this paper on why biological computation is special (& necessary for consciousness) by @jaanaru.bsky.social, is as usual, very good & maybe the best one yet on the topic but why doesn't the argument apply to e.g. motor control too? 1/ linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0149763425005251

The post that started the Shombie Wars...simpler times onemorebrown.com/2008/04/07/n...

Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵 Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

I am reminded that this still exists...from back in 2011 for the Online Consciousness Conference...In my defense, what would *you* do if *you* found out you had access to a green screen and video recording studio? youtube.com/shorts/Rv1iF...

meanwhile www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54g...

👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 years in the making, great to see this important new study (actually many studies) now preprinted. 👏🏼👏🏼 @peterlush.bsky.social

Maja Spener Live! Join me for a discussion with Maja Spener, an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham, for the season 7 finale as we do a deep dive into the reliability of introspection for the mind sciences. Maja website: NDPR review of Maja's book:

@philipgoff.bsky.social strikes (out) again! youtu.be/7bk0XASRfTE

Modus Pownage

wait, wut??

My first podcast experience! 😅 Feedback welcome! :-) youtu.be/p9_i3gSMGhY

Timing is everything Neurons in auditory cortex integrate information within a constrained and context-invariant temporal window www.cell.com/current-biol... #neuroscience

Mind Chat is back! Join us live at 4.30pm GMT tomorrow when @philipgoff.bsky.social & I talk to host of Closer to Truth and creator of the Landscape of Consciousness project, Robert Lawrence Kuhn. Landscape format youtube.com/live/2o7RvGV... Portrait format (for phones) youtube.com/live/wzVGSzV...

Andrei Buckareff Live! Join me for a discussion with Andrei Buckareff, Professor of Philosophy and Co-Director of the Cognitive Science Program at Marist University, as we discuss skateboarding, pantheism, and more! This episode was recorded live as part of LaGuardia Community College's…

MIND CHAT IS BACK!!!!!!!!!! www.youtube.com/live/wzVGSzV...

In case you missed the season 8 finale of Consciousness Live! with Kenneth Williford here it is...probably won't start the next season until May 2026 due to impending total swampage but stay tuned for announcements and stuff at some point youtube.com/live/nqo2n2t...

Bernie still ahead of the rest, but they better get on this! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3qS...

The Thankful Every once in a while I get an idea for a short story. Usually they pop in and out rather quickly and I just let them go but I recently decided to jot them down when they come. I don't think I'm a great writer, and definitely not a great story teller, but it is fun to write badly in…

Recording of a talk on "Sensory Horizons and Visual Consciousness in Non-human Animals" (www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Pz...) at the University of Michigan. Based on the recent BBS paper on sensory horizons and consciousness w/ @smfleming.bsky.social.

We are starting our @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social Knowledge in Crisis 'KiC public lecture series', with Ned Block on 12 Jan 2026! events.ceu.edu/2026-01-12/c...

I decided to start a new YouTube channel just for consciousness Live! and will be re-uploading past discussions there until I can host live discussions on that channel. Here is the very first one, from all the way back in 2018 with @hakwan.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZbj...

This Friday is the Season 8 finale of Consciousness Live! with Kenneth Williford!

Recently I met someone sort-of famous who, after talking with me a bit, realized that they had used my Intro Philosophy videos on YouTube "to get through" their philosophy class when they were in college and then "never thought about it again" and I'm like...is that supposed to be a compliment?

Jake Quilty-Dunn Live! Join me for a discussion with Jake Quilty-Dunn, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and Center for Cognitive Science at Rutgers University, as we discuss the cognitive science and philosophical psychology of perception and cognition Jake's website:

breaking: reviewer that doesn't share your approach thinks your article manuscript is not ready for publication

If scientists discover a new kind of virus on Mars, have they then discovered life on Mars?

New paper out in Synthese—a metaphysical theory of causation designed to explain statistical causal inference. Basically a summary of a 100,000-word book (Causation: Science, Statistics and Metaphysics) that'll go into production with CUP soon. Watch this space link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Submitting my paper to a journal I’ve reviewed for a few times because I absolutely love getting rejected by journals that respect my work enough to request reviews but not enough to publish me. It’s a form of self-hate at this point.

Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”

“I have tasted the maggots in the mind of the universe, I was not offended, for I knew I had to rise above it all, or drown in my own shit” -George Clinton, Maggot Brain

which scientists, exactly? look: i work in consciousness science. no. just... no.

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

Next up on Consciousness Live! Kenneth Williford Dec 5 at 1 pm Eastern youtube.com/live/nqo2n2t...

This Millikan line goes (as they say) hard.

Interesting interview of Sam Coleman on Consciousness Live! www.youtube.com/live/Ulo5lTh...

coming up later this morning! youtube.com/live/Ulo5lTh...

On this World Philosophy day please remember that it is only philosophy if it is a footnote to Plato, otherwise it is just sparkling Ancient Wisdom

Tomorrow 12pm (ET) at the MIT Consciousness Club. Consciousness Emerges From Neural Dynamics - Earl K. Miller (hey, that's me!). Join us via Zoom. sites.google.com/view/mit-con... #neuroscience

I'm Gen X with a Gen Z PhD 😎

Just got tickets to take the family to see Weird Al and I am very excited!

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1... This study aimed to investigate how working memory interacts with perception at the behavioral level. We examined whether working memory modulates subjective perception when the general capacity for perceptual processing is kept constant. 1/

Next up on Consciousness Live! Sam Coleman Nov 21st 1pm eastern youtube.com/live/Ulo5lTh...

No gods, nor masters, Only reason!

in case you missed my discussion with Kati Balog here it is...now I really *really* need to have @keithfrankish.com on to respond! youtu.be/fH9OmyUihSk

sure, Newton's "hypotheses non fingo" is cool, but have you tried philosophy's "hypotheses solum fingo"

This is the future for every party

NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!