Is This Reminding Me of Nature?

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There's a certain range within nature in which the complexity of nature, falls within the certain band. And that is found in jackson pollock's paintingt that's the connection there. I actually took myself to moma, to the museum of modern art in am in in manhattan, and sat in front of one of his famous drippaint for a while and thought, is this reminding me of nature? Ou, that was maybe a stretch, but it's really fun to get a lead like that in in the research literature.

Annie Murphy Paul is an acclaimed science writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and The Best American Science Writing. She is the author of Origins, selected by the New York Times Book Review as a “Notable Book,” and The Cult of Personality. Her TED Talk has been viewed more than 2.6 million times. Annie is a recipient of the Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellowship, the Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship, and the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellowship at New America.

You can learn more about Annie at: anniemurphypaul.com.

Annie's book, The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain, is available now.

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