Remis Ramos
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Remis Ramos
@remisramos.bsky.social
· Sep 6
So it’s official: I’ve joined CARVAKAS as their bass player. It’s a Progressive Death Metal band from Chile 🇨🇱 with 4 albums, and their lyrics are about Ancient Philosophy and Materialism. You can find us on Spotify, Bandcamp (support us if you can!) and most music platforms. This is from rehearsal.
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Many studies of naturalistic comprehension report that surprisal (often LLM derived) explains more of the variance in data than other predictors. Why is this? And why can it be problematic for our conclusions?
A 🧵 of takeaways from our paper doi.org/10.1007/s421... with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social
A 🧵 of takeaways from our paper doi.org/10.1007/s421... with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social
What’s Surprising About Surprisal - Computational Brain & Behavior
In the computational and experimental psycholinguistic literature, the mechanisms behind syntactic structure building (e.g., combining words into phrases and sentences) are the subject of considerable...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Many studies of naturalistic comprehension report that surprisal (often LLM derived) explains more of the variance in data than other predictors. Why is this? And why can it be problematic for our conclusions?
A 🧵 of takeaways from our paper doi.org/10.1007/s421... with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social
A 🧵 of takeaways from our paper doi.org/10.1007/s421... with @andreaeyleen.bsky.social
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Now, we should think about what the questions are & how we can answer them.
An important question is: how is the brain capable of bootstrapping structure from statistics? And the reverse: does the brain refine probabilistic representations with structured knowledge, and if so, how does this work?
An important question is: how is the brain capable of bootstrapping structure from statistics? And the reverse: does the brain refine probabilistic representations with structured knowledge, and if so, how does this work?
a cartoon elephant with glasses says " i now have additional questions "
Alt: a cartoon elephant says "i now have additional questions "
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November 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Now, we should think about what the questions are & how we can answer them.
An important question is: how is the brain capable of bootstrapping structure from statistics? And the reverse: does the brain refine probabilistic representations with structured knowledge, and if so, how does this work?
An important question is: how is the brain capable of bootstrapping structure from statistics? And the reverse: does the brain refine probabilistic representations with structured knowledge, and if so, how does this work?
Sad thing I can't mute her name on screenshots
The brave renegade truth teller: "the people must be made to believe obvious lies to pacify them"
November 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Sad thing I can't mute her name on screenshots
This was philosophically deep in a way I didn't expect:
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
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November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
This was philosophically deep in a way I didn't expect:
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore youtu.be/tvwPKBXEOKE?...
Ok, Chile will be joining the "club". Our next president is not only a fascist, but an [check notes] actual descendant of a Nazi war criminal. I'm beyond heartbroken.
November 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Ok, Chile will be joining the "club". Our next president is not only a fascist, but an [check notes] actual descendant of a Nazi war criminal. I'm beyond heartbroken.
CARVAKAS - Flesh Over Bones (from yesterday's rehearsal)
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CARVAKAS - Flesh Over Bones (rehearsal)
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November 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
CARVAKAS - Flesh Over Bones (from yesterday's rehearsal)
youtu.be/_uQ_XCl3EJA?...
youtu.be/_uQ_XCl3EJA?...
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The last thing I’m gonna say about the current news cycle is that there are people all around you carrying the enormous pain of having been abused underneath the brave face they had to learn to wear.
Listen to survivors who are ready to talk. Do not press those who are not. And step gently.
Listen to survivors who are ready to talk. Do not press those who are not. And step gently.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The last thing I’m gonna say about the current news cycle is that there are people all around you carrying the enormous pain of having been abused underneath the brave face they had to learn to wear.
Listen to survivors who are ready to talk. Do not press those who are not. And step gently.
Listen to survivors who are ready to talk. Do not press those who are not. And step gently.
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i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
i just read something about grief from C.S. Lewis and his book, “A Grief Observed”
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
basically, when someone you love dies, it isn’t just them that you miss, but the parts of yourself that person brought out of you that can never be brought out again.
i feel that with my dad.
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the professors in the emails being all chummy with epstein is pathetic and enraging.
There are so many professors/scientists y'all
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
the professors in the emails being all chummy with epstein is pathetic and enraging.
Is there a list of Philosophers and Cognitive Scientists mentioned on the Epstein e-mails?
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Is there a list of Philosophers and Cognitive Scientists mentioned on the Epstein e-mails?
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This raises what I like to call the "AI test for tasks".
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
There was never any point to having reference letters. That's why we've all started using AI to do this nonesense task.
References should only be used for short-listed candidates for important positions/awards, and ideally, be done via a call to get the most honest opinion possible.
References should only be used for short-listed candidates for important positions/awards, and ideally, be done via a call to get the most honest opinion possible.
From my discussions with other faculty, the use of generative AI I hear about the most is writing reference letters.
What's the point of having reference letters anymore if everyone is just having them written by machine?
What's the point of having reference letters anymore if everyone is just having them written by machine?
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This raises what I like to call the "AI test for tasks".
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
If many people use AI to do task X, then that tells you that task X is actually just a brainless administrative exercise.
Any such task should probably be eliminated, and if that's not an option, modified to make automation even easier.
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Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept - @universitypress.cambridge.org, March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
A Philosophical History of the Concept
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - A Philosophical History of the Concept
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November 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Stephan Schmid & Hamid Taieb eds., A Philosophical History of the Concept - @universitypress.cambridge.org, March 2026
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...
One of the leading candidates in the presidential elections in Chile tomorrow is a xenophobic, misogynistic, ignorant fascist POS riding the wave of Trump-Milei style pseudopopulism. And he might win, *despite* President Boric's government having done a more than OK job keeping our country stable...
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
One of the leading candidates in the presidential elections in Chile tomorrow is a xenophobic, misogynistic, ignorant fascist POS riding the wave of Trump-Milei style pseudopopulism. And he might win, *despite* President Boric's government having done a more than OK job keeping our country stable...
I can't stress this out more: if you're streaming or uploading talks to YouTube, get yourself a nice lapel microphone. This room had a lot of echo, and it was noisy outside, and hear the difference the microphone makes.
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I can't stress this out more: if you're streaming or uploading talks to YouTube, get yourself a nice lapel microphone. This room had a lot of echo, and it was noisy outside, and hear the difference the microphone makes.
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Don’t miss our Annual Lecture Series with Angela Potochnik!
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Don’t miss our Annual Lecture Series with Angela Potochnik!
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
📅 Tomorrow, November 14th
⏰ 3:30pm EDT
📍 CL-1008
Title: "What’s in a Diagnosis? Towards a Philosophy of Diagnostic Medicine"
Can't make the talk? Join on Zoom: https://ow.ly/NQVn50XnP8c
More info here: https://ow.ly/hieb50XnP8a
#ALS
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Join us Thursday Nov. 20 at 12pm (EST), Earl Miller will present at the MIT Consciousness Club: "Consciousness emerges from neural dynamics". Details available on the MIT Consciousness Club website: sites.google.com/view/mit-con....
MIT Consciousness Club
The MIT Consciousness Club aims to foster interdisciplinary research on consciousness at MIT and in the broader Boston area by organizing a monthly event featuring an expert talk on consciousness foll...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Join us Thursday Nov. 20 at 12pm (EST), Earl Miller will present at the MIT Consciousness Club: "Consciousness emerges from neural dynamics". Details available on the MIT Consciousness Club website: sites.google.com/view/mit-con....
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The entire American experiment is based primarily on the mindless pursuit of wealth resulting in a culture of artifice where unremarkable people who were born or lucked into extreme privilege are treated like kings by armies of sycophants all rushing to the same trough?
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The entire American experiment is based primarily on the mindless pursuit of wealth resulting in a culture of artifice where unremarkable people who were born or lucked into extreme privilege are treated like kings by armies of sycophants all rushing to the same trough?
I’m so glad we live in a country with a working public health system. My old man is 80 and if we lived in the USA he would be long dead by now.
November 13, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I’m so glad we live in a country with a working public health system. My old man is 80 and if we lived in the USA he would be long dead by now.
Giving humans the ability to
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
November 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Giving humans the ability to
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
think about possible worlds might well be one of the greatest evolutionary mistakes since opposable thumbs (as destructive as the ability to wield weapons, and as wasteful as the ability to masturbate)
I love how Cognitive Science and Metal have a huge thing in common: severely ill-defined categories. Consciousness? Black Metal? Gimme a break… I’ll not be taking questions this time, thank you.
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I love how Cognitive Science and Metal have a huge thing in common: severely ill-defined categories. Consciousness? Black Metal? Gimme a break… I’ll not be taking questions this time, thank you.
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Epistemic violence against sexual abuse accusers—smearing them as deluded, crazy, or incompetent—is something rapists know works, and they conspire to do it.
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Epistemic violence against sexual abuse accusers—smearing them as deluded, crazy, or incompetent—is something rapists know works, and they conspire to do it.
Why do they keep handing money to Eli Roth to make movies?
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Why do they keep handing money to Eli Roth to make movies?
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John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse
John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse
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November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
John von Neumann Shot Lightning From His Arse
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Philosophical debates often resemble trench warfare: both sides are so busy defending their positions that they not only fail to notice the battle ended a long time ago, but also that the points they were defending are now so riddled with holes that they are no longer worth fighting for
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Philosophical debates often resemble trench warfare: both sides are so busy defending their positions that they not only fail to notice the battle ended a long time ago, but also that the points they were defending are now so riddled with holes that they are no longer worth fighting for