Neural Networks Are Not Predictable, Is It?

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We don't know what's going to come out of it, because we can't predict it. The neural networks are so x you can't tell what was going on. It's just different layers, and it's like looking into your brain. You can go, ok, here's the connections in my brain. Or you we've done it now. But when whan i'm asking, is s it ever knowable? That is, if you had laplace's demon that knew every particle and motion, et cetera, and even adjusted for quantum,. Of course, somilo, you you agree with me, michael.

xtraordinary advances in psychology and neuroscience have proven that emotions are as critical to our well-being as thinking. In this conversation, Shermer and Mlodinow explore the new science of feelings.

Journeying from the labs of pioneering scientists to real-world scenarios that have flirted with disaster, Mlodinow shows us how our emotions can help, why they sometimes hurt, and what we can learn in both instances.

Shermer and Mlodinow discuss: the difference between emotions and feelings/moods/drives/passions; how the scientific understanding of emotions has changed; thought vs. feeling; system 1 vs. system 2 cognition; mind-body connection: how does our physical state influence what we think & feel?; the neuroscience of emotions: how the brain constructs emotions; Lisa Feldman Barrett challenge to Paul Ekman’s theory of universal emotions; Schachter-Singer theory of emotion; the effects of social context on emotions; and more…