Human brains are preconfigured with instructions for understanding the world
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sharf-preconfigured-brain/
#HackerNews #HumanBrains #PreconfiguredUnderstanding #Neuroscience #CognitiveScience #BrainResearch
This is so staggeringly serious in its own right and also continues to be a compelling metaphor for AI, which is all ending up in the digital ocean, and we will never be able to get it out.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250721223827.htm
@kate
OMG this is, as you say, staggeringly serious: (from the abstract) “Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in the form of nanoplastics, smaller than a micrometer. These particles are everywhere: in rain, rivers, and even the air. They may already be infiltrating entire ecosystems, including the human brain, and researchers say prevention—not cleanup—is our only hope.” 😐
Prevention! What hope is there of that? We’re doomed!
#Prevention#PublicHealth#Plastics#MicroPlastics#Nanoplastics #ecosystems#humanBrains#ReconnectingConsequencesToCauses