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Phantom Cognitive Liberty

There is something I’ve been thinking a lot about recently and have even started writing this small essay on the theme. What gave me the ability to finalise my thoughts was a talk I heard today by Nanthia Suthana, “From Lab to Real World: Multiscale Neural Dynamics of Human Memory in Motion”. But first, I want to step back and give you a bit of the context you might already have. ...

August 25, 2026 · 5 min · Yulia Afletunova