Michael C. AndersonHi Mastodon friends; for those who may no longer be checking Twitter, I wanted to call your attention to a final Tweet from Mark Stokes, who evidently will die from cancer in the coming days. For those of you who know Mark and who may wish to post a final message to him, here is the tweet: https://twitter.com/StokesNeuro/status/1604369158883491841
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Practical Hypnotist.
@ed It doesn't even have to be protests, it could be abortions, lgbtq+ people, kink and BDSM, sex work, etc. etc. The server owner can in fact see IP addresses too, right? If I was to start a community catering to anything the state decided against, Mastadon would be an uniquely poor decision for a platform than say reddit or tumblr or twitter where I'd see and access no such details and could not be made to divulge them.
Maggie AppletonWant to help redesign one of the most popular and widely-used tools for researchers?
Zotero is hiring a designer: https://www.zotero.org/jobs/ui_designer
Would do it if I could. Ideal for someone else who has great UX / product design chops.
Kevin WerbachCouldn’t someone just build a Mastodon UI with an algorithmic feed, since all the histories and metadata are publicly accessible?
Much of the core community doesn’t want algorithmic moderation and amplification, but I’d wager a good number of users would be interested.
CLaERT @filosofemas
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences' special issue on Pretense and Imagination from the Perspective of 4E Cognitive Science https://link.springer.com/journal/11097/volumes-and-issues/21-5
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences' special issue on Pretense and Imagination from the Perspective of 4E Cognitive Science https://link.springer.com/journal/11097/volumes-and-issues/21-5
Chris AlbonFired from the bird site? Or another company? Wikimedia is hiring! Come work on the last best place on the internet.
Earl K. MillerA Unified Theory of Dual-Process Control
Dual-process theories play a central role in both psychology and neuroscience, figuring prominently in fields ranging from executive control to reward-based learning to judgment and decision making. In each of these domains, two mechanisms appear to operate concurrently, one relatively high in computational complexity, the other relatively simple. Why is neural information processing organized in this way? We propose an answer to this question based on the notion of compression. The key insight is that dual-process structure can enhance adaptive behavior by allowing an agent to minimize the description length of its own behavior. We apply a single model based on this observation to findings from research on executive control, reward-based learning, and judgment and decision making, showing that seemingly diverse dual-process phenomena can be understood as domain-specific consequences of a single underlying set of computational principles.
Marek McGannSpotted on the birdsite from Ryan Briggs.
More illustration of a good story being more powerful than good data for changing minds.
“Among all forms of evidence tested, anecdotal evidence performs best, followed by experimental evidence”
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41287-022-00570-w
Does Evidence Matter? The Impact of Evidence Regarding Aid Effectiveness on Attitudes Towards Aid - The European Journal of Development Research
Development aid is considered an important instrument in achieving a more sustainable global future. However, the general public perceives aid as rather ineffective. This may be because the public knows little about aid and its effects. Evidence for the effects of aid projects may therefore be of particular importance in shaping attitudes. In a survey experiment carried out among the German population (N ≈ 6000), we presented a claim on the effectiveness of an aid project or the same claim plus experimental evidence, qualitative evidence or anecdotal evidence and compared it to a no information control group. Results revealed that the claim increases both belief in the effectiveness of aid as well as support for aid. Among all forms of evidence tested, anecdotal evidence performs best, followed by experimental evidence. Pre-manipulation support for aid partly moderates the effect of the claim, but those who support aid do not react more strongly to the two forms of scientific evidence (experimental/qualitative).
Brian NosekTomorrow, Nov 15th at 9 am ET / 2 pm GMT a webinar about Registered Reports grants for consciousness research. More than $1M in grant awards available.
More information and register: http://bit.ly/3gOUQrT
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Author & Editor Voices From Funding Consciousness Research With Registered Reports. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In this webinar, Dr Marzia De Lucia, senior researcher and lecturer at Lausanne University and Zoltan Dienes, Professor in Experimental Psychology from the University of Sussex and the Registered Reports editor at Neuroscience of Consciousness, will provide their insights and recommendations about a new funding mechanism. This program supports consciousness researchers who will have submitted their research as part of a Registered Report in which peer review occurs before results are known. The webinar will feature a brief overview of the publishing and funding process and then give first-hand accounts from those who have submitted and those who have reviewed dozens of Registered Reports. The webinar will conclude with a question and answer session. Come join this webinar if you are interested in learning more about this new process to promote rigor and transparency.
Yogi JaegerIn a sane world, someone like @erikphoel should be a coveted asset among academic institutions.
But academia is broken.
He is joining a growing number of independent scholars.
Support Erik through his Substack!
Support independent scholarship.
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RT @erikphoel
1. Today I am resigning my professorship at Tufts University to write on @SubstackInc full time. Here's why: https://erikhoel.substack.com/p/goodbye-academia-hello-substack
https://twitter.com/erikphoel/status/1592542846145421316
