Congrats Sam that’s huge!

5/5
I liked the German tradition of knocking on the table instead of clapping - that was cool! ✊👏

4/5
German audiences seem very engaged, with emphasis on questions / discussion after a talk to further probe the work presented - an immense improvement on Australia imo. I do wonder if the pervasive casual-ness in Australian culture is sometimes a barrier to serious critical engagement. 🙋💡

3/5
Germany seems quite formal and hierarchical, including (especially?) in academia. This was fascinating coming from Australia, which is famously the opposite! (I can barely figure out Dear vs. Hi, so I’m confident I’d struggle with Sie vs. Du!) 👔🫡

2/5
Students and junior researchers appear to be operating at a very high level. This surely reflects the quality of training, but also that these fields are highly competitive at German universities, with entry requirements comparable to medicine in some cases. 🧠📈

Haha true and anyway it turns out that hot coffee makes a decent icebreaker!

This was one of the standouts for me. Not because I agreed with all of Prof Sripada’s claims - but because the audience was agitated to clarify and respond to those claims, and in so doing expose our own assumptions about the goals of #computationalpsychiatry

Sounds fascinating - will definitely check this out