Josh Fisher
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Josh Fisher
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Josh Fisher, A Function-First Account of Human Social and Individual Consciousness as Cultural Evolution Engine - PhilPapers
This article advances a function-first account of social and individual consciousness as the engine of cumulative cultural evolution. At the social level, joint attention (a We-mode) objectifies share...
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What I should have said here is that this is a clue (bsky.app/profile/text...). Consciousness is a mystery in part because it lies in between behaviorism and individualistic psychologism. It was BUILT for and functions through communicative sociality.
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philpapers.org/rec/FISCAP-12
What happened to the days when the whole of a doctor's prescription would consist of moving to Colorado? I have this stupid runny nose that I'm confident only Wyoming can cure.
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
What happened to the days when the whole of a doctor's prescription would consist of moving to Colorado? I have this stupid runny nose that I'm confident only Wyoming can cure.
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The movement that human intelligence is an innate, self-unfolding property that flourishes best when liberated from the impositions of adult-directed scaffolding is a massive mistake.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The movement that human intelligence is an innate, self-unfolding property that flourishes best when liberated from the impositions of adult-directed scaffolding is a massive mistake.
People think transfer is your own mind jumping from branch to branch, but it's probably closer to the reality of just existing in a denser knowledge forest and not having to waste energy on jumping much at all.
November 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
People think transfer is your own mind jumping from branch to branch, but it's probably closer to the reality of just existing in a denser knowledge forest and not having to waste energy on jumping much at all.
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Did cooperation evolve because of conflict? Or is conflict an (avoidable) ‘by-product’ of evolved capacities to cooperate. I think the latter—>
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Did cooperation evolve because of conflict? Or is conflict an (avoidable) ‘by-product’ of evolved capacities to cooperate. I think the latter—>
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
And vice versa. Always be teaching.
A really interesting read from a different perspective:
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys - time.com/7335723/auto... #EduSky
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys - time.com/7335723/auto... #EduSky
The Real Way Schools are Failing Boys
“If we really want boys to succeed, we need to ensure that they know how to both beat—and lose— to girls."
time.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
And vice versa. Always be teaching.
A nice missing comma after 'cheese'.
"And if a humble, earnest, and sincere Seeker after Truth should find it in the proposition that the moon is made of green cheese nothing could ever budge him from that position."
Twain, Mark. What Is Man? [man, man, baby don't hurt me] (p. 46).
"And if a humble, earnest, and sincere Seeker after Truth should find it in the proposition that the moon is made of green cheese nothing could ever budge him from that position."
Twain, Mark. What Is Man? [man, man, baby don't hurt me] (p. 46).
November 27, 2025 at 3:17 AM
A nice missing comma after 'cheese'.
"And if a humble, earnest, and sincere Seeker after Truth should find it in the proposition that the moon is made of green cheese nothing could ever budge him from that position."
Twain, Mark. What Is Man? [man, man, baby don't hurt me] (p. 46).
"And if a humble, earnest, and sincere Seeker after Truth should find it in the proposition that the moon is made of green cheese nothing could ever budge him from that position."
Twain, Mark. What Is Man? [man, man, baby don't hurt me] (p. 46).
Under the original Constitution's words, our House of Representatives today should have somewhere between 1600 and 6500 members.
It's a thing, too: protectdemocracy.org/work/expandi...
It's a thing, too: protectdemocracy.org/work/expandi...
Expanding the House of Representatives, explained
How expansion of the House of Representatives could work — and why it would benefit democracy
protectdemocracy.org
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Under the original Constitution's words, our House of Representatives today should have somewhere between 1600 and 6500 members.
It's a thing, too: protectdemocracy.org/work/expandi...
It's a thing, too: protectdemocracy.org/work/expandi...
I saw Esau kissing Kate,
The fact is, we all three saw;
I saw Esau, he saw me,
And she saw I saw Esau.
www.re-maley.com/blog/2012/04...
The fact is, we all three saw;
I saw Esau, he saw me,
And she saw I saw Esau.
www.re-maley.com/blog/2012/04...
I saw Esau kissing Kate... — Rachel E. Maley
One of my earliest and most memorable experiences of poetry is an old book called I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book , edited by Iona & Peter Opie and illustrated by Maurice Sendak. ...
www.re-maley.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I saw Esau kissing Kate,
The fact is, we all three saw;
I saw Esau, he saw me,
And she saw I saw Esau.
www.re-maley.com/blog/2012/04...
The fact is, we all three saw;
I saw Esau, he saw me,
And she saw I saw Esau.
www.re-maley.com/blog/2012/04...
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Autonomy sounds like liberation, but the Greeks had a clearer view: freedom wasn’t being unwatched it was upholding the law for your self. Now, in classrooms and staffrooms alike, that’s the promise and the price.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
The promise and the price of autonomy
Why guidance, not premature independence, is the real foundation of freedom
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Autonomy sounds like liberation, but the Greeks had a clearer view: freedom wasn’t being unwatched it was upholding the law for your self. Now, in classrooms and staffrooms alike, that’s the promise and the price.
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
open.substack.com/pub/daviddid...
Love this, and the name. On top of the retrieval goodness, students can momentarily 'hold forth' on academic content (and start to see and hear themselves as holder-forthers, I'd bet, which is an extra benefit).
Checking for comprehension:
The days leading up to a summative exam.
Remove scaffolding.
More open ended questions.
Ask questions that encourage formation of connections between concepts.
“Just a minute” is a great model for this…
#teachingtips
The days leading up to a summative exam.
Remove scaffolding.
More open ended questions.
Ask questions that encourage formation of connections between concepts.
“Just a minute” is a great model for this…
#teachingtips
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Love this, and the name. On top of the retrieval goodness, students can momentarily 'hold forth' on academic content (and start to see and hear themselves as holder-forthers, I'd bet, which is an extra benefit).
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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NEW FREE POST Why teacher training is not evidence-based
A case in point
fillingthepail.substack.com/p/why-teache...
A case in point
fillingthepail.substack.com/p/why-teache...
Why teacher training is not evidence-based
A case in point
fillingthepail.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
NEW FREE POST Why teacher training is not evidence-based
A case in point
fillingthepail.substack.com/p/why-teache...
A case in point
fillingthepail.substack.com/p/why-teache...
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What links Sherlock Holmes, the British invasion of Tibet, and a royal gambling scandal? Andrew Glazzard investigates the domestic and imperial subterfuge beneath the surface of Holmes’ 1903 return to Baker Street in Conan Doyle’s “The Empty House” — publicdomainreview.org/essay/i...
November 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What links Sherlock Holmes, the British invasion of Tibet, and a royal gambling scandal? Andrew Glazzard investigates the domestic and imperial subterfuge beneath the surface of Holmes’ 1903 return to Baker Street in Conan Doyle’s “The Empty House” — publicdomainreview.org/essay/i...
A naïve concept of 'freedom' is instantly recognizable as--and almost indistinguishable from--that of 'entropy.'
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A naïve concept of 'freedom' is instantly recognizable as--and almost indistinguishable from--that of 'entropy.'
"And the lady laughed in pure ecstatic joy. 'Oh! I love you, my Paul— like this, like this! Beautiful one! 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲.'"
--Elinor Glyn, "Three Weeks"
--Elinor Glyn, "Three Weeks"
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"And the lady laughed in pure ecstatic joy. 'Oh! I love you, my Paul— like this, like this! Beautiful one! 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲.'"
--Elinor Glyn, "Three Weeks"
--Elinor Glyn, "Three Weeks"
I haven't the slightest clue why no one has seen Google's new mini-whiteboard advertised. Understandably, it has to exist first, but I haven't the slightest clue why it doesn't yet exist. One would think there would be a push for wearable tech, hardware-oriented patents, not more software sols.
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I haven't the slightest clue why no one has seen Google's new mini-whiteboard advertised. Understandably, it has to exist first, but I haven't the slightest clue why it doesn't yet exist. One would think there would be a push for wearable tech, hardware-oriented patents, not more software sols.
More of my greatest hits. 🙂
November 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
More of my greatest hits. 🙂
"It was like this: one day my Uncle Lem and his dog was down town, and he was a-leanin' up against a scaffolding--sick, or drunk, or somethin'--and there was an Irishman with a hod of bricks up the ladder along about the third story."
www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/brick-hods/w...
www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/brick-hods/w...
What is a brick hod? - Wonkee Donkee Tools
A brick hod is a device in the shape of an open-ended box, which is used for carrying and transporting bricks. Read our guide to brick hods!
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November 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"It was like this: one day my Uncle Lem and his dog was down town, and he was a-leanin' up against a scaffolding--sick, or drunk, or somethin'--and there was an Irishman with a hod of bricks up the ladder along about the third story."
www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/brick-hods/w...
www.wonkeedonkeetools.co.uk/brick-hods/w...
This Thanksgiving I am thankful that we did not try to domesticate wolves using wolf-centered instruction.
November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This Thanksgiving I am thankful that we did not try to domesticate wolves using wolf-centered instruction.