Chris T. Armstrong
@carmstrong1959.bsky.social
Transhumanist author, former AI/software geek, musician/composer, neuroscience enthusiast. New book available now: Even God Herself http://a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
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Even God Herself—A Dramatization of the Opening and Closing Paragraphs of the book...
YouTube video by Chris T. Armstrong
youtu.be
Behold, dear humans, the wonderful video and voiceover artistry by the great and powerful @ani7sh and @meena_jain
This video combines quotations from the opening and closing paragraphs from my book, Even God Herself.
youtu.be/lVSg89RVgAU?...
This video combines quotations from the opening and closing paragraphs from my book, Even God Herself.
youtu.be/lVSg89RVgAU?...
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
Behold, dear humans, the wonderful video and voiceover artistry by the great and powerful @ani7sh and @meena_jain
This video combines quotations from the opening and closing paragraphs from my book, Even God Herself.
youtu.be/lVSg89RVgAU?...
This video combines quotations from the opening and closing paragraphs from my book, Even God Herself.
youtu.be/lVSg89RVgAU?...
Even God Herself—A Dramatization of the Opening and Closing Paragraphs of the book...
YouTube video by Chris T. Armstrong
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Behold, dear humans, the wonderful video and voiceover artistry by the great and powerful @ani7sh and @meena_jain
This video combines quotations from the opening and closing paragraphs from my book, Even God Herself.
youtu.be/lVSg89RVgAU?...
This video combines quotations from the opening and closing paragraphs from my book, Even God Herself.
youtu.be/lVSg89RVgAU?...
At last…
Swati reviews, Even God Herself!!!
Created by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
Swati reviews, Even God Herself!!!
Created by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
July 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
At last…
Swati reviews, Even God Herself!!!
Created by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
Swati reviews, Even God Herself!!!
Created by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
Swati lives!!!
Behold, dear humans, the wonderful first animation of Swati, by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
Behold, dear humans, the wonderful first animation of Swati, by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
July 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Swati lives!!!
Behold, dear humans, the wonderful first animation of Swati, by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
Behold, dear humans, the wonderful first animation of Swati, by the great and powerful @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
On Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.
July 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I imagined the Chatsubo in 1984. 41 years later I opened its door. Neuromancer is in production.
Behold!!!...the beautiful trailer for my new book,
youtu.be/YF-BmJtcwNI
…created by @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
You can read the book description and buy it on Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
youtu.be/YF-BmJtcwNI
…created by @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
You can read the book description and buy it on Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
The new philosophical science fiction novel, Even God Herself, by Chris T. Armstrong
YouTube video by Chris T. Armstrong
youtu.be
June 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Behold!!!...the beautiful trailer for my new book,
youtu.be/YF-BmJtcwNI
…created by @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
You can read the book description and buy it on Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
youtu.be/YF-BmJtcwNI
…created by @ani7sh (video), and @meena_jain (voiceover) on Fiverr
You can read the book description and buy it on Amazon: a.co/d/c4sQ9l3
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
In her new book, published today, neuroscientist @nicolecrust.bsky.social takes a bird's-eye view of where the neuroscience community is currently and where it needs to go to solve some of the field’s biggest questions.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/el...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/el...
‘Elusive Cures: Why Neuroscience Hasn’t Solved Brain Disorders—and How We Can Change That,’ an excerpt
In her new book, published today, neuroscientist Nicole Rust takes us on her personal quest to spell out the brain research community's "Grand Plan."
www.thetransmitter.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In her new book, published today, neuroscientist @nicolecrust.bsky.social takes a bird's-eye view of where the neuroscience community is currently and where it needs to go to solve some of the field’s biggest questions.
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/el...
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/community/el...
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
A non-value-based system in the brain automates decision-making and frees up cognitive resources for other tasks, a new study in mice suggests.
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...
Dopamine neurons signal default behavior to reinforce habits
Movement-sensing neurons in the striatum influence a mouse’s choice of action by favoring routine behaviors.
www.thetransmitter.org
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A non-value-based system in the brain automates decision-making and frees up cognitive resources for other tasks, a new study in mice suggests.
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...
By Holly Barker
#neuroskyence
www.thetransmitter.org/neurobiology...
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
New MEG paper by @jhaarsma.bsky.social and @dotproduct.bsky.social! Same design and behavioural results as our 7T layer fMRI study (www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...), but now shedding light on the temporal dynamics of the sensory signals underlying false percepts. #neuroskyence
Shared and diverging neural dynamics underlying false and veridical perception
We often mistake visual noise for meaningful images, which sometimes appear as convincing as veridical percepts. This suggests considerable overlap between the mechanisms that underlie false and verid...
www.jneurosci.org
June 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
New MEG paper by @jhaarsma.bsky.social and @dotproduct.bsky.social! Same design and behavioural results as our 7T layer fMRI study (www.jneurosci.org/content/43/4...), but now shedding light on the temporal dynamics of the sensory signals underlying false percepts. #neuroskyence
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
I asked gpt 4o to visualise the brain areas involved in consciousness according to IIT and GNWT. turns out it knows as much about neuroscience as the average AI researcher...
#neurosci #consci #philsci #neuroskyence
#neurosci #consci #philsci #neuroskyence
June 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I asked gpt 4o to visualise the brain areas involved in consciousness according to IIT and GNWT. turns out it knows as much about neuroscience as the average AI researcher...
#neurosci #consci #philsci #neuroskyence
#neurosci #consci #philsci #neuroskyence
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Thrilled to get my hands on the first copies of my book!
“A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality” in bookshops soon - from 26th June 🧠 🍎
(Though Ralphie more interested in the packaging….)
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
#booksky #neuroskyence
“A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality” in bookshops soon - from 26th June 🧠 🍎
(Though Ralphie more interested in the packaging….)
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
#booksky #neuroskyence
June 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thrilled to get my hands on the first copies of my book!
“A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality” in bookshops soon - from 26th June 🧠 🍎
(Though Ralphie more interested in the packaging….)
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
#booksky #neuroskyence
“A Trick of the Mind: How the Brain Invents Your Reality” in bookshops soon - from 26th June 🧠 🍎
(Though Ralphie more interested in the packaging….)
www.penguin.co.uk/books/451515...
#booksky #neuroskyence
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
Less than two months before our book is finally released. If you are interested in bird behaviour or comparative neurobiology and want to learn more, this is the book for you!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255273...
And the ebook will be open access!
#neuroskyence #ornithology #birds 🧪🧠
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255273...
And the ebook will be open access!
#neuroskyence #ornithology #birds 🧪🧠
June 10, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Less than two months before our book is finally released. If you are interested in bird behaviour or comparative neurobiology and want to learn more, this is the book for you!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255273...
And the ebook will be open access!
#neuroskyence #ornithology #birds 🧪🧠
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255273...
And the ebook will be open access!
#neuroskyence #ornithology #birds 🧪🧠
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
The Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference is in Amsterdam this year, but you don't have to go that far to attend. Local meetups/watch parties are being organized all over, including the one I'm hosting in New York!
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Local Meetups
2025.ccneuro.org
June 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Cognitive Computational Neuroscience conference is in Amsterdam this year, but you don't have to go that far to attend. Local meetups/watch parties are being organized all over, including the one I'm hosting in New York!
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Check them out and register (free!) here 👇
#neuroskyence #compneurosky
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
Like many things, Bluesky is what you make of it. Following lots of scientists and science journalists can be depressing because of what's happening now. But if I look under #neuroskyence or another interest-specific tag, I can easily slip out of it.
June 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Like many things, Bluesky is what you make of it. Following lots of scientists and science journalists can be depressing because of what's happening now. But if I look under #neuroskyence or another interest-specific tag, I can easily slip out of it.
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
Neural networks are deeply inspired by the human brain. They’re also totally different.
Listen to The Quanta Podcast on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2FJL...
Listen to The Quanta Podcast on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2FJL...
AI Is Nothing Like a Brain, and That’s OK
Podcast Episode · The Quanta Podcast · 05/20/2025 · 19m
podcasts.apple.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Neural networks are deeply inspired by the human brain. They’re also totally different.
Listen to The Quanta Podcast on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2FJL...
Listen to The Quanta Podcast on Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Or Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2FJL...
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
Sluggish sloth's secrets of success revealed in new study www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sluggish sloth's secrets of success revealed in new study
Scientists say early humans were to blame for many extinctions - but small tree-dwelling sloths survived.
www.bbc.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Sluggish sloth's secrets of success revealed in new study www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
WASHINGTON—Putting the nation on alert against what it has described as a “highly credible terrorist threat,” the FBI announced today that it has uncovered a plot by members of al-Qaeda to sit back an...
theonion.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
FBI Uncovers Al-Qaeda Plot To Just Sit Back And Enjoy Collapse Of United States
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
How Canadians Are Fighting Back Against U.S. Tariffs
theonion.com/how-can...
theonion.com/how-can...
March 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
How Canadians Are Fighting Back Against U.S. Tariffs
theonion.com/how-can...
theonion.com/how-can...
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"The citadel was dark, the heroes were sleeping. When they breathed, it sounded as if they were testing the air for dragon smoke.
On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully.
In those day the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over the edges."
On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully.
In those day the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over the edges."
March 3, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"The citadel was dark, the heroes were sleeping. When they breathed, it sounded as if they were testing the air for dragon smoke.
On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully.
In those day the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over the edges."
On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully.
In those day the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over the edges."
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
7 January 1792: #OTD Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
January 7, 2025 at 10:05 AM
7 January 1792: #OTD Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy.
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
A valuable role for futurists is to concoct plans for how to handle scenarios, which people may find useful later, if the scenarios come true.
calumchace.com/podcast-feed/
calumchace.com/podcast-feed/
January 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
A valuable role for futurists is to concoct plans for how to handle scenarios, which people may find useful later, if the scenarios come true.
calumchace.com/podcast-feed/
calumchace.com/podcast-feed/
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
An impressive new issue of Neuron on the science of brain aging with 10 papers on everything from sex differences, role of astrocytes, immune system, waste clearance, autophagy, DNA damage, and rejuvenation cell.com/issue/S0896-...
January 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
An impressive new issue of Neuron on the science of brain aging with 10 papers on everything from sex differences, role of astrocytes, immune system, waste clearance, autophagy, DNA damage, and rejuvenation cell.com/issue/S0896-...
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
Here's a great UBI video by Julia McCoy. I don't think she's on Bluesky yet, but I recommend subscribing to her YouTube channel and following her on her other socials
Humanoids Set to Add $24 Trillion to Economy: Will This Bring UBI?
YouTube video by Julia McCoy
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
Here's a great UBI video by Julia McCoy. I don't think she's on Bluesky yet, but I recommend subscribing to her YouTube channel and following her on her other socials
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
Feels like we’re transitioning from the Trump era to the Musk era.
December 20, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Feels like we’re transitioning from the Trump era to the Musk era.
Reposted by Chris T. Armstrong
the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*
December 19, 2024 at 7:20 PM
the feds: stop trying to turn this guy into some cool antihero with a badass public image
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*
also the feds: *treat him like they’ve captured the joker*