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John Krakauer has been on the podcast multiple times (see links below). Today we discuss some topics framed around what he's been working on and thinking about lately. Things like

Whether brains actually reorganize after damage
The role of brain plasticity in general
The path toward and the path not toward understanding higher cognition
How to fix motor problems after strokes
AGI
Functionalism, consciousness, and much more.

Relevant links:

John's Lab.
Twitter: @blamlab
Related papers
- What are we talking about? Clarifying the fuzzy concept of representation in neuroscience and beyond.
- Against cortical reorganisation.
Other episodes with John:

Time stamps 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - It's a podcast episode! 6:47 - Stroke and Sherrington neuroscience 19:26 - Thinking vs. moving, representations 34:15 - What's special about humans? 56:35 - Does cortical reorganization happen? 1:14:08 - Current era in neuroscience

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