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Dec 28, 2021
"We are built out of very small stuff, and we are embedded in a very large cosmos, and the fact is that we are not very good at understanding reality at either of those scales." --David Eagleman
Beyond 5 Sense Based Humanity?
Neuroscientist David Eagleman expertly "decodes the mysteries of the tangled web of neurons and electricity that make our minds tick -- and also make us human. 'Our experience of reality,' says Eagleman, 'is constrained by our biology.' His research into our brain processes has led him to create new interfaces to take in previously unseen information about the world around us. Read this overview of Eagleman's intriguing talk."
BE THE CHANGE
The implications of technology that extends us beyond our 5 senses are hard to fathom. Meanwhile take a moment to appreciate the sheer ingenuity and poetry of our existing faculties through this post, "Diane Ackerman on the Secret Life of the Senses." More ...
