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How Observation Works for Observers Like Us

We've become obsessed with the idea that the brain is a "Prediction Machine."

The dominant theory in neuroscience says we're constantly simulating the future, calculating probabilities to guess what happens next.

A new paper argues this is a complete illusion. The reality is… pic.twitter.com/IS3lPA5oWt
— Carlos E. Perez (@IntuitMachine) November 20, 2025

The prediction illusion_ perceptual control mechanisms that fool the observer.1-s2.0-S2352154625000075-main.pdf Download PDF

Kaleidoscopic Curiosity Requires Fractal Focus

A Chimpanzee’s Lack of Ability to Follow the Plot Does not Alter the Plot

Not by one jot, or one tittle (Matthew 5:18)

- After Dinner Conversation

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“Nobody’s so damn well educated that you can’t learn ninety percent of what he knows in six weeks. The other ten percent is decoration.”

— Kurt Vonnegut

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”New materials to scale the power budget of the photonic circuit” — Serge Biesemans, IMEC

What Triple-Equivalence Leveraging Third Millennium Post-Automation Era?

“Eventually we might need an entirely new device, one that follows different laws of physics, not the ones silicon obeys.” — Anastasiia Nosova

“I’m kind of proud to say that I probably touched upon all materials in the Mendeleev table except the ones that radiate at night the radiative materials but other than that we’ve probably touched upon most of them if they are available in a 300 mm cleanroom environment.” — Serge Biesemans, IMEC

“RIGHT NOW they are experimenting with germanium, graphene, 2D crystals like transition-metal dichalcogenides, even carbon nanotubes, materials just a few atoms thick. And they all look amazing under the microscope. But the challenge is turning them from tiny lab samples into the real technology ready for mass production. The future is not decided.” — Anastasiia Nosova

🧠 The “Little Brain” That Trains the Big One

Although it makes up only about 10% of total brain volume, the cerebellum contains over half of all the neurons in the human brain — roughly 69 billion out of 86 billion. Its densely folded micro-architecture allows it to process… pic.twitter.com/xLvEkXch5s
— William A. Wallace, Ph.D. (@drwilliamwallac) November 20, 2025

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That’s Your Success Metric? Really? 🤡 🌐

There are two kinds of poverty: absolute and relative

Elon is right that we can solve absolute poverty. In fact, we largely already have, especially in the developed world.

Relative poverty is about envy. It’s a spiritual rather than economic problem and will always be with us. https://t.co/llMIJpAlrM pic.twitter.com/Ug1rKtPcKT
— Hunter Ash (@ArtemisConsort) November 19, 2025