Federico Boem
@federicoboem.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Università Niccolò Cusano
Philosophy of the life sciences (esp. microbiome research and molecular biology), replication crisis and science correction, political philosophy of science.
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Philosophy of the life sciences (esp. microbiome research and molecular biology), replication crisis and science correction, political philosophy of science.
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Opinions on my own
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Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @ccmmody.bsky.social and me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue!
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Ironic (also grotesque and worrying) that the rhetoric of the “minutemen”, the slogans in defence of the Second Amendment, the bogeyman of the federal government “coming to get you” are now becoming real because being implemented by the very same political side
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Ironic (also grotesque and worrying) that the rhetoric of the “minutemen”, the slogans in defence of the Second Amendment, the bogeyman of the federal government “coming to get you” are now becoming real because being implemented by the very same political side
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Federico Boem
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @ccmmody.bsky.social and me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue!
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @ccmmody.bsky.social and me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue!
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Reposted by Federico Boem
📣 Interested in 🫧 and AI?
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
AISB 2026 Symposium: Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science - AISB - The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour
AISB convention information 1-2 July 2026 AISB 2026, University of Sussex, UK Keynote Speaker: Anil Seth, Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience, University of Sussex Day of celebration...
aisb.org.uk
January 7, 2026 at 4:06 PM
📣 Interested in 🫧 and AI?
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
➡️ AISB 2026 Symposium titled Hype, Promise, and Speculation: AI Bubbles and the Replication Crisis in Computer Science will take place on 1-2 July 2026 in Sussex, UK.
🕐 Deadline for submissions is 6 March 2026
🔗 For more information aisb.org.uk/aisb-2026-sy...
Reposted by Federico Boem
📣 We are happy to announce the special issue “Scientific bubbles: definitions, context, and approaches” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science with guest editors from Nanobubbles.
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
January 5, 2026 at 4:59 PM
📣 We are happy to announce the special issue “Scientific bubbles: definitions, context, and approaches” in Studies in History and Philosophy of Science with guest editors from Nanobubbles.
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
⏰ Deadline: 15th of July 2026!
🔗 More information in www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @ccmmody.bsky.social and me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue!
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @ccmmody.bsky.social and me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue!
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science!
Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social
Deadline July 15 - spread the word!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Reposted by Federico Boem
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @federicoboem.bsky.social & me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue! In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science! Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social! Deadline July 15 - spread the word.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Studies in History and Philosophy of Science at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We (Miles MacLeod, YJ Erden, @federicoboem.bsky.social & me w/ editorial contributions by Yagmur Ozturk) are putting on a special issue! In Studies in History & Philosophy of Science! Ab/ scientific @nanobubbles.bsky.social! Deadline July 15 - spread the word.
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Reposted by Federico Boem
new blog post at Journal of Trial & Error in series co-sponsored by @nanobubbles.bsky.social by Candida Sánchez Burmester, Maha Said, Martin Bush, myself & @nicolecnelson.bsky.social on "Field-Specific Barriers to Performing Replications" 1/x
blog.trialanderror.org/cultures-of-...
blog.trialanderror.org/cultures-of-...
Cultures of Trial and Error: Field-specific Barriers to Performing Replications
In this piece, we call for more comparative research on field-specific replication dynamics.
blog.trialanderror.org
December 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
new blog post at Journal of Trial & Error in series co-sponsored by @nanobubbles.bsky.social by Candida Sánchez Burmester, Maha Said, Martin Bush, myself & @nicolecnelson.bsky.social on "Field-Specific Barriers to Performing Replications" 1/x
blog.trialanderror.org/cultures-of-...
blog.trialanderror.org/cultures-of-...
Reposted by Federico Boem
Submitted abstracts will be selected to appear in an interdisciplinary OA special issue in the South African Journal of Science! sajs.co.za 🙌 Deadline: August 18th. Early career scholars accepted can request travel support to our writeshop in Cape Town!
#hps #phibio #microbiome #philsci 🦠
#hps #phibio #microbiome #philsci 🦠
August 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Submitted abstracts will be selected to appear in an interdisciplinary OA special issue in the South African Journal of Science! sajs.co.za 🙌 Deadline: August 18th. Early career scholars accepted can request travel support to our writeshop in Cape Town!
#hps #phibio #microbiome #philsci 🦠
#hps #phibio #microbiome #philsci 🦠
Reposted by Federico Boem
We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠
July 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We got great news! @ishpssb2025.bsky.social gave us funding to support early career travel to our event in October! Deadline for abstract submission is extended until Aug 18. Don't miss this chance! #phibio #hps #microbiome #philsci 🦠
#ISHPSSB is over. I presented my preliminary work on hype, distortion and reproducibility in #microbiome science. This work would never have been possible without my collaboration with scientists from various labs and my participation in the @nanobubbles.bsky.social project on science correction.
July 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
#ISHPSSB is over. I presented my preliminary work on hype, distortion and reproducibility in #microbiome science. This work would never have been possible without my collaboration with scientists from various labs and my participation in the @nanobubbles.bsky.social project on science correction.
Today it's my turn!
For those who want to follow the programme, here's the link:
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#ISHPSSB2025
For those who want to follow the programme, here's the link:
lnkd.in/dpZFnXAE
#ISHPSSB2025
July 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Today it's my turn!
For those who want to follow the programme, here's the link:
lnkd.in/dpZFnXAE
#ISHPSSB2025
For those who want to follow the programme, here's the link:
lnkd.in/dpZFnXAE
#ISHPSSB2025
It's great to be in Porto at ISHPSSB with so many friends and colleagues!
July 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's great to be in Porto at ISHPSSB with so many friends and colleagues!
It took almost a year, but this is finally out, written together with my colleagues and friends Gabriele Ferretti and Silvano Zipoli Caiani.
It extends the framework of Evolutionary Embodied Cognition, by combining it with the Endurance Running Hypothesis.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It extends the framework of Evolutionary Embodied Cognition, by combining it with the Endurance Running Hypothesis.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Embodied cognition, endurance running and evolution - Biology & Philosophy
Embodied Cognition suggests that cognitive processes are deeply rooted into our bodily morphology and its sensorimotor interactions with the environment. Evolutionary Embodied Cognition suggests that ...
link.springer.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It took almost a year, but this is finally out, written together with my colleagues and friends Gabriele Ferretti and Silvano Zipoli Caiani.
It extends the framework of Evolutionary Embodied Cognition, by combining it with the Endurance Running Hypothesis.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
It extends the framework of Evolutionary Embodied Cognition, by combining it with the Endurance Running Hypothesis.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"C'est une Révolte?"
"Non, Sire, c'est une Révolution."
________
(probable) dialogue between Louis XVI and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt on hearing the news of the fall of the Bastille
#14Juillet
"Non, Sire, c'est une Révolution."
________
(probable) dialogue between Louis XVI and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt on hearing the news of the fall of the Bastille
#14Juillet
July 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
"C'est une Révolte?"
"Non, Sire, c'est une Révolution."
________
(probable) dialogue between Louis XVI and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt on hearing the news of the fall of the Bastille
#14Juillet
"Non, Sire, c'est une Révolution."
________
(probable) dialogue between Louis XVI and the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt on hearing the news of the fall of the Bastille
#14Juillet
Reposted by Federico Boem
honored to join this @historyofscience.bsky.social roundtable @kathrynolesko.bsky.social's invitation. my contribution "Make Silicon Valley Boring Again!" argues that today's broligarchs aren't just aberrant relative to you & me, but even relative to the history of Silicon Valley...
I ask my new + old followers to circulate this open access roundtable onAmerican science. Please repost! We in the USA are losing our lead in scientific research due to totalitarian tendencies in the current administration. This loss will affect all of us.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The crisis in American science - Kathryn M. Olesko, Anthony Eames, Cyrus C. M. Mody, Ilana Löwy, Thomas Zeller, Mark Walker, Mitchell G. Ash, Donna Haraway, 2025
The second regime of Donald J. Trump has decimated federal science and federally supported science to a greater degree than his first regime, unleashing an unpr...
journals.sagepub.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
honored to join this @historyofscience.bsky.social roundtable @kathrynolesko.bsky.social's invitation. my contribution "Make Silicon Valley Boring Again!" argues that today's broligarchs aren't just aberrant relative to you & me, but even relative to the history of Silicon Valley...
🎧 Get your headphones ready 👂
We are proud to announce that our podcast "Science in the Gray Zone"’ is out!
In this first season we talk about the obstacles to the self-correction of science in academia and industry from Science and Technology Studies standpoint.
open.spotify.com/show/2AuVl4w...
We are proud to announce that our podcast "Science in the Gray Zone"’ is out!
In this first season we talk about the obstacles to the self-correction of science in academia and industry from Science and Technology Studies standpoint.
open.spotify.com/show/2AuVl4w...
Science in the Gray Zone
Podcast · Nanobubbles ERC Project - Chakalaka Medialab · Science and Technology
open.spotify.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I am delighted to see this paper, written with Ingrid Lamminpää e Amedeo Amedei, published in the European Journal of Immunology. This is also provocative, with the specific aim of sparking debate since many aspects need to be further explored and clarified.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Updating the Discontinuity Theory to the Extended Immunity: The Symmunobiome Concept
The evolution of the concept of the immune system from a set of composed cells and tissue that defend the host from exogenous agents into a system that has regulatory and homeostatic functions determ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I am delighted to see this paper, written with Ingrid Lamminpää e Amedeo Amedei, published in the European Journal of Immunology. This is also provocative, with the specific aim of sparking debate since many aspects need to be further explored and clarified.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
It's so nice to be here together. Talking about questionable practices in science and joyfully shouting ‘monorail’!
escaping the chaos for a day to go to Wuppertal to ride the Schwebebahn. oh, & to discuss happier things (scientific fraud & Questionable Research Practices!) w/ my @nanobubbles.bsky.social & IZWT colleagues
April 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's so nice to be here together. Talking about questionable practices in science and joyfully shouting ‘monorail’!
Today!
4 pm (Central Europe Time).
You can register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... to join the discussion!
4 pm (Central Europe Time).
You can register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... to join the discussion!
Next week, we welcome @lisaonaga.bsky.social in our ROTO Lecture Series. She will speak about "Cocoon Cultures: Disentangling Silk and Biology in Japan". Join the online talk and discussion by registering via this link: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture...
#PhilSci #HPBio #HistSci
#PhilSci #HPBio #HistSci
December 16, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Today!
4 pm (Central Europe Time).
You can register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... to join the discussion!
4 pm (Central Europe Time).
You can register here: rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... to join the discussion!
On Thursday 29 and Friday 29 (2024) here at the Ruhr University Bochum, there will be this very interesting workshop on the philosophy and history of plants.
You van follow it also online and you can still register!
You van follow it also online and you can still register!
You can still register for online participation in our ROTO workshop on plants this Thu and Fri, 9am - 5pm (CET)! Just send a message via the contact form on our workshop website: rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora/contac...
We look forward to great talks and discussions! 🌱🤓
#HPBio #HistSci #PhilSci
We look forward to great talks and discussions! 🌱🤓
#HPBio #HistSci #PhilSci
We are very happy to announce our 11th ROTO Workshop, entitled "Flora in Focus". 🌱🌴 It will be held on November 28 & 29 in Bochum. We have a great line-up of speakers and everybody is welcome to join - online or in person.
rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora
#HPBio
#PhilSci
#HistSci
rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora
#HPBio
#PhilSci
#HistSci
November 25, 2024 at 6:22 PM
On Thursday 29 and Friday 29 (2024) here at the Ruhr University Bochum, there will be this very interesting workshop on the philosophy and history of plants.
You van follow it also online and you can still register!
You van follow it also online and you can still register!
Reposted by Federico Boem
New from the BJPS Review of Books:
Why Human Nature Matters
by Matteo Mameli (@matteomameli.bsky.social)
&
The Quest for Human Nature
by Marco Nathan
—Reviewed by Tim Lewens
#philsky #philsci #hpbio
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
Why Human Nature Matters
by Matteo Mameli (@matteomameli.bsky.social)
&
The Quest for Human Nature
by Marco Nathan
—Reviewed by Tim Lewens
#philsky #philsci #hpbio
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
Matteo Mameli, Why Human Nature Matters & Marco J Nathan, The Quest for Human Nature | BJPS Review of Books
Tim Lewens reviews Why Human Nature Matters, by Matteo Mameli, and The Quest for Human Nature, by Marco J Nathan
www.thebsps.org
November 19, 2024 at 11:46 AM
New from the BJPS Review of Books:
Why Human Nature Matters
by Matteo Mameli (@matteomameli.bsky.social)
&
The Quest for Human Nature
by Marco Nathan
—Reviewed by Tim Lewens
#philsky #philsci #hpbio
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
Why Human Nature Matters
by Matteo Mameli (@matteomameli.bsky.social)
&
The Quest for Human Nature
by Marco Nathan
—Reviewed by Tim Lewens
#philsky #philsci #hpbio
www.thebsps.org/reviewofbook...
Reposted by Federico Boem
1. Twenty-some years ago, as the embers of the intelligent design movement were dying out, a loose band of thinkers known as the New Atheists made a name for themselves by confusing materialist methodology with materialist metaphysics and going on the offensive against all of organized religion.
November 19, 2024 at 5:27 AM
1. Twenty-some years ago, as the embers of the intelligent design movement were dying out, a loose band of thinkers known as the New Atheists made a name for themselves by confusing materialist methodology with materialist metaphysics and going on the offensive against all of organized religion.
Reposted by Federico Boem
You can still register for today's talk in our ROTO Lecture Series! Lisa Gannett (Saint Mary's University) will talk about socially constructed populations in human genetics and genomics. Just click on the link and join the talk and discussion! rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio
November 18, 2024 at 10:23 AM
You can still register for today's talk in our ROTO Lecture Series! Lisa Gannett (Saint Mary's University) will talk about socially constructed populations in human genetics and genomics. Just click on the link and join the talk and discussion! rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture... #PhilSci #HPBio
Reposted by Federico Boem
We are very happy to announce our 11th ROTO Workshop, entitled "Flora in Focus". 🌱🌴 It will be held on November 28 & 29 in Bochum. We have a great line-up of speakers and everybody is welcome to join - online or in person.
rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora
#HPBio
#PhilSci
#HistSci
rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora
#HPBio
#PhilSci
#HistSci
October 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM
We are very happy to announce our 11th ROTO Workshop, entitled "Flora in Focus". 🌱🌴 It will be held on November 28 & 29 in Bochum. We have a great line-up of speakers and everybody is welcome to join - online or in person.
rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora
#HPBio
#PhilSci
#HistSci
rotoworkshop2024.wixsite.com/flora
#HPBio
#PhilSci
#HistSci