Remis Ramos
@remisramos.bsky.social
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Remis Ramos
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· Sep 6
So it’s official: I’ve joined CARVAKAS as their bass player. It’s a Progressive Death Metal band from Chile 🇨🇱 with 4 albums, and their lyrics are about Ancient Philosophy and Materialism. You can find us on Spotify, Bandcamp (support us if you can!) and most music platforms. This is from rehearsal.
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This raises what I like to call the "AI test for tasks".
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
There was never any point to having reference letters. That's why we've all started using AI to do this nonesense task.
References should only be used for short-listed candidates for important positions/awards, and ideally, be done via a call to get the most honest opinion possible.
References should only be used for short-listed candidates for important positions/awards, and ideally, be done via a call to get the most honest opinion possible.
From my discussions with other faculty, the use of generative AI I hear about the most is writing reference letters.
What's the point of having reference letters anymore if everyone is just having them written by machine?
What's the point of having reference letters anymore if everyone is just having them written by machine?
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This raises what I like to call the "AI test for tasks".
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
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Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept - @universitypress.cambridge.org, March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
A Philosophical History of the Concept
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - A Philosophical History of the Concept
www.cambridge.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept - @universitypress.cambridge.org, March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
One of the leading candidates in the presidential elections in Chile tomorrow is a xenophobic, misogynistic, ignorant fascist POS riding the wave of Trump-Milei style pseudopopulism. And he might win, *despite* President Boric's government having done a more than OK job keeping our country stable...
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One of the leading candidates in the presidential elections in Chile tomorrow is a xenophobic, misogynistic, ignorant fascist POS riding the wave of Trump-Milei style pseudopopulism. And he might win, *despite* President Boric's government having done a more than OK job keeping our country stable...
I can't stress this out more: if you're streaming or uploading talks to YouTube, get yourself a nice lapel microphone. This room had a lot of echo, and it was noisy outside, and hear the difference the microphone makes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I can't stress this out more: if you're streaming or uploading talks to YouTube, get yourself a nice lapel microphone. This room had a lot of echo, and it was noisy outside, and hear the difference the microphone makes.
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Don’t miss our Annual Lecture Series with Angela Potochnik!
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Don’t miss our Annual Lecture Series with Angela Potochnik!
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
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Join us Thursday Nov. 20 at 12pm (EST), Earl Miller will present at the MIT Consciousness Club: "Consciousness emerges from neural dynamics". Details available on the MIT Consciousness Club website: sites.google.com/view/mit-con....
MIT Consciousness Club
The MIT Consciousness Club aims to foster interdisciplinary research on consciousness at MIT and in the broader Boston area by organizing a monthly event featuring an expert talk on consciousness foll...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join us Thursday Nov. 20 at 12pm (EST), Earl Miller will present at the MIT Consciousness Club: "Consciousness emerges from neural dynamics". Details available on the MIT Consciousness Club website: sites.google.com/view/mit-con....
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The entire American experiment is based primarily on the mindless pursuit of wealth resulting in a culture of artifice where unremarkable people who were born or lucked into extreme privilege are treated like kings by armies of sycophants all rushing to the same trough?
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The entire American experiment is based primarily on the mindless pursuit of wealth resulting in a culture of artifice where unremarkable people who were born or lucked into extreme privilege are treated like kings by armies of sycophants all rushing to the same trough?
I’m so glad we live in a country with a working public health system. My old man is 80 and if we lived in the USA he would be long dead by now.
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’m so glad we live in a country with a working public health system. My old man is 80 and if we lived in the USA he would be long dead by now.
Giving humans the ability to
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Giving humans the ability to
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
I love how Cognitive Science and Metal have a huge thing in common: severely ill-defined categories. Consciousness? Black Metal? Gimme a break… I’ll not be taking questions this time, thank you.
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I love how Cognitive Science and Metal have a huge thing in common: severely ill-defined categories. Consciousness? Black Metal? Gimme a break… I’ll not be taking questions this time, thank you.
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Epistemic violence against sexual abuse accusers—smearing them as deluded, crazy, or incompetent—is something rapists know works, and they conspire to do it.
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Epistemic violence against sexual abuse accusers—smearing them as deluded, crazy, or incompetent—is something rapists know works, and they conspire to do it.
Why do they keep handing money to Eli Roth to make movies?
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Why do they keep handing money to Eli Roth to make movies?
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John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse
John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse
www.theintrinsicperspective.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse
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Philosophical debates often resemble trench warfare: both sides are so busy defending their positions that they not only fail to notice the battle ended a long time ago, but also that the points they were defending are now so riddled with holes that they are no longer worth fighting for
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Philosophical debates often resemble trench warfare: both sides are so busy defending their positions that they not only fail to notice the battle ended a long time ago, but also that the points they were defending are now so riddled with holes that they are no longer worth fighting for
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This plus the Ewok Problem are why I refuse to bow in terror before the prospect of killer robots. I’m against them, don’t get me wrong. I’m just not scared of them.
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This plus the Ewok Problem are why I refuse to bow in terror before the prospect of killer robots. I’m against them, don’t get me wrong. I’m just not scared of them.
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The race to churn out papers is a systemic problem.
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The race to churn out papers is a systemic problem.
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
Early career scholars are desperate to get more papers to compete in the academic job market. This can make it hard for faculty mentors hard to reduce their output unless they shrink their lab (which removes opportunities from next generation).
A friend of mine had a job interview today, and when he entered the zoom call, the interviewer was an AI avatar. I hope I never go through something like that, I would throw my computer through the window. And I can’t afford that.
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
A friend of mine had a job interview today, and when he entered the zoom call, the interviewer was an AI avatar. I hope I never go through something like that, I would throw my computer through the window. And I can’t afford that.
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Great Pets of Cognitive Science www.reilly-coglab.com/great-pets-o...
Pets — Concepts & Cognition Laboratory
www.reilly-coglab.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Great Pets of Cognitive Science www.reilly-coglab.com/great-pets-o...
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AI has come an enormous way since the early days...
Amazing precision and scholarly knowledge.
GoaLPleation for one is just around the corner in neuroscience research 😱
#neuroskyence
Amazing precision and scholarly knowledge.
GoaLPleation for one is just around the corner in neuroscience research 😱
#neuroskyence
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
AI has come an enormous way since the early days...
Amazing precision and scholarly knowledge.
GoaLPleation for one is just around the corner in neuroscience research 😱
#neuroskyence
Amazing precision and scholarly knowledge.
GoaLPleation for one is just around the corner in neuroscience research 😱
#neuroskyence
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The bilingual version of the documentary I hosted, "Wisdom of China: Laozi," is now available. Feel free to use it in your classes, and please like and comment on the video to help promote it.
youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...
youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...
Wisdom of China: Laozi
YouTube video by Bryan Van Norden
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November 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The bilingual version of the documentary I hosted, "Wisdom of China: Laozi," is now available. Feel free to use it in your classes, and please like and comment on the video to help promote it.
youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...
youtu.be/lvglQJDrgJI?...
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some of us aspire to be as happy as kings, is why
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
some of us aspire to be as happy as kings, is why
Imagine how hard it is to be named Robert Brandon (with an N) and being a professor of Philosophy scholars.duke.edu/person/rbran...
Robert N. Brandon | Scholars@Duke Profile
Research profile and professional activities of Robert N. Brandon
scholars.duke.edu
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Imagine how hard it is to be named Robert Brandon (with an N) and being a professor of Philosophy scholars.duke.edu/person/rbran...
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We really need to erase the negative stigma that's associated with open access publications. In fact, I believe we should shift the entirety of publishing itself to open access. It's ridiculous how that industry has become just another way to perpetuate knowledge gatekeeping practices 😒
November 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
We really need to erase the negative stigma that's associated with open access publications. In fact, I believe we should shift the entirety of publishing itself to open access. It's ridiculous how that industry has become just another way to perpetuate knowledge gatekeeping practices 😒
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How did hominins became human? And what is the fate of the "behavioural modernity" concept? Preprint 👇📄
#hpbio #paleosky #philsci
#hpbio #paleosky #philsci
Much of the empirical & theoretical landscape on #behaviouralmodernity has changed, and many think it’s high time we ditched the concept altogether. Here’s a minority voice in the choir: I’m skeptical that eliminativism is the panacea it’s often made out to be. 🔜 in Biol Theory
#philsky #evosky🧪🏺
#philsky #evosky🧪🏺
The Fate of Behavioral Modernity - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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absolutely. which is why this was the definition for AI that @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I included in our recent TiCS article
November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
absolutely. which is why this was the definition for AI that @mjcrockett.bsky.social and I included in our recent TiCS article