Alexey Tolchinsky

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divergent thinking in science, not just developmentally
@drmichaellevin.bsky.social is a prime example of doing this as a part of his work

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We teach children out of doing that in standardized educational systems. We teach compliance.

#divergent
#thinking

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But wait, hasn’t physics shown the world really IS deterministic? Well, no, not at all – not at quantum levels and not at classical levels either. arxiv.org/abs/2503.19672

Amplituhedra for Generic Quantum Processes from Computation-Scattering Correspondence We study the relationship between computation and scattering both operationally (hence phenomenologically) and formally. We show how topological quantum neural networks (TQNNs) enable universal quantu...

New preprint constructing geometric representations of computations: arxiv.org/abs/2509.19772

It would be great if some of the people writing commentaries to the target paper joined the discussion💯

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1544 confirmed cases. Look at the chart.

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“Don’t Talk About Physics Fight Club” Eric Weinstein vs Sean Carroll Science SHOWDOWN | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D. An anti-establishment "hero." You see this time and again. The Greek myth relevant here is the one of Prometheus, a hero, who stands up against the mighty Gods while bringing sacred knowledge to the...

An anti-establishment "hero" story

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“Don’t Talk About Physics Fight Club” Eric Weinstein vs Sean Carroll Science SHOWDOWN | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D. An anti-establishment "hero." You see this time and again. The Greek myth relevant here is the one of Prometheus, a hero, who stands up against the mighty Gods while bringing sacred knowledge to the...

There's more to it. There's an achetypal Greek Myth of anti-establishment, which gets repeated

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Field-mediated bioelectric basis of morphogenetic prepatterning The endogenous electric field of a simplified bioelectric network model of an embryo facilitates the autonomous formation of voltage patterns. Transient exogenous electric fields can leverage this pro...

New paper: Santosh Manicka
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"Field-mediated bioelectric basis of morphogenetic prepatterning"

#morphogenesis #bioelectricity #fields

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Sabine Hossenfelder Asks If Science Is Dying. It’s Not. Physics is dying. It’s mathematical fiction. Science is failing. Most of academic research that your taxes pay for is almost certainly bullshit. I don’t trust scientists. Would you believe me if I tol...

Great piece by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social on the descent of Sabine Hossenfelder, from science communicator to contrarian outrage-monger www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

A short essay

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It is about the patterns that make up me and you, out cognitive light cones and what can be done to extend them.

#longevity
#FEP
#scaledependence
#meaning

YouTube video by Physique et chimie - Collège de France More is different (14) - Jean-Philippe Bouchaud (2021-2022)

Another angle on biological collectives, which may interest @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and @chrisfields38.bsky.social

Renormalization Groups in bio collectives (e.g. swarms, flocks)
Jean-Philippe Bouchaud.

Fascinating.

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Optimize Cancer Therapy Using Evolution | Michael Levin & Robert Gatenby | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D. Jumping disciplines and scales I enjoyed watching this presentation by Dr. Robert Gatenby in a conversation with Michael Levin and Aastha Jain Simes. He is brave and creative. I found some of the thi...

Jumping disciplines and scales

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however, onset of aging makes sense and we have some evidence for it in @drmichaellevin.bsky.social's and his lab's work. Two different things - onset of aging and wants you dead.

YouTube video by Live Longer World Optimize Cancer Therapy Using Evolution | Michael Levin & Robert Gatenby

"After the reproduction, evolution pretty much wants you dead," says Robert Gatenby in a conversation with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social

Does it? It's an opinion and I understand "survive and reproduce" part, but "wants you dead" seems a stretch. Evidence?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nzb...

YouTube video by Live Longer World Optimize Cancer Therapy Using Evolution | Michael Levin & Robert Gatenby

"deadly, but beautiful." What a poetic way to call it.

Robert Gatenby's evolutionary approach to cancer in a conversation with @drmichaellevin.bsky.social and Aastha Jain

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U.S. court orders NIH to restore killed grants to California researchers Judge says district court is proper forum to protest mass grant terminations

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Thank you. I think dreamwork is a part of therapy and when it is informed by science, it is better dreamwork.

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about Neurochauvinists. A citation from @doctorjosh.bsky.social

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Very cool result. “Humble” is so humble, it’s meta.
#neuroscience

This is a really excellent lab to join - share widely and apply!

The overfitted brain: Dreams evolved to assist generalization | Alexey Tolchinsky, Psy.D. Dreamwork in psychoanalysis I studied Mark Solms' theory of dreams thoroughly. It happens to be based on Freud's insight about the wish fulfillment and it resonates and, perhaps, supported by neuro-i...

On dreamwork in psychoanalysis. An appeal to consider @erichoelzl.bsky.social's work as a very useful addition.

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Euclyd Unveils CRAFTWERK: Exascale Inference Architecture Targets Agentic AI at Record Efficiency European AI chip startup Euclyd has announced CRAFTWERK, a new inference architecture designed to dramatically cut the cost and power consumption of large-scale AI deployments. Positioned as the world...

European AI chip startup Euclyd has announced CRAFTWERK. Positioned as the world’s most power-efficient exascale token factory, the system made its formal debut at the KISACO Infrastructure Summit 2025 in Santa Clara.
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Yes, here we are again...

We shall overcome. This will pass.

Testing circuit-level theories of consciousness in humans
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#neuroscience

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The biggest threat to our civilisation is not comet impact, or tsunamis, or earthquakes, or anything out of our control; the biggest threat is sheer, unabated, overwhelming human _stupidity_, now amplified by the megaphone of social media. We will die by stupid.
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