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Daniel Kelly
@dryan149.bsky.social
Philosophy of mind, cognitive science, cultural evolution, moral psychology, and climate change

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Order our book!

Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change

https://bit.ly/some-book
This is gonna be so good!
CAIC has been hard at work creating an interdisciplinary hub for pursuing big questions in cognitive science. This spring we are excited to officially launch the Cognition, Agency, Intelligence Conference featuring talks by an amazing lineup of interdisciplinary researchers. See you on April 2-3! 🥳
January 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Do Cows Use Tools? This One Does.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:51 AM
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Check out the Coffee & CAIC schedule for Spring 2026 🥳 ☕ We have a variety of scholars presenting their work this semester-- join us on Friday mornings for some idea building and interdisciplinary conversation!

(Coffee & CAIC is the Brown Bag Series renamed 😉)
January 19, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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This Friday at Coffee & CAIC: @coreymaley.net will be presenting and discussing his paper on computation and computability 🧮
January 19, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 2:44 PM
You heard me. Is eight dollars five dollars? Or is eight dollars 10 dollars? Why are you making that face right now? Stop making faces and answer the question: How much is eight bucks? defector.com/how-much-is-...
How Much Is Eight Dollars? | Defector
You heard me. Is eight dollars five dollars? Or is eight dollars 10 dollars? Why are you making that face right now? Stop making faces and answer the question: How much is eight bucks? Stephen Totilo,...
defector.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:41 AM
Congratulations Michelle!
January 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
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congrats to @dryan149.bsky.social for being featured in Purdue Today 🥳🥳🥳
January 15, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Super fun talk with Blaine Bartlett about social change on
Soul of Business Office Hours a few weeks ago about
January 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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A serious honor to join the @casbsstanford.bsky.social podcast with @dryan149.bsky.social. Thanks a million to Damon Centola for asking great questions and to Mike Gaetani for setting it up. @madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social
🎙️ NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE

Your Field Guide for Creating Social Change

Timely! @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social (CASBS fellow 2019-20) & @dryan149.bsky.social (2018-19) discuss their book "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Create Social Change" w/Damon Centola (2014-15)

🎧 bit.ly/459VSVL
January 13, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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🎙️ NEW CASBS PODCAST EPISODE

Your Field Guide for Creating Social Change

Timely! @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social (CASBS fellow 2019-20) & @dryan149.bsky.social (2018-19) discuss their book "Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Create Social Change" w/Damon Centola (2014-15)

🎧 bit.ly/459VSVL
January 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
January 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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The 52nd annual meeting of the SPP will be at JHU, June 17-20

📣 Submit your work by January 16! 📣
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans
Scientists Catch Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Behaving in Surprisingly Human Ways
Sea anemones and jellyfish don’t have brains, but the way their neurons behave during sleep shows some surprising similarities to humans
www.scientificamerican.com
January 8, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Stop by the SPAN session at the Eastern APA this Thursday!
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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New post on The FEEDBACK by Caitlin Mace on content indeterminacy! It's a good one!!
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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In 2025 I published a paper opening with an episode of The Good Place (linked below) and one opening with an episode of Seinfeld (with @dryan149.bsky.social, here link.springer.com/article/10.1...)

Stay tuned, next goal is a Ted Lasso one
Leda Berio with What’s my motivation? Reputational motives, virtue signaling, and self-directed mindshaping
doi.org/10.1080/0951...

Francesco Marchi on self-deception and automatic belief
doi.org/10.1080/0951...

#philsky #philpsy
2/2
January 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Great review of @thebusyowl.bsky.social's book!

Reclaiming the Self in Psychiatry is an extremely well written and empowering book that can appeal to an interdisciplinary audience ... it brings lived experience back into the heart of psychiatry

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Another cool paper by @ledaberio.bsky.social
Leda Berio with What’s my motivation? Reputational motives, virtue signaling, and self-directed mindshaping
doi.org/10.1080/0951...

Francesco Marchi on self-deception and automatic belief
doi.org/10.1080/0951...

#philsky #philpsy
2/2
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM