Daniel Simon Jr. @danielsimonjr.bsky.social · 17/06/2026www.wired.com/story/leak-e...wired.comLeak Exposes Members of Peter Thiel’s Secretive ‘Dialog’ SocietyMore than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking. 000
Daniel Simon Jr. @danielsimonjr.bsky.social · 05/02/2026At just 13, Jia became one of the youngest TEDx speakers selected from hundreds in Loudoun County, VA. In “Cyborgs for Justice?” she explores memory, neuroscience, AI, and ethics to imagine fairer justice. Watch here 🎥: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZSM... LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 040
Daniel Simon Jr. @danielsimonjr.bsky.social · 03/02/2026www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comDoes AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clearThe vision of human-level machine intelligence laid out by Alan Turing in the 1950s is now a reality. Eyes unclouded by dread or hype will help us to prepare for what comes next. 020
Daniel Simon Jr. @danielsimonjr.bsky.social · 16/10/2025www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/curi...psychologytoday.comIs This the Study That Rewrites IQ Theory?New research suggests that education can raise IQ by up to 15 points—even among identical twins—challenging determinism and revealing intelligence to be more malleable than we once believed. 020
Reposted by Daniel Simon Jr.Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 25/07/2025I cover the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” Trump and Republicans’ massive new #tax and #immigration law. And even I lose track of what’s in it and when certain cuts to #Medicaid and #SNAP kick in. So here’s a breakdown — complete with a list you can screenshot. 97940
Reposted by Daniel Simon Jr.alex sammon @alexsammon.bsky.social · 23/06/2025I wrote about the return of the war on terror, and its favorite mascot, recently rebooted just in time for us to lose another great conflict, our war with climate change. slate.com/business/202...slate.comIt’s the Car That Explains Everything About America Right Now. Elon Musk Only Wishes He Made It.In Florida, on the country’s most dangerous roads, I had a 9,500-pound revelation. 0146
Reposted by Daniel Simon Jr.Mike Hixenbaugh @mikehixenbaugh.com · 19/12/2024This was a tough one to report. After a young migrant was murdered in Dallas, her mother wanted her remains returned to Venezuela. Instead, officials in Texas cut up her daughter’s body and assigned prices to the parts undamaged by the bullet that killed her. 1/ www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...nbcnews.comAfter a young woman was shot dead in Texas, a medical school harvested her body partsAurimar Iturriago Villegas left Venezuela hoping to lift her family out of poverty. When she was murdered, her corpse became a commodity in the U.S. body trade. 14176100
Reposted by Daniel Simon Jr.Berna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Finally 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 🧪link.springer.comWhat Makes a Good Theory? Interdisciplinary Perspectives - Computational Brain & BehaviorComputational Brain & Behavior - 18343141