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The Brain is Not a Computer: A Neuroscientist’s Crisis
www.ocrampal.com/the-dead-end...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
www.ocrampal.com/the-dead-end...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
The Dead End of AI: What Neuroscience Reveals
Every year, thousands of bright minds enter neuroscience programs driven by a profound question: How does the brain work? They emerge years later with advanced degrees, sophisticated experimental tech...
www.ocrampal.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
The Brain is Not a Computer: A Neuroscientist’s Crisis
www.ocrampal.com/the-dead-end...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
www.ocrampal.com/the-dead-end...
#philosophy #science #psychology #AI #intelligence #physics #biology #philmind #philsci #philsky #philpsy #neurosky #neuroskyence
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New review article: Metaphor Comprehension in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches doi.org/10.1525/coll...
Metaphor Comprehension in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches
Schizophrenic patients struggle with figurative language, interpreting non-literal expressions in a literal way. This tendency, called concretism, is considered a schizophrenia core symptom. Despite b...
doi.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
New review article: Metaphor Comprehension in Schizophrenia: A Systematic Review of Methodological Approaches doi.org/10.1525/coll...
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(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
OSF
doi.org
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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I must be clinging to some shred of innocence, because my first reading of this ambiguous headline was that someone had been fired for using a government jet for personal reasons. Haha, no.
Scoop: FBI ousts senior official after Kash Patel’s fury over news of his use of government jet to see girlfriend perform. The removed head of critical incident response group was 27-year FBI veteran who oversaw aviation sections.
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...
news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/fbi-o...
FBI Ousts Leader as Patel Fumes Over Attention to Agency Jet Use
The FBI forced out a senior official overseeing aviation shortly after Director Kash Patel grew outraged about revelations of his publicly-available jet logs indicating he’d flown to see his musician ...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
I must be clinging to some shred of innocence, because my first reading of this ambiguous headline was that someone had been fired for using a government jet for personal reasons. Haha, no.
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Trump just cancelled $8B of energy projects to pressure Democrats to let him jack up health care costs.
And he didn't just cancel projects in Dem districts; he canceled them in R districts too. The difference is that Republicans are letting him use their constituents as pawns.
And he didn't just cancel projects in Dem districts; he canceled them in R districts too. The difference is that Republicans are letting him use their constituents as pawns.
October 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump just cancelled $8B of energy projects to pressure Democrats to let him jack up health care costs.
And he didn't just cancel projects in Dem districts; he canceled them in R districts too. The difference is that Republicans are letting him use their constituents as pawns.
And he didn't just cancel projects in Dem districts; he canceled them in R districts too. The difference is that Republicans are letting him use their constituents as pawns.
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We are witnessing the rise of two very separate and distinct Americas:
One for the billionaire class. One for everybody else.
Our country is not supposed to be run by a handful of wealthy oligarchs while a majority of people struggle to afford the basic necessities.
youtu.be/3I_f1DkMddU?...
One for the billionaire class. One for everybody else.
Our country is not supposed to be run by a handful of wealthy oligarchs while a majority of people struggle to afford the basic necessities.
youtu.be/3I_f1DkMddU?...
There are Two Americas
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We are witnessing the rise of two very separate and distinct Americas:
One for the billionaire class. One for everybody else.
Our country is not supposed to be run by a handful of wealthy oligarchs while a majority of people struggle to afford the basic necessities.
youtu.be/3I_f1DkMddU?...
One for the billionaire class. One for everybody else.
Our country is not supposed to be run by a handful of wealthy oligarchs while a majority of people struggle to afford the basic necessities.
youtu.be/3I_f1DkMddU?...
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This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care.
We can't allow that to happen.
We can't allow that to happen.
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
This government shut down is all about whether Republicans will get away with raising health care premiums by 75% for 20 million Americans and throwing 15 million people off their health care.
We can't allow that to happen.
We can't allow that to happen.
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Donald Trump just passed the largest transfer of wealth from the working class to the rich in history and the tech oligarchs are now lining up to praise him.
The greed of the billionaire class knows no bounds.
🎥: Washington Post
The greed of the billionaire class knows no bounds.
🎥: Washington Post
September 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Donald Trump just passed the largest transfer of wealth from the working class to the rich in history and the tech oligarchs are now lining up to praise him.
The greed of the billionaire class knows no bounds.
🎥: Washington Post
The greed of the billionaire class knows no bounds.
🎥: Washington Post
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"...the club’s core identity is inextricable from its founding commitment to social issues. Political advocacy is not just a silver lining, Jenack said — it’s part of why people show up in the first place."
vtdigger.org/2025/08/10/f...
vtdigger.org/2025/08/10/f...
For Vermont Green FC, soccer and social advocacy go hand in hand - VTDigger
Political officials, environmental advocates and organizers speak at halftime breaks, and a recent fan-organized fundraiser collected over $25,000 for assistance to immigrant communities.
vtdigger.org
August 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"...the club’s core identity is inextricable from its founding commitment to social issues. Political advocacy is not just a silver lining, Jenack said — it’s part of why people show up in the first place."
vtdigger.org/2025/08/10/f...
vtdigger.org/2025/08/10/f...
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Congratulations to the Vermont Green who just completed an undefeated season. This is a fantastic soccer team, with great management, that has generated enormous community support and pride.
Undefeated. Two overtime playoff wins. Now, national champions. Unbelievable.
Undefeated. Two overtime playoff wins. Now, national champions. Unbelievable.
UNDEFEATED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏆
THE INVINCIBLES! ✨
YOUR VERMONT GREEN FOOTBALL CLUB! 💚
THE INVINCIBLES! ✨
YOUR VERMONT GREEN FOOTBALL CLUB! 💚
August 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Congratulations to the Vermont Green who just completed an undefeated season. This is a fantastic soccer team, with great management, that has generated enormous community support and pride.
Undefeated. Two overtime playoff wins. Now, national champions. Unbelievable.
Undefeated. Two overtime playoff wins. Now, national champions. Unbelievable.
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Berniebéu forever
August 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Berniebéu forever
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One more.
Vermont Green FC will compete for USL League Two’s ultimate prize on Saturday night, taking on 2023 National Champions Ballard FC at Virtue Field.
Everyone has a part to play.
Tickets go on sale today, Wednesday July 30th at 10am.
Vermont Green FC will compete for USL League Two’s ultimate prize on Saturday night, taking on 2023 National Champions Ballard FC at Virtue Field.
Everyone has a part to play.
Tickets go on sale today, Wednesday July 30th at 10am.
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
One more.
Vermont Green FC will compete for USL League Two’s ultimate prize on Saturday night, taking on 2023 National Champions Ballard FC at Virtue Field.
Everyone has a part to play.
Tickets go on sale today, Wednesday July 30th at 10am.
Vermont Green FC will compete for USL League Two’s ultimate prize on Saturday night, taking on 2023 National Champions Ballard FC at Virtue Field.
Everyone has a part to play.
Tickets go on sale today, Wednesday July 30th at 10am.
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Note also that the lawsuit alleges that because race and class are correlated, providing free tuition to lower income students is also racial preference.
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
“Johns Hopkins has not merely preserved its discriminatory DEI framework — it has entrenched, expanded and openly celebrated it as a cornerstone of its institutional identity,”
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Conservative group files complaint against Hopkins medical school
America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Note also that the lawsuit alleges that because race and class are correlated, providing free tuition to lower income students is also racial preference.
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
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Hey congrats on winning the FIFA money-grab cup. Here, hoist this weird trophy and celebrate with this racist dorito dumpling on stage for some reason. Thanks and again congrats.
July 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Hey congrats on winning the FIFA money-grab cup. Here, hoist this weird trophy and celebrate with this racist dorito dumpling on stage for some reason. Thanks and again congrats.
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Speaker Johnson says there's “a moral component” to Trump's "big, beautiful" bill. Really?
Is it “moral” to cut nutrition assistance for hungry kids?
Is it “moral” to eliminate health care for 13.7 million Americans so the 1% gets a $664 billion tax break?
I don’t think so.
Is it “moral” to cut nutrition assistance for hungry kids?
Is it “moral” to eliminate health care for 13.7 million Americans so the 1% gets a $664 billion tax break?
I don’t think so.
Morality & Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill" | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Speaker Johnson says there's “a moral component” to Trump's "big, beautiful" bill. Really?
Is it “moral” to cut nutrition assistance for hungry kids?
Is it “moral” to eliminate health care for 13.7 million Americans so the 1% gets a $664 billion tax break?
I don’t think so.
Is it “moral” to cut nutrition assistance for hungry kids?
Is it “moral” to eliminate health care for 13.7 million Americans so the 1% gets a $664 billion tax break?
I don’t think so.
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Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
June 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts
This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history
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Immigrants have fewer criminality scores than US citizens. This 🧪 study had to be erased!
So what happens then, people are going on leaking it, what a shame! 🤭
So what happens then, people are going on leaking it, what a shame! 🤭
THREAD: The Trump administration's DOJ has removed a study from the NIJ website that found that immigrants, and particularly undocumented immigrants, commit crimes at significantly lower rates than U.S. citizens.
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
The study is at odds with the Trump regime's propaganda about immigrants & crime. (1)
April 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Immigrants have fewer criminality scores than US citizens. This 🧪 study had to be erased!
So what happens then, people are going on leaking it, what a shame! 🤭
So what happens then, people are going on leaking it, what a shame! 🤭
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🧪 Please :
I have zero patience for “do climate work but just don’t call it that”.
I am not talking in code about an existential threat bc a handful of Americans like profiting off oil and gas & have managed to brainwashed another handful of Americans.
Don’t capitulate. They’ll take your funding anyway.
I am not talking in code about an existential threat bc a handful of Americans like profiting off oil and gas & have managed to brainwashed another handful of Americans.
Don’t capitulate. They’ll take your funding anyway.
April 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🧪 Please :
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Life's complexity cannot be explained by random mutations alone. | iai.tv/articles/the...
But microbiologist James Shapiro argues that mutations driving evolution are not random at all, but a result of organisms modifying themselves.
#philsky #biosky 🧪
But microbiologist James Shapiro argues that mutations driving evolution are not random at all, but a result of organisms modifying themselves.
#philsky #biosky 🧪
There's more to evolution than genes | James Shapiro
iai.tv
March 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Life's complexity cannot be explained by random mutations alone. | iai.tv/articles/the...
But microbiologist James Shapiro argues that mutations driving evolution are not random at all, but a result of organisms modifying themselves.
#philsky #biosky 🧪
But microbiologist James Shapiro argues that mutations driving evolution are not random at all, but a result of organisms modifying themselves.
#philsky #biosky 🧪
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This is the best paper I've read in years. Validating to see there's significant data to support that women do not return to "normal" after pregnancy as quickly as many doctors or medical resources say. I hope this changes guidance and support for women 🧪🥽👩🔬🧬🍎 #news
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Pregnancy and postpartum dynamics revealed by millions of lab tests
Analysis of 300,000 pregnancies shows detailed physiological changes at weekly resolution in health and complications.
www.science.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is the best paper I've read in years. Validating to see there's significant data to support that women do not return to "normal" after pregnancy as quickly as many doctors or medical resources say. I hope this changes guidance and support for women 🧪🥽👩🔬🧬🍎 #news
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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As the Feds are taking down climate websites, Vermont is adding more like this one: climatechange.vermont.gov
❄️
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
❄️
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
March 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
As the Feds are taking down climate websites, Vermont is adding more like this one: climatechange.vermont.gov
❄️
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
❄️
#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
🧪 🌎 🔬 ⚒️
#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction
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New research has confirmed the Hemispherical Power Asymmetry: the cosmic microwave background has more fluctuations in one side of the universe than the other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08c...
Our Universe Has Two Different Sides, Physicists Confirm
YouTube video by Sabine Hossenfelder
www.youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New research has confirmed the Hemispherical Power Asymmetry: the cosmic microwave background has more fluctuations in one side of the universe than the other.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08c...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08c...
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RIP Royal Society of London (1660-2025).
It died following a total spinal collapse.
#RoyalSociety #Musk 🧪
It died following a total spinal collapse.
#RoyalSociety #Musk 🧪
Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists
Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled
www.theguardian.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
RIP Royal Society of London (1660-2025).
It died following a total spinal collapse.
#RoyalSociety #Musk 🧪
It died following a total spinal collapse.
#RoyalSociety #Musk 🧪
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This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
a stammering Tom Homan on AOC: "She's the dumbest congresswoman ever elected to Congress."
February 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is why you fight these cowards.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
The moment you stand up to them, they crumble.
Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights.
He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.
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I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
February 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I think we might know where all the missing Dem ballots went
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....
This is Ethan Shaotran. He's one of Musk's DOGE takeover hackers
2 yrs ago he won the Berkeley AI Hackathon
But in 2000 won the HackGT7 with a ballot altering program called BallotProof
Here's the deep dive that he couldn't scrub....