Parampreet Singh - Science Meditations
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There is so much horror in the world and our political and economic systems are interested only in increasing power and privilege to those that already have it in abundance. It just doesn't seem like a just world is possible or probable.
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This gets right at my core opinion about AGI: we're not going to get anything like actual "intelligence" from a brain in a jar (or a chip in a computer). Intelligence is ultimately about interacting with the world; only embodied creatures can develop it.
The most basic is that Cartesianism, broadly speaking, is false. The mind is embodied and embedded in the physical world. Meaning is not in the head. Reference, truth, and rational belief require the right kind of causal relationships to the world.
November 25, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This gets right at my core opinion about AGI: we're not going to get anything like actual "intelligence" from a brain in a jar (or a chip in a computer). Intelligence is ultimately about interacting with the world; only embodied creatures can develop it.
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whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
November 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
whenever the sun sets at 4:45 pm i open a window, lean out and yell "WRONG" as loud as i can. that usually buys me another hour or two of sunlight
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Another lesson Alice taught me: interdependence > independence
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Another lesson Alice taught me: interdependence > independence
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it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
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What Would it Take to Convince a Neuroscientist That an AI is Conscious?
I, @anilseth.bsky.social, and Michael Graziano weigh in:
gizmodo.com/what-would-i...
Thanks to Ellyn Lapointe for the opportunity to write about this.
I, @anilseth.bsky.social, and Michael Graziano weigh in:
gizmodo.com/what-would-i...
Thanks to Ellyn Lapointe for the opportunity to write about this.
What Would it Take to Convince a Neuroscientist That an AI is Conscious?
Before we can test for AI consciousness, we need to understand how consciousness actually emerges, experts say.
gizmodo.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
What Would it Take to Convince a Neuroscientist That an AI is Conscious?
I, @anilseth.bsky.social, and Michael Graziano weigh in:
gizmodo.com/what-would-i...
Thanks to Ellyn Lapointe for the opportunity to write about this.
I, @anilseth.bsky.social, and Michael Graziano weigh in:
gizmodo.com/what-would-i...
Thanks to Ellyn Lapointe for the opportunity to write about this.
Super excited to see Frankenstein playing at our local independent theatre! Planning on making it a double bill by watching Young Frankenstein first, just so I have proper context for adult Frankenstein.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Super excited to see Frankenstein playing at our local independent theatre! Planning on making it a double bill by watching Young Frankenstein first, just so I have proper context for adult Frankenstein.
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5 tips for better sleep that you can read on your bright phone at 2AM
5 tips for better sleep that you can read on your bright phone at 2AM
Sleep is vital to good health but studies find that 1 in 4 Canadian adults don’t get the recommended amount of sleep. So we’ve created this easy to read guide of tips for better sleep (specially desig...
www.thebeaverton.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
5 tips for better sleep that you can read on your bright phone at 2AM
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A reminder to all scientists & data viz people 🧪:
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A reminder to all scientists & data viz people 🧪:
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
It's Spooky Science Time.
Adjust your models to use the paranormal distribution 👻from now until November 1st.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
September 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The truly perfect business model doesn’t exi-
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This is a ZAZ joke in itself
September 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This is a ZAZ joke in itself
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the revolution will not be televised (they canceled their subscriptions)
September 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
the revolution will not be televised (they canceled their subscriptions)
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Increasingly, my only mindset has been 'the only way out is through.'
Get more weird. Become more niche. Cultivate less broadly marketable stuff.
If people come out of this being feral little trash goblins, it will be a response to outside stimulus and nothing else. That's totally on them.
Get more weird. Become more niche. Cultivate less broadly marketable stuff.
If people come out of this being feral little trash goblins, it will be a response to outside stimulus and nothing else. That's totally on them.
September 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Increasingly, my only mindset has been 'the only way out is through.'
Get more weird. Become more niche. Cultivate less broadly marketable stuff.
If people come out of this being feral little trash goblins, it will be a response to outside stimulus and nothing else. That's totally on them.
Get more weird. Become more niche. Cultivate less broadly marketable stuff.
If people come out of this being feral little trash goblins, it will be a response to outside stimulus and nothing else. That's totally on them.
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Because all they care about is money.
It is very hard to be alive right now as a person who cares more about other things like love and friendship and family and community.
It is very hard to be alive right now as a person who cares more about other things like love and friendship and family and community.
One thing that bothers me tonight in particular is how so much of this is happening because of grand and sweeping capitulation by the media, by companies, by Congress, by people in power. Even when they don’t have to — they simply comply, acquiesce, and appease.
September 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Because all they care about is money.
It is very hard to be alive right now as a person who cares more about other things like love and friendship and family and community.
It is very hard to be alive right now as a person who cares more about other things like love and friendship and family and community.
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Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
September 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Please give me an unironic list of things that have gotten better over the last ten years because I’m spiraling.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
I’ll start: you can buy an enormous TV from Costco for like $100 bucks now.
Nuns escape retirement home and run back to convent in Salzburg....it's Sound of Music backwards!
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Nuns escape retirement home and run back to convent in Salzburg....it's Sound of Music backwards!
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You can use ChatGPT instead of your own brain to write your paper if I can talk about ChatGPT instead of you in your letter of reference
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
You can use ChatGPT instead of your own brain to write your paper if I can talk about ChatGPT instead of you in your letter of reference
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“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Walkable Neighborhoods Help Adults Socialize, Increase Community
Adults who live in walkable neighborhoods are more likely to socialize and have a stronger sense of community, report researchers at the UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
“Loneliness and isolation can lead to: 29% increased risk of heart disease; 32% increased risk of stroke; 50% increased risk of developing dementia among older adults; and 60% increased risk of premature death.”
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
Surgeon General recommends designing cities to create more connections. #WalkableCities
As a fan of Star Trek, I felt this way about the Khan character. I was excited (a Sikh character on ST!) and disappointed (he's a brown warrior villain) and charmed (played RM!). And when in the movie STID that character was played by white Brit actor Benedict Cumberbatch, I was just confused.
Oh yes I will be writing an essay about how the SNW episode “Four and a Half Vulcans” is wildly offensive and normalizing race science that was mainstream and popular in United States in the 1850s
Like Disco called this shit terrorism
What the fuck is this regressive bullshit
Like Disco called this shit terrorism
What the fuck is this regressive bullshit
September 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
As a fan of Star Trek, I felt this way about the Khan character. I was excited (a Sikh character on ST!) and disappointed (he's a brown warrior villain) and charmed (played RM!). And when in the movie STID that character was played by white Brit actor Benedict Cumberbatch, I was just confused.
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180 Years of Scientific American Means 180-Degree Turns in Science—Here Are Some of the Wildest Ones www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
Science Thought Nerves Couldn’t Heal. It Thought Mars Had Canals. It Thought Plastic Was Eco-Friendly. Then It Thought Again
In honor of SciAm’s 180th birthday, we’re spotlighting the biggest “wait, what?” moments in science history.
www.scientificamerican.com
August 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
180 Years of Scientific American Means 180-Degree Turns in Science—Here Are Some of the Wildest Ones www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/epis...
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A middle school I interact with is in a state with a school cellphone ban and y’all everybody in there is relieved. EVERYBODY. The kids, the teachers, the janitors. They are so relieved. Nobody is really uptight about it…except some parents.
August 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
A middle school I interact with is in a state with a school cellphone ban and y’all everybody in there is relieved. EVERYBODY. The kids, the teachers, the janitors. They are so relieved. Nobody is really uptight about it…except some parents.
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There’s a thin line between staying as informed as you should and making yourself anxious in a way that is completely unproductive and every single day the news is trying very hard to push you over into the latter
August 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
There’s a thin line between staying as informed as you should and making yourself anxious in a way that is completely unproductive and every single day the news is trying very hard to push you over into the latter
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NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
Feed Your Head
Even now, especially now, your curiosity is powerful.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
NEW WRITING:
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪
"What will you stay curious about, even when authoritarians try to shape your reality by telling you not to think, not to read, not to ask questions, not to dare consider the possibility that there’s more to life than this?" 🧪