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
Somehow her ability to read a room got *worse*
Sheriffs and local law enforcement officers put their lives on the line every day to keep us safe.
I’m honored to receive the Legislator of the Year award from the Major County Sheriffs of America and will keep working together to protect Minnesotans across our state.
I’m honored to receive the Legislator of the Year award from the Major County Sheriffs of America and will keep working together to protect Minnesotans across our state.
February 6, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Somehow her ability to read a room got *worse*
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Every day some loser ass little shit comes on here whining about how they can't draw or write and that's why they deserve to use the machine that steals from people who did the work to be able to draw and write. And it's tiring. Be a little bitch quietly.
February 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Every day some loser ass little shit comes on here whining about how they can't draw or write and that's why they deserve to use the machine that steals from people who did the work to be able to draw and write. And it's tiring. Be a little bitch quietly.
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In preparation for the imminent publication of the new edition of my R textbook, the updated interactive tutorials are now available on CRAN. I did a massive re-write last summer, road tested them in my teaching last term, and I’m pretty happy with them. For now. cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
discovr: Interactive Tutorials and Data for "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio"
Interactive 'R' tutorials and datasets for the textbook Field (2026), "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio", <<a href="https://www.discovr.rocks/" target="_top">https://www.discovr.rocks/</a...
cran.r-project.org
February 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
In preparation for the imminent publication of the new edition of my R textbook, the updated interactive tutorials are now available on CRAN. I did a massive re-write last summer, road tested them in my teaching last term, and I’m pretty happy with them. For now. cran.r-project.org/web/packages...
My son is learning about vision in school and of course it’s all retinas and wavelengths of light. He just came into my room and asked ‘do you know how vision works?’
a cartoon character says i ve been waiting for this all my life
ALT: a cartoon character says i ve been waiting for this all my life
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 3:59 PM
My son is learning about vision in school and of course it’s all retinas and wavelengths of light. He just came into my room and asked ‘do you know how vision works?’
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Not satire cybernews.com/news/waymo-o...
February 6, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Not satire cybernews.com/news/waymo-o...
This, by the way, is the nicest thing it is possible to say about someone
If they make a sequel to Muppets Take Manhattan I hope they do it while he’s mayor and put him in it.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
This, by the way, is the nicest thing it is possible to say about someone
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There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 11:48 AM
There's no reason to accept this as normal, though. Much of Starmer and Labour's unpopularity is not misfortune but his own doing. Mandelson was a choice. Consistently pursuing policy positions designed to appeal to people who will not vote for you - and alienating core supporters - is a choice.
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Chatbots offer a magnificent bribe - a fast, frictionless route to information that bypasses the discomfort of learning. In this op-ed, we describe this as a Faustian bargain, in which we trade away what it means to be human & universities trade away their value
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Learning is complex, messy, emotional: AI can’t replicate that
ChatGPT and other AI tools may seem irresistible. But educators should beware, as they could end up trading away the thing that gives them value — the rich experience of slow learning
www.irishexaminer.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Chatbots offer a magnificent bribe - a fast, frictionless route to information that bypasses the discomfort of learning. In this op-ed, we describe this as a Faustian bargain, in which we trade away what it means to be human & universities trade away their value
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
I agree that HE is a public good, but the article is compelling for its argument and has a lot of background I didn’t know about the setting up of the loan scheme to begin with.
It’s very clear that the current system is a travesty, though
It’s very clear that the current system is a travesty, though
Dickenson is correct here about the corrosive effects of debt psychology and about the sheer venality of the current system of HE debt financing, which serves literally no one's interests. We only differ in that I do think (old leftie? excuse me) education is an obvious public good, & much follows.
Maybe a graduate tax wasn't such a bad idea after all
Reflecting on continued coverage of Plan 2 graduates’ repayment woes, Jim Dickinson argues that a progressive graduate contribution scheme would be a better bet than the psychology of debt Reflecting ...
wonkhe.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I agree that HE is a public good, but the article is compelling for its argument and has a lot of background I didn’t know about the setting up of the loan scheme to begin with.
It’s very clear that the current system is a travesty, though
It’s very clear that the current system is a travesty, though
Imagine thinking this was where your energy should be right now as a leader in Minnesota 😂😂
I met with the Board of the Minnesota State Association of Narcotics Investigators to discuss how we can better protect Minnesotans. We must ensure law enforcement has the resources they need to take on the dangerous drugs like meth and fentanyl.
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Imagine thinking this was where your energy should be right now as a leader in Minnesota 😂😂
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There's exactly one normal man left on planet Earth.
Child at the podium: “A woo woo woo.”
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
Mamdani: That’s how I felt when we came up with this plan. Together, we will expand the idea of what is possible in our city—and what sounds and noises we can make at a press conference.
February 6, 2026 at 5:12 AM
There's exactly one normal man left on planet Earth.
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the 3 genders
February 5, 2026 at 6:01 AM
the 3 genders
This is true, in my experience
If you had to take care of humans, it was better to take care of small soft ones who were nice to you and thought you were great because you kept preventing them from being murdered.
February 5, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This is true, in my experience
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I wrote a thing
“Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable.”
In the first piece in a series on artificial intelligence, @amywb.bsky.social argues that now is the time to make the case for studying the humanities.
Read the full piece at Broadsides: www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
In the first piece in a series on artificial intelligence, @amywb.bsky.social argues that now is the time to make the case for studying the humanities.
Read the full piece at Broadsides: www.nacbs.org/post/the-ai-...
The AI Takeover Is Not Inevitable: Now Is the Time to Resist
"Studying history, we know that nothing is inevitable."
www.nacbs.org
February 5, 2026 at 9:21 PM
I wrote a thing
We actually prefer to be called scientists thanks 😂
Why do otherwise rational people disagree about the same evidence? Our new paper finds that group membership is a deeply rooted influence on how we form beliefs, leading even preschoolers to bias their evidential standards and form inaccurate beliefs.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 5, 2026 at 5:26 PM
We actually prefer to be called scientists thanks 😂
Man, this guy is just the real fucking deal. Shakespeare in the hands of an expert is just amazing
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Man, this guy is just the real fucking deal. Shakespeare in the hands of an expert is just amazing
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Adobe Acrobat I do not want to know What’s New. I do not want to turn my PDF into a podcast with my team. I want to look at the PDF. Please stop
February 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Adobe Acrobat I do not want to know What’s New. I do not want to turn my PDF into a podcast with my team. I want to look at the PDF. Please stop
But why though
“Grindr has begun early testing on a new subscription service called “Edge,” in select American cities; the service has a series of different price points that range from $80 a week to $500 a month based on the level of subscription chosen.”
Grindr Is Testing a Premium AI Tier With a $500 Monthly Price Tag
The move is part of the app's plans to become “an AI-first company."
www.them.us
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
But why though
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
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As a mediocre white man, I should have more confidence in myself
February 5, 2026 at 10:22 AM
As a mediocre white man, I should have more confidence in myself
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I’m furious at AI because it steals our work, consumes vast resources and produces mediocrity, but along the way it also traumatises the people - mainly in the developing world - who are paid a pittance to train it. Theft, abuse, environmental destruction, all to make rich men richer. Burn it all.
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 AM
I’m furious at AI because it steals our work, consumes vast resources and produces mediocrity, but along the way it also traumatises the people - mainly in the developing world - who are paid a pittance to train it. Theft, abuse, environmental destruction, all to make rich men richer. Burn it all.
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Movement science people - is there an analogous word to "interoception" for perception of e.g. movement variability, in a task. It seems like maybe "motor metacognition"? But I'm not sure this takes in e.g. affective aspects. ...
February 5, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Movement science people - is there an analogous word to "interoception" for perception of e.g. movement variability, in a task. It seems like maybe "motor metacognition"? But I'm not sure this takes in e.g. affective aspects. ...
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Guess who is once again displaying their ability to hyperfocus on being a hater?
It's me, I spent all evening writing my own compilation of all the reasons I think AI sucks so I can post it under genAI-made FB posts.
Work-in-progress, suggestions welcome!
www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...
It's me, I spent all evening writing my own compilation of all the reasons I think AI sucks so I can post it under genAI-made FB posts.
Work-in-progress, suggestions welcome!
www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...
February 5, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Guess who is once again displaying their ability to hyperfocus on being a hater?
It's me, I spent all evening writing my own compilation of all the reasons I think AI sucks so I can post it under genAI-made FB posts.
Work-in-progress, suggestions welcome!
www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...
It's me, I spent all evening writing my own compilation of all the reasons I think AI sucks so I can post it under genAI-made FB posts.
Work-in-progress, suggestions welcome!
www.skwinnicki.com/single-post/...
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did captain picard lead the x-men
February 4, 2026 at 7:04 PM
did captain picard lead the x-men