October's Hackathon Topics & Inspiration
Food for thought.
Hello! Excited to have you at our research hackathon.
To incentivize generalist polymath thinking, we prepared this document with cool topics from various fields our hackathon touches on. We encourage you to quickly browse through this list to get ideas for what interests you for a productive weekend! Ask any questions you want. Feel free browse over, do your own research online and get summaries from ChatGPT too.
Weekend’s Calendar: https://lu.ma/mindbody
Fun questions to keep in mind:
What is being alive or consciousness?
What is aging and death?
Does evolution have a direction or goal?
Why does math seem to describe reality?
What other ways can we perceive reality that allow greater agency?
Why has hair loss/balding not been efficiently solved?
What is your most unconventional idea in computing, cognition, and biology?
Cognition:
Michael Levin’s Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere
Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle
Chris Fields’ Physics as Information Processing
Neural Annealing from Qualia Research Institute
Stream Entry, Cessation, Jhana States in Meditation
Tulpamancy [+ Luca Del Deo’s TEDx]
The Book of Minds from Philip Ball
Don Hoffman’s Interface Perception Theory
Memory Sports & Athletes
Microtubules, Anesthesia, Consciousness
Biology:
Lean Mass Hyper Responders, Lipid Energy Model by Nick Norwitz and Dave Feldman
Energy Metabolism Governs Everything from Chris Masterjohn
Carnivore Diet
How Life Works from Philip Ball
Dr. Michael Rose and Methuselah Flies
Computing, Math, Physics & AI:
Geometric Unity by Eric Weinstein
The Emperor’s New Mind by Roger Penrose
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