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New OpenAccess book published: *The Brain Abstracted*, by philosopher of science Mazviita Chirimuuta
https://direct.mit.edu/books/oa-monograph/5741/The-Brain-AbstractedSimplification-in-the-History
I highly recommen…

The Brain Abstracted: Simplification in the History and Philosophy of Neuroscience
An exciting, new framework for interpreting the philosophical significance of neuroscience.All science needs to simplify, but when the object of research is som

The Brains Blog || Wu, Movements of the Mind. Post 5: Deducing and Introspecting
https://philosophyofbrains.com/2024/03/15/wu-movements-of-the-mind-post-5-deducing-and-introspecting.aspx

Looking forward to talking at this event next week on the subject of ‘Hearing Things in Spaces’. #philosophy #perception #hearing

Another great example of (charitably) Kruger-Dunning (or more realistically, towering naivity) among the vljmstoligy community.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair
The reason GHG emissions still aren't falling far or fast enough to avoid global catastrophe is "lack of political will" and "corporate vested interests". The fact is that governments of even nations with undemocratic and tyrannical regimes are in the hands of the populace in the medium to long term. How long would, say, Putin remain in power if he announced a ten year programme to tax meat to the point it's a rare luxury reserved for the wealthy, to transition from petrol and diesel fuels, a crash programme to dump coal and gas for power generation and heating and roll out renewables, abolishing hidden subsidies for concrete manufactures to ensure the the emission externalities are priced in, virtual bans on civilian aviation and so on? Certainly there'd be an interesting Keynesian multiplier effect from all the expenditure and investment*, but he'd still be dangling from a metaphorical lamppost within a few years.
*actually the debt incurred would cause huge inflation.
The other big problem, still, is lack of public understanding. There's "awareness", but here are still huge misapprehension. Eg., many people still seem to think thst net zero would mean a return to mid-20thC climates; people still don't grasp the consequences of passing major tipping thresholds, or that many climate elements (ice sheet melting, ocean circulations,..) have multi-decadal or multi-century lags before reaching a final equilibrium. And they still have no clue how fragile civilisation is, or what life in 2100 -- or 2050! - will be like.
I remain more optimistic than I was 25y ago when I first started taking an interest, though. 2.5°C still looks plausible to me, if current reductions continue to accelerate, given a few weather megadisasters to chivvy us along.

ME/CFS & the history of bad science
Some nice understated pointiness in this piece from last year, reviewing a paradigm shift which is very much still in progress.
"Short-term and low-cost interventions such as GET and CBT are attractive not because of their evidence base, which has been exposed as flimsy and unconvincing, but rather because of their seemingly plausible and easily replicated approach..."
#MECFS #LongCovid #MEAwarenessDay

On the theory of how we lasted this long and the antithesis, the unravelling going on.
John Locke
https://iep.utm.edu/locke-et/
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Looking forward to talking at this event next week on the subject of ‘Hearing Things in Spaces’. #philosophy #perception #hearing

Gore Diffusion LoRA Model
Ayush Thakur, Ashwani Kumar Dubey
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.08812 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.08812<…

Gore Diffusion LoRA Model
The Emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significantly impacted our engagement with violence, sparking ethical deliberations regarding the algorithmic creation of violent imagery. This paper scrutinizes the "Gore Diffusion LoRA Model," an innovative AI model proficient in generating hyper-realistic visuals portraying intense violence and bloodshed. Our exploration encompasses the model's technical intricacies, plausible applications, and the ethical quandaries inherent in its utilizati…

Blog of the APA || Introducing the Question-Focused Pedagogy (QFP) Series
https://blog.apaonline.org/2024/05/14/introducing-the-question-focused-pedagogy-qfp-series/

On the theory of how we lasted this long and the antithesis, the unravelling going on.
John Locke
https://iep.utm.edu/locke-et/
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