Thomas Metzinger
@metzinger.bsky.social
Towards a computational phenomenology of meditative deconstruction: modelling ‘letting go’ and the deconstruction of experience with active inference osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Towards a computational phenomenology of meditative deconstruction: modelling ‘letting go’ and the deconstruction of experience with active inference osf.io/preprints/ps...
Christopher Timmermann
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wins the €20.000,- "2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize" with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.timmermann...
wins the €20.000,- "2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize" with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Christopher Timmermann
profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.timmermann...
wins the €20.000,- "2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize" with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
profiles.imperial.ac.uk/c.timmermann...
wins the €20.000,- "2025 Neuroscience of Pure Awareness Prize" with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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George Deane and Daphne Demekas win the € 20.000,- Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize
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for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
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November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
George Deane and Daphne Demekas win the € 20.000,- Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize
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for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
mpe-project.info/wp-content/u...
for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
George Deane and Daphne Demekas win the € 20.000,- Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize
mpe-project.info/wp-content/u...
for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
mpe-project.info/wp-content/u...
for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
OSF
osf.io
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
George Deane and Daphne Demekas win the € 20.000,- Computational Phenomenology of Pure Awareness Prize
mpe-project.info/wp-content/u...
for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
mpe-project.info/wp-content/u...
for 2025 with this contribution:
osf.io/preprints/ps...
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The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century:
1. Dream engineering
"For years, trying to convince scientists to take dreams seriously was a nightmare. Now the tide has turned ..."
www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...
1. Dream engineering
"For years, trying to convince scientists to take dreams seriously was a nightmare. Now the tide has turned ..."
www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...
The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century (so far), picked by the world’s top thinkers | BBC Science Focus Magazine
We're a quarter of the way into the new century. To mark this milestone, we asked the UK's top minds to highlight some of the game-changing scientific breakthroughs shaping our world since the year 20...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The 25 most powerful ideas of the 21st century:
1. Dream engineering
"For years, trying to convince scientists to take dreams seriously was a nightmare. Now the tide has turned ..."
www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...
1. Dream engineering
"For years, trying to convince scientists to take dreams seriously was a nightmare. Now the tide has turned ..."
www.sciencefocus.com/future-techn...
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Here is the full report: www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign
A report describing an a highly sophisticated AI-led cyberattack
www.anthropic.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Here is the full report: www.anthropic.com/news/disrupt...
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New preprint: Modelling meditative deconstruction via letting go! 🧘
Model shows how the phenomenology of defabrication naturally emerges from the dynamics of hierarchical active inference.
I take a computational phenomenology approach, with a model that is in-silico and formalised.🧵
Model shows how the phenomenology of defabrication naturally emerges from the dynamics of hierarchical active inference.
I take a computational phenomenology approach, with a model that is in-silico and formalised.🧵
February 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
New preprint: Modelling meditative deconstruction via letting go! 🧘
Model shows how the phenomenology of defabrication naturally emerges from the dynamics of hierarchical active inference.
I take a computational phenomenology approach, with a model that is in-silico and formalised.🧵
Model shows how the phenomenology of defabrication naturally emerges from the dynamics of hierarchical active inference.
I take a computational phenomenology approach, with a model that is in-silico and formalised.🧵
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"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?
Understanding the biophysical basis of consciousness remains a substantial challenge for 21st-century science. This endeavor is becoming even more pressing i...
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October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Internationaler Strafgerichtshof ersetzt Microsoft Office
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Internationaler Strafgerichtshof ersetzt Microsoft Office
"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
Frontiers | Consciousness science: where are we, where are we going, and what if we get there?
Understanding the biophysical basis of consciousness remains a substantial challenge for 21st-century science. This endeavor is becoming even more pressing i...
www.frontiersin.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"... a sense that the field has reached an uneasy stasis."
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
"... most extant experimental research (...) is geared toward supporting them rather than attempting to falsify or compare them, reflecting a confirmatory posture that hinders progress. "
www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...
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Die Antwort auf die Kleine Anfrage zur #Patientenakte, die auch mich in den letzten Tagen schon ziemlich hat staunen lassen, ist jetzt öffentlich.
Sie ist nicht sicher und es ist auch nicht verhinderbar, dass die Gesundheitsdaten in den USA landen. Wow.
Sie ist nicht sicher und es ist auch nicht verhinderbar, dass die Gesundheitsdaten in den USA landen. Wow.
„…kann die Bundesregierung die Sorgen nicht zerstreuen, dass die Dienstleister (IBM, RISE) hinter der elektronischen Patientenakte nach ausländischem Gesetz gezwungen sein könnten, Daten z.B. an die US-Regierung herauszugeben.“
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Ulrich Kelber (@[email protected])
In ihrer Antwort auf eine Anfrage der Fraktion „Die Linke“ kann die Bundesregierung die Sorgen nicht zerstreuen, dass die Dienstleister (IBM, RISE) hinter der elektronischen Patientenakte nach ausländ...
bonn.social
October 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Die Antwort auf die Kleine Anfrage zur #Patientenakte, die auch mich in den letzten Tagen schon ziemlich hat staunen lassen, ist jetzt öffentlich.
Sie ist nicht sicher und es ist auch nicht verhinderbar, dass die Gesundheitsdaten in den USA landen. Wow.
Sie ist nicht sicher und es ist auch nicht verhinderbar, dass die Gesundheitsdaten in den USA landen. Wow.
This is relevant for applied ethics:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Hemispherotomy leads to persistent sleep-like slow waves in the isolated cortex of awake humans
Hemispherotomy is a neurosurgical procedure for treating refractory epilepsy by disconnecting a significant portion of the cortex. This study shows that the isolated cortex exhibits EEG patterns resem...
journals.plos.org
October 20, 2025 at 6:18 AM
This is relevant for applied ethics:
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
“Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth,” he told me. They were born into democracy and have no appreciation of what life is like without it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth’: a Chinese journalist on the US under Trump
The long read: Once a stalwart of Hong Kong’s journalism scene, Wang Jian has found a new audience on YouTube, dissecting global politics and US-China relations since the pandemic. To his fans, he’s p...
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“Americans are democracy’s equivalent of second-generation wealth,” he told me. They were born into democracy and have no appreciation of what life is like without it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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"An account as weird, wild, and nontraditional as its subject."
@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:
@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:
Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna by Graham St John
This definitive biography from cultural historian St John (Weekend Societies) explores the life and ideas of psychedelic philoso...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
"An account as weird, wild, and nontraditional as its subject."
@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:
@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews "Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna." On sale tomorrow:
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Zur Erinnerung: DAS ist das Problem der deutschen Automobilindustrie. (Grafik von Ember) Sie hat die Elektro-Revolution verschlafen und will jetzt verzweifelt Zulieferer retten, die nur Teile für Verbrenner herstellen können. Innovator's Dilemma in Reinkultur.
October 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Zur Erinnerung: DAS ist das Problem der deutschen Automobilindustrie. (Grafik von Ember) Sie hat die Elektro-Revolution verschlafen und will jetzt verzweifelt Zulieferer retten, die nur Teile für Verbrenner herstellen können. Innovator's Dilemma in Reinkultur.
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Powerful scientific clues to the mystery of consciousness are emerging from its very absence.
Advanced meditation research seeks to scientifically understand profound and powerful shifts in consciousness that can arise from contemplative mastery. One such shift, which we call...
Advanced meditation research seeks to scientifically understand profound and powerful shifts in consciousness that can arise from contemplative mastery. One such shift, which we call...
September 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Powerful scientific clues to the mystery of consciousness are emerging from its very absence.
Advanced meditation research seeks to scientifically understand profound and powerful shifts in consciousness that can arise from contemplative mastery. One such shift, which we call...
Advanced meditation research seeks to scientifically understand profound and powerful shifts in consciousness that can arise from contemplative mastery. One such shift, which we call...
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It's release day for STRANGE ATTRACTOR, the first and surely the definitive biography of Terence McKenna! @gmantic.bsky.social did an incredible job on this book. It's one of the best biographies I've ever read. Get it today!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204957...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204957...
Strange Attractor
A stand-up philosopher who made a unique contribution to science, humanism, and the hidden arts, Terence McKenna (1946–2000) was the twentieth century&...
mitpress.mit.edu
September 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
It's release day for STRANGE ATTRACTOR, the first and surely the definitive biography of Terence McKenna! @gmantic.bsky.social did an incredible job on this book. It's one of the best biographies I've ever read. Get it today!
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204957...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026204957...