That piece was a gut punch, Ian. It mirrored the sinking feeling I carry around in the pit of my stomach all day like a deep foreboding. This can’t end well…

He’s on LNL often for extended interviews where he says that Trump’s economic “plan” (tarriffs) have a deep logic to devalue the USD to maintain hegemony. Do the producers know how you feel about him? I think you might be able to sway them…

I’m so sorry - heartbreaking for him, his son, you, and science

The preferred nomenclature is Humanoid Language Models

Don’t speak too soon. Pauline Hanson’s One Nation got 23% of the vote today in South Australia, 5% more than the conservative Liberals. Populism may yet get a foothold

What is Balance? A Vital Mechano-Regulation Paradigm Abstract. Within minutes of birth a newborn gnu or giraffe works to stand and walk, asserting postural balance and organised animate behaviour in an apparently goal-directed manner. In contrast, robot...

New paper out on @openmindjournal.bsky.social *

I propose balance is a core biophysical self-regulatory function, organisationally akin to thermo-regulation. Might seem radical off the bat, but by the end of the paper I hope you'll agree it seems pretty obvious.
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Great article Sami - thank you. I work on a concept called ‘mental gravity’ which you may (or may not) find interesting. I also work in time perception/consciousness so your piece was fascinating!

The Self-Evidencing Agent What is it to be a human individual, an agent? According to Jakob Hohwy, it is to “self-evidence,” to actively seek out sensory evidence for one&...

"The Self-Evidencing Agent" - my new book - is out now with @mitpress.bsky.social

Can be purchased, or just download the whole thing for free, via the 'Open Access' option.

I'm grateful to @anilseth.bsky.social and Karl Friston for the generous endorsements.

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New preprint on AI, consciousness and embodiment with the brilliant @erikjbekkers.bsky.social

arxiv.org/abs/2601.21016
We introduce a new metaphysical view - Biological Idealism

😎

Thanks Bill, glad to hear it resonated with you. Sounds like you’re working on a related project?

A Passage of Time Signal in the Human Brain In a dense-sampling resting–state functional magnetic resonance imaging study, Wang et al. (2025) recorded two individuals’ functional connectivity patterns over 30 consecutive days to find a marker o...

Check out our commentary on a recent paper arguing that neural activity in the (lateral) entorhinal cortex intrinsically drifts over a month-long period in humans.

With @virginievanw.bsky.social @vigano.bsky.social and Raphaël Bordas.

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Brilliant piece but “cheerleaded”? C’mon Ian, I shan’t abide such a word! Planting a vast lexicon-forest, on the other hand, *chef’s kiss* 😅

Frontiers | The experiential basis of concepts: integrating embodied and enactive accounts The paper argues for an embodied and enactive view of linguistic concepts as a solution to the “scaling up” problem, namely the transition from embodied expe...

New paper by Thomas Fuchs, The Experiential Basis of Concepts, is about how concepts “scale up” from embodied experience to abstract thought. Concepts are rooted in bodily action and intersubjective practice.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...

#EmbodiedCognition #Enactivism #4EA #PhilosophyOfMind

You were one of my favourite comedians, and now you’re one of my favourite people fullstop.

"Music as a weighted blanket": We are inviting participants in Australia for a brief online survey about the interaction between gravity, music, emotion and sensory sensitivity. Please click the link or follow the QR. Thanks!

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If you believe either that Franklin discovered the double helix, and / or Watson and Crick stole her data, ask yourself how you know this. Then take a read of this article.

Thrilled to announce my new podcast, "The Gravity Doctors," together with @brennanspiegel.bsky.social. We introduce the world of "Biogravitational Medicine"—how gravity shapes your body and mind for better or worse.

All formats here: lnkd.in/gyviV7HY

YouTube: lnkd.in/gAMB_Eq8

Hope you enjoy!

Save the date! @publichealthaus.bsky.social and Prevention United are proud to host the 2026 Preventive Mental Health Conference in Sydney, Australia next March. Check out the conference website to find out more. www.pmhc2026.com

Hi folks - my honours students is seeking participants for research into mental gravity (online survey). See details in thread and link below. Thanks! 🙏

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f you are interested, please follow the provided link below for additional information regarding the project. This research has been approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee at Federation University (Application ID: 2025/105)
Thank you! 😊

We are looking for volunteer participants to take part in the research project and to complete a survey that is expected to take 20 minutes of your time. Your participation is a valued addition to our research, and we thank you for your consideration to participate. I

"Hi everyone. As some of you may know I’ve been undertaking an honours research project this year, which seeks to explore individual experiences of time and its influence on mental wellbeing.

Hi folks - my honours students is seeking participants for research into mental gravity (online survey). See details in thread and link below. Thanks! 🙏

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Australia

Climate Action Tracker #Australia 🇦🇺 assessment 11 June 2025.
We are rated ‘insufficient’, still expanding #fossilfuels, reliant on LULUCF accounting for emission reduction, two thirds of #SafeguardMechanism reduction is based on offsets.
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Why do you think positive emotions feel light and negative emotions feel heavy?

Serotonin as the 'molecular mediator of gravity management' in both body and mind, hence its role in depression and anxiety according to the principles of mental gravity

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Dual axes of the dual continua model with 4 zones that combine high and low ill-health and wellbeing

How can we solve the youth mental health crisis?

NEW PAPER: Let's try something new but evidence-based like mass-screening for low mental wellbeing, which is a predictor of future mental health according to the dual continua model. kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...

“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”

The three spirits…

Beautiful piece, thank you.

If I could train to become an interoceptologist, I would. Brain-body states are at the centre of both mental and physical health. Great piece