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Remis Ramos @remisramos.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

I don't know if @petemandik.bsky.social is aware of this, but surely will have a good chuckle

Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Look at the red can. Is it really red? Is the seen can, which seems to have redness, instantiating real redness? open.substack.com/pub/petemand...

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hakwan lau @hakwan.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

authors.elsevier.com/c/1nA3C_KOmx... new paper in Neuron in which we argue that many claims on consciousness in AI & animals etc are inconsistent. they are driven by theories/views that are not really supported by empirical evidence. they confuse subjective experience w/ cognition or perception

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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Philosophers out there - do consider submitting to the 4th annual conference of the The International Society for the Philosophy of the Sciences of the Mind - deadline July 31st, conference is 4-6 Nov online, via @niccolonegro.bsky.social philevents.org/event/show/1...

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Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

New Persuaders today! At 1pm Eastern. episode 12: Illusions of Meaning www.youtube.com/live/6a8nE4H...

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 07/07/2026

The Persuaders are back! There will be a new live episode today at 1.00pm EDT, 6.00pm BST. Join @petemandik.bsky.social and me here www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a8n... (NB If want to understand the episode it will help to read this first: petemandik.substack.com/p/can-speake...)

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Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

An important Independence Day Message Can speakers believe incorrectly that they mean the same thing?

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 28/05/2026

Mind Chat is back! Watch the first episode of Series 5 here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDc9...

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S05E01 Tom McLelland: Could AI Be Conscious?

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Matthias Michel @matthiasmichel.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

New paper coming out in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research: "Consciousness doesn't do that". I explain why I believe that animal sentience research is in large part built on sand. In my opinion, we should be skeptical of many of the claims made in this field. philpapers.org/rec/MICCDD

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The question of which mental functions require consciousness has recently come to the forefront because of its relevance for investigating animal consciousness. Finding out that an animal can perform ...

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Mel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Something about LLM hype culture renders a man immune to the experience of embarrassment. If I couldn’t tell the difference between PhD-level scholarship and grammatical gibberish I simply would not announce that to a global audience.

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Cooper River Indivisible @crindivisible.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

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Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Look who’s once again being disagreeable.

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 13/01/2026

The Persuaders will be live again today at 1pm ET/6pm GMT. This time Pete will taking questions from viewers.(If we can make it work, we may even get one or two of you on live!) Post your questions here in advance or in YT chat when we're live www.youtube.com/watch?v=brjz... @petemandik.bsky.social

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

I am frustrated by the anti-AI obsession on this place. I understand people are annoyed by AI being imposed on us for trivial things and by the AI uber alles discourse but it really feels like older people complaining about a new technology.

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Scott Weinrobe @weinrobe.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Really enjoying the latest Persuaders episode @keithfrankish.com and @petemandik.bsky.social! Thanks for sharing about your philosophical journeys. www.youtube.com/watch?v=149Z...

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9: Christmas Q&A

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 15/12/2025

Is there something you've always wanted to ask @petemandik.bsky.social and me? (No sarcasm, please!) If so, then now's your chance. We're holding a live Q&A tomorrow at 1pm ET / 6pm GMT. You can post your questions in advance in the chat at the link below www.youtube.com/live/149ZxHC...

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 14/12/2025

It's the season for giving, and The Persuaders are giving you the chance to put your questions to them. The stream will be live on Tuesday 16th at 1pm ET / 6pm GMT but the chat is already open and you can post your questions there in advance www.youtube.com/live/149ZxHC... @petemandik.bsky.social

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9: Christmas Q&A

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Maria Luiza Iennaco @mlflumic.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

So excited to revisit one of my boldest talks (from my master's), where I tried to "destroy" de Cartesian Theater. Back then, I used to add lots of memes and cool pictures in my slide presentations. This cartoon by @petemandik.bsky.social is hilarious and perfect for an illusionist&Dennettian talk.

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 01/12/2025

Tomorrow at 1pm ET / 6pm GMT, The Persuaders will be discussing Cory Doctorow's latest book Enshittification, which describes how monopolistic online platforms make all our lives worse. Join them for edification about enshittification! www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLwn... @petemandik.bsky.social

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 18/11/2025

Here's the recording of today's episode of The Persuaders, in which Pete and I have a rational discussion about irrationalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=duI3... @petemandik.bsky.social

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7: Are your beliefs rational?

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 19/11/2025

Yesterday's Persuaders episode ranged across phil mind, phil science, epistemology, social psychology, and political psychology. If you'd like to contribute to the discussion, do please join in. There's a forum on my YouTube channel here: www.youtube.com/@keithfranki... @petemandik.bsky.social

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 17/11/2025

The Persuaders will be live again tomorrow at 1pm EST, 6pm GMT, when they will asking if our beliefs are formed by rational processes and if it matters. The Truth Demon may also put in an appearance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=duI3... @petemandik.bsky.social

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Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

This guy’s got some great ideas.

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 05/11/2025

Indi talking to @petemandik.bsky.social on yesterday's episode of The Persuaders

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Bryan Pickel @bryanpickel.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

My Compositionality entry is out at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: plato.stanford.edu/entries/comp...

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 21/10/2025

Listen to @petemandik.bsky.social and me talking persuasively about consciousness www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ow4...

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5: Our weird beliefs about consciousness

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 20/10/2025

The Persuaders live tomorrow at 1pm EDT / 6pm BST! Keith and Pete will persuade you to read their essays on human and machine consciousness for @whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com's new collection *Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny* www.youtube.com/live/5ow4315... @petemandik.bsky.social

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Ned Block @neddo.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Can Only Meat Machines be Conscious? New paper in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, free download until November 26 with this URL: authors.elsevier.com/a/1luwh4sIRv...

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Yabba and Doo seem plausible to me in a way that Dabba does not.

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What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? @whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com · 07/10/2025

Many doubt robots can be intelligent or conscious. Philosopher @petemandik.bsky.social explains why they are almost certainly wrong. Read his chapter Conscious Intelligent Robots Are Virtually Inevitable in Too Weird to Believe, Too Plausible to Deny!

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 02/10/2025

What is @petemandik.bsky.social doing to me here?

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Keith Frankish @keithfrankish.com · 29/09/2025

Tomorrow (Tue 30) at 6pm GMT, 1pm ET, Pete will trying to persuade me that AI will kill us all. The Persuaders. Episode 4: Are We Doomed? - YouTube www.youtube.com/live/kRLB5Jp... @petemandik.bsky.social

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Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

I’ve been raptured and I’m happy to report that the wifi up here is fantastic.

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Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

I have appropriated the Gen-Z stare and have never before felt so free.

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

love all the eerily humanoid characters one meets in the philosophy of mind and psychology literatures

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Pete Mandik @petemandik.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Q: What do duck-rabbits eat? A: …

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Embrace the Void @etvpod.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Just a reminder, Nazis very often have families. It doesn’t actually impact the moral calculus though because the same is true for all the people they’re actively working to exterminate.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Everyone say hello to Tupi, a lil’ capybara baby at the San Antonio Zoo. 🥹

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