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cognitive scientist, journalist, editor for climate & environment @smc_germany. Curious about the brain, worried about the planet. 🧠🌎🌱

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RT @EliotJacobson: Apologies in advance for not explaining this in any way, but here are the daily standard deviations for Antarctic sea ic….
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RT @GuyPeer3: The EU has taken an important step forward, possibly a historic one. The #NatureRestorationLaw can become a game changer not….
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What do you want to know?.
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RT @smc_germany: Rettet Humus das Klima? Künftig sollen Landwirtinnen in der EU Geld für #CarbonFarming bekommen. Ökologisch sinnvoll, der….
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RT @smc_germany: Windkraftausbau beschleunigen: Statt auf einzelne Tiere will das @BMWi_Bund künftig auf Populationen bedrohter Arten schau….
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New UN report shows that governments plan to produce over 2x more fossil fuels until 2030 than would be compatible with a 1.5 degree world. Despite many of them having net-zero commitments. No big surprise, but the numbers are shocking.
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Super excited that I'm starting as editor for climate and environment at @smc_germany tomorrow 😱😊🎊🌍🌿💪.
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RT @BuergerratKlima: Heute ist es so weit! #BuergerratKlima veröffentlicht sein offizielles #Bürgergutachten, das in den nächsten Tagen Ver….
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The #illc @UvA_Science has a new director: Robert van Rooij. In this interview he shares his vision for the institute - and argues that theory from logic and linguistics can indeed be useful for the real world. @UvA_Amsterdam .
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The ILLC’s new director is convinced: Logic still matters to AI. And theory from philosophy, computer science and linguistics is useful to tackle real-world problems.
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Super excited that my first ever paper is published! Together with my amazing collaborators @DrSFink, @DjzemaLouiz & @LisaQuadt we took a deep dive into the literature on sensory processing in autism:
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Objective: The current article discusses recent literature on perceptual processing in autism and aims to provide a critical review of existing theories of autistic perception and suggestions for...
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Now that the devastating effects of climate change have reached places deemed 'safe' and the IPCC report leaves no doubt they will only get more devastating - will governments of developed countries continue to claim that 'green growth' will solve it all? Wouldn't that be insane?.
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Human reasoning is messy & inconsistent. Therefore, logicians often neglect it. But not Anthi Solaki, who defended her PhD at #ILLC. Her logical models allow for human imperfections & she is now joining @HumaniAI2. Read about her research & ideas here⬇️.
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Humans have a hard time reasoning according to abstract rules. Still, logic should care about psychology, says Anthi Solaki. She builds logical models that offer space for human imperfections.
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Director of the ILLC @SonjaSmets is leaving her position. In this interview she talks about recent developments in AI & quantum, gender equality in academia and the challenge to manage a radically interdisciplinary institute as ours. You will be missed!.
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The logician Sonja Smets has been the first female director of the ILLC. Now, she is handing over the directorship to Robert van Rooij. Time to look back on five eventful years.
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RT @GreenpeaceEU: 🚨 BREAKING 🚨. Today a Dutch court found @Shell liable for damaging the climate. For the first time, a major #FossilFuels….
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With a beautiful illustration by @mariannedhk! :).
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With the "buurtbudget" in Amsterdam, people can decide how their neighbourhood should change. How to make this process fair? And impactful? I asked the Computational Social Choice group at the ILLC about the theory and @roccopiers about the practice.
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Participatory budgeting empowers citizens and non-citizens: They can decide what their city’s budget is spent on. But how to make sure everyone is being heard?
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Are men and women really born to be different? In her book The Gendered Brain (recommended!) @ginarippon1 argues that biased neuroscience has underpinned sexist stereotypes for centuries. I discussed her insights for @PDmedien (in German).
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“We don’t know what people hear when they listen to music”, says Ashley Burgoyne, musicologist at the #ILLC @UvA_Science. I interviewed him about his research on listening, about what makes some songs catchy and why the Spotify algorithm works so well.
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Ashley Burgoyne researches how humans listen to music. Why are some songs catchy while others are not? How does my listening differ from yours? And why is the Spotify algorithm so good?
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What a colourful and powerful climate protest all over the country, three days before the Dutch elections. 🌿🌻🌿.
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RT @f_grillmeier: TW: Selbstverbrennung. Eine 26-jährige Frau mit zwei Kindern hat sich in #Moria2 in Brand gesteckt, nachdem sie erfuhr, n….
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