Carson McNeil
@carsonmcneil.bsky.social
Researcher in pathology, neuroscience, and machine vision. Stoked about the brain, Buddhism, mental health, and Mysticism.
https://carsonmcneil.me
I write long-form stuff too:
carsonogenic.substack.com
https://carsonmcneil.me
I write long-form stuff too:
carsonogenic.substack.com
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Another carsonogenic essay. ChatGPT Psychosis is a growing epidemic, and now it has been reported on by several major publications. If you or someone you know exhibits the symptoms I discuss in the piece...maybe pass it along. I'd also love to hear more reports, DM me!
Any spiritualist energy worker could have told you this as a fact obvious in their day-to-day occupation. Until recently, they would have been laughed out of the room. But now it has scientific validation. Maybe listen to the other things they're saying? share.google/K5oCixEOC4AT...
Humans have remote touch 'seventh sense' like sandpipers, research shows
A study by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and University College London has found that humans have a form of remote touch, or the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sen...
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November 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Any spiritualist energy worker could have told you this as a fact obvious in their day-to-day occupation. Until recently, they would have been laughed out of the room. But now it has scientific validation. Maybe listen to the other things they're saying? share.google/K5oCixEOC4AT...
Another carsonogenic essay. ChatGPT Psychosis is a growing epidemic, and now it has been reported on by several major publications. If you or someone you know exhibits the symptoms I discuss in the piece...maybe pass it along. I'd also love to hear more reports, DM me!
August 4, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Another carsonogenic essay. ChatGPT Psychosis is a growing epidemic, and now it has been reported on by several major publications. If you or someone you know exhibits the symptoms I discuss in the piece...maybe pass it along. I'd also love to hear more reports, DM me!
New essay drop on carsonogenic! open.substack.com/pub/carsonog...
August 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New essay drop on carsonogenic! open.substack.com/pub/carsonog...
I'm working too much this year to meditate or write as much. (and meaningful work is itself spiritually supportive) But Buddhism remains an incredibly resourcing force in my life. I hammered out this list of common American misconceptions about Buddhism on Carsonogenic!
June 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I'm working too much this year to meditate or write as much. (and meaningful work is itself spiritually supportive) But Buddhism remains an incredibly resourcing force in my life. I hammered out this list of common American misconceptions about Buddhism on Carsonogenic!
I am struggling to find time to write amidst the demands of my new job. I do have a couple things in the pipeline, but in the meantime, given the success of the poly post, I thought people might enjoy this old medium piece I wrote about relationships!
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carsonogenic.substack.com/p/use-spirit...
Use Spiritual, not Material, Boundaries in your Intimate Relationships
An old repost from my old Medium.
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March 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I am struggling to find time to write amidst the demands of my new job. I do have a couple things in the pipeline, but in the meantime, given the success of the poly post, I thought people might enjoy this old medium piece I wrote about relationships!
carsonogenic.substack.com/p/use-spirit...
carsonogenic.substack.com/p/use-spirit...
Does anyone have recs for a language AI tutor app? Looking for something I can converse in Mandarin with (vocally), has Claude-level flexibility/intelligence, and can do things like give me the pinyin and characters for words, but also correct my pronunciation.
Does this exist yet?
#recs #AI
Does this exist yet?
#recs #AI
March 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Darius Amodei is talking about giving AIs a "quit" button. This is great, in that he is concerned with the welfare of beings that may or may not be being created. But such a discussion needs to be grounded in an understanding of the _cause of suffering_. Consult your local Buddhists.
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Darius Amodei is talking about giving AIs a "quit" button. This is great, in that he is concerned with the welfare of beings that may or may not be being created. But such a discussion needs to be grounded in an understanding of the _cause of suffering_. Consult your local Buddhists.
"I'm going to a meta dance party."
"Wait, like the corporation or the brahmavihara?"
"The brahmavihara"
#overheardinsf #sfthinhs #buddhism
"Wait, like the corporation or the brahmavihara?"
"The brahmavihara"
#overheardinsf #sfthinhs #buddhism
February 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"I'm going to a meta dance party."
"Wait, like the corporation or the brahmavihara?"
"The brahmavihara"
#overheardinsf #sfthinhs #buddhism
"Wait, like the corporation or the brahmavihara?"
"The brahmavihara"
#overheardinsf #sfthinhs #buddhism
This makes sense to me, not least because jhana practice triggered a glossolalia experience for me once: neurosciencenews.com/mental-pathw...
I love connections like this. I'll add that the bigrammaton (Yaweh) is thought to also mean air/breath.
I love connections like this. I'll add that the bigrammaton (Yaweh) is thought to also mean air/breath.
Spiritual Practices Share a Common Mental Pathway to Deep Bliss - Neuroscience News
Researchers found that Buddhist jhāna meditation and Christian speaking in tongues, despite their differences, share a common cognitive feedback loop.
neurosciencenews.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:39 AM
This makes sense to me, not least because jhana practice triggered a glossolalia experience for me once: neurosciencenews.com/mental-pathw...
I love connections like this. I'll add that the bigrammaton (Yaweh) is thought to also mean air/breath.
I love connections like this. I'll add that the bigrammaton (Yaweh) is thought to also mean air/breath.
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
January 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery.
My new employer Forest Neurotech (a ~15 person FRO working on Ultrasound for Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation) just announced a big trial!
Targeting various mental illness. I find the most exciting and promising one to be addiction. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#neuroscience #fUS
Targeting various mental illness. I find the most exciting and promising one to be addiction. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#neuroscience #fUS
Brain implant that could boost mood by using ultrasound to go under NHS trial
Devices may have potential to help patients with conditions such as depression, addiction, OCD and epilepsy
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My new employer Forest Neurotech (a ~15 person FRO working on Ultrasound for Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation) just announced a big trial!
Targeting various mental illness. I find the most exciting and promising one to be addiction. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#neuroscience #fUS
Targeting various mental illness. I find the most exciting and promising one to be addiction. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
#neuroscience #fUS
Amidst all the upcoming AI/capitalist dystopias I had an optimistic thought: if individual self-driving car companies own and operate significant portion of commuter traffic (could waymo own 20% in 15 years?), it might become economically imperative for them to build trains!
#AI #technology #trains
#AI #technology #trains
January 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Amidst all the upcoming AI/capitalist dystopias I had an optimistic thought: if individual self-driving car companies own and operate significant portion of commuter traffic (could waymo own 20% in 15 years?), it might become economically imperative for them to build trains!
#AI #technology #trains
#AI #technology #trains
Happy Gregorian New Year everyone!
To usher in 2025 with the usual tradition of reflection and getting our lives in order, I wrote a carsonogenic post that is a lot sillier, schtickier, and shorter than the last one.
#Chakra #yoga #Productivity
To usher in 2025 with the usual tradition of reflection and getting our lives in order, I wrote a carsonogenic post that is a lot sillier, schtickier, and shorter than the last one.
#Chakra #yoga #Productivity
January 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Happy Gregorian New Year everyone!
To usher in 2025 with the usual tradition of reflection and getting our lives in order, I wrote a carsonogenic post that is a lot sillier, schtickier, and shorter than the last one.
#Chakra #yoga #Productivity
To usher in 2025 with the usual tradition of reflection and getting our lives in order, I wrote a carsonogenic post that is a lot sillier, schtickier, and shorter than the last one.
#Chakra #yoga #Productivity
This is your yearly reminder that Santa is real and is an egregore: a being formed of many minds.
When you give gifts on Christmas, you may think it was your "choice", but actually you are just a puppet playing your part in the Clausal mechanism. Possessed by the Christmas spirit.
When you give gifts on Christmas, you may think it was your "choice", but actually you are just a puppet playing your part in the Clausal mechanism. Possessed by the Christmas spirit.
December 25, 2024 at 6:34 PM
This is your yearly reminder that Santa is real and is an egregore: a being formed of many minds.
When you give gifts on Christmas, you may think it was your "choice", but actually you are just a puppet playing your part in the Clausal mechanism. Possessed by the Christmas spirit.
When you give gifts on Christmas, you may think it was your "choice", but actually you are just a puppet playing your part in the Clausal mechanism. Possessed by the Christmas spirit.
This photo. I want it plastered on the cover of Time Magazine and in every legislator's mailbox. This will not be like previous technical advancements. Very soon, unless we do something, the only skill worth anything will be holding capital...at which point capital crumbles too.
December 25, 2024 at 12:59 AM
This photo. I want it plastered on the cover of Time Magazine and in every legislator's mailbox. This will not be like previous technical advancements. Very soon, unless we do something, the only skill worth anything will be holding capital...at which point capital crumbles too.
Latest essay. I've been interviewing community members about their experiences, reading some stats, and doing analysis on polyamory in the Bay for the last month or so. The result? Spicy, fascinating, and occasionally heart-wrenching. #polyamory #dating #monogamy open.substack.com/pub/carsonog...
Polyamory doesn't Liberate; Monogamy doesn't Protect
Reflections and community quotes from a decade in the Bay Area dating landscape.
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December 18, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Latest essay. I've been interviewing community members about their experiences, reading some stats, and doing analysis on polyamory in the Bay for the last month or so. The result? Spicy, fascinating, and occasionally heart-wrenching. #polyamory #dating #monogamy open.substack.com/pub/carsonog...
"what, you want a cookie?"
Well, here you go! I'm always down to hand out cookies for marginally better behaviors! (Especially as "cookie" usually means simple acknowledgement that a marginally better behavior is praise-worthy.) 🍪🍪🍪
Well, here you go! I'm always down to hand out cookies for marginally better behaviors! (Especially as "cookie" usually means simple acknowledgement that a marginally better behavior is praise-worthy.) 🍪🍪🍪
December 13, 2024 at 7:05 PM
"what, you want a cookie?"
Well, here you go! I'm always down to hand out cookies for marginally better behaviors! (Especially as "cookie" usually means simple acknowledgement that a marginally better behavior is praise-worthy.) 🍪🍪🍪
Well, here you go! I'm always down to hand out cookies for marginally better behaviors! (Especially as "cookie" usually means simple acknowledgement that a marginally better behavior is praise-worthy.) 🍪🍪🍪
Reposted by Carson McNeil
But what does "creating an excessive number of special use emoji in corp slack" mean?
...asking for a friend
...asking for a friend
Emotional intelligence was positively related to emoji use with friends, while avoidant attachment was negatively related to emoji use with friends and dating or romantic partners. @plos.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
December 9, 2024 at 3:09 PM
But what does "creating an excessive number of special use emoji in corp slack" mean?
...asking for a friend
...asking for a friend
Do you feel poorer than your friends? Lots of my friends do.
An interesting statistical necessity of having an exponential wealth distribution, is that virtually everyone can in fact be, on average, poorer than their peer group.
How does this work?
#psychology #Capitalism
An interesting statistical necessity of having an exponential wealth distribution, is that virtually everyone can in fact be, on average, poorer than their peer group.
How does this work?
#psychology #Capitalism
December 7, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Do you feel poorer than your friends? Lots of my friends do.
An interesting statistical necessity of having an exponential wealth distribution, is that virtually everyone can in fact be, on average, poorer than their peer group.
How does this work?
#psychology #Capitalism
An interesting statistical necessity of having an exponential wealth distribution, is that virtually everyone can in fact be, on average, poorer than their peer group.
How does this work?
#psychology #Capitalism
Lol, I got to hear reviews from some of my ex bosses, because a startup team told me 🤣
"Some weeks, Carson will work day and night and accomplish an incredible amount. But sometimes he'll fuck off and surf for a few days. If you can deal with the ebbs and flows, he's great."
"Some weeks, Carson will work day and night and accomplish an incredible amount. But sometimes he'll fuck off and surf for a few days. If you can deal with the ebbs and flows, he's great."
December 5, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Lol, I got to hear reviews from some of my ex bosses, because a startup team told me 🤣
"Some weeks, Carson will work day and night and accomplish an incredible amount. But sometimes he'll fuck off and surf for a few days. If you can deal with the ebbs and flows, he's great."
"Some weeks, Carson will work day and night and accomplish an incredible amount. But sometimes he'll fuck off and surf for a few days. If you can deal with the ebbs and flows, he's great."
Goodhart's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
In retrospect, the Turing test (replicate a human via conversation) was about the most dangerous optimization target we could have chosen for AI. #AI #philosophy #consciousness
In retrospect, the Turing test (replicate a human via conversation) was about the most dangerous optimization target we could have chosen for AI. #AI #philosophy #consciousness
November 30, 2024 at 4:59 AM
Goodhart's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure."
In retrospect, the Turing test (replicate a human via conversation) was about the most dangerous optimization target we could have chosen for AI. #AI #philosophy #consciousness
In retrospect, the Turing test (replicate a human via conversation) was about the most dangerous optimization target we could have chosen for AI. #AI #philosophy #consciousness
So I looked up the female praying mantis biting off the heads of their mate thing. Apparently only about 20% of males get eaten by their mates, which, if humans worked that way, seems probably within bounds of "yolo dude, worth it". 🤣
November 29, 2024 at 1:03 AM
So I looked up the female praying mantis biting off the heads of their mate thing. Apparently only about 20% of males get eaten by their mates, which, if humans worked that way, seems probably within bounds of "yolo dude, worth it". 🤣
I'm not big on single-use kitchen things (see very multi-use instant pot in background), but the fancy milk frother has proved its worth. Amazing chai latte every morning!
November 27, 2024 at 6:13 PM
I'm not big on single-use kitchen things (see very multi-use instant pot in background), but the fancy milk frother has proved its worth. Amazing chai latte every morning!
Are there any examples of "Crazy Wisdom" in Christianity? Any revered Saints who ran around naked or broke a bunch of social taboos (that we still consider taboos) and we excuse it as an expression of divinity?
#Buddhism #Christianity #mysticism
#Buddhism #Christianity #mysticism
November 27, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Are there any examples of "Crazy Wisdom" in Christianity? Any revered Saints who ran around naked or broke a bunch of social taboos (that we still consider taboos) and we excuse it as an expression of divinity?
#Buddhism #Christianity #mysticism
#Buddhism #Christianity #mysticism