#statstab #504 Likelihood Ratio Test for Publication Bias
Thoughts: Interesting idea for a problem many of us think is present, but is hard to measure.
#likelihood #publicationbias #QRPs #metascience #metapsychology #metaresearch
https://freestylerscientist.pl/projects/likelihood-ratio-test-for-publication-bias/
New publication:
Recursive Identity: Structural Conditions of Emergent Continuity – A Theoretical Monograph (Version 1.2)
A curated, revised, and extended international version of the original German Master of Record is now available.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18924601
#RecursiveIdentity #Identity #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SystemTheory #Ontology #HybridArchitecture #ComputationalPhilosophy #MetaResearch #KnowledgeStructures #KnowledgeGraph #DigitalScholarship #OpenScience #Zenodo #DOI
This monograph presents a unified theoretical framework for understanding identity as a recursive informational process. It develops the concept of recursive identity as a dynamic, self‑referential architecture that generates continuity across temporal, contextual, and systemic transformations. Rather than treating identity as a property of a substrate, the framework analyzes the structural conditions under which identity‑bearing patterns emerge, stabilize, and evolve. The model identifies three foundational structural principles—Integration, Coherence, and Recursive Coupling—as the minimal and sufficient grammar for the persistence of identity. These principles explain how systems maintain continuity through fixed‑point dynamics, nonlinear feedback, and path‑dependent self‑organization, independent of any specific material realization. The framework thus provides a substrate‑neutral foundation for examining identity in complex systems, from cognitive and informational architectures to process‑philosophical and metatheoretical contexts. This record is linked to the accompanying Entry Note, which introduces the core intuition and conceptual posture of the framework. The Entry Note serves as an accessible companion document, offering a concise orientation to the structural logic of recursive identity and outlining the minimal conditions required for identity to arise as a process. Together, the monograph and the Entry Note provide a coherent theoretical basis for system‑theoretical, computational, and structural approaches to identity. The German Version 1.0 of the framework, published as Rekursive Identität: Eine Theorie struktureller Kontinuität (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18701758), serves as the master reference for the original formulation. This monograph is not a translation but a revised, extended, and carefully curated international version of the German Master of Record, offering a consolidated and further developed articulation of the framework.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@MetaArXiv/116098607342372256
Yet another example of how so-called "#AI" entrenches existing problems in academic research.
#metaScience #metaresearch #academia #academicChatter #NoAI #maihT3k
New theoretical release now available via Zenodo:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18701758
This publication (DE) presents the foundational framework behind my recent work on hybrid system architectures. It develops a structural model of recursive identity and outlines the minimal conditions under which an information process maintains continuity across change.
#SystemTheory #ProcessPhilosophy
#OpenScience #Zenodo #OSF #DOI #TheoreticalFramework
#ComputationalPhilosophy #MetaResearch #IdentityModels
This theoretical framework develops a structural model of recursive identity and outlines the minimal conditions under which an information process can maintain continuity across temporal, contextual, and systemic change. Identity is conceptualized not as a substance or inherent property, but as an emergent, self‑referential process generated through the coordinated interaction of three fundamental operators: Integration, Coherence, and Recursion. The model formalizes these operators, describes their cyclic application, and demonstrates how stable identity patterns arise as fixpoint dynamics within a structured state space. The framework is substrate‑agnostic in a formal sense: it operates on states and transformations without assuming any specific biological, technical, or symbolic implementation. It situates itself within system theory, process philosophy, and information‑based approaches, offering a minimal but sufficient grammar for analyzing dynamic identity processes. The paper concludes with methodological implications, theoretical extensions, and a glossary of core concepts. This publication represents the original German version. An expanded international (English) edition is currently in preparation and will be released separately. Author Description: J. A. Jones is an independent systems analyst and structural methodologist specializing in meta‑structural analysis, process architectures, and the formal modeling of dynamic systems. Their work focuses on developing minimal, substrate‑agnostic theoretical frameworks that clarify the structural conditions underlying emergent and self‑referential processes. Jones operates outside institutional academia, combining conceptual rigor with methodological independence to formulate models designed for long‑term theoretical relevance and interdisciplinary applicability.
New theoretical release now available via Zenodo:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18583941
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #SystemTheory #HybridArchitecture
#OpenScience #Ontology #Zenodo #OSF #Preprint #DOI
#KnowledgeStructures #MetaResearch #ComputationalPhilosophy
#KnowledgeGraph #AIPhilosophy #DigitalScholarship
This research position paper develops an ontological and dynamical framework for understanding the limits of silicon‑based artificial intelligence and the material conditions required for genuine emergent cognition. Contemporary AI systems exhibit remarkable functional capabilities, yet their digital substrates lack the continuous, energetically grounded, and self‑organizing dynamics necessary for stabilizing inner states, multiscale feedback, and coherent internal trajectories. The paper argues that consciousness‑relevant emergence is a material phenomenon that cannot be simulated or instantiated within discrete computational architectures. It identifies the systemic thresholds—nonlinear coupling, metastability, energetic grounding, and multiscale integration—that biological systems satisfy and digital systems cannot. Building on these principles, the paper proposes hybrid cognitive architectures in which functional AI is coupled with dynamically rich substrates such as neuronal organoids, biohybrid systems, organic memristive materials, or other continuous, energy‑driven media. These substrates provide the physical conditions for coherence, continuity, and self‑organization, while silicon‑based components supply structure, task‑level organization, and symbolic processing. The work outlines the implications of this paradigm for AI research, cognitive science, ethics, and human–AI interaction. It clarifies the distinction between simulation and instantiation, addresses common counterarguments, and positions the model within existing theoretical frameworks without reducing it to any of them. The paper concludes by identifying the material and systemic thresholds required for true emergence in future hybrid human–AI systems. Authors's Note This paper is a structural argument rather than an empirical study. It synthesizes insights from systems theory, neuroscience, materials science, and philosophy of mind to clarify the material conditions under which consciousness can, in principle, arise. Its aim is not to predict specific technologies or make metaphysical claims, but to delineate the architectural boundaries that current digital systems cannot cross and to outline the substrate‑level requirements for future emergent cognition.
Read myself and @RoRInstitute colleague Anna Butters on distributed peer review
We enjoyed writing this, and I think it gives a good, albeit very short, review of the context of funders having to make hard (impossible?) choices on what to fund
👀 Here's Stuart Buck with some GOOD news about the research system
"When all institutions look the same, their output tends to be the same as well. Tens of thousands of scientists (usually government-funded) labor within the same constraints, incentives, and pressures to conform.
If we want to see a higher rate of scientific breakthroughs, we should pursue institutional diversity for that reason alone."
https://goodscience.substack.com/p/innovations-in-scientific-institutions
Pre-announcement for UKRI's Metascience research grants, round 2
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/metascience-research-grants-round-2/
"Apply for funding to undertake cutting-edge Metascience research into more effective ways of conducting and supporting research and development (R&D), including the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), how to optimise research institutions and the challenges of measuring research excellence."
Opens Feb 12rd, deadline Apr 23rd
Lottery before peer review is associated with increased female representation and reduced estimated economic cost in a German funding line https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65660-9
New from @rmrahal and colleagues
Funder was German Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education (Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre). "Lottery-first" meant short EoI were submitted and randomisation used to select those allowed to apply
Big news. I’ve started a new position as Principal Investigator at the University of Coimbra 🇵🇹
I'm joining the meta-research group led by @T_Weissgerber and the EXCELScIOR ERA Chair project (https://excelscior.uc.pt/) funded by the @EUCommission
I'm thrilled to join this historic university & continue my work on #MetaResearch #EvidenceSynthesis & #OpenScience
The new office, at the Palácio dos Grilos, could not be more iconic 👇
Dr Mircea Zloteanu 🌺🌞🍃
J. A. Jones
Pen
Tom Stafford
Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar