HPI, mythes et faits autour de l‘intelligence clarifiées par deux neuropsychologues, Sophie Brasseur et Catherine Cuche! ecoutez ce nouvel épisode de @milgrampodcast.bsky.social, avec une nouvelle identité sonore! open.spotify.com/episode/20RI...

In science (and in life I guess) every tool or method we use can be misused. It’s rarely the tool‘s fault that the user has ill intentions. Some are easier to misuse and therefore arguably could be changed, but nothing absolves us from our responsibility to be honest researchers.

Full-time academic position in educational sciences at the ULB. The chair is entitled “School, Cultures, Identities, and Relations of Domination” cwfront.ulb.ac.be/vacacad/vaca...

For those, who want to know about Ramadan, here is a quick fact sheet. When you see your Muslim colleagues, you can wish them "Ramadan Kareem" or "Ramadan Mubarek" - and you don't need to act any differently around them. ing.org/resources/fo...

Gerade reden viele Erwachsene über ein Social-Media-Verbot für Jugendliche. Aber hat mal jemand die Jugendlichen gefragt? Wir machen das jetzt. Leite die Umfrage gerne an die Familienwhatsapp-Gruppe weiter oder mach sie mit deinen Schüler:innen. krautreporter-magazin.typeform.com/to/r5RMdCha

🫂 Être aidant proche, c’est soutenir quelqu’un qui compte. Mais qu’en est-il de sa propre santé mentale? Dans "Leur recherche, notre santé", Pierre Gérain analyse les effets psychologiques de l’aide informelle, entre fardeau et possible effet protecteur. A écouter sur #ULBPodcasts 👇

Hannah Stilley Gordy, one of the earliest born people ever photographed, pictured here in 1840 at age 94. She was born 10 years before Mozart and 9 years before Marie Antoinette.

JOB: Research Scientist at Wikimedia "We’re hiring a Research Scientist strongly committed to the principles of free knowledge, open source, privacy, and collaboration to join the Research team. As a Research Scientist, you will conduct applied research on the integrity of Wikipedia knowledge […]

Using an LLM to write a research proposal will not give you a competitive edge, it will just make it harder for reviewers to identify the quality of your ideas behind all the shiny words. Don't make it harder for them to appreciate *your* work.

Great to see a position like this advertised

⛓️🔒 La prison semble être une réalité lointaine… Mais les délinquant·es y sont condamné·es en notre nom à tous·tes. Dans notre nouvel épisode 100g, @elodiekox.bsky.social explique les conséquences psychologiques et cognitives sur les déténu·es. 🧠 👉https://milgram.ulb.be/100g/episodes-100g/prison/

I met him at the EASP conference in Granada, 2017. Were it not for my own network, I’d think until today that he’s an honorable cornerstone of social psychology. Speaking up is important, *especially* for senior, male colleagues, and not only once these investigations are published

I cosign every single word of this anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

Want to save time using LLMs? Let them generate a text for you which you can fact check meticulously over the next three weeks, because the AI companies don’t think they’re responsible for their work. 🤣😭

happy 11th anniversary to this email sent to all staff at the School of Mathematics and Statistics

I love that #petiteknit is getting people to knit, I‘d love it even more if our new friends would be courageous and widen their skills. #tincanknits has great tutorials and patterns, or try this little cap: www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib... trust me, you can do it 🥰

FAIR data management: I have talked extensively to researchers about file naming conventions and its benefits, and I understand it is not in any way an exciting topic. But until I no longer receive files CallY_draftX I will keep talking. This is a unique file name on *your* computer, not on mine.

Today's email to an associate editor, declining to review for a big corporate publisher. This one focuses on Nature Publishing Group's practice of funneling rejected manuscripts to their newer journals with hefty APCs.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Fits well with positioning themselves as research-only in the beginning: they used data that otherwise wouldn't have been available. Who would have known they would move to for-profit? Now, they use copyrighted content until the the lawsuits are over, by then, their models are well-trained.

So it appears we moved from “this could have been an email” to LLM-generated essay-length emails where the receiver spends double the time saved by the sender to identify the relevant information. Can we go back to phone calls please?

Kimmel was a great first step, now let's talk about Karen Attiah

Découvrez ce nouvel épisode sur le langage dans le spectre autistique, écrit par Marine Petit du centre ACTE (Autisme en Contexte - Théorie et Expérience) de l'Université libre de Bruxelles. Un super épisode à écouter par ici! ⤵️ 🎧 milgram.ulb.be/100g/episode... 📸 Freepik

Choosing Leuven over #Molenbeek for cultural capital 2030 was the safe option. Solid, reliable, traditional, unexciting. Our neighbours across the canal would really have deserved the recognition and a gesture of confidence.

::slowly stands while clapping::

2. the strange but often repeated cultish mantra that we need to "embrace the future" — this is so bizarre given, e.g. how destructive industry forces have proven to be in science, from petroleum to tobacco to pharmaceutical companies. (Section 3.2 here doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) 4/n

if you, too, wonder sometimes whether it is still worth fighting for a better world, the answer is yes:

Euroculinary help needed! 🇪🇺🍽️ For an event we're organising, our university restaurant offered to cook dishes typical for the cities of our European partner universities. For all students and staff during a whole week - if we provide ideas. Any suggestions for dishes from the following ten places? ⬇️

Les discours métalinguistiques antilibéraux portent leurs fruits : aucun règlement n'exclut l'utilisation de formes inclusives dans les universités belges, encore moins pour un texte français rédigé dans une université flamande. Et pourtant on présume l'existence d'une interdiction formelle.

I think they’re here to stay, but it’s worth remembering (and this will become increasingly apparent in the years to come) that, despite some clear benefits, LLMs/large AI models are a net negative for society and it’s not even close.

Was #Merz und #Reiche vortragen sind geziehlte und seid Jahren eingesetzte, leider erfolgreiche, Strategien: Discourses of Climate delay. Fast alle Figuren komplett nur mit einer Rede! #Merz How to debunk 👉 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Find the error

Tfw du eine sms deines Kindes bekommst mit dem Inhalt "nichts ist ok!" und nach 10m Panik verstehst dass es heißen sollte "nichts, ist ok!"

The "common problem" is a shared disregard for the rights of migrants, refugees, and European citizens. Several governments agreeing to break European law doesn't change the law. It just multiplies the number of infringements.

Number convention question: one of my kids, since forever, says the higher number first when giving a range. I thought it’s just a matter of repeating consistently in the “right” order, but they’re now closer to college than kindergarten and there’s no change. Is this a known “thing”?

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

I started singing Edwin Starr's "War" while reading the news this morning, and someone in my house thought I was making it up. So here it is in all its original glory. It still goes hard, sexiest anti-war song ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=01-2...

We need your help!!! 🧠🧪💤 If you are human, you fall asleep at least once a day! What happens in your mind then? Scientists know actually very little about this private moment. We propose a 20-min survey to get as much data as possible! Here is the link: redcap.link/DriftingMinds

"Es ist naiv zu glauben, wissenschaftliche Exzellenz lasse sich einfach importieren, in eine Hochschullandschaft, die selbst unter gravierenden Engpässen leidet. In Berlin wird der marode Zustand meiner eigenen Universität zur Dauerübung in Resilienz..." -- Bénédicte Savoy heute in der FAZ...

One for the "can I do a second PhD?" pile that I just started, or maybe even two 😍! Both positions sound super interesting, so if you know anyone who would like to do a in PhD in social psychology or statistical/computational work, do them a favour and encourage them to apply!

Are you seeking a postdoc opportunity? The Natural History Museum in Oslo is on the lookout for candidates who want to create their own projects. If you're interested in brainstorming project ideas, feel free to reach out! More information here:👇 www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Boston is such an academic city that Stroop tasks are part of the public transportation system

Next level: look for AEDs and save even more lifes!

L’addiction à l’alcool concerne-t-elle uniquement les autres?Jessica Mange de @universite-caen.bsky.social nous apprend ce que signifie le binge drinking et ce que la psychologie sociale peut apporter à l’étude de la consommation d’alcool milgram.ulb.be/binge-drinki...

I‘m still waiting for the incredible upside to LLMs that justifies the negative impact currently known.

Ein beispielloser und besorgniserregender Vorfall erschüttert die queere Community in Sachsen-Anhalt: Der Christopher Street Day in Schönebeck wurde vom Ordnungsamt vorzeitig abgebrochen, spontan veranstaltete Protestdemonstrationen von der Polizei aufgelöst. (1)

LLMs in grant writing: I tried improving the style of a few paragraphs, and honestly, if LLM-written grants are getting more funding than others, the reason is an old one: reviewers don’t have the necessary time to evaluate them properly. Sure, it sounds nicer, but it’s also more wrong.

I created this reading list on theory in psychology a while back, so it probably needs an update! Would love any recommendations for papers to include – maybe I can turn this into a syllabus of sorts. PDF of this reading list here: williamngiam.github.io/reading_list...

Same for black, broad permanent markers

I'm looking for a postdoc to work on justice-oriented audit frameworks. Closing date April 30, 2025. pls share widely