Gary Lupyan
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"Professors' inboxes are like kids' lunchboxes - they require constant viligance and lots of things fester when they inevitably go unattended. In other words, when professors don't respond, it's rarely personal. They probably forgot or got too busy. Email again"
My lab site is very much still under construction, but we are in #grad application season and I thought I'd blog about stuff I discuss often with prospective applicants to our program in #anthropology. Check it out. Let me know hits and misses.
www.evolvedlab.net/blog
www.evolvedlab.net/blog
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November 13, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"Professors' inboxes are like kids' lunchboxes - they require constant viligance and lots of things fester when they inevitably go unattended. In other words, when professors don't respond, it's rarely personal. They probably forgot or got too busy. Email again"
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Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
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It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice.
Caveats:
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> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
Caveats:
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> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s grad school application season, and I wanted to give some public advice.
Caveats:
-*-*-*-*
> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
Caveats:
-*-*-*-*
> These are my opinions, based on my experiences, they are not secret tricks or guarantees
> They are general guidelines, not meant to cover a host of idiosyncrasies and special cases
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The big article on data centers in the New Yorker is pretty good, which I wasn’t expecting given the reaction on X. Lots of talk of the good and bad of AI, and it covers both bubble & non-bubble arguments.
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
November 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The big article on data centers in the New Yorker is pretty good, which I wasn’t expecting given the reaction on X. Lots of talk of the good and bad of AI, and it covers both bubble & non-bubble arguments.
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
It also featured the best version of “I spoke to a local farmer about a data center”
The deadline for EvoLang 2026 has been extended to Nov 3rd. Evolang is truly special (I've been to each one since 2002!) - an amazing community doing top-notch interdisciplinary work. Submit your work and hope to see you in Plovdiv, Bulgaria! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/e...
October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The deadline for EvoLang 2026 has been extended to Nov 3rd. Evolang is truly special (I've been to each one since 2002!) - an amazing community doing top-notch interdisciplinary work. Submit your work and hope to see you in Plovdiv, Bulgaria! sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/e...
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You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
October 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
You know when Terry Pratchett said 'It doesn't stop being magic just because you know how it works'? Yeah, he meant this.
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A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 AM
A 14-word replacement for most op-eds, substacks, etc about this moment.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
The GOP could stop ALL of this, right now—if a handful of Sens or Reps could step outside the cult.
It would take four in the Senate, four (maybe five) in the House, to change history.
Until then, they're all to blame.
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The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
Please remind us who the domestic terrorists are again.
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
If you have a syllabus for a psych grad methods course that covers both experimental and non-experimental methods, I'd love to take a peek! 👀
October 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
If you have a syllabus for a psych grad methods course that covers both experimental and non-experimental methods, I'd love to take a peek! 👀
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October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...
October 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...
A wild exchange with Gemini Pro 2.5. In preparing some examples for my seminar (cogsci-llms.netlify.app) I remembered @randomwalker.bsky.social old tweet about playing Rock paper scissors with LLMs. Decided to see what it's like now ....
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 AM
A wild exchange with Gemini Pro 2.5. In preparing some examples for my seminar (cogsci-llms.netlify.app) I remembered @randomwalker.bsky.social old tweet about playing Rock paper scissors with LLMs. Decided to see what it's like now ....
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if you join @jorge-morales.bsky.social's lab in this position, you also get to work with me and my group! 2 communities for the price of one, what a deal!
seriously though, Jorge is an outstanding mentor, scientist, and thinker, and you'll learn a lot from working with him!
seriously though, Jorge is an outstanding mentor, scientist, and thinker, and you'll learn a lot from working with him!
🚨🚨🚨 The Subjectivity Lab is looking for a lab manager! The position is available immediately. We want someone who can help coordinate our large sample fMRI study, plus other behavioral work. Because *gestures at everything* the job was approved only now (ends in June 2026). Great opportunity! 🧵 1/4
Laboratory Technician
About the Opportunity SUMMARY The Subjectivity Lab, directed by Jorge Morales, and housed in the Department of Psychology at Northeastern University is excited to invite applications for a full-time L...
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September 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
if you join @jorge-morales.bsky.social's lab in this position, you also get to work with me and my group! 2 communities for the price of one, what a deal!
seriously though, Jorge is an outstanding mentor, scientist, and thinker, and you'll learn a lot from working with him!
seriously though, Jorge is an outstanding mentor, scientist, and thinker, and you'll learn a lot from working with him!
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Serious scholars have examined what happens when we change the number of H1-B visas issued.
Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially.
Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.
Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially.
Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.
September 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Serious scholars have examined what happens when we change the number of H1-B visas issued.
Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially.
Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.
Cities that get more H1-B immigrants subsequently see the wages of natives *rise* substantially.
Skilled immigrants bring new ideas, fill labor shortages and make us all more productive.
A writeup to go w/ our CogSci 2025 symposium arxiv.org/abs/2509.15560 (in print hopefully soon). We argue that it is not a coincidence that neural net breakthroughs came from training on natural language, and there are important lessons here for understanding human intelligence.
How important is language for human-like intelligence?
We use language to communicate our thoughts. But is language merely the expression of thoughts, which are themselves produced by other, nonlinguistic parts of our minds? Or does language play a more t...
arxiv.org
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A writeup to go w/ our CogSci 2025 symposium arxiv.org/abs/2509.15560 (in print hopefully soon). We argue that it is not a coincidence that neural net breakthroughs came from training on natural language, and there are important lessons here for understanding human intelligence.
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My quote of the day
Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen
September 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
My quote of the day
Masha Gessen
Masha Gessen
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This is Hollywood's McCarthy Moment.
This is the litmus test.
Learn from history.
Who will step up and fight?
Who will bend the knee and be complicit?
History will remember.
This is the litmus test.
Learn from history.
Who will step up and fight?
Who will bend the knee and be complicit?
History will remember.
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is Hollywood's McCarthy Moment.
This is the litmus test.
Learn from history.
Who will step up and fight?
Who will bend the knee and be complicit?
History will remember.
This is the litmus test.
Learn from history.
Who will step up and fight?
Who will bend the knee and be complicit?
History will remember.
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Psychologists, apply! Apparently we've mainly gotten CS applicants so far. I'd (selfishly) love to have a psychologist. Interests in AI in relation to e.g., implicit bias; cultural influences; fairness; perception; learning & memory; decision making etc. would be a good fit!
Brandeis is hiring for this unique interdisciplinary 2-year postdoc/lecturer position in AI and Society. 1 course/semester + collaborative research and mentoring. Great prep for TT positions! Deadline 10/1. Details in the ad. #PsychJobs #HigherEdJobs
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September 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Psychologists, apply! Apparently we've mainly gotten CS applicants so far. I'd (selfishly) love to have a psychologist. Interests in AI in relation to e.g., implicit bias; cultural influences; fairness; perception; learning & memory; decision making etc. would be a good fit!
Come be my colleague! UW-Madison Psychology is hiring! Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an AI emphasis. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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September 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Come be my colleague! UW-Madison Psychology is hiring! Computational Neuroscience and/or Cognitive Science, with an AI emphasis. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
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::slowly stands while clapping::
September 10, 2025 at 11:07 PM
::slowly stands while clapping::
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My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.
September 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
My main observation from the last few hours of monitoring US social media is that Democrats are universally denouncing political violence and calling for calm while MAGA are escalating language and openly lusting for retribution against broad categories of people they identity as their enemies.