celia ford
@cogcelia
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she/her/dr • future perfect fellow @voxdotcom • ex-neuroscientist • overcommitted space cadet ✨🪩 find me: https://t.co/wuNWTZKXVD
Oakland, CA
Joined May 2018
Dopamine is a pop culture icon, but it does much more (and much less) than TikTok and certain podcast hosts lead us to believe. And it's not a pleasure chemical!!! Here's dopamine, explained for @voxdotcom:
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RT @kss_phd: Stoked to be apart of @voxdotcom 2024 #FuturePerfect50 & even more stoked to have chatted with @cogcelia about defining concep…
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RT @thebigstoryfpn: Autism researchers often use lab mice that have been genetically engineered to express behaviours associated with the d…
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RT @IzzieRamirez: We buy stuff. We throw it away. But what if we changed the pattern of buy-toss-repeat? For @voxdotcom, I wrote about the…
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RT @SigalSamuel: It's here!!! Today I launched a new philosophical advice column at @voxdotcom This is not your bubbe's advice column! Her…
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RT @IzzieRamirez: A new study in Science reveals that researchers wildly underestimated how many people don’t have safe drinking water. The…
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RT @bloggeronpole: Back online! Thanks @cogcelia for asking me about my ideas re: #poledance & the Olympics. Had my 8th pole anniversary th…
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RT @IzzieRamirez: Why the hell is breaking an Olympic sport when pole dancing is literally right there? @cogcelia — FP fellow, pole instruc…
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The thing about AI is that no one knows how it works (not even AI developers). Interpreting AI is HARD, but it’s a challenge worth tackling. When AI messes up, humans should be capable of asking why. My AI interpretability explainer for @voxdotcom:
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I wrote about the "generosity crisis" that probably isn't happening. People are bad at measuring generosity beyond donations to 501(c)(3)s. But we perform acts of kindness all the time -- hopefully, the nonprofit world will learn to see them.
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RT @OshanJarow: it's a very fun time to be writing about consciousness, but I'm particularly grateful for our gang over at Future Perfect,…
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I'm looking for scientists again! 🐒🐭🦇🪼 Are you a former grad student, postdoc, PI, or staff scientists who did experiments with animals, and left the field with some ~trauma~ ? I would love to hear your story. DM or email me: celia (dot) ford (at) voxmedia (dot) com ✨
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RT @Sentient_Media: A new study reveals elephants can call each other by name. What does that mean for the movement for their rights? @cogc…
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RT @NonhumanRights: A new study reveals elephants can call each other by name. What does that mean for the movement for their rights? @cogc…
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RT @mbolotnikova: Elephants call each other by individual names!!!! Have you ever heard of anything cooler in your life?? I'm blessed to kn…
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Still in shock that it's been a YEAR since this was me! I can't wait to read all the juicy science gossip these writers drop this summer. <3
And the news is hot off the press, that's a wrap on orientation! The 2024 #MassMediaFellows are leaving DC and are off to their host sites and ready to start a summer of #SciComm!
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