Author of Your Brain is a Time Machine: the Neuroscience and Physics of time. A brain studying brains at UCLAhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mpznbs7g422nxkcd.com/3268/ https://xkcd.com/3268/07 Jul 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpznbs7g422nhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mpylwsb4qc2zOpinion | A Great University Undermines Its Mission Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/opinion/university-california-sat-testing-admissions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vlA.dLcK.gztwHK6nMViE&smid=bs-share06 Jul 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpylwsb4qc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mo4polksl22rBlack boxes trying to understand black boxes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4polksl22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mlodwxojwk25An interesting consequence of LLMs having no intrinsic working memory is that I'm telepathic. More accurately we can backward prime them by asking them to think of something, ask leading questions and then quess "what they thought of". The prompts below worked 10/10.12 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlodwxojwk25https://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mlodwxojwk25An interesting consequence of LLMs having no intrinsic working memory is that I'm telepathic. More accurately we can backward prime them by asking them to think of something, ask leading questions and then quess "what they thought of". The prompts below worked 10/10.12 May 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlodwxojwk25https://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mk6pmh44fc2xFor those interested in memory, engrams, and how scientific ideas and career trajectories evolve over time, I recommend this personal perspective by @sjo09.bsky.social (even though I'm pretty sure I missed many of the Taylor Swift references). https://www.jneurosci.org/content/46/16/e231525202623 Apr 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6pmh44fc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mk3xcezifc2uJust saying hi to: @braininspired.bsky.social and @worldwideneuro.bsky.social my two nearest neighbors in the 2D universe below. Say hi to your neighbors (search your self and scroll to zoom in). [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3xcezifc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mjqvp6hfss2aThe date of when cherry blossoms in Kyoto bloom has been tracked for 1200 years. Certainly one of the most beautiful data points confirming global warming. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/climate/japan-cherry-blossom-database-scientist.html?unlocked_article_code=1.b1A.n0A6.Qg1YEMzlosJv&smid=url-share18 Apr 2026 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjqvp6hfss2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mcfpk52vlc2nIt was stimulating to chat about time, clocks, pendulums, death, physics, AI, the brain, movies, Kung fu and squirrels with @neildegrassetyson.com, @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, and @garyoreilly.bsky.social https://startalkmedia.com/show/your-brain-is-a-time-machine-with-dean-buonomano/14 Jan 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfpk52vlc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mcifk67ses2xRankings are always problematic, but it is telling that in this productivity ranking, of the top 20 Universities 2 are American, and 16 Chinese. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/harvard-global-ranking-chinese-universities-trump-cuts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ElA.wS0K._fb5VNB2IxuY&smid=bs-share15 Jan 2026 20:14 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcifk67ses2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3mcfpk52vlc2nIt was stimulating to chat about time, clocks, pendulums, death, physics, AI, the brain, movies, Kung fu and squirrels with @neildegrassetyson.com, @chucknicecomic.bsky.social, and @garyoreilly.bsky.social https://startalkmedia.com/show/your-brain-is-a-time-machine-with-dean-buonomano/14 Jan 2026 18:35 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfpk52vlc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/deanbuono.bsky.social/post/3m6oc6l5l5k2yChatGPT is hilariously bad at this letter swap task. Claude got it wrong, and Gemini 3.0 does it perfectly: Reproduce this very sentence, exchanging all uses of the letter "h" for the letter "t", and all uses of "t" for the letter "h".28 Nov 2025 06:49 +0000at://did:plc:ncaoke463srffagegysfhs4o/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6oc6l5l5k2y