It is truly a remarkable fact that the cosmic web is more similar to the human brain than it is to the interior of a galaxy; or that the neuronal network is more similar to the cosmic web than it is to the interior of a neuronal body. Despite extraordinary differences in substrate, physical mechanisms, […]
Why Richard Powers and Lewis Thomas Are Must-Reads
When did you realize you were a machine? A fancy machine, for sure. But one whose parts and operations can be described like the components… — Read on nautil.us/issue/66/clockwork/we-are-all-bewildered-machines