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Ok. I’m reluctantly signing off this account now. Follow me at @justincaouette.bsky.social
Our new paper on why people love sad art
The key question: You probably wouldn’t enjoy it if someone started telling you about how she is addicted to drugs and her life is failing apart. So why do you love it when she creates a work of art about that very same thing?
osf.io/preprints/ps...
My interview with Cliff over at ‘What is it like to be a Philosopher?’ (2022)
Which is more important, asked Big Panda, the journey or the destination? The company, said Tiny Dragon.
Wise words from Tiny Dragon
Just got a new phone and also recently got locked out of my BSU email address (which was the address I used to get on Bluesky). So, once I send back my old phone I will no longer have access to this account.
I’ll be setting up a new one to replace this. A bit annoying. Might wait a while.
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20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.
The end.
17. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
13. I run like the winded.
5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
These made me laugh. I copied from a friend!
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
regardless of theory.
Full post:
schwitzsplinters.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-ro...
intractable qualities, abandoning its main practical, social usefulness (or worse, using its obscurity to justify what seems like bigotry), or allowing that if an entity can interact with us in (what we experience as) a sufficiently socially significant ways, it has consciousness enough 2/3
A facially expressive robot from Engineered Arts
In today's blog post, I offer a sociological argument for regarding robots as conscious, in a hypothetical future in which AI companions are common.
If AI companionship technology flourishes, we might face the choice between connecting "consciousness" definitionally to scientifically 1/3
When AI takes your job:
The answer to why a job exists may displacement threats by AI
I’ve yet to see that version. Sounds way cooler!
20. Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops.
21. My luck is like a bald guy who just won a comb.
The end.
17. I don't mean to interrupt people. I just randomly remember things and get really excited.
18. When I ask for directions, please don't use words like "east."
19. Don't bother walking a mile in my shoes. That would be boring. Spend 30 seconds in my head. That'll freak you right out.
14. I hate when a couple argues in public, and I missed the beginning & dont know whose side Im on.
15. When some1 asks what I did this weekend, I squint and ask, "Why, what did u hear?"
16. When u do squats, are your knees supposed to sound like a goat chewing an aluminum can stuffed with celery?
11. When you ask me what I am doing today, and I say "nothing," it does not mean I am free. It means I am doing nothing.
12. I finally got eight hours of sleep. It took me three days, but whatever.
13. I run like the winded.
9. Remember, if you lose a sock in the dryer, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit any of your containers.
10. If you're sitting in public and a stranger takes the seat next to you, just stare straight ahead and say, "Did you bring the money?"
5. The older I get, the earlier it gets late.
6. When I say, "The other day," I could be referring to any time between yesterday and 15 years ago.
7. I remember being able to get up without making sound effects.
8. I had my patience tested. I'm negative.
These made me laugh. I copied from a friend!
1. When 1 door closes & another opens, you are probably in prison.
2. To me, "drink responsibly" means dont spill it.
3. Age 60 might be the new 40, but 9pm is the new midnight.
4. It’s the start of a brand new day, and Im off like a herd of turtles
Call for applications for the summer school hosted by @univie.ac.at has just gone live! The topic will be the history and epistemology of econometrics. More info on the course, and info about the guest lecturers can be found here: summerschool-ivc.univie.ac.at
Happy birthday!
Debunking MAGA’s hateful lies about the LA fires: The reservoirs were full, the fire budget was increased, the 12 firefighters fired for refusing to get Covid shots were replaced long ago, the donations to Ukraine were nominal, and on, and on.
