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• The Institutional Stance - an Evolved Intuitive Theory?

  I have just been sent an article by BBS (Brain and Behavioral Sciences) that is soliciting commentaries on an article by Jara-Ettinger and Dunham titled "The... Read more

  The 31 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• What Our Brains Are Doing as We Experience Musical Pleasure.

  I've been playing more Schubert lately, drawn by his genius for inserting melodic sections within his piano works (sonatas, impromptus, fantasies, etc.) that... Read more

  The 29 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• What Are Humans For? - AI Forces a Question We’ve Been Dodging

  . AI Is Already Fusing With Us — The Only Question Is How The argument about whether AI will enhance or diminish our our humanity usually starts in the wrong... Read more

  The 26 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• The Modernity Machine

  

  I want to pass on to readers this Venkatesh Rao substack essay that summarizes what his book club has learned in the past year: The Modernity Machine... Read more

  The 24 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• Human Machines and AI Machines

  The story of life is the story of machines that learned how to copy themselves and persist through time. Over billions of years these replicating systems evolve... Read more

  The 22 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• CFA: Postdocs and PhD Positions in Philosophy of Physics, Geneva

  Open positions in philosophy of physics: 2 Postdocs and 2 PhD FellowshipsGeneva Symmetry Group, Department of Philosophy, University of GenevaThe Department of... Read more

  The 20 december 2025 by   Wuthrich
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• Time, Space, Memory and Brain–body Rhythms

  Buzsáki at NYU Medical School offers interesting perspectives on the two 'types' of time that are considered in cognitive science and neuroscience: physica... Read more

  The 18 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• Changes in Human Brain Organization at Age ~83 (as Well as Ages ~9, 32, and 66)

  This open source paper by Mousley et al. caught my eye because at 83 years of age I am at one of the article's 'turning points' in brain organization. Read more

  The 16 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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• CFA: History and Philosophy of Cosmology, Athens, 6-9 July 2026

  The COSMOS Network is pleased to announce the: 3rd History Philosophy of Cosmology Conference6–9 July 2026 University of Athens, GreeceWe invite researchers,... Read more

  The 16 december 2025 by   Wuthrich
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• Bigger AI Models Are Failing Faster - The Future Evolution of AI is into the 4D...

  I want to pass on this interesting Venkatest Rao piece (which he calls a "Sloptraptions" because it is written with AI assistance) The current debate over... Read more

  The 12 december 2025 by   Deric Bownds
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