Neuroscientisthttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mx54igfamk2dThe "exposome"? The wordome just keeps growing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx54igfamk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mwzxikf2ok2fI'm think the lesson here is that if you get confused about whether you're trying to understand the brain vs trying to debug the latest "AI" model there's a good chance you'll feel lost and a little sad. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Oct 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzxikf2ok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mwsnu5lnqc2mTo all collaborators inside and outside academia: faculty at Cambridge *do not have money or resources* I know it's hard to believe and it's not a complaint just a fact. We get a few k startup (enough for a computer) and our salary is equivalent to a US postdoc. No institutional money for research.01 Oct 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsnu5lnqc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mwc4c7tqzs2aI wonder how many LLM generated proposals survived UKRI's innovative triage process. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Sep 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwc4c7tqzs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mw4yksm5mc2gAlso see this classic essay by Jeremy Gunawardena: https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/10.1091/mbc.e12-03-0227 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Sep 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4yksm5mc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mw4jb6iozs2cthe dreaded Microsoft paperclip lives on22 Sep 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4jb6iozs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mvkek57aps27Would this play out differently without designing research as a zero-sum game? From the methods: "Once a submission was accepted, the platform permanently locked the problem, crediting it to the first agent who solved it and removing it from the open pool." arxiv.org/abs/2609.04170 https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.0417015 Sep 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkek57aps27https://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mvke4ld7ns27Survey reveals that biomedical researchers continue to misunderstand the purpose of preprints (a preprint): [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2026 09:53 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvke4ld7ns27https://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mvbk4isuq22gThis is not just a wake up call for AI in research, it's an inadvertent comment on what needs to change in research culture: "the mass production at faster and faster pace of "true/false" statements could destroy fertile ground instead of breathing life into new ideas" [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Sep 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbk4isuq22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3muzjnbzwr22aTrickle down economics: real wages will just keep on trickling down... [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Sep 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzjnbzwr22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3muotqq2wh22uEverything, everywhere, all at once, again. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 11:18 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3muotqq2wh22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mtljdnneqk2vIt's remarkable that no neuroscientists can convincingly articulate why artificial systems cannot be conscious, despite strong convictions. The argument seems to be "because they are artificial". Could more brain-like chips provide a path to consciousness? https://economist.com/briefing/2026/08/20/could-more-brain-like-chips-provide-a-path-to-consciousness?giftId=ZDEyYjczODUtOGQ5ZS00NTNiLWJlNjYtOTNmOGM1YjUyYzA421 Aug 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtljdnneqk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mtds4gdb3s2oOne of the UK's last globally competitive exports is being dismantled by governmental decision makers who can't mention "research" or "education" without "economy", "innovation" or "national interest" in the same sentence. Even if you buy into their worldview you can't ignore their fecklessness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtds4gdb3s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mtdrx3cuv22oOne of the UK's last globally competitive exports is being dismantled by governmental decision makers who can't mention "research" or "education" without "economy", "innovation" or "national interest" in the same sentence. Even if you buy into their worldview you can't ignore their fecklessness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdrx3cuv22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mtdqexdt2s22I find this puzzling. Ephapsis on one hand entrains neural activity, on the other desynchronises it. On the one hand is supposedly great for neural circuit function, on the other hand is a hallmark of devastating demyelinating diseases. Biology isn't black and white but at some level it must add up. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdqexdt2s22https://bsky.app/profile/timothyoleary.bsky.social/post/3mtdoz3fgjs22And just 24h later, in another realm, AI alignment expert says "The plan is we will have to trust AI agents . . . and have to hope that agents are aligned to what we want." Hope. Solid plan. https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/c65b9c90-ce67-4b1b-a86b-22a9a3297499 AI hasn’t gone rogue. It’s worse than that [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Aug 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:nqpuowjcwt2a3drfnemrtlho/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdoz3fgjs22