“Not even the deepest engagement means that hearts and minds have been fully opened. Wethereforeworkinthedarkandmustoftenstumble against one another.”

'The Limits of Data' is here. Tons more detail than this thread. Thanks to the folks at Issues in Science and Technology for encouraging me to write it!

issues.org/limits-of-data…

Very Bad Wizards needs to have C Thi on as a guest!!! David Pizarro and Tamler Sommers clearly need to have it out about data and social science, social psych. Could also talk about video games as art. The perfect VBW guest!

My new public philosophy piece is out: 'The Limits of Data'! It's about what data leaves out - about what gets systematically filtered out of the institutional process of data collection. 🧵:

1/ I made a list a while ago, about therapy🚩 that should make you think long & hard about whether you’re seeing right therapist

Starting another, please add

-agrees with nearly everything you say
-diagnoses people in your life
-gives you advice
-mawkish displays of “empathy'

If you’ve ever wanted to see a psychiatrist drop the mic, read this article.
A triumph by Awais Aftab

If I had to state the fallacious reasoning that’s most pernicious, I’d say it’s when people argue that two wrongs make a right, often wrapped up as a tu quoque (“you also did the wrong”) argument.

Sure, two wrongs don’t make a right, but what about 8 wrongs?

Psychotherapy is highly skilled labour that's been devalued - 🧵

Devalued labour is always a result of many complex variables, but psychotherapy skill is unique for two reasons

1) Visibility
2) Social Conditions

The Revised Standard Edition of Freud’s works edited by Mark Solms is shortly to be published. Here are the details of the launch conference celebrating this historic event and exploring the ongoing relevance of Freud’s ideas in the 21st-century.

Name one thing a philosopher has said or argued for, in the last 30 years, that has improved treatment of psychological problems.

Not saying it can’t be done. Curious about answers.

A thread about the 'New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness,' which I signed. (nydeclaration.com)
The dec says that along with mammals and birds, there's 'at least a realistic possibility' of consciousness in many other groups, including fish, crustaceans, insects.. 1

1/ In the last several years, few books have impacted me & how I think about ΨA as powerfully as this one. I think there are some revolutionary concepts in this book, which have stimulated thoughts w/in me still inchoate & latent, but exciting & potentially transformative.