metapsyche @metapsyche@qoto.org

Drugs that quell brain inflammation reverse dementia

Leaky filtration system in brain contributes to cognitive dysfunction in aging as well as disease

https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/12/04/drugs-that-quell-brain-inflammation-reverse-dementia/

this phrase caught my attention: "enminded matter"

Do We Have Minds of Our Own?

The strange, startling, and competing explanations for human—and possibly nonhuman—consciousness.

https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/do-we-have-minds-of-our-own

Yo guys, i'm sipping Yerba Mate for the first time (i like it!) while looking at P5.js and react-p5. Just exploring Generative Design.
How about you? Share & let us know what you're up to. Thanks & have a nice day!

great job scientists! I won't have to clean up my shit again! https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/nov/18/scientists-develop-slippery-toilet-coating-stop-poo-sticking

Exponential tech advances will change the world faster than we think

The timing from what once seemed impossible to possible and functional can become extremely short – sometimes measured in just days or weeks.

To paraphrase Engelbart’s Law, it’s intrinsically human to get better at getting better.

https://venturebeat.com/2019/11/17/exponential-tech-advances-will-change-the-world-faster-than-we-think/

interesting to think about how plants were able to adapt to terrestrial life from their water-based origins https://phys.org/news/2019-11-genes-bacteria.html

this article mentions about the Resonance Theory of Consciousness.

https://www.sciencealert.com/consciousness-could-all-come-down-to-the-way-things-vibrate/

hey guys! it's Carl Sagan day today. My favorite book is Cosmos. Just now, I opened it at the chapter Encyclopaedia Galactica that showed hypothetical worlds. Rejoice, for we are (or will be) among such futuristic worlds! Sagan has influenced my excitement for positive SciFi stuff. He's the man!

and here's another book overview about Consciousness. Panpsychism (which I agree to) is mentioned. Yep, even a book about consciousness has some sliver of consciousness. meta! :)

https://www.sciencealert.com/science-still-can-t-explain-consciousness-but-that-might-soon-change

first time I heard about Attention Schema theory to understand Consciousness. Interesting overview of 3 new books. https://undark.org/2019/11/08/three-new-books-human-consciousness/#

I kinda like this Big Bounce theory https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/big-bounce-theory.amp.html

mathematicians having fun. scissor congruence. interesting.... https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-cut-apart-shapes-to-find-pieces-of-equations-20191031/

the importance of sleep: washing away toxins from the brain https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-now-know-how-sleep-cleans-toxins-from-the-brain/ goodnight everyone zzzzzzzz

it's been great having jQuery through the years, but now i am getting rid of jQuery dependence in my codebase. Switching back to pure javascript. So long, jQuery! Thank you for the good times we had. http://youmightnotneedjquery.com/

tiny glass beads https://www.businessinsider.sg/ice-911-tiny-glass-beads-to-stop-arctic-ice-melt-2019-10/amp/

If there's one thing i can share to you today is this post from Brain Pickings: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/10/23/13-learnings-13-years/

special emphasis on #10: "Don’t just resist cynicism — fight it actively."