Sisyphus 55
@sisyphus55.bsky.social
YouTuber: https://www.youtube.com/@Sisyphus55
PhD student in Clinical Psychology: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-1448
PhD student in Clinical Psychology: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4556-1448
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this conversation has left me reflecting on the importance of incorporating art, nature, lived experience, and emotion into our philosophical thinking. without it, we run the risk of thinking ourselves out of the complexity of our own humanity.
so . . . go on a walk or check out some art today.
so . . . go on a walk or check out some art today.
here's my full conversation with Ben Thomas, creator of YouTube channel Sisyphus55. We talk about his origins with philosophy, the importance of art and the natural world, and the shortcomings of creating philosophical content.
youtu.be/vaUQmfRnbeQ
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philosophy is about more than thought, it's about life (with @Sisyphus55)
YouTube video by Side Burns
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July 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
this conversation has left me reflecting on the importance of incorporating art, nature, lived experience, and emotion into our philosophical thinking. without it, we run the risk of thinking ourselves out of the complexity of our own humanity.
so . . . go on a walk or check out some art today.
so . . . go on a walk or check out some art today.
Socialized into depression – toward a social phenomenological psychopathology: Philosophical Psychology: Vol 38 , No 1 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Socialized into depression – toward a social phenomenological psychopathology
The article aims at expanding the horizon of phenomenological psychopathology of depression from a social theoretical perspective. Based on Merleau-Ponty’s phenomenological ontology, in the first s...
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January 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Socialized into depression – toward a social phenomenological psychopathology: Philosophical Psychology: Vol 38 , No 1 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Pretty disgusting and racist email asking to be an editor for the channel. Not a fan of how common this discourse is becoming.
January 24, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Pretty disgusting and racist email asking to be an editor for the channel. Not a fan of how common this discourse is becoming.
This study found that intelligence (specifically crystallized intelligence) is associated with values of benevolence, self-direction and universalism and is negatively associated with values of tradition, security and conformity
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Cognitive Ability and Personal Values: A Large Sample Study of Schwartz's Values, HEXACO Personality, Age, and Gender - Jeromy Anglim, Andrew Marty, 2025
This study offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of the relationship between personal values and cognitive ability. A large sample of Australian adul...
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December 14, 2024 at 8:32 PM
This study found that intelligence (specifically crystallized intelligence) is associated with values of benevolence, self-direction and universalism and is negatively associated with values of tradition, security and conformity
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Short-term breaks from social media and screen time reduced internalizing behaviours and increased pro-social behaviours in children and adolescents
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Screen Media Use and Mental Health of Children and Adolescents
This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial investigates the effects of a 2-week leisure-time screen media reduction intervention on the mental health of children and adolescents.
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December 13, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Short-term breaks from social media and screen time reduced internalizing behaviours and increased pro-social behaviours in children and adolescents
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
There are several common themes linked to suicidality in incels, including appearance concerns, isolation, frustration and self-loathing
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Common themes in suicidal expressions of incel forum users: a qualitative analysis - Current Psychology
Forums for involuntary celibates (incels) are online spaces where males who struggle with a lack of sexual relations engage in misogynistic and fatalistic discussions, including suicidality. Current k...
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December 1, 2024 at 6:01 PM
There are several common themes linked to suicidality in incels, including appearance concerns, isolation, frustration and self-loathing
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Jordan Peterson has regularly attacked post-modernism as a vessel for nihilism. However, this over-simplification ignores postmodernism's emphasis on empathy, free speech and the same anti-ideological skepticism that Peterson likewise endorses.
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Jordan Peterson vs Postmodernism
YouTube video by Sisyphus 55
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November 30, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Jordan Peterson has regularly attacked post-modernism as a vessel for nihilism. However, this over-simplification ignores postmodernism's emphasis on empathy, free speech and the same anti-ideological skepticism that Peterson likewise endorses.
youtu.be/jfQnU-KVYYg
youtu.be/jfQnU-KVYYg
This study found no difference in relationship quality between people who met on a dating app vs in real life.
www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13...
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Dating Applications versus Meeting Face-to-Face: What Is Better for Romantic Relationship Quality?
The use of dating applications has increased over time, as recent data illustrate that meeting online is one of the most popular ways for couples to meet in the United States. Yet, the perceptions of ...
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November 30, 2024 at 3:48 PM
This study found no difference in relationship quality between people who met on a dating app vs in real life.
www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13...
www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/13...
There is an association between adverse childhood events (ACEs) and short-form media content addiction (e.g. TikTok, IG reels) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Adverse childhood experiences and short-form video addiction: A serial mediation model of resilience and life satisfaction
This cross-sectional study explored the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on Short-form Video Addiction (SVA) and investigated the potent…
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November 29, 2024 at 11:40 AM
There is an association between adverse childhood events (ACEs) and short-form media content addiction (e.g. TikTok, IG reels) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Do women that engage in casual sex have lower self-esteem? This study found no evidence between scores of sociosexuality and global self esteem.
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Is there a kernel of truth to the stereotype that women who engage in casual sex have lower self-esteem?
Evidence of a stereotype that links casual sex with being stigmatized and having a lower self-esteem has been found in recent studies particularly for…
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November 28, 2024 at 11:31 PM
Do women that engage in casual sex have lower self-esteem? This study found no evidence between scores of sociosexuality and global self esteem.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
By reducing inflammation, exercise appears to act on the interest-related symptoms of depression (such as anhedonia). The question is…how do you get severely depressed people to get up and move in the first place?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
From movement to motivation: a proposed framework to understand the antidepressant effect of exercise - Translational Psychiatry
Translational Psychiatry - From movement to motivation: a proposed framework to understand the antidepressant effect of exercise
www.nature.com
November 28, 2024 at 11:39 AM
By reducing inflammation, exercise appears to act on the interest-related symptoms of depression (such as anhedonia). The question is…how do you get severely depressed people to get up and move in the first place?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here’s an interesting paper on melancholic depression. It’s a type of depressive disorder that is supposedly more biological and challenging to treat: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Markers of positive affect and brain state synchrony discriminate melancholic from non-melancholic depression using naturalistic stimuli - Molecular Psychiatry
Molecular Psychiatry - Markers of positive affect and brain state synchrony discriminate melancholic from non-melancholic depression using naturalistic stimuli
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November 27, 2024 at 11:42 PM
Here’s an interesting paper on melancholic depression. It’s a type of depressive disorder that is supposedly more biological and challenging to treat: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Memories are not just stored in the brain. Other body cells can be embedded across all forms of cell types: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The massed-spaced learning effect in non-neural human cells - Nature Communications
When learning is spaced in time, memory is enhanced, but so far this was only observed in neural systems. Here, the authors show that non-neural cells, including kidney cells, also show a spaced effec...
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November 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Memories are not just stored in the brain. Other body cells can be embedded across all forms of cell types: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
What happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their head? www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
‘You tried to tell yourself I wasn’t real’: what happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their heads? – podcast
In avatar therapy, a clinician gives voice to their patients’ inner demons. For some of the participants in a new trial, the results have been astounding. By Jenny Kleeman
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November 26, 2024 at 3:49 PM
What happens when people with acute psychosis meet the voices in their head? www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
