Hey everyone! Greetings from Lisbon, Portugal! I just started reading Visual Intelligence by Amy Herman. It is not the most well-known of psychology books out there, but all I can say is: WOOWWW! The way it makes you see the world is phenomenal! This book is based on her flagship program known as the Art of Perception. The name is apt: Mastering the skill of observation and upgraded perception through works of art by some of our famous painters and minds. It is split into 4 sequential...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hey everyone! So last week I wrote about a book I was reading, Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. Just yesterday, I finished it. It talks about how television has revolutionised the way we interpret information and unfortunately, Postman cries out well-thought negativity on this change. This talks about especially how we think critically and understand our perception of the world. Now that I’ve finished the book I want to give some key points that I found incredibly helpful for you...
about 2 years ago • 3 min read
Hello everyone! I’ve seen a surprising number of tweets, articles, and podcasts about this book: AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATH by Neil Postman It talks about how the advent of television and visual media has significantly changed the way we interpret the world’s information especially when it comes to the issues that matter to us most; transitioning from a literate written form to an entertaining visual medium. The key here is entertainment - it provides sensory gratification instead of critical...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hey everyone! Filling out my Ikigai last week was probably one of the most life-changing exercises to clarify the direction of life. As I navigate the avenues of where neuroscience can go, I am figuring out where the directions can go in this niche. One of these is computational neuroscience, the study of how the brain can be modelled by computers. This sounds very fancy and niche! And truth be told, It actually is. But it is a door that leads to more doors! Computational neuroscience...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hey everyone! Sorry it’s been a while. But I’m still alive hahaha! I want to share something with you that I’ve experienced this week. As some of you may know I work as a pharmacist but I write absolutely nothing about pharmacy, and all about pattern recognition. Now I’m on the verge of transitioning from pharmacy into computational neuroscience, and this week I journalled my thoughts about this transition. It was quite a deep dive, and it did involve some questioning. Questions emerged if I...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hey everyone, Happy New Year all! So 2024 has begun, and so far I am seeing a lot of excitement and aspiration around. I want to ask a very big favour from all you here: As we dive into the new year, I've been contemplating something intriguing and thought it's the perfect time to seek your valuable opinions. Here's the question that's been on my mind: How important do you find the ability to recognise and interpret patterns in our daily lives? 🤔 Whether it's noticing trends in data,...
about 2 years ago • 1 min read
Hey everyone! Apologies for last week, had a wedding and was completely tired! But amazing time nevertheless! So in the last issue, I created a little game with my on-call bleeps to see if you might just have perfect pitch, which I highly highly recommend you attempt it before reading this issue. Click here to play. If you’ve already completed the game, we’re now gonna talk about the perception of music and how it relates to perfect pitch. I’ve been reading This is Your Brain on Music by...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Hey everyone! Greetings on my on-call weekend, where I have 2 pagers (who we pharmacists call “bleeps”) sitting next me, waiting to jumpscare me whenever they choose to! For this issue I want to play a little musical game… But before we start playing.. I want to share a story: Like most of you, I’m a big fan of music, and I honestly can’t imagine how life will be without it. I began playing the piano when I was about 10, and among this I had to practice my scales for my graded exams. Every...
over 2 years ago • 4 min read
Hey everyone! So I thought I might want to revisit one theorem that I spoke about before and some of you actually appreciated, and links back to last week’s issue about Ray Kurzweil’s Pattern Recognition Theory of Mind (PRTM). Let’s revisit Bayes’ Theorem. Bayes' Theorem is a fundamental mathematical concept used to describe the relationship between prior probabilities and new evidence. It’s an incredibly powerful way of thinking that can help you sidestep cognitive traps and make smarter...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
