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TEG

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Interested in psychology, AI, philosophy of science, methodology, religion (Matthew 23 /heart), other random things. #psychology #science #cognitive #ai

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spreadmastodon, to fediverse
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TEG,
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@spreadmastodon @spreadmastodon @fediversereport Looks great - tiny bit of unrequested feedback, if you're also looking to help technically less comptent people like me - I didn't at first understand I had to click the "do the thing" button before picking "Go to next step" versus "Skip this step" (the binary choice I was expecting was "Do the thing" versus "Skip this step").

TEG, (edited ) to Psychiatry
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We put a paper combining a bunch of interests on PsyArXiv: https://psyarxiv.com/zbyrk: The societal-semantic dimension of mental disease: A computational-qualitative approach. and different viewpoints of health, , 360-degree critique.

It'd been around the block at a few journals - lots of really quite positive responses but not a fit anywhere. Maybe it'll find a peer-reviewed home, maybe in an updated form, but for now, it's out there at least.

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@yerald @bookstodon Ah I loved the Taltos books way back when, but couldn't find the next ones in the seris at a point (or they didn't exist yet). Been on my list to get back into but I'm a bit scared I'll not like it as much anymore :D

TEG, to random
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Interesting, better location-specific noise cancellation via sensors - https://getpocket.com/explore/item/a-better-way-to-cancel-noise?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB.

jonny, to random
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2.5 billion dollars in 8 years as a misery tax. communicating our work does not need to be this way.

we don't need to make golden middle compromises with the publishers. we should have our own tools to write and review and contextualize and transclude and extend whatever we want.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01846-9

TEG,
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@dahukanna @jonny There's an argument it does help though, and I've found it to be so myself over my own journey - the constrictions of the traditional paper force everyone into a common pattern but that massively supports communication of the content once you're used to the form.

E.g., everybody getting creative in form would mean scanning for relevant info becomes much more of a chore.

Lots to critcize about academic publishing, but there is a baby in the bathwater to be worried about IMO.

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@dahukanna @jonny I'm not 100% sure what you mean, sorry! E.g., was never good at conferences, but there are recognized forms of scientific communication other than papers - poster presentations, symposia, keynotes. You have lab visits, job talks, informal talks. They all have somewhat different functions and the forms have evolved to fit them - warts and all, sure, everyone complains. But I'd question "myopia". There's also a reason for recognizing certain activities as specifically science.

incitatus, to random

Itโ€™s always worth reposting this, lest people forget.

TEG,
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@GrahamDowns @haq @incitatus I agree that people can (not) be trusted (not) to follow incentives, but that's miles away from "everything must be for-profit", no?

People working within the NHS have plenty of normal, human incentives. The organization has non-financial incentives flowing from democratic processes and statutry duties.

The "power corrupts" fear should be aimed at power over healthcare being handed to the crony-class to create more avenues to profiteer off people's health needs.

TEG, to random
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Just got a standing table "conversion" for the desk, gas-assisted lift. Seems pretty sweet so far, good height, good surface area. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07ZR5FZQ2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

TEG, to random
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Thinking about the potential for applying reinforcement learning concepts more broadly, especially in the consultancy context: https://medium.com/@thomas.gladwin/the-5-reinforcement-learning-parameters-5rlp-model-of-learning-from-feedback-d40becf6c3fd.

TEG, to random
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Warhammer 40k Boltgun got the feel right of being a Space Marine, as per the lore. I set it to easy, don't care, purging heretics goes brr.

I could've used a few more pixels, personally, but clear stylistic choice.

lakens, to random
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I am looking for texts that discuss the role of guiding principles or values for scientists. Obvious one is honesty, but I'd expect more diverse principles, some not all agree with. Not in the abstract way research integrity text discuss this, but 'advice to a young scientist'-like text that take a personal approach.

TEG,
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@lakens I wrote a paper a while ago that might be relevant, with some arguments/suggestions around non-methodological questionable practices: https://edintegrity.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1007/s40979-018-0034-9

sharoz, to random

Is there a term for this fallacy?

Edit: Maybe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy ?

TEG,
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@sharoz @JoranJongerling @odr_k4tana Manipulating the alpha, given that interpretation of the picture, has been called "method-snooping" in the context of fMRI, by me once at least :D (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016116300267#bib0035) You get it easily when defining activation clusters based on significance thresholds.

TEG, to random
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There's a GoFundMe for Carole Cadwalladr for anyone interested: https://gofund.me/26c24034. Background articles abound, for anyone interested in relationships to wealth and libel laws, journalism and democracy, Brexit, etc; e.g., https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/carole-cadwalladr-arron-banks-libel-court-of-appeal/ and https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/20/carole-cadwalladr-arron-banks-high-costs-order-editorial?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

TEG, to random
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A thoughtful piece on aging:
https://theconversation.com/tiredness-of-life-the-growing-phenomenon-in-western-society-203934. The link to culture at the end it critical I think - it's worrying that we might start thinking about euthanasia for people being "done with life" instead of thinking about how society could be made so that those people wouldn't feel like their existence was meaningless.

TEG, to random
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I was thinking back to an annoying interaction and in a flash of esprit de l'escalier thought of the phrase "because I don't want to toss your word salad for you." I hereby gift this to the world.

TEG, to random
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Dredge is a little gem of a game. Upgrade-your-boat fishing sim slash Lovecraftian horror. I could imagine a longer "AAA" version, all 3D where you actually walk around the towns and your boat etc, maybe have a crew to do the fishing, some of whom might eat the weird-looking fish...

Also finished Gris, some lovely bits but maybe a step too arty overall for my taste.

Now to wait for Boltgun to release in a few weeks, because I never learn not to get my hopes up for that kind of WH40k game...

TEG, to random
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I don't know what it is but I love it, and hope it triggers an actual Ulysses 31 remake. Put us back on the good timeline.

https://youtu.be/UDFi3z-G0Ic

TEG, to random
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A crow flying past brushed me on a walk this morning :O Then a moth flew into my face. It feels like an ominous Disney Princess origin story. Still very one-with-nature though!

TEG, to random
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Oh hey, just noticed visual indicators for , these are awesome!

filmfileuk, to random

What moments in horror films are the ones that get you grabbing for a nearby cushion to hide behind (or just have to cover your eyes and look away)?

For me, anything to do with syringes gets me (so that pit in Saw II was a nauseating experience).

TEG,
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@filmfileuk Sudden scary faces as jump scares, those just ruin me. Like, Mulholland Drive was just game over after the hobo scene (and then the old folk came in to finish me off).

revoluciana, to random
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I want someone to produce SciFi/Fantasy films that have zero conflict. Just hours of gorgeous communist utopias with innovative settings, gorgeous landscapes, and beautiful concepts. Oh, and of course, characters queer AF.

Just people vibing, loving, caring, happy to exist and take pleasure in living in a purple star bubble spacecraft or cooperatively alongside cute creatures in a seafoam forest.

I am a writer and I know how storytelling works, but...

sometimes I want my escapism real chill.

TEG,
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@revoluciana Ik remember wishing some Arthur C. Clarke book I was reading would just stick to the cool science fiction and start from after the sociopaths had been kicked out a metaphorical airlock.

TEG, (edited ) to random
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Interview with Roger's Bacon - finding ways to do/contribute to science outside traditional academic spaces. It's a nice, thought-provoking interview I thought, and I like the Seeds of Science journal initiative (have published a paper there myself, and the peer review process makes loads of sense). It's very positive to my mind, complementary to traditional processes.

https://commonplace.knowledgefutures.org/pub/z71nx8up/release/1?readingCollection=25099957

TEG, to random
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Trying out a new type of office chair, "saddle chair", hypothesizing it'll be better for back issues - definitely feels good. Much more natural angles, less forced into an L.

TEG, (edited ) to programming
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Some methods to determine the number of components or clusters in PCA or k-means clustering: https://thomasgladwin.substack.com/p/finding-the-true-number-of-components/. These at least work in the limit of ideal simulated data.

The basic rationale is to use random split-half data to identify what's "true" versus sampling error. Scores are based on similarities between eigenvectors or cluster centres, rather than, e.g., the shape of the eigenvalue plot.

TEG, to random
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Rather lovely, this Dostoyevsky guy had some good ideas I think:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-day-dostoyevsky-discovered-the-meaning-of-life-in-a-dream?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB

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