Neuralink: the allure of brain-computer interfaces
As the gap between humans and computers becomes smaller every day, the startup Neuralink, backed by figures including Elon Musk,Continue Reading
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A machine learning approach to Traditional Chinese Medicine
Modern science can uncover ancient wisdom. While it may seem regressive or pseudoscientific to study concepts from Traditional Chinese MedicineContinue Reading
A humanistic paradigm for mental illness
Mental illnesses are much more than biological, physiological phenomena. Any attempt to reduce them down to the same features asContinue Reading
Neuroethics: the delicate balance of neuroscience and morality
Pew pew pew How can we create frameworks of practical moral reasoning in the absence of free will? Can neuroscienceContinue Reading
A modern-day paradigm for computational approaches to psychiatric illness
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQLsyf64xak My research in computational neuropsychiatric genomics on the zebrafish has lead me to investigate what sort of methods andContinue Reading
Physician Rita Charon on how stories matter to medicine
Tasks like discerning difference between modern and postmodern illness would prove difficult for anyone without appropriate training in the artsContinue Reading
The story of how I won
This is the story of how I won. This is the story of how I spoke out against wrongdoing thatContinue Reading
How to become who you are, according to Nietzsche
In Hiking with Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are, American professor of philosophy John Kaag shows how important and salientContinue Reading