Looks like my network is larger on Bluesky, so there's no reason to stay here anymore. This platform is run by a proto-fascist billionaire. The only reasons left to stick around are gawking at the ugliness and stopping trolls from impersonating me. Bye! @georgefejer.bsky.social

In this lecture, @TzvetanPopov challenges the premise that EEG components underpin cognition, arguing that they reflect oculomotor action. Waves beyond waveforms, enable collective behavior, ranging from neurons to animal societies.​ RSVP: calendar.app.google/JAuwhwtS…

In December, we are hosting a series of online Journal Club lectures on the "Promises and Pitfalls of Psychedelic Research" and "Neuroscientific Approaches to Researching Altered States of Consciousness" with a variety of speakers. More to follow in January! Here's a 🧵:

Finally, a working prototype of the Viscereality project, a bioresponsive VR interface for investigating breathwork and peripersonal space. It looks a bit as if we turned the Homological Scaffolds infographic of psychedelic effects into a VR experience ;) youtube.com/watch?v=sYErV8rN…

Problem solved

Please! wired.com/story/elon-musk-ci…

It should come as no great surprise that a Democratic Party which has abandoned working class people would find that the working class has abandoned them. While the Democratic leadership defends the status quo, the American people are angry and want change. And they’re right.

Today I made my first project page: aliusresearch.org/viscereali…

Major academic publishers are getting sued for unlawfully appropriating billions of dollars. Prof. Lucina Qazi Uddin, a neuroscientist at UCLA, has sued these six academic publishers Elsevier, Wolters Kluwer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, Sage, and Springer Nature. The lawsuit claims that these publishers violate antitrust laws on the following three grouds: 1. The publishers have colluded to fix the price of peer review at zero. 2. These publishers agree to not compete with each by making it obligatory for researchers to submit their work to only one journal at a time. 3. These publishers prohibit scholars from sharing scientific advancements while they are under peer review, which can take up to a year. Here's a comparison of the publishers' revenue and what they pay authors and reviewers Elsevier: $3.9 billion Springer Nature: $2 billion Wolters Kluwer: $1.6 billion Wiley: $1.8 billion Taylor & Francis: $800 million Sage: $500 million They pay: Authors: $0 Peer reviewers: $0

Two days ago, a lawfirm filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against 6 commercial publishers (incl Elsevier & Wiley) in the federal district court in New York. They allege a 3-part scheme on part of publishers. 🧵 lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/…

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I never thought I'd see a paper about autistic dogs on LSD pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3925…

The Transmutation of Donald Trump. Thanks to the freebasing AI insanity of #Grok, we can now answer the eternal question: what would happen if @realDonaldTrump took ayahuasca? Watch and find out. Ai is truly out of control #aiart #aivideo #Healing #Ayahuasca #Election2024 #Trump @lexfridman

After a summer break, our 4th Journal Club in September will examine how traumatic events experienced under psychoactive substances are processed, by the brave survivors of the Supernova festival attack. Presented by @royesal hosted by @GeorgeFejer. RSVP: shorturl.at/pcahS

I had to put this horseshit through the reality filter.

Does astrology work? We tested the ability of 152 astrologers to see if they could demonstrate genuine astrological skill. Here is how the study was designed and what we found (including a result that really surprised me): 🧵

A must-watch sermon from Texas Congressman @jamestalarico. Send this to every Christian you know.