Snag Your Copy The True Creator Of Everything: How The Human Brain Shapes Our Universe Conceived By Miguel Nicolelis Issued As Manuscript

its dullest during the lengthy polemics against the concept of artificial intelligence and the insidious effects of technology on the brain.
. . or maybe it was the unwelcome dips into Jungian concepts, It would have been more interesting if all of that had been ditched and the book started with the premise of the brain creating the universe and really dove into that wacky but intriguing premise.
Another "different" book on the brain, but this time it is about the way our brain shaped

the world around us, plus some other interesting insights about AI and computers.
This one is also a not so easy book, but even if you are not expert on the subject, the whole concepts are really well explained and gave me a lot of food for thoughts.


Un altro libro "diverso" sul cervello, che racconta il modo in cui il cervello stesso ha "forgiato" il mondo intorno a noi, piú alcuni interessanti insights sull'intelligenza artificiale e i supercomputer.
Anche questo non é un libro facile, ma anche per i non esperti sull'argomento, i concetti sono ben spiegati e soprattutto fanno riflettere parecchio.


THANKS NETGALLEY FOR THE PREVIEW! Miguel Nicolelisé um médico formado pela universidade de São Paulo e professor de neurobiologia na Universidade de Duke, EUA.
A sua carreira tem sido recheada de prémios, reconhecimentos e louvores, Tornouse popular com o “Projeto Andar de Novo”, criado para a abertura do Mundial de FutebolBrasil, que por meio de um exosqueleto, interfaces cerebrais e inteligência artificial permitiu a um paraplégico andar, chutar e marcar um golo.
O projeto fez correr muita tinta, dentro e fora da academia, mas o principal resultado está neste seu livro "The True Creator Of Everything.
How The Human Brain Shaped The Universe As We Know It", sob a forma de uma grande teoria sobre a realidade e o cérebro.


continua no blog: sitelink blogspot. com This was a very detailed book that I just couldn't get into, I had a hard time understanding some of the concepts the author writes about, I give itsince it is a genre I typically do not read, This book provides additional perspectives to the thesis that our brains create our reality see The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald Hoffman.


It is a technicallydense book and is not an easy read, However, if you can hack through it, you will find many fascinating concepts and theories from a neuroscientist's point of view.
The True Creator of Everything is a book you have to invest some time in, because its dense with the type of narrative and data that takes some thinking about.
Even with a background in science I had to apply all my powers of concentration to work through the conceptual complexity of the experimental work and conclusions.


Ive never highlighted more passages in a book to go back to, but the herculean effort of reading the book was worth it, because what The True Creator of Everything lays out is something worthy of an intense and challenging science fiction novel with an expansive plot and cast.
Except this is a work of nonfiction,

When I was at university a longer time ago than I care to admit, much was made of how complex the different neurotransmitters of the central nervous system were compared to the peripheral nervous system.
The received wisdom at the time was that these varied neurotransmitters hinted at how the intricate mechanisms of the brain worked and taking a closer look at them would answer all the unknowns.


This was soon found to be far from the truth, With the improvement in technology, intricate software investigations have forged their way into a whole new realm.
Even so this book still raises more questions than it answers, but provides tantalising conceptual stepping stones to explore.


The True Creator of Everything does reassure us that we arent going to run into a HAL or a Terminator at our front door any time soon, because despite all the sophistication of AI programmes they are still too linear.
As a biological organism, the brain can draw on far more resources than simple AI when it comes to the subtleties of output we experience in the outside world.
Indeed, it is obvious to anyone who knows little about science but is prepared to stop and think about it for a moment, there is something very nuanced at work as we live our daily lives, which is far from linear and transcends a simple neuronal networking system.


This is where Miguel Nicolelis indicates his train of thought by considering that the energy from the sun that trees harness to grow and thrive, is dissipated into this living organism as embedded information in its physical structure.
He calls this concept Gödelian information, named after the logician Kurt Gödel who demonstrated that formal systems have inherent limitation.
In other words, a logical process of arguments which lead to a conclusion in a linear fashion is an incomplete way of thinking about a particular situation and there may be another nonlinear way of thinking about it.


At least I think this is what it means, given my limited grasp of mathematics Im sure someone reading this post will be able to provide a better explanation I can insert in here.
Thinking about the tree they encountered on their walk during a conference lead Nicolelis and his mathematician friend and colleague Ronald Cicurel to apply Gödelian principles to the function of the human brain.


Whereas digital computers dissipate all the work they do into heat, human brains pour this into storage of what Nicolelis calls Gödelian information.
The more complex the organism, the more this will be done,

An added twist to this remarkable hypothesis is that Gödelian information isnt processed, but immediately recognised by the human brain.


So, this is indeed a book which provides a very different way of thinking about the way the brain works.
It has given me plenty to think about, But I will need to revisit the book repeatedly to fully grasp everything it has to offer.

The True Creator of Everything was courtesy of Yale University Press Great and intriguing concept that started off ok, but has too many archaic thought processes.
Very very into repeating that the brain is a computer like he invented the idea, Lots of questionable evo psych,

Also, the usual "humans are so amazing and exceptional unlike these other animals, but here's all my horrific research where I utilize data from other animals as my primary source regarding humans.
" I gave up when we got to his proud assertion that he has a long career in animal cruelty brain surgeries and implanting electrodes, testing various behaviors in distressing conditions, then chopping them up.
Very common practice in nonhuman neuroscience, I know, but I should have googled this dude first, I don't give animal abusers my time,

Also, the way he name drops all his super cool buds is kinda cringe, The author is knowledgable, that's a fact, He did plenty of research on many topics, However, he is trying to cover way too much field, I admire his work on Brain Computer Interfaces and his way of connecting his ideas on neuroscience with other fields, but can't ignore the fact he is pushing his agenda on the reader.


Although I do agree with him on most of the topics outside of neuroscience, which is about/of the book, I did feel that he tried to convince me that his theory IS the theory of everything and that previous philosophers and scientists have been trying to convey his idea but not using his terms.
He could have finished the book before telling the history of science since the huntergatherer times, I understand he wanted to make a point but there was no need to put the reader through such a long chapter only to deliver his idea infinal paragraph.


I do want to give it astar rating for his enlightening ideas during the first part of the book, but those lastchapters of rant were really unexpected specially coming from a neurobiologist.
Doideira !! A breathtaking exploration of the power of our brains to bring order and creativity to the universe

In, Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis designed a robotic suit which enabled Juliano Pinto, a young Brazilian paraplegic, to kick off the ceremonial first ball of the World Cupusing only his mind.
In The True Creator of Everything, Nicolelis offers a brand new theory that both explains how he accomplished this nearmiraculous feat and demands a total reappraisal of the brain's capabilities.
While many see the brain as little more than a fleshy, obsolescent computer, Nicolelis argues instead that the brain is the most powerful processor the Universe has ever known, and one that, in a deeper sense, creates the entire world and reality that we experience as humans.
Branching across neuroscience, physics, computer science, art history and beyond, this book will revolutionize our understanding of the human mind and the wonders it can create.
I'm dinging one star here for the relativistic brain theory, I don't believe that one picotesla would have any effect on brain function, The only evidence presented seemed to be that it could, so it probably does, I would say that it probably does not, If one picotesla is transmitting usable information, then what is the receiver of that information, and how is it utilized I was left with those questions and remain extremely skeptical.
I did think the rest of the book was worthwhile, It was interesting and engaging and provided sufficient believable evidence for the rest of the concepts to warrant a positive review.
I can recommend it, if you're interested in this subject, I guess that with AI resolving the protein folding problem half of the books premises are void now.
Theory is interesting, but stands on very shaky base, For example, even though the author quite clearly shows that he knows and understands the quantum mechanics, he still claims that things can be "analog" ie infinitely smooth, which is impossible in a quantized world.
This not only invalidates the entire concept of "Godelian information" as nothing truly can be "analog" in this sense, but it also seems like the author is kinda cherry picking his arguments as he seems fit.
This also includes the political agenda, . . would not recommend. DNF

I am SO interested in this topic, but the copy I received is so badly formatted that it's painful to read.
I must put it down for now, but am interested in the prospect of reading a correctly formatted copy.


eARC provided by Yale University Press via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
RTC!,actually language is great, but author's conclusions are not, This book requires you a neurobiological backgound knowledge to be able to internalize the ideas that the author wants to convey, I do not want to imagine if I did not have it! Even so there are many sections in which the ideas branch out impressively and the intended conclusions are modified at the end of certain paragraphs.


In general, it takes the current theories of neuroscience a little further, because it is approached from a less schematic point of view, especially because the author uses other elements or different fields of history, philosophy, art, metaphysics, psychology, human behavior, biology, neural networks, transhumanism, artificial intelligence, etc.
and reaches numerous deductions through extensive reviews of experiments and most importantly, . . observation.

Many uncertainties that inaugurate some chapters are the development of dilemmas already described in history and I am sure that some questions have already passed through our minds when we see them reflected in the daytoday lives of our surrenders.
The brain can be compared with a computer system but never equaled, starting from the simple fact that the processing is not mathematically perfect, but rather abstract and executes the Gödelian method without processing it.
. . I don't know how to explain myself, . .


It caught my attention when it mentioned the study that showed a larger size of the hippocampi in London taxi drivers.
. . and I start to think that at the speed that the technologies are developing and made our lives easier with an access to immediate information have annulled all the search process that is part of the consolidation of our memories.
. . unfortunately that meticulous evolution to which we have arrived will regress notably, or perhaps there will come a time when having a stunted hippocampus will be.
. . normal

The greatest achievement of our brains is definitely its adaptability to changes, its ability to learn and evolve according to the circumstances and rolling needs that gave rise to an artificial intelligence system incomparable with any other and that gap between the truth and the prove is the real challenge.
No algorithm can be compared with the dynamics of the organic brain, but once again it is emphasize that experimental science is the way to new horizonts.


At the end of it, it raises more questions than answers, one that came to my mind if mirror neurons play a role in the brain "learning" to generate new pathways of cerebral activity spread, diseases or new skills

Favorite phrase: After a singular explosive that have rise to cosmos, light finally escaped until it encountered someone who could give some meaning to it all.
the importance of a good observing eye that interprets or is capable of seeking an interpretation, . .

It's a good book because it makes you think and in many moments it reminded me of Sapiens.