Come listen to me and Lynn Schmittwilken talk brightness perception, computational models of the human visual system, and how/whether we can make the two meet! (Free to attend, but registration required)

1/8 Yesterday the UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 delegates unanimously accepted 41c/22, the open science recommendation document. That is a landmark as it makes open science a more global endeavour en.unesco.org/science-sustai…. But what is it about? There is quite a lot in there. A short thread to recap.

Ever wondered about all those organizations and infrastructures working at the European level on research policy and support? I created this (CC-BY) overview, maybe handy for you as well: tinyurl.com/euroresearch

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Interesting and insightful point of view on Big... Science/Engineering? At least on effects of Big Money in science & engineering

This is not science. Tetrachromacy does not confer super vision, paintings by a tetrachromat will not appear more colorful to a trichromat, and the genetic explanation is BS. theguardian.com/society/2022/j… @bronwyn_adcock

Something to consider.

Archives of Depression & Anxiety: predatory academic journal, or Indie album title?

Data visualization inspiration thanks to DALL-E: how Rothko, Basquiat, Picasso, and Monet would create an academic chart.

Why do almost no papers release code, datasets, info on replication, final models, or any combination of these? I thought for science to work results had to be reproducible and verified. Really not scientific and I don't know why academia accepts this

Join us Oct 3-6 in majestic York, UK! Abstract submission is now open and will close on August 9. More details at opticafallvisionmeeting.org

When your friends psychophysics experiment is harder than you thought