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Wow. These tools are getting so good. And the abstraction of the AI predictive process into a button on a toolbar, which is organised to match high freq workflows? Starting to look very impressive.

Cracking post. Mandatory reading. (And fun!)

Happy to announce the publication of our book on Learning processes. This is a really accessible book great for neuroscientists, developmental psychologists, clinical psychologists, etc, interested in delving more into basic psychological principles…. apa.org/pubs/books/ess…

“So count yourself lucky if your sadness is even slightly soothed by a hot bath and a really good book.” Our over reliance on psychiatric language to describe everyday hardship is among the most egregious forms of societal re-stigmatisation. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

What I love about this observation is that if you're honest with your data, you can plain forget how Excel works. Just do your thing. Creates a burden on dishonest actors only.

Was hoping someone would investigate this. Nice observation.

In the Harvard Grant Study, the world’s longest running and most comprehensive psychological study, the five most mature, healthy defense mechanisms associated with higher life satisfaction were: 1. Altruism: focusing on others’ wellbeing 2. Humor: making light of difficult or

Interesting times ahead. Should this warrant max or min trust? Catalyst to resolve some hard questions about what "trust in science" is made of: transparency, openness, human/expert judgement, a priori hypotheses/models? What actually matters?

1. Find big scary equation that's hard to parse 2. Latex OCR it with Mathpix 3. Ask ChatGPT to break it down into heavily commented Python

“your product isn’t only your product”

Fascinating. Boring is boring, and duration matters less...

Recently re-read this. So good. I'm that middle class kid. I had my one throw, but now trying to afford more tickets for more throws, through things like freelancing. All the while just hoping I'll never have to go back to working at the carnival.

Frank Sinatra Singing Gangstas Paradise I lost it when listening to this. My mind spiral in all sorts of directions. Will my kids be able to replicate me digitally when I’m dead? If we can do this, what else can we do? Soon this will be an option in Spotify

This is huge: Llama-v2 is open source, with a license that authorizes commercial use! This is going to change the landscape of the LLM market. Llama-v2 is available on Microsoft Azure and will be available on AWS, Hugging Face and other providers Pretrained and fine-tuned

Symptoms of OCD are distressing & disabling but 1/2 of people with OCD do not remit with current therapies 7 years ago, @LucaCocchi78 & I embarked on a sham-controlled RCT to assess prefrontal TMS in reducing OCD symptoms & frontostriatal connectivity rdcu.be/dhCnx

Be a part of the change you wish to see in the world: Donate to help support the legal expenses of Data Colada. They're being sued by Prof Gino after posting careful, meticulous blog posts raising concerns about data integrity in 4 papers. Donate here: gofund.me/70c497b1

An EEG newsletter about events! tinyurl.com/bdep3xr8 With Diego Vidaurre @IngmarVries Jelmer Borst @GWeindel cuttingEEG and many others. The Cutting Gardens 2023 Ghent program ánd the EEG seminar is below. For details check the link⬆️ Registration: tinyurl.com/3pve7rru

I don't know what the line in the sand is for widespread rejection of status quo social contract. If I had to guess? When folks are unable to feed and house themselves (+ family) on a full-time wage, with no prospect of ownership or advancement. abc.net.au/news/2023-08-1…