<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>Neil Gershenfeld</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Wednesday, January 29, 2014 1:03 PM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Jeffrey Epstein; Lesley Groff; Sebastian Seung; judith donath; Ed Boyden</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: deception</td></tr></table>

Good one-liners.

Jeff/Lesley:

## what are the logistics of getting to/from there? If we invite others, what8s39;s a good total number to shoot for?

Let's lock in logistics for Fe= 22,23, then plan who else we want to join.

Neil

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- Ed Boyden

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• Build tools that reveal how the brain computes, to enable curin= of brain disorders and understanding of the human condition.

* Judith Donath

	• How does communicative competition s=ape - both biologically and culturally - our world?

• In our interac=ions with other people, we signal in innumerable ways claims about our ide=tity, status and intentions. We each try to make the best impression we ca=; at the same time, as viewers, we try to see through to the "truth&q=ot; about others.

• Signaling theory is the framework for understanding how our various sig=als evolved and what keeps them honest enough to function. And deceptio= is central, particularly the question of how much deception is tolerable,=even desirable, in various circumstances.

* Jeff Epstein

		- Understanding deception to understand=the brain.

	- Neil Gershenfeld

		- Brain-building as=a test case for aligning the representations of hardware and software.

	- Sebastian Seung

## what are the logistics of getting to/from there? If we invite others, what8s39;s a good total number to shoot for? (cont.)

Mapping the connectome to understa=d brain function and help you build artificial brains.

Modeling in=ertemporal choice as a game between multiple selves, and its relation to s=lf-deception.