Episode 10: William Softky, Theoretical Neuroscientist | Is Technology Neutral?

William Softky is a biophysicist who was among the first neuroscientists to understand micro-timing and also among the first technologists to build that understanding into algorithms. His name is on 10 patents, thousands have cited his scientific work, and two of the companies he inspired were acquired for $160 million total.   Softky holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Caltech, where he discovered a still-unsolved paradox about the firing patterns of brain neurons. A theoretical biophysicist — the son of two physicists — Softky served in the Peace Corps in Cameroon before attending grad school.

His subsequent career in Silicon Valley (including biophysics, human-computer interaction, and signal processing) has given him a unique perspective on the software and hardware architecture of human brains, including new insights about our deepest (yet most deeply-hidden) high-bandwidth method of somatic communication.

Real-time video and sound evidence of toxic LEDs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IOSwlQxDxE

A tidy explanation of brains and fixing them which doesn't depend on neurons, memory, or symbols ("Vibration all the Way Down"): https://www.fairobserver.com/business/technology/brains-explained-vibration-all-the-way-down/