Applying Pangram to a section of a just-published philosophy paper (not that one) and
Keith Raymond Harris
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Odysseus mentioning that he’s in the Bronze Age made me think of a caveman saying “Man it is extremely Paleolithic around here lately”
Some of the papers in this (good and timely!) Synthese issue on collective attention are coming out just now link.springer.com/collections/...
Collective Attention
Attention is usually thought of as prioritization in the individual mind—for example, selecting an object to act on or centring something in one’s ...
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Hume is acquiring traffic cones at an alarming rate.
In case you missed it... Keith Raymond Harris @kraymondh.bsky.social responds to M. Giulia Napolitano’s (2025) “Conspiracy Theories, Resistance to Evidence, and Propaganda: How Conspiracy Theories Advance Political Causes” with his critical reply on SERRC @serrc.bsky.social Read it 👇️ #philsky
Evidence Resistance and the Political Utility of Conspiracy Theories, Keith Raymond Harris
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Sitting in an unmoving German train watching the departure time continuously update to one minute before the current time.
Review of reviewing AI-generated papers: bad #acadsky
Donald Trump's approval rating always seems to be at a record low and always seems to be at 37-38%
Academic conferences should have a shot clock during the Q&A. If you don't get your question off in 3 minutes, you lose possession.
Live your life in such a way that you never feel obliged to say that you think Donald Trump could beat you up as a partisan signal
Amazing lineup for the @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social Knowledge conference this summer @floresophize.bsky.social @rbnmckenna.bsky.social @elisewoodard.bsky.social #philsky
Late-stage academia is reviewing an obviously AI-generated paper about how bad AI is.
There should be a German word for the feeling you have when you've been enjoying an informational podcast for a while but then they do an episode on a topic you're very familiar with and you realize that they don't know what they're talking about
Difficult to tell if this is more offensive to Christians or to atheists
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · 4mo agoPete Hegseth quoted a fake Bible verse from the Tarantino movie Pulp Fiction yesterday during a Pentagon prayer service
You should have to have a license to be allowed to talk about quantum mechanics in a book www.currentaffairs.org/news/ross-do...
![Remarkably, Douthat thinks consciousness is important in part because modern physics shows that at “the quantum level of reality, the human mind seems to play some decisive role in making physical reality take actual shape.” Douthat says this is the “Copenhagen Theory,” which posits that “the conscious observer places [sic] a mysterious but essential role in collapsing quantum possibility into physical reality.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tadhqd2kekknk4ygdrj7jd4z/bafkreicvhtjjrq3dpni5rpjic277ndgmyvzygji5ahsd3ig6qtuqvj5b4i)
🧵 New report just dropped 🚨 "Fractured Reality: How Democracy Can Win the Global Struggle Over the Information Space" — from the EU Joint Research Centre, led by Mario Scharfbillig and I. A landmark read for anyone working on disinformation, platforms & democracy. 👇 1/10
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AI-generated Lego videos and Trump’s poo-bombing: welcome to the Iran-US slopaganda wars | Mark Alfano and Michał Klincewicz for the Conversation
When it’s hard or impossible to identify trustworthy sources, you can choose to believe whatever you find comforting, invigorating or infuriating
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This president doesn't have policies so much as a series of harebrained schemes
Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 5mo agoAnd there it is. bsky.app/profile/ronf...
An underrecognized AI risk is the proliferation of AI-supported April Fool's Day jokes.