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Cognitive
Books tagged cognitive are related in some way to how we think. Some will be investigations into the machinery of the brain, others on how we remember or think logically, and still more on how these processes break down. The category is essentially about how the brain works.
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humans are able to thrive in many different environments, from the frozen tundra to the high mountains to bustling urban centers. This is possible because the human brain is born remarkably unfinished. Instead of arriving with everything wired up – let’s call it “hardwired” – a human brain allows itself to be shaped by the details of life experience. This leads to long periods of helplessness as the young brain slowly molds to its environment. It’s “livewired”.
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― The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman
― The Brain: The Story of You by David Eagleman
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The cognitive science's challenge is to link our consensus reality to our internal reality, but physics' challenge is to link our consensus reality to our external reality.
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― Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
― Our Mathematical Universe: My Quest for the Ultimate Nature of Reality
