Ever thought we acquire generalizable knowledge by discarding details and compressing our experiences? In a new BBS paper, @sabinasloman.bsky.social and I argue otherwise, proposing a novel way of studying human learning inspired by double descent in ML. Disagree? Propose a commentary by May 15 :)

If science is fundamentally about discovery, then are we doing it wrong by using hypotheses testing? A beautiful and thought provoking piece on the potential limits of theory-driven research by @mdubova.bsky.social & @kevinzollman.com . journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

I’ve written about the (optimistic?) future of science for @nautil.us

How can we best learn about the world? A new paper by SFI's Marina Dubova (@mdubova.bsky.social) and coauthors applies the scientific method to itself, finding that some common strategies that scientists consider gold standards for designing experiments could perform worse than random choice.

Interested in radical exploration in science? There's evidence that it can actually be the best strategy for discovery. We talk about it in our new episode of the Night Science Podcast episode with Marina Dubova (@mdubova.bsky.social)! Apple podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...

New episode of my favorite podcast! I had a great discussion with @itaiyanai.bsky.social and @martinlercher.bsky.social about (radical) exploration in science :)

These job ads have now been posted! 🎉 Social/Personality: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05020 Biological Basis of Behavior: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05054 Please spread the word!

Congrats to Doug Medin on becoming the next Rumelhart prize winner! 🏆 My “academic grandpa” through multiple pathways! #cogsci2025

Indiana University, home of one of the best cognitive science programs in the world, appears to be cancelling its undergrad cog sci program. Fascist ghouls continuing their horrid torrent of destruction.

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

As a psych undergrad in St. Petersburg 6 years ago, I never imagined I’d be starting my own cognitive science lab at one of the world’s best research environments. I’m beyond excited to share that I’ll be starting a Cognitive Epistemology Lab at @BerkeleyPsych in Fall 2026!