Modeling Cycles of Grift with Evolutionary Game Theory
https://www.oranlooney.com/post/grifters-skeptics-marks/
#HackerNews #Modeling #Cycles #of #Grift #with #Evolutionary #Game #Theory #Grift #Theory #GameTheory #EvolutionaryModels #HackerNews
Bjørn Sætrevik
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📄 "To Be FAIR: Theory Specification Needs an Update"
New paper in Perspectives on Psychological Science: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916251401850
Semantic versioning of theories? Citable theory objects that are reproducible and published independently of classical papers?
Van Lissa et al. (2025) argue that psychological theories need clearer and more systematic specification. The paper adapts the #FAIRprinciples (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) – well known from open data – to the way theories are defined, documented, and communicated.
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📄 "To Be FAIR: Theory Specification Needs an Update"
New paper in Perspectives on Psychological Science: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17456916251401850
Semantic versioning of theories? Citable theory objects that are reproducible and published independently of classical papers?
Van Lissa et al. (2025) argue that psychological theories need clearer and more systematic specification. The paper adapts the #FAIRprinciples (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable) – well known from open data – to the way theories are defined, documented, and communicated.
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RE: https://fediscience.org/@eLife/115871742804185192
Cool example of #theory meeting #biology: shows that efficient coding principles survive when models include realistic circuitry, noise, and metabolic constraints. A reminder that good theory does not require oversimplification.
What happens when elegant neural coding theory meets biological reality?
For our Inside Discovery series, Veronika Koren explains why adding messiness — noise, metabolism, inhibition — still leads to efficient brains.
https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/75921c16/inside-discovery-where-theory-meets-biology?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
RE: https://fediscience.org/@eLife/115871742804185192
Cool example of #theory meeting #biology: shows that efficient coding principles survive when models include realistic circuitry, noise, and metabolic constraints. A reminder that good theory does not require oversimplification.
What happens when elegant neural coding theory meets biological reality?
For our Inside Discovery series, Veronika Koren explains why adding messiness — noise, metabolism, inhibition — still leads to efficient brains.
https://elifesciences.org/inside-elife/75921c16/inside-discovery-where-theory-meets-biology?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
Jan :rust: :ferris:
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As a new host on LEPHT HAND, I’m excited to share the first episode of 2026. It’s called “Philosophy After Academia'“; Craig and I talk about the formative experiences that put us on our respective paths to studying philosophy and theory; how artistic practices interface with philosophy; and we begin to sketch what rigorous philosophical research might look like beyond traditional institutions. Link here:
As a new host on LEPHT HAND, I’m excited to share the first episode of 2026. It’s called “Philosophy After Academia'“; Craig and I talk about the formative experiences that put us on our respective paths to studying philosophy and theory; how artistic practices interface with philosophy; and we begin to sketch what rigorous philosophical research might look like beyond traditional institutions. Link here:
The new issue of Media Theory (9.2) is now available.
It’s a standard issue featuring articles by Siobhan Watters, Ma Sirui, Sonya Petersson, Katarina Mäkinen, Nanna Bonde Thylstrup & Jannie Møller Hartley, and Anthony Kelly.
The issue also includes commentaries by David Beer and N. Katherine Hayles, and a special section on ‘Charles W. Mills and Media Theory’, edited by Simon Dawes and Anamik Saha, with articles by Shirley Anne Tate, Azsaneé Truss, André Brock, Linsey McGoey, and Surya Parekh.
The full issue is available open access here:
https://journalcontent.mediatheoryjournal.org/index.php/mt/issue/view/53
Michael Foster
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Here's information about the new course on Mark Fisher / acid communism. Note that it's fully online and open to all, but registration is capped.
The first link has a video where I explain a few details; the second link goes directly to Acid Horizon Research Commons, where you can register. Happy to answer questions. Boosts appreciated! 🙏
https://elftheory.substack.com/p/the-acid-communism-course
https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classes/p/qny873rafa9ibhcyj2t2x1cwsuvtln
Lukas Fuchsgruber
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New paper ✨
»Conceptual Analogues: Coming to Terms with Data Visualisation«
https://doi.org/10.11588/ic.2025.1.113533
In which I propose conceptual analogues as terms that fuse theory and practice to expand the language of data visualization. It is based on a contribution to the early-pandemic workshop »What is the Digital Doing?« and is out now in a special issue of Interface Critique, edited by Nina Tolksdorf and Lindsey Drury.
#DataVis #Critique #Theory #CriticalDataVis #DigitalHumanities #InterfaceDesign
Here's information about the new course on Mark Fisher / acid communism. Note that it's fully online and open to all, but registration is capped.
The first link has a video where I explain a few details; the second link goes directly to Acid Horizon Research Commons, where you can register. Happy to answer questions. Boosts appreciated! 🙏
https://elftheory.substack.com/p/the-acid-communism-course
https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/2026-classes/p/qny873rafa9ibhcyj2t2x1cwsuvtln
Beautiful Abelian Sandpiles
https://eavan.blog/posts/beautiful-sandpiles.html
#HackerNews #Beautiful #Abelian #Sandpiles #mathematics #chaos #theory #combinatorics #sandpile #model
New paper ✨
»Conceptual Analogues: Coming to Terms with Data Visualisation«
https://doi.org/10.11588/ic.2025.1.113533
In which I propose conceptual analogues as terms that fuse theory and practice to expand the language of data visualization. It is based on a contribution to the early-pandemic workshop »What is the Digital Doing?« and is out now in a special issue of Interface Critique, edited by Nina Tolksdorf and Lindsey Drury.
#DataVis #Critique #Theory #CriticalDataVis #DigitalHumanities #InterfaceDesign
Why I don’t root for the Many Worlds team
https://nautil.us/reality-exists-without-observers-boooo-1252289/
#HackerNews #ManyWorlds #Theory #Critique #RealityExistence #ObserverEffect #QuantumDebate
The Universal Weight Subspace Hypothesis
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05117
#HackerNews #UniversalWeightSubspace #Hypothesis #Research #Science #Innovation #Theory
Typechecking is undecideable when 'type' is a type (1989) [pdf]
https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/149366/MIT-LCS-TR-458.pdf
#HackerNews #Typechecking #undecidability #type #theory #1989 #MIT #research #pdf
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Good news for everyone who’s been following this unfolding of “Nomadology,” or trying to, who would prefer the convenience of a single long piece: I’ve now published Part I of Notes on “Nomadology” as a free post on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/notes-on-part-i-142961660
Feel free to share the link with friends, or anyone else you think might be interested!
#deleuze #guattari #deleuzeandguattari #nomadology #athousandplateaus #theory #philosophy