tolchinsky.bsky.social
Alexey Tolchinsky
@tolchinsky.bsky.social
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Clinical psychologist and researcher investigating anxiety disorders, Acute PTSD, dissociations, OCD, Affective Neuroscience, neuropsychoanalysis, application of nonlinear dynamical systems to psychology https://montgomerycountypsychologist.com
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · Sep 4
Our paper is published. Co-authored with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social , Chris Fields, @lancelotdacosta.bsky.social ta.bsky.social, Daniel Friedman, Rachael Murphy, David Pincus

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this work presents a computational model of dissociations
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 2d
divergent thinking in science, not just developmentally
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social is a prime example of doing this as a part of his work

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QWm...

We teach children out of doing that in standardized educational systems. We teach compliance.

#divergent
#thinking
Unlock Creativity - How Divergent Thinking Drives Innovation
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 3d
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Pete Hegseth Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 6d
But wait, hasn’t physics shown the world really IS deterministic? Well, no, not at all – not at quantum levels and not at classical levels either. arxiv.org/abs/2503.19672
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Chris Fields @chrisfields38.bsky.social · 4d
New preprint constructing geometric representations of computations: arxiv.org/abs/2509.19772
Amplituhedra for Generic Quantum Processes from Computation-Scattering Correspondence
We study the relationship between computation and scattering both operationally (hence phenomenologically) and formally. We show how topological quantum neural networks (TQNNs) enable universal quantu...
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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 3d
It would be great if some of the people writing commentaries to the target paper joined the discussion💯
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 4d
Measles in the US

1544 confirmed cases. Look at the chart.

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Measles Cases and Outbreaks
Find the latest numbers of confirmed U.S. measles cases. CDC updates this page weekly.
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 6d
An anti-establishment "hero" story

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“Don’t Talk About Physics Fight Club” Eric Weinstein vs Sean Carroll Science SHOWDOWN | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D.
An anti-establishment "hero." You see this time and again. The Greek myth relevant here is the one of Prometheus, a hero, who stands up against the mighty Gods while bringing sacred knowledge to the...
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 6d
There's more to it. There's an achetypal Greek Myth of anti-establishment, which gets repeated

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“Don’t Talk About Physics Fight Club” Eric Weinstein vs Sean Carroll Science SHOWDOWN | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D.
An anti-establishment "hero." You see this time and again. The Greek myth relevant here is the one of Prometheus, a hero, who stands up against the mighty Gods while bringing sacred knowledge to the...
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Mike Levin @drmichaellevin.bsky.social · 9d
New paper: Santosh Manicka
www.cell.com/cell-reports...

"Field-mediated bioelectric basis of morphogenetic prepatterning"

#morphogenesis #bioelectricity #fields

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Field-mediated bioelectric basis of morphogenetic prepatterning
The endogenous electric field of a simplified bioelectric network model of an embryo facilitates the autonomous formation of voltage patterns. Transient exogenous electric fields can leverage this pro...
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 9d
Great piece by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social on the descent of Sabine Hossenfelder, from science communicator to contrarian outrage-monger www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...
Sabine Hossenfelder Asks If Science Is Dying. It’s Not.
Physics is dying. It’s mathematical fiction. Science is failing. Most of academic research that your taxes pay for is almost certainly bullshit. I don’t trust scientists. Would you believe me if I tol...
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 7d
A short essay

alexeytolchinsky.substack.com/p/the-crumbs...

It is about the patterns that make up me and you, out cognitive light cones and what can be done to extend them.

#longevity
#FEP
#scaledependence
#meaning
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 11d
Another angle on biological collectives, which may interest @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and @chrisfields38.bsky.social

Renormalization Groups in bio collectives (e.g. swarms, flocks)
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud.

Fascinating.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIAu...
More is different (14) - Jean-Philippe Bouchaud (2021-2022)
YouTube video by Physique et chimie - Collège de France
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 11d
Jumping disciplines and scales

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Optimize Cancer Therapy Using Evolution | Michael Levin & Robert Gatenby | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D.
Jumping disciplines and scales I enjoyed watching this presentation by Dr. Robert Gatenby in a conversation with Michael Levin and Aastha Jain Simes. He is brave and creative. I found some of the thi...
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 11d
however, onset of aging makes sense and we have some evidence for it in @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's and his lab's work. Two different things - onset of aging and wants you dead.
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 11d
"After the reproduction, evolution pretty much wants you dead," says Robert Gatenby in a conversation with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social

Does it? It's an opinion and I understand "survive and reproduce" part, but "wants you dead" seems a stretch. Evidence?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nzb...
Optimize Cancer Therapy Using Evolution | Michael Levin & Robert Gatenby
YouTube video by Live Longer World
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 12d
"deadly, but beautiful." What a poetic way to call it.

Robert Gatenby's evolutionary approach to cancer in a conversation with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and Aastha Jain

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nzb...
Optimize Cancer Therapy Using Evolution | Michael Levin & Robert Gatenby
YouTube video by Live Longer World
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 13d
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. court orders NIH to restore killed grants to California researchers
Judge says district court is proper forum to protest mass grant terminations
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 13d
Thank you. I think dreamwork is a part of therapy and when it is informed by science, it is better dreamwork.
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 14d
about Neurochauvinists. A citation from @doctorjosh.bsky.social

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#82 Josh Bongard - AI, Robotics & Embodied Intelligence
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Earl K. Miller @earlkmiller.bsky.social · 15d
Very cool result. “Humble” is so humble, it’s meta.
#neuroscience
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Marlene Cohen @marlenecohen.bsky.social · 15d
New preprint! How can you remember an image you saw once, even after seeing thousands of them? We find a role for humble mid-level visual cortex in high-capacity, one-shot learning. doi.org/10.1101/2025.09.22.677855 🧵🧪1/
Neuronal signatures of successful one-shot memory in mid-level visual cortex
High-capacity, one-shot visual recognition memory challenges theories of learning and neural coding because it requires rapid, robust, and durable representations. Most studies have focused on the hip...
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Micah G. Allen @micahgallen.com · 14d
This is a really excellent lab to join - share widely and apply!
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Siri Leknes @sirileknes.bsky.social · 14d
Please RT
2 new positions in the lab as postdoc & PhD!

Interested in stress, pain, or reward? This project has it all!

We are a friendly but ambitious group. Oslo is a capital city on the fjord & bordered by forest, great urban & outdoors opportunities: 💃 ⛷️ 🚣 🎭 🎶

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (286516), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
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Alexey Tolchinsky @tolchinsky.bsky.social · 14d
On dreamwork in psychoanalysis. An appeal to consider @erichoelzl.bsky.social's work as a very useful addition.

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The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D.
Dreamwork in psychoanalysis I studied Mark Solms' theory of dreams thoroughly. It happens to be based on Freud's insight about the wish fulfillment and it resonates and, perhaps, supported by neuro-i...
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 16d
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · Sep 7
When reporting on these kinds of claims, the media should ask:
1. Is this a one-off study or a replicated finding? 2. Is it cherry-picked or consistent? 3. Was the study big enough to be reliable? 4. Did it employ robust statistical methods? 5. How big is the effect size? (If there’s a statistical association, does it amount to a big risk or a small one?) 6. Is there any evidence for a causal link or is it just a correlation? 7. Could the correlation reflect some confounding factor? 8. How does this supposed factor sit in the context of other factors (especially genetic risk for autism, which is very highly heritable)?
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Bernardo Kastrup @bernardokastrup.bsky.social · 16d
European AI chip startup Euclyd has announced CRAFTWERK. Positioned as the world’s most power-efficient exascale token factory, the system made its formal debut at the KISACO Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Santa Clara.
www.eenewseurope.com/en/euclyd-un...
Euclyd Unveils CRAFTWERK: Exascale Inference Architecture Targets Agentic AI at Record Efficiency
European AI chip startup Euclyd has announced CRAFTWERK, a new inference architecture designed to dramatically cut the cost and power consumption of large-scale AI deployments. Positioned as the world...
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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 16d
Yes, here we are again...
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16d
Of course the main takeaway from all of this is that autism is women’s fault.
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