Björn Jörges
@bjorges.bsky.social
CogPsy: perception in microgravity, prediction, VR; open science, queer feminism, sex work, men in crop tops;
Does anyone know any writing (broadly defined) that links Cognitive Psychology and eugenics? I'm specifically interested in discussions beyond the obvious (but ofc not less important) IQ/intelligence stuff. I'm thinking, e.g., vision science-y stuff or perception in general
January 5, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Does anyone know any writing (broadly defined) that links Cognitive Psychology and eugenics? I'm specifically interested in discussions beyond the obvious (but ofc not less important) IQ/intelligence stuff. I'm thinking, e.g., vision science-y stuff or perception in general
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Love this short opinion piece on “mechanical bypass” in analogy to “spiritual bypass”.
The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves | PNAS
The “machinal bypass” and how we’re using AI to avoid ourselves
www.pnas.org
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Love this short opinion piece on “mechanical bypass” in analogy to “spiritual bypass”.
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Has anyone attended any pre-data-collection poster sessions (i.e., poster sessions where people present their plans for experiments before data collection in order to get feedback when it's most useful) at conferences other than VSS?
December 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Has anyone attended any pre-data-collection poster sessions (i.e., poster sessions where people present their plans for experiments before data collection in order to get feedback when it's most useful) at conferences other than VSS?
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Academic freedom does not exist at my grad alma mater York University thanks to the Palestine Exception.
Should be an enormous scandal but of course it won’t be.
www.thegrindmag.ca/york-univers...
Should be an enormous scandal but of course it won’t be.
www.thegrindmag.ca/york-univers...
December 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Academic freedom does not exist at my grad alma mater York University thanks to the Palestine Exception.
Should be an enormous scandal but of course it won’t be.
www.thegrindmag.ca/york-univers...
Should be an enormous scandal but of course it won’t be.
www.thegrindmag.ca/york-univers...
Age verification laws unequivocally do much more harm than good
Sex workers have been saying this would happen for literally YEARS. We've been yelling it as loud as we could. What would the world look like if we were actually listened to?
Y'all, I was in Mississippi today for my nephews J-State graduation and got this when I opened Blue Sky
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Age verification laws unequivocally do much more harm than good
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"Motorists are hostile to measures that slow traffic and favor pedestrians. Local leaders give token or tepid support. Spending on pedestrian-friendly improvements is not prioritized."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
America’s plan to protect pedestrians failed. A young woman’s death reveals why.
U.S. officials adopted Europe's Vision Zero initiative, but many cities have seen an increase in pedestrian fatalities despite efforts to improve road safety.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Motorists are hostile to measures that slow traffic and favor pedestrians. Local leaders give token or tepid support. Spending on pedestrian-friendly improvements is not prioritized."
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This explains something that has always mystified me about drivers who rail against bike lanes and transit. Why WOULDN'T you want people to have options not to drive? It would make your own driving better! But they don't just want good traffic, they want to reinforce the NORM of driving
Okay, time to do something about my social science envy
November 28, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Okay, time to do something about my social science envy
I have a lot of self-compassion, like, in general, but every now and then I think about some of my early 20s "not like the other gays" attitudes and I cringe so hard 🙃
November 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I have a lot of self-compassion, like, in general, but every now and then I think about some of my early 20s "not like the other gays" attitudes and I cringe so hard 🙃
Proud to announce that I have successfully trained my IG algorithm to exclusively show me lesbian content and its the best ♥️
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Proud to announce that I have successfully trained my IG algorithm to exclusively show me lesbian content and its the best ♥️
Breaking news: LLMs behave exactly the way they should given their design
(I'm being condescendent and snide not towards OP or even the author, because apparently this needs to be said, but rather towards how gullible we are as a society)
(I'm being condescendent and snide not towards OP or even the author, because apparently this needs to be said, but rather towards how gullible we are as a society)
How LLMs generate judgments
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
"driven by lexical and statistical associations rather than deliberative reasoning"
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
"driven by lexical and statistical associations rather than deliberative reasoning"
How LLMs generate judgments - Nature Computational Science
Nature Computational Science - How LLMs generate judgments
www.nature.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Breaking news: LLMs behave exactly the way they should given their design
(I'm being condescendent and snide not towards OP or even the author, because apparently this needs to be said, but rather towards how gullible we are as a society)
(I'm being condescendent and snide not towards OP or even the author, because apparently this needs to be said, but rather towards how gullible we are as a society)
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Sex work is work so I don't give a fuck but I do love seeing how much of the media has adopted a term, sex worker, that not long ago was largely limited to community spaces.
That's activism.
That's activism.
Cory Mills Was Caught With Sex Workers Before Mission to Afghanistan in 2021, Sources Say
The group Mills had traveled with to Afghanistan parted ways with the then-congressional candidate in Tbilisi, Georgia, after they found out about the sex workers. It appears Mills went to Afghanistan...
www.notus.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Sex work is work so I don't give a fuck but I do love seeing how much of the media has adopted a term, sex worker, that not long ago was largely limited to community spaces.
That's activism.
That's activism.
Not someone quoting his "quick AI search" on CVnet 😭
November 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Not someone quoting his "quick AI search" on CVnet 😭
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"The Minister states that “the chatbot was tested extensively...checking responses to “55 questions out of which 53 were deemed successful"
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
Our investigation into Irish Department of Justice use of chatbots. The department hides behind disclaimers while deploying misleading chatbots.
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
@iccl.bsky.social @abeba.bsky.social @johnnyryan.bsky.social
www.iccl.ie/news/irish-d...
Department of Justice chatbots mislead people seeking information
Irish Department of Justice internalises the AI hype and takes no responsibility for misleading chatbots.
www.iccl.ie
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"The Minister states that “the chatbot was tested extensively...checking responses to “55 questions out of which 53 were deemed successful"
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
Wendy Lyon, an immigration & human rights solicitor at Abbey law, found that many of these 53 “successful” responses were wrong, unhelpful & misleading."
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I have some bad news for you about scores & scores of esteemed Harvard professors…
Harvard disgraces itself every day it continues to bestow the "University Professor" title on Summers
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I have some bad news for you about scores & scores of esteemed Harvard professors…
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Summaring the problems in every maths department.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Summaring the problems in every maths department.
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Teaching friends, advice please? I have this calculus student who fancies himself a hotshot. During group work at whiteboards he often takes charge, assumes a teacher role, and lectures other students. Other students have told me that they find this condescending and don't want to work with him. 1/
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Teaching friends, advice please? I have this calculus student who fancies himself a hotshot. During group work at whiteboards he often takes charge, assumes a teacher role, and lectures other students. Other students have told me that they find this condescending and don't want to work with him. 1/
I really think the appropriate response here is not "bullshit, its not intelligent nor conscious" (because the answer will simply and boringly depend on your definition of "intelligent" and "conscious") but rather "we're wasting our time arguing about this"
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
Opinion | A.I. Is Already Intelligent. This Is How It Becomes Conscious.
Skeptics overlook how our concepts change.
nyti.ms
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I really think the appropriate response here is not "bullshit, its not intelligent nor conscious" (because the answer will simply and boringly depend on your definition of "intelligent" and "conscious") but rather "we're wasting our time arguing about this"
I have studied enough philosophy to know that we simply don't have to care about whether AI is ""conscious"". This whole argument is so much more about the definition of "consciousness" than about AI and, no offense to philosophers,
Can we just stop please? Just let it go. We are not anywhere close to “conscious” machines.
We’re going to look back on hot takes like this in 20 years and wonder how people fell for such clear fairytales.
We’re going to look back on hot takes like this in 20 years and wonder how people fell for such clear fairytales.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
“A.I. is no less a form of intelligence than digital photography is a form of photography,” the philosopher Barbara Gail Montero writes in a guest essay. “And now A.I. is on its way to doing something even more remarkable: becoming conscious.”
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I have studied enough philosophy to know that we simply don't have to care about whether AI is ""conscious"". This whole argument is so much more about the definition of "consciousness" than about AI and, no offense to philosophers,
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‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 PM
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
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TIL stimulants like Adderall reduces risk of dementia in people with ADHD to neurotypical levels.
So gimme those drugs.
So gimme those drugs.
ADHD increases dementia risk, but the available epidemiological data suggests that stimulant medications may normalize risk. Totally fascinating
Thanks @hologramvin.bsky.social for this post! I did not know this so I hunted down the original paper:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Thanks @hologramvin.bsky.social for this post! I did not know this so I hunted down the original paper:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
TIL stimulants like Adderall reduces risk of dementia in people with ADHD to neurotypical levels.
So gimme those drugs.
So gimme those drugs.
A little piece of good news ♥️
Some good news!
“Boston City Council has voted unanimously to ban its government from using facial recognition technology, including the police department, making it the largest city on the East Coast to do so.”
www.builtinboston.com/articles/bos...
“Boston City Council has voted unanimously to ban its government from using facial recognition technology, including the police department, making it the largest city on the East Coast to do so.”
www.builtinboston.com/articles/bos...
Boston Police Can No Longer Use Facial Recognition Software | Built In Boston
The law makes it illegal for city officials to “obtain, retain, possess, access, or use” facial recognition technology, acknowledging that it “has the potential to harm communities of color who are al...
www.builtinboston.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A little piece of good news ♥️
I mean, do we count the reporting on trans issues over the past 5-10 years already as part of this fasho sympathizer era of the NYT?
I honestly don't think the NY Times has been this bad in my lifetime, it's deeply shameful.
October 29, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I mean, do we count the reporting on trans issues over the past 5-10 years already as part of this fasho sympathizer era of the NYT?
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"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Here's why Vanderbilt's response to the Trump higher ed 'compact' is not enough | Opinion
With the deadline looming for colleges to sign Trump's "compact," Vanderbilt must resist, says one university professor.
www.tennessean.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion."
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy.
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...