Yeeeeeeeahhhhhh it's not good. I don't get how Nature works tbh

Courtesy @carlbergstrom.com, source of this stupidity is here:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I can't tell if my razz is being out-razzed so, for the record, @mpershan.bsky.social is in fact genuinely very funny.

Well said!

Have you read much about the history of political efforts such as the Civil
Rights Movement? And how that effort (among many others) was resisted for being "too political"?

Sorry I interpreted your initial post as a complaint that people are talking about politics on this medium, one of public discourse. Were you not complaining?

If you're against public discourse this might not be the place for you

Yeah weird how a medium of public discourse ends up with people airing their political beliefs, which is the premise of democracy

The 5% Problem, as it's currently referred to...

Whenever someone pops into a thread with a ratio of posts-to-followers approaching 10x, I ready my blocking fingers.

Well I've got a forthcoming essay for The Verge on the neuroscience, so stay tuned!

Man you sure did!

Why is the picture of the book upside down?

Thanks for sharing, this video is wild. Why was this made? Were you just trying to raise awareness of the intellectual effort or...?

For more on this:

open.substack.com/pub/buildcog...

I think we may just not have a shared definition of learning science (and this is also true between me and Carl). I try to distinguish "scientific method of modeling how the mind works," which is what I typically mean, from pedagogical practices and measurable learning goals.