Barry C Smith
@barrycsmith.bsky.social
Prof of Philosophy. Director of the Institute of Philosophy and Centre for the Study of the Senses, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Interested in Neuroscience, Sensory Science, Taste, Smell, Flavour, Multisensory Perception, Wine, Scotch
Our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social chocolate tasting, Raising the Bar, ranging over the sensory, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of chocolate production. A collaboration between Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners and @ip-sas.bsky.social Centre for the Study of the Senses
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Our @beinghumanfest.bsky.social chocolate tasting, Raising the Bar, ranging over the sensory, historical, ethical and environmental dimensions of chocolate production. A collaboration between Spencer Hyman of Cocoa Runners and @ip-sas.bsky.social Centre for the Study of the Senses
Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences
November 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Awaken your senses at Coal Drops Yard with this mini exhibition as part of the Club Curling experience at Kings Cross. A huge thanks to our friends and partners @ip-sas.bsky.social for helping us create these multisensory experiences
Disturbing echoes of George Floyd and I guess that’s not by accident
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Disturbing echoes of George Floyd and I guess that’s not by accident
Bingo!
"panpsychism is very far from the neat solution to the problem of consciousness that it’s cracked up to be" Indeed!
Is matter conscious? app.thenewworld.co.uk/story/144378...
November 1, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Bingo!
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Congratulations @birchlse.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize! 👏
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Congratulations @birchlse.bsky.social on winning the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize! 👏
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I sometimes stop and remember that all of this is because we had one Black president, and then two women ran, and this mystical convergence opened the Hellmouth.
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I sometimes stop and remember that all of this is because we had one Black president, and then two women ran, and this mystical convergence opened the Hellmouth.
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute Nayef Al-Rodhan book prize is Prof Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social . Commiserations and apologies @jonathanbirch.bsky.social
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute Nayef Al-Rodhan book prize is Prof Jonathan Birch @birchlse.bsky.social . Commiserations and apologies @jonathanbirch.bsky.social
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The Art of the Deal. Create a completely unnecessary crisis. End it. Declare yourself a genius.
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October 30, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The Art of the Deal. Create a completely unnecessary crisis. End it. Declare yourself a genius.
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
October 30, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The winner of the 2025 Royal Institute of Philosophy Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize is @jonathanbirch.bsky.social for his book, The Edge of Sentience. Congratulations! And bravo for the vision speech about how philosophy is changing
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We reaaaaallllyyy need to teach the general public the many different meanings of "AI"
Ah, now for the graf Bluesky is really going to hate: AI saves lives. (I doubt these are the LLMs you're thinking of tho. ChatGPT isn't researching vaccines)
October 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We reaaaaallllyyy need to teach the general public the many different meanings of "AI"
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Confirmation of how low BBC News has sunk. Reeves' trivial administrative cock up leads its news website when, for example, Jamaica is being destroyed by a hurricane.
Sod the 1000s of Brits worried about family, embarrassing Labour is more important.
Sod the 1000s of Brits worried about family, embarrassing Labour is more important.
October 30, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Confirmation of how low BBC News has sunk. Reeves' trivial administrative cock up leads its news website when, for example, Jamaica is being destroyed by a hurricane.
Sod the 1000s of Brits worried about family, embarrassing Labour is more important.
Sod the 1000s of Brits worried about family, embarrassing Labour is more important.
The @royalinstarch.bsky.social Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize ceremony. Shortlist, Adam Lovet, Jules Holroyd, Jonathan Birch, Manuel Almago, Peter Godfrey-Smith (in absentia) interviewed by Edward Harcourt, and the evening introduced by Lucy O’Brien and our judging panel chair @csandis.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The @royalinstarch.bsky.social Nayef Al-Rodhan Book Prize ceremony. Shortlist, Adam Lovet, Jules Holroyd, Jonathan Birch, Manuel Almago, Peter Godfrey-Smith (in absentia) interviewed by Edward Harcourt, and the evening introduced by Lucy O’Brien and our judging panel chair @csandis.bsky.social
OK, Ok, I can’t take it any more! I’ll join Patreon to listen to the engaging episodes of @bunkerpod.bsky.social without adverts.
I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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The Bunker – News without the nonsense
Politics Podcast · Updated daily · News without the nonsense, every weekday morning. In episodes that fit your commute*, The Bunker cuts through the noise to make sense of what’s really going on in ne...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
OK, Ok, I can’t take it any more! I’ll join Patreon to listen to the engaging episodes of @bunkerpod.bsky.social without adverts.
I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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OK, Ok, I can’t take it any more! I’ll join Patreon to listen to the engaging episodes of the Bunker without adverts.
I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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Hostel Environment – Start Your Week with Ros Taylor
Podcast Episode · The Bunker – News without the nonsense · 27/10/2025 · 30m
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October 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
OK, Ok, I can’t take it any more! I’ll join Patreon to listen to the engaging episodes of the Bunker without adverts.
I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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I just can’t take those toe curling ads for Naked Wines any more! Good job Podmasters, you got me!
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Today’s @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting given by Prof David Papineau telling us naturalists have nothing to fear from talk of metaphysical essences
October 28, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Today’s @ip-sas.bsky.social Lab Meeting given by Prof David Papineau telling us naturalists have nothing to fear from talk of metaphysical essences
For you @smellosopher.bsky.social and @keithwilson.eu Sigh!
Otherwise, and excellent podcast from both of them
Otherwise, and excellent podcast from both of them
Jon Stewart is rightly sceptical when @geoffreyhinton.bsky.social says ‘They’ve now got to digital smell’. He equivocates, saying ‘You can transmit smells over the web’ No. You can send instructions to release odours at the other end. Real smells to real noses. Not a digitized smell. Not even close
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
For you @smellosopher.bsky.social and @keithwilson.eu Sigh!
Otherwise, and excellent podcast from both of them
Otherwise, and excellent podcast from both of them
Jon Stewart is rightly sceptical when @geoffreyhinton.bsky.social says ‘They’ve now got to digital smell’. He equivocates, saying ‘You can transmit smells over the web’ No. You can send instructions to release odours at the other end. Real smells to real noses. Not a digitized smell. Not even close
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Jon Stewart is rightly sceptical when @geoffreyhinton.bsky.social says ‘They’ve now got to digital smell’. He equivocates, saying ‘You can transmit smells over the web’ No. You can send instructions to release odours at the other end. Real smells to real noses. Not a digitized smell. Not even close
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This is excellent
Wrote about the Statesman, AI Christopher Hitchens, and why writers need heroes but not idols open.substack.com/pub/padraigr...
Reidy’s Digest #8: Time to ditch the cult of Hitch
An actual short essay and some other bits
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October 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is excellent
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🍫 The Being Human Festival kicks off on 6 Nov 2025!
Join Prof Barry Smith on 10 Nov at Cocoa Runners for a delicious workshop exploring the experience of chocolate.
👉 Secure your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
beinghumanfestival.org
Join Prof Barry Smith on 10 Nov at Cocoa Runners for a delicious workshop exploring the experience of chocolate.
👉 Secure your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
beinghumanfestival.org
Being Human Festival: Raising the Bar, Improving Our Experience of Chocolate
This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6-15 November 2025. Being Human is led by the School of Advanced Study, ...
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October 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🍫 The Being Human Festival kicks off on 6 Nov 2025!
Join Prof Barry Smith on 10 Nov at Cocoa Runners for a delicious workshop exploring the experience of chocolate.
👉 Secure your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
beinghumanfestival.org
Join Prof Barry Smith on 10 Nov at Cocoa Runners for a delicious workshop exploring the experience of chocolate.
👉 Secure your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
beinghumanfestival.org
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🧠⚛️ We’re hosting “Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” on 13–14 December!
The conference will feature presentations from early career researchers in philosophy, physics & neuroscience. Book your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The conference will feature presentations from early career researchers in philosophy, physics & neuroscience. Book your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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October 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🧠⚛️ We’re hosting “Physics and the Self: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” on 13–14 December!
The conference will feature presentations from early career researchers in philosophy, physics & neuroscience. Book your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
The conference will feature presentations from early career researchers in philosophy, physics & neuroscience. Book your spot here: philosophy.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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👏 Many thanks to all the Future Leaders Fellows who joined today’s Research in the Headlines media training, hosted by the
Future Leader Fellows Dev Network (UKRI) & chaired by Prof Barry Smith!
Can’t wait to see you all next year!
Future Leader Fellows Dev Network (UKRI) & chaired by Prof Barry Smith!
Can’t wait to see you all next year!
October 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
👏 Many thanks to all the Future Leaders Fellows who joined today’s Research in the Headlines media training, hosted by the
Future Leader Fellows Dev Network (UKRI) & chaired by Prof Barry Smith!
Can’t wait to see you all next year!
Future Leader Fellows Dev Network (UKRI) & chaired by Prof Barry Smith!
Can’t wait to see you all next year!
Thanks to the wonderful cast of today’s Research in the Headlines, for sharing their wisdom on working with or as researchers. Clinician-researcher Chris Van Tulleken, broadcaster, Roger Hearing, journalist presenter, Ritula Shah, and commissioning editor at Aeon, Sally Davies, who had to rush off
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Thanks to the wonderful cast of today’s Research in the Headlines, for sharing their wisdom on working with or as researchers. Clinician-researcher Chris Van Tulleken, broadcaster, Roger Hearing, journalist presenter, Ritula Shah, and commissioning editor at Aeon, Sally Davies, who had to rush off
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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Mehdi Hasan, "Is rejoining the EU a Green Party aim"
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
Zack Polanski, "Yes it is"
And just like that, the Green Party have leapfrogged the LibDems
October 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Research in the Headlines for UKRI Future Leaders Fellows, to help the. navigate the media landscape and widen the reach and policy impact of their research. Chaired by Ritula Shah, broadcaster Roger Hearing, Aeon commissioning editor, Sally Davies, Prof Graeme Reid, and Prof Chris Van Tulleken
October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Research in the Headlines for UKRI Future Leaders Fellows, to help the. navigate the media landscape and widen the reach and policy impact of their research. Chaired by Ritula Shah, broadcaster Roger Hearing, Aeon commissioning editor, Sally Davies, Prof Graeme Reid, and Prof Chris Van Tulleken