Johannes Kleiner
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Physicist and mathematician working on consciousness. @LMU : Sys. Neuroscience + @LMU_MCMP . @U_of_Bamberg : Institute for Psychology. Co-founder of #AMCS .
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I am a mathematician and physicist. I've been working on consciousness for ≈7 years. I think that the problem of consciousness is much harder to understand than general relativity and and quantum field theory, combined. Please learn
#ConSci
before solving AI consciousness.
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I'd like to thank you all for the large interest and excellent comments to this Tweet!
For those wondering why mathematics and consciousness are related at all, I have just finished this preprint: 👉
I am a mathematician and physicist. I've been working on consciousness for ≈7 years. I think that the problem of consciousness is much harder to understand than general relativity and and quantum field theory, combined. Please learn
#ConSci
before solving AI consciousness.
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Did not know of this paper! 200+ theories. 😵💫
Paper by Robert Kuhn.
Illustration by Alex Gomez-Marin
@behaviOrganisms
In this video I explain what I think are the minimal necessary ingredients for consciousness and have a look at whether ChatGPT, or any other large language models are conscious already.
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We need a better paradigm for constructing theories of consciousness. Imho:
Did not know of this paper! 200+ theories. 😵💫
Paper by Robert Kuhn.
Illustration by Alex Gomez-Marin
@behaviOrganisms
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Consciousness science is so exciting. Here you are wrapping up a nice day, and suddenly a bombshell drops with 124 people claiming a major theory is just BS. Heart racing, adrenaline. Was it like this in the early quantum days? Love it!😎
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Very happy to announce !
… with confirmed speakers including:
@anilkseth
Karl Friston
David Balduzzi
Rafi Malach
William Seager
Ryota Kanai
@kanair_jp
@AndrewHaun3
@NaoTsuchiya
@joe_dewhurst
Alex Gomez-Marin
Registration is now open. See you online!🙂
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PS: And I still think I'm pretty much at the beginning.
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If you’re using 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 to represent 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀, here are some news for you!
(1/n)
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Our letter made the news already! 🤯
@BBCTech
A big THANK YOU to all those who have supported our cause!
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Also published as of yesterday! 😊😊😊 This one is foundational work; the one last week is more high-level.
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A wonderful talk and discussion by
@ThomasMetzinger
!
** Minimal Phenomenal Experience: Towards a minimal-model explanation for consciousness “as such” **
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Hi everyone! Our first three recorded lectures are now available at 🙂 Thanks very much to
@NaoTsuchiya
,
@krysdolega
,
@joe_dewhurst
and Rafi Malach!
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I'm very happy to announce our next 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 on 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀!
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴-𝟮𝟱
Dorfgastein, Austria
We have 17 places and would be honored to receive your application!
Located here 👇😊
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It is likely that consciousness science is going to be THE science of the 21st century, much like physics was THE science of the 20th century. THE science of fundamentally new discoveries and societal impact.
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One day later I'm still in shock that 124 people signed this headline. I'm in no camp. I agree w/ lots of the criticism of IIT. But invalidating the work of so many in this way feels like a betrayal of the values I thought we all share. 10 steps backwards. Huge damage done.
in light of the spread of some misinformation on public media (including news articles in Nature & Science), a group of 124 researchers weigh in & consider it necessary to label the integrated information theory (IIT) of consciousness as pseudoscience
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For those in the Bamberg area, this is our public evening event, part of
@moc5conference
. It's going to be held in English. Wonderful talks by
@BlumLenore
, Thomas Metzinger,
@grahambfindlay
,
@AidaElam
,
@wawiese
and others included.
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We're hosting a debate about the "unfolding argument". Glad to have
@LAlbantakis
,
@AdrienDoerig
,
@jake_r_hanson
,
@AndrewHaun3
,
@erikphoel
,
@niccolo_negro
join the panel.
The session will take place on September 15, 3pm Berlin time. (Convert time zone: )
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Such a great pleasure to finally share what was likely the second-to-most difficult paper I have ever worked on. Yet (or hence?) a short and easy read! Apologies for highlighting this:😉
📢Short and easy to read! 📢
Many thanks to
@StephanHartma14
!
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Personal news 😊 Some of you know that I've been putting a huge effort into teaching. Just got the news that I've been nominated for our department's prize for excellence in teaching. 😊 Means a lot to me! 🥳 🤗
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Very happy to announce the recent founding of the Association for Mathematical Consciousness Science (AMCS). In case you're working on mathematical topics related to consciousness, be invited to have a look:
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More confirmed speakers!🙂
We're very much looking forward to the talks!
@Liad_Mudrik
Selen Atasoy
Jennifer Windt
Catherine Tallon-Baudry
Chen Song
Jenann Ismael
@erikphoel
Mike Johnson
@krysdolega
Many thanks to
@JoannaSzczotka
and all our co-orgs.
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Join us on Monday Jan 17, 7pm CET!
Stephen Wolfram
@stephen_wolfram
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘄𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀
Many thanks to
@BlumLenore
for organizing this! 🙂
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It is with great pleasure that we announce the successor of our 2019 Oxford conference!
𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏
27-30 𝑆𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 2021
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Workshop Announcement 🎉 👇
𝗖𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽
15 April - 16 April, 2023
Topos Institute, Oxford
Confirmed invited speakers:
@NaoTsuchiya
@coecke
Andrée Ehresmann
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Very nice article about mathematics in consciousness science! Featuring
@heddamorch
,
@DanielBor
,
@Philip_Goff
,
#scottaaronson
and, surprisingly,
@Sean_E_Tull
and my work. Title and subtitle are a bit idiosyncratic, but the full article is really good.
This week’s cover: Maths could help us understand consciousness, but it forces us to ponder some eye-popping conclusions.
Art by
@GiulioBonasera
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Wanja Wiese
@wawiese
𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
Thursday, February 25, 3pm Berlin time
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Interesting new Nature feature that discusses the aftermath of the letter, adversarial colabs and what this might mean for the future of the field. Featuring
@RonyHirsch
,
@Liad_Mudrik
, Lucia Melloni,
@BlumLenore
and Jonathan Mason!
The consciousness wars: can scientists ever agree on how the mind works?
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Hi everyone! Turns out IIT 3.0 can be defined in a beautiful and concise way using somewhat more abstract math!
Thanks
@Sean_E_Tull
for this long an wonderful project!
Looking forward to feedback from the IIT community!
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What are the most transformative papers on consciousness you have ever read?
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I'm so glad we have people like
@anilkseth
working tirelessly for the benefit of the field, caring for its well-being inside and out. Consciousness science has a bright and important future, and it does so because of people like Anil. Thank you! 🙏
@Nature
piece on the IIT letter furore. I think the reporter,
@marilenharo
, does a good job - & she covered the
@arcCogitate
results too, also for Nature.
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Just finished this, in case of interest to anyone.
Hope you're all doing well and best wishes! 👋
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The first batch of our conference videos is online!
Many thanks to
@quantummoxie
for taking care of the processing!
#moc2amcs
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#GNW
and
#IIT
adversarial collaboration results
@ASSC26nyc
! Wonderful work presented by
@Liad_Mudrik
and Lucia Melloni, amazing work by
@ArcCogitate
!
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Many thanks to Karl Friston for a wonderful session yesterday!
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Results of the poll ⬇️
954 people voted.
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Very much looking forward to the next talk in the MCS seminar series:
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻?
by
@RomainBrette
Wednesday, June 9, 4pm Paris time
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Thanks very much for having me
@AidaElam
! Very much looking forward to the discussion!
Delighted to announce
@JohannesKleiner
talk “Towards Artificial Phenomenology” invited by the
@ASTOUND_project
at
@InstitutNicod
@Cognition_ENS
@ENS_ULM
this Friday, noon. Join us!
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I'm making a 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗙𝗲𝗲𝗱 on 🟦 to help us move over.
👉 Ping me or answer here if you want on! Everyone from ASSC, AMCS, MESEC, etc. is cordially invited.
Initial list of profiles it follows😍⬇️ Please help extend!
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The "IIT = Pseudoscience" preprint is:()
Important
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Very happy to announce two more confirmed speakers:
Larissa Albantakis --
@LAlbantakis
Carlo Rovelli --
@carlorovelli
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Happy to announce that our next speaker is
@carlorovelli
on "Understanding consciousness within the known laws of physics: three small contributions".
November 9, 15:00 CET
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Registration deadline tomorrow! 📩
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On days like these I am so super proud to be working in consciousness science. The dedication to truth and evidence, while paying full respect to researchers that hold opposing opinions, is absolutely amazing. Some of the best researchers of our day and age work here.
#consci
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The recording is out! 🎉 A big thank you to Steve from
@filmshed
for the wonderful work in processing this video. Highly recommended! Many thanks also to all panelists and the other 175😯participants. A very nice session!
We're hosting a debate about the "unfolding argument". Glad to have
@LAlbantakis
,
@AdrienDoerig
,
@jake_r_hanson
,
@AndrewHaun3
,
@erikphoel
,
@niccolo_negro
join the panel.
The session will take place on September 15, 3pm Berlin time. (Convert time zone: )
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Would you like to discuss consciousness with a whole conference while going for a hike here?
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Tomorrow!
Happy to announce that our next speaker is
@carlorovelli
on "Understanding consciousness within the known laws of physics: three small contributions".
November 9, 15:00 CET
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For those who have been enjoying our online seminar series in the past year: to be continued!
For now, you're cordially invited to join the second installment of our
#MOC2
conference that will take place in three weeks time. Registration is still open.
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The intuition behind our result is extremely simple:
If the laws of physics fully determine the evolution of our universe, aka all physical events that occur in the actual world, as cosmology and most fundamental physicists would have it, then... 1/n
Such a great pleasure to finally share what was likely the second-to-most difficult paper I have ever worked on. Yet (or hence?) a short and easy read! Apologies for highlighting this:😉
📢Short and easy to read! 📢
Many thanks to
@StephanHartma14
!
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Honored to have been invited by
@BristolUni
's Physics Society "Chaos" to give an introductory talk about Mathematical Consciousness Science.
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Amazing talk by Ryota Kanai
@ASSC27tokyo
. Thanks for the amazing talk while also organizing the whole conference
@kanair
😊🙏
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It is a great pleasure to host
@TobiasSchlicht4
as speaker in the Progress and Visions in Consciousness Science Series!
You're cordially invited to join the talk! Abstract below 👇
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If you're interested in **Mathematical Consciousness Science**, are from any of the following countries, and would like to come to Germany for a research visit, we have wonderful dedicated programs to support binational research visits!
#consci
👉 Shoot me an email or PM!
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Next up:
Peter Gärdenfors
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬
Next Friday at 4pm Berlin time!
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German universities are offering FREE world class education in Everything! 🚀
Harvard university is offering FREE world class education in Data Science!
Courses cover:
- Python
- Data Visualization
- Probability
- Statistics
- Machine Learning
- Data Science: Capstone
A project-based pedagogy that allows you to learn while building! 🚀
Read more!👇
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Effects of the letter on public perception ⬇️
@evantthompson
@mjdramstead
@JohannesKleiner
@HeleenASlagter
@alvanoe
@OSFramework
Hardly ill-advised, I'd say it worked precisely as intended.
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Highly recommended!
Yesterday a letter from 100 scientists declared the popular theory of consciousness - Integrated Information Theory - is "pseudoscience."
And that media about it is "scientific misinformation."
The letter is bad. Here's my reply why:
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Unpopular opinion: Criticizing IIT is cheap. Let's move on and discuss what it does well, and how we can learn from it.
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Very happy that our
#ASSC26
tutorial proposal with
@kanair
,
@wawiese
and
@BlumLenore
has been accepted for
@ASSC26nyc
. Many thanks to
@theASSC
and to the
#ASSC26
Scientific Committee! We're all looking forward to he conference!
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"An important aspect of consciousness is also self-awareness and our self-preservation instinct: putting that into machines could be very dangerous".
Yoshua Bengio on why understanding
#Consciousness
matters for
#AI
@ASSC26nyc
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Very excited to have
@Liad_Mudrik
speaking next week!
"The empirical quest to understand consciousness and its functions: what are we really studying?"
Thanks very much for joining the seminar, Liad!
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I think this ⬇️ is a very bad idea.
First, IIT clearly isn't pseudoscience. Anyone who thinks this has probably not engaged thoroughly with IIT's mathematics. There are lots of problems, but also lots of very important ideas. IIT isn't just metaphysics.
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There is a sizeable prize to incentivize research on computational phenomenology of pure awareness! 👇
If you're wondering what computational phenomenology is, I recently made this clumsy attempt to explain it 😉😅
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Belated birthday present from my wife just arrived!
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Finally finished! 😊 Super huge thank you to
@Sean_E_Tull
and
@tobysmithe
!
We hope this can be the basis of formalizing some of the PP-based theories of conscioussness.
I'm on vacation right now and will make a proper Tweet in a little while. 👋🏞️
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Hi everyone! Here,
@erikphoel
and I show that the usual use of falsification in consciousness science is deeply problematic.
Would be curious to hear what experimenters say in response! Philosophers should find Section 4.1.1 interesting 😉 Stay healthy!
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Greetings from the Models of Consciousness organising committee! 👋
We'd like to cordially invite you
@all
to join us for *Models of Consciousness 4* (
#MoC4
) at
@UniofOxford
's Mathematical Institute!
4-8 September 2023
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If you're working on
#consciousness
, either directly or indirectly, you're cordially invited to add yourself to this list! We look forward to reading your posts!
#consciousness
#AI
#NeuroAI
#ScientificStudyOfConsciousness
#ASSC
#AMCS
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Thank you Alex 😊😊🙏 I very much look forward to this too!
Really looking forward to hosting
@JohannesKleiner
presenting a "Structural Turn" perspective at our bran-new THEORIES OF CONSCIOUSNESS online series:
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Very happy to announce the next cabin workshop on formal topics in the scientific study of consciousness: Would be wonderful to see some of you there! (The deadline for applications is Jan 31.)
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The best introduction to causal inference and causal reasoning for anyone with a formal background is , imho.
@coecke
calls it "the bible". Superb work.
I would like to supplement
@kareem_carr
introduction with a note on the analogy between Causal Inference (CI) and algebra.
1. CI is a mathematical method that takes us from what we know (assumptions) to what we wish to know (conclusions, or an answer to a query). It resembles
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Our next speaker is:
William Seager
𝗡𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
Tuesday, December 15, 7pm Berlin time
Looking forward! 👍
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I'm well into my second PhD and must admit raising a child is so much more intense than either. Chapeau to all the primary caregivers out there! 🍼
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My personal take-aways 🫣😉👇
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Next week, Thursday: Andrew Haun (
@AndrewHaun3
) on "A causal account of spatial experience: IIT and the visual field".
Thanks for joining, Andrew!
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Thanks to an amazing team, we've put together an awesome 𝗠𝗢𝗖𝟯 conference! Virtual boot camp, fantastic social program...
You're cordially invited! 😎
𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝟯
Stanford University
September 5-9
#moc3amcs
➡️
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Finally finished this 😊 Quite the ride though, it's the third version after some extremely valuable feedback from
@wawiese
and others regarding the first two versions.
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Workshop on Physicalism and Consciousness
LMU Munich, 14.06.2024
👇
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So much for consciousness in the ivory tower! 😎 Great first day in Tokyo!
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Last moment of solitude before
#ModellingConsciousness
starts today. 🙂🙏
Pic courtesy of
@quantummoxie
!
I'm very happy to announce our next 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 on 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀!
𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟴-𝟮𝟱
Dorfgastein, Austria
We have 17 places and would be honored to receive your application!
Located here 👇😊
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I finally finished to write an initial draft of the „consciousness“ page of our soon-to-be-announced community wiki project.
➤ Any feedback/criticism/recommendations?
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