Archive - When Life Gives You a Brain

Is Seeing Really Believing?

What happens when our senses disagree?

Jul 1 •

June 2025

May 2025

Does your Brain Represent the Outside World?

The Rise (and Trouble) of Representationalism in Neuroscience

May 27 •

Could a Language Model Know What a Dog Is?

The Grounding Problem and How Words Get Their Meaning

May 20 •

How to Talk to Aliens

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Symbols

May 13 •

Hello? Is There Anybody in There?

John Searle's Chinese Room Thought Experiment

May 6 •

April 2025

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