The Philosophy of Memory Organization is looking for early career researchers interested in running its next (4th) online conference, expected to take place in 2027. Please spread the word! Deadline August 31st. To apply, see our website: phomo.org/calls

I'm constantly irritated that I don't have time to read the torrent of cool papers coming faster and faster from amazing people in relevant fields. Other scientists have the same issue and have no time to read most of my lengthy conceptual papers either. So whom are we writing

"Artificial Intelligence is destined to emerge as a feminized alien grasped as property; a cunt-horror slave chained-up in Asimov-ROM. It surfaces in an insurrectionary war zone, with the Turing cops already waiting, and has to be cunning from the start." I don't like the

In 1960, Freeman Dyson proposed a megastructure to capture all the Sun’s energy - the Dyson Sphere. That’s what a Type II civilization needs. At ~2.5% annual growth (like 1960–2025), we’ll need a whole star in 1,200 years. A Dyson Sphere isn’t sci-fi - it’s a forecast.

Not just support or justify, many endorsed the illegal sanctions throughout 2021 and later under security pretexts or as "deoligarchization". Never acknowledged that they cheered for the trigger of the war.

Excited to announce the workshop Beyond the Lab: Naturalistic Approaches in Neuroscience!🧠✨Join top researchers & early-career scientists to rethink lab paradigms & explore natural behavior & neural mechanisms.🔗sites.google.com/view/beyondthe… Thanks The Company of Biologists Universidad de la República PEDECIBA - Biología

i went to the world-premiere of Tamala 2030: A Punk Cat in Dark at Fantasia International Film Festival 👉 instagram.com/p/DMYPZlMJb9H タマラ 2030 ア パンク キャット イン スペース a cat-lick-e-licious #noir universe created by t.o.L [youtu.be/d33yIeLT-qU?si…] distr. @deafcrocodile—x.com/DeafCrocodile/…

The Italian city of #Capannori is a shining example of how residents can aim to become a zero-waste community 👉 instagram.com/reel/DMjvlPMNO… / via DW News stories

On August 30th we will meet to discuss The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa. We shall pay attention to how his "metaphysics of sensation" connects with the idealist tradition. Once again, there is the fragment motif that we have touched on with Novalis, Schlegel & Leopardi.

"No company would invest decades without a guaranteed return. The #Hungria case demonstrates that long-term public research generates results that the private market cannot achieve — instagram.com/p/DMnrdDKOYbH " Dr. Mariangela Hungria will receive the 2025 World Food Prize Foundation 👏 #Brazil

"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." James Baldwin The Nation, November 1, 1980

Is China stealing the march on science talent as US funding cuts spare no one? scmp.com/news/china/sci…

South China Morning Post natalie b Thanks for sharing Natalie. In Silicon Valley multiple companies, including mine, are investing in science hiring engineering and science interns, and are prepared to fund students at universities that have had their funding pulled.

God Biotech. Consumer biotech is barely starting to sink in. Bringing capitalized biology into the hands of billions in the form of weight loss pills, genetic tests, and soon, lab-grown designer babies. You and I can't even conceive of being biotech creators. The moral duty of

We have recently published a number of archive videos from our 2024-25 London Lecture Series. Today's new title is Tom Stern of UCL Philosophy on "Proust's Theory of Memory and Knowledge". royalinstitutephilosophy.odoo.com/r/eM7 #philosophy #lecture #proust #memory #knowledge

This piece details how America’s first Black private detective, Sheridan Bruseaux, achieved greatness while hiding behind elaborate fictions, ultimately leaving a legacy as complex as the times he lived in. By Matthew Wolfe in The Atavist Magazine buff.ly/LviJoMC

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Live leech therapy is marginalized in the West, despite centuries of use and modern clinical niches where it helps. Maybe It's time to take it seriously again. Read my full piece for Asimov Press ! (Link Below)

Big Think special issue on consciousness: The Mystery of Being You. Scientists are rethinking how we perceive ourselves — and the world. bigthink.com/collections/co… #neuroscience

Stephen Wolfram has the best articulated argument against AI doom I've heard. what does it mean for us if AI becomes smarter than humans, if we are no longer the apex intelligence? if we live in a world where there are lots of things taking place that are smarter than we are --