Ik zie op het etiketje "zeekoe" staan. Of is dat een afleidingsmanoeuvre?

Funny that there are separate Wikipedia pages on 'supernormal stimulus' and 'supernormal stimuli'!

I dont know the 'stimuli' book, but its author, Deirdre Barrett, in any case deserves credit for making Brendborg's points well before Brendborg!

(I hope he cites her; I've only heard his podcast).

Thanks; corrected thread reposted!

Fortunately, a 2009 replication by my former colleagues Carel ten Cate, Michelle Spierings and team showed his conclusions mostly stand!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

There is, by the way, an interesting twist to the seagull study, which made both the 'supernormal stimulus' and Dutch ethologist Niko Tinbergen famous (Nobel 1973). In it, he made a methodological error. Later, he realized this and (dubiously) back-corrected his data.

Supernormal stimuli achieve this by exploiting shortcuts in the behavioral response mechanisms, which of course evolved to deal only with 'normal' stimuli. Describing the appeal of junk food and likes in these terms in not new, but Brendborg's popularization ("Super Stimulated") looks very useful.

A supernormal stimulus is an exaggerated stimulus that evokes stronger responses than natural stimuli do. Unnatural red spots that make seagull chicks peck more. Added sugar that makes humans eat too much. Super-engaging videos that hijack our attention.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superno...

No LLM-assisted writing in this household! Just good old sleep deprivation induced human hallucinations. 😱

Ouch, yes! Will delete and post again

Marleen Stikker. If you don't know: she's Dutch, internet pioneer, author of "The internet is broken (but we can fix it"), and advocate of citizen science.
waag.org/en/marleen-s...

Ah, too bad, but still looking forward to it. Great stuff (I discovered your substack [and your career change] only recently, but am enjoying it). I hope it'll resonate with many others as well!

What's this about?

I look forward to listening to it! Critical reflection on journalism by journalists is much appreciated.

Looks like the audio is here: dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3...

Honest question: why do you say he has no mandate? What would a mandate be? Given how difficult it is to change an existing system (and yet how important), I'm wondering if there ever is a practical route to transitioning to PR, if a supermajority like Labour's is not enough.