make sense of
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Neven said he is particularly interested in understanding the brain, including, “the forbidden fruit” of trying to make sense of what constitutes conscious experience.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
How to make sense of that story is quite another matter.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
"We think of these algorithms in nature as an explanation for how organisms will behave and as a way to try to make sense of the world," Navlakha says.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Asked if anyone discussed this with her, she said: "I just had to navigate the system myself and try to make sense of what is going on."
From BBC • May 14, 2026
She turned the words around and around in her mind, trying to make sense of them, but she kept coming to the same conclusion.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
