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I’m calling it: Favourite book of 2026

Now we're cooking with AI: The Artificial Intelligence

“What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts” is such a fire quote from Thomas Henry Huxley- why did he have to be a contributor to icky 19th century scientific racism💔💔

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Read at 1.4 speed (my usual)

Really interesting so far! Fun topics on weird brain phenomenons being explored.

perhaps we are hallucinating all the time and what we call perception is arrived at by simply determining which hallucination best conforms to the current sensory input.

not my usual read i know 😭 part of a bet with one of my coworkers to read some nonfiction this month

Capgras is a “delusional misidentification disorder” in which pts believe emotionally salient relatives (or sometimes places or themself) are clones or imposters when viewing their faces. This causes emotional disconnection and may impose straining dilemmas. Highlights importance of limbic system is creating a congruent sense of reality which is updated through mostly the amygdala and hippocampus across time.

Emphasis on brain lat. in anosognosia pts very similar to ptsd pts in TBKTS. Focus of language in left hemi skews respons. and comm across lobes resulting in unique symptoms across both stroke and trauma victims when shit hits the fan aka stroke or abuse/disaster. Left hemi less prone to notice discrepancies while the right hemi is willing to flip the script. May lead to incongruent beliefs or a fragmented story.

“… your body image, despite all its appearance of durability, is an entirely transitory internal construct that can be profoundly modified with just a few simple tricks. It is merely a shell that you've temporarily created for successfully passing on your genes to your offspring.”

incredible so far
perfectly combines case studies, knowledge about psychology, easy to understand analogies, comedy, pop culture references, diagrams, and just the most beautiful writing that feels more philosophic than scientific, that truly highlights that science and art are the same.
i have very little psychological or neurological knowledge yet i love this, and it’s not overly difficult to understand.

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me when i forget to log an entire book i read in one of my classes.

Amazing. I love it so much.

Page 66 has a spelling mistake 🫢

Very interesting

The stupid limbic system, I tell ya! Richard Dawkins should go after it not God directly

Capgras syndrome and the limbic system. How fascinating is this ball of lipids, the many pathways working together to weave our reality and consciousness. And how much one can lose of even just one of these is lost. Dr Ramachandran eloquently describes his investigations and brilliant deductions for general readers like me.

Every single case study creates more respect and appreciation for the brain

Phantom legs and foot fetishes are...connected?? Mindblown, and I've only read the first chapter!

“There is something distinctly odd about a hairless neotenous primate that has evolved into a species that can look back over its own shoulder and ask questions about its origins.”

Fascinating preface to a seemingly fascinating memoir.

I love brains. They are incredible.

i think i'm gonna have to read this from the beginning...

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reading this in orlando did change the trajectory of my life

will reading this in florida change the trajectory of my life?

shoutout to the guy at the bookstore who recommended this to me

Fantastic.

Forcing myself to finish this tomorrow

My brain hurts reading this. Like it’s cool but omg so much filler stuff

Phantom nipples