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Probably the best interview in a while

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March for Science, Friday March 7, nationwide. Put it in your calendar and stay tuned! 👊🏼 www.standupforscience2025.org

Excellent thread on this issue. Reveals a bit of how the current admin operates. Which is quickly, brutally, and incompetently.

From the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, a deeply politicized document about politicization of science funding. www.commerce.senate.gov/services/fil...

Damn right! newsroom.asu.edu/statements/s...

(paywall?) www.chronicle.com/article/here...

After 20+ years after my PhD, I finally wrote the big theory paper that I dreamt of writing in the late 90's. "Modular Maximization Theory: A Functional Account of Economic Behavior in Laboratory Animal Models with Applications to Drug-Seeking Behavior" authors.elsevier.com/a/1kSWgY3M3l... 👇

Anyone considering being Director of NIMH? hr.nih.gov/jobs/search/...

I don't usually (i.e., ever) share news from my institution, but this is such a good idea it deserves more dissemination and (hopefully) replication. news.asu.edu/20250110-sun...

I met Stan Weiss early in my career, while attending the Winter Conference on Animal Learning and Behavior. He was kind, smart, and funny. His support for the field continues even after he is gone. www.stanweissfund.org/home

Seeking AEs for Perspectives on Psychological Science www.psychologicalscience.org/publications...

An incredible opportunity for the right person: The Santa Fe Institute is seeking applications for full-time resident faculty positions at all academic levels For me, this has been the best possible job ever. More info here: santafe.edu/about/jobs/r...

Schickore (2024) Controlled Experiments. www.cambridge.org/core/element... Available to download until Jan 1, 2025 (tomorrow). Abstract: This Element discusses general features of controlled experimentation, epistemic and practical aspects, and historical perspectives. 👇

Thanks @amiyake.bsky.social for drawing attention to this great paper! You can find a read-only version of the pdf here: rdcu.be/d4YVQ

That's me, right there, between '08 and '09, when, as I started as assistant prof, the main source of funding in my field (NIMH) went suddenly dry. Not because of any scientific or budgetary reason, just because of the kind of ideological commitment that appears to be now common in NIH.

NOW HIRING a Director of the ASU Biocollections with a concurrent appointment as a tenured associate or full professor. The anticipated start date for this position is July 1, 2025. Please see the link for more details. Application deadline: Jan 3rd: apply.interfolio.com/159166

Assistant Prof job in Behavioral Neuroscience at UC Riverside aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02011

Finally our editorial for the "What makes a good theory?" special issue is out (co-edited with @irisvanrooij.bsky.social, @jcskewes.bsky.social, Sashank Varma, and Todd Wareham). It's an interdisciplinary issue and the contents are transdisciplinary. #philsci #metasci #cogsci #ai #psych 🧪

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