May 17, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Good news and bad news for those who want to live forever by uploading their consciousness to the cloud... 🧠
August 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Good news and bad news for those who want to live forever by uploading their consciousness to the cloud... 🧠
Philosophers: what is consciousness? 🤔🧠
AI boosters: AGI is when machine makes the line go up
AI boosters: AGI is when machine makes the line go up
December 26, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Philosophers: what is consciousness? 🤔🧠
AI boosters: AGI is when machine makes the line go up
AI boosters: AGI is when machine makes the line go up
Welcome to the Public Domain, AS I LAY DYING (1930) 📖
🧠 William Faulkner’s groundbreaking modernist novel uses multiple narrators & stream-of-consciousness storytelling to reshape American literature.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree
🧠 William Faulkner’s groundbreaking modernist novel uses multiple narrators & stream-of-consciousness storytelling to reshape American literature.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree
January 1, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Welcome to the Public Domain, AS I LAY DYING (1930) 📖
🧠 William Faulkner’s groundbreaking modernist novel uses multiple narrators & stream-of-consciousness storytelling to reshape American literature.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree
🧠 William Faulkner’s groundbreaking modernist novel uses multiple narrators & stream-of-consciousness storytelling to reshape American literature.
Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree
A sneak peek at some art from my upcoming comic about BRAINS 🧠
October 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
A sneak peek at some art from my upcoming comic about BRAINS 🧠
Putting "centrists" in quotes is a sure sign of advanced political consciousness 👶🧠
June 5, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Putting "centrists" in quotes is a sure sign of advanced political consciousness 👶🧠
🧠 Do Animals Have Feelings?
New research suggests animals from bees to octopuses might experience emotions. This could change how we understand consciousness and animal welfare.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Animals #Ethics 🧪
New research suggests animals from bees to octopuses might experience emotions. This could change how we understand consciousness and animal welfare.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Animals #Ethics 🧪
Evaluating animal consciousness
An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically
www.science.org
February 23, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🧠 Do Animals Have Feelings?
New research suggests animals from bees to octopuses might experience emotions. This could change how we understand consciousness and animal welfare.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Animals #Ethics 🧪
New research suggests animals from bees to octopuses might experience emotions. This could change how we understand consciousness and animal welfare.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#SciComm #Animals #Ethics 🧪
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Advancing consciousness science
Defining new directions in consciousness research and exploring implications for medicine, technology, and ethics
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
1/🧵 Out today in @frontiersin.bsky.social : “Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?” By @axc.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social, & me (a CIFAR & @erc.europa.eu production 🧠). www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
What a week! We had inspiring talks and discussions with our fantastic speakers @jolienfrancken.bsky.social, @neurograce.bsky.social, @seanfw.bsky.social, @naotsuchiya.bsky.social
🧠🧠🧠 #consciousness #consci #academicsky
🧠🧠🧠 #consciousness #consci #academicsky
September 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
What a week! We had inspiring talks and discussions with our fantastic speakers @jolienfrancken.bsky.social, @neurograce.bsky.social, @seanfw.bsky.social, @naotsuchiya.bsky.social
🧠🧠🧠 #consciousness #consci #academicsky
🧠🧠🧠 #consciousness #consci #academicsky
Why would a sleeping pill help someone recover consciousness? 🧠
Our new paper uses a multiscale #NeuroAI model to tackle the zolpidem paradox in disorders of #consciousness: from molecules → neurons → circuits → consciousness → clinic!
📝 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
💾 github.com/ppsp-team/Ph...
Our new paper uses a multiscale #NeuroAI model to tackle the zolpidem paradox in disorders of #consciousness: from molecules → neurons → circuits → consciousness → clinic!
📝 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
💾 github.com/ppsp-team/Ph...
September 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Why would a sleeping pill help someone recover consciousness? 🧠
Our new paper uses a multiscale #NeuroAI model to tackle the zolpidem paradox in disorders of #consciousness: from molecules → neurons → circuits → consciousness → clinic!
📝 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
💾 github.com/ppsp-team/Ph...
Our new paper uses a multiscale #NeuroAI model to tackle the zolpidem paradox in disorders of #consciousness: from molecules → neurons → circuits → consciousness → clinic!
📝 pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
💾 github.com/ppsp-team/Ph...
Get to know your bloomfies. List 10 things you’re into:
Drag 💃🏼
UAPs 🛸
Consciousness 🧠
Urban Planning 🚎
Theme Parks 🎢
The xx ❌
Raccoons 🦝
Life Simulators 🕹️
Space 🪐
Thailand 🇹🇭
Legit terrible at small talk but will talk about any of these any minute any day
Drag 💃🏼
UAPs 🛸
Consciousness 🧠
Urban Planning 🚎
Theme Parks 🎢
The xx ❌
Raccoons 🦝
Life Simulators 🕹️
Space 🪐
Thailand 🇹🇭
Legit terrible at small talk but will talk about any of these any minute any day
October 4, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Get to know your bloomfies. List 10 things you’re into:
Drag 💃🏼
UAPs 🛸
Consciousness 🧠
Urban Planning 🚎
Theme Parks 🎢
The xx ❌
Raccoons 🦝
Life Simulators 🕹️
Space 🪐
Thailand 🇹🇭
Legit terrible at small talk but will talk about any of these any minute any day
Drag 💃🏼
UAPs 🛸
Consciousness 🧠
Urban Planning 🚎
Theme Parks 🎢
The xx ❌
Raccoons 🦝
Life Simulators 🕹️
Space 🪐
Thailand 🇹🇭
Legit terrible at small talk but will talk about any of these any minute any day
The #consciousness debates continue!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪
What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific? - Nature Neuroscience
Theories of consciousness have a long and controversial history. One well-known proposal — integrated information theory — has recently been labeled as ‘pseudoscience’, which has caused a heated open ...
www.nature.com
April 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM
The #consciousness debates continue!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 🧪
Time to start promoting the Consciousness Club on here! 🦋
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
November 26, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Time to start promoting the Consciousness Club on here! 🦋
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
On Wed 27th November at 11am-1230pm UK time we are excited to host @keithfrankish.bsky.social for his talk:
"How to think about artificial consciousness"
For more info and how to join see: metacoglab.org/consciousnes...
All welcome! 🧠🧪
It was indeed a remarkably stimulating meeting. I felt privileged to have been there. #consciousness 🧠 🧪
Thrilled to have had the privilege of interacting with this outstanding group of young consciousness lovers at the CIFAR winter school! Huge thanks to the great organizers, Chris Krupenye, Catherine Duclos and Guillaume Dumas. And to TWCF! In the comment, a less dignified photo
December 22, 2024 at 4:04 AM
It was indeed a remarkably stimulating meeting. I felt privileged to have been there. #consciousness 🧠 🧪
Evaluating animal consciousness 🧠 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evaluating animal consciousness
An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Evaluating animal consciousness 🧠 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A new journal from the American Psychological Association dedicated to consciousness!!
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Check it out!
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Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Check it out!
🧠🧪
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
This journal publishes articles on theory, research, methodology, and clinical applications related to the psychology of consciousness.
www.apa.org
January 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
A new journal from the American Psychological Association dedicated to consciousness!!
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Check it out!
🧠🧪
Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
www.apa.org/pubs/journal...
Check it out!
🧠🧪
OP-ED: "Consciousness or pseudo-consciousness? A clash of two paradigms" by Meritorious Investigator Christof Koch and collaborators
🧠📈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Consciousness or pseudo-consciousness? A clash of two paradigms - Nature Neuroscience
Integrated information theory (IIT) starts from consciousness, which is subjective, and accounts for its presence and quality in objective, testable terms. Attempts to label as ‘pseudoscientific’ a th...
www.nature.com
March 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
OP-ED: "Consciousness or pseudo-consciousness? A clash of two paradigms" by Meritorious Investigator Christof Koch and collaborators
🧠📈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧠📈 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Could consciousness be a fundamental part of the universe? 🧠 Ivette Fuentes, a professor of quantum mechanics, suggests that the mind may exist in a different "arena" from the physical world.
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/kLDvk2urghs
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/kLDvk2urghs
July 14, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Could consciousness be a fundamental part of the universe? 🧠 Ivette Fuentes, a professor of quantum mechanics, suggests that the mind may exist in a different "arena" from the physical world.
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/kLDvk2urghs
Watch the full interview: youtu.be/kLDvk2urghs
🧠🧪 New paper in #NCONSC 🧠🧪
What if people who seem unconscious (e.g., Disorders of Consciousness, DoC) could still dream or experience mind wandering?
We explore this possibility in a new review:
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
With Jasmine Walter and Jennifer Windt!
#consciousness #dreaming
What if people who seem unconscious (e.g., Disorders of Consciousness, DoC) could still dream or experience mind wandering?
We explore this possibility in a new review:
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
With Jasmine Walter and Jennifer Windt!
#consciousness #dreaming
Do individuals with disorders of consciousness dream and mind wander? Implications for improving diagnosis and understanding patient wellbeing
Abstract. Fluctuations in the presence, experiential quality and contents of consciousness occur naturally during sleep and wakefulness and are core featur
academic.oup.com
September 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🧠🧪 New paper in #NCONSC 🧠🧪
What if people who seem unconscious (e.g., Disorders of Consciousness, DoC) could still dream or experience mind wandering?
We explore this possibility in a new review:
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
With Jasmine Walter and Jennifer Windt!
#consciousness #dreaming
What if people who seem unconscious (e.g., Disorders of Consciousness, DoC) could still dream or experience mind wandering?
We explore this possibility in a new review:
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
With Jasmine Walter and Jennifer Windt!
#consciousness #dreaming
The final version of our review on intracranial EEG and consciousness is now out in @elife.bsky.social! 🥳🧠🔌@nfaivre.bsky.social @meaperei.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social
🥳Our review of intracranial EEG research on the neural correlates of consciousness is out in eLife: elifesciences.org/reviewed-pre...! We think these methods offer a unique window on consciousness!🧠 A thread 👇
elifesciences.org
July 1, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The final version of our review on intracranial EEG and consciousness is now out in @elife.bsky.social! 🥳🧠🔌@nfaivre.bsky.social @meaperei.bsky.social @liadmudrik.bsky.social
Language creates an altered state of consciousness | Jeremy I Skipper
iai.tv
March 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Very honoured to have written a little something for @aeon.co about zero, absence, and consciousness. It was a real pleasure to write, and very curious to know what people think!
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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #consci
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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #consci
It took centuries for people to embrace the number zero. Now it’s helping neuroscientists understand how the brain perceives absences @benjyb.bsky.social
Why zero could unlock how the brain perceives absence | Aeon Essays
It took centuries for people to embrace the zero. Now it’s helping neuroscientists understand how the brain perceives absences
buff.ly
March 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Very honoured to have written a little something for @aeon.co about zero, absence, and consciousness. It was a real pleasure to write, and very curious to know what people think!
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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #consci
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#PsychSciSky #neuroskyence #consci
What if markers of consciousness in humans are identified in other animals, from vertebrates to invertebrates?
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Evaluating animal consciousness
An emerging field shows how animal feelings can be studied scientifically
www.science.org
February 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
What if markers of consciousness in humans are identified in other animals, from vertebrates to invertebrates?
🧪🧠
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧪🧠
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🧠 New preprint! 🧠
As part of a forthcoming book on consciousness, we wrote a chapter on:
Spontaneous thoughts and experiences across wakefulness and sleep
osf.io/preprints/ps...
with @parboulakis.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social and @jdsitt.bsky.social
A brief 🧵!
As part of a forthcoming book on consciousness, we wrote a chapter on:
Spontaneous thoughts and experiences across wakefulness and sleep
osf.io/preprints/ps...
with @parboulakis.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social and @jdsitt.bsky.social
A brief 🧵!
September 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
🧠 New preprint! 🧠
As part of a forthcoming book on consciousness, we wrote a chapter on:
Spontaneous thoughts and experiences across wakefulness and sleep
osf.io/preprints/ps...
with @parboulakis.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social and @jdsitt.bsky.social
A brief 🧵!
As part of a forthcoming book on consciousness, we wrote a chapter on:
Spontaneous thoughts and experiences across wakefulness and sleep
osf.io/preprints/ps...
with @parboulakis.bsky.social @ademertzi.bsky.social and @jdsitt.bsky.social
A brief 🧵!
Experiments shed light on the origins of Consciousness [via Allen inst.] 🧪⚕️💭🧠🙇♂️👪🦌🏞️
"while [the pre-frontal #cortex] important for reasoning and planning, #consciousness itself may be linked with #sensory #processing and #perception."
alleninstitute.org/news/landmar...
#philsky #self #origin #PFC
"while [the pre-frontal #cortex] important for reasoning and planning, #consciousness itself may be linked with #sensory #processing and #perception."
alleninstitute.org/news/landmar...
#philsky #self #origin #PFC
Landmark experiment sheds new light on the origins of consciousness
An experiment seven years in the making has uncovered new insights into the nature of consciousness and challenges two prominent, competing scientific theories.
alleninstitute.org
May 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Experiments shed light on the origins of Consciousness [via Allen inst.] 🧪⚕️💭🧠🙇♂️👪🦌🏞️
"while [the pre-frontal #cortex] important for reasoning and planning, #consciousness itself may be linked with #sensory #processing and #perception."
alleninstitute.org/news/landmar...
#philsky #self #origin #PFC
"while [the pre-frontal #cortex] important for reasoning and planning, #consciousness itself may be linked with #sensory #processing and #perception."
alleninstitute.org/news/landmar...
#philsky #self #origin #PFC