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Re:If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why woul... by mapontosevenths on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:31AM (#46260984)
This reminds me of the study about dog poop being aligned to magnetic north/south.[0]

It seems a bit silly, but I suspect that more of our life may be effected by biomagnetism than we yet realize.

[0] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1742-9994-10-80

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Re:If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why woul... by congoe on Sunday December 14, 2025 @02:38AM (#46261427)
See this pubpeer discussion about critiques of plausibility of the papers conclusions: https://pubpeer.com/publications/155C1B85C0680A558D4431D059A...
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Re:If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why woul... by krackers on Sunday December 14, 2025 @01:08AM (#46261134)
>may be effected by biomagnetism

Bioelectricity too, which is just now starting to get properly researched (see Michael Levin's stuff).

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Re:If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why woul... by ljlolel on Sunday December 14, 2025 @12:58AM (#46261094)
This is cited
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Re:If a Meta AI model can read a brain-wide signal, why woul... by mapontosevenths on Sunday December 14, 2025 @09:57AM (#46263483)
Good point. I missed that, thanks.
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