Reader of Entrails: I will be teaching about cognitive biases, among other things, next week. I intend to inform the students that we’re all monkeys with anxiety running the most complicated computational computer in the known universe on two slices of wet Velveeta & 12 watts of power. No wonder we're error-prone.

I will be teaching about cognitive biases, among other things, next week. I intend to inform the students that we’re all monkeys with anxiety running the most complicated computational computer in the known universe on two slices of wet Velveeta & 12 watts of power. No wonder we're error-prone.

According to the USDA nutritional database, (which is absolutely the source I used for this particularly evocative metaphor), Velveeta has a similar protein/fat ratio as brain, just less water.

At least it's well hydrated Velveeta. This might be handy in future heat waves

That’s the spirit! Nobody likes crusty, dried out Velveeta brain.

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