Clinical psychologist and researcher https://alexeytolchinsky.com/https://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mwys33tajs2kResonance of @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's thought with Douglas Hofstadter's view. Michael commented that biological organisms can't afford to perceive and make sense of the world by noticing every micro-state, they would be eaten in a heartbeat. https://thoughtforms-life.aipodcast.ing/conversation-with-nic-rouleau-part-1-some-thoughts-on-the-mind-as-material/03 Oct 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwys33tajs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mwvo7vctt22cThe ghost of biomarkers in psychiatry https://alexeytolchinsky.substack.com/p/the-ghost-of-biomarkers-in-psychiatry02 Oct 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvo7vctt22chttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mwte3fs6xc2oHow does generalization work? A follow-up on this discussion with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, Mark Solms, Karl Friston, and Richard Watson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_ciA-yyF8M01 Oct 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwte3fs6xc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mwssvn4te22xHofstadter's analogy and Freud's free associations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8m7lFQ3njk These two are surprisingly similar in my head. Just to follow Hofstadter, I had the experience of analogy in my head. Here's how he playfully defines it01 Oct 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwssvn4te22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mwqqoujiyk2ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Nvne3LzBls30 Sep 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqqoujiyk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mw6vrm6dfc2qFor the hard of hearing individuals This is quite extraordinary work by David Eagleman and team eagleman.sites.stanford.edu I recall cochlear implants being a 100K. So glad that accessible alternatives are being developed and they are functioning so well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCvFgrpfNGM https://eagleman.sites.stanford.edu/23 Sep 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6vrm6dfc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mvsglbcvlk2gOn gradualism. My reading of @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's TAME framework is that one of the principles there is gradualism. No bright lines. You know who else developed a gradualist Framework? Darwin.18 Sep 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsglbcvlk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mvplonwid22hEmergence is contextual (G. Ellis) Quote: "The essential point is that higher-level  emergent features alter the context in which physics functions, and this is what determines specific outcomes in particular contexts. Emergence is contextual.17 Sep 2026 11:51 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvplonwid22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mvipiu3hvs2vGeorge Ellis' latest book Ellis, G. F. (2026). How We Come to be: Almost Everything that Leads to Our Existence. Oxford University Press. academic.oup.com/book/62708 I recommend. https://academic.oup.com/book/6270814 Sep 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvipiu3hvs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mvfuryyam22kA note to grammar nazis You know who said "I can't take an imperfect measurement?" Procrustes did. (in Rick Riordan's interpretation written for his dyslexic son Haley, aka Percy Jackson.)13 Sep 2026 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvfuryyam22khttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3mtzbomf4e22zhttps://www.npr.org/2026/08/26/nx-s1-5944781/meta-settlement-child-safety-lawsuit26 Aug 2026 21:29 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzbomf4e22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3msjjnd3x3c2hhttps://www.the-independent.com/tech/meta-kids-mental-health-safety-new-mexico-b3029039.html https://www.the-independent.com/tech/meta-kids-mental-health-safety-new-mexico-b3029039.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawTjMGpwZG9mBWV4dG4DYWVtAjEwAGJyaWQRMTZPcTlHZGE4R1I1bGlaRlVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeM5cUlpJtnxBAkHu_zhjpqgatIukmeYEGo9lB3pjtoOdVpifRjG7K14xGKMk_aem_oiwhNC1UhH83qMNryK2Nvw07 Aug 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjjnd3x3c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tolchinsky.bsky.social/post/3msjhr76jdc2b@drmichaellevin.bsky.social what are your thoughts on collective intelligence of AI agents? A swarm? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87DyyMV0kCY07 Aug 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:etpo4f6iz7k3fxbkraqy62qp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjhr76jdc2b