"calling a bowl of soup bald because it doesn't contain hair seems worse than calling the pope a bachelor"
what has philosophy done to us
what has philosophy done to us
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 AM
"calling a bowl of soup bald because it doesn't contain hair seems worse than calling the pope a bachelor"
what has philosophy done to us
what has philosophy done to us
epistemic akrasia
January 7, 2026 at 9:27 PM
epistemic akrasia
exhibit A ladies and gentlemen
January 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
exhibit A ladies and gentlemen
no i'm still pro icons. and pro simulation of some sort in conscious deliberative thinking. but i think it's a special mode of thinking and not widespread (e.g., mice aren't doing it while they sleep), and not really understood either
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
no i'm still pro icons. and pro simulation of some sort in conscious deliberative thinking. but i think it's a special mode of thinking and not widespread (e.g., mice aren't doing it while they sleep), and not really understood either
amazing! and plausible!
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
amazing! and plausible!
idk if you saw this but john and i are working on some projects critiquing the proliferation of model talk in cogsci
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New publication forthcoming in BBS, co-authored with John Krakauer: a commentary on @smfleming.bsky.social & @matthiasmichel.bsky.social's groundbreaking target article.
We critique widespread assumptions in cognitive neuroscience about the role of internal models in implicit cognition. (1/7)
We critique widespread assumptions in cognitive neuroscience about the role of internal models in implicit cognition. (1/7)
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
idk if you saw this but john and i are working on some projects critiquing the proliferation of model talk in cogsci
bsky.app/profile/quil...
bsky.app/profile/quil...
people posit them everywhere and the evidence never backs it up!
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
people posit them everywhere and the evidence never backs it up!