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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 2d
"An account as weird, wild, and nontraditional as its subject."

@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:
Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by Graham St John
This definitive biography from cultural historian St John (Weekend Societies) explores the life and ideas of psychedelic philoso...
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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 3d
Zur Erinnerung: DAS ist das Problem der deutschen Automobilindustrie. (Grafik von Ember) Sie hat die Elektro-Revolution verschlafen und will jetzt verzweifelt Zulieferer retten, die nur Teile für Verbrenner herstellen können. Innovator's Dilemma in Reinkultur.
Autoexporte - Deutschland stagniert, China hat Deutschland durch gigantisches Wachstum in 2022 überholt und exportiert schon jetzt 2,5 Mio Autos mehr pro Jahr.
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Matthew D. Sacchet @matthewsacchet.bsky.social · 8d
Powerful scientific clues to the mystery of consciousness are emerging from its very absence.

Advanced meditation research seeks to scientifically understand profound and powerful shifts in consciousness that can arise from contemplative mastery. One such shift, which we call...
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Libbie Grant @thelibbiegrant.bsky.social · 9d
It's release day for STRANGE ATTRACTOR, the first and surely the definitive biography of Terence McKenna! @gmantic.bsky.social did an incredible job on this book. It's one of the best biographies I've ever read. Get it today!
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Strange Attractor
A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946–2000) was the twentieth century&...
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Zentrum für Politische Schönheit @politicalbeauty.bsky.social · 15d
Charlie Kirk, der neue Held von Spahn, Ulf Poschardt und Nius, wurde von Bob Vylan als „Stück Scheisse“ bezeichnet. Aber da ist mehr: Kirk gibt vor Trumps Putschversuch am 6. Januar zu, 80 Busse voller gewaltbereiter Schläger organisiert zu haben! Ein wahrer Meinungsbefreier - mit Fäusten.
Charlie Kirk vor dem 6.1.2021: „This historic event will likely be one of the largest and most consequential in American history The team at @TrumpStudents & Turning Point Action are honored to help make this happen, sending 80+ buses full of patriots to DC to fight for this president“
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · 17d
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Neuroelectrophysiological correlates of extended cessation of consciousness in advanced meditators: A multimodal EEG and MEG study
In some contemplative traditions, "extended cessation" (EC) refers to a state of advanced meditation in which the meditator intentionally suppresses their own consciousness and re-emerges with a profo...
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Nature @nature.com · 18d
The rise of generative AI chatbots has led to the creation of tools that purport to offer people the opportunity to speak directly with religious figures, such as Jesus Christ

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The chatbots claiming to be Jesus: spreading gospel or heresy?
Nature - Jesus chatbots aren't the only AI technologies seeping into religious practice. Some worshippers don't agree with the use of them.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 17d
Israel has officially begun annexing the West Bank by forcing residents of several Area C towns to obtain special Israeli permits to pass through the checkpoints at their entrances.

It starts in villages northwest of Jerusalem: Beit Iksa, Nabi Samu’il, and Khallayleh.

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Keith Wooo-schmann Wilson 👻 @keithwilson.eu · 19d
Oxford has fallen. Repeat: Oxford has fallen… 🤖 #HigherEducation #academia
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University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 19d
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · 20d
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · 20d
Your PDF is here:
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · 20d
Now available in English: The German National Academy's Proposal for Social Media & Mental Health of Children and Adolescents:
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Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · 23d
Der Vorschlag ist eine der Handlungsempfehlungen aus dem Leopoldina-Diskussionspapier „Soziale Medien und die psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen“. Zum Papier: www.leopoldina.org/publikatione...
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Die Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina berät Politik und Gesellschaft unabhängig zu wichtigen Zukunftsthemen.
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Heleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social · Aug 30
The deadline for submissions for the 2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize (€20k) is soon: Sept 30th. For the best contribution to neuroscience that substantially advances our understanding of the neural mechanisms underlying the experience of pure awareness. For details, see screenshot!
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Heleen Slagter @haslagter.bsky.social · Aug 30
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · Aug 18
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · Aug 16
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Video: Opinion | Two Decades of Putin Playing the West
For more than 20 years, Western leaders have played right into Putin’s hands — and given one a shake.
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · Aug 13
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Vorschlag der Leopoldina: "Keine Social-Media-Accounts für unter 13-Jährige"
Die Nationalakademie Leopoldina hat Maßnahmen vorgelegt, um Kinder und Jugendliche besser vor Auswirkungen von Social Media zu schützen. So sollen Kinder unter 13 Jahren gar keine Social-Media-Account...
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Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina @leopoldina.org · Aug 13
Zum Diskussionspapier „Soziale Medien und die psychische Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen“:
www.leopoldina.org/socialmedia-kinder
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Editors of Neuroscience of Consciousness @nconsc.bsky.social · Aug 6
🚨 New article in #NCONSC!

Deep computational neurophenomenology: a methodological framework for investigating the how of experience

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A Bayesian computational framework to bridge first-person experience and brain activity

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Deep computational neurophenomenology: a methodological framework for investigating the how of experience
Abstract. The context for our paper comes from the neurophenomenology (NPh) research programme initiated by Francisco Varela at the end of the 1990s. Varel
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · Jul 31
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A beautiful loop: An active inference theory of consciousness
Can active inference model consciousness? We offer three conditions implying that it can. The first condition is the simulation of a world model, whic…
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · Jul 29
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The IPCC: Can it regain its credibility?
A critical examination of climate science risk assessments and the growing challenge from global actuaries
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metzinger.bsky.social @metzinger.bsky.social · Jul 27
Not such a bad summary at all....
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Your Brain’s Illusion of You: Thomas Metzinger on Self, Consciousness & VR
YouTube video by Philosophy and interesting readings
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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · Jul 25
A psychedelic drug disorganizes cortical traveling waves. Groovy work.
Complex slow waves in the human brain under 5-MeO-DMT
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