Ryan Lake
@xaos.bsky.social
Philosophy professor, possessing all the wealth, power, and glamour that goes with that title. I also draw cartoons sometimes. Reposts are not endorsements, except for when they are.
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“President Trump, Brain tumors have no political party, and as President Roosevelt said 85 years ago, “We cannot be a strong nation unless we are a healthy nation.” I ask that you reconsider the suspension of activities at the NIH.”
source: @adammarc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/glioblas...
source: @adammarc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/glioblas...
A Love Letter to the NIH
The National Institutes of Health is a National treasure
open.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
“President Trump, Brain tumors have no political party, and as President Roosevelt said 85 years ago, “We cannot be a strong nation unless we are a healthy nation.” I ask that you reconsider the suspension of activities at the NIH.”
source: @adammarc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/glioblas...
source: @adammarc.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/glioblas...
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Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resumé?
Philosopher: well, *you* try explaining how qualia arise from some electrified meat
Philosopher: well, *you* try explaining how qualia arise from some electrified meat
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resume?
Journalist: it's called an em dash.
Journalist: it's called an em dash.
December 21, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Interviewer: Can you explain this gap in your resumé?
Philosopher: well, *you* try explaining how qualia arise from some electrified meat
Philosopher: well, *you* try explaining how qualia arise from some electrified meat
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12 Days of Christmas but every verse gets jazzier
YouTube video by Charles Cornell
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December 7, 2024 at 1:39 PM
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Hey #philsky! I’m editing a volume of AAPT Studies in Pedagogy on joy and playfulness in teaching. Deadline is Jan 13 and we are accepting both full-length papers and shorter reflections. I’m also open to people being playful with the form/genre itself. Consider submitting! Link to CFP below.
December 2, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Hey #philsky! I’m editing a volume of AAPT Studies in Pedagogy on joy and playfulness in teaching. Deadline is Jan 13 and we are accepting both full-length papers and shorter reflections. I’m also open to people being playful with the form/genre itself. Consider submitting! Link to CFP below.
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I created a starter pack for philosophers (and one or two folks adjacent to philosophy) who are interested in, and contribute to philosophical pedagogy.
It's decidedly incomplete for now, so if you don't mind, please help me find folks who work on teaching philosophy!
go.bsky.app/RpNe6Gs
November 30, 2024 at 7:01 PM
I created a starter pack for philosophers (and one or two folks adjacent to philosophy) who are interested in, and contribute to philosophical pedagogy.
It's decidedly incomplete for now, so if you don't mind, please help me find folks who work on teaching philosophy!
go.bsky.app/RpNe6Gs
Matt Yglesias is such a clown
Matt Yglesias in June vs. Matt Yglesias in December
December 2, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Matt Yglesias is such a clown
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Everyone wants to talk about "the hard problem of consciousness" but no one seems interested in identifying the psychopath who locked Mary in a black and white room for long enough for her to learn every physical fact about color.
December 1, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Everyone wants to talk about "the hard problem of consciousness" but no one seems interested in identifying the psychopath who locked Mary in a black and white room for long enough for her to learn every physical fact about color.
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Manipulation Cases in Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Part 1: Cases and Arguments by Gabriel De Marco and Taylor W. Cyr | compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Manipulation Cases in Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Part 1: Cases and Arguments
A common style of argument in the literature on free will and moral responsibility is the Manipulation Argument. These tend to begin with a case of an agent in a deterministic universe who is manipul...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 29, 2024 at 6:40 PM
Manipulation Cases in Free Will and Moral Responsibility, Part 1: Cases and Arguments by Gabriel De Marco and Taylor W. Cyr | compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Read my biography of Henri Bergson to find out about his philosophy of durée, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, the experiments he and Pierre Curie conducted on an Italian medium, and why he caused the 1st traffic jam on Broadway!
Order your copy here:
linktr.ee/eherring
Order your copy here:
linktr.ee/eherring
November 28, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Read my biography of Henri Bergson to find out about his philosophy of durée, his secret meeting with President Wilson during WWI, the experiments he and Pierre Curie conducted on an Italian medium, and why he caused the 1st traffic jam on Broadway!
Order your copy here:
linktr.ee/eherring
Order your copy here:
linktr.ee/eherring
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*brandishing the uncooked Thanksgiving turkey* Behold! A man
November 28, 2024 at 2:45 PM
*brandishing the uncooked Thanksgiving turkey* Behold! A man
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I have added quite a few people to my philosophy starter pack
If we were mutuals on the other place or if we are mutuals here and you'd like to be added let me know!
go.bsky.app/8Qvnsgb
If we were mutuals on the other place or if we are mutuals here and you'd like to be added let me know!
go.bsky.app/8Qvnsgb
November 26, 2024 at 11:51 AM
I have added quite a few people to my philosophy starter pack
If we were mutuals on the other place or if we are mutuals here and you'd like to be added let me know!
go.bsky.app/8Qvnsgb
If we were mutuals on the other place or if we are mutuals here and you'd like to be added let me know!
go.bsky.app/8Qvnsgb
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I made a free will and luck researchers starter pack, so prove you either do or don't have free will by following. Much thanks to @greggdcaruso.bsky.social for the suggested additions, if there's other folks hanging around hit me up and I'll add. go.bsky.app/NwEKdXP
November 26, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I made a free will and luck researchers starter pack, so prove you either do or don't have free will by following. Much thanks to @greggdcaruso.bsky.social for the suggested additions, if there's other folks hanging around hit me up and I'll add. go.bsky.app/NwEKdXP
I welcome this fate
tbh really wouldn't mind if Q (the Star Trek one) showed up and put humanity on trial around now
November 26, 2024 at 4:35 AM
I welcome this fate
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Hi new followers. Don't forget to HYDRATE and REST so you can continue to EXPERIENCE existential DREAD
November 10, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Hi new followers. Don't forget to HYDRATE and REST so you can continue to EXPERIENCE existential DREAD
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Is it too late to start a petition to call posts on Bluesky “Clouds”? ☁️ ⛅️ 🌧️
November 22, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Is it too late to start a petition to call posts on Bluesky “Clouds”? ☁️ ⛅️ 🌧️
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The Brave Little Toaster—especially the car junkyard scene. At the time I didn’t have the words, but it made uncomfortable to face ideas about uselessness, waste, and death.
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
The Brave Little Toaster—especially the car junkyard scene. At the time I didn’t have the words, but it made uncomfortable to face ideas about uselessness, waste, and death.
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Happy World Philosophy Day!
Here’s my favoritest essay from my favoritest philosopher:
dilipsimeon.blogspot.com/2012/03/almo...
Here’s my favoritest essay from my favoritest philosopher:
dilipsimeon.blogspot.com/2012/03/almo...
The Almond Trees by Albert Camus (1940)
'Do you know', Napoleon once said to Fontanes, 'what astounds me most about the world? The impotence of force to establish anything. There...
dilipsimeon.blogspot.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Happy World Philosophy Day!
Here’s my favoritest essay from my favoritest philosopher:
dilipsimeon.blogspot.com/2012/03/almo...
Here’s my favoritest essay from my favoritest philosopher:
dilipsimeon.blogspot.com/2012/03/almo...
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The morning star *and* the evening star? In this economy?
November 22, 2024 at 1:21 AM
The morning star *and* the evening star? In this economy?
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Algorithms were named after Al Gore, who invented the internet, as we all know
November 21, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Algorithms were named after Al Gore, who invented the internet, as we all know
Shared this one last year because it made me laugh, this year it’s a little too on point
Virgo: Autumn is a wonderful reminder of how you will eventually wither and die.
November 16, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Shared this one last year because it made me laugh, this year it’s a little too on point
For all the AI skeptics, look! Sometimes AI gets things right! fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...
Elon Musk's AI turns on him, labels him 'one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X'
His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."
fortune.com
November 15, 2024 at 4:55 PM
For all the AI skeptics, look! Sometimes AI gets things right! fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...
As an American battling a severe illness, this prospect is rather terrifying
November 15, 2024 at 1:37 AM
As an American battling a severe illness, this prospect is rather terrifying
Finally someone had the courage to say it
Fuck it, whales are fish.
More soon.
More soon.
November 13, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Finally someone had the courage to say it
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I reviewed Simon Evnine's book "A Certain Gesture: Evnine’s Meme Project and its Parerga! Volume 1." I think it's remarkable, and I think at $3.99 for the e-book it's remarkably cheap. So I think you should buy it and read it.
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#philsky 📚💙
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#philsky 📚💙
November 12, 2024 at 11:18 PM
I strongly endorse this message