This is really great, man. Compelling and smart but ridiculous in the best possible way. Tons of great lines— “Her teeth are tiny needles. She should have a lisp but doesn’t.”, “Not just because the brain has to learn what all that crazy new input means, but because culture hates change.” “spend the rest of my natural life chemically chained to corporate consensus reality”
The story itself is “the absolute best kind of lie”.
"The axolotl, represented here by the Mexican axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum, has the ability to regenerate its brain. In this issue, a group of four papers profiles amphibian and reptile brain neurons with single-cell transcriptomics. Analyses lend insight into why the axolotl brain retains regenerative capability that the mammalian brain has lost as well as how structural brain innovations arose during evolution."
This is really great, man. Compelling and smart but ridiculous in the best possible way. Tons of great lines— “Her teeth are tiny needles. She should have a lisp but doesn’t.”, “Not just because the brain has to learn what all that crazy new input means, but because culture hates change.” “spend the rest of my natural life chemically chained to corporate consensus reality”
The story itself is “the absolute best kind of lie”.
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Coincidentally super-cool! #AmphibianWeek
"The axolotl, represented here by the Mexican axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum, has the ability to regenerate its brain. In this issue, a group of four papers profiles amphibian and reptile brain neurons with single-cell transcriptomics. Analyses lend insight into why the axolotl brain retains regenerative capability that the mammalian brain has lost as well as how structural brain innovations arose during evolution."
https://www.science.org/toc/science/377/6610