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Philosopher, writer, Ελληνοβρετανός. Hon Professor, Sheffield University. Mind, consciousness, illusionism, cog-sci, Ελλάδα. Website: https://www.keithfrankish.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@KeithFrankish

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · May 12

In philosophy, if you think the answer's obvious, then you haven't understood the question.

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Jason Moore @moorejh.bsky.social · 49m

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 21h

'Berlin at Night.' (c1860) Described by Degas as the ‘greatest living master’ during his lifetime, Adolph von Menzel is less remembered today outside of Germany than the French painter who admired him; his career deserves far greater appreciation and study than it receives.

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Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 4h

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

authors.elsevier.com

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Nick Byrd, Ph.D. @byrdnick.com · 4h

Is solipsism measurable?

Seven studies developed a self-report scale of how much one doubts that others exist (beyond one's own mind).

It correlated with loneliness, social disconnection, aggression, and problematic gaming.

doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

#xPhi #psychometrics.#psych

Is there anyone else out there? A measure of psychological solipsism

For centuries philosophers have debated solipsism, the idea that people cannot prove that anything exists outside of their own minds. However, there h…

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Alexa Morcom @alexamorcom.bsky.social · 1d

Evidence-based review of the Tylenol/ paracetamol - autism controversy stirred up by MAGA and their friends - FREE podcast + detailed notes

from evidence-based health/ longevity/ exercise podcaster Peter Attia (not on BSky): share with US friends!! peterattiamd.com/tylenolandau...

#367 - Tylenol, pregnancy, and autism: What recent studies show and how to interpret the data

“Science is not about being right or wrong in an absolute sense. It's really about constantly updating our priors, understanding the probability of something as new evidence becomes emergent.” —Peter ...

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 1d

Thank you!

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 1d

I think you are the only one who did!

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 1d

Yes, it only matters if you have bookmarked my profile, and I expect that no one apart from my mother has done that!

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 1d

I have updated my Bluesky account to use my own web domain as handle. If you have bookmarked my profile (as I expect many thousands of you have done) please update the address to bsky.app/profile/keit... (i.e. change "bsky.social" to "com")

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 1d

From the end of the war till around 2010, Western politics resembled the two-body problem. Now it resembles the three-body problem.

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Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · 2d

We cannot change the profession all at once, in one big sweep. But we can create a few spaces where things work as we would want them to. Hoping that people notice that good is possible and our micro-utopias catch on. #philsky #academicsky

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 3d

He's a big softy at heart!

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 3d

If Donald Trump is not unfit to hold the office of President of the United States of America, what sort of person would be?

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 4d

Chris Morris talks to Alan Partridge about the deaths of Diana and JFK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5YI...

CHRIS MORRIS & ALAN PARTRIDGE, Chat about (Princess Diana & J.F.K)

YouTube video by FourJamLions

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 4d

Yes indeed.

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 4d

I feel the same. The UK could learn a lot from my second homeland, Greece. Greeks went through hell in the 2010s, but they didn't turn to fascism. (Yes a minority were tempted, but many more went the other way.)

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 4d

The rest of the world is looking at America in a new way. We've admired America, envied America, and feared America. But we've never pitied America. Until now.

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 5d

:)

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 5d

Amazing!

Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.social · 5d

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts www.popsci.com/environment/...

Multi-generational vulture nests hold 700 years of human artifacts

Crossbow bolts, sandals, slingshots, and more.

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 5d

We thought The Day Today and Brass Eye were satires on the 1990s, but there were actually predictions of the 2020s.

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 5d

Crete 2018

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 5d

What is @petemandik.bsky.social doing to me here?

Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 5d

Trump and his cronies seem to be trying to initiate a sort of cultural revolution.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 6d

Full comic here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/priors
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