Philosophy Wire: Listening. What you expect to listen…

Neuroscientists show that the entire auditory pathway represents sounds according to prior expectations. [1] How can it be any different? We are seeing the cosmos through our eyes. We are listening to its whispers with our ears. We are thinking about it with our brains. We are the destroyers of the world. Only because we are its creators. But some day we will die. Some day we will stop seeing. Some day this cosmos is brought to ruins. And then we will see. That there was nothing there from the beginning. Except us. For the cosmos to stare in awe and Be...

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Philosophy Wire: Neurons. Expanding. Patterns. Conquering…

Complex brain circuits in rodents can organize themselves with genetics playing only a secondary role, according to a new computer modelling study published in eLife. Scientists used computer modelling to determine how pattern of brain wiring could emerge without a precise genetic blueprint. Simulations showed that strong competition for space between nerve fibers originating from different whiskers can cause them to concentrate into whisker-specific clusters. [1] Neurons. Expanding everywhere. Blocked by other neurons. Expanding everywhere. At the end, complexity arises. Mapped to reality. At the end, we can see and hear. And we can understand the cosmos. Only because we are shaped by it. Grow. Learn. Expand to the whole cosmos. Conquer everything. And you will see. That there is nothing emptier than space itself. (How did your neurons map with nothingness?)

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Philosophy Wire: Empty universe…

Recent observations have found that something may be missing from the theories of how dark matter behaves. This missing ingredient may explain why researchers have uncovered an unexpected discrepancy between observations of the dark matter concentrations in a sample of massive galaxy clusters and theoretical computer simulations of how dark matter should be distributed in clusters. [1] A universe filled with nothing. Humans trying to decipher it. Filling it with things we create. And then more things. And more things. Until it makes sense. Until we understand it. A universe filled with nothing. A universe filled with everything. Everything but our self. (Can you not see yourself everywhere?)

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Philosophy Wire: Worms. Brain. Computation. Nothingness.

In tiny worms, researchers find spiking neurons and clues about brain computation: Studying neurons in C. elegans, researchers found that these roundworms, like most animals, process information using a digital, electric code. [1] A cosmos full of life. A cosmos full of information. A cosmos full of computations. A cosmos full of everything. What a void cosmos…

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Philosophy Wire: Time distortions.

When you move your body in time to a rhythm, your perception of time stretches and contracts. The finding might help us pin down which parts of the brain control our internal clocks. “Distortions of perceived time are coupled to the timing of your actions, which are dictated by an internal rhythm,” says Alice Tomassini at the Italian Institute of Technology in Ferrara. [1] People tapping fingers. People breathing. People dancing. Listening to music over the shadow of existence silently watching over. Time flowing into oblivion. Beyond the veil of nothingness shrouding everything. A cosmos made out of nothing. Only when it seizes being, will we realize that it was never there…

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Philosophy Wire: Encoding life. Encoding existence.

People like the late Stephen Hawking are unable to speak because their muscles are paralyzed. Scientists want to help these individuals communicate by developing a brain machine interface to decode the commands the brain is sending to the tongue, palate, lips and larynx. New research has moved science closer by unlocking new information about how the brain encodes speech. Scientists discovered the brain controls speech in a similar way to how it controls arm movements. [1] Trying to encode words into sound. Trying to know the cosmos by experiencing it. But everything you need to know is in the gaze of the person next to you. Love is not expressed in words. Desperation is not uttered with sound. We live in a cosmos full of nothingness. Dressed in the veil of existence so as to fool us that it is there. But we should discard anything which can be discarded. And if we do, the darkness of Being will rise from the abyss. In silence.

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