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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 2h

PhD: three years research into why you don't need to understand your own dissertation. Let's face it: aren't we basically here already?

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yea, PG has always been a tech-freak. So I'd bet the digital formats are in general better for his stuff. (I don't have these recent heavy (double?) vinyl reissues - probably should get them.) Digital things appeared in the late 70s. I'd say that all vinyl before that is consistently a good choice.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes. And also the actual pressing (and you personal set up etc.). Especially nowadays - the past 20 yrs or so - there can be big variations in the same pressing runs. The amounts produced are (often) so tiny that producing reliably constant quality is difficult. Or this is how I feel in any case.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes, but.. *Sometimes it's also about the actual sound. But this varies a lot. Take Peter Gabriel, for example. For some reason, his quite recent film music *picture disc* sounds awesome - significantly better than the CD (which I also have). But his latest album is the opposite, weirdly.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Or you could go way back and make it into a toga party while you're at it.

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Happiness is plummeting, especially among young people. When I see demoralizing data like this over and over again (e.g., test scores dropping, loneliness on the rise, etc), I just think we need to change course. Defending the status quo seems like such a bad option.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

They have been made real by the American people. They can be made unreal the same way.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

There is no dark side in the moon, really. Matter of fact, it's all dark.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Well, that's right there in the middle of the way if you're having a nice stroll from Bloomsbury to Westminster.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LLM peer review is, by default, a violation of research integrity -> you notify the editors.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The corner of Shaftesbury Ave and New Oxford St?

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Osaaminen eli koulutus kuntoon." "[T]ukia pitäisi kohdistaa pikemmin koulutukseen ja tutkimukseen kuin yritysten investointeihin ja innovaatioihin." Tuon viestiä eturintamalta: koulutuksen korkea taso on tämän maan suurimpia myyttejä. Tarvitaan radikaaleja muutoksia - perusasioihin palaamista.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've never understood how/why dynamical systems theory is supposed to, by default, somehow non-representationalist/non-computationalist. *All real/concrete systems are dynamical systems. Surely *some of these are representational and/or computational. The whole thing seems like a false dichotomy.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New from 404 Media: when you upload images to Copilot, they're not private. Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users' prompts/images, according to internal docs we got And they're horrified at what they're seeing. Bombarded with requests to make sexual AI images www.404media.co/humans-readi...

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Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I see that she has got great talent.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I assume the busses are going to swim through the crowd.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Fun fact: Procol Harum's A Whiter Shade of Pale is the most played song in public places in the UK. I reckon basically everybody in their 50s have heard the song. But at least I'm surprised about its huge popularity. (Not suggesting it's not well-deserved.)

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Greg Priest @gregpriest.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Thomas Hunt Morgan was born OTD in 1866. If you're ever feeling that your work is uending and unedifying, remember that he once said this: "Two years work wasted, I have been breeding those flies for all that time and I've got nothing out of it." 🌱🐋🧪 #HistSTM

Photograph of Morgan's Fly Room at Columbia University, around 1920. American Philosophical Society.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I don't want look for Glenn Shafer. What I want to look for is this: What the hell is this idea of THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD??!! Please explain. This is what the kids in my classes want to hear. This is what The Public wants to hear. This is what I want to hear.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I want to hear more about this "testing by betting"! But: (one of) the problem(s) here is that the HD method is experimental. Sure, some social science fits this. But how about maths, philosophy, history, gender studies..? Perhaps these are not *science? Okay, but they are not pseudoscience either.

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Richard A Carter @richardacarter.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Saw this one on Instagram just now - I'm assuming that King's or Amsterdam are not involved, and no I didn't click on the link(!), but any relevant colleagues I know on here may want to be aware...

An AI generated advert with heavily distorted, misspelled text, calling for participants to test new psychological questionnaires

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Frankly don't understand why you didn't click. After all, it clearly states that your tr?????ses are anonymots.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'd like to hear (from Daniel) what kind of advances with respect to the HD method we have made in the past 30 yrs so; I've thought the idea is old & not really discussed. With regards to (4), the HD method is experimental, leaving out the theoretical/human/social/etc. sciences. We need to say more.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Funding research through institutional funding could also include a review component, to fight nepotism/biases/Matthew Effect. Some biases would no doubt remain, but one would just have to weigh this against the current situation where resources are clearly being waste on the application processes.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I'm not sure what this amounts to (do elaborate). I'm basically fine with saying that: the scientific method = the hypothetico-deductive method. However: (1) This is rarely clearly stated. (2) The HD method need elaboration. (3) Many are critical of the method. (4) It does not fit many fields.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Five corporations Earn more than 46 nations You've got blood on your hands You've got blood on your hands www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqXr...

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Killing Joke - Blood On Your Hands live Lokerse 2003

YouTube video by 2000securitron

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The ad says that you'll learn to "understand the scientific method". I find statements like this problematic. What on earth is this method that unites all of science, demarcates it from non/pseudoscience, and leads to glorious "scientific knowledge"? Announcements like this simply promise too much.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Okay, good. I suppose it's something along these lines (the hypothetico-deductive method, that is). However, not only do people struggle to spell this out clearly, it has to be supplemented in many ways. Moreover: a lot of (perfectly good) things in science/academia do not follow this method.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No sitä katselin. Vasta hiljan opin, että tilassa operoi nyt Lazy Fox. Pacificostahan on aikaa.. Pitkäänhän siinä oli Tenho. Mietinkin, että onko Lazy Fox perinyt ko. bisnesmallin.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

What's "the scientific method"?

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My point exactly! These people would also be a great asset to the departments & unis. The unis are already paying shitloads to the publishers. Why not create a system where this money (some of it at least) is being diverted back to the departments? It's a win-win!

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hopefully this will be clarified soon: bsky.app/profile/tuom...

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Savages! bsky.app/profile/burn...

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I can find at least two entities named "Vinyl Groove" in the UK (below). I can only hope that they've got nothing to do with the entity named in the article..? (And if/when that is so, they better make that clear soon.) www.vinylgroovemusic.co.uk vinylgroove.co.uk

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VINYLGROOVE.CO.UK | VINYLGROOVE.CO.UK

VinylGroove.co.uk A wide selection of vinyl records in various music genres,. Find your favourite music genre and enjoy the timeless charm of vinyl records.Explore a wide selection of vinyl records ...

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why deal drugs, arms, people, when you can simply.. earn millions in the counterfeit vinyl trade? Mind-boggling. Perhaps a clear sign of an inflated marked (inflated vinyl prices, to be more precise).

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026

NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...

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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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Tuomas Pernu @tuomaspernu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I feel like "panel" entails that. But yea, of course one looks goofy without one (especially in static photos).

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