Archive - Cognitive Wonderland

Being A Neuroscientist Doesn’t Make You A Wellness Expert

The Rise of the Neuro-Grifting Gurus: Andrew Huberman, Julie Fratantoni, and Dominic Ng

Dec 11, 2025 • Tommy Blanchard

The Idea of the Brain

A history of neuroscience, the mind/body problem, and whether the brain is a computer, inspired by the book by Matthew Cobb

Jan 2 • Tommy Blanchard

We Are All Hive Minds

Intelligence without a central planner

Feb 26 • Tommy Blanchard

The Self as Brain

Review and reflections on Touching a Nerve by Patricia Churchland

Feb 5 • Tommy Blanchard

Meta-knowledge and Meta-ignorance

The Illusion of Explanatory Depth and the Curse of Knowledge

Aug 21, 2025 • Tommy Blanchard

Animal Life and the Birth of the Mind

The evolution of consciousness and the minds of animals: inspired by Metazoa by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Mar 5 • Tommy Blanchard

The Seductive Allure of Neuro Self-Help

Neuroscience in self-help or productivity suggestions is a red flag

Oct 3, 2024 • Tommy Blanchard

Why I Don’t Often Mention Neuroscience

Let’s read a bad neuro article to ironically regain our hope for neuroscience writing

Oct 30, 2025 • Tommy Blanchard

Your Intelligence Isn’t Making You Lonely

If you’re so smart, why haven’t you learned to socialize

Nov 20, 2025 • Tommy Blanchard

Myers-Briggs is Pseudoscience

Black-and-white thinking combined with the marketing arm of a business are the only reason we talk about it

Jan 2, 2025 • Tommy Blanchard

Strawmen and Worldview Solipsism

How our concepts carve up the world informs our views more than explicit argumentation

Feb 12 • Tommy Blanchard

Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? — A review and tangents

Thoughts on the October Cognitive Wonderland Book Club Read

Nov 6, 2025 • Tommy Blanchard

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