Charbel El-Hani
@charbelelhani.bsky.social
I am Full Professor at the Institute of Biology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil, working on history, philosophy and science teaching; philosophy of biology; ethnobiology; and ecology and conservation.
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Towards more collaborative decision-making and research practices to produce policy-relevant knowledge: lessons from Brazil for SPI platforms
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Caring policy-relevant knowledge? The case of the Brazilian Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
Science-policy interfaces like the Brazilian Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (BPBES) aim to provide policy-relevant knowledge that gu…
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January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Towards more collaborative decision-making and research practices to produce policy-relevant knowledge: lessons from Brazil for SPI platforms
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@aressiorec.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @charbelelhani.bsky.social @estherturnhout.bsky.social
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@aressiorec.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @charbelelhani.bsky.social @estherturnhout.bsky.social
Experience just shows that this is not just some new technology like the TV that old people complain about. No, this is much more, it would is a redefinition of "experience" in the worst possible way.
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Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Experience just shows that this is not just some new technology like the TV that old people complain about. No, this is much more, it would is a redefinition of "experience" in the worst possible way.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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I do not believe in the death penalty for humans.
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
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I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die
OpenAI accused of hiding full ChatGPT logs in murder-suicide case.
arstechnica.com
January 5, 2026 at 6:22 AM
I do not believe in the death penalty for humans.
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
I do support the death penalty for corporations.
When they murder people, let's dissolve them. Break them up, destroy their technology, nationalize their assets.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
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Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Americans & Europeans needlessly exposing African babies to preventable diseases just to see if they can find something that would justify their preexisting antivaccine beliefs is not only unscientific and actually anti-science, it is very much reminiscent of colonialist, racist human rights abuses
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“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
US plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’
Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:35 AM
“It is not clear what the research question is. It seems to be about the safety of the vaccine rather than its effectiveness, but both are already well-established, and to undertake such a study in a population where almost 1/5 of the adult population has a marker of infection seems extremely risky”
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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In Venice today for this workshop on Varieties of Local Knowledges at the Ca’ Foscari organised by Eleonora Montuschi with @katiekendig.bsky.social @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social @charbelelhani.bsky.social and many more colleagues online.
SO excited to be joining a wonderful group of speakers for the Varieties of Local Knowledge workshop in Venice organized by Eleonora Montuschi, Michela Massimi and Sabina Leonelli.
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
In Venice today for this workshop on Varieties of Local Knowledges at the Ca’ Foscari organised by Eleonora Montuschi with @katiekendig.bsky.social @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social @charbelelhani.bsky.social and many more colleagues online.
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A big thanks to @charbelelhani.bsky.social who gave a great hybrid talk in our lecture series yesterday! He gave insights into his work with communities in Brazil and talked about pragmatist explanations for partial overlaps between knowledge systems.
#HPBio #PhilSci
#HPBio #PhilSci
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A big thanks to @charbelelhani.bsky.social who gave a great hybrid talk in our lecture series yesterday! He gave insights into his work with communities in Brazil and talked about pragmatist explanations for partial overlaps between knowledge systems.
#HPBio #PhilSci
#HPBio #PhilSci
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First copy of The Paradox of the Organism in the wild!
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
First copy of The Paradox of the Organism in the wild!
First snow in the Netherlands
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 AM
First snow in the Netherlands
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Next week, we have two talks in the ROTO Lecture Series! On Thursday(!), we welcome @charbelelhani.bsky.social for a hybrid talk on partial overlaps between knowledge systems. If you're at RUB, come to GA 3/143 at 6pm, otherwise register here to join online 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Next week, we have two talks in the ROTO Lecture Series! On Thursday(!), we welcome @charbelelhani.bsky.social for a hybrid talk on partial overlaps between knowledge systems. If you're at RUB, come to GA 3/143 at 6pm, otherwise register here to join online 👉 rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
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#Agenda
With
@batistaruan.bsky.social, Valentin Rineau, @ignacioq.bsky.social, Aleksandra Walczak, Guillaume Achaz, @k4tj4.bsky.social - @r3rto.bsky.social, Maël Montévil, @paulvilloutreix.bsky.social, Barbara Bravi, Cyril Rauch, Giuseppe Longo, Anton Robert, @charbelelhani.bsky.social , Ana Soto
With
@batistaruan.bsky.social, Valentin Rineau, @ignacioq.bsky.social, Aleksandra Walczak, Guillaume Achaz, @k4tj4.bsky.social - @r3rto.bsky.social, Maël Montévil, @paulvilloutreix.bsky.social, Barbara Bravi, Cyril Rauch, Giuseppe Longo, Anton Robert, @charbelelhani.bsky.social , Ana Soto
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#Agenda
With
@batistaruan.bsky.social, Valentin Rineau, @ignacioq.bsky.social, Aleksandra Walczak, Guillaume Achaz, @k4tj4.bsky.social - @r3rto.bsky.social, Maël Montévil, @paulvilloutreix.bsky.social, Barbara Bravi, Cyril Rauch, Giuseppe Longo, Anton Robert, @charbelelhani.bsky.social , Ana Soto
With
@batistaruan.bsky.social, Valentin Rineau, @ignacioq.bsky.social, Aleksandra Walczak, Guillaume Achaz, @k4tj4.bsky.social - @r3rto.bsky.social, Maël Montévil, @paulvilloutreix.bsky.social, Barbara Bravi, Cyril Rauch, Giuseppe Longo, Anton Robert, @charbelelhani.bsky.social , Ana Soto
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Conrad Hal Waddington was born OTD in 1905.
His “epigenetic landscape” is a diagrammatic representation of the constraints influencing embryonic development.
On his 50th birthday, his colleagues gave him a pinball machine on the model of the epigenetic landscape.
🧪 🦫🦋 🌱🐋 #HistSTM #philsci #evobio
His “epigenetic landscape” is a diagrammatic representation of the constraints influencing embryonic development.
On his 50th birthday, his colleagues gave him a pinball machine on the model of the epigenetic landscape.
🧪 🦫🦋 🌱🐋 #HistSTM #philsci #evobio
November 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Marx as a philosophical biologist?
Chris Shambaugh on young Marx's account of organismal agency, its relation to human life to the critique of capitalism.
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Chris Shambaugh on young Marx's account of organismal agency, its relation to human life to the critique of capitalism.
www.dialecticalsystems.eu/publications...
November 6, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Marx as a philosophical biologist?
Chris Shambaugh on young Marx's account of organismal agency, its relation to human life to the critique of capitalism.
www.dialecticalsystems.eu/publications...
Chris Shambaugh on young Marx's account of organismal agency, its relation to human life to the critique of capitalism.
www.dialecticalsystems.eu/publications...
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"Spherical cows and bipedal goats: perspectives on mathematical models in biology". 13 and 14/11/2025 (Salle Jaurès, ENS-PSL, rue d'Ulm, Paris). More info about the event: montevil.org/talks/2025--...
November 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"Spherical cows and bipedal goats: perspectives on mathematical models in biology". 13 and 14/11/2025 (Salle Jaurès, ENS-PSL, rue d'Ulm, Paris). More info about the event: montevil.org/talks/2025--...
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If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Relative engagement with sources of climate misinformation is growing across social media platforms
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October 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
If you think mis- and disinformation is no big deal , read this: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
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October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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Is #citizenscience exploitative? I gave a talk on this the other week and now you can check it out online. And hopefully soon I'll get around to writing the paper :)
Our latest International PostDoc Forum recording is on our YouTube channel now. In this episode, @rosetrappes.bsky.social discusses whether or not citizen science is exploitative. 17 videos in this playlist if you want to do a deep dive.
#philsci
#philsci
IPDF Autumn 2025. Rose Trappes, University of Bergen Basic
Is Citizen Science Exploitative?
24 Sept 2025
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October 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Is #citizenscience exploitative? I gave a talk on this the other week and now you can check it out online. And hopefully soon I'll get around to writing the paper :)
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Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
AI Surrogates and illusions of generalizability in cognitive science
Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have generated enthusiasm for using AI simulations of human research participants to generate new know…
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October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Can the human sciences exist w/out the human? Proposals for using AI as human research subjects suggest yes. But @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I respond with, ‘not so fast.’ In fact, silicon subjects say more about the problems of the research paradigm than the promises of AI. 🚨New article, thread 1/
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I hope you enjoy the paper! There are fun easter eggs hidden throughout, particularly the definition of AI that somehow made it past peer and editorial review and into the glossary. 13/
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I hope you enjoy the paper! There are fun easter eggs hidden throughout, particularly the definition of AI that somehow made it past peer and editorial review and into the glossary. 13/
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First activity in my period as visiting researcher in the Netherlands. It was the colloquium of the Descartes Centre, University of Utrecht, where I am currently as a Senior Fellow. Very happy with how it went.
First activity in my period as visiting researcher in the Netherlands. It was the colloquium of the Descartes Centre, University of Utrecht, where I am currently as a Senior Fellow. Very happy with how it went.
Descartes Centre Colloquium with Charbel El-Hani (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil)
This colloquium revolves around Transformative transdisciplinarity: Navigating from philosophy to practice.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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First activity in my period as visiting researcher in the Netherlands. It was the colloquium of the Descartes Centre, University of Utrecht, where I am currently as a Senior Fellow. Very happy with how it went.
First activity in my period as visiting researcher in the Netherlands. It was the colloquium of the Descartes Centre, University of Utrecht, where I am currently as a Senior Fellow. Very happy with how it went.
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Congrats @davidludwig.bsky.social and @charbelelhani.bsky.social 🥳 it’s an amazing book that should be widely read!
The open access pdf has been out for a while but so much more exciting to hold the physical book in my hands!
October 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Congrats @davidludwig.bsky.social and @charbelelhani.bsky.social 🥳 it’s an amazing book that should be widely read!
Estamos de volta, We-MNF com uma manifestação da mais pura beleza, entre o romance e a distopia! Quer saber mais? Assista ao episódio!
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It's raining today - Scott Walker - We-MNF: Reação e comentário
YouTube video by We-MNF
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October 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Estamos de volta, We-MNF com uma manifestação da mais pura beleza, entre o romance e a distopia! Quer saber mais? Assista ao episódio!
youtu.be/OLUOan-JjUg
youtu.be/OLUOan-JjUg
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Wonderful article by @olivia.science. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Wonderful article by @olivia.science. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...