- The channel debated the effectiveness of commercial “brain-training” services like Lumosity, questioning whether they transfer any cognitive benefits beyond the specific game tasks.  
- A link to the Rat Park study was shared, highlighting evidence that environmental enrichment—not the drug itself—drives opiate addiction in laboratory rats, with implications for human enhancement and policy.  
- Discussion of open-source hardware standards included criticism that Ayah Bdeir deleted the Talk page for the Open Source Hardware Definition, effectively erasing unresolved objections.  
- Bryan Bishop sought feedback on the YAML-based SKDB package specification (package_spec.yaml) and considered switching to more readable formats such as AsciiDoc to broaden contributor participation.  
- The group mocked H+ Magazine’s inflated media-kit claims and its amateurish promotional video, while Bishop migrated the site to a new WordPress server and asked for load-testing help.  
- Links to upcoming events included the registration page for SB5.0 (Synthetic Biology 5.0 conference, June 15–17) and the Cognitive Atlas project for mapping cognitive concepts.  
- A genetic-algorithm car-evolution web toy (boxcar2d.com) was circulated as an example of open-ended physics simulation for design optimization.  
- Hardware modifiability frustrations surfaced: participants described ripping out entire PCBs and rebuilding circuits when commercial electronics lack accessible interfaces.