The next reading discussion is going to be a classic and particularly fun. Don't know the date yet.

Join @pgmid today as we revisit another foundational work in cognitive and complexity science, and reflect on how biology confronts the deep problem of intelligence. These diagrams are the first logic gates. They inspired von Neumann and subsequent engineers in the design of logic circuits for digital computers. We also take a moment to remember Walter Pitts. Believing he had failed in his intellectual pursuit, he burned his thesis, withdrew from life, and eventually succumbed to alcoholism. His story is a haunting reminder that scientific progress is evolutionary: it unfolds through many tentative steps, misdirections, and honest errors. If paths generate this much insight, they can hardly be seen as mistaken. Pitts' contributions were extraordinary. I only wish he had known that one can choose the wrong direction and still demonstrate excellence, that his work was never a failure, only a part of the unfolding whole. He could have had more time. What a loss for the world. Be reminded to have faith.