Went to Plockton. It was lovely.

My college students are writing articles on AI and the future of the arts from a consumer perspective (they are electrical, motor vehicle and carpentry students resitting their GCSE English Language). When asked how they’d feel if they connected with a song or a story and were then told it was AI…

The woods were like a Victoria Crowe painting this morning.

I’ve decided that this is the year I release BLACK DOE into the wild. I still have a couple of irons in the fire, but if they fizzle out, she is ready to go. I’ve done loads of work on this book with @annasmithwrites.bsky.social at @thewriteadvice.bsky.social and I want you to be able to read it.

It's hard to overstate how bad the weather has been for Aberdeenshire so far this year.

Finished Words of Radiance last night. I haven't enjoyed a book that much in years. It felt like being a kid and discovering Star Wars or the Lord of the Rings. Just brilliant.

Dog hardware, cat software...

So much snow.

A lot of snow today.

There's nothing else quite like the difference between how badass you feel playing Beat Saber versus how ridiculous you look to everybody else.

Aberdeen Uni currently experiencing a category red "reply all" incident.

Oh no. Jonny and I started at Aberdeen University at the same time. This is awful news.

There's a new Phil Trans B issue about number systems! So cool! royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...

In 2016 Hinton predicted that AI would replace all radiologists in five years. Ten years later, why hasn't it happened? This post is a great explainer. www.understandingai.org/p/ai-isnt-re...

New preprint with @jacquihutchison.bsky.social and Zeshu Shao: "In at the deep end! Enhancing the experience of Psychology "conversion" programme students": osf.io/preprints/ps... @emilynordmann.bsky.social @abdnpsych.bsky.social

Aberdeen folk, if you want to see an orchestra play in an empty Art Deco swimming pool, this weekend is your chance! GCO are performing in Bon Accord baths at 2.30 pm this Saturday as part of an open day. Free entry! musicaberdeen.com/events/2025/...

Lochnagar from Tarland Trails today. The trails are great but the climb up did make me wish my budget stretched to an e-bike...

New preprint of a series of studies that surprised us(!) We report six studies investigating SNARC effects for non-symbolic representations of quantity. Contrary to our previous findings, we find SNARC effects for colour decision to non-symbolic quantities osf.io/preprints/ps...

I don't understand why this hasn't been bigger news over the past few days.

Sunny patch on the sofa.

Current mood

Blast from the past in the campus Blackwell's!

The best description of external examining work I've ever seen.

Nan Shepherd's house is for sale at the moment. Far beyond my price bracket but I can dream! www.aspc.co.uk/search/prope...

Really liked Andor, even if it massively overestimated my ability to remember who everyone was (closes 15 wookieepedia tabs).

Poem by me in Bending the Arc today!

That’s this letter in the London Review of Books in 2013. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

The snow has been annoying this week, but also pretty.

Phase Transition xkcd.com/3025

Know someone who likes to or would like to sing? My exceptionally clever wife can offer online or in person singing lessons and she is experienced with a range of singers, including queer and trans voices.

Today in relatable science: Gulls making a mysterious daily trip that turned out to be to a potato chip factory

My dept (UCL Experimental Psychology) has 12 funded PhD studentships for next academic year (Sept 2025 start)! These are only for UK citizens or with right to remain. I would be happy to support applications from students who would like to join my lab. See: www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/researc...

Hello new followers (it's starting to get busy here!). For want of anything more interesting to say right now, here's a photo of my dog.

BELIEVE ME WE’RE AWARE

Perfection.

We are hiring at lecturer level (teaching-focused). For more information please see: www.abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/lect...

📢 Job alert: My department is advertising *two* permanent Lectureships in any area of psychology (including Origins of Mind) @ Univ of St Andrews, UK. Please circulate! #PsychSciSky #Psychology #AcademicSky #EHBEA @eslr.bsky.social Deadline: 06/09/24 www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

🚨 Vacancy for Lecturer in Cognitive Science and AI at Radboud University. Deadline for application: 28 April (Please RT 🔃 for wider reach 🙏) 1/n www.ru.nl/en/working-a...

PhD opportunity at Aberdeen, please share with anyone you think might be interested: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Postdoctoral research fellow post at Aberdeen: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DDC896/r...

I'm making the twitter transition at a brisk clip. My lab website has many psycholinguistic databases and other computational tools but also a 'Great Pets of Cognitive Science' page. if you're interested, I'll post your pet www.reilly-coglab.com/pets-of-the-...

Excited to announce the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. oecs.mit.edu What you need to know about the mind explained briefly and simply. Free globally. Available 2024. tinyurl.com/oecs-launch