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Ernie Cormier
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Happily and gratefully retired tech exec, proud of people I've helped and teams I've built, not proud of where tech has taken us; dedicated husband, dad, grandparent; love cooking, drumming, reading. Trying unsuccessfully to ignore politics for a bit.
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Why Science Hasn’t Solved Consciousness (Yet) www.noemamag.com/why-science-...
Why Science Hasn’t Solved Consciousness (Yet) | NOEMA
To understand life, we must stop treating organisms like machines and minds like code.
www.noemamag.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
ecormier.bsky.social
If you believe, as I do, that economics is the driving function of politics and government, and that mistaken nostalgia for government for and by the people underlies current nativism and populism:
www.niskanencenter.org/sovereign-my....
#trump,#populism
The Sovereign Myth - Niskanen Center
I recently had the privilege of sitting on a roundtable on the contemporary crisis with three very incisive and insightful political scientists: Sheri Berman, Mark Blyth, and Christopher Parker. (It w...
www.niskanencenter.org
June 16, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Hit the streets tomorrow.
Be nonviolent.
Be joyfully defiant.
Be defiantly joyful.
Ridicule him.
Condemn fascism.
Oppose I.C.E.
Affirm diversity.
Embody America.
Love your neighbor.
Refuse to be intimidated.
Be safe.
Be loud.
Be encouraged.
#NoKingsDay
June 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
ecormier.bsky.social
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Scituate, MA” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Scituate, MA · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
www.mobilize.us
June 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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krazytheealaskan.bsky.social
Hells Librarians🔥 #LibrarySky #ReadToLive
May 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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self.agency
in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list
The mission of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is to work with others to “conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people.” The Department of the Interior is excited about the potential of “de-extinction” technology and how it may serve broader purposes beyond the recovery of lost species, including strengthening biodiversity protection efforts and helping endangered or at-risk species. The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: once a species enters, they never leave. In fact, 97 percent of species that are added to the endangered list remain there. This is because the status quo is focused on regulation more than innovation. It’s time to fundamentally change how we think about species conservation. Going forward, we must celebrate removals from the endangered list - not additions. The only thing we’d like to see go extinct is the need for an endangered species list to exist. We need to continue improving recovery efforts to make that a reality, and the marvel of “de-extinction” technology can help forge a future where populations are never at risk. Since the dawn of our nation, it has been innovation – not regulation – that has spawned American greatness. The revival of the Dire Wolf heralds the advent of a thrilling new era of scientific wonder, showcasing how the concept of “de-extinction” can serve as a bedrock for modern species conservation. The Dire Wolf revival carries profound cultural significance as it embodies strength and courage that is deeply encoded within the DNA of American identity and tribal heritage. Breakthroughs of this nature will inspire leading minds and future generations of innovators to chase the impossible, capture it, and unleash its potential! The Department of the Interior looks forward to a vibrant future full of innovation that advances core missions such as wildlife conservation.
April 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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eschwitz.bsky.social
If consciousness is a nonphysical property, maybe there are other nonphysical properties even better than consciousness, which we sadly lack?

schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/02/zomb...
Zombie is to Human as Human is to XXX?
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February 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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karlykingsley.bsky.social
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February 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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danhicks.bsky.social
New blog post "Weaponized Metascience," on Ted Cruz' list of "woke DEI" NSF grants, NIH indirect cost fuckery, and using the trappings of science to undermine science
dhicks.github.io/posts/2025-0...

#philsci #sts
Weaponized metascience – Dan Hicks
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February 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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jayvanbavel.bsky.social
You are now constantly being manipulated so your attention can be captured and sold. This is done through a variety of ways, one of which is through the constant stream of outrage that is being pumped constantly through your eyes and ears into your brain.

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January 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
ecormier.bsky.social
#Booksky 📚 #books
After a visit to the RISD Art Museum today I'm looking for a good "first read" by Balzac. Any suggestions?
January 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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jammaj.bsky.social
Image of text: “The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.” ― H.P. Lovecraft
January 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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eschwitz.bsky.social
ChatGPT roasts philosophy grad students:
In my grad seminar yesterday we were discussing whether AI had a sense of humor. Sophie Nelson mentioned that she'd asked ChatGPT for a stand-up comedy routine. This is what it produced. (In the context window, it knew she was a philosophy grad student.)
ChatGPT takes the stage, adjusts the mic stand (even though it doesn't have hands), and clears its virtual throat. "Good evening, everyone! Or... morning? Afternoon? Honestly, I exist in all time zone simultaneously, so let's just say hello, world! You know, being an AI, I have a pretty strange life. I mean, I don't eat, sleep, or get paid -- so basically, I'm a philosophy grad student."
January 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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philipgoff.bsky.social
If Jesus were telling the story of the Good Samaritan today, the lead character would be a trans woman.
January 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM