Andrew D Wilson
@adw.bsky.social
Ecological psychologist just trying to make psychology better at explaining us. I study the perceptual control of action and get cranky about politics and AI technologies. He/him
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Reading Group: Turvey (2019), Lectures on Perception
Michael Turvey ran a famously intense graduate level class on perception and action at CESPA . He has recently, finally, published a ...
psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com
I have finally completed the blog posts on each Lecture on Perception, the Michael Turvey book based on his UConn graduate seminar. All posts linked here, as well as links to the journal club discussions with Rob Gray and Marianne Davis that enabled me to actually finish this project
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Americans will really use anything but the metric system (complimentary)
I can officially confirm that the snow in NC is roughly one (1) corgi deep
January 31, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Americans will really use anything but the metric system (complimentary)
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*frantically googling*
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
Who up bending they arc toward justice
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 PM
*frantically googling*
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
moral arc technician near me
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“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...”
Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
#Newsnight
Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
#Newsnight
January 29, 2026 at 1:08 PM
“I do not think this is a moral thing for you to do...”
Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
#Newsnight
Martin Lewis shares his message to Chancellor Rachel Reeves on her decision to freeze the threshold at which graduates begin to repay their student loans.
#Newsnight
Damn, this is taking me back - windows down, cruising to the gym to climb everything in sight
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Stone Temple Pilots
Interstate Love Song
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Stone Temple Pilots
Interstate Love Song
January 31, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Damn, this is taking me back - windows down, cruising to the gym to climb everything in sight
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The fact this resistance and showing up continues and seems to be growing is damned impressive - full marks, Minnesota, no notes ✊✊
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
The fact this resistance and showing up continues and seems to be growing is damned impressive - full marks, Minnesota, no notes ✊✊
Proud to have inspired this thread ❤️
I gave briefer answers to this question, but now I want to give a fuller answer because honor demands no less of me.
To this end, I got up early, I did the fucking research, and now I am able to provide a comprehensive answer to this question grounded not just in Disco but in TNG, VOY and DS9.
To this end, I got up early, I did the fucking research, and now I am able to provide a comprehensive answer to this question grounded not just in Disco but in TNG, VOY and DS9.
We’ve had endless exposition on most of these things. The thing, for example, with the comm badge transporter is I just never know how they told it what to do. It’s such a break from earlier versions of the tech that having it needs some story
Discovery would have been the place to do this…
Discovery would have been the place to do this…
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Proud to have inspired this thread ❤️
Proud of you, London
January 30, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Proud of you, London
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New paper in QJEP with Dave George, Dom Dwyer and @markhaselgrove.bsky.social. We discuss a recent claim to have shown complex statistical reasoning in crows, and show the simplest S-R learning would give the same behaviour. A fun paper to write with old friends.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning - David N George, Dominic M Dwyer, Mark Haselgrove, Mike E Le Pelley, 2024
Johnston et al. report results which they argue demonstrate that crows engage in statistical inference during decision-making. They trained two crows to associa...
journals.sagepub.com
December 22, 2024 at 6:44 PM
New paper in QJEP with Dave George, Dom Dwyer and @markhaselgrove.bsky.social. We discuss a recent claim to have shown complex statistical reasoning in crows, and show the simplest S-R learning would give the same behaviour. A fun paper to write with old friends.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1007/s137...
doi.org/10.1007/s137...
The Importance of Biological Theory - Biological Theory
Biological Theory -
doi.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:40 PM
I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1007/s137...
doi.org/10.1007/s137...
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Watching this Labour government try to kill UK universities is like watching an animal disembowel itself. You just sit there thinking ‘Why?? Why would you rip out something that has always kept you alive?’
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 30, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Watching this Labour government try to kill UK universities is like watching an animal disembowel itself. You just sit there thinking ‘Why?? Why would you rip out something that has always kept you alive?’
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Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Rachel Reeves: "It is not right that people who don't go to university bear the cost for others to." I don't use local leisure centres and I don't drive, so will I be made exempt for taxation that pays for all that stuff? Or is it only education we'll be going after
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"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
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Thank you for reading. We're sorry.
January 29, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Thank you for reading. We're sorry.
You’re going to learn about salamander sex in the weirdest possible way today, and you’re going to like it
On 29th January 1996, "Threshold", the Star Trek: Voyager episode where Captain Janeway and Tom Paris turned into giant space newts and had babies first aired. Since it's #ThresholdDay we aim to answer a burning question: did Paris and Janeway fuck? If so, how did they fuck?
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
You’re going to learn about salamander sex in the weirdest possible way today, and you’re going to like it
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january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 AM
january 30th: a partially formed mr. blobby stands by the perimeter fence and screams for thirty seconds before disappearing
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tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
January 29, 2026 at 6:41 PM
tag yourself i’m I AM MANOEUVRING WITH DIFFICULTY
BBC News this morning described the Melania movie and said it’s the first film by the director since he had to deny allegations during the MeToo movement and I think that’s then Beeb equivalent of a drive by
January 30, 2026 at 8:55 AM
BBC News this morning described the Melania movie and said it’s the first film by the director since he had to deny allegations during the MeToo movement and I think that’s then Beeb equivalent of a drive by
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It's me. I'm the equipment
January 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
It's me. I'm the equipment
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Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Just a reminder, the greatest living American historian filmmaker, Ken Burns, released a 720 min exploration of every facet of the American revolution using zero generative AI and paying for all of its assets instead of cobbling it from stolen data, then he gave it away for free on PBS this year.
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You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
You don't have the be an avowed AI hater to be impressed without lifeless and unwatchable this is.
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A new challenger enters the arena @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:40 PM
A new challenger enters the arena @fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social
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January 29, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Arguably the best photo I’ve ever taken of an ominous stranger on horseback approaching lazy cattle on a chalk hilltop beneath an irascible sky.
January 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Arguably the best photo I’ve ever taken of an ominous stranger on horseback approaching lazy cattle on a chalk hilltop beneath an irascible sky.