Ehud
@duhe.bsky.social
Do you really don’t know?
(I’m a philosopher and historian of biology, interested in all things evolutionary, #genetic, or #cognitive. I find most things ridiculous.)
http://www.ehudlamm.com
(I’m a philosopher and historian of biology, interested in all things evolutionary, #genetic, or #cognitive. I find most things ridiculous.)
http://www.ehudlamm.com
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@duhe.bsky.social
· May 29
New paper alert:
Finkel & Lamm, Cultural evolution beyond the individual: what human collective knowledge adds to high fidelity copying.
This is the third in the Distributed Adaptation series.
Many thanks to the diligent reviewers! #philbio #cultevo
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Finkel & Lamm, Cultural evolution beyond the individual: what human collective knowledge adds to high fidelity copying.
This is the third in the Distributed Adaptation series.
Many thanks to the diligent reviewers! #philbio #cultevo
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Today's challenge: explain to a colleague why using Borda Counts to determine departmental decisions is problematic.
January 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Today's challenge: explain to a colleague why using Borda Counts to determine departmental decisions is problematic.
Prediction: “asymmetric warfare” will soon be trending, and may well be the word of the year of 2026.
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Prediction: “asymmetric warfare” will soon be trending, and may well be the word of the year of 2026.
Seems to generalize well beyond AI
Man, this is so damn true…
- people who argue with others in comments that AI isn't useful = annoying
- people who post about how they wrote a new app in an hour with a hierarchical org of 1,000 agents = annoying
- me sharing about how I found it useful = just right
- people who argue with others in comments that AI isn't useful = annoying
- people who post about how they wrote a new app in an hour with a hierarchical org of 1,000 agents = annoying
- me sharing about how I found it useful = just right
everyone who uses an llm to code more than me is voluntarily deskilling themselves, everyone who uses it less than me might as well be hand-wiring together vacuum tubes
January 5, 2026 at 4:39 AM
Seems to generalize well beyond AI
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A super piece by @kph3k.bsky.social - thoughtful, insightful, and personal...
I wrote about Nucleus Genomics' "Have your best baby" ad campaign and Kris Jenner's "best version of myself" facelift, the parallels between embryo selection and cosmetic surgery, and competing definitions of "eugenics"
kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/have-your-...
kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com/p/have-your-...
"Have Your Best Baby"
Four parallels between cosmetic surgery and polygenic embryo selection, two competing definitions of "eugenics," and one short excerpt from my forthcoming book
kathrynpaigeharden.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
A super piece by @kph3k.bsky.social - thoughtful, insightful, and personal...
2027
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:28 PM
2027
25% surprised that Taiwan still stands.
January 4, 2026 at 6:57 PM
25% surprised that Taiwan still stands.
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Please consider voting here. I don't think schools should embrace anything but caring for pupils.
Thank you!!!
Hey, I was asked to outline why I believe AI should not be embraced in schools in the below link (no one is voting "no" with me, so am trying to find ppl who agree with me to vote here, if u have a minute. Well my video maybe 15 mins)
generativerevolution.ai/should-schoo...
Hey, I was asked to outline why I believe AI should not be embraced in schools in the below link (no one is voting "no" with me, so am trying to find ppl who agree with me to vote here, if u have a minute. Well my video maybe 15 mins)
generativerevolution.ai/should-schoo...
Debate: Should schools embrace AI technology in education rather than forbid it? - Generative Revolution Insights
generativerevolution.ai
January 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Please consider voting here. I don't think schools should embrace anything but caring for pupils.
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When we try to formalize a neuron computationally, we don't translate biology into code—we perform a violent collapse.
www.ocrampal.com/what-a-neuro...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
www.ocrampal.com/what-a-neuro...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
What a Neuron Teaches Us About Computation's Limits
When we try to formalize a neuron computationally, we don't translate biology into code—we perform a violent collapse. We lock causation into fixed arrows when biology lives in causal ambiguity. We sy...
www.ocrampal.com
January 3, 2026 at 4:16 PM
When we try to formalize a neuron computationally, we don't translate biology into code—we perform a violent collapse.
www.ocrampal.com/what-a-neuro...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
www.ocrampal.com/what-a-neuro...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
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John Rawls & Stanley Cavell were career-long frenemies.
To make sense of it, I went to the Rawls archive at Harvard and read Rawls’s private notes from their meetings: painstakingly earnest, frequently baffled.
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
To make sense of it, I went to the Rawls archive at Harvard and read Rawls’s private notes from their meetings: painstakingly earnest, frequently baffled.
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
January 3, 2026 at 8:26 PM
John Rawls & Stanley Cavell were career-long frenemies.
To make sense of it, I went to the Rawls archive at Harvard and read Rawls’s private notes from their meetings: painstakingly earnest, frequently baffled.
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
To make sense of it, I went to the Rawls archive at Harvard and read Rawls’s private notes from their meetings: painstakingly earnest, frequently baffled.
doi.org/10.1177/1474...
If for some reason you need something to strengthen your optimism about human beings, this books is made up of inspiring short fragments and just might do the trick. www.amazon.com/Two-Cheers-A...
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play
Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play - Kindle edition by Scott, James C.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play.
www.amazon.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:33 PM
If for some reason you need something to strengthen your optimism about human beings, this books is made up of inspiring short fragments and just might do the trick. www.amazon.com/Two-Cheers-A...
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At 82, Monet learned he had cataracts. He wrote: “I realized with terror that I could see nothing with my right eye.”
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
January 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
At 82, Monet learned he had cataracts. He wrote: “I realized with terror that I could see nothing with my right eye.”
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
After three surgeries, his colors shifted—fiery reds and yellows dominate his late works. What he lost in sight, he gained in vision.
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Whom should one follow to hear what is happening in Venezuela and across South America? I don’t need another reason to have millions of Trump clips in my timeline.
January 3, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Whom should one follow to hear what is happening in Venezuela and across South America? I don’t need another reason to have millions of Trump clips in my timeline.
Believe me, I understand the urge to say something humorous. But
January 3, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Believe me, I understand the urge to say something humorous. But
The effect on nuclear proliferation ain’t gonna be good.
January 3, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The effect on nuclear proliferation ain’t gonna be good.
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"All intelligence is collective intelligence: each of us consists of a huge number of cells working together to generate a coherent cognitive being with goals, preferences, & memories that belong to the whole and not to its parts"
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social
paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37204591/
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social
paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37204591/
January 3, 2026 at 2:38 PM
"All intelligence is collective intelligence: each of us consists of a huge number of cells working together to generate a coherent cognitive being with goals, preferences, & memories that belong to the whole and not to its parts"
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social
paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37204591/
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social
paper pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37204591/
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I’m going to call it. Today is the day we’ll look back on and say was the end of de facto US hegemony. The Trump regime have been dismantling US soft power, but this is full abdication in favour of Trump-Putin spheres of influence international relations as competing petrostates.
January 3, 2026 at 1:09 PM
I’m going to call it. Today is the day we’ll look back on and say was the end of de facto US hegemony. The Trump regime have been dismantling US soft power, but this is full abdication in favour of Trump-Putin spheres of influence international relations as competing petrostates.
Tips to help a student new to modelling to think about variations to an existing model beyond trying to make it more realistic?
January 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Tips to help a student new to modelling to think about variations to an existing model beyond trying to make it more realistic?
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The most recognisable feature of the human brain is its folds. So why do other animals’ brains look so different?
The rise of brain folds
Differences in brain folding between species can be explained by variations in initial brain size, shape and cortical growth rate, rather than by different folding mechanisms.
buff.ly
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The most recognisable feature of the human brain is its folds. So why do other animals’ brains look so different?
Dammit, I have another idea for a paper.
January 3, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Dammit, I have another idea for a paper.
A world with a theoretical neuroscience podcast can’t be all bad.
Episode #36 in #TheoreticalNeurosciencePodcast: On low-dimensional manifolds in motor cortex – with Sara Solla @sasolla.bsky.social
theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn36
Manifold analysis has changed our thinking on how cortex works. One of the pioneers of this modelling approach explains.
theoreticalneuroscience.no/thn36
Manifold analysis has changed our thinking on how cortex works. One of the pioneers of this modelling approach explains.
January 3, 2026 at 10:45 AM
A world with a theoretical neuroscience podcast can’t be all bad.
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I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness at Birkbeck, University of London
jobs.ac.uk now advertising a PhD Studentship: Social Learning of Metacognition and Awareness Visit jobs.ac.uk to apply and to browse more PhD opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I've got a fully-funded PhD studentship open at @birkbeckpsychology.bsky.social, investigating social learning about metacognition & awareness, w/ behavioural studies & neuroimaging (fMRI) - thanks to @leverhulme.ac.uk
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
More details here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPV831/p...
#cogsci #neuroskyence
If you read French, this is a useful analysis. www.institutmontaigne.org/expressions/...
Trump contre le Venezuela : scénarios de la guerre à venir ?
Les États-Unis frappent en mer des Caraïbes des navires liés au narcotrafic, annonçant une possible intervention militaire au Venezuela. Analyse de Jonathan Guiffard.
www.institutmontaigne.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:13 AM
If you read French, this is a useful analysis. www.institutmontaigne.org/expressions/...
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Very useful explainer on what's going on.
This by @ecfr.eu’s Majda Ruge is a good guide to Trump’s calculus on Venezuela. Rival factions (primacists, prioritisers, restrainers) have been counseling different courses of action, but “the answers depend on what the president decides will bring him the biggest ‘win’.”
ecfr.eu/article/maga...
ecfr.eu/article/maga...
MAGA goes south: Trump’s plan for Venezuela – European Council on Foreign Relations
Speculation is swirling that the US could use military force to pursue regime change in Venezuela. The country’s fate may depend on which faction in the Trump a
ecfr.eu
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Very useful explainer on what's going on.
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Read the US National Security Strategy to understand why the US is attacking Venezuela: "restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere", "reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine", "deny non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to...control strategically vital assets"
January 3, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Read the US National Security Strategy to understand why the US is attacking Venezuela: "restore American preeminence in the Western Hemisphere", "reassert and enforce the Monroe Doctrine", "deny non-Hemispheric competitors the ability to...control strategically vital assets"
Can’t get them all right.
My sense is that people are still underplaying the Canada issue. At the moment if I had to bet on where WWIII is most likely in the short term, I’d put Canada in first place, followed by Eastern Europe, with Taiwan coming in third. Maybe later I’ll post where in the list I’d place Middle East.
People are naturally preoccupied by the internal machinations in the US, but don’t forget your Metternich. When the US sneezes the world catches a cold. The 21st century has probably irreparably become dramatically more insecure than it was even a couple of months ago.
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Can’t get them all right.