The nousspace journal
Ideas worth spending time with.
Essays and notes on minds, matter and meaning, written to be read slowly.
The Quiet Work of Attention
Most of what reaches your eyes never reaches you. That is not a flaw; it is the design.
Editor’s picks
Why Time Seems to Have a Direction
The laws of motion run equally well backwards. So why does a cup of coffee only ever cool?
Curiosity Is a Practice, Not a Mood
Waiting to feel curious is like waiting to feel fit. It mostly arrives after you start.
What a Single Neuron Can Compute
Textbooks once drew neurons as simple switches. The branches tell a richer story.
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NeuroscienceEssaySample
The Quiet Work of Attention
Most of what reaches your eyes never reaches you. That is not a flaw; it is the design.
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PhysicsEssaySample
Why Time Seems to Have a Direction
The laws of motion run equally well backwards. So why does a cup of coffee only ever cool?
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IdeasNoteSample
Curiosity Is a Practice, Not a Mood
Waiting to feel curious is like waiting to feel fit. It mostly arrives after you start.
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NeuroscienceEssaySample
What a Single Neuron Can Compute
Textbooks once drew neurons as simple switches. The branches tell a richer story.
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IdeasNoteSample
On Reading Slowly
Speed is a fine way to find a text. It is a poor way to keep one.
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