It is worth watching this CNN video from the moment Emory Econ Professor Caroline Fohlin came across the violent arrest of a protester on campus and asked the police, with shock, 'What are you doing?' That's all that prompted an officer to hurl her to the ground and handcuff her.

“Can you call the philosophy department and tell them I’ve been arrested?” is an all-time quote.

The Editor-in-Chief of the journal Science thinks undergrad science majors should be taught philosophy of science. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Here at Philosophy@Cincinnati, we developed a course called How Science Works a decade ago...

Still time to apply to the Philosophy and Biology Shop Talks (PaBST) 2024 workshop!

June 9-14 2024 in the Appalachian Foothills of North Carolina

Abstracts Due Mar 31.

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The world's most dangerous bird

Presenting individuality work (developed with Derek Skillings ) at Bill Bechtel's workshop at UCSD

This is a CT scan of Heinz’s new ketchup cap. It represents a $1.2 million engineering investment over 8 years. Here’s why it’s significant… 🧵

Google’s Gemini issue is not really about woke/DEI, and everyone who is obsessing over it has failed to notice the much, MUCH bigger problem that it represents.

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Such a perfect description of my psychology. It's probably instantly recognizable to anybody who has worked with me on projects and the string of things I leave behind that are 80-90% finished; abandoned right before the final push.

Do you teach about the nature of science and scientific methods, or want to? Recipes for Science 2nd ed. is shipping 4/10! This book fits needs of education, HPS, STS, and some science courses. Read on for details...

So there’s this one tattoo design that’s pretty popular.
A wolf face on one side and a skull on the other side.

I love this tattoo design because the message behind it is just so unintentionally GREAT....🧵

But they're BOTH so OLD! Gandalf can barely remember his passwords and even forgot that people called him Gandalf (yikes), while Saruman betrayed the Free Peoples of middle-earth and led an insurrection that stormed Helm's Deep. You can see how they're equally bad choices.

Leonardo Bich - part of the #PurposeProject - wrote the #OpenAccess article 'Integrating Multicellular Systems: Physiological Control and Degrees of Biological Individuality' in Acta Biotheoretica. doi.org/10.1007/s10441…

I will make a thread about this, I promise. But for now, here is our paper on why mitochondrial genomes retain different sets of genes. There's a bit of data, a bit of review, and a healthy dose of opinion. Something for everyone!

This was an amazing event last year!

Philosophy and Biology Shop Talks (PaBST) 2024 is returning!

June 9-14 2024 in the Appalachian Foothills of North Carolina

Abstracts Due Mar 31.

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And here's another take on our new paper in Science, with an emphasis on 'how civility, cooperation, and collaboration can succeed even in the highly competitive world of science.'

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Michael Baym Olivier Tenaillon Alex Couce Anurag Limdi
science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

How stable are bacterial genomes as they adapt to an environment? My collaboration with Anurag Limdi, Alex Couce, Richard Lenski, and Olivier Tenaillon exploring this over 50,000 generations of evolution is out today!
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