Marc Sommer

Marc Sommer

neurocircuits.bsky.social

What is the brain? Personal account, all views my own. Reposts meant as informative and not implying endorsement.

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01 noviembre 2026 18:16

I currently have one of these in its 800th round of submission.

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John Pearson
01 noviembre 2026 16:34

A friend of mine once referred to this as a “you’re not getting a pony for Christmas” paper.

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Experiments are great and all but if they aren't connected to testing an idea, if they aren't leading to an insight, 🤷‍♀️ Measurement for measurement's sake might not be an actual dead end but it sure delays the fun part

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John Pearson
01 noviembre 2026 16:34

I would have thought the success of BRAIN would have helped. But to be honest, it takes a lot of misses to find one good hit in theory, and the rest ends up looking like “waste,” especially compared to collecting new data.

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John Pearson
01 noviembre 2026 07:50

This. I am continually surprised by people who have confused the technical craft aspects of doing science with the conceptual and question-driven aspects of doing science. This is our Pop Art moment. Or photography. Theory in the age of mechanical reproduction.

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