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10:0310:03, 31 May 2025 diff hist −260 Calculus No edit summary current
09:5709:57, 31 May 2025 diff hist +2,448 N Calculus Created page with "Differentiation and integration are the two fundamental, inverse operations in calculus, a branch of mathematics concerned with continuous change. They provide powerful tools for analyzing the behavior of functions and quantities that are constantly varying. ### Differentiation **Differentiation** is the process of finding the **derivative** of a function. The derivative measures the **instantaneous rate of change** of a function with respect to its independent variabl..."
09:5709:57, 31 May 2025 diff hist +1,488 N Deep Simplicity: Chaos, Complexity, and the Emergence of Life Created page with "== Introduction: The Simplicity of Complexity == * Chaos and complexity are based on two simple ideas: ** The sensitivity of a system to its starting conditions ** Feedback == Order Out of Chaos == * The Greeks were superb geometers, who had a very good understanding of the relationships between stationary things, but they had no understanding of how things move or the laws of motion. * The three-body problem - Equations describing systems of three or more objects can be..."

16:1116:11, 11 May 2025 diff hist +8,244 N The Concept of Mind Created page with "== Introduction == == Descartes's Myth == * The dogma of the ghost in the machine == Knowing How and Knowing That == * The distinction between being intelligent and possessing knowledge. * We think of intellectual powers as that special class of operations which constitute theorizing. The goal of these operations is the knowledge of true propositions or facts. Mathematics and the established natural sciences ar the model accomplishments of human intellects. * On the cont..." current

19:1219:12, 1 May 2025 diff hist −6 Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction →Deciding
19:1019:10, 1 May 2025 diff hist +3,261 Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction →Deciding
18:4318:43, 1 May 2025 diff hist +2,070 Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction →Reasoning
15:2915:29, 1 May 2025 diff hist +2,275 Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction →Remembering
15:1515:15, 1 May 2025 diff hist +3,206 Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction No edit summary
13:4613:46, 1 May 2025 diff hist +3,342 N Cognitive Neuroscience: A Very Short Introduction Created page with "== A Recent Field == * Visualization Techniques: ** PET (Positron Emission Tomography) - 1980s ** fMRI (Functional Magnetic Brain Imaging) - 1990s - the ratio of oxygenated to de-oxygenated blood. * Help us learn about: ** Human capacities ** Human limitations ** Disorders of the nervous system == Perceiving == * Lateral Occipital (LO) complex - an area that is activated when people recognize objects. Critical for the ability to use the ahape and orientation of an object..."
13:2413:24, 1 May 2025 diff hist +81 Books →2025 (week 17)

17:0817:08, 26 April 2025 diff hist +2,373 N The Experience Machine Created page with "== Unboxing the Experience Machine == * The number of neuronal connections carrying signals backward in this way is estimated to exceed the number carry signals forward by a very substantial margin. * The brain, at 2% of human body weight is estimated to account for around 20% of total bodily energy consumption. * The bulk of what the brain does is learn and maintain a kind of model of body and world - a model that can then be used, moment by moment, to try to predict th..."
16:5516:55, 26 April 2025 diff hist +42 Books →2025 (week 17)