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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

mutation : shitposting, clickbaiting, & insight pornmeme flow : cultural appropriationmemetic drift : schoolnatural selection: dank memes

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7/4/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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A pure & simple form of insight porn it is when a writer uses an obscure word or phrase. Novelty makes it stick in your head => Learning?

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Is the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon actually an expression of how our brains are wired to bias toward fresh/updated info?

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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I wonder if people who experience Baader-Meinhof (and "déjà vu") at higher frequency is assoc with learning? Also: https://t.co/4wpaSErWtl

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

What parts of the brain / genes help animals imprint. Is it the same ones as where d4 dopamine receptor is active?

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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A search suggests hippocampus plays a role in completing other people sentences, episodic memory, and dopamine/seizure effects -> deja vu.

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Episodic memories: a super useful form of pattern matching, very similar to idea behind Markov chains, but applied to environmental stimuli.

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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I've seen this place before.word before.thought before.The aha moment of recognition?A joy of a familiar meme.https://t.co/Dds74kDGps

UltimApe@ultimape• over 9 years ago

A Contact high.A Thrill of insight.A Recognition of an old made new.Curiosity: Foraging of metaphor.Why we meme.https://t.co/xEVSwSmuiu

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Why is the hippocampus so long and stringy? What does that remind you of? Deep thoughts? ;)

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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Why don't you ever hear of birds getting dimentia?https://t.co/NGuQSpik6g https://t.co/K2aczo0Bjo

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

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"found that the frontal areas of the brain that are involved in decision making were active instead"https://t.co/lumu5XbWXQ https://t.co/SdCrztWMDF

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11/29/2016

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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Some people are good at completing other's sentences.Surround yourself with those who can complete your ideas.https://t.co/YcKS2qMYvN

UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

This video makes me think of innovative ideas as turtles having sex in coffee houses. Something to do w/ Galapagos?https://t.co/YSfl6naTA2

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1/11/2017

UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago

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"transfer into your [readers]' minds an extraordinary gift — a strange and beautiful object that we call an idea." https://t.co/zBKBNP1ljV

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3/21/2017