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"My view on consciousness resonates with that of the philosopher Daniel Dennett, who has spent his career trying to understand the origin of the mind." — Karl Fristonhttps://t.co/yRQr2YGPBRSame. https://t.co/TPupGzAev3

BEAM me up, scotty.https://t.co/OrXjd6VFduPhysics based swarms with added computational properties driven by chemotaxis and chemical metabolism thru a permeable membrane, doing work. https://t.co/l7xOXzQqNgEating chaos.

How the bees dance.https://t.co/YMkd3BZLXehttps://t.co/6YvFjQtX4K

Some scientists think life derives from physics.Wat is life? Baby don't hurt me.https://t.co/zRW7usOBLU

Baby don't hurt me.https://t.co/8Aa2yrrzCJ

Jokes from the void.https://t.co/1gRXHnVwyD

And references to song lyrics.https://t.co/X7OxxWbzKthttps://t.co/ooewdMkY4R

Learning about physics from a video game about skate'n.https://t.co/ediGuvRkHJ

Learning about probability theory from a video game about skate'n because I'm tapping into a current in the streams of knowledge flowing around me. https://t.co/i6kEd5aknZhttps://t.co/gk3pExuHcZ

I went from a paper on the philosophy of skateboarding, related it to speed running and creativity. Later; down a rabbit hole of the 'impossible' kickflip ala Science Girl. Later to a Veritasium piece on the topic of rotating bodies. And bam.https://t.co/p6N1bQEbfG https://t.co/KaW9a088wB


I can't skate. But my childhood friends could.https://t.co/J7qv0GMXnk

"and bam"https://t.co/Oy9IIFKxmS

Insanity is like gravity. It just takes a bit of a push.https://t.co/ZJSekmZtOV

Making shit up like the best of them.https://t.co/23GyueU5P7

Do you ever watch a piece exploring the nature of Defamiliarization as an act of re-framing reality, and then decide that skateboarding has interesting parallels with teh speedrunning community, and that they're all just adlib-ing? @Clever_MetaNamehttps://t.co/baG8LyFiRg