Airen
@airendrawsdogs.bsky.social
I don't wanna abandon bluesky!!! I'm reading research on oxytocin and its relationship with social behaviour and domestication and it's annoying because every paper has a bit about """curing""" autism!!!! Fuck this!!!!!
June 12, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I don't wanna abandon bluesky!!! I'm reading research on oxytocin and its relationship with social behaviour and domestication and it's annoying because every paper has a bit about """curing""" autism!!!! Fuck this!!!!!
Experimenting with using a style replicating a field notebook for my next posts about animal intelligence. Digital replicating traditional is so funny to me. We could do anything but nah we still like paper texture.
April 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Experimenting with using a style replicating a field notebook for my next posts about animal intelligence. Digital replicating traditional is so funny to me. We could do anything but nah we still like paper texture.
This is the second prize for the latest art giveaway I did! (have I ever mentioned I love dogs)
April 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
This is the second prize for the latest art giveaway I did! (have I ever mentioned I love dogs)
Unrelated to everything rn but always curious to me that people often talk about evolution as if adaptation was the only response to a new environmental pressure. "[Pressure] will drive [species] to develop [trait]". I mean maybe, but girls let's all remember that there's also. extinction. famously?
April 24, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Unrelated to everything rn but always curious to me that people often talk about evolution as if adaptation was the only response to a new environmental pressure. "[Pressure] will drive [species] to develop [trait]". I mean maybe, but girls let's all remember that there's also. extinction. famously?
Your man has been reading 100 year old soviet psychology and I've realized this is basically my whole issue. I'm so exasperated by psychologists claiming humans learn through 🧠💫mystical, superior mechanism💫🧠 without ever... describing it in detail and testing for it
In the book "Cognition, Evolution and Behavior" by Sara Shettleworth I've read about many complex animal behaviours that, it turns out, could be the result of "simple" associative learning. But I think this says more about associative learning than about the complexity or simplicity of behaviour!
April 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Your man has been reading 100 year old soviet psychology and I've realized this is basically my whole issue. I'm so exasperated by psychologists claiming humans learn through 🧠💫mystical, superior mechanism💫🧠 without ever... describing it in detail and testing for it
This is how surprised I was to learn that Arthur Jensen, the most famous defender of IQ testing (among other things) was a frequent contributor in a neonazi journal
April 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
This is how surprised I was to learn that Arthur Jensen, the most famous defender of IQ testing (among other things) was a frequent contributor in a neonazi journal
Sometimes the dog asks for more pets while you're petting her, which I personally take to mean "do better."
April 6, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Sometimes the dog asks for more pets while you're petting her, which I personally take to mean "do better."
Doing the illustrations for my essay on intelligence and having a blast with the baby apes :_ I used to have a really hard time stylizing apes but I think I have finally got it
April 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Doing the illustrations for my essay on intelligence and having a blast with the baby apes :_ I used to have a really hard time stylizing apes but I think I have finally got it
I just think if you write "the oxford english dictionary defines [concept] as (...)" in the introduction to your research article or dissertation you should be kicked out of academia. for cringe.
April 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I just think if you write "the oxford english dictionary defines [concept] as (...)" in the introduction to your research article or dissertation you should be kicked out of academia. for cringe.
they're doggies. to me.
Magic carpet flap flapping through! #southernstingray #stingraysofcoralcity #stingray #flapflap #ufo #magiccarpet #coral #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #bfi #noaa #aoml #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis
March 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
they're doggies. to me.
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Enjoy a relaxing video. 😌
March 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Enjoy a relaxing video. 😌
In the book "Cognition, Evolution and Behavior" by Sara Shettleworth I've read about many complex animal behaviours that, it turns out, could be the result of "simple" associative learning. But I think this says more about associative learning than about the complexity or simplicity of behaviour!
March 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
In the book "Cognition, Evolution and Behavior" by Sara Shettleworth I've read about many complex animal behaviours that, it turns out, could be the result of "simple" associative learning. But I think this says more about associative learning than about the complexity or simplicity of behaviour!
drawing dogs! so silly!
March 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
drawing dogs! so silly!
Researching how "intelligence" is measured in people and other animals is fascinating because we have the same problems in the field that critics have been calling out for a century
(I wonder what was happening at the beginning of the 20th century that made people preoccupied with intelligence btw)
(I wonder what was happening at the beginning of the 20th century that made people preoccupied with intelligence btw)
March 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Researching how "intelligence" is measured in people and other animals is fascinating because we have the same problems in the field that critics have been calling out for a century
(I wonder what was happening at the beginning of the 20th century that made people preoccupied with intelligence btw)
(I wonder what was happening at the beginning of the 20th century that made people preoccupied with intelligence btw)
aw mate sorry, I can't today, I'm doing this later
March 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
aw mate sorry, I can't today, I'm doing this later
I'm surprised the research manual on "intelligence" I'm reading took ten whole chapters for the pro-eugenics turn. That's a new record! Good job!
March 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I'm surprised the research manual on "intelligence" I'm reading took ten whole chapters for the pro-eugenics turn. That's a new record! Good job!
Also regarding this book: I appreciate that many researchers feel uncomfortable talking about things they don't have enough knowledge on. I think that cautious instinct is definitely better than talking out of your ass! But at a certain point omitting "uncomfortable" information is just. lying.
Reading Thomas R Zentall's chapter on animal intelligence from The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and it's really refreshing to hear people who acknowledge our capacity to not only overestimate cognitive capabilities... but also underestimate them because of flawed tests/our bias!
#Science
#Science
March 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Also regarding this book: I appreciate that many researchers feel uncomfortable talking about things they don't have enough knowledge on. I think that cautious instinct is definitely better than talking out of your ass! But at a certain point omitting "uncomfortable" information is just. lying.
One thing internet culture gets consistently wrong about dogs is that they are, fundamentally, little freaks
March 5, 2025 at 8:31 AM
One thing internet culture gets consistently wrong about dogs is that they are, fundamentally, little freaks
anyway here's a dog I drew once
March 4, 2025 at 12:45 PM
anyway here's a dog I drew once
Reading Thomas R Zentall's chapter on animal intelligence from The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and it's really refreshing to hear people who acknowledge our capacity to not only overestimate cognitive capabilities... but also underestimate them because of flawed tests/our bias!
#Science
#Science
March 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Reading Thomas R Zentall's chapter on animal intelligence from The Cambridge Handbook of Intelligence and it's really refreshing to hear people who acknowledge our capacity to not only overestimate cognitive capabilities... but also underestimate them because of flawed tests/our bias!
#Science
#Science
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As predicted, BSL and breed bans do not reduce dog bites. They never have. In the UK, dog attacks have even increased since the XL Bully ban.
BSL and breed bans have always been rooted in classism and racism, and marginalised people and their dogs are impacted the most.
BSL and breed bans have always been rooted in classism and racism, and marginalised people and their dogs are impacted the most.
March 3, 2025 at 6:33 PM
As predicted, BSL and breed bans do not reduce dog bites. They never have. In the UK, dog attacks have even increased since the XL Bully ban.
BSL and breed bans have always been rooted in classism and racism, and marginalised people and their dogs are impacted the most.
BSL and breed bans have always been rooted in classism and racism, and marginalised people and their dogs are impacted the most.
[a man addicted to opening complicated can of worms that require tons of research to do properly] maybe I should do an essay about the concept of "intelligence" being mostly scientifically nonsense
March 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
[a man addicted to opening complicated can of worms that require tons of research to do properly] maybe I should do an essay about the concept of "intelligence" being mostly scientifically nonsense
I'm watching a show with a lot of demons on it and now I can't stop doodling demon dogs everywhere send help
February 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I'm watching a show with a lot of demons on it and now I can't stop doodling demon dogs everywhere send help
Recent commission of Indy dressed as Tigger 🐝
February 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Recent commission of Indy dressed as Tigger 🐝
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February 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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