“Do I contradict myself? Very well then, I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes” (Walt Whitman)

What are some of your contradictions, anon?

Apparently my neuroscience / Buddhist chaplain / stand up comedian thing is a bit contradicting but I find them one and the same, the search and expression of cosmic truths!

neuroscience PhD, onchain chaplain for /spirituality, vibe imagineer for /christin, co-host of /bcbhshow for the farcaster middle class. seemore.tv/christin

The “simpler” answer is that science investigated the material mechanics of the mind, and I was more interested in the “why” of the mind

I wrote about it a while ago here but my answer fluctuates…

The “simpler” answer is that science investigated the material mechanics of the mind, and I was more interested in the “why” of the mind

I wrote about it a while ago here but my answer fluctuates…

https://christinchong.com/writing/the-buddhas-brain-doesnt-matter-but-his-mental-models-do

It’s definitely something that I picked up from your bio when I first joined FC, and which piqued my curiosity.

What came first, the interest in neuroscience and the deterministic study of the brain, or the interest in chaplaincy and spirituality? Did one lead to the other?