nikhil
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Studying blindsight using mice. Goal is to understand why some neural circuits give rise to consciousness and others do not.
Oakland, CA
Joined July 2006
Which is better? 1) Doing the right thing for the wrong reasons. 2) Doing the wrong thing for the right reasons.
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You think like a computer and my brain turns like a kaleidoscope. Your heart is an engine and mine is just sputtering blowing smoke. - The Satellite Station, Satellites
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Who hasn't imagined an invisibility cloak? But what I want is an inverse invisibility cloak. Instead of hiding myself, I want to not see certain classes of things that are in front of me. Such as brand logos. Make those invisible to me. This coudl also work with sounds.
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The truth is that the Truth is not as important as I thought it was. Flourishing is what matters more, with as much Truth as is needed, but no more. Flourishing is not a linear function of Truth, but rather an inverted-U shaped curve.
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"But who would want a perfect life? With nothing wrong, but nothing right? With nothing right?" - Selfish Things
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explicitificate = to make explicit (yikes) explicitification = the process of making explicit (yikes again)
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Raise the root and spare the tree Cut you out of my memory Leave my world just black and white Snatch the sun out of the sky For the only color in my life Is the memory of you and I. - Bear's Den, Berlin
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