I am a neurophilosopher, so work at the interface of philosophy, neuroscience & psychology. On questions like where do values come from, what is self & awarene?
San Diego (UCSD)
Joined December 2010
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Patricia Churchland retweeted
Sometimes, one should listen to German philosophers.
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Glad to see this out! Enjoyed speaking with Elissa about the need for rigorous reporting of ephys data quality. Looking forward to broad adoption of the RIGOR standard.
Electrophysiology findings can vary widely from lab to lab, even among those using identical protocols. New guidelines set forth in a preprint should help.
By @ElissaWelle
thetransmitter.org/electroph…
Patricia Churchland retweeted
Almost a decade after the idealistic Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson got more pessimistic.
Warned it was "only a matter of time" before Americans were tempted by dictatorship. He warned future Americans to ward off the "wolf of tyranny."
Please listen.
Patricia Churchland retweeted
That’s misleading. Most large employers offer paid maternity leave in the U.S.
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American exceptionalism.
Days of paid maternity leaves offered to workers:
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Patricia Churchland retweeted
Trump is wildly wrong when it comes to crime — violent crime rates are lower than they’ve ever been in the last 15 years.
They’re also down 26% from Trump’s 2020 levels. @Morning_Joe
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You should probably stop whatever you're doing and watch this right now, because it's amazing.
youtube.com/watch?v=TtVJ4JDM…
David Remnick's cogent argument for why Biden must step down -- now. newyorker.com/news/daily-com…
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SEVEN AND A HALF LESSONS ABOUT THE BRAIN: Best Books 2020 (Amazon + Barnes & Noble), Starred Review (Kirkus), "Must-read" (Discover Mag), "Beautiful writing" (@DavidEagleman), "Remarkable insights" (@DanielPink). The world's first neuroscience beach-read. lisafeldmanbarrett.com/books…
Patricia Churchland retweeted
not even meaning to be ironic but the months of rhetoric of the need to "save democracy" are somewhat qualified when, within the Democratic party, it is taboo to even suggest that another presidential candidate be considered; even to hint at such an option, in theory, will result in being "unfollowed" by some persons vehement about hewing the line. what, then, is "democracy" if one cannot utter even an option possibility without being shouted down? either you believe in others' opinions being allowed to be heard, if not respected, or you do not. no? yes?
To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race nytimes.com/2024/06/28/opini…
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Patricia Churchland retweeted
Watch this amazing speech by @mijalbitton. And then watch it again. America must stand with Israel, now and always. And we must unite to stop the dangerous and shameful anti-Semitism rising on our campuses and elsewhere. Never again means never again.
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This year, #BreastCancerAwarenesMonth has personal significance for me & my lab members. Folks, take this opportunity to get screened and/or tell your mum, sister, aunt, friend or partner to do the same. Please RT and spread the word!
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The best (only) non-reductive account is computational & the best characterized non-deterministic computational account = stochastic policies in reinforcement learning. How does randomization over a probability distribution on action space = the right kind of sourcehood/free will
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The thing with effective altruism is that viewing anonymous donations to strangers as the paradigmatic moral act is a basic misunderstanding of the nature of ethics. It's an error beginning with Bentham that has marginalized the fundamentally interpersonal nature of ethics.
