Justin Caouette
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What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?
What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? features in-depth autobiographical interviews with philosophers
www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com
My interview with Cliff over at ‘What is it like to be a Philosopher?’ (2022)
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Just got a new phone and also recently got locked out of my BSU email address (which was the address I used to get on Bluesky). So, once I send back my old phone I will no longer have access to this account.
I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while.
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I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while.
✌🏼
January 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Our new paper on why people love sad art
The key question: You probably wouldn’t enjoy it if someone started telling you about how she is addicted to drugs and her life is failing apart. So why do you love it when she creates a work of art about that very same thing?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
The key question: You probably wouldn’t enjoy it if someone started telling you about how she is addicted to drugs and her life is failing apart. So why do you love it when she creates a work of art about that very same thing?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
January 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Our new paper on why people love sad art
The key question: You probably wouldn’t enjoy it if someone started telling you about how she is addicted to drugs and her life is failing apart. So why do you love it when she creates a work of art about that very same thing?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
The key question: You probably wouldn’t enjoy it if someone started telling you about how she is addicted to drugs and her life is failing apart. So why do you love it when she creates a work of art about that very same thing?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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My interview with Cliff over at ‘What is it like to be a Philosopher?’ (2022)
What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?
What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? features in-depth autobiographical interviews with philosophers
www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com
January 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
My interview with Cliff over at ‘What is it like to be a Philosopher?’ (2022)
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Wise words from Tiny Dragon
January 12, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Wise words from Tiny Dragon
Just got a new phone and also recently got locked out of my BSU email address (which was the address I used to get on Bluesky). So, once I send back my old phone I will no longer have access to this account.
I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while.
✌🏼
I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while.
✌🏼
January 12, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Just got a new phone and also recently got locked out of my BSU email address (which was the address I used to get on Bluesky). So, once I send back my old phone I will no longer have access to this account.
I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while.
✌🏼
I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while.
✌🏼
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20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.
The end.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.
The end.
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.
The end.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.
The end.
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17. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
17. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
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11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
13. I run like the winded.
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
13. I run like the winded.
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5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
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These made me laugh. I copied from a friend!
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
These made me laugh. I copied from a friend!
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
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A Robot Lover's Sociological Argument for Robot Consciousness
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com
January 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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intractable qualities, abandoning its main practical, social usefulness (or worse, using its obscurity to justify what seems like bigotry), or allowing that if an entity can interact with us in (what we experience as) a sufficiently socially significant ways, it has consciousness enough 2/3
January 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
intractable qualities, abandoning its main practical, social usefulness (or worse, using its obscurity to justify what seems like bigotry), or allowing that if an entity can interact with us in (what we experience as) a sufficiently socially significant ways, it has consciousness enough 2/3
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In today's blog post, I offer a sociological argument for regarding robots as conscious, in a hypothetical future in which AI companions are common.
If AI companionship technology flourishes, we might face the choice between connecting "consciousness" definitionally to scientifically 1/3
If AI companionship technology flourishes, we might face the choice between connecting "consciousness" definitionally to scientifically 1/3
January 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In today's blog post, I offer a sociological argument for regarding robots as conscious, in a hypothetical future in which AI companions are common.
If AI companionship technology flourishes, we might face the choice between connecting "consciousness" definitionally to scientifically 1/3
If AI companionship technology flourishes, we might face the choice between connecting "consciousness" definitionally to scientifically 1/3
When AI takes your job:
The answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AI
The answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AI
When AI takes your job
The answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AI
jimmyalfonsolicon.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
When AI takes your job:
The answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AI
The answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AI
These made me laugh. I copied from a friend!
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
January 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
These made me laugh. I copied from a friend!
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
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Call for applications for the summer school hosted by @univie.ac.at has just gone live! The topic will be the history and epistemology of econometrics. More info on the course, and info about the guest lecturers can be found here: summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at
Summer School Institute Vienna Circle
Summer School Institute Vienna Circle
summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at
January 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Call for applications for the summer school hosted by @univie.ac.at has just gone live! The topic will be the history and epistemology of econometrics. More info on the course, and info about the guest lecturers can be found here: summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at
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Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Species
Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Species
Abstract. When, if ever, is it better to spend money to improve pig welfare over chicken welfare? Which species of fish is worst off in commercial aquacult
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Species
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Debunking MAGA’s hateful lies about the LA fires: The reservoirs were full, the fire budget was increased, the 12 firefighters fired for refusing to get Covid shots were replaced long ago, the donations to Ukraine were nominal, and on, and on.
Elon Musk is the new emperor of misinformation - Kevin Drum
Here's the latest from Elon Musk about the LA wildfires: Every single thing on this list is either badly misleading or flat-out wrong: Reservoirs and emergency water tanks were all full before the fir...
jabberwocking.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Debunking MAGA’s hateful lies about the LA fires: The reservoirs were full, the fire budget was increased, the 12 firefighters fired for refusing to get Covid shots were replaced long ago, the donations to Ukraine were nominal, and on, and on.
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AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
www.mdpi.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Species
Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Species
Abstract. When, if ever, is it better to spend money to improve pig welfare over chicken welfare? Which species of fish is worst off in commercial aquacult
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Weighing Animal Welfare: Comparing Well-Being Across Species
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Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?
Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?
A growing number of entities misrepresent themselves as scholarly journals for financial gain despite not meeting scholarly publishing standards.1,2 As editors and members of the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), we receive queries about these “predatory” or “pseudo” entities and are subject to their deception when they target our authors and reviewers. The number of predatory journals is difficult to accurately determine but was estimated at more than 15 000 in 2021.3 While the ICMJE Recommendations include warnings about predatory publishing,4 the Committee believes that the large number of increasingly bold predatory entities warrants shining a bright light on them and considering actions stakeholders can take to counter their deceptive efforts.
www.thelancet.com
January 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Predatory journals: what can we do to protect their prey?
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
www.mdpi.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:03 PM
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking