“But Doctor, I Am Pagliacci.“

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First author Ramanujan Srinath demonstrated some of the things that make him a great scientist: he thinks deeply & creatively, brings together many forms of evidence & people, and is determined and innovative. He is on the job market this year and will run an incredible lab – don’t miss out! 5/

Ramanujan Srinath collected & analyzed many data sets including Amy Ni’s, Yunlong (Draco) Xu & Brent Doiron modeled, & Doug did a causal experiment. The key is: when noise and signal come from the same circuit (they must!), then smart, flexible decisions have a strong relationship with noise. 4/