Posts About Cognition
9 posts tagged Cognition.
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October 11, 2026
Answers Are Not Understanding
That is not a paperwork problem. In mathematics, understanding is part of the result.
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July 12, 2026
The Puzzle That Watched the Models Grow Up
A homemade scheduling puzzle became an accidental AI benchmark, testing whether models could distrust intuition long enough to do the arithmetic.
#AI #Math #Cognition (...)
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June 19, 2026
The Body Knows Which Way to Turn
A strange new study suggests that when bodies move freely, they quietly prefer to turn left. The mind finds out later, if at all.
#Perception #Cognition #Consciousness #Science #Culture (...)
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April 5, 2026
Killing Two Birds, and Other Things We Say Without Thinking
A look at everyday idioms, their literal imagery, and why autistic speakers and language learners hear them in ways native speakers often miss.
#Language #Cognition #Culture (...)
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March 26, 2026
The Compression of Time
Why life speeds up as we get older, and what neuroscience says we can do about it.
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March 23, 2026
At Some Point, It Stopped Being About the Game
A reflection on pool as a mirror for conscious intent, subconscious execution, constraint, flow, and the limits of control.
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March 19, 2026
What Your Eyes Don't Show You
We are conscious of only a narrow slice of what the brain processes, which complicates how we compare human and machine cognition.
#Perception #Cognition #Consciousness #Mindfulness #Science (...)
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March 12, 2026
Cognitive Dissidents on Tour!
Cognitive dissidents resist mental shortcuts and stay with contradiction long enough to think more clearly.
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February 28, 2026
This Too Shall Pass, In Theory
In the middle of cognitive fog, reassurance becomes something you wait to feel again, and even AI still demands judgment you may not have.
#Cognition #Consciousness #Health (...)