Preben Sørheim
@prebens.bsky.social
Postdoc @etme.bsky.social / Centre for Medical Ethics / University of Oslo. Interested in death 💀 but also life 🌷
Here’s the step count from my first week of parental leave, starting Monday. Six more months of this should extend my lifespan with a few days.
May 16, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Here’s the step count from my first week of parental leave, starting Monday. Six more months of this should extend my lifespan with a few days.
Last Tuesday I talked about what a ‘dignified death’ means at the world’s only Death Café in Halden, Norway. Very fun and unusual (for me) event. Thanks to the grief group in Halden for inviting.
May 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Last Tuesday I talked about what a ‘dignified death’ means at the world’s only Death Café in Halden, Norway. Very fun and unusual (for me) event. Thanks to the grief group in Halden for inviting.
Happy International Workers Day!
May 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Happy International Workers Day!
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Older books are selling, newer ones aren’t. Old Music is all the rage, newer artists can barely get played. Older video games and old movie franchises suck up all the attention.
Old art is strangling new art
www.infinitescroll.us/p/old-art-is...
Old art is strangling new art
www.infinitescroll.us/p/old-art-is...
Old Art is Strangling New Art
Why is older content dominating every artistic field?
www.infinitescroll.us
April 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Older books are selling, newer ones aren’t. Old Music is all the rage, newer artists can barely get played. Older video games and old movie franchises suck up all the attention.
Old art is strangling new art
www.infinitescroll.us/p/old-art-is...
Old art is strangling new art
www.infinitescroll.us/p/old-art-is...
It feels strange but somewhat fitting for these times that I and other philosophers at Norwegian institutions cannot read non-OA articles at Nôus, PPR, Analysis and Wiley's other philosophy journals. I urge editors at Wiley journals to follow the example of PPA and JPP and move to an OA platform.
April 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It feels strange but somewhat fitting for these times that I and other philosophers at Norwegian institutions cannot read non-OA articles at Nôus, PPR, Analysis and Wiley's other philosophy journals. I urge editors at Wiley journals to follow the example of PPA and JPP and move to an OA platform.
Eg er i ei politisk-filosofi-konflikt med banken min, som har gitt meg ei slags «ordre» om å møte opp fysisk for å legitimere meg med pass - jf. kvitvaskingslova. Men eg anerkjenner ikkje at banken har denne typen autoritet over meg, så då vil eg bytte bank (legitimeringa vil då vere frivillig).
April 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Eg er i ei politisk-filosofi-konflikt med banken min, som har gitt meg ei slags «ordre» om å møte opp fysisk for å legitimere meg med pass - jf. kvitvaskingslova. Men eg anerkjenner ikkje at banken har denne typen autoritet over meg, så då vil eg bytte bank (legitimeringa vil då vere frivillig).
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The National Museum of Norway's new exhibition features one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of a skull smoking a cigarette (Photo by ETHME postdoc Borgar Jølstad).
April 8, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The National Museum of Norway's new exhibition features one of Vincent van Gogh's paintings of a skull smoking a cigarette (Photo by ETHME postdoc Borgar Jølstad).
Digital methods (e.g. text mining) reveal another morally pernicious way that academic publishers’ limit science. We’re only permitted to study articles individually. Studying the articles in the aggregate is illegal. This is a barrier to evidence-gathering that will cost many lives if not removed.
April 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Digital methods (e.g. text mining) reveal another morally pernicious way that academic publishers’ limit science. We’re only permitted to study articles individually. Studying the articles in the aggregate is illegal. This is a barrier to evidence-gathering that will cost many lives if not removed.
We've stopped speaking English to our baby.
DeepSeek's impact on tech stocks might hurt some. But my partner and I have been diversifying our portfolio, i.e. speaking both English and Chinese to our baby.
April 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM
We've stopped speaking English to our baby.
Eg er skeptisk til ideen om «feilutdanning» slik den blir framstilt av ein byråkrat, to forskarar og journalisten i si vinkling i denne saka. Men problemet er reellt og løysinga er ekstremt enkel: offentleg sektor bør rekruttere fleire med utdanningar som er lite attraktive på arbeidsmarknaden.
Maia er høyt utdannet, men uten jobb: – Hva er vitsen?
Norske ungdommer må ta utdanningsvalg i blinde, advarer ekspert.
www.nrk.no
March 27, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Eg er skeptisk til ideen om «feilutdanning» slik den blir framstilt av ein byråkrat, to forskarar og journalisten i si vinkling i denne saka. Men problemet er reellt og løysinga er ekstremt enkel: offentleg sektor bør rekruttere fleire med utdanningar som er lite attraktive på arbeidsmarknaden.
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Et angrep på den akademiske friheten i USA er et angrep på oss alle, og det truer *blant annet* vår helseberedskap og klimakunnskap.
@saih-org.bsky.social @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
@saih-org.bsky.social @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Dette minner om sensur fra et totalitært regime
KRONIKK: Det er krevende å tenke det, skummelt å si det og nesten umulig å skrive det. Men det er likevel sant.
www.forskersonen.no
March 19, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Et angrep på den akademiske friheten i USA er et angrep på oss alle, og det truer *blant annet* vår helseberedskap og klimakunnskap.
@saih-org.bsky.social @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
@saih-org.bsky.social @uitnorgesarktiske.bsky.social
Suggesting ‘intellectual’ as a synonym for ‘philosophical’ manages to insult both philosophers and intellectuals at the same time!
March 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Suggesting ‘intellectual’ as a synonym for ‘philosophical’ manages to insult both philosophers and intellectuals at the same time!
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Dear Friends and Colleagues:
I write with great sadness to say that I have had to change my travel plans and will not be able to join you for the conference to which you had so kindly invited me. I will unfortunately be cancelling all planned visits to the USA. /1
I write with great sadness to say that I have had to change my travel plans and will not be able to join you for the conference to which you had so kindly invited me. I will unfortunately be cancelling all planned visits to the USA. /1
I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped
I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
I write with great sadness to say that I have had to change my travel plans and will not be able to join you for the conference to which you had so kindly invited me. I will unfortunately be cancelling all planned visits to the USA. /1
I write with great sadness to say that I have had to change my travel plans and will not be able to join you for the conference to which you had so kindly invited me. I will unfortunately be cancelling all planned visits to the USA. /1
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“Imagine the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations…issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers…” Those who speak out will at least put themselves on the right side of history. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Imagine the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations…issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers…” Those who speak out will at least put themselves on the right side of history. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
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Among those killed in Israeli air strikes last night:
174 children
89 women
32 elderly
174 children
89 women
32 elderly
March 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Among those killed in Israeli air strikes last night:
174 children
89 women
32 elderly
174 children
89 women
32 elderly
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The Death Chamber 1896
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25183
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25183
March 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
The Death Chamber 1896
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25183
https://botfrens.com/collections/90/contents/25183
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Rip Dag Solstad. En av de største vi har hatt
March 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Rip Dag Solstad. En av de største vi har hatt
Good news for the @etme.bsky.social project! I now “understand” Hume’s principle. I’ll try to smuggle it into paper somehow by using the method of completely unecessary formalisation.
March 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good news for the @etme.bsky.social project! I now “understand” Hume’s principle. I’ll try to smuggle it into paper somehow by using the method of completely unecessary formalisation.
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If i saw a child doing heroin i would jump in front of the needle and take the Hit . That is how dedicated i am to community's
March 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
If i saw a child doing heroin i would jump in front of the needle and take the Hit . That is how dedicated i am to community's
We might need AI aesthetics more than AI ethics. There should be obligatory college courses called “Embedded AesthetiCS”
ChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is ‘good at creative writing’
ChatGPT firm reveals AI model that is ‘good at creative writing’
As tech firms battle creative industries over copyright, OpenAI chief Sam Altman says he was ‘really struck’ by product’s output
The company behind ChatGPT has revealed it has developed an artificial intelligence model that is “good at creative writing”,…
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
We might need AI aesthetics more than AI ethics. There should be obligatory college courses called “Embedded AesthetiCS”
Just argued the case for why bioethics is a discipline at the ‘Controversies in Bioethics’ series at the Centre for Medical Ethics. My extremely simple argument, which is clearly true, is that:
March 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Just argued the case for why bioethics is a discipline at the ‘Controversies in Bioethics’ series at the Centre for Medical Ethics. My extremely simple argument, which is clearly true, is that:
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Columbia University has thus far said nothing about DHS entering a university-owned building to detain a student who negotiated with them to try finding a resolution to the encampment protests.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
Columbia affiliates have received two emails since the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student protestor:
— An announcement that campus is locking back down, closing it off from the community
— A newsletter titled "How Columbia Strengthens Relationships in our Community"
— An announcement that campus is locking back down, closing it off from the community
— A newsletter titled "How Columbia Strengthens Relationships in our Community"
March 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Columbia University has thus far said nothing about DHS entering a university-owned building to detain a student who negotiated with them to try finding a resolution to the encampment protests.
Meanwhile:
Meanwhile:
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Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
Og kudos til Oline Sæther for å stå på for ei slik utgreiing. Som rettleiar av prosjektoppgåva hennar om regulering av dødshjelp i ulike europeiske land, kan eg stadfeste at det er mange policy-/juridiske aspekt der ute som ikkje blir diskutert i den norske dødshjelpsdebatten.
Jf. Politisk kvarter i dag, så trur eg den norske dødshjelpsdebatten rullar ned eit skråplan mot ein NOU - som eg igjen trur er lurt og bra!
March 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Og kudos til Oline Sæther for å stå på for ei slik utgreiing. Som rettleiar av prosjektoppgåva hennar om regulering av dødshjelp i ulike europeiske land, kan eg stadfeste at det er mange policy-/juridiske aspekt der ute som ikkje blir diskutert i den norske dødshjelpsdebatten.