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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕

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Taiwan enthusiast. Philosophy professor. Intellectual omnivore. Humean supertaster. https://liao.shen-yi.org/

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · Dec 17

I made a "critical 4E" starter pack, of people who are sympathetic to 4E cognition—that is: embodied, embedded, enacted, and extended—cognition, but also interested in exploring its moral and social and political implications.

See examples of work in the area! nickbrancazio.com/home/feminis...

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Carolyn Dicey Jennings @cdj.bsky.social · 1h

This is a cool paper “chemical synapses have a major role in brain rhythms…post-synaptic neural firing requires rhythmic action of populations of neurons…waves of ion fluctuations in the chemical soup surrounding the neurons are important” #neurosky
@pessoabrain.bsky.social @earlkmiller.bsky.social

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Expected Own Goals @xowngoals.com · 22h

This is the squad that might play the quarterfinals at home.

Graphic from American Soccer Analysis depicting the rolling changes in the Seattle Reign's non-penalty expected goal differential in the 2025 NWSL regular season.

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 22h

I'm really excited about the ethics bowl movie. However, I would recommend that the fees be indexed to something like endowment per student. What seems like a small fee for, say, Princeton is not a small fee for us!

etherealfilms.org/order-reques...

Order Requests - Ethereal Films

Project Order Page This is where you can order a our projects and educational materials. Orders are processed immediately and provide you with a digital download for permanent file ownership. We can a...

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 1d

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Supreme Court Live Updates: Justices Seem Set to Rule Against Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

www.nytimes.com

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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 23h

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Someone in a frog costume facing down a line of police in riot gear

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 1d

I do not have information and and cannot speculate on people's citizenship status. However, I think she was born and grew up in the US.

Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 1d

I know this might further contribute to my increasing professional irrelevance, but I think I have to expand my journal boycott from Springer and Elsevier journals to Wiley journals too. It's all rather terrible.

Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 2d

The new Wiley journal review system is an absolute nightmare. Editorial assistants have been replaced by a clunky, AI-enabled website that makes it harder to find and invite reviewers. Associate editor workloads have increased. I'm not convinced the invitations to reviewers are even going through.

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Elizabeth Lanphier @ethicselizabeth.bsky.social · 2d

Anticipating changes to the 25/26 Covid-19 vaccine regulations @sefyfe.bsky.social & I updated our previous analysis of off-label pediatric Covid-19 vaccination. It is out now in @jamapediatrics.com & accessible here.

Many things happened since we submitted this! I'll touch on a few of them 🧵

Reconsidering Off-Label Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccination

This Viewpoint discusses current factors to consider when recommending off-label pediatric COVID-19 vaccination.

jamanetwork.com

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Sarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 4d

(ps. Here's the data if you don't believe me.

The median small family farmer in the US is a millionaire with a 6-figure income. Yes, after you take out farm debts & expenses.)

USDA data table showing "residence farms" (the official USDA designation for "small family farms" at this time) with a median net worth of $1.24M and $116K/year net income. (Net income = AFTER farm debts & expenses)

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Brian Weatherson @bweatherson.bsky.social · 2d

They did have Matt Beard as part of the team earlier, so EGS isn’t the first philosopher they’ve had. I agree it’s very fun philosophy for kids.

www.case.org/dr-matt-beard

Dr. Matt Beard

Join us at CASE Academy and unlock the leader within you. At this exclusive online course, you’ll embark on a learning journey alongside colleagues from diverse advancement disciplines.

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 2d

Ah that's fair. I'm not a super fan so I guess I've only heard the Carl and Molly episodes.

Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 2d

However, they now have some new episodes. It looks like philosopher Eleanor Gordon-Smith has joined as a host!!

I am not much of a podcast person, but again, our kids approve of this one!

@dailynous.com

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 2d

Our kids independently (I swear, we didn't even know about it) discovered that Australian Broadcasting Company philosophy for kids podcast called Short & Curly a couple of years ago. Even though the hosts weren't philosophers, the content seemed quite good.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Short & Curly with Carl Smith and Molly Daniels and Eleanor Gordon-Smith - ABC listen

Short & Curly is the fun and educational ABC Kids and Family podcast that makes philosophy and ethics easy, entertaining, and thought-provoking. Hosted by Molly Daniels, Carl Smith, and philosopher El...

www.abc.net.au

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Alex Baumhardt @alexbaumhardt.bsky.social · 2d

She’s still out here ✌️

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 2d

I recommend The Owl House, which our kids introduced to us!

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Devin @dervine7.bsky.social · 2d

proud of my dept

Ahead of hearing, Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, and Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, attend ‘silent vigil’

Over 100 people dressed in black gathered at the 116th Street and Broadway gates on Monday to support Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi, GS ’25, SIPA ’27, ahead of his Tuesday hearing—at which a cir...

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Leif Hancox-Li, PhD @struthious.bsky.social · 2d

oh look the fears of everyone who understands data privacy are valid

John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: breach of Discord age verification data.

Including some users passports & DLs

Age verification is a badly implemented data grab wrapped in a moral panic.

Mark my words, as age verification mandates expand, we'll end up more surveilled and less secure. 1/

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 3d

Nice post from @nescio13.bsky.social on why academic freedom is not freedom of speech.

crookedtimber.org/2025/10/01/a...

Against Campus ‘Debate’ — Crooked Timber

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 3d

Tacoma Public Library celebrating the arts—especially hip hop—by promoting a book that argues hip pop culture made him beat his girlfriend.

A bookshelf at a library that includes TCW’s Losing My Cool.

Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 4d

Should I reply all to let my child's teacher know that he should not be sending emails to all parents without bcc?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Phila M. Msimang @msimang.bsky.social · 5d

Here I was talking about the consequences of the changes in classifications (and who was labelled as belonging in them) for conceptualising biological studies. Our discussion focused on the use of such classifications in microbiome research.

ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · 7d

Amazing talk by @msimang.bsky.social at the "Human Diversity Dilemma" Workshop (@localmicrobes.bsky.social), Cape Town! Check out this great infographic on shifting racial classif. in South Africa 17-21C by @tessamuldvarp.bsky.social and Phila:
figshare.com/articles/fig...
#hpbio #philsky #race

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okay Kelly @kmdoublev.bsky.social · 5d

Very excited to be presenting new work at the University of Puget Sound at the end of the month!

flyer for a talk by Dr. Kelly W called "Giving and Withholding Uptake"

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Shen-yi Liao 廖顯禕 @liao.shen-yi.org · 5d

Feels like a natural experimental philosophy of medicine project: is “addictive” an inherently normative term? (My guess: yes.)

Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 5d

I see talk about things being "designed to be addictive" (like cigarettes, social media, online sports betting, etc.)

Is there a scientific distinction between "designed to be addictive" and "designed to get you to use them more"? Or are these just synonyms?

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Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social · 5d

I just couldn't stop thinking about how weird sperm whale mouths are and yet how perfectly shaped for inserting giant squid into

A scanned pencil sketch of a faceoff between a giant squid and a sperm whale. The squid looks cute and alarmed and its mantle is labeled TAB A. The whale looks cute and happy and its mouth is labeled SLOT A. Tab A does look like it would fit perfectly in slot A. The squid says "I strongly disagree with this diagram" and the whale responds "You can't disagree with evolution."

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