YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026AI consciousness depends on how you define consciousness. www.jch.com/jch/notes/C/...jch.comEight Definitions of Consciousness 130
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 09/10/2026www.jch.com/jch/notes/C/...jch.comMetrics for Deciding Whether AI Is Conscious 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026www.jch.com/jch/notes/C/...jch.comCompatibility of Six Theories of Consciousness 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026An Al is not a natural entity and therefore it cannot have moral rights, even if it possibly has consciousness. 010
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026For things you love, it should take time and a friction that flow finds fun. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026As the Heart Pumps Blood, the Brain Pumps Information, a metaphor for predictive coding: www.jch.com/jch/notes/pc...jch.comBrain Pumps InfoAs the heart pumps blood, the brain pumps information, Predictive Coding, Brain, Large Scale Brain Networks, Predictive Processing, Allostasis 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Democratic Socialism is closer to ideal Capitalism than the Billionaire Capitalism we have in the U.S. now. 010
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Trump is a corrupt graffiti monster desecrating our sacred ground 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Consciousness is Awareness. Period. Awareness of what? Awareness of the mental model of reality that we have constructed. Any creature that has such a model to be aware of is conscious. 010
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026250 years ago, America was born. It was a limited democracy and it is in trouble now. Celebrate it and all of Sudbury, MA 01776 history THIS Saturday 5/16 info: sudbury.ma.us/250 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 28/09/2025antiscience—that is politically and ideologically motivated opposition to any science that threatens powerful special interests and their political agendas. arstechnica.com/science/2025...arstechnica.comThe current war on science, and who’s behind itA vaccine developer and a climate scientist walk into a bar write a book. 000
Reposted by YON - Jan C. HardenberghInternational Brain Laboratory @intlbrainlab.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Two flagship papers from the International Brain Laboratory, now out in @Nature.com: 🧠 Brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09235-0 🧠 Brain-wide representations of prior information in mouse decision-making: doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09226-1 + 212569
Reposted by YON - Jan C. HardenberghPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 13/09/2025Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin... 23996514304
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 10/09/2025This paper is amazing. “Here we report a comprehensive set of recordings from 621,733 neurons recorded with 699 Neuropixels probes across 139 mice in 12 laboratories .. covered 279 brain areas in the left forebrain and midbrain and the right hindbrain and cerebellum. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA brain-wide map of neural activity during complex behaviour - NatureThe International Brain Laboratory presents a brain-wide electrophysiological map obtained from pooling data from 12 laboratories that performed the same standardized perceptual decision-making task i... 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 30/08/2025Latin ars liberalis, which literally means “the trade skills of a free person”. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe battle over US history reveals our education system’s key flaw | Katherine KelaidisBy systematically devaluing the liberal arts, we are leaving students unprepared for the demands of democratic life 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 14/06/2025No Kings in Sudbury, MA, 01776! My guesstimate is just under 600 people in a Town with a population of about 20K or about 3% of the population. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Thank the gods for en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_All...en.m.wikipedia.orgLet All That We Imagine Be the Light - Wikipedia 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Trump Harvard Derangement Syndrome is simply about free speech. If Harvard has the tenacity to stand up to him, others might, too. 000
Reposted by YON - Jan C. HardenberghRandall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 21/05/2025"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again. 207168154863
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Go Crimson!!! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Harvard Derangement Syndrome 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Trump “seeking to remove improper ideology” is straight out of Animal Farm. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025General AI will displace even more jobs than Generative. Thus the need for Basic Income to make the economy & society to function. 010
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Stakeholder capitalism is distributive and spread success throughout the workers, shareholders, and community. Shareholder capitalism is extractive, concentrating wealth into the hands of fewer and fewer billionaires. The result is inherently on democratic. 000
Reposted by YON - Jan C. HardenberghBrilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025A “Satellite” Map Of Middle-Earth brilliantmaps.com/a-satelli... 0105
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025I snow shoed to Tippling Rock. The first time I made it up there since I wiped out my Achilles on 9/11. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 12/02/2025If you live in MA, please sign this letter of support for a bill to make phone free schools from the first bell to last bell, or simply "bell to bell" - www.maphonefreeschools.commaphonefreeschools.comMA Phone-Free Schools Coalition | PhoneThe MA Phone-Free Schools Coalition is a group of organizations and individuals who believe phones and social media do not belong in our schools. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025AI fact checking, aka RAG. Why is this so hard? arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/a...arstechnica.comAnthropic builds RAG directly into Claude models with new Citations APINew feature allows Claude to reference source documents and reduce hallucinations. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Trump has a base that thinks pardoning cop killers is OK, but he has worn down good people to be enablers. #january6 100
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 18/01/2025I find the notion that that we should spend resources to ease the suffering of an AI silly. It’s a computer program. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Notes on The Consciousness Network by Cyriel Pennartz www.jch.com/jch/notes/Pe... #consciousnessjch.comConsh Netnotes on books: The Consciousness Network: How the Brain Creates our Reality and The Brain's Representational Power: On Consciousness and the Integration of Modalities Cyriel M.A. Pennartz 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 01/11/2024“if you think you’ll be unaffected by a second Trump presidency because you aren’t undocumented or Puerto Rican or a Democratic politician, I encourage you to reassess. But I’ll get to that next week. Today I want to talk about more prosaic economic issues.” www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Leopards Are Telling You That They Will Eat YOUR FaceMany of Donald Trump’s supporters are unprepared for what’s coming if he wins. 021
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 18/10/2024(Small l; small d) liberal democracy 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 13/09/2024It’s the economy www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Harris Can Win on the Economy, but She Needs a Stronger MessageOptimistic words and some admirable proposals aren’t enough to overcome the discontent and anger that a large majority of Americans feel about the economy. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 22/07/2024“ If Democrats want to beat MAGA, it’s not enough to say: Orange man bad. “ www.nytimes.com/2024/07/18/o...nytimes.comOpinion | What Democrats Need to Do NowIf Democrats hope to win, they have to take the MAGA worldview seriously and respectfully make the case, especially to working-class voters, for something better. 010
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 15/07/2024sketchplanations.com/equality-and...sketchplanations.comSketchplanations - A weekly explanation in a sketchEquality and equity are two important ideas that help us understand how to make things fair for everyone. Here's one way that helps me think about the difference between equity and equality: Equality ... 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 12/07/2024Joe should release his delegate and still compete for nomination. If Gretchen Witmer or another is chosen by the convention, that would be the best way forward. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...theatlantic.comA Scheme for Biden to Preserve His DignityAsking the country to trust him is no longer a credible option. He should release the delegates and run in an open convention. 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 02/06/2024fpsudbury.org/2024/04/26/y...fpsudbury.orgYear to Save the Planet with Jim Scott | First Parish of SudburyJoin us for The Year to Save the Earth—a mix of powerful songs and beautiful, projected images! 010
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 25/04/2024Netanyahu is a scoundrel who cares more about staying out of jail and hence prolonging the war than he does about the long term security of Israel. www.nytimes.com/2024/04/24/u...nytimes.comNetanyahu Calls Student Protests Antisemitic and Says They Must Be Quelled“What’s happening in America’s college campuses is horrific,” the Israeli prime minister said in a televised statement. “Antisemitic mobs have taken over leading universities.” 000
YON - Jan C. Hardenbergh @bodysurfinyon.bsky.social · 21/01/2024New source for neuroscience news. www.thetransmitter.org/brain-imagin...thetransmitter.orgName this network: Addressing huge inconsistencies across studiesEntrenched practices have stymied efforts to build a universal taxonomy of functional brain networks. But a new tool to standardize brain-imaging findings could bring us a step closer. 000