Dermot Lynott

My article "Data is not available upon request" was published in Meta-Psychology. Very happy to see this out!
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Red clouds in evening sky. With bare tree silhouetted

Say hello to Maynooth clouds!

"We're going to create superintelligence" How about making outlook search work first. How about that

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test | Royal Society An event celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test, held at the Royal Society on 2 October 2025.

You might imagine that an event celebrating 75 years of the Turing Test would be all "Wasn't he prescient, and look, now we really do have machines that think!" Mercifully, this event yesterday was close to the opposite. /1
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Article reads: Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

You never know, could be your greatest impact yet 😬

🇮🇪 Gaeilgeoirs of Brussels (and elsewhere) - the European Parliament press unit has a Schumann Traineeship opening for a native Irish-speaker.

Deadline for applications is end-October.

Details on how to apply at the link.

Please spread the word! ep-stages.gestmax.eu/7139/1/press...

Public consultation show 97% support for making basic income for the arts permanent

Ahh they finally released the public consultation. 44% of respondents were general public/ not artists.

97% in favour of making it permanent.
On average, respondents thought it should last 12 years.

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National Open Research Festival (NORFest) 2025 A two-day event which will spotlight global open science, cross-cutting policy agendas, and emerging themes in open research and innovation.

📢Registration is now open for Ireland’s National Open Research Festival! #NORFest2025

Book your ticket via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/national-o...

📅 6-7 November 2025
📍Royal Irish Academy, Dublin @ria.ie

View the event programme on the NORF website: norf.ie/news-2/norfe...
@dri.ie

Wow, Dublin's MetroLink finally has planning permission. None of us will live to see it actually built, of course, but let's try to be happy for our great-great-grandchildren.

This includes the OSF preprint servers, @metaarxivbot.bsky.social, @socarxivbot.bsky.social, @psyarxivbot.bsky.social, and more.

“I am increasingly concerned over threats to the values that allow science to flourish. Today at a meeting of the Royal Society’s Council, I led a discussion regarding some of those threats. “Science thrives when individuals and institutions have the freedom to carry out research without fear of discrimination, censorship, or other restrictions that would hinder their work. In support of that, Council believes that it is not the role of the Royal Society to police the personal political opinions of individual Fellows and disciplinary procedures should not be initiated because of a Fellow’s social and political views. “However, the Society can and will criticise Fellows who act in a way that runs counter to the values of tolerance, courtesy and respect for others that allow science to flourish. Elon Musk’s contribution to the ‘Unite the Kingdom’ rally is an example of a growing tendency towards the use of the language of violence, and narratives of division and polarisation. This language and these narratives threaten the values that enable science to thrive and the Royal Society rejects them, from wherever they originate.”

The Royal Society has met to discuss Elon Musk – and they’re NOT removing his fellowship. They are criticising him publicly, but stopping short of actual removal.

This feels like the kind of compromise that will please *absolutely nobody*.

"There's artificial intelligence, and there's actual intelligence" 🤣

Please consider joining our @ehpsopenscisig.bsky.social Committee! So much achieved in the last 5 years and we're just getting started 😀

@ehps.bsky.social @elainetoomey1.bsky.social @tugcevarol.bsky.social @rorycoyne.bsky.social @ajamesgreen.bsky.social @ehpscreaters.bsky.social

A wild exchange with Gemini Pro 2.5. In preparing some examples for my seminar (cogsci-llms.netlify.app) I remembered @randomwalker.bsky.social old tweet about playing Rock paper scissors with LLMs. Decided to see what it's like now ....

NABS+ Visiting Fellowships Guidance on applying for the NABS+ Visiting Fellowship, including eligibility, required documents, assessment criteria, key dates, and funding conditions.

The Network Plus for Analytical Behavioural Science for Security and Defence (NABS+) has a call for Visiting Fellowships. Part of our commitment to develop the next generation of behavioural science for security & defence through x-fertilisation of knowledge & skills.
Submission deadline: 20/10/25

It's good to know the specifics! I feel happy that Belgians can look at the US and easily go "amateurs!" :-)

and never forget
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Belgians:

Happy Darmok Day to all who celebrate

Don't let minor submission errors delay the publication of your research! 📝 🔬

Remember to check the full guidelines when submitting the manuscript to PsyArXiv (buff.ly/M3cRBW2).

Below, we also have a few friendly reminders!

YouTube video by Gabnebius Alan B'Stard makes the case for a Brexit

Always worth a rewatch

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Excited to share that I’ll be the incoming Editor of AMPPS. My first priority is building a diverse team of Associate Editors and Editorial Board members. If you’re interested, DM me or add your name via this super simple survey.
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Our fragmentation paper is now finally out! I put some of the dumb quips that didn't make the cut in the alt texts.
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The programme for NORFest (National Open Research Festival) 2025 is now live: norf.ie/news-2/norfe...

@norfireland.bsky.social
#openResearch #openScience #IrishResearch

It's odd that Republicans can do the mental gymnastics to link Tylenol to autism, but not link gun deaths to guns.

a man in a leather jacket is looking up and saying `` big brain '' while standing in front of a building . ALT: a man in a leather jacket is looking up and saying `` big brain '' while standing in front of a building .

Some researchers don't discuss their future research plans for fear of being scooped.

Not me. I drop bad ideas for unscrupulous people to 'steal'.

- What are the neural correlates of Open Science practices?
- What is the role of habits in learning a new skill through repetitive practice?

@cooganlab.bsky.social 👆makes for interesting reading!

One submission said leaders’ salaries could not be “justified by the quality of executive decision-making, nor by the scope of executive duties. The core business of a university – teaching and research – is co-ordinated virtually entirely by ordinary non-executive staff”.

Report on Australian Higher Education finds:

🔹️ Council members have no lived experience of universities

🔹️ Council members have COIs with consultancy firms

🔹️ Council meetings are closed affairs that lack transparency

🔹️ Leaders' exorbitant salaries could not be justified