Why has no one cross posted this paper to #PhilSky ? On Bullshit is a 2005 book (originally a 1986 essay) by the American philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt which presents a theory of bullshit that defines the concept and analyzes the applications of bullshit in the context of communication.
Why is reality so slow? Why can we only have one thought at a time? Why do we need so many neurons? Will Elon Musk's Neuralink really speed up his cognition? For answers and more questions check out our new review: "The Unbearable Slowness of Being". arxiv.org/abs/2408.10234
This article is about the neural conundrum behind the slowness of human behavior. The information throughput of a human being is about 10 bits/s. In comparison, our sensory systems gather data at...
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Are theories of consciousness (ToC) about the same thing? Yes ✅ To show this, we unify 6 ToC, arguing that they each capture unique aspects of temporal phenomenology. Putting experience first, helps collective theorizing. Out now 🧵: psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-...
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Bluesky looks and functions like Twitter at the outset, but the platform stands out because of what lies under the hood.
Aaron Swartz should/must never be forgotten... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...
If anything, what does ‘construct validity’ mean to you in the context of task fMRI and/or resting fMRI. #neuroskyence#psychscisky
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The best thing about the IIT letter (and its responses) is that it makes obvious how superficially most people think about human experience. Irrespective of our stance on IIT, I think we should all at least start better describing consciousness, before we start explaining it.
Pains me to see *very* prominent philosophers, psychologists, and neuroscientists of consciousness conflating introspection and phenomenology. Beyond consciousness, the vast majority seem to also not know that phenomenological analysis is an approach to do doing science (not just of experience).