Chain of Thought for Humans(boristhebrave.com)
109 points by ibobev | 54 comments
Blog post describing how narrating one's thoughts aloud, like LLM chain-of-thought or rubber duck debugging, improved the author's puzzle solving in The Witness.
#cognition on Hacker News
12 stories tagged cognition, newest first.
Thought as a Technology (2016)(cognitivemedium.com)
4 points by tobr | 0 comments
Michael Nielsen's 2016 essay on how computer interfaces can serve as cognitive technologies that expand the range of human thought.
Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra(cognition.com)
431 points by seelos | 184 comments
Cognition blog post announcing SWE-2, a new software engineering AI model claimed to push the cost-performance Pareto frontier.
AI has access to a vastly larger working memory than the human brain(davidepiffer.com)
524 points by rzk | 452 comments
A Substack essay by Davide Piffer arguing that AI's edge over mathematicians comes from a vast symbolic working memory rather than superior reasoning.
Writing by hand is good for your brain(nealstephenson.substack.com)
1393 points by dwwoelfel | 629 comments
Neal Stephenson's Substack post arguing that writing by hand benefits the brain, with practical advice on how to do it.
Taking a walk may lead to more creativity than sitting, study finds (2014)(apa.org)
550 points by bilsbie | 216 comments
Archived 2014 American Psychological Association press release on a study finding that walking boosts creative thinking compared with sitting.
You’re a slow thinker. Now what?(chillphysicsenjoyer.substack.com)
488 points by sebg | 201 comments
A Substack essay by Casual Physics Enjoyer reflecting on being a slow thinker and how to lean into that thinking style.
Windsurf employee #2: I was given a payout of only 1% what my shares where worth(twitter.com)
568 points by rfurmani | 388 comments
X post by Windsurf's employee #2 saying he joined Cognition and received only 1% of his shares' value after the Google DeepMind deal.
Cognition (Devin AI) to Acquire Windsurf(cognition.ai)
486 points by alazsengul | 406 comments
Cognition blog post announcing its agreement to acquire Windsurf, the AI coding IDE company.
Language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought(scientificamerican.com)
509 points by orcul | 362 comments
Scientific American article by Gary Stix on brain studies showing language is not essential for the cognitive processes underlying thought.
Tell HN: Burnout is bad to your brain, take care
485 points by tuyguntn | 200 comments
A Tell HN post in which the author describes how burnout and depression impaired their learning, memory, and problem-solving, urging others to protect their mental health.
What does the cerebellum do?(sarahconstantin.substack.com)
406 points by scrambled | 184 comments
A Substack essay by Sarah Constantin on the Rough Diamonds blog explaining the functions of the cerebellum beyond balance.