A quick reminder about the Sluckin Lecture, which is quickly approaching. We have a fantastic speaker - Professor Anil Seth (@anilseth.bsky.social). Wherever you are, it's worth the trip to Leicester.

Speakers | TED2026 View the lineup of speakers for TED2026: All of Us. April 13-17, 2026 | Vancouver, Canada

I'm super happy to be back at TED in Vancouver, to speak once more on the main stage - all about consciousness and AI: conferences.ted.com/ted2026/spea...

FULLY FUNDED PhD - Ultra-high field brain imaging of imagery and aphantasia at University of Glasgow on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - FULLY FUNDED PhD - Ultra-high field brain imaging of imagery and aphantasia at University of Glasgow, listed on FindAPhD.com

Exciting new PhD opportunity (funded) in the lab of @larsmuckli.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Integrated information theory: the good, the bad and the misunderstood The integrated information theory of consciousness (IIT) is uniquely ambitious in proposing a mathematical formula, derived from apparently fundamental properties of conscious experience, to describe ...

🎉 📜 NEW #PREPRINT !! 📜 🎉

Spearheaded by Adam Barrett we tried to tackle some of the challenges of IIT.

We confront aspects worth delving into, with an incredible team of collaborators, inc. Pedro Mediano, @frosas.bsky.social, Daniel Bor, Lionel Barnett, and @anilseth.bsky.social.

Mapping of Subjective Accounts into Interpreted Clusters (MOSAIC): Topic Modelling and LLM applied to Stroboscopic Phenomenology Abstract. Stroboscopic light stimulation (SLS) on closed eyes typically induces simple visual hallucinations, characterized by vivid, geometric, and colour

🚨 New article in #NCONSC

Mapping of Subjective Accounts into Interpreted Clusters (MOSAIC): Topic Modelling and LLM applied to Stroboscopic Phenomenology
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Great to see this out! Many congratulations @romybeaute.bsky.social 👏🏼👇🏽

Happy Easter!

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Conscious - CPH:DOX A neuroscientist confronts the mysteries of consciousness as a philosophical question about the brain becomes deeply personal.

Last chance to see Suki Chan's brilliant #Conscious at CPH:DOX - tonight (24/3), 19:15 at the Empire Bio, Copenhagen. This is a special additional screening laid on due to popular demand - don't miss it! cphdox.dk/film/conscio...

Something is emerging in Santiago this July.
A new kind of scientific gathering. Open data. Interdisciplinary teams. A shared question that's been challenging researchers for decades.
Introducing Consciousness Commons: A satellite workshop for early-career researchers @assc2026.bsky.social #ASSC29

Thank you - that’s very kind!

Super well deserved- congratulations @shannonvallor.bsky.social :)

Sinners is indeed fantastic

Always a good idea!

Conscious - CPH:DOX A neuroscientist confronts the mysteries of consciousness as a philosophical question about the brain becomes deeply personal.

I’m excited to be back in beautiful (though damp) Copenhagen, for the world premiere (14/3) of Conscious - a new film by Suki Chan & Aconite Docs. Tomorrows pi-day #cphdox premiere is already sold out, but there are other screenings later in the week. cphdox.dk/film/conscio...

Congratulations 🙌🏽

Indeed, I did not ever say. Nevertheless, @evanthompson.bsky.social disagrees with what I did say too.

.. and we both know we never get to choose the titles/headlines, which is unfortunate, because even though *you* know I mean experience (and target that in your piece), the headline reinforces the wrong idea once again, hence the need for all these clarifications, tiresome for everyone.

I am frequently MIS-quoted on this point, which is why I go to great pains always to emphasise that I mean "our experience of reality", not "reality itself". E.g. in the article you sent me, note what I actuall say compared to what the journalist writes up, both in the text and in the body.

Correct. I don’t think and have never said that reality itself is a hallucination, whether controlled or otherwise

🙏🏽 Check out also Mazviita Chirimuuta’s excellent The Brain Abstracted.

Congratulations @seanmcarroll.bsky.social 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thanks! I look forward to reading 🙏

That's great! It has taken me a long time to write the response to the (50!) commentaries, but I'm nearly there - at least I think. Very happy for your view to be available to see.

I definitely don’t mean that! The word “controlled” is just as important. I any case this slogan isn’t due to me … I heard it from Chris frith, who heard it from ….. it goes some way back.

Hi Evan - any chance you could send me a copy too? I’d love to see what you say. 🙏🏽

Im afraid I can’t access it …. Tried a few times. Would like to see what @evanthompson.bsky.social has to say, though.

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Today is the annual Covid-19 #DayOfReflection. 6 years have passed since the start of the pandemic. We reflect today, alongside our community, on the people who lost their lives to Covid-19; the people who still face day-to-day impacts; and on the road ahead.

#Covid19 #DayOfReflection #LongCovid

No idea yet … and yes, it would!