Exciting announcement from Thomas Metzinger📢 Following the publication of his new book on the topic, he has created a €20k cash prize for the best computational model of 'pure awareness'. The judges are Shamil Chandaria, Karl Friston, Jakob Hohwy, Anil Seth, Thomas and @HeleenASlagter.

The perceived motion of a stationary floor, resulting in a loss of balance.

Excited to share our new paper "Feeling our place in the world: an active inference account of self-esteem". In this work, Gabriel B-J, zahra sheikhbahaee , Mark Miller , Riddhi J. Pitliya , Pierre Poirier and I propose a novel theory of self-esteem. 🧵 academic.oup.com/nc/article/202…

Pay attention to weird. Pay extra attention to very weird. Dedicate your life to the uniquely weird that only you can see, for that holds the most promise to become your unique contribution to humanity. Don't let others disuade you from doing this if you are truly confident in

"There are these beings of immense intelligence with whom we've been communicating for centuries..." "You're hallucinating." "They are part of our tribe and as real as you and I..." "You're hallucinating." "But if you use this technology we've developed you can see and

Aidan Wright Check this out: Stigler’s Law en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%2… “Stephen Stigler's father, the economist George Stigler, also examined the process of discovery in economics. He said, "If an earlier, valid statement of a theory falls on deaf ears, and a later restatement is accepted by the

Neuropsychologia Creative flow as optimized processing: Evidence from brain oscillations during jazz improvisations by expert and non-expert musicians sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Trying to eff the ineffable

Awareness and regulation of arousal is key to so much of our wellbeing

The opposite of humility is arrogance – the belief that we are wiser or better than others. Arrogance promotes separation rather than community. It looms like a brick wall between us and those from whom we could learn.

Sounds like WISDOM to me ❤️ github.com/openheartmind/…

Thanks so much Active Inference Institute for having me on (my first livestream!) to talk about arousal coherence, affective interoception, and how feeling in tune with our bodies might help us better discern, navigate, and adapt to changing uncertainty. youtube.com/live/Q-_YCWfO0…

PSA for my fellow fantasy nerds with a self-exploration &/or mental health bent, check out Betwixt: The Story of You It’s a fantasy themed choose your own adventure self awareness/mental health game Day 1 report: Wonderfully creative idea, super fun so far. Bravo 👏

In this clip Dr. Drew says he can “feel” Jiaoying Summers clenched stomach. Is there a technical term for this kind of “body reading” (cf. mind reading)? I imagine it falls under empathy, but I mean specifically the interoceptive/embodied aspect 🎬 youtu.be/AA2JkSXlN9M?si…

Progress slide for #WISDOMframework, showing initial dev under Open Heart + Mind and extension to AIMOS and vibecamp 💫 communities. Exciting to see the universality in action, with prototypes across #art, #science & #technology sectors. ✨ Who will be next? (seeking EOIs) 🥰

Interested in exploring open science tokenomics for your community, org or project? We've started prototyping with #arts, #openscience, and #technology communities, but the use cases are infinite. Use this form to express interest and we'll be in touch! forms.gle/1TG11k7etRgoRP…

Ruben Laukkonen It's almost as though all phenomenal content, including the body schema, is fabricated from an undifferentiated, groundless yet mysteriously cognizant no-thingness. Weird.

Last year, we started an amazing project that researchers at the EPRC The Emergent Phenomenology Research Consortium have been planning for over a decade. Now, we need your help to bring it to the public 🌎 Feeling extremely lucky, Hannah Hannah , Daniel danielmingram and I are thrilled that our