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Thomas Metzinger

@metzinger.bsky.social

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Jakob Hohwy@hohwy.bsky.social · 3d ago

How should we handle safety and risks for all the different kinds of mindfulness programs? Should informed consent be required? Our new paper navigates toward sensible answers to these important questions. Led by @kevinberryman.bsky.social and Linda Barclay link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mindfulness and Informed Consent: Navigating Ethical Complexity Across Contexts - Mindfulness

Recent concerns about meditation-related adverse effects (MRAEs) have led to calls for more rigorous informed consent in mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). This paper examines whether consent pro...

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson@climatecasino.net · 2w ago

Here's a graphic that shows the number of days per year that the planet reached a global surface temperature at or above 17.0°C from January 1, 1940 to July 22, 2026. For context, before 2023, it is likely that the last time the planet was above 17.0°C was more than 120,000 years ago.

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Philip Laughlin@philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 3w ago

July 17 OA highlight: "The Elephant and the Blind: The Experience of Pure Consciousness: Philosophy, Science, and 500+ Experiential Reports" by Thomas Metzinger @cogscisociety.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #OACogSci mitpress.mit.edu/978026254710...

The Elephant and the Blind

What if our goal had not been to land on Mars, but in pure consciousness? The experience of pure consciousness—what does it look like? What is the essence ...

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Philip Laughlin@philiplaughlin.bsky.social · 3w ago

July 16 spotlight: FROM SENSING TO SENTIENCE: How Feeling Emerges from the Brain by Todd E. Feinberg #CogSci2026 #OA #MITP mitpress.mit.edu/978026255095...

Anil Seth@anilseth.bsky.social · 4w ago

How might animals perceive time? Ishan Singhal describes how illusions might hold the key, in today's @theguardian.com (based on our recent @cp-trendscognsci.bsky.social which he led) @singhal.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why would we show an optical illusion to a monkey or a sparrow? To learn how they experience time, of course | Ishan Singhal

Animals may inhabit the same world as us, but new research shows how their perceptions of what is around them differs, says research fellow Ishan Singhal

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Markus Beckedahl@beckedahl.eurosky.social · 2mo ago

Die US-Regierung hat mit Exportkontrollen den Export der neuen Anthropic-KI-Modelle untersagt. Auf diese Möglichkeit weisen wir schon lange hin. Man sollte seine Infrastruktur und seine Geschäftsmodelle nicht von US-Unternehmen abhängig machen oder sie könnten über Nacht weg sein. Wie hier.

Thomas Metzinger@metzinger.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Is this part of the future of publishing? Artificial Suffering: An Argument for a Global Moratorium on Synthetic Phenomenology academy.lexstream.io/course/artif...

Artificial Suffering: An Argument for a Global Moratorium on Synthetic Phenomenology

This stream explores the ethical, philosophical, and policy implications of artificial consciousness. It begins with a critical examination of the political and ethical arguments for a global moratori...

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Jakob Hohwy@hohwy.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Both books are free to download from @mitpress.bsky.social ! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon... direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

The Self-Evidencing Agent: Mind, Existence, and Predictive Processing

How the concept of self-evidencing offers a philosophical principle for understanding mind and behavior, consciousness, value, wisdom, and meaning.What is

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Niccolo Negro@niccolonegro.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Please join us for this fantastic double-book symposium on @hohwy.bsky.social's and @kathrynnave.eurosky.social's books. Register here for the link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Christian Stöcker@christianstoecker.de · 4mo ago

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen: Der Irankrieg hat nicht „die Energiepreise“ erhöht, sondern die für Öl und Gas. Es werden nicht „die Autofahrer entlastet“, es werden Kosten für den Teil der Bevölkerung reduziert, der einen Verbrenner fährt. Auf Kosten aller anderen.