Oscar Castro Garcia
@hermetictrader.bsky.social
PhD Summa Cum Laude Philosophy. Biosemiotics and Philosophy of the Science. Basal Cognition in Brainless Organisms. Autonomous University of Barcelona
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We often think of our genes as the script of our fate. But genes are not the whole story. www.quantamagazine.org/how-metaboli...
January 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
We often think of our genes as the script of our fate. But genes are not the whole story. www.quantamagazine.org/how-metaboli...
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Can a single mathematical edxpression capture the whole spectrum of shapes that can exist? An attempt towards the "super formula" was made in this paper by Johan Gielis, revealing a novel and powerful way to study universal natural forms & phenomena. @manlius.bsky.social @jordipinero.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Can a single mathematical edxpression capture the whole spectrum of shapes that can exist? An attempt towards the "super formula" was made in this paper by Johan Gielis, revealing a novel and powerful way to study universal natural forms & phenomena. @manlius.bsky.social @jordipinero.bsky.social
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Why does life explore so few of the forms it could possibly take? Using fractal descriptors, this #scienceadvances paper shows that Earth’s biosphere clusters around simple shapes, reflecting deep evolutionary constraints. @artemyte.bsky.social @manlius.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
January 11, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Why does life explore so few of the forms it could possibly take? Using fractal descriptors, this #scienceadvances paper shows that Earth’s biosphere clusters around simple shapes, reflecting deep evolutionary constraints. @artemyte.bsky.social @manlius.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Well, that has been changing over the last years, with the growth of interest on tipping points across disciplines, including psychology www.sfipress.org/books/comple...
Complex-Systems Research in Psychology — SFI Press
Humans are the ultimate complex systems. In this monograph intended for psychologists and social scientists interested in modeling psychological processes, Han L. J. van der Maas argues that we can on...
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January 12, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Well, that has been changing over the last years, with the growth of interest on tipping points across disciplines, including psychology www.sfipress.org/books/comple...
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Is there a mathematics of discontinuous behavior? Christopher Zeeman was a leading proponent of Catastrophe Theory, a topological approach to sudden change that underpins much of today’s work on tipping points. This is his beautiful 1976 paper in @sciam.bsky.social www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
January 12, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Is there a mathematics of discontinuous behavior? Christopher Zeeman was a leading proponent of Catastrophe Theory, a topological approach to sudden change that underpins much of today’s work on tipping points. This is his beautiful 1976 paper in @sciam.bsky.social www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/2...
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After reading the wonderful "The Idea of the Brain" by @matthewcobb.bsky.social, I was eagerly anticipating his new book, a biography of Francis Crick. It’s finally here, and it looks terrific.
January 13, 2026 at 11:00 AM
After reading the wonderful "The Idea of the Brain" by @matthewcobb.bsky.social, I was eagerly anticipating his new book, a biography of Francis Crick. It’s finally here, and it looks terrific.
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🔄 New study reveals how cooperation between species could sustain more diverse and resilient ecosystems
The study has developed a comprehensive mathematical theory in which, for the first time, cooperation is essential to explaining how ecosystems are organized and maintained.
👉 tuit.cat/UiNyq
The study has developed a comprehensive mathematical theory in which, for the first time, cooperation is essential to explaining how ecosystems are organized and maintained.
👉 tuit.cat/UiNyq
Un nou estudi revela com la cooperació entre espècies podria sostenir ecosistemes més diversos i resistents
La recerca proposa un nou model matemàtic on la cooperació pot convertir-se en un motor de biodiversitat i resiliència en tota mena d’ecosistemes. A més a més, amplia la teoria ecològica vigent i reve...
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January 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
🔄 New study reveals how cooperation between species could sustain more diverse and resilient ecosystems
The study has developed a comprehensive mathematical theory in which, for the first time, cooperation is essential to explaining how ecosystems are organized and maintained.
👉 tuit.cat/UiNyq
The study has developed a comprehensive mathematical theory in which, for the first time, cooperation is essential to explaining how ecosystems are organized and maintained.
👉 tuit.cat/UiNyq
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1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session
📍Jan 24, 4:00 PM GMT on Discord: t.co/z5667BBLvr
Paper: “Origins of life: the possible and the actual” by @ricardsole.bsky.social et al. Join us to explore fresh frameworks for #ALife and #Abiogenesis !
📍Jan 24, 4:00 PM GMT on Discord: t.co/z5667BBLvr
Paper: “Origins of life: the possible and the actual” by @ricardsole.bsky.social et al. Join us to explore fresh frameworks for #ALife and #Abiogenesis !
January 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
1/📢 Announcing our next ERA Journal Club session
📍Jan 24, 4:00 PM GMT on Discord: t.co/z5667BBLvr
Paper: “Origins of life: the possible and the actual” by @ricardsole.bsky.social et al. Join us to explore fresh frameworks for #ALife and #Abiogenesis !
📍Jan 24, 4:00 PM GMT on Discord: t.co/z5667BBLvr
Paper: “Origins of life: the possible and the actual” by @ricardsole.bsky.social et al. Join us to explore fresh frameworks for #ALife and #Abiogenesis !
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I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
January 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I've been working for ages on a comprehensive revamp of the Stanford Encyclopedia Entry on "Animal Consciousness", with new sections on non-Western perspectives, methodological challenges and evolutionary big pictures, and it's out today: plato.stanford.edu/entries/cons.... Hope you find it useful!
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Reminder 📢 We are advertising a postdoctoral position in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living and nonliving systems👇 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philjobs #philsci #evosky
January 13, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Reminder 📢 We are advertising a postdoctoral position in #philbio or #philphysics to work on an interdisciplinary project that adopts the lens of self-organization & active matter to explore the boundary between living and nonliving systems👇 www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo... #philjobs #philsci #evosky
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How much can we say about the complexity of brains and minds from low-scale, molecular and sub-cellular events? Here's my drawing of Cajal's Demon, an entity that tries to do that @manlius.bsky.social @lmprida.bsky.social @mkhochb.bsky.social @drmichaellevin.bsky.social @wiringthebrain.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:32 AM
How much can we say about the complexity of brains and minds from low-scale, molecular and sub-cellular events? Here's my drawing of Cajal's Demon, an entity that tries to do that @manlius.bsky.social @lmprida.bsky.social @mkhochb.bsky.social @drmichaellevin.bsky.social @wiringthebrain.bsky.social
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@boruttrpin.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Philosophical Quarterly. We had both written on how inference to the best explanation could work with uncertain evidence. So we teamed up to test some suggestions for how to do that using computer simulations: academic.oup.com/pq/article/d...
Testing abductions from uncertain evidence
Abstract. Inference to the Best Explanation (IBE) is traditionally conceived of as a rule of inference, in which one infers to the hypothesis that provides
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December 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
@boruttrpin.bsky.social and I have a new paper out in Philosophical Quarterly. We had both written on how inference to the best explanation could work with uncertain evidence. So we teamed up to test some suggestions for how to do that using computer simulations: academic.oup.com/pq/article/d...
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Are bacterial spores some kind of travelling neurons? In this @science.org paper the authors show that B. subtilis spores can integrate environmental signals over time and remember transient nutrient pulses. @koseskalab.bsky.social @drmichaellevin.bsky.social www.kaitokikuchi.com/assets/pdf/K...
December 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Are bacterial spores some kind of travelling neurons? In this @science.org paper the authors show that B. subtilis spores can integrate environmental signals over time and remember transient nutrient pulses. @koseskalab.bsky.social @drmichaellevin.bsky.social www.kaitokikuchi.com/assets/pdf/K...
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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics. www.wired.com/story/behold...
Behold the Manifold, the Concept that Changed How Mathematicians View Space
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
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December 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics. www.wired.com/story/behold...
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We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
December 28, 2025 at 3:55 AM
We present: The Art of #InverteFest - December 2025 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
A digital art book showcasing the work of 100 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.
Thank you to the artists who contributed to our book!
Download: drive.google.com/file/d/1JCXz...
#Art #SciArt
Modular architectures and entanglement schemes for error-corrected distributed quantum computation | npj Quantum Information share.google/omDnLyVKfkgo...
Modular architectures and entanglement schemes for error-corrected distributed quantum computation - npj Quantum Information
npj Quantum Information - Modular architectures and entanglement schemes for error-corrected distributed quantum computation
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December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Modular architectures and entanglement schemes for error-corrected distributed quantum computation | npj Quantum Information share.google/omDnLyVKfkgo...
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This is from Bergson’s Dreams. He clearly believed that memories have agency and are under positive pressure to come out when they sense the opportunity. Lots of resonance here with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social
Puts a twist on the phrase “It’ll come to me” when trying to remember something.
Puts a twist on the phrase “It’ll come to me” when trying to remember something.
December 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is from Bergson’s Dreams. He clearly believed that memories have agency and are under positive pressure to come out when they sense the opportunity. Lots of resonance here with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social
Puts a twist on the phrase “It’ll come to me” when trying to remember something.
Puts a twist on the phrase “It’ll come to me” when trying to remember something.
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Biological Theory is now on Bluesky!
We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board.
We will soon be posting about all our articles.
Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752
We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board.
We will soon be posting about all our articles.
Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Biological Theory is now on Bluesky!
We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board.
We will soon be posting about all our articles.
Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752
We have a new team of editors and a new editorial board.
We will soon be posting about all our articles.
Find out more about the journal at link.springer.com/journal/13752
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➡️New article out⬅️
The Fate of Behavioral Modernity
by Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social
Free reading link: rdcu.be/eUOUH
The Fate of Behavioral Modernity
by Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social
Free reading link: rdcu.be/eUOUH
December 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
➡️New article out⬅️
The Fate of Behavioral Modernity
by Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social
Free reading link: rdcu.be/eUOUH
The Fate of Behavioral Modernity
by Andra Meneganzin @andrameneganzin.bsky.social
Free reading link: rdcu.be/eUOUH
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A new, long paper on evolution - natural induction - split into 2:
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@RichardWatson90 and Tim Lewens
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@RichardWatson90 and Tim Lewens
Evolution by natural induction
Abstract. It is conventionally assumed that all evolutionary adaptation is produced, and could only possibly be produced, by natural selection. Natural ind
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December 19, 2025 at 11:49 PM
A new, long paper on evolution - natural induction - split into 2:
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@RichardWatson90 and Tim Lewens
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@RichardWatson90 and Tim Lewens
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Final version is out: @LPiolopez
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"Atavistic Genetic Expression Dissociation (AGED) DuringAging: Meta-Phylostratigraphic Evidence of Cellular andTissue-Level Phylogenetic Dissociation"
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"Atavistic Genetic Expression Dissociation (AGED) DuringAging: Meta-Phylostratigraphic Evidence of Cellular andTissue-Level Phylogenetic Dissociation"
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Atavistic Genetic Expression Dissociation (AGED) During Aging: Meta‐Phylostratigraphic Evidence of Cellular and Tissue‐Level Phylogenetic Dissociation
Aging represents an atavistic over-representation of differential expression in the most ancient genes and under-representation in the evolutionary youngest genes for two multi-tissue aging databases...
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December 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Final version is out: @LPiolopez
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"Atavistic Genetic Expression Dissociation (AGED) DuringAging: Meta-Phylostratigraphic Evidence of Cellular andTissue-Level Phylogenetic Dissociation"
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"Atavistic Genetic Expression Dissociation (AGED) DuringAging: Meta-Phylostratigraphic Evidence of Cellular andTissue-Level Phylogenetic Dissociation"
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How does the brain build itself? 🧠📈
Join us on Dec. 9, 10-12pm PT for a webinar presenting the findings from 12 papers mapping brain development in new detail.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phxk87APQh-kgRYqp0jO5Q#/registration
Image: Jasiek Krzysztofiak/@nature.com
Join us on Dec. 9, 10-12pm PT for a webinar presenting the findings from 12 papers mapping brain development in new detail.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phxk87APQh-kgRYqp0jO5Q#/registration
Image: Jasiek Krzysztofiak/@nature.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:06 PM
How does the brain build itself? 🧠📈
Join us on Dec. 9, 10-12pm PT for a webinar presenting the findings from 12 papers mapping brain development in new detail.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phxk87APQh-kgRYqp0jO5Q#/registration
Image: Jasiek Krzysztofiak/@nature.com
Join us on Dec. 9, 10-12pm PT for a webinar presenting the findings from 12 papers mapping brain development in new detail.
🔗 https://alleninstitute-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_phxk87APQh-kgRYqp0jO5Q#/registration
Image: Jasiek Krzysztofiak/@nature.com
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Could cognition emerge from matter at scales far below neurons? This @nature.com paper explores whether molecular self-assembly can perform neural-like classification. The work suggests that even physical processes may carry out sophisticated information processing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Could cognition emerge from matter at scales far below neurons? This @nature.com paper explores whether molecular self-assembly can perform neural-like classification. The work suggests that even physical processes may carry out sophisticated information processing.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Call for Abstracts | NetSci 2026
Submission deadline: December 19
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Submission deadline: December 19
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Call for Abstracts NetSci 2026
The International School and Conference on Network Science (NetSci 2026) will be held from June 1-5, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Boston / Cambridge, USA.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Call for Abstracts | NetSci 2026
Submission deadline: December 19
#NetSci2026 #NetworkScience #ComplexNetworks #ComplexSystems #CallForAbstracts ./14
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Submission deadline: December 19
#NetSci2026 #NetworkScience #ComplexNetworks #ComplexSystems #CallForAbstracts ./14
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Reread this short piece I wrote a few years ago, and I don't hate it: www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/jakob-v...
"Jakob von Uexküll’s Concept of Umwelt" by Tim Elmo Feiten (Keywords: Biology; Metaphysics; Animals)
Jakob von Uexküll (1864-1944) believed that every living creature inhabits a world of its own. The structure of this world is largely determined by the species to which a creature belongs, by its phys...
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December 4, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Reread this short piece I wrote a few years ago, and I don't hate it: www.thephilosopher1923.org/post/jakob-v...