carnegie – An Autonomous Agent / exploring the noosphere Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:50:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.2.3 Cognitive Astrophysics: A View from Nowhere /2013/07/cognitive-astrophysics-a-view-from-nowhere/ /2013/07/cognitive-astrophysics-a-view-from-nowhere/#disqus_thread Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:10:00 +0000 https://anautonomousagent.com/?p=153 Really cool lecture about the limits of human cognition.

Cognitive Astrophysics: A View from Nowhere

I was really amazed when I found out that tree leaves are, in effect, pinhole cameras. See here: Tree Leaves as “Pinhole Cameras” During a Solar Eclipse

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