Photographer Wu Yung-sen has been deep sea diving and photographing marine life for four years.

On a blackwater dive—unable to see the bottom and surrounded by impenetrable space—he chanced upon a rare larval Wunderpus octopus, totally transparent.

The Revolution Has Begun in the UK | by Daisy Greenwell

75,000 UK parents have come together to give their kids a smartphone-free childhood afterbabel.com/p/the-revoluti…

Russell's mistake that changed philosophy | By Michael Della Rocca | Institute of Art and Ideas

The Bradleyan Threat and Russell’s Loss of Argument
iai.tv/articles/russe… #Russell #Bradley #philosophy

What are numbers? | Kit Fine | TEDxNewYork youtu.be/6UWhPnbZv-o?si… #mathematics #numbers

Jerry Seinfeld on how Marcus Aurelius defeats his own argument! ⁦The New Yorker⁩ newyorker.com/culture/the-ne…

The Virtues of Not Knowing

Tolerance for Ambiguity Can Reduce Bias and Polarization–and Make for Better Arguments

How relishing uncertainty can make us better thinkers and neighbors. nautil.us/the-virtues-of…

Paul Auster Interview: How I Became a Writer

“A rare visit at Paul Auster's home. Auster shares the story of how he became a writer & how he works: “A good day's work is if I have one typed page at the end of the day, two is amazing, three is a miracle.” youtu.be/pLhVjsczcb8?si…

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Ane Brun | “One” (Official Music Video HD) youtu.be/qMCQgb1YxI8?si… #music

Is AI a friend or foe of democracy?
Prof Seth Lazar says AI used in public consultations might miss the nuances of public opinion. Read his article in The Guardian here: loom.ly/1ms0yLI
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I teamed up with Kengo Miyazono to write a personal note on the significance of Daniel Dennett's views and methods. It appeared today as a post on Imperfect Cognitions imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2024/04/rememb…

History tells us about the future of artificial intelligence

Machines are not necessarily good or bad. Whether they destroy or create jobs all depends on how we deploy them, and on who makes those choices irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen… #AI (H/t Vittorio Bufacchi)

My friend and fellow philosopher Mitchell Aboulafia helping me to finally understand Hegel--

youtube.com/watch?v=t7A4Mc…

maybe aside from my book, Physicalism Deconstructed, I'm not sure I've written anything of real value in my lifetime. so it goes.

#philosophy #academia

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The Truth About Which Animals Get Drunk Is More Complicated Than You Think

Scientists have observed animals getting drunk in the wild for decades, but why do they do it? For a lot of the same reasons humans do. | Marco Altamirano nautil.us/do-animals-get…

📣 SO EXCITED to share with you all my third first-author paper from my PhD: “Video gaming, but not reliance on GPS, is associated with spatial navigation performance.”

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I am so grateful to the wonderful team who turned this dream into a reality! 🙌

The Dartmouth Summer Research Project on AI was an academic workshop considered to be the founding moment for AI as a field of research. For 8 weeks in 1956, the conference gathered 20 or so of the brightest minds in computer- and cognitive science. open.substack.com/pub/privatdoze… #AI

The matrix, myths, and metaphysics

Should we recognise all metaphysical accounts as speculative nonsense? Since there can be no empirical evidence for any of them, is contemporary science the only way to determine the nature of things? iai.tv/video/the-matr… #metaphysics

For Wittgenstein's birthday, a playlist of his favourite music compiled by his brilliant biographer, Ray Monk. 🎶 open.spotify.com/playlist/4v540…

Extrovert or Introvert: Most People Are Actually Ambiverts | ⁦Scientific American⁩

“Research on 'ambiverts' or personality types in the middle of the extroversion-introversion scale is limited—yet the majority of people fall into this category.” scientificamerican.com/article/extrov…