Joe Simons
@joesimons.bsky.social
Using computers to better understand people. Social psychologist. Bristol to Singapore via Oxford and UNC.
This is all p misleading IMO. I just saw this link so haven't read it yet (but will, though I also think lots of the retweets of this haven't read it as well, given its provenance). I don't see how this counters (eg) Dawson 1999 which goes through 13 millennial cults and finds 12 show the effect 1/n
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
So, turns out cults may actually be better at cognitive updating than most groups described as "cult-like"?
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
So, turns out cults may actually be better at cognitive updating than most groups described as "cult-like"?
Gender-affirming policymaking
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Gender-affirming policymaking
Definitely has a Hegelian ring to it. What is the self but a dauerbaustelle?
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Definitely has a Hegelian ring to it. What is the self but a dauerbaustelle?
Five and seven are also available
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Five and seven are also available
You don't have to embarrass our guest. It's not like he's Zelenskyy.
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
You don't have to embarrass our guest. It's not like he's Zelenskyy.
Oh really? I'm quite enjoying all the usual roles getting shaken up
November 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Oh really? I'm quite enjoying all the usual roles getting shaken up
Suspicious foreign-sounding names like "Saxe-Coburg" and "Farage", for example
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Suspicious foreign-sounding names like "Saxe-Coburg" and "Farage", for example
November 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
They should stick to travelling via large green pipes, as is tradition
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
They should stick to travelling via large green pipes, as is tradition
Yeted < yeeted < yeeeted
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Yeted < yeeted < yeeeted
Once you go idiographic you never go bathic
November 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Once you go idiographic you never go bathic
"Once I ran to you.
Now I run from you.
This demonstrates the dangers of extrapolating past observations into the future"
Now I run from you.
This demonstrates the dangers of extrapolating past observations into the future"
November 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Once I ran to you.
Now I run from you.
This demonstrates the dangers of extrapolating past observations into the future"
Now I run from you.
This demonstrates the dangers of extrapolating past observations into the future"
"The set of properties ascribable to both you (denoted p) and a summers day (denoted s) is non-empty"
November 18, 2025 at 7:52 AM
"The set of properties ascribable to both you (denoted p) and a summers day (denoted s) is non-empty"
This is what happens when analytic philosophers try and write lyrics
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is what happens when analytic philosophers try and write lyrics
One of Jer Clifton's findings (as part of the Primal World Beliefs project) is that conservate political leanings are far more associated with seeing the world as hierarchical than as seeing it as threatening / dangerous
myprimals.com/primalsproje...
myprimals.com/primalsproje...
The Primals Project
The Primals Project The Primals Project, based at the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, promotes empirical research on the origins and psychological impact of primal wo…
myprimals.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
One of Jer Clifton's findings (as part of the Primal World Beliefs project) is that conservate political leanings are far more associated with seeing the world as hierarchical than as seeing it as threatening / dangerous
myprimals.com/primalsproje...
myprimals.com/primalsproje...
Yeah, but I think there is also a version of that drive-to-transgression which is much more orientated towards solidarity and attenuation of hierarchical relationships
November 16, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Yeah, but I think there is also a version of that drive-to-transgression which is much more orientated towards solidarity and attenuation of hierarchical relationships
Lol my first connection was "Huh. Birthday greetings seem a little off-brand for Denver's leading doom metal outfit. And what's that photo got to do with it?"
November 15, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Lol my first connection was "Huh. Birthday greetings seem a little off-brand for Denver's leading doom metal outfit. And what's that photo got to do with it?"
And you definitely shouldn't trust them if they switch to using a marker. The plot has thickened.
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
And you definitely shouldn't trust them if they switch to using a marker. The plot has thickened.
Starmers of Silence
November 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Starmers of Silence
Someone came up with the idea at Barrelfest 1239CE, to help manage the crowd of 20,000 guys called Cooper
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Someone came up with the idea at Barrelfest 1239CE, to help manage the crowd of 20,000 guys called Cooper