| Yes It Can: On the Functional Abilities of the Human Unconscious (Ran R. Hassin, 2013) 2025-07-02 drafts reading self > The author presents considerations of evolutionary pressures and of the availability of mental resources that render YIC a reasonable hypothesis. Evidence is then reviewed from various subfields of the cognitive sciences, which shows that functions that were traditionally thought of as requiring consciousness can occur nonconsciously. |
| On Being A Senior Engineer (John Allspaw) 2025-05-14 blogging reading computer > Nothing they make will ever only be in their hands, and that good peer review is what makes better design decisions. As it’s been said elsewhere, they “beg for the bad news.” > The degree to which other people want to work with you is a direct indication on how successful you’ll be in your career as an engineer. |
| Evidence for sugar addiction Behavioral and neurochemical effects of intermittent, excessive sugar intake (Nicole M. Avena, Pedro Rada, and Bartley G. Hoebel) 2024-08-23 blogging reading papers philosophy Lendo um paper sobre relação entre açúcar e o comportamento de vício em outras drogas. > “Food addiction” seems plausible because brain pathways that evolved to respond to natural rewards are also activated by addictive drugs. |