Secure attachment and the limbic system A couple of friends recently asked me for my take on this article by Nora Samaran on secure attachment and autonomy. The article focuses on the sense of security that comes from someone consistently responding positively to requests for comfort. The key point is that it's not just a […]
This is a relatively low-effort post, though the result of quite a lot of thinking. It's a transcript of a conversation with ChatGPT. Me The book Thinking Physics has a widely acclaimed pedagogical method and is uniquely well-regarded in its field. Please recommend similarly good educational books on different topics.
A friend recently told me me that the ghosts that chase Pac-Man in the eponymous arcade game don't vary their behavior based on Pac-Man's position. At first, this surprised me. If, playing Pac-Man, I'm running away from one of the ghosts chasing me, and eat one of the special “energizer” pellets that lets Pac-Man eat […]