#Philosophers

Daniel Yamins

dyamins

1/ I'm often confronted with skepticism that neural network models of the brain are intelligible, or that they're even proper models at all, considering how "different they look" from real

Daniel Munro

dk_munro

As someone who tries to think deeply about the ethics of innovation and technology, my considered view on this is: Just stop with this shit already.https://nationalpost.com/news/pay-with-your-face-ontario-grocery-chain-looks-at-paying-via-facial-reco

milk ☁️

milkstrology

virgo mars ➫ the master thread When Mars enters Virgo, the planet of sexuality and passion takes on an intellectual approach. As Virgo answers to Mercury, Virgo mars people need

Sheena 🧙‍♀️🧹🌘⭐️

S_h_e_e_n_a_

I was shaken when I read the letter Amnesty signed.A while ago I read this article by philosophers Robert Talisse & Scott Aiken, on democracy. https://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2020/11/democracys-hard-truths.htmlI just want to q

Kirsten Sanders

klh_sanders

So here's the thing about Analytic Theology (a short )1/ "Analytic" Theology is a relatively recent self-described field of theological studies that seeks logical analysis of concepts typically considered under

Liam McHugh-Russell

LMcHugh_Russell

I think Peter Singer's work is really valuable--wait, hear me out! Its "good philosophy." He adopts premises, mechanically adopts the conclusions consistent with those premises, no matter how reprehensible. The

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

I finished reading the Remdesivir trialIf you want my thoughts you will have to read this thread[Thread] The issue of outcome switching is laid to restIt is a non-issue Folks

bass

bassempire

In #Vincenzo, the way the writer and director have been portraying Vincenzo’s repressed feelings and emotional struggle is through close ups of his hands. His palm facing and holdings hers

IAmSciComm - Hosted this week by Matt Carter

iamscicomm

In our last thread we saw that behaviourism didn't work - and scientists needed to start talking about mental processes to explain all the things humans and other animals can

Śrīkānta

shrikanth_krish

"Hindu" atheism can be viewed as "Hindu" only if you interpret the word "Hindu" to include every thought current native to the subcontinentBut strictly speaking, atheistic materialism (even that of

IAmSciComm - Hosted this week by Matt Carter

iamscicomm

Can scientific methods be used to study the mind? We are all familiar with the idea the scientists study all the nooks and crannies of the natural world - from

François Benoux

_benoux_

On Wealth1/ Western tradition on wealth has may trends. From classic "ethical work" (λειτούργημα) to the protestant "work ethic" (arbeitsmoral), in all major trends the english Prosperity Gospel is considered

Jeffrey Howard 🐿️

Jeffrey_Howard_

Wilhelm Dilthey is, in many ways, the William James of Germany. Both being sons of intensely and unorthodoxly religious fathers, they each focused more properly on personal religious feelings than

Omar

AbuUlaymo

I've been debating this person and @SameerAstron about life and they keep on bringing up consciousness and not only that, but stating that consciousness is a builohical process. So o

Rebecca Levitan

LevintheMed

today's #fragmentfind is a miniature ancient Roman articulated bronze skeleton from the 1st cent BC or AD. Although it initially seems morbid, this guy served as a 'momento mori' -

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