Continuing with the themes from my previous essay discussing motivation and functional autonomy, I will start by expounding upon my claim that this principle is a factor in addiction. Next, my goal is to provide a selective overview of pertinent topics related to reinforcement learning and perception before concluding with neuroscience and psychiatry topics that …
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Squid Game has swept across the internet and quickly infiltrated our collective and individual consciousnesses. As the various means for social connection and interconnectivity increase in speed, I have noticed this repeated trend to jump over the initial premise, or the basic and banal elements that comprise the foundation for whatever is the cognitive infrastructure …
In times of chaos and turmoil, We are forced to recoil. While uncertainty increases, A certain confidence rises within. From the depths of the numinous waters, Remnants of the primordial past bubble up to disrupt the surface. A common adversary serves to rekindle the necessary collective collaboration. While our faith in society’s infrastructure diminishes, Doubts …
Motivation is fundamental to understanding why people act in their unique manner; moreover, motivation is closely linked to one’s personality as a whole. However, the depth and nuance of an individual’s motivational system are often overlooked or oversimplified due to the scientific bias toward viewing and understanding human motivation solely in general terms. Gordan Allport …
I have spent too much time observing human behavior, especially on social media platforms, and here are my takeaways at this moment in time: That resisting medicine is heroism, but so too is embracing it; that freedom of religion means deciding how others should practice theirs; that the goal of a vocation is to someday …
The flow of time is due to entropy. Entropy is flowing from a state of order into disorder, and we perceive that as the arrow of time. But, on a true scale, time is truly relational: it is a matter of motion and change relative to other things (ultimately, light). What does this mean phenomenologically? …
Growth continues to ebb and flow.The task becomes predicting where it will go.Some say up, others say right;Both are governed by sleep each night. Our calculations may bear fruit;Our hopes may even sprout roots.Yet, despite our clever games,Our life presses onward unfazed.Our present flames are frozen and mounted in picture frames. So, what do we …
In today's socio-political climate, our attitude toward each other is often characterized as polarized, hostile, intolerant, divided, and so forth. The current situation's emotional charge intensifies as the confluence of significant factors (e.g., pandemic, natural disasters, scarcity of resources including economically) both increase in magnitude and expand in scope. Consequently, the continuation of these tests …
In the court of law, there is a key threshold required for evidence known as the the standard of proof. This puts forth the required amount of evidence for a determination to be made in the specific case, and it differs between civil and criminal cases. For example, in most civil cases, the standard of …
A Two Sided Truth 