Deric's MindBlog

This blog reports new ideas and work on mind, brain, behavior, psychology, and politics - as well as random curious stuff. (Try the Dynamic Views at top of right column.)

Monday, May 19, 2025

AI is not your friend.

I want to pass on clips from Mike Caulfield's piece in The Atlantic on how "opinionated" chatbots destroy AI's potential,...

Friday, May 16, 2025

On replacing the American establishment - the ideological battle for the soul of Trump World.

I want to pass on the first few paragraphs from Chaffin and Elinson's piece in the May 10 Wall Street Journal, which give a juicy summ...

Wednesday, May 14, 2025

Our human consciousness is a 'Controlled Hallucination' and AI can never achieve it.

I want to suggest that readers have a look at an engaging popular article by Darren Orf that summarizes the ideas of Anil Seth. Seth is a n...

Monday, May 12, 2025

How ketamine breaks through anhedonia - reigniting desire

When chronic depression has not been relieved by behavioral therapies such as meditation or cognitive therapy ketamine is sometimes found to...

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