Brian Gallagher

Berkeley

I edit @nautilusmag, and run the newsletter. On here to discuss psychology, evolution, space exploration, physics, moral philosophy, and more.

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Why Our Brains Crave Ideology

1 week ago | nautil.us | Brian Gallagher

ADVERTISEMENT Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. or Join now . Neuroscience A neuroscientist reveals how to nurture authentic and flexible thinking Sign up for the free Nautilus newsletter: As the lights in the lecture hall slowly brighten, political neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod braces herself for the onslaught of questions from an audience brimming with rising hands—and one clenched fist. “Is it a question? An exclamation?
We Are a Part of Infinity

3 weeks ago | nautil.us | Brian Gallagher

ADVERTISEMENT Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. or Join now . Philosophy A neuroscientist uncovers Albert Einstein’s little known spiritual journey Sign up for the free Nautilus newsletter: When Albert Einstein was 10, his tutor, a medical student named Max Talmey, would often join the family for lunch.
AI vs. Humans: The True Cost of Work - Energy, Water, and Dollars Compared

2 months ago | medium.com | Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher·Follow35 min read·--I'm trying out a formatting experiment for gradually expanding on a topic of interest. First we give a TL;DR (Too Long, Didn't Read) 1-2 sentence blurb about it, then a 1-2 paragraph summary, then an outline of the basic points, and finally provide more deep-dive content into the topic and provide some key references with links, and some details on how we created this using a variety of AI based tools. Please let me know how you like this approach.
Giant Clams, Harvesters of Light, Close to Extinction

Oct 30, 2024 | nautil.us | Brian Gallagher

Join ADVERTISEMENT Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. or Join now . Zoology What we can learn from the critically endangered species. Sign up for the free Nautilus newsletter: You might think tree leaves were the best thing nature had come up with to harvest the sun’s light. But they are nowhere near as efficient at turning photons into chemical energy as giant clams.
3 Sports + 3 Days = 1 Epic Weekend

Oct 28, 2024 | medium.com | Brian Gallagher

Brian Gallagher·Follow12 min read·--It’s entirely possible this past weekend was the best of my entire life. For the last few years, I’ve tried my best to attend one pro sporting event each month. My Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Kings fandom lines up almost perfectly, with each sport’s regular season intertwined nearly perfectly, with some overlap in the postseason. Every October, though, there’s the possibility to watch all four major professional sports at or around the same time.
Notes on a tragedy… in the midst of a vacation

Sep 4, 2024 | medium.com | Brian Gallagher

One of my favorite parts of planning trips is having enough structure to see/do what I want to see/do while having enough wiggle room to be spontaneous and go with that ever-loving flow when it comes around. I had planned my August trip home to Minnesota for months, originally anchored around a Metallica concert — my first time ever seeing them live — and the insanity that is the Minnesota State Fair. Most of the rest of that time was fairly open, and I’m glad that it was.
The solemnity of solitude... after six months in the new home.

Jul 31, 2024 | medium.com | Brian Gallagher

It's kind of wild to realize that, at 47 years of age, I've only actually lived by myself for about two and a half years. Even wilder because I've been single for almost all of that time. The first two years were in Winona, when I dropped out of school and had to move out of the fraternity house. It was this strange drab-gray house on Franklin and Sanborn that was split into I think five or six apartments.
Now I have a baseball travel memoir... ho ho ho (or at least a draft of one) and more fun writing...

Jul 2, 2024 | medium.com | Brian Gallagher

Hey all, I told myself and ostensibly you that I was going to do one of these a month, so I apologize for June's entry being a few days too late... but that allowed me to share aforementioned more fun writing news! But more on that later.
Celebrity sightings at the Academy Museum and Hollywood Boulevard plus an excerpt from my...

May 31, 2024 | medium.com | Brian Gallagher

Monday, August 16, 2021 One of the simultaneously best and worst things about baseball is there is literally a game every day. It's the best if you're an absolute nut for the sport and the worst if you feel the need to keep up with everything constantly, because it's a lot. Still, there are days like Monday, August 16, 2021, where practically the entire league is off and there are only one or two games on the schedule for the entire day.
The Case for Scientific Transculturalism

May 14, 2024 | nautil.us | Brian Gallagher

In “On Exactitude in Science,” the short story writer Jorge Luis Borges wrote of an empire that achieved mastery in cartography. One map was so exacting, it was the size of the empire itself. Later generations found it so useless, Borges wrote, that they “delivered it up to the Inclemencies of Sun and Winters.” In other words, they scrapped it. A map that precise, coinciding “point for point” with real territory, is ridiculously cumbersome.

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Brian Gallagher @bsgallagher

3 Apr 25

So cool.

SpaceX @SpaceX

Throughout their first two full days on-orbit, the crew took the first-ever X-ray in space, 130 years after the first X-ray was captured. The @framonauts did a brain mapping EEG experiment and contributed to a continuous glucose monitor study examining how fluid shifts in space https://t.co/Tpvp3l5Zrh

Brian Gallagher @bsgallagher

3 Apr 25

Is this an April Fool’s thing?

William Shatner @WilliamShatner

I have a momentous announcement to make. Last week as those who follow me know, @ElonMusk extended to me an invitation unlike any other—the opportunity to join him on a pioneering journey to Mars. After deep reflection and discussions with my family, I have made the life-changing https://t.co/ilJy1Ixuce

Brian Gallagher @bsgallagher

3 Apr 25

Hell yes