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Andreas De Block
@andreasdeblock.bsky.social
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Philosopher, book lover, animal enthusiast, and curious wanderer of ideas.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · Dec 2
Research thrives on innovation and the diversity of ideas, yet our funding system often penalizes both. In our new study published in PNAS, we explore the hidden costs of competition in allocating scarce research funds. (1/10) www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 4h
"For instance, randomized controlled trials could explicitly manipulate multilingualism"

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Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social · 16h
Pretty much no one can make their ideas clear to others on the 1st attempt. The two main reactions are "let's painstakingly clarify this with some back and forth", and "doesn't matter as long as the various interpretations are themselves interesting", leading to the 2 main branches of philosophy.

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Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social · 1d
In the new #openaccess companion on student notes from Latin Europe (@leuvenup.bsky.social), our own Lorenz Demey, together with collaborators, contributes a chapter arguing that student notes hold great promise as sources for intellectual #history 👇 lup.be/book/student... #HPS #earlymodern #philsky
Book cover of "Student Notes from Latin Europe (1400–1750): A Research Companion," edited by Xander Feys, Maxime Maleux, Andy Peetermans, and Raf Van Rooy. Published by Leuven University Press. The cover features a partial diagram of concentric celestial spheres and an anatomical drawing of a human head labeled with Latin terms for sensory faculties. The design is minimalist in beige and gray tones. There is also an open access logo and the logo of Lueven University Press in the bottom left corner.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 4d
kende ik niet. Dank voor de suggestie! In het algemeen zou het beter zijn mochten we de taxonomie onder meer toezicht en beter bestuur plaatsen. Die roep klinkt de laatste jaren trouwens steed luider.

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Raf De Bont 🟥 @rafdebont.bsky.social · 4d
*Globalizing Wildlife*, a book edited by @vbateman.bsky.social, Tom Quick, and myself, is now available for pre-order with @uncpress.bsky.social!
Using code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout, you can save 30%
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Globalizing Wildlife
Humans have always incorporated wildlife into processes of work, capture, and exchange. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, globalization became t...
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Claudio Tennie @ctennie.bsky.social · 4d
Is the psychology replication crisis (at last) catching up with animal cognition?

"Our results indicate low statistical power and inflated effect sizes in both primary studies and meta-analyses."

Preprint here:

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The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
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ROTO Research Group @roto-rub.bsky.social · 5d
"The Riddle of Organismal Agency" is now available as a paperback version! Edited by @alejandrofabregastejeda.com, Jan Baedke, Guido Prieto and Gregory Radick, the volume puts together reflections from #HistSci and #PhilSci on the topic of organismal agency.
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Book cover of "The Riddle of Organismal Agency: New Historical and Philosophical Reflections" (Routledge, 2024). The book belongs to the "History and Philosophy of Biology" series. The editors are Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda, Jan Baedke, Guido I. Prieto, and Gregory Radick. The design features a geometric pattern of interlocking, multicolored triangles and rectangular prisms in shades of red, yellow, teal, white, and pink. The Routledge logo appears in the lower right corner.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 5d
read it; don't claudify it. It's a real thing of beauty, and it wil make your day better.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 5d
best enjoyed in combo with this piece on what full automation will entail for the meaning of life: scottaaronson.blog?p=9030
ChatGPT and the Meaning of Life: Guest Post by Harvey Lederman
Scott Aaronson’s Brief Foreword: Harvey Lederman is a distinguished analytic philosopher who moved from Princeton to UT Austin a few years ago. Since his arrival, he’s become one of my …
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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 6d
het blijft toch bizar. We hebben het al eens gehad over de neiging aan tot leedvermaak en het publiek uiten ervan aan die kant van het politieke spectrum. Ik kan me niet voorstellen dat je je dan 's avonds goed voelt. En er is in se ook helemaal niets conservatiefs aan.

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Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science (CLPS) @clpskuleuven.bsky.social · 9d
Research funds are scarce & competition is fierce. A recent paper by @andreasdeblock.bsky.social & colleagues explores how this competition shapes science—its practices, risks & ethics—and proposes ways to make funding fairer & more effective👇 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #AcademicSky #HPS #scipol 🧪
Screenshot of a PNAS article titled “The costs of competition in distributing scarce research funds,” authored by Gerald Schweiger, Adrian Barnett, Peter van den Besselaar, Lutz Bornmann, Andreas De Block, John P. A. Ioannidis, Ulf Sandström, and Stijn Conix. Edited by Neil Shubin. Published December 2, 2024, in volume 121, issue 50, article e2407644121.

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Rob Sica @robsica.bsky.social · 9d
"If the groups we rely on for information are, in fact, more ideologically captured than they were fifty years ago, then -- assuming we were right to trust them in the first place -- we are now justified in trusting them less."
Hrishikesh Joshi, Politics and Public Discourse - PhilPapers
This Element surveys some of the problems in modern public discourse, drawing from recent work in political philosophy and social epistemology, supplemented with empirical results from the social scie...
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Kris Hardies @krishardies.bsky.social · 12d
De combinatie lage kost voor de student en zeer brede toegang is gewoon vreemd (problematisch). HO in Scandinavië is gratis voor student maar wel (erg) selectief. Vgl. bijv. deze cijfers voor Zweden met VL waar bijna iedereen met diploma secundair aan HO start.
More upper-secondary school graduates chose higher education studies during the pandemic
The proportion of those who started higher education studies within one year increased considerably among pupils who graduated from a higher education preparatory upper secondary programme in spring 2...
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Jeffrey Aaron Snyder @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social · 12d
Why are so many professors so afraid to speak their minds? @amnauncensored.bsky.social & I discuss this question with UPenn historian of education Jon Zimmerman. Inspired by "Why Aren't Professors Braver?" by @paulbloomatyale.bsky.social in @chronicle.com.

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Are Too Many Professors Excellent Sheep?
Amna & Jeff talk to Jon Zimmerman about why some profs are afraid to speak their minds
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Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda @alejandrofabregastejeda.com · 15d
Each generation seems to rediscover the riddle of organismal agency: are organisms agents that pursue intrinsic goals—and how could we know? Our 📕 gathers historians, philosophers & scientists to explore this debate—now available in paperback!👇 www.routledge.com/The-Riddle-o... #philsky #HPS #evobio
Book cover of "The Riddle of Organismal Agency: New Historical and Philosophical Reflections" (Routledge, 2025). The book belongs to the "History and Philosophy of Biology" series. The editors are Alejandro Fábregas-Tejeda, Jan Baedke, Guido I. Prieto, and Gregory Radick. The design features a geometric pattern of interlocking, multicolored triangles and rectangular prisms in shades of red, yellow, teal, white, and pink. The Routledge logo appears in the lower right corner.

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Hans Henrik Bruun @hhbruun.bsky.social · 15d
"The decline in success rates is absolutely not satisfactory, because it sometimes borders on a lottery”
Nature 17 October 2025
Well, an honest lottery would IMHO be far better. For the reasons outlined here:
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Funding competition sabotages science - Impact of Social Sciences
Research funding competitions seem fair but are often flawed. Gerald Schweiger, Adrian G. Barnett and Stijn Conix argue lotteries may support better science.
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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 16d
ook vreemde evolutie: studenten die kwartier voor einde van les hun boeltje pakken.

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ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · 18d
Given that people is asking me for the numbers, here the table provided by UKRI:

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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 19d
The academic publishing industry is an oligopoly, an inefficient market. Oligopoly actors force us to buy a long list of crap so we can read the dozen journals we want. Anti-trust action would be rational. Let's hope at least that exploitative bundle deals are refused. We can walk away!
eicathomefinn.bsky.social Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19d
'New proposals by Elsevier, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, Wiley and Sage were sent to universities this week after their initial offers were decisively rejected by institutions in a sector-wide consultation run by Jisc,...negotiating jointly with Universities UK on behalf of universities.' 1/3
New offers from big five ‘still too costly’ for UK universities
‘Significant’ number of institutions predicted to drop deals with main scholarly imprints, leaving journal access much reduced
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Charley Wu | hiring PhDs/Postdocs @thecharleywu.bsky.social · 22d
Fully-funded 4-year #PhD in Cultural Evolution! Join my @erc.europa.eu project exploring how compression & compositionality drive cultural innovation: hmc-lab.com/ERCPhDCultur...
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ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution
ERC funded PhD position on Cultural Evolution posted on October 16, 2025 We are currently seeking a highly motivated individual for a ful...
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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 24d
Ik sprak er eens over met Wim Heylen. Niet direct een heel collegiale groep, die historici.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 25d
this looks superinteresting.

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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 25d
Latest by my colleague Tim Lewens. Most envious of people who manage to pack in arguments into 3000 words, especially such meaty arguments as this one #philsci #philsky
Values as Evidence in the Sciences
Abstract. Ethical statements can sometimes serve as legitimate evidence for purely descriptive hypotheses. This role for ethical statements need involve ne
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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 25d
het is ook veelzeggend hoe het lid natrapt naar de JA, die wel zinvol en degelijk werk verricht

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 25d
verder doe ik dat zeker niet elke keer.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 25d
het is in globo geen respectabele instelling. Dat is de simpele reden.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 25d
ik vraag me vooral af hoe voorzitter en ondervoorzitter zonder de royale zitpenningen zullen overleven.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 25d
heel misschien speelde de manifeste en aangehouden onwil van de KVAB om de VCWI te ondersteunen ook een rol.

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 25d
“96% of statistical errors directionally supported scientists’ hypotheses, suggesting credulity among scholars toward favorable outcomes.”