In theory, the brain is a prediction computation representation information machine.
In reality, the brain is an anticipatory collective of dynamic living cells.
Do our metaphors matter for understanding brains?
Romain @romainbrette.bsky.social says yes...
braininspired.co/podcast/235/
All we are is manifolds in the wind...
That's not quite what Juan @juangallego.bsky.social says, but I do wish he sang it to me.
We discuss all things neural manifolds, and a little motor control and BCI for spinal injury prosthetics
braininspired.co/podcast/234/
Are the laws of thought woven from three golden threads?
Tom @cocoscilab.bsky.social and I discuss some of the history and themes in logic, probability, and neural nets, in his new book The Laws of Thought.
braininspired.co/podcast/233/
Yeaahhhhh
Indeed, we discuss that too
Ha that's a great way to phrase it:
Replacing Marr with Gibson in your intro doesn't mean you're doing ecological neuroscience
Do neuroscientists know what "affordance" actually means?
(it seems perhaps not)
Luis, Vicente, and Matthieu @dewitmm.bsky.social on neuroscience trying to adopt ecological psychology for an "ecological neuroscience"
braininspired.co/podcast/232/
Wild and free in Estonia, Jaan @jaanaru.bsky.social connects the details with the big picture... like dendrites, thalamocortical loops, consciousness, and insight.
AI has none of the above (including being wild and free).
braininspired.co/podcast/231/
Anything in particular you want him to discuss?
You're always thinking, unconsciously interrogating the world.
When an affordance is available to report answers to your brain's questions - to yourself or others - you become conscious of those thoughts.
Rough summary of @michaelshadlen.bsky.social on consciousness...
braininspired.co/podcast/230/
... in correspondence with Romain now, and it will happen - thanks
Alex seeks the mathematical structure of consciousness, not metaphorical accounts.
I suggested a catchphrase for him: Put your math where your metaphor is.
He's already putting his money where his mouth is.
Currency: math, philosophy, rigor, and vigor (and neuro!).
braininspired.co/podcast/228/
5 connectomics experts walked into a bar... the panel host ducked.
Fun memory decoding discussion at @aspirationalneuro.bsky.social
@michalwj.bsky.social
@sdorkenw.bsky.social
@helenelab.bsky.social
@andrewcpayne.bsky.social
Ranal Koene
@kennethhayworth.bsky.social
braininspired.co/podcast/227/
My feed isn’t (yet?) supported in tidal it seems. But there are a gillion other platforms right? E.g. I use overcast.
Thanks for the kind words
Are manifolds real?
Are latent circuits real?
Tatiana @engeltatiana.bsky.social uses one, infers the other, and says yes to both.
Also, how timescales are different and the same across the entire brain...
braininspired.co/podcast/226/
Henk's @henkderegt.bsky.social book Understanding Scientific Understanding (2017) helped elevate understanding in phil of sci, distinct from what it means to explain something.
We discuss where his ideas have taken him since, like how to assess machine understanding.
braininspired.co/podcast/225/
Come hear about cool connectomics work at the @aspirationalneuro.bsky.social Connectome & Memory Decoding Meetup
Hilton San Diego Bayfront: Cobalt 500 7pm
@michalwj.bsky.social
@sdorkenw.bsky.social
@helenelab.bsky.social
@andrewcpayne.bsky.social
Randal Koene
If you're at SfN, stop by my teeny tiny nano talk Sunday at 1:
"Neural population dynamics during naturalistic versus task-related behavior"
w/
@yttrilab.bsky.social
@markolas.bsky.social
@adeneagle.bsky.social
NANO017.01
Dan made it easy... check out his book
What Is Life? A misleading title for Schrödinger's book.
What is Life? Revisited. A spot-on title for Dan's @djnicholson.bsky.social book, which happens to be a gem.
After reading it and discussing with Dan, I can only picture Schrödinger as a cartoon villain now.
braininspired.co/podcast/224/
What is plant nutation?
What is a motif in science?
What lessons does ecological psychology have for neuroscience?
How does Vicente @diovicen.bsky.social enjoy the band Judas Priest yet still do good philosophy and science?
Here are the answers:
braininspired.co/podcast/223/
Niko @niko-kukushkin.bsky.social takes us on an evolutionary tour from molecules to minds. Nature is rife with meaning at all scales, to be found in the essences of interacting atoms, cells, species, and societies.
braininspired.co/podcast/222/
In this episode, @braininspired.bsky.social talks with @niko-kukushkin.bsky.social about his new book, ‘One Hand Clapping: Unraveling the Mystery of the Human Mind.’
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...
The road less traveled (with a big bag of tools from central station) has taken Ann @antihebbiann.bsky.social to fertile subcortical fields.
braininspired.co/podcast/221/
That poor soul…
What changes and what stays the same as you scale from single neurons up to local populations of neurons up to whole brains?
Michael and Mac @macshine.bsky.social on the systems approach to study brains across scales.
braininspired.co/podcast/220/
