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Patrick House

Patrick House is a neuroscientist and writer. He is the author of Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness (Macmillan Press, 2022).

Again, Again, Again: On Carmen Machado and J. Robert Lennon’s “Critical Hits” and Frank Lantz’s “The Beauty of Games”
Neuroscientist Patrick House reviews two new books on the art of repetition in video games—“Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games,” edited by Carmen Machado and J. Robert Lennon, and “The Beauty of Games” by Frank Lantz....
Patrick HouseNov 29
There’s Something About These Dolphins
Patrick House on the difference between reality and virtual reality, and what it means for identity, memory, autobiography, and therapy....
Patrick HouseOct 19, 2020
- Philosophy
- Science & Technology
I, Language Robot
Hired to write stories alongside an AI writing bot, neuroscientist Patrick House reflects on how the bot can — and can’t — write the same story that he can....
Patrick HouseOct 21, 2019
- Science & Technology