Chris Stuart Hutchison
@cshrichmond.bsky.social
Cognitive & computing sciences, long retired but still manically reading and writing.
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution" (Emma Goldman)
"If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution" (Emma Goldman)
His place in history is certainly secure.
September 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
His place in history is certainly secure.
I know he feels it was worth it.
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I know he feels it was worth it.
I'm sure he really doesn't mind.
September 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I'm sure he really doesn't mind.
The meeting appears to have gone well.
September 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The meeting appears to have gone well.
Trouble-making in London again yesterday, second time in a week. But all in a good cause.
June 15, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Trouble-making in London again yesterday, second time in a week. But all in a good cause.
Sometimes AI LLMs can be profoundly stupid.
April 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Sometimes AI LLMs can be profoundly stupid.
Twitter has, since becoming X-rated, become a disturbingly sinister and deeply troubling place.
January 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Twitter has, since becoming X-rated, become a disturbingly sinister and deeply troubling place.
Artificial Intelligence today was made manifest as artificial blinkin' ignorance when YouTube deemed that, in uploading a new video, I'd published copyrighted material titled 'Dead Minds Wear Tie' by a Dr Zilch.
Nope, the short segment was a bona fide recording of WWII air raid sirens.
Oh dear ...
Nope, the short segment was a bona fide recording of WWII air raid sirens.
Oh dear ...
January 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Artificial Intelligence today was made manifest as artificial blinkin' ignorance when YouTube deemed that, in uploading a new video, I'd published copyrighted material titled 'Dead Minds Wear Tie' by a Dr Zilch.
Nope, the short segment was a bona fide recording of WWII air raid sirens.
Oh dear ...
Nope, the short segment was a bona fide recording of WWII air raid sirens.
Oh dear ...
Comparisons with Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Genghis Khan, & Ming the Merciless are of course strongly discouraged. Starmer & Lammy can be relied upon to find a way to spin it.
December 31, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Comparisons with Pol Pot, Joseph Stalin, Adolf Hitler, Genghis Khan, & Ming the Merciless are of course strongly discouraged. Starmer & Lammy can be relied upon to find a way to spin it.
This afternoon, while out shopping with Alex (who's staying with us through to the New Year), I was extolling the beauty of Victorian industrial architecture. He is now excited at the prospect of visiting Crossness Pumping Station. The nerdy things we do ...
December 23, 2024 at 6:35 PM
This afternoon, while out shopping with Alex (who's staying with us through to the New Year), I was extolling the beauty of Victorian industrial architecture. He is now excited at the prospect of visiting Crossness Pumping Station. The nerdy things we do ...
Rediscovering old pics. Left, the time I (tall guy, back, left) was invited to a presentation to Nobel laureate in chemistry Ilya Priogone by the Groupement Ampere. Right, with founder of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth & SA History Project's June Bam.
I'm realising I got about a bit in those days.
I'm realising I got about a bit in those days.
December 4, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Rediscovering old pics. Left, the time I (tall guy, back, left) was invited to a presentation to Nobel laureate in chemistry Ilya Priogone by the Groupement Ampere. Right, with founder of Ubuntu Linux Mark Shuttleworth & SA History Project's June Bam.
I'm realising I got about a bit in those days.
I'm realising I got about a bit in those days.
Why am I (and presumably most of you too) getting lots of 'follows' from 'OnlyFans' bimbos? I doubt it's for my razor-sharp wit, scintillating banter, and stunning good looks.
Am I just getting too old for this nonsense, or what?
Blocked.
Am I just getting too old for this nonsense, or what?
Blocked.
December 4, 2024 at 2:39 PM
Why am I (and presumably most of you too) getting lots of 'follows' from 'OnlyFans' bimbos? I doubt it's for my razor-sharp wit, scintillating banter, and stunning good looks.
Am I just getting too old for this nonsense, or what?
Blocked.
Am I just getting too old for this nonsense, or what?
Blocked.
Nothing new about selling degrees. As an external MSc examiner I was appalled to see students assessed by multiple-choice questions & group assessment, allowing a student with almost no English to graduate; as a PhD examiner I resisted pressure to pass a doctoral candidate below even GCSE standard.
December 3, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Nothing new about selling degrees. As an external MSc examiner I was appalled to see students assessed by multiple-choice questions & group assessment, allowing a student with almost no English to graduate; as a PhD examiner I resisted pressure to pass a doctoral candidate below even GCSE standard.
Every couple of years, 1973 onward. It's more than 500 pages of small text--that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Give me Balzac, Hugo, or Zola any day.
Give me Balzac, Hugo, or Zola any day.
December 1, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Every couple of years, 1973 onward. It's more than 500 pages of small text--that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Give me Balzac, Hugo, or Zola any day.
Give me Balzac, Hugo, or Zola any day.
I composed this nearly 60 years ago, in 1965. I now find my musical skills so rusty that I can no longer play it--and it's not even that difficult. That's very frustrating, as my mother had requested it at her funeral ... and that's just 8 days from now. Damn!
December 1, 2024 at 9:04 PM
I composed this nearly 60 years ago, in 1965. I now find my musical skills so rusty that I can no longer play it--and it's not even that difficult. That's very frustrating, as my mother had requested it at her funeral ... and that's just 8 days from now. Damn!
Not so sure about that. A look at the raw numbers suggests your guys just pip the Russians to the post in the world terrorist army league tables.
December 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Not so sure about that. A look at the raw numbers suggests your guys just pip the Russians to the post in the world terrorist army league tables.
I looked at the article and admit I do see why this area has a certain appeal for progressive minds.
December 1, 2024 at 4:56 PM
I looked at the article and admit I do see why this area has a certain appeal for progressive minds.
When Israelis themselves tell you that they're committing genocide, believe them.
November 29, 2024 at 7:15 AM
When Israelis themselves tell you that they're committing genocide, believe them.
And one wicked little cartoon I'd missed.
November 27, 2024 at 9:36 PM
And one wicked little cartoon I'd missed.
While still only around 6% of the population size of X, Bluesky continues to grow at a phenomenal rate, presumably peopled with for the most part disaffected Twitterati (since the latter became 'X-rated'). It's interesting to observe the dynamic of the emergent tribalism.
November 25, 2024 at 7:59 AM
While still only around 6% of the population size of X, Bluesky continues to grow at a phenomenal rate, presumably peopled with for the most part disaffected Twitterati (since the latter became 'X-rated'). It's interesting to observe the dynamic of the emergent tribalism.
The very same indefatigable editor of 'The War Illustrated' in 10 glorious volumes. The advertising inserts were common practice, in particular in encyclopedias.
November 24, 2024 at 1:36 PM
The very same indefatigable editor of 'The War Illustrated' in 10 glorious volumes. The advertising inserts were common practice, in particular in encyclopedias.
Sunday for Scientists, thoughts #1.
I don't think even God (& his named lab assistant) would be able to sneak this project proposal past the scrutiny of the Ethics Committee in this day and age. Besides which, the 'Publications' section of his CV looks in any case disappointingly threadbare.
I don't think even God (& his named lab assistant) would be able to sneak this project proposal past the scrutiny of the Ethics Committee in this day and age. Besides which, the 'Publications' section of his CV looks in any case disappointingly threadbare.
November 24, 2024 at 11:28 AM
Sunday for Scientists, thoughts #1.
I don't think even God (& his named lab assistant) would be able to sneak this project proposal past the scrutiny of the Ethics Committee in this day and age. Besides which, the 'Publications' section of his CV looks in any case disappointingly threadbare.
I don't think even God (& his named lab assistant) would be able to sneak this project proposal past the scrutiny of the Ethics Committee in this day and age. Besides which, the 'Publications' section of his CV looks in any case disappointingly threadbare.
Someone whom I'd apparently taught at Sussex asked; so, yes, am happy to confirm that I'm _that_ 'Chris Hutchison'.
November 23, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Someone whom I'd apparently taught at Sussex asked; so, yes, am happy to confirm that I'm _that_ 'Chris Hutchison'.
I guess that's also why Breivik, in his notorious 'manifesto', repeatedly declared his support for Israel and for Zionism, and for ethnostates in general.
November 20, 2024 at 11:29 PM
I guess that's also why Breivik, in his notorious 'manifesto', repeatedly declared his support for Israel and for Zionism, and for ethnostates in general.