I wonder if this is the same for people who haven't grown up with linear media (books with chapters, shows with episodes/chapters, albums with songs etc)
I always think of the WEIRD people nuance when reading about these kinds of findings. Is the study cohort
This reminds me of the emerging description of conscious function from Daniel Bor's book The Ravenous Brain. In this interpretation the mind is constantly trying to interpret sensory data as intent driven actions from differentiated actors. This makes available critical information about threats and possible targets and so on.
So many upvotes but very few comments.
My feeling is that people are interested in the topic per se but struggle with the takeaway from this paper.
I have tried to read the article and also skimmed the original paper, but could not summarize any of it if you asked me now.
I wonder if this is the same for people who haven't grown up with linear media (books with chapters, shows with episodes/chapters, albums with songs etc)
I always think of the WEIRD people nuance when reading about these kinds of findings. Is the study cohort
- Western
- Educated
- Independent
- Rich
- Democratic
?
This reminds me of the emerging description of conscious function from Daniel Bor's book The Ravenous Brain. In this interpretation the mind is constantly trying to interpret sensory data as intent driven actions from differentiated actors. This makes available critical information about threats and possible targets and so on.
Interesting.
Reminds me of the book "The Mind is Flat" by Nick Charter who says that the mind is constantly improvising.
original study - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42421683
Please fix the title.
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And now, AI LLMs have a way to prioritise what's important and organise their memory (context window) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42411409