(1/2) Why wikipedia is so useful and what we can learn from it:
- Entries are treated as ongoing, editable drafts
- Entries are verifiable with evidence (which is always cited)
- Civil discussions between diverse editors are encouraged
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In our latest SPSP member highlight, we're sharing a new article on empathy and robots from a team that includes C. Daryl Cameron and Eliana Hadjiandreou - working alongside a philosopher and a robotics engineer.
Learn more: https://ow.ly/q6HX50XRb7r
Animals are smarter and kinder than you think. The evidence of that is overwhelming.
Excited to announce a new open-access EMP Lab paper on empathic AI: an interdisciplinary collaboration between psychology, philosophy, & engineering on motivated empathy expression and reception with social robots.
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The EU is running a public consultation, open until 12 December, on phasing out cages for millions of hens, stopping the routine killing of day-old male chicks, and adopting stronger animal welfare standards.
Looking for examples of high-quality peer reviews of impactful research in economics & social science? See Unjournal's "commended evaluations": https://bit.ly/4qJo0rX
Recently commended work by 3 David's (Reiley, Hugh-Jones, & Manheim), Estere Seinkmane, Eleanor Tsai, & 2 anonymous heroes.
Are humans the only rational animals?
For thousands of years, we’ve thought so.
Our new paper, out today in Science, suggests otherwise!
We present evidence that chimpanzees possess several core capacities for rational thought.
Check out Emily's thread: bsky.app/profile/emil...
Why do we derogate effective altruists, activists, & other radically prosocial individuals? In new work, we discuss how doing good that deviates from social norms gets stigmatized. New preprint w/ @dcameron.bsky.social @tlau.bsky.social @desmond-ong.bsky.social: osf.io/preprints/ps...
Never seen science conducted so thoroughly.
Congratulations Emily 😊
This is Thanos. He has figured out how to rest and babysit at the same time. Very impressive, very Montessori. 13/10 (TT: thanosthesaint)
Children build math skills on a “cognitive bridge” between space & number. But where does it come from? Our new study finds monkeys transfer learning and abstractions across geometry & numerosity, revealing the evolutionary roots of basic math development. 🧪🧠
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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“When people viewed virtual avatars with coughs or rashes, their brains triggered an immune response.”
It would be fascinating to extend this research to people who don’t believe the diseases portrayed are communicable, and to animals that presumably don’t grasp germ theory.
Life would be so different if only my brain understood the difference between being chased by a large predator and completing a small task that shouldn’t take much time at all
Ducklings drop down into Lake Michigan through a hole in the concrete at Montrose Pier.
I'll be there too!
Our new paper is out. We point out that large brained (and often smart) mammals and birds have evolved very different distribution of neurons numbers in the brain.
This means that similar cognitive abilities have evolved in very different brains.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Two heroic stray dogs rescued an injured dog from the middle of the road by dragging him to safety. The dog had been hit by a car and was stranded. Many cars passed by, but it was two stray dogs who pulled him off the road. The injured dog survived, and the stray dogs were rescued. 15/10 for both
SNL's Weekend Update has peaked! #trolleydilemma #SNL #weekendupdate
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mprk...
Congratulations, Meltem!!! 🎉🎈🥳
