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• Why You Are Probably An NPC (Non Playing Character)

  I want to pass on this outstanding piece of writing from Gurwinder on Substack, in which he describes five different robotic human character types that include... Read more

  The 29 august 2025 by   Deric Bownds
  @DericBownds
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• AI is a Mass-Delusion Event - and - Gen Z and the End of Predictable Progress

  I want to recommend two articles whose titles are this post's title, the first by Charlie Warzel in The Atlantic and the second by Kyla Scanlon in her Substack... Read more

  The 27 august 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• Gaze Patterns Can Serve as a Sensitive Marker of Cognitive Decline

  From Wynn et al.: AbstractEye movements are closely linked to encoding and retrieval processes, with changes in viewing behavior reflecting age- and... Read more

  The 25 august 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• Predictability and the Pleasure of Music

  Mas-Herrero et al. do an interesting study on how predictive processes shape individual musical preferences .SignificanceUsing a novel decision-making task, we... Read more

  The 22 august 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• A Brain-computer Interface That Reads Inner Thoughts.

  Inampudi does a description of work by Kunz et al., who isolated signals from a brain implant so people with movement disorders could voice thoughts without... Read more

  The 20 august 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• CFA: 100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on Its Past, Present, and Future –...

  The conference “100 Years of Quantum: Perspectives on its Past, Present, and Future” is taking place October 20–24, 2025 at Perimeter Institute. Read more

  The 19 august 2025 by   Wuthrich
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• Polarization May Be Inherent in Social Media

  Science news reports on a fascinating recent study suggesting that just the basic functions of social media—posting, reposting, and following—inevitably... Read more

  The 18 august 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• CFP: Philosophy and Metaphysics of String Theory

  CALL FOR PAPERSPhilosophy and Metaphysics of String TheoryUniversity of Geneva, 9–10 December 2025Organizers:Enrico Cinti (University of Geneva)Baptiste Le Biha... Read more

  The 05 august 2025 by   Wuthrich
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• Lecture 12: The Space Enigmas IV: On Learning Space Perception (Turvey, 2019,...

  This Lecture is in roughly two parts. The first brief section walks through a Helmhotzian method for perceiving depth via unconscious inference. Read more

  The 17 june 2025 by   Andrew D Wilson
  @PsychScientists
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• Lecture 11: Doctrines of Sensations and Unconscious Inferences (Turvey, 2019,...

  This Lecture is about Helmholtz, and his theory of sensations being integrated into perceptual experience via unconscious inference. Read more

  The 17 june 2025 by   Andrew D Wilson
  @PsychScientists
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