Richard Moore
@richardmoore.bsky.social
Professor of Philosophy and Director of the EPP BA/BSc at the University of Warwick. My UKRI-funded FLF Communicative Mind project researches human and non-human great ape communication and cognition, and the evolution of language. 🇪🇺🍉 he/him
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!
Adelaida, a subadult female chimpanzee, is seen wearing a leafy branch around her neck. This seems to be part of a cultural tradition in the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park (Republic of Congo) seen on: wcs_congo (Instagram) www.instagram.com/p/DaxFAnfDkri/ photo: G. Gaudin/WCS
Every kind of crappy reasoning in just one (free!) clickbait article. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Could AI be conscious?
Experts believe it’s at least possible. We urgently need a plan to navigate the ethical implications
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Why don't more people talk about how Vini Jr looks like Saul Williams? Of all the celebrity look-alikes, this is the most compelling. (Ignore the thirty year age gap.)
We're on Bluesky now! 🦋 Follow us here for updates, we're just getting started. @ucu.org.uk @exetergreens.bsky.social @exeterlabour.bsky.social Here are our six key messages:
The Philosophy department at Exeter is exceptional. It has both a concentration of world leading researchers in the philosophy of the biological and cognitive sciences, and a unique departmental profile in the UK. It would be a catastrophic loss to the UK philosophy scene.
Ben Phillips@benphillips1989.bsky.social · last mo.A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
Based on his performances this World Cup, Messi has overtaken some of the true greats in the football hall of fame - Beckham, Lampard, maybe even Stevie G. If Argentina win the trophy, he could even overtake Harry Kane. He's that good. #LionelMessi #WorldCup
In this surprising (read: repellent) new paper, @acerbialberto.com and @williamcostello.bsky.social set out to understand why, given the "relatively small size and limited record of violence" of the incel community, they have received so much negative attention. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why Incels Capture Attention:Â A Cultural Attraction Theory Perspective - Evolutionary Psychological Science
Incels (involuntary celibates) are an online subculture whose members define themselves by a perceived inability to form sexual or romantic relationships. Despite rare but high-profile instances of id...
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Once upon a time, I approached biologists @biotay.bsky.social and @auersperga.bsky.social with some crazy ideas on how to test for animals’ concept of death. Many years later, our first study with the stellar cockatoos from the Goffin Lab is finally out! (More to come)
Tay (Antonio J. Osuna Mascaró)@biotay.bsky.social · 2mo ago1/16 Do other species understand death? In this study with cockatoos, we approach this question from its foundation, by studying one of its central components: sensitivity to the permanent loss of a function. I will explain it in this thread (with videos) (paper) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
An excellent article on Epstein's relationship with scientists.
Adam Rutherford@adamrutherford.bsky.social · 2mo ago'It was not a huge surprise to find myself in the Epstein files...' My investigation into the scientists bewitched by money and the dilettante superficiality of Jeffrey Epstein's need to be near clever men. newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-t...
'It was not a huge surprise to find myself in the Epstein files...' My investigation into the scientists bewitched by money and the dilettante superficiality of Jeffrey Epstein's need to be near clever men. newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-t...
A twisted breed
Jeffrey Epstein attempted to gather the best minds of science around him. His interests were rooted in a perverse, eugenic fantasy
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Very excited to share this paper, led by @ajhaskins.bsky.social ! We find that how people look around the world is stable and idiosyncratic — and that these gaze patterns are shaped in part by the conceptual priorities each person brings to a scene. 1/3 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Masters of the Universe was the funnest superhero film I've seen since Deadpool. People should get over themselves and watch it.
📣NEW paper📣 To date, only humans demonstrate meaning-based, generative communication. However, recent discoveries of combinatorial versatility in chimpanzee + bonobo vocal sequences open the possibility of generative communication in other species. Read here 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CPCAMM...
"Anyone who has studied philosophy suddenly calls themselves a philosopher afterwards. Quite a feat ... I don’t know if it is a serious malpractice or just a funny side effect, but ... all sorts of people start thinking that they can philosophize themselves too." Lol. Bert Keizer, Trouw, 15.11.24
Susana Monsó@susanamonso.com · 3mo agoThe Dutch newspaper Trouw publishes a “review” of my book by a guy who admits to not having read it, calls me a biologist, uses “counterarguments” that I refute in my book, and shows absolutely zero understanding of animal behaviour. The audacity.
At school I liked biology, but I would never have imagined it becoming central to my career. Physics was always my best subject. Now, however, it just makes me angry. www.youtube.com/shorts/kaIs0...
What would a four dimensional object look like?
YouTube video by Hannah Fry
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I took part in a symposium on Philip Pettit's new book, When Minds Converse, for Mind & Language. I raised some concerns but I liked the book a lot. My review is below. Other commentators were Dorit Bar-On and Hannes Rakoczy, with a response by Pettit. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Genealogy and cognitive development: On Pettit's When minds converse
I discuss three key differences between Pettit's philosophical genealogy and other influential works of cognitive development. They are: (i) concern with the temporal distribution of changes from a s...
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Some dates for your diary: My research group will host the next PAMBA bi-annual meeting at @philoswarwick.bsky.social on April 27th-29th next year. Additionally, @giuliapalazzolo.bsky.social will host a one day one workshop on animal/evolutionary syntax at Warwick on April 26th next year.
Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association@pamba.bsky.social · 3mo agoWondering when the next Philosophy of Animal Minds and Behavior Association meeting will be? PAMBA 2027 will be at the University of Warwick on April 27-29, 2027. Confirmed keynotes: Steve Butterfill, Marta Halina, Susana Monsó @martahalina.bsky.social @susanamonso.com Stay tuned for CFP!
The greatest ever season of TV is getting a sequel 🤩 www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S18...
THE PUNISHER Official Trailer (2026) Jon Bernthal
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Not a secret anymore! I am extremely proud and happy to present you the EVApeCognition Dataset, out now in Scientific Data. Over the last 5 years we have assembled and standardized data from 150 studies on great ape cognition from the WKPRC in the Leipzig Zoo! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - EVApeCognition: An 18-Year Dataset of Great Ape Cognition
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Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · 4mo agoIn Playing Possum, @susanamonso.com explores how animals conceive of death and dying—and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality. The #paperback edition arrives on 14 April! Preorder yours here: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb... #Philosophy
New work from Charlotte Grosse Wiesmann et al. on the foundations of verbal and non-verbal mindreading in the developing brain. www.jneurosci.org/content/earl...
A dorsal versus ventral network for understanding others in the developing brain
Young children strongly depend on others, and learning to understand their mental states (referred to as Theory of Mind, ToM) is a key challenge of early cognitive development. Traditionally, ToM is t...
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An absolutely excruciating moment at the Georgia Supreme Court this week. Justice Peterson pressed state attorney Deborah Leslie over her citations to cases that apparently don’t exist.
The paperback arrived! And it's as cute as ever but now full of kind words 🥺♥️ Available for purchase from April 14: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
This debacle has been such a reminder of how out of touch tech bros are. Who could possibly have imagined that LLMs putting words in writers' mouths would be well received? futurism.com/artificial-i...
Grammarly Is Pulling Down Its Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission
Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman, has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.
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Cool new paper from @christophvoelter.bsky.social et al. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Orang-utans and chimpanzees cooperate strategically based on the partner’s incentives
Chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, are often regarded as a model species for the evolution of human cooperation. However, whether chimpanzees' decision-mak…
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A very interesting job opportunity for an ECR philosopher working at the intersection of human origins and the ethics of science. Tübingen is a beautiful city with great people in this field (Claudio Tennie and Marlen Frölich, for example). uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...
Independent Junior Group Leader Ethics Laboratory (m/f/d, E14 TV-L, 100%)
uni-tuebingen.de
