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Oddly Influenced

Brian Marick
Metaphors In Programming
Metaphor
Lisa Feldman Barrett
Emotions
Cognitive Science
Winston W. Royce
Allostasis
Homeostasis
Basic Level Of Abstraction
Memory Construction
Predictive Brain
Categories and Classification
Waterfall Model
Software Development
Gliding
Programming
Cognitive Dissonance
Driving
Neuroscience
Interoception

A podcast about how people have applied ideas from outside software to software.

PublishesTwice monthlyEpisodes55Founded3 years ago
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An elaboration on episode 49's description of the brain as a prediction engine, focusing on a theory of what emotions are, how they're learned, and how emotional experiences are constructed. Emotions like anger and fear turn out to be not that differ... more

Memories appear to be constructed by plugging together stored templates. Do concepts operate the same way?

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• Suzi Travis, "False Memories are Exactly What You Need", 2024.

• Lisa Feldman Barrett, "The theory of constructed emotion: an activ... more

We see a creature near us, and we describe it as a dog. Why that and not "mammal" or "animal"? And if that dog's a Springer Spaniel, and we know it's a Springer Spaniel, why do we nevertheless call it a "dog"?

In an apparent digression, I discuss t... more

It's fairly pointless to analyze metaphors in isolation. They're used in a cumulative way as part of real or imagined conversations. That meshes with a newish way of understanding the brain: as largely a prediction engine. If that's true, what would ... more

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Host of Oddly Influenced, Brian offers insights into the application of interdisciplinary concepts to software development.

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5.0 out of 5 stars from 24 ratings
  • Illuminating and entertaining

    I look forward to new episodes of this show more than almost anything else I follow.

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    gutierlf
    United States2 years ago
  • Very well researched!

    Several years ago I was in an extreme programming class with Brian, this podcast is in a similar vein, but much more broad in material than Ralph’s class.

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    jborden-unique-nickname
    United States3 years ago

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