Rob Russell

Rob Russell

@gtv840

I came, I saw, I took a photo.

Online in Eastern Australia

Joined Nov 1, 2022

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Neural Autopoiesis: Organizing Self-Boundaries by Stimulus Avoidance in Biological and Artificial Neural Networks

direct.mit.edu/artl/article-abstract/26/1/130/93271/Neural-Autopoiesis-Organizing-Self-Boundaries-by?redirectedFrom=fulltext

May 7, 2026

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A theory of cortical responses

royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article-abstract/360/1456/815/20657/A-theory-of-cortical-responses?redirectedFrom=fulltext

May 3, 2026

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Where do we store the memory in our brain (specific part)?

www.quora.com/Where-do-we-store-the-memory-in-our-brain-specific-part/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1?__filter__=20&__nsrc__=notif_page&__sncid__=73571364917&__snid3__=97794769535

May 2, 2026

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paper.pdf

rdi.berkeley.edu/peer-preservation/paper.pdf

Apr 30, 2026

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Knowledge as compressed information in living systems - Claude

claude.ai/chat/a4391738-8176-4bfa-9d15-ab3e9adb1399

Apr 22, 2026

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If all humans share the same underlying awareness, what exactly is the “individual self” made of?

www.quora.com/If-all-humans-share-the-same-underlying-awareness-what-exactly-is-the-individual-self-made-of/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1

Apr 16, 2026

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Are insects cold-blooded or warm-blooded?

www.quora.com/Are-insects-cold-blooded-or-warm-blooded/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1?__filter__=all&__nsrc__=notif_page&__sncid__=73141197832&__snid3__=97281543338

Apr 16, 2026

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How did the human know that he is recognizing something?

www.quora.com/How-did-the-human-know-that-he-is-recognizing-something/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1

Apr 16, 2026

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Can AI become self-aware? Could Terminator's Skynet happen?

www.quora.com/Can-AI-become-self-aware-Could-Terminators-Skynet-happen/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1

Apr 16, 2026

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If all humans share the same underlying awareness, what exactly is the “individual self” made of?

www.quora.com/If-all-humans-share-the-same-underlying-awareness-what-exactly-is-the-individual-self-made-of/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1?prompt_topic_bio=1

Apr 16, 2026

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Photorealism in AI illustration.

medium.com/@gtveloce116/photorealism-in-ai-illustration-1ea02995d0fc

Mar 24, 2026

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Why were the very earliest civilizations located in Asia and North Africa, despite humans originally coming from Sub-Saharan Africa?

www.quora.com/Why-were-the-very-earliest-civilizations-located-in-Asia-and-North-Africa-despite-humans-originally-coming-from-Sub-Saharan-Africa/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1?ch=10&oid=76875874&share=b8db21a5&srid=oQEs&target_type=answer

Oct 20, 2025

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Are nociceptors involved in our experience of emotional pain?

www.quora.com/Are-nociceptors-involved-in-our-experience-of-emotional-pain/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1

Oct 20, 2025

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Modern humans appeared 200,000; civilization 10,000; and advanced technology 500 years ago. Why no advancement for something like 190,000...

www.quora.com/Modern-humans-appeared-200-000-civilization-10-000-and-advanced-technology-500-years-ago-Why-no-advancement-for-something-like-190-000-years/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1

Oct 20, 2025

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Could artificial intelligence ever be truly sentient? Why or why not?

www.quora.com/Could-artificial-intelligence-ever-be-truly-sentient-Why-or-why-not/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1

Oct 10, 2025

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Sydney_Track_Cycling_History.pdf

shazbeige.com/pdf/Sydney_Track_Cycling_History.pdf

Sep 5, 2025

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Why do humans have the most needy and stressful offspring compared to all other animals?

www.quora.com/Why-do-humans-have-the-most-needy-and-stressful-offspring-compared-to-all-other-animals/answer/Robert-K-Russell-1

Sep 5, 2025

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Sydney's airports, aerodromes and airstrips

sydneypast.blogspot.com/2008/07/sydneys-airports-aerodromes-and.html

Sep 4, 2025

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Sydney's race tracks - bikes, cars - even horses

sydneypast.blogspot.com/2008/07/sydneys-race-tracks-bikes-cars-even.html

Sep 4, 2025

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Whalan Reserve (Mt Druitt) - another of Sydney's WWII airstrips - and post-war race tracks

sydneypast.blogspot.com/2014/11/whalan-reserve-another-of-sydneys-wwii.html

Sep 4, 2025

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Just for the record - another track worth mentioning - Kulnura (private)

sydneypast.blogspot.com/2021/03/just-for-record-another-track-worth.html

Sep 4, 2025

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Secrets of a Sydney past

sydneypast.blogspot.com/

Sep 4, 2025

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Selected Psychological Aspects of Meat Consumption—A Short Review - PMC

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6165406/

Jul 17, 2025

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Michael Tomasello: What Makes Humans Human? | Duke Today

today.duke.edu/2019/04/michael-tomasello-what-makes-humans-human

Jul 13, 2025

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How many species on Earth? About 8.7 million, new estimate says

www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/08/110823180459.htm

Jul 13, 2025

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Humans aren’t the only animals with complex culture − but researchers point to one feature that makes ours unique

theconversation.com/humans-arent-the-only-animals-with-complex-culture-but-researchers-point-to-one-feature-that-makes-ours-unique-245526

Jul 13, 2025

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Why Human Culture Never Stops Evolving - Neuroscience News

neurosciencenews.com/culture-evolution-neuroscience-28001/

Jul 13, 2025

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A Genomic View of the Pleistocene Population History of Asia | Current Anthropology: Vol 58, No S17

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10.1086/694422

Jul 3, 2025

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When pouched carnivores ruled the animal kingdom

www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2010/nov/when-pouched-carnivores-ruled-animal-kingdom

Jun 27, 2025

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The shared evolution of the Tasmanian tiger and the wolf | Pursuit by the University of Melbourne

pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-shared-evolution-of-the-tasmanian-tiger-and-the-wolf

Jun 27, 2025

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Using Major and Minor 6th Intervals to Make Your Music Sound 'Sweeter' | Guitar Lesson

www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/scales/using_major_and_minor_6th_intervals_to_make_your_music_sound_sweeter.html

Jun 14, 2025

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Feathered geniuses: Birds are much smarter than we think - Australian Geographic

www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/11/bird-intelligence/

Jun 11, 2025

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Sydney: a history of cycling through the decades | City of Sydney - News

news.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/photos/sydney-a-history-of-cycling-through-the-decades

Jun 5, 2025

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Neanderthal taxonomy reconsidered: Implications of 3D primate models of intra- and interspecific differences | PNAS

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0308085100

May 27, 2025

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The evolution of human skin pigmentation involved the interactions of genetic, environmental, and cultural variables - PMC

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8359960/

May 19, 2025

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Coloration in Mammals - PMC

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10754262/

May 19, 2025

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Our true dawn: Pinning down human origins

www.newscientist.com/article/mg21628921-500-our-true-dawn-pinning-down-human-origins/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_140525&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story

May 15, 2025

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The animals revealing why human culture isn't as special as we thought

www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635374-000-the-animals-revealing-why-human-culture-isnt-as-special-as-we-thought/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_140525&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story

May 15, 2025

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Ape fossils put the origin of humanity at 10 million years ago

www.newscientist.com/article/dn28274-ape-fossils-put-the-origin-of-humanity-at-10-million-years-ago/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_140525&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story

May 15, 2025

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Most detailed human genome sequence yet reveals our hidden variation

www.newscientist.com/article/2285202-most-detailed-human-genome-sequence-yet-reveals-our-hidden-variation/?utm_source=nshum&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nshum_140525&utm_term=Newsletter%20NSHUM_Our%20Human%20Story

May 15, 2025

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The wild idea that we all get nutrients from the air that we breathe

www.newscientist.com/article/mg26635433-000-the-wild-idea-that-we-all-get-nutrients-from-the-air-that-we-breathe/?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-05-13-Ae-there-nutrie

May 13, 2025

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(35) The Ethics of Fake Guitar - YouTube

www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1QEV9euGAg

May 2, 2025

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Difference Between Explicit Knowledge and Tacit Knowledge (with Comparison Chart) - Key Differences

keydifferences.com/difference-between-explicit-knowledge-and-tacit-knowledge.html

May 1, 2025

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Animal Interactions and the Emergence of Territoriality - PMC

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3053310/

Feb 3, 2025

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Longevity and sexual maturity vary across species with number of cortical neurons, and humans are no exception - PubMed

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30350858/

Jan 30, 2025

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People Today Carry DNA from Neandertals. Here’s How It May Affect Our Brain and Behavior

www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-neandertal-dna-may-affect-the-way-we-think/?utm_source=promotion&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=jan25-marketing&utm_content=Text&utm_term=v1_s2

Jan 23, 2025

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Survival of the friendliest? Why Homo sapiens outlived other humans

www.newscientist.com/article/mg25233625-000-survival-of-the-friendliest-why-homo-sapiens-outlived-other-humans/

Jan 20, 2025

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