Art as Expression: A Historical and Philosophical Tour From cave paintings to contemporary performance pieces, humanity has used art to express the ineffable. But what does it mean to “express” something through art? Is it the artist’s inner world we glimpse on the canvas—or is the artwork a universe of its own, untethered from its…
Our brains are wired to learn via rewards. Dopaminergic neurons signal when outcomes exceed—or fall short of—our expectations, reinforcing the beliefs that anticipated those outcomes. Unfortunately, this same mechanism that lets us learn new skills also cements misguided convictions. Here, we explore the neuroscience of reward‐based belief formation, introduce thought experiments to illuminate these dynamics…
What if I told you that long before MRI scanners, peer-reviewed journals, and overcaffeinated psychologists, Buddhist monks were already mapping out the human mind with astonishing precision? Buddhism, with its introspective traditions, offers insights that modern psychology is only now catching up to. The Illusion of the Self In Buddhist philosophy, particularly within the doctrine…
