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I've written a free and accessible guide to Cephalopod Sentience with Alex Schnell, Piero Amodio and Peter Morse, stunningly illustrated by Roksolana Tkach. Please download and share! It's worth it for the illustrations alone! 🐙 thebrooksinstitute.org/sites/defaul...

Great discussion here. I expect the data will lag, likely by months.

Ooof. Called out.

One of the most fantastic discussions on the importance of ontologies and taxonomies, this time in the context of quantum theory: youtu.be/7oWip00iXbo?...

These two papers, taken together, really cause a rethinking of behavioral economies. Rather than having anomalous risk preferences; it looks like people have complexity aversion to "hard" decisions, especially on valuation, which drives behavioral anomalies. Herbert Simon ftw.

RIP Marshall Brain. NC shines less brightly for your loss. In memoriam, I offer this fantastic, prescient story about how AI can shape our future: marshallbrain.com/manna1

George Carlin, in 1988: 36 years ago. youtu.be/og9DV0Si8bs?...

“I am the kind of person willing to jump to conclusions about malevolent intentions based on minimal evidence. Don’t fuck with me.” www.conspicuouscognition.com/p/strategic-...

This really does feel like 2014 fintwit. Great to see everyone again.