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Eric Turkheimer @ent3c.bsky.social · 12h

I argue that the important question is not, as commonly assumed, about categorical vs dimensional systems, but rather (agreeing with Meehl) about whether observable surface structure is a reflection of low-level causal mechanisms. Disagreeing with Meehl, I conclude that the answer is usually no. /2

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Dr Nick @nmwilkinson.bsky.social · 19h

Asking homeowners for permission would kill the burglary industry

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 2d

They don't grow mini human brains. They grow increasingly complex structures of human brain cells. Interesting important work, but that is NOT growing mini human brains.

Gregg D Caruso @greggdcaruso.bsky.social · 2d

Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers. The brave new work of biocomputing! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Scientists race to make 'living' computers powered by human cells

BBC News goes inside the lab powering computers with 'mini brains' grown from human cells.

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 2d

Why Intolerance and Extremism Happen (and how to protect democracy in a divided world) - Teri Kanefield
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Musing about Books Law and Politics - Teri Kanefield

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Cian O'Donnell @cianodonnell.bsky.social · 16d

2024 Swedish study on 2.5M people's data:
"Acetaminophen use during pregnancy was not associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, or intellectual disability... This suggests that associations observed in other models may have been attributable to confounding."
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Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 16d

Polytasking?

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 16d

Luiz Pessoa: Beyond billard ball causation in the brain!
www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-pict...
@PessoaBrain

Beyond Newtonian causation in neuroscience

The traditional mechanistic framework must give way to a richer understanding of how brains actually generate behavior over time.

www.thetransmitter.org

Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 19d

And often contain overarching interpretations of research (programs) not in the journal articles!

Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 22d

New book— just got my copy! I know people often don’t read book chapters but I think that’s a mistake. They are usually much more reflective and wide ranging than journal articles.

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 19d

Except mostly they are not controversial, just inconvenient.

Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 19d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

www.insidehighered.com

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 19d

Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat decorrespondent.nl/16372/hoe-ik...

Hoe ik vertrok uit Gaza – en voor het eerst oog in oog stond met een Israëlische soldaat

Mijn leven lang kende ik het Israëlische leger alleen van veraf: van de vliegtuigen, raketten en drones die de dood over ons in Gaza uitstorten. Maar tijdens mijn evacuatie naar Nederland zag ik voor ...

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Michel Nivard @michelnivard.bsky.social · 19d

The US as viewed by latenight comedians in Europe (it’s 20 secs of Dutch, the rest is English. We are so worried about you all we’re specifically trying to reach you through our latenight I guess…)

Arjen Lubach @arjenlubach.bsky.social · 19d

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Jimmy Kimmel’s show has been cancelled | The New Disney | LUBACH

YouTube video by LUBACH

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 19d

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De Correspondent verwelkomt de Palestijnse journalist Ahmed Abu Artema uit Gaza

De Palestijnse journalist, schrijver en mensenrechtenactivist Ahmed Abu Artema publiceert vandaag zijn eerste artikel op De Correspondent, nadat hij drie weken geleden met onze hulp uit Gaza

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 20d

Now follows your explanation, including a definition of "illusion".....

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 23d

Sure Alexey, you can follow Panksepp. Great scientist but his work is now outdated by a few decades. Anyway the literature is vast so I prefer to sample very broadly and learn from many viewpoints. A single one is always myopic by definition. And scientific disagreements are good thing for science!

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 23d

We're witnessing the most aggressive, fanatical crackdown on free speech in my lifetime. The speed and breadth of government censorship and private sector and nonprofit capitulation has been astonishing. As has the lack of urgency/silence from people who've long claimed to care about this stuff.

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 25d

@dickretired.bsky.social can you give the references of Parnia and Ehhrson?

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 25d

Left and right don't exist if you look up.

Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

One of the problems is the idea that language is the expression of consciousness.

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

The point would be (I think) that there must be (a) closure in the loops from thalamus and/or brain stem nuclei to cortex and back which is/instantiates (?) the control parameter (which is external in non-biological or non-brain complex systems). Could that be correct?
@kathrynnave.bsky.social

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

... constraints through low-dimensional units (thalamus and/or brain stem) on the one hand and closure of constraints: Kate Nave (2025): A drive to survive; ISBN 978-0-262-55132-8 and Alicia Juarrero (2023): Context changes everything: how constraints create coherence; ISBN 978-0-262-37477-4?

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

@macshine.bsky.social I am (re)reading your (and collaborators) recent work from:
Müller EJ, Munn BR, Shine JM (2025): The brain that controls itself. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 63:101499.
backwards.
Do you see a connection between ....

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

DOI: 10.1017/psa.2025.10115

Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

Important for discussions about agency and free will:
Hermida M, Ladyman J (2025): Physical Explanation and the Autonomy of Biology. Philosophy of Science :1–18.
#neuroscience #consciousness #freewill #reductionism

Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

Important for discussions about agency and free will:
Hermida M, Ladyman J (2025): Physical Explanation and the Autonomy of Biology. Philosophy of Science :1–18.
#neuroscience #consciousness #freewill #reductionism

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 26d

Worth listening to every second. #neuroscience

The Transmitter @thetransmitter.bsky.social · 28d

In the latest episode of @braininspired.bsky.social, @drbreaky.bsky.social and @macshine.bsky.social describe a scale-free property of brain activity conserved across diverse species, suggesting a universal principle of activity underlying cognition.

www.thetransmitter.org/brain-inspir...

Michael Breakspear and Mac Shine explain how brain processing changes across neural population scales

Breakspear and Shine find a scale-free property of brain activity that is conserved across diverse species, suggesting that a universal principle of brain activity underlies cognition.

www.thetransmitter.org

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Peter Moleman @molemanpeter.bsky.social · 29d

I am eager to follow that discussion! Please discuss it here, or provide links to where you discuss it!
@dickretired.bsky.social

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