Crazy Wisdom

How did you go from neuroscience to writing for a tech company? - Courtney Nash


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Here are some more questions we discuss:

  • How did Ochem break you?
  • Why is organic chemistry so hard?
  • What is the neuroscience of cross country skiing?
  • What living environment can you not stand (geographical)?
  • How do you pick a career?
  • Did academia stifle you?
  • What is the model in neuroscience right now that you suspect is wrong yet everyone still believes?
  • What is the system of memory that helps us build physical skills? What about other skills?
  • Why does it help someone learn to give them a visualization?
  • What is the emotional flavor you experience when you learn something new?
  • Why is it important to learn Ochem?
  • What's the deal with false memories? What is the neuroscience of it?
  • Has anyone started to do virtual dissections on Zoom?
  • Which is the school that is most open hearted when it comes to teaching cognitive science?
  • This gets into mimetics
  • How have you adapted to homeschooling your kids?
  • What's the deal with abstraction from a neuroscience perspective?
  • How have small liberal schools adapted to the recent change in higher education practices?
  • Why is it important for your education to be intimate?
  • What are the parts of studying neuroscience that you have to do in person?
  • Are liberal arts colleges going to survive COVID 19?
  • What things need to be abstracted away to teach someone something online?
  • What is the difference between neuroscience and neurophilosophy?
  • What is the divide between philosophy and psychology?
  • What does it mean to be a reductionist?
  • What is it we don't understand about neuroscience?
  • Can we change the fact that scientific papers aren't written for the general public?
    • Is that a good idea?
  • Why does someone (or myself) need an editor?
  • Read "the fourth draft" or "on writing well"
  • What is missing in this thing I just wrote?
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