Rural America isn’t vanishing, isn’t mostly white and isn’t made up of farmers alone.
We break down 6 major myths about the places where 1 in 5 Americans live, in charts.
https://theconversation.com/6-myths-about-rural-america-how-conventional-wisdom-gets-it-wrong-269037
From Jefferson’s era to today, history proves democracy’s defenders can still win…
https://hartmannreport.com/p/trumps-lies-echo-a-dark-era-but-one-e3b
#Philosophy has its views of intentional action. #Cognitive science is beginning to examine the idea of intentional action a little closer.
Intention, Emotion, and Action: A Neural Theory Based on Semantic Pointers
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cogs.12100
Thanks to
@petergleick for reminding me to look into this a bit.
Our Universe Is Mind Bogglingly Big (Video)
Our universe is massive, but it is sometimes hard to understand how huge our (observable) universe is, as our tiny human brains 🧠 have a hard time comprehending ultra-massive objects and systems. Epic Spaceman has created a video that helps us understand how massive our universe is. The video uses cereal, a favorite snack of adults and kids. If you enjoyed this video, feel free to support Epic Spaceman via Patreon!
https://darnell.co/2024/10/26/our-universe-is-mind-bogglingly-big-video/
Watch Michelle Obama for Harris, speaking in Kalamazoo.
https://www.youtube.com/live/vaYXybmmfSI?feature=shared&t=707
Great video on artificial neural networks and the (r)evolution of AI over the past few years.
From:
» what we called 'standard hypothesis'
..
Emotional stimuli are process initially, via a dedicated modular system that operates rapidly, automatically, in the sense of without attention, and largely independently of conscious awareness, and that defects..
..so this is not just a curiosity for researchers in the lab, it has enormous impact in in society.. «
To:
#heterarchy
A cool #neurolecture by @PessoaBrain
https://youtu.be/1fqM5FGQJdQ
#neuroscience
#neurobuzz
#systemsneuroscience
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