OECS thematic collections.
If you haven't been looking recently at the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science (oecs.mit.edu), here's your reminder that we are a free, open access resource for learning about the science of mind.
Today we are launching our new Thematic Collections to organize our growing set of articles!
I built a little Shiny app that shows how often various words were used in 20 prominent philosophy journals from 1980-2019.
bweatherson.shinyapps.io/t20-graphs/
Excited to read this
Today is publication day! A new edition of Francisco J. Varela's (long hard-to-obtain) 1979 classic Principles of Biological Autonomy in a new annotated edition by Ezequiel Di Paolo and Evan Thompson, with a Foreword by Amy Cohen Varela. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255140...
Our new research reveals major differences across unions in 2024 — 33% of Teamsters backed VP Harris, compared to 77% of NEA members: “treating union members as a unified bloc can obscure…variation across different [groups] within organized labor.” clje.law.harvard.edu?p=6248
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. They’ll be cherished.
Aww thank you, B!! ☺️
𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆
How can network science tackle complex biological systems?
Substantially reworked version
Largely conceptual, would be happy to see others fill in details or collaborate if people find it of value
osf.io/preprints/os...
#complexity
And if you say well if you’ve already eaten it then you don’t have a cake in front of you.
To which I say you’ve clearly never vomited from eating too much cake.
YES! The amount of times people have tried to explain this to me as “if you eat your cake then you don’t have it.”
But you do have it! You have it in your belly!
Today, for some reason, I’m reminded of James Kwak’s book Economisim in which he describes how politicians use overly simplistic “economics 101” claims to support their stupid policy agendas that real working economists would never endorse. Yep, no reason at all. Just came to mind…
Not aware of any instances of getting called out beyond my question raising in conversation ha. But if anything pops up I’ll send it your way!
I’ve encountered individuals using “AI” to refer to linear regression with trend lines in excel. I mean, the line between ML and statistical analysis is 🫠
Zoooooeeeee nooooo
This report was a passion project of mine, knowing how much future generations will struggle to retire. I consider how DB and DC pensions could use technology to increase accessibility, equity, and overall retirement preparedness.👇 rpc.cfainstitute.org/research/rep...
#AI #pension #401k #retirement
