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Full disclosure: I've long been suspicious of psychology and its claims. Sabine Hossenfelder points out how psychology corrupts neuroscience and cognitive science. At least that's my take.

🧠 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/where-agency-lives?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack #blog #essay #fMRI #scepticism #pseudoscience #tarot #ontology #methodology

Post not endorsed by Sabine Hossenfelder, though I appreciate her prompts.

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-08-15 · 17:39 UTC

Full disclosure: I've long been suspicious of psychology and its claims. Sabine Hossenfelder points out how psychology corrupts neuroscience and cognitive science. At least that's my take.

🧠 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/where-agency-lives?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack #blog #essay #fMRI #scepticism #pseudoscience #tarot #ontology #methodology

Post not endorsed by Sabine Hossenfelder, though I appreciate her prompts.

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-08-15 · 17:39 UTC

Full disclosure: I've long been suspicious of psychology and its claims. Sabine Hossenfelder points out how psychology corrupts neuroscience and cognitive science. At least that's my take.

🧠 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/where-agency-lives?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack #blog #essay #fMRI #scepticism #pseudoscience #tarot #ontology #methodology

Post not endorsed by Sabine Hossenfelder, though I appreciate her prompts.

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-08-15 · 17:39 UTC

Full disclosure: I've long been suspicious of psychology and its claims. Sabine Hossenfelder points out how psychology corrupts neuroscience and cognitive science. At least that's my take.

🧠 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/where-agency-lives?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack #blog #essay #fMRI #scepticism #pseudoscience #tarot #ontology #methodology

Post not endorsed by Sabine Hossenfelder, though I appreciate her prompts.

#methodology #ontology #tarot #pseudoscience #scepticism #fmri

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-08-15 · 17:39 UTC

Full disclosure: I've long been suspicious of psychology and its claims. Sabine Hossenfelder points out how psychology corrupts neuroscience and cognitive science. At least that's my take.

🧠 https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/where-agency-lives?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack #blog #essay #fMRI #scepticism #pseudoscience #tarot #ontology #methodology

Post not endorsed by Sabine Hossenfelder, though I appreciate her prompts.

#philosophy #psychology #cognitivescience #neuroscience #agency #substack

John Bronze @[email protected] · 2026-07-24 · 06:54 UTC

The Reality of Dreams

Throughout Human history, dreams have fascinated, inspired and disturbed us. Where do they come from? Why do they happen? What do they mean? Different civilisations have tried to answer these questions. The Ancient Mesopotamians thought of dreams as divine messages. The most well known Mesopotamian story is the Epic of Gilgamesh, where Gilgamesh receives dreams about the future. They also had dream temples, where people would go in order to sleep and receive these divine messages in their […]

https://johnbronze.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/the-reality-of-dreams/

#agamemnon #ancientegypt #ancientgreece #ancientmesopotamia #ancientrome #aristotle

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-06-29 · 04:38 UTC

I critique and Dis–Integrate Alex O'Connor's Cartesian argument for Panpsychism.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/06/29/deconstructing-consciousness-without-panpsychism/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

Many philosophers I respect support Panpsychism, but Homey don't play dat.

#philsophy #panpsychism #video #youtube #physics #emergence #consciousness #podcast #magic #blog #ontology #reductionism #deflationary #metaphysics #awareness #phenomena #experience #qualia #idealism #materialism

#philsophy #panpsychism #video #youtube #physics #emergence

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-05-28 · 20:54 UTC

In this essay, I investigate the ideas of Stuart Hall in light of my own. Hall and I have many commonalities in the operation of language, but my enterprise is broader and deeper, as his was ostensibly limited to media.

https://open.substack.com/pub/brywillis634737/p/the-floor-beneath-hall?r=pvxh5&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#philosophy #language #substack #blog #podcast #grammar #ontology #agency #Gramsci #semiotics #encoding #ideology #architecture #encounter #languageinsufficiency #response #agentic #media

#philosophy #language #substack #blog #podcast #grammar

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-04-23 · 01:40 UTC

I've argued that property rights are immoral. Now, I've shared a pair of posts that argue at a deeper level. This is the first:

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/the-fence-before-the-field

#Philosophy #substack #blog #podcast #language #ontology #criticaltheory #anarchism #politicalphilosophy #politicaleconomy #economics #locke #rousseau #propertyrights #property #privateproperty

#philosophy #substack #blog #podcast #language #ontology

thelma @[email protected] · 2026-04-16 · 13:24 UTC

#introduction

Hi Mastodon,

I'm a PhD candidate in #philosophy at the #UniversityOfHelsinki , focusing on #metaphysics, #ontology, #processphilosophy and philosophy of #biology. I also study #theology , in which I'm most interested in philosophy of religion, #processtheology , the relationship between science and religion, and the role of #religion in matters of conflict and #peace.

I'm looking forward to share things & have conversations about #research in my fields, but also about
- #books (I read #nonfiction #scifi and #specfic the most)
- #antimilitarism , #nuclearban , #nucleardisarmament
- #pedagogy (since I occasionally work in #education )
- #games: #videogames, #boardgames & #tcg
- #movies
- #birds

Let me know if you are tooting (:D) about any of these things!

#philbio #philosophyofreligion #scienceandreligion

#introduction #philosophy #universityofhelsinki #metaphysics #ontology #processphilosophy

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-29 · 00:58 UTC

I discuss the phenomenological roots of precedences of The Architecture of Encounter in a new podcast series.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/28/architecture-of-encounter-podcast-episode-0-phenomenologists/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation #ontology #books #writing #promotion #reading #AoE #encounter #summary #history

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-29 · 00:58 UTC

I discuss the phenomenological roots of precedences of The Architecture of Encounter in a new podcast series.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/28/architecture-of-encounter-podcast-episode-0-phenomenologists/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation #ontology #books #writing #promotion #reading #AoE #encounter #summary #history

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-29 · 00:58 UTC

I discuss the phenomenological roots of precedences of The Architecture of Encounter in a new podcast series.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/28/architecture-of-encounter-podcast-episode-0-phenomenologists/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation #ontology #books #writing #promotion #reading #AoE #encounter #summary #history

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-29 · 00:58 UTC

I discuss the phenomenological roots of precedences of The Architecture of Encounter in a new podcast series.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/28/architecture-of-encounter-podcast-episode-0-phenomenologists/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation #ontology #books #writing #promotion #reading #AoE #encounter #summary #history

#history #summary #encounter #aoe #reading #promotion

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-29 · 00:58 UTC

I discuss the phenomenological roots of precedences of The Architecture of Encounter in a new podcast series.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/28/architecture-of-encounter-podcast-episode-0-phenomenologists/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation #ontology #books #writing #promotion #reading #AoE #encounter #summary #history

#philosophy #phenomenology #blog #podcast #video #mediation

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-19 · 02:06 UTC

What do attention, affordance, salience, and valence have to do with meaning, and what is the architecture of encounter?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHOmNX3MVrk

#philosophy #philosophics #attention #psychology #salience #valence #affordance #language #ontology #video #meaning #writing #books #nature #environment #mediation

#philosophy #philosophics #attention #psychology #salience #valence

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-17 · 04:55 UTC

In support of my new book, I'm building a glossary.

https://youtu.be/n-sA5JDoED0

This segment is brought to you by the number 42 and…

#Affordance #Salience #Valence #book #video #philosophy #psychology #encounter #mediation #language #ontology #promotion #Elmo #meow #monograph

#affordance #salience #valence #book #video #philosophy

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-13 · 05:41 UTC

Parfit's Teletransporter Paradox? What happens to your 'self' if you are teleported to Mars?

https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/13/parfits-teletransporter-through-a-meow-lens/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophics #psychology #self #identity #heuristic #paradox #video #blog #podcast #meow #ontology #encounter #parfit #language

#philosophics #psychology #self #identity #heuristic #paradox

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-03-05 · 17:20 UTC

A new book? Not yet, but I share details about it on my blog.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/03/05/architecture-of-encounter/?utm_source=masto

Here's what the cover might look like. The Architecture of Encounter. It extends my MEOW essay into a monograph**. More details to follow… because you know they will.

#book #writing #philosophy #ontology #espitemolgy #encounter #monograph #language #blog

#book #writing #philosophy #ontology #espitemolgy #encounter

BlueCyberSerpent @[email protected] · 2026-02-11 · 03:05 UTC

BlueSky’s Solution To Moderating Is Moderating Without Moderating via Social Proximity

I have noticed a lot of people are confused about why some posts don’t show up on threads, though they are not labeled by the moderation layer. Bluesky has begun using what it calls social neighborhoods (or network proximity) as a ranking signal for replies in threads. Replies from people who are closer to you in the social graph, accounts you follow, interact with, or share mutual connections with, are prioritized and shown more prominently. Replies from accounts that are farther away in that network are down-ranked. They are pushed far down the thread or placed behind “hidden replies.”

Each person gets their own unique view of a thread based on their social graph. It creates the impression that replies from distant users simply don’t exist. This is true even though they’re still technically public and viewable if you expand the thread or adjust filters. Bluesky is explicitly using features of subgraphs to moderate without moderating. Their reasoning is that if you can’t see each other, you can’t harass each other. Ergo, there is nothing to moderate.

Bluesky mentions that here:

https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-31-2025-building-healthier-social-media-update

As a digression, I’m not going to lie: I really enjoyed working on software built on the AT protocol, but their fucking users are so goddamn weird. It’s sort of like enjoying building houses, but hating every single person who moves into them. But, you don’t have to deal with them because you’re just the contractor. That is how I feel about Bluesky. I hate the people. I really like the protocol and infrastructure.

I sort of am a sadist who does enjoy drama, so I do get schadenfreude from people with social media addictions and parasocial fixations who reply to random people on Bluesky, because they don’t realize their replies are disconnected from the author’s thread unless that person is within their network. They aren’t part of the conversation they think they are. They’re algorithmically isolated from everyone else. Their replies aren’t viewable from the author’s thread because of how Bluesky handles social neighborhoods.

Bluesky’s idea of social neighborhoods is about grouping users into overlapping clusters based on real interaction patterns rather than just the follow graph. Unlike Twitter, it does not treat the network as one big public square. Instead, it models networks of “social neighborhoods” made up of people you follow, people who follow you, people you frequently interact with, and people who are closely connected to those groups. They’re soft, probabilistic groupings rather than strict labels.

Everyone does not see the same replies. Bluesky is being a bit vague with “hidden.” Hidden means your reply is still anchored to the thread and can be expanded. There is another way Bluesky can handle this. Bluesky uses social neighborhoods to judge contextual relevance. Replies from people inside or near your social neighborhood are more likely to be shown inline with a thread, expanded by default, or served in feeds. Replies from outside your neighborhood are still public and still indexed, but they’re treated as lower-context contributions.

Basically, if you reply to a thread, you will see it anchored to the conversation, and everyone will see it in search results, as a hashtag, or from your profile, but it will not be accessible via the thread of the person you were replying to. It is like shadow-banning people from threads unless they are strongly networked.

Because people have not been working with the AT Protocol like I have, they assume they are shadow-banned across the entire Bluesky app view. No—everyone is automatically shadow-banned from everyone else unless they are within the same social neighborhood. In other words, you are not part of the conversation you think you are joining because you are not part of their social group.

Your replies will appear in profiles, hashtag feeds, or search results without being visually anchored to the full thread. Discovery impressions are neighborhood-agnostic: they serve content because it matches a query, tag, or activity stream. Once the reply is shown, the app then decides whether it’s worth pulling in the rest of the conversation for you. If the original author and most participants fall outside your neighborhood, Bluesky often chooses not to expand that context automatically.

Bluesky really is trying to avoid having to moderate, so this is their solution. Instead of banning or issuing takedown labels to DIDs, the system lets replies exist everywhere, but not in that particular instance of the thread.

I find this ironic because a large reason why many people are staying on Bluesky and not moving to the fediverse—thank God, because I do not want them there—is discoverability, virality, and engagement.

In case anyone is asking how I know so much about how these algorithms work: I was a consultant on a lot of these types of algorithms, so I certainly hope I’d know how they work, lol. No, you get no more details about the work I’ve done. I have no hand in the algorithm Bluesky is using, but I have proposed and implemented that type of algorithm before.

I have an interest in noetics and the noosphere. A large amount of my ontological work is an extension of my attempts to model domains that have no spatial or temporal coordinates. The question is how do you generalize a metric space that has no physically, spatial properties. I went to school to try to formalize those ideas. Turns out they’re rather useful for digital social networks, too. The ontological analog to spatial distance, when you have no space, is a graph of similarities.

#4chan #8chan #abtesting #activitypub #addiction #addictions

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-02-06 · 19:01 UTC

News Flash: Fish Are Not Arboreal by Nature
🦈 https://philosophics.blog/2026/02/06/fish-are-not-arboreal-by-nature/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
Those who know me know I am no fan of psychology as a discipline. A fundamental reason is the categorical misunderstanding of cognitive and precognitive functions.
#philosophy #psychology #ontology #selfhelp #mentalhealth #wellness #beliefs #salience #limits #architecture #society #culture #growth #suppression #repression #expression #regulation #reengineering #cognition #blog #podcast #communication

#communication #philosophy #psychology #ontology #selfhelp #mentalhealth

Philosophics @[email protected] · 2026-01-16 · 18:51 UTC

I witter on about Qualified Subjectivity. Ponder with me.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/16/qualified-subjectivism/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

Why objective reality is an anachronistic myth.

#philosophy #politics #society #culture #mediation #truth #anythinggoes #relativism #subjectivity #language #semantics #ontology #epistemology #kant #phenomena #noumena #history #intetrfaces #blog #podcast

#philosophy #politics #society #culture #mediation #truth

Gene Ontology @[email protected] · 2023-02-03 · 19:19 UTC

Still a little time to register for #SWAT4LS 2023, everyone- and they have some absolutely great speakers lined up, including our own @chrismungall giving a #Keynote talk!
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RT @swat4hcls
#SWAT4LS 2023 Conference program is out!
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https://www.swat4ls.org/workshops/basel2023/scientific-programme-2023/