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Your Brain on Magic Mushrooms

Kurzgesagt · EN

Your Book Review: The Ghost In My Brain

Finalist #13 in the Book Review Contest

Astral Codex Ten · EN

Should 'bird brain' be a compliment? Here's how crows think fast

New research in the journal Science finds that crows turn visual information into decisions twice as fast as humans and primates. They also process information is quite similarly to humans.

NPR Science · EN

Import AI 473: The US's superintelligence strategy; human brain in a mouse skull; and machine hermeneutics

Is the wall AI is hitting in the room with us right now?

Import AI · EN

There's no point at which turning your brain off will work

In early 2025, I started seeing people turn off their brain as they use LLMs 1 . They would have an LLM take an action (summarize text, write some code, etc.), and just assume that it worked 2 . This generally didn't work in early 2025 and the result was often quite silly. As LLMs have gotten better, I've seen more of this. Sometimes, people will try to get the LLM to write some code for them and basically just assume that it works 3 . Sometimes there's a human in the loop and, if the thing doesn't work, they'll ask the LLM to figure out the problem and solve it. Niklas Gruhn calls some varian

Dan Luu · EN

50 November Trivia Questions to Warm Up Your Brain on Chilly Fall Days

Keep your mind sharp with these November-themed trivia questions with answers, which traverse history, pop culture, and more.

Mental Floss · EN

How birdwatching slows down brain ageing

The pastime is increasingly being used as therapy for dementia patients

BBC Future · EN

Curiosity may be what drives our brains to become so complex

We often think that our ability to be curious stems from our complex, human brain – but what if curiosity shapes that complexity?

New Scientist · EN

Zapping part of the brain makes you think harder – at a cost

Stimulating a part of the brain linked to mental effort boosts performance in demanding tasks, but also leads to greater mental fatigue afterwards

New Scientist · EN

How your brain can turn your own reflection into something unrecognizable

Staring at yourself in the mirror can create an illusionary effect, distorting your features to the point of appearing fantastical

Scientific American · EN