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@BillyWM @davidchalmers42 IIT isn't computationalist and it quite clearly states that consciousness is the thing that exists the most...

@davidchalmers42 It may not be "pseudoscience" because science is a process that even flawed theories participate in, but IIT *is* nonsense. All computationalism is nonsense. Consciousness is a real thing that exists in its own right. It's not on the number line; you can't count to consciousness.

IIT has many problems. but "pseudoscience" is like dropping a nuclear bomb over a regional dispute. it's disproportionate, unsupported by good reasoning, and does vast collateral damage to the field far beyond IIT. as in vietnam: "we had to destroy the field in order to save it."

@goodeyemckay :(

After I do 90 minutes of yoga within a few feet of a heavy breathing man I’m never sure if I hate yoga or if I hate men

In the dead of night, the scourge of Daylight Saving Time has once again crept across the land. Only Sk stood against the resulting chaos!

I sometimes wish we could paywall part of 538 but the paywall was you had to demonstrate some knowledge of how probability works. "4 in 5 doesn't mean 100%" is a *very* important point of emphasis for irregular readers that the regulars maybe don't need to hear as much.

@EricGrenierCBC I'd be interested in seeing an analysis of polling accuracy in North America over the last 10 years. It seems they are becoming less and less predictive.

Polls captured PQ/QS trends very well, so what was it about centrist/conservative francophones who might have wavered between the Liberals and the CAQ that was more difficult to gauge? Why did all pollsters miss this dynamic? I'm sure they are are looking into this right now.

Here's how the Quebec Poll Tracker did. Clearly, on the popular vote front it didn't do very well. But I don't second-guess the polls or try to project how they will miss, the Poll Tracker is meant to boil down what the polls are saying. newsinteractives.cbc.ca/qcvotes/poll-t…

@IAEANA @iterorg @milaaungthwin Ignited purple plasma of course.

If you are at the Vienna International Centre tomorrow morning, swing by our #IAEAGC side event on #fusion & have a donut in the shape of a #stellarator or a #tokamak. Keynote speakers at the event will be @Iterorg DG, 🎬director @Milaaungthwin & #IPP scientific director.

Fusion has 99 problems, but FOREVER RADIOACTIVE LEAKING ain’t one

Tech check before the big night. My first… instagram.com/p/BkNuapEDdSA/…

@conorwoodman So when you get to your row. You tuck in with your bags and wait until the is no line behind you to put your bags up.

@rebeccacollard @GebeilyM What goes up must come down.

Sitting on my Beirut balcony listening to celebratory gunfire for the elections. Hear a ping, find this bullet on my couch. #LebaneseElections2018

@RosieBarton @nytimes We haver known about all this wierd Russian stuff for months. Why the attention now?

@NateSilver538 How many bizarre things need to happen before we move past statistical anomaly?

No work, no school, no shopping #generalstrike #nationalstrike17 #nationalstrike #protest #resist #RESISTANCE #StopTrump #StopRepublicans

Liberal promise on electoral reform. FTR. (Note Utter lack of wiggle room) #hw

Thanks for the electoral reform Mr. Sunny Ways. @JustinTrudeau #wewillremember

Let There Be Light, the film I co-directed with Mila Aung-Thwin will premiere at SXSW2017 ! @sxsw @EyeSteelFilm

@RMartinBoulder Hi Richard could you follow me so we could DM. I'm a filmmaker and I have project i'd like to discuss with you.

Watch Arts Programming #iemmyNOM ‘Interrupt This Program’ (Canada) @nobletelevision @CBCArts @fioritof @noblenab bit.ly/2f9gHGh

I just joined the #votebetter campaign to fix our broken voting system. #cdnpoli votebetter.ca via @leadnowca

Despite ample proof of the average American voter’s cluelessness, why do we still insist on voting rights for all? nyer.cm/96oKOMm