Barry C Smith
@barrycsmith.bsky.social
Prof of Philosophy. Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Interested in Neuroscience, Sensory Science, Taste, Smell, Flavour, Multisensory Perception, Wine, Scotch
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How does carbon dating determine the age of organic material? 🏺
Nanochemist Suze Kundu explains that the technique measures how much of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 has decayed.
🧪 Watch the full talk on the periodic table: youtube.com/watch?v=bgwjnrIL08Y
Nanochemist Suze Kundu explains that the technique measures how much of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 has decayed.
🧪 Watch the full talk on the periodic table: youtube.com/watch?v=bgwjnrIL08Y
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
How does carbon dating determine the age of organic material? 🏺
Nanochemist Suze Kundu explains that the technique measures how much of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 has decayed.
🧪 Watch the full talk on the periodic table: youtube.com/watch?v=bgwjnrIL08Y
Nanochemist Suze Kundu explains that the technique measures how much of the radioactive isotope carbon-14 has decayed.
🧪 Watch the full talk on the periodic table: youtube.com/watch?v=bgwjnrIL08Y
An honour and pleasure to interview Florence de la Rivière on The Look of Wine at the @institut.francaisuk . Beautiful illustration of how a piece of amber provides exactly the colour of the wine of Chateau D’Yquem. At dinner we conspicuously examine the rim of the wine for clues
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
An honour and pleasure to interview Florence de la Rivière on The Look of Wine at the @institut.francaisuk . Beautiful illustration of how a piece of amber provides exactly the colour of the wine of Chateau D’Yquem. At dinner we conspicuously examine the rim of the wine for clues
We had our thinking caps on today @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting for IP Fellow Prof David Pym’s logic talk on recent developments in Proof-theoretic Semantics
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
We had our thinking caps on today @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting for IP Fellow Prof David Pym’s logic talk on recent developments in Proof-theoretic Semantics
Speaks volumes!
Robbie Gibb describes the BBC's Political Editor Chris Mason as the "unsung hero of covering politics" and "absolutely first rate"
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Speaks volumes!
What a sad man
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What a sad man
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ICYMI - @barrycsmith.bsky.social from the @ip-sas.bsky.social was on BBC Radio London talking about ‘Senses Unwrapped’, a new collaborative, immersive sensory experience from the Centre for the Study of the Senses (CenSes). Listen here, from around 2 hours 44 mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Shay Kaur Grewal - 13/11/2025 - BBC Sounds
Celebrating Londoners and a recap of the day's news.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
ICYMI - @barrycsmith.bsky.social from the @ip-sas.bsky.social was on BBC Radio London talking about ‘Senses Unwrapped’, a new collaborative, immersive sensory experience from the Centre for the Study of the Senses (CenSes). Listen here, from around 2 hours 44 mins: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Stellar line at the launch of the Lancet series on Ultra Processed Food and Public Health. Prof Chris Van Tulleken, Prof Carlos Monteiro who created the Nova Classification, Prof Camila Corvalan who had worked in Chile on regulation and Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of @thelancet.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Stellar line at the launch of the Lancet series on Ultra Processed Food and Public Health. Prof Chris Van Tulleken, Prof Carlos Monteiro who created the Nova Classification, Prof Camila Corvalan who had worked in Chile on regulation and Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of @thelancet.com
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A huge thank you to everyone who organised and attended over 220 free events across the UK!
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A huge thank you to everyone who organised and attended over 220 free events across the UK!
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
We have loved seeing the variety of humanities research, activities and events with audiences from all over the country.
There will be more Being Human festival 2025 highlights coming soon!
#BeingHuman2025
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👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
School of Advanced Study
Uniting research institutes and centres at the University of London to form the UK's national centre for the support and promotion of academic research in the humanities.
sas.ac.uk
November 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
👋 Hi Bluesky!
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
The School of Advanced Study, University of London champions the arts and humanities. Working through our renowned specialist institutes and centres of excellence, we offer a rich interdisciplinary environment for researchers to collaborate.
Let's connect: 🔗 sas.ac.uk/
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'Face of the Moon.' (1797) John Russell was the finest British pastel artist of his time. One of his sitters, the astronomer William Herschel encouraged him to buy a telescope, and with this he produced a number of remarkable pastel drawings of the moon.
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
'Face of the Moon.' (1797) John Russell was the finest British pastel artist of his time. One of his sitters, the astronomer William Herschel encouraged him to buy a telescope, and with this he produced a number of remarkable pastel drawings of the moon.
Enjoyed talking to Shay Grewal with Emma Symonds of Kings Cross on BBC Radio London about our Centre for the Study of the Senses @ip-sas.bsky.social series of sensory experiences, Senses Unwrapped, in the Club Curling lounge at Coal Drops Yard at London’s King’s Cross
November 13, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Enjoyed talking to Shay Grewal with Emma Symonds of Kings Cross on BBC Radio London about our Centre for the Study of the Senses @ip-sas.bsky.social series of sensory experiences, Senses Unwrapped, in the Club Curling lounge at Coal Drops Yard at London’s King’s Cross
Good to hear Peter Adamson, from LMU, creator of the History of Philosophy With No Gaps podcast, speaking at The Royal Institute of Philosophy on Avicenna and Descartes
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good to hear Peter Adamson, from LMU, creator of the History of Philosophy With No Gaps podcast, speaking at The Royal Institute of Philosophy on Avicenna and Descartes
Return trip to our Senses Unwrapped exhibits at Club Curling Lounge in Coal Drops Yard. Good to see people using their senses
November 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Return trip to our Senses Unwrapped exhibits at Club Curling Lounge in Coal Drops Yard. Good to see people using their senses
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Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
How the government captured the BBC
A right-wing cabal, largely unaccountable, is waging war on the principles that made our public broadcaster great. It must not succeed
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nearly two years ago, I wrote about the extraordinary influence of former Tory spin doctor Sir Robbie Gibb on the BBC. It's still a helpful backgrounder for what's going on now. New readers start here: www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
Enjoyed the opportunity of speaking @wonkhe.bsky.social Festival of Higher Education today with SAS colleague Graeme Wise about research and the goal or knowledge in the age of AI
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Enjoyed the opportunity of speaking @wonkhe.bsky.social Festival of Higher Education today with SAS colleague Graeme Wise about research and the goal or knowledge in the age of AI
Our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social chocolate tasting, Raising the Bar, ranging over the sensory, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of chocolate production. A collaboration between Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners and @ip-sas.bsky.social Centre for the Study of the Senses
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social chocolate tasting, Raising the Bar, ranging over the sensory, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of chocolate production. A collaboration between Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners and @ip-sas.bsky.social Centre for the Study of the Senses
Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences
Disturbing echoes of George Floyd and I guess that’s not by accident
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Disturbing echoes of George Floyd and I guess that’s not by accident
Bingo!
"panpsychism is very far from the neat solution to the problem of consciousness that it’s cracked up to be" Indeed!
Is matter conscious? app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144378...
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Bingo!
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Congratulations @birchlse.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize! 👏
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations @birchlse.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize! 👏
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I sometimes stop and remember that all of this is because we had one Black president, and then two women ran, and this mystical convergence opened the Hellmouth.
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I sometimes stop and remember that all of this is because we had one Black president, and then two women ran, and this mystical convergence opened the Hellmouth.
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute Nayef Al-Rodhan book prize is Prof Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social . Commiserations and apologies @jonathanbirch.bsky.social
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute Nayef Al-Rodhan book prize is Prof Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social . Commiserations and apologies @jonathanbirch.bsky.social
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The Art of the Deal. Create a completely unnecessary crisis. End it. Declare yourself a genius.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Art of the Deal. Create a completely unnecessary crisis. End it. Declare yourself a genius.
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
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We reaaaaallllyyy need to teach the general public the many different meanings of "AI"
Ah, now for the graf Bluesky is really going to hate: AI saves lives. (I doubt these are the LLMs you're thinking of tho. ChatGPT isn't researching vaccines)
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We reaaaaallllyyy need to teach the general public the many different meanings of "AI"