew since

A biological species survives and thrives according to its rate of adaptation. Humans don’t get a special pass. We need to fundamentally reconsider how we are going to evolve, systematically & algorithmically, for long term survival.

What we measure we improve. From Mainframes to PCs. A $1 billion genome to $1k. The brain and mind are next.