Barry C Smith

Philosophy Bites Podcast Philosophy Bites Top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics About US Philosophy Bites is a podcast that brings philosophical ideas to life through short, engaging conversations with some of the...

Philosophy Bites, which I make with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social has a fancy new website. philosophybites.com with all the interviews now easier to find, and with transcriptions

What We Know About the C.D.C. Shooting in Atlanta A gunman who believed the Covid-19 vaccine had made him ill fired at the agency’s Atlanta offices, killing a police officer and rattling the public health community.

A deadly shooting at the CDC’s Atlanta headquarters on Friday rattled the community of public health workers, who said the attack was a manifestation of rampant misinformation surrounding vaccines. Here’s what to know about the shooting.

Looking forward to leading a multisensory tasting in Los Angeles this evening at our exhibition Wired for Wonder: a multisensory maze, created by Institute of Philosophy’s Centre for the Study of the Senses, @kidspacemuseum.bsky.social and @gettymuseum.bsky.social Conservation Institute

Great to be back in our Maze, created for an exhibition by @opheliaderoy.bsky.social & Institute of Philosophy’s Centre for the Study of the Senses, Getty Conservation Institute, Kidspace Museum called Wired for Wonder: a multisensory maze, @kidspacemuseum.bsky.social Pasadena, Los Angeles

Back in the Infinity Room created by students from USC in our exhibition, Wired for Wonder: a multisensory maze, at Kidspace Museum, Pasadena, LA, created by the Centre for the Study of the Senses, SAS University of London, Getty Conservation Institute and Kidspace

The seduction of advertising Our senses inform every decision and choice we make, especially the food and drink we consume and the products we buy. Companies all around the world spend millions on advertising to make sure they…

Our senses are manipulated for profit. | iai.tv/video/the-se...

Your attention is worth millions. Companies invest in cues to influence you - even the "pop" of a soda can is engineered for desire.

Join @barrycsmith.bsky.social to discover how senses are manipulated.
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#psychsky

A rare chance to experience the Glyndebourne opera scene and to hear The Marriage of Figaro

Thank you! Xxxxx

“Let them eat data!”

When did unreasonableness become the preferred mode of conversational exchange?

They need to listen to Origin Story on Eugenics!

Starmer looking and sounding at times like a hostage chained to a radiator. So perilous to sit through a Trump press spray not knowing what course it will take. Lively dangers!

Excellent programme by Sheila Dillon and the BBCFoodProg team covering big food tactics and why the Nutrient Profiling Model and reformulation is a blunt instrument when advocating for healthier food:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

He’s road testing it

Philosophy of AI Summer School at the University of London’s Institute in Paris. Run by the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study’s London AI and Humanity Project and Hong Kong University’s AI and Humanity Lab. Thanks to everyone who took part

Oh jeezus. #r4today has James Cleverly pretending he’s got a coherent position on leaving the ECHR. Groundhog Day.
More tedious, far right, isolationist, untrustworthy, ruinous nonsense claiming to be reasonable.
Go away and have a proper think. Because you’re not coming back until you do.

Was delighted to take part in celebrating @jowolff.bsky.social ‘s work as a public philosopher. I share a few private revelations here that reflects much better on Jo than they do on me

Sharing the World—A Social Aspect of Consciousness Abstract. Moving through our environment generates multiple changes in my sensations. But I do not experience the environment as changing. My conscious perceptual experience is of a stable environment...

Here is is!
direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

What’s with Rory Stewart’s Bay City Rollers haircut?

Delighted to see London philosopher @davidpapineau.bsky.social being rightly honoured by @BritishAcademy Many congratulations, David!

'Doing politics', handling the tough conversations, and how Alastair Campbell helped him out: Lunch with... Gus O'Donnell It’s been 14 years since Gus O’Donnell stepped down as cabinet secretary. Over lunch with Suzannah Brecknell he looks back on his career highlights...

Excellent long interview with Gus O'Donnell - the best cabinet secretary of the past 50 years. By Suzannah Brecknell in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social
www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/art...

Spoiler alert! No

Bliss!

Good news for Claire but even better news for the British Academy and much needed

Professor Claire Langhamer confirmed as new British Academy Fellow IHR Professor Claire Langhamer has been appointed a British Academy Fellow

In Good Things for Good People news (obviously I have to declare an interest, @ihr.bsky.social is home, but I’m absolutely delighted for @clairelanghamer.bsky.social). Bravo, may there be crisps!

Same! Anyone want to come and collect them?

Hmm…

Satirists have become the unofficial opposition in US politics. It was only a matter of time

You live by the sword…

Lol