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Abel Jansma @abelaer.bsky.social · 6h

🚨New paper: arxiv.org/abs/2510.05786

*Shapley values beyond game theory*
We show that Shapley values aren’t just about dividing payoffs--they are the right way to project down any higher-order structure.

We generalise them, and Möbius inversions, in important ways: 🧵

Möbius transforms and Shapley values for vector-valued functions on weighted directed acyclic multigraphs

We generalize the concept of Möbius inversion and Shapley values to directed acyclic multigraphs and weighted versions thereof. We further allow value functions (games) and thus their Möbius transform...

arxiv.org

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Artemy Kolchinsky @artemyte.bsky.social · 1d

After a long time in the making, my paper on nonequilibrium thermodynamics of Darwinian evolution has been published in Philosophical Transactions B. Updated version: arxiv.org/abs/2112.02809

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George Musser @georgemusser.com · 1d

The usual explanation for great music is that it's predictable but not too predictable. But there's more to it, said @frosas.bsky.social at #ALIFE2025. We prefer music when we perceive agency behind it. Improvisation trumps a prepared performance. See paper at www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy.... ⚙️🧫

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Chelsea Parlett @chelseaparlett.bsky.social · 4d

It’s not the method that makes you causal it’s the assumptions

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 6d

It is often argued that the origin of life must be related to "phase transitions"

This concept is often misused, or even abused.

In a new paper with @ricardsole.bsky.social we discuss which types of transitions might be involved and some relevant models.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

Bifurcations and phase transitions in the origins of life | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

The path towards the emergence of life in our biosphere involved several key events allowing for the persistence, reproduction and evolution of molecular systems. All these processes took place in a given environmental context and required both molecular ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 7d

Nearly 4,000 y ago, Egyptians finished their pyramids

Meanwhile, across the ocean, termites in NE Brazil were building something even larger: a hidden empire of 200M mounds, over an area the size of UK 🌍🐜

Still active today, a masterpiece of non-human engineering!
🧪🌐 HT @ricardsole.bsky.social

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks Johannes! Looking forward to see you in Sapporo next week :)

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · 14d

This paper is the result of a long journey, starting with a first preprint put forward in 2019 and followed by a winding road of progressive refinement and polishing! I’m very happy to finally see it out in its final form!

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · 14d

Finally published:
“Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition”
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

An information-theoretic framework to analyse complex multivariate dynamical processes ✨

Toward a unified taxonomy of information dynamics via Integrated Information Decomposition | PNAS

Our ability to understand and control complex systems of many interacting parts remains limited. A key challenge is that we still do not know how b...

www.pnas.org

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · Sep 5

Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:

academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30496

Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy

Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US

academicjobsonline.org

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · Sep 8

Emergence has been used to avoid explanations, but it is possible to use it in much more productive ways.

This event later this week may be a place to hear about that:
www.sussex.ac.uk/broadcast/re...

Emergence Workshop

This workshop will explore the relationship between the emergent properties of conscious subjects and the material structures and interactions from...

www.sussex.ac.uk

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · Aug 24

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁?
Don't miss the Neuroscience and Philosophy Salon.
Earl Miller and team will discuss recent paper and we'll have plenty of discussion. Open to all.
Sept 12, noon EST-US
umd.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#neuroskyence
@earlkmiller.bsky.social

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · Aug 25

Finally published:
“Characterising high-order interdependence via entropic conjugation”
rdcu.be/eB3k3

On how a “conjugation” of information illuminates the space possible information-theoretic metrics of high-order phenomena!

Characterising high-order interdependence via entropic conjugation

Communications Physics - This paper introduces entropic conjugation as a new framework to analyse high-order interdependencies in complex systems, clarifying existing information-theoretic measures...

rdcu.be

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Russ Poldrack @russpoldrack.org · Aug 20

Our department is seeking applicants for an Assistant Professor position with a focus on affective science. Please apply and/or pass this along to anyone who might be interested! facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Psychology

facultypositions.stanford.edu

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · Aug 20

Response to @anilseth.bsky.social
great piece “Conscious artificial intelligence and biological naturalism”
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Thanks to the great team lead by the awesome @rhizoqualia.bsky.social!

https://cambridge.org/core/journals/…

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · Aug 20

Preprint time:
“Compatibilist emergence for the science of consciousness”
osf.io/preprints/ps...

On how a multifaceted understanding of emergence can illuminate the link between consciousness and life!

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Kavita Babu @kavita-babu.bsky.social · Feb 27

The first one is some crazy work by @monmitabhar.bsky.social, Tanumoy, @hari-flies.bsky.social and Kamal Kishore. They eavesdropped on worm conversations and found the exciting phenomenon of movement of memory from one worm to another 2/n www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

Extracellular vesicles aid in the transfer of long-term associative memory between Caenorhabditis elegans

Memory formation is necessary for the survival of animals across phyla. Here, we elucidate the mechanism underlying the formation of long-term associative memory (LTAM) formed by treating Caenorhabdit...

www.biorxiv.org

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Enrico @enricocaprioglio.bsky.social · Aug 19

Third edition of the emergence workshop is almost here!

You can register using the QR code on the poster

Any questions, you can message me here or send an email!

sussexcogs.bsky.social @sussexcogs.bsky.social · Aug 18

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Ricard Solé @ricardsole.bsky.social · Aug 17

What is emergence? This is one of the most central ingredients of complexity, and a challenging one to formalize. Here's a paper by @seanmcarroll.bsky.social & Achyth Parola that attempts to classify different forms of emergence. @manlius.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social arxiv.org/pdf/2410.15468

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Guillaume Dumas @introspection.bsky.social · Aug 15

🗺️ Pathfinding: a neurodynamical account of intuition

📔 We #review the neuroscience of #intuition, and present it as a predictive embodied process, emergent from hippocampal replay & brain metastability

🤝 with S. Kotler, M. Mannino, K. Friston, G. Buzsáki & J.A.S Kelso

🔗 nature.com/articles/s42...

Pathfinding: a neurodynamical account of intuition - Communications Biology

This Perspective article proposes a neurodynamical model of intuition as a fast, embodied pathfinding mechanism shaped by evolution. Drawing on the free-energy principle and metastability, it explores...

nature.com

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · Aug 11

Amazing opportunity 👇🏽

Ben Fulcher @bendfulcher.bsky.social · Aug 11

Are you interested in our work on complex physical systems and applications (to neural systems)?

Wanna join us in Sydney? 🐨 🦘

We have two open positions:

1. Postdoc position: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...

2. Fully-funded PhD position: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Physics)

Full time, 2-year fixed term position with potential to extend. Located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Physics. Exciting opportunity to conduct research in a world-leading interdisciplinary...

usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com

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Ben Fulcher @bendfulcher.bsky.social · Aug 11

Are you interested in our work on complex physical systems and applications (to neural systems)?

Wanna join us in Sydney? 🐨 🦘

We have two open positions:

1. Postdoc position: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...

2. Fully-funded PhD position: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Physics)

Full time, 2-year fixed term position with potential to extend. Located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Physics. Exciting opportunity to conduct research in a world-leading interdisciplinary...

usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · Aug 8

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝘁, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
What are the most developed frameworks of the brain basis of motivation?
Older ideas, new ideas, etc.
#neuroskyence

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · Aug 6

Applications for next year’s Guggenheim Fellowships are now open! @guggfellows.bsky.social

www.gf.org/program/how-...

Application Guidelines — Guggenheim Fellowship — Guggenheim Fellowships: Supporting Artists, Scholars, & Scientists

Find detailed information on the application process for the Guggenheim Fellowship and learn how to submit your application for a grant.

www.gf.org

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Fernando Rosas @frosas.bsky.social · Aug 7

And if you don’t think world models are a big deal, please check yesterday’s release of DeepMind of Genie 3:
deepmind.google/discover/blo...

… and this awesome coverage by MLST:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekgv...

Genie 3: A New Frontier for World Models

Today we are announcing Genie 3, a general purpose world model that can generate an unprecedented diversity of interactive environments. Given a text prompt, Genie 3 can generate dynamic worlds...

deepmind.google

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