--- schema: tweets_pristine_ai_lossless_v1.markdown source_file: tweets.js source_sha256: 314c6136e3941f2d63bd14573f5ecef35bbced279d5685fb1fbdfc624c21e02b records: 2769 date_range_utc: 2011-12-09T11:07:00Z to 2026-06-18T15:34:14Z privacy_posture: pristine/public; no de-identification account_screen_name_inferred: johnsonmxe order: oldest-to-newest; archive_order_index preserves original x export order --- # pristine ai-readable tweet archive this file is meant for humans, llms, and static-site crawlers. for exact structured ingestion, use the jsonl file. ## 2011-12 ### tweet 145097104648450048 chronological_index: 0 archive_order_index: 938 created_at_iso_utc: 2011-12-09T11:07:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 09 11:07:00 +0000 2011 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/145097104648450048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/145097104648450048 source_app: Twitter Web Client source_app_url: http://twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: http://t.co/WlUhB6Jf expanded: http://goo.gl/wCerw display: goo.gl/wCerw possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Great article on how cooking adds calories to foods: http://t.co/WlUhB6Jf (I bet gut flora hugely alters caloric absorbtion too...) text_with_expanded_urls: |- Great article on how cooking adds calories to foods: http://goo.gl/wCerw (I bet gut flora hugely alters caloric absorbtion too...) ## 2019-11 ### tweet 1200564169734422533 chronological_index: 1 archive_order_index: 937 created_at_iso_utc: 2019-11-29T23:56:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 29 23:56:18 +0000 2019 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1200564169734422533 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1200564169734422533 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/FKyygEiNCC expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ display: opentheory.net/2019/11/neural… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- QRI's unified theory of music, meditation, psychedelics, depression, trauma, and emotional processing; the most challenging (and I think beautiful) thing I've written in the last three years. I would really appreciate careful comments. https://t.co/FKyygEiNCC text_with_expanded_urls: |- QRI's unified theory of music, meditation, psychedelics, depression, trauma, and emotional processing; the most challenging (and I think beautiful) thing I've written in the last three years. I would really appreciate careful comments. https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ ## 2020-05 ### tweet 1264509003897335809 chronological_index: 2 archive_order_index: 936 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-05-24T10:50:14Z created_at_raw: Sun May 24 10:50:14 +0000 2020 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1264509003897335809 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1264509003897335809 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 text_raw: |- Does creating value consume negentropy? We can infer much about the game theory of the far future from the answer. text_with_expanded_urls: |- Does creating value consume negentropy? We can infer much about the game theory of the far future from the answer. ## 2020-06 ### tweet 1277847544890920960 chronological_index: 3 archive_order_index: 935 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-06-30T06:12:50Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 30 06:12:50 +0000 2020 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1277847544890920960 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1277847544890920960 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ESYudkowsky in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1277816766601654272 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2595244026 mentions: - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 text_raw: |- @ESYudkowsky The "real problem" of qualia is whether there's crisp structure there to be discovered. I.e., is qualia like élan vital (confusion to be explained away) or like electromagnetism (a projection of the universe exhibiting crisp regularities)? What would evidence look like? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ESYudkowsky The "real problem" of qualia is whether there's crisp structure there to be discovered. I.e., is qualia like élan vital (confusion to be explained away) or like electromagnetism (a projection of the universe exhibiting crisp regularities)? What would evidence look like? ## 2020-09 ### tweet 1302463854362767360 chronological_index: 4 archive_order_index: 934 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-09-06T04:29:16Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 06 04:29:16 +0000 2020 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1302463854362767360 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1302463854362767360 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: liminal_warmth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1302437086193053698 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1099326334923202561 mentions: - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 urls: - short: https://t.co/FKyygEiNCC expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ display: opentheory.net/2019/11/neural… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @liminal_warmth If you haven’t read my latest you’d probably enjoy it: https://t.co/FKyygEiNCC TL;DR: the common mechanism of action across meditation, music, and psychedelics is they excite the brain’s eigenmodes, which kickstarts a simulated annealing process. (Trauma does this in a bad way) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @liminal_warmth If you haven’t read my latest you’d probably enjoy it: https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ TL;DR: the common mechanism of action across meditation, music, and psychedelics is they excite the brain’s eigenmodes, which kickstarts a simulated annealing process. (Trauma does this in a bad way) ## 2020-11 ### tweet 1332809031740780545 chronological_index: 5 archive_order_index: 933 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-11-28T22:10:10Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 28 22:10:10 +0000 2020 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1332809031740780545 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1332809031740780545 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EpistemicHope in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1331874550619856897 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1240344633013501952 mentions: - @EpistemicHope | name: Eli Tyre | id_str: 1240344633013501952 text_raw: |- @EpistemicHope Reinforcement learning is a functional property of a system; it's always a little bit contextual. There are no 'ground truth natural kinds' about which functions a system is performing. The alternative is something like physics: natural kinds, frame-invariant, no wiggle room. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EpistemicHope Reinforcement learning is a functional property of a system; it's always a little bit contextual. There are no 'ground truth natural kinds' about which functions a system is performing. The alternative is something like physics: natural kinds, frame-invariant, no wiggle room. ### tweet 1332809416794583042 chronological_index: 6 archive_order_index: 932 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-11-28T22:11:42Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 28 22:11:42 +0000 2020 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1332809416794583042 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1332809416794583042 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1332809031740780545 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @EpistemicHope | name: Eli Tyre | id_str: 1240344633013501952 text_raw: |- @EpistemicHope Is qualia a functional property of a system or an objective property? One way to frame this is, "to understand a system's qualia, should we pay attention to what the bits are doing, or what the atoms are doing?" text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EpistemicHope Is qualia a functional property of a system or an objective property? One way to frame this is, "to understand a system's qualia, should we pay attention to what the bits are doing, or what the atoms are doing?" ### tweet 1332810780564131852 chronological_index: 7 archive_order_index: 931 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-11-28T22:17:07Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 28 22:17:07 +0000 2020 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1332810780564131852 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1332810780564131852 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1332809416794583042 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @EpistemicHope | name: Eli Tyre | id_str: 1240344633013501952 urls: - short: https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… - short: https://t.co/53l0HaoHQB expanded: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/aldridgelab/wp-content/uploads/sites/279/2015/07/Berridge-KC-et-al.-Dissecting-components-of-reward-liking-wanting-and-learning.-Curr.-Opin.-Pharmacol.-2009-in-press.pdf display: sites.lsa.umich.edu/aldridgelab/wp… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @EpistemicHope I go into why I think we can't look to functionalism (e.g. "pleasure is the same as positive reinforcement") here: https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC We can also look to the neuroscience: 'liking' and 'learning' are not the same, can be engaged separately in brains: https://t.co/53l0HaoHQB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EpistemicHope I go into why I think we can't look to functionalism (e.g. "pleasure is the same as positive reinforcement") here: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ We can also look to the neuroscience: 'liking' and 'learning' are not the same, can be engaged separately in brains: https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/aldridgelab/wp-content/uploads/sites/279/2015/07/Berridge-KC-et-al.-Dissecting-components-of-reward-liking-wanting-and-learning.-Curr.-Opin.-Pharmacol.-2009-in-press.pdf ### tweet 1332813598742229004 chronological_index: 8 archive_order_index: 930 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-11-28T22:28:19Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 28 22:28:19 +0000 2020 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1332813598742229004 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1332813598742229004 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1332810780564131852 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @EpistemicHope | name: Eli Tyre | id_str: 1240344633013501952 text_raw: |- @EpistemicHope TL;DR is yes, theoretically possible to build a system that would (or train a mind to) seek out pain or avoid pleasure. Though I suspect it would be much harder -- like building a system that tried to maximize its [Fristonian] free energy. Inefficient and unstable. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EpistemicHope TL;DR is yes, theoretically possible to build a system that would (or train a mind to) seek out pain or avoid pleasure. Though I suspect it would be much harder -- like building a system that tried to maximize its [Fristonian] free energy. Inefficient and unstable. ### tweet 1332814540812279809 chronological_index: 9 archive_order_index: 929 created_at_iso_utc: 2020-11-28T22:32:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 28 22:32:03 +0000 2020 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1332814540812279809 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1332814540812279809 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1332813598742229004 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @EpistemicHope | name: Eli Tyre | id_str: 1240344633013501952 urls: - short: https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… - short: https://t.co/YO326vUKeR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/ display: opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @EpistemicHope More in PQ: https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 And Why We Seek Out Pleasure: https://t.co/YO326vUKeR (for the TL;DR just look at the top graphic) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EpistemicHope More in PQ: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf And Why We Seek Out Pleasure: https://opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/ (for the TL;DR just look at the top graphic) ## 2021-01 ### tweet 1346381193818865667 chronological_index: 10 archive_order_index: 928 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-01-05T09:01:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 05 09:01:05 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1346381193818865667 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1346133423845502976 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I'm a big fan of essentializing 1) health, 2) happiness, 3) 'aliveness' into vectors and pushing these directions. Probably lots of room past “most healthy/happy/alive human on earth”. /1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I'm a big fan of essentializing 1) health, 2) happiness, 3) 'aliveness' into vectors and pushing these directions. Probably lots of room past “most healthy/happy/alive human on earth”. /1 ### tweet 1346381443296092160 chronological_index: 11 archive_order_index: 927 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-01-05T09:02:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 05 09:02:05 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1346381443296092160 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381443296092160 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1346381193818865667 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I suspect the safest and largest gains to come from understanding humans as self-organizing systems and a) improving quality of components, b) removing various sources of damage, c) offering environment w/ particularly healthy self-organization strategies to pattern off of /2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I suspect the safest and largest gains to come from understanding humans as self-organizing systems and a) improving quality of components, b) removing various sources of damage, c) offering environment w/ particularly healthy self-organization strategies to pattern off of /2 ### tweet 1346381513772949506 chronological_index: 12 archive_order_index: 926 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-01-05T09:02:22Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 05 09:02:22 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1346381513772949506 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381513772949506 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1346381443296092160 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I call this ‘technological platonism’ — wouldn’t produce something theoretically perfect (logic of human biological, physiological, & psychological self-organization is not strictly optimized for health/happiness/aliveness) /3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I call this ‘technological platonism’ — wouldn’t produce something theoretically perfect (logic of human biological, physiological, & psychological self-organization is not strictly optimized for health/happiness/aliveness) /3 ### tweet 1346381576918151170 chronological_index: 13 archive_order_index: 925 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-01-05T09:02:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 05 09:02:37 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1346381576918151170 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381576918151170 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1346381513772949506 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata But I think could produce something relatively and objectively amazing, and could be one of the ways we could bootstrap into an amazingly *livable* future. IMO worth keeping an eye out for ‘plays’ that fit this aesthetic /4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata But I think could produce something relatively and objectively amazing, and could be one of the ways we could bootstrap into an amazingly *livable* future. IMO worth keeping an eye out for ‘plays’ that fit this aesthetic /4 ## 2021-06 ### tweet 1403035717828239363 chronological_index: 14 archive_order_index: 904 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-06-10T17:05:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 10 17:05:56 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1403035717828239363 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1403035717828239363 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1402863710943825924 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 urls: - short: https://t.co/c54zovJTjQ expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman It sounds a bit odd but perhaps “organic transhumanism” — to shift frames a little I’d also suggest taking a look at Technological Platonism https://t.co/c54zovJTjQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman It sounds a bit odd but perhaps “organic transhumanism” — to shift frames a little I’d also suggest taking a look at Technological Platonism https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667?s=20 ### tweet 1404716439278342146 chronological_index: 15 archive_order_index: 903 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-06-15T08:24:32Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 15 08:24:32 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1404716439278342146 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1404716439278342146 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: SamoBurja in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1404665419839905793 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 956296561289453568 mentions: - @SamoBurja | name: Samo Burja | id_str: 956296561289453568 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @SamoBurja @Plinz I suspect wild bird happiness outweighs wild bird suffering. If true, important to understand conditions which made it true text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SamoBurja @Plinz I suspect wild bird happiness outweighs wild bird suffering. If true, important to understand conditions which made it true ### tweet 1404725406842949635 chronological_index: 16 archive_order_index: 902 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-06-15T09:00:10Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 15 09:00:10 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1404725406842949635 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1404725406842949635 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1404716439278342146 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @SamoBurja | name: Samo Burja | id_str: 956296561289453568 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @SamoBurja @Plinz Hypotheses: 1- birds are particularly delicate animals; an unhealthy bird is soon a dead one. Truncation selection for health/happiness 2- birdsong as both an honest indicator of state and a core factor in sexual selection; happiness grants more of an edge in mating text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SamoBurja @Plinz Hypotheses: 1- birds are particularly delicate animals; an unhealthy bird is soon a dead one. Truncation selection for health/happiness 2- birdsong as both an honest indicator of state and a core factor in sexual selection; happiness grants more of an edge in mating ## 2021-07 ### tweet 1414964460297596933 chronological_index: 17 archive_order_index: 901 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-07-13T15:06:30Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 13 15:06:30 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1414964460297596933 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1414964460297596933 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1414691310188077060 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Love the thoughts! Theories of identity are tacitly Schelling points; multi-level selection is hard to model. Hard to say what the best actions are on the margin. But optimism is beautiful. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Love the thoughts! Theories of identity are tacitly Schelling points; multi-level selection is hard to model. Hard to say what the best actions are on the margin. But optimism is beautiful. ### tweet 1415337198686191617 chronological_index: 18 archive_order_index: 900 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-07-14T15:47:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 14 15:47:38 +0000 2021 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1415337198686191617 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1415337198686191617 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/M0DH7qBQqY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2021/07/a-prim… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Finished a retrospective on STV, QRI’s candidate for a universal theory of valence (which experiences feel good vs bad). It’s either false or exactly true. Evidence so far looks good. https://t.co/M0DH7qBQqY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Finished a retrospective on STV, QRI’s candidate for a universal theory of valence (which experiences feel good vs bad). It’s either false or exactly true. Evidence so far looks good. https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1416513184828039169 chronological_index: 19 archive_order_index: 899 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-07-17T21:40:35Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 17 21:40:35 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1416513184828039169 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1416513184828039169 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1415900518522699778 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 text_raw: |- @Ade_thinks I would say this highly depends on technological trajectories. We can think of a device that could emulate a human brain as a special sort of ASIC with certain physical properties & capacities. Making a one-off is impractical. But possible to justify at scale. Wise? Hard to say text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Ade_thinks I would say this highly depends on technological trajectories. We can think of a device that could emulate a human brain as a special sort of ASIC with certain physical properties & capacities. Making a one-off is impractical. But possible to justify at scale. Wise? Hard to say ## 2021-09 ### tweet 1433435913393221636 chronological_index: 20 archive_order_index: 898 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-09-02T14:25:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 02 14:25:28 +0000 2021 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1433435913393221636 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1433435913393221636 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 text_raw: |- The Apple Watch will be a ridiculously powerful platform for emotional read+write with better neuro theory. “What good things and bad things could a superhuman AGI do if it had access to my Apple Watch” -> lots text_with_expanded_urls: |- The Apple Watch will be a ridiculously powerful platform for emotional read+write with better neuro theory. “What good things and bad things could a superhuman AGI do if it had access to my Apple Watch” -> lots ### tweet 1433442286248005634 chronological_index: 21 archive_order_index: 897 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-09-02T14:50:47Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 02 14:50:47 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1433442286248005634 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1433442286248005634 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JeromeStoned in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1433438538515816449 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1252425353970298880 mentions: - @JeromeStoned | name: Stoned Jerome Powell | id_str: 1252425353970298880 - @QualiaRI | name: Qualia Research Institute | id_str: 1201000918499463168 text_raw: |- @JeromeStoned @QualiaRI Thank you! Re: emotional write, I suspect using a watch’s vibration capacities with a good enough neurofeedback model could help push people into or out of emotional states. Apollo Neuro is an example of this ‘in the wild’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JeromeStoned @QualiaRI Thank you! Re: emotional write, I suspect using a watch’s vibration capacities with a good enough neurofeedback model could help push people into or out of emotional states. Apollo Neuro is an example of this ‘in the wild’ ## 2021-10 ### tweet 1445513900208766980 chronological_index: 22 archive_order_index: 896 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-05T22:19:04Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 05 22:19:04 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1445513900208766980 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1445513900208766980 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AaronEstel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1445455538729279488 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18361223 mentions: - @AaronEstel | name: Aaron | id_str: 18361223 urls: - short: https://t.co/M0DH7qTriw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2021/07/a-prim… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AaronEstel Whether the goodness or badness of an experience is always well defined is a really interesting question. I think it is: https://t.co/M0DH7qTriw Not a utilitarian though text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AaronEstel Whether the goodness or badness of an experience is always well defined is a really interesting question. I think it is: https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ Not a utilitarian though ### tweet 1446229657834049538 chronological_index: 23 archive_order_index: 895 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-07T21:43:14Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 07 21:43:14 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1446229657834049538 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1446229657834049538 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1446229561901871111 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @diegocaleiro | name: Dr Diego Caleiro | id_str: 2586898459 - @urbit | name: Urbit | id_str: 1862972077 - @jmrphy | name: Justin Murphy | id_str: 220913717 text_raw: |- @diegocaleiro @urbit @jmrphy Happy to have you hold the .1 btc for me until then. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @diegocaleiro @urbit @jmrphy Happy to have you hold the .1 btc for me until then. ### tweet 1446233788556578818 chronological_index: 24 archive_order_index: 894 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-07T21:59:39Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 07 21:59:39 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1446233788556578818 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1446233788556578818 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DwightMansburdn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1446231881553481729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1365828766874804224 mentions: - @diegocaleiro | name: Dr Diego Caleiro | id_str: 2586898459 - @urbit | name: Urbit | id_str: 1862972077 - @jmrphy | name: Justin Murphy | id_str: 220913717 urls: - short: https://t.co/q2x118HukL expanded: http://urbit.live display: urbit.live possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LeonDeg37825780 @diegocaleiro @urbit @jmrphy Looks like around 15k judging from https://t.co/q2x118HukL; if you buy from opensea just make sure the star hasn’t been booted and hasn’t spawned planets (if it has it won’t be tokenizable). ~dys stars are notorious for this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LeonDeg37825780 @diegocaleiro @urbit @jmrphy Looks like around 15k judging from http://urbit.live; if you buy from opensea just make sure the star hasn’t been booted and hasn’t spawned planets (if it has it won’t be tokenizable). ~dys stars are notorious for this ### tweet 1448647572785037329 chronological_index: 25 archive_order_index: 893 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-14T13:51:10Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 14 13:51:10 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1448647572785037329 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1448647572785037329 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: drethelin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1448505996415053824 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15664855 mentions: - @drethelin | name: Misha | id_str: 15664855 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1448647572785037329/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FBqhC63VIAU9V3V.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/PZwVhMmx2h possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drethelin Better approach for physics + social science: Cloning+surrogacy+loving foster parents for everyone in this picture, plus 11 more drawn from the history of physics/science (Feynman, Von Neumann, Turing, etc) $500k each *40 individuals =$20m per cohort, *200 cohorts = $4b https://t.co/PZwVhMmx2h text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drethelin Better approach for physics + social science: Cloning+surrogacy+loving foster parents for everyone in this picture, plus 11 more drawn from the history of physics/science (Feynman, Von Neumann, Turing, etc) $500k each *40 individuals =$20m per cohort, *200 cohorts = $4b https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1448647572785037329/photo/1 ### tweet 1448647813852635143 chronological_index: 26 archive_order_index: 892 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-14T13:52:08Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 14 13:52:08 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1448647813852635143 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1448647813852635143 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1448647572785037329 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drethelin | name: Misha | id_str: 15664855 text_raw: |- @drethelin Don’t push any of the clones to go into physics; let them self-determine. I bet most would go there anyway. I guarantee cloning 8000 historical-tier physicists would be a more effective way to progress physics than another particle accelerator, text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drethelin Don’t push any of the clones to go into physics; let them self-determine. I bet most would go there anyway. I guarantee cloning 8000 historical-tier physicists would be a more effective way to progress physics than another particle accelerator, ### tweet 1448648006354432001 chronological_index: 27 archive_order_index: 891 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-14T13:52:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 14 13:52:53 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1448648006354432001 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1448648006354432001 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1448647813852635143 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drethelin | name: Misha | id_str: 15664855 text_raw: |- @drethelin … would likely ‘splash’ into many related fields, and the experiment itself would provide the grist for revolutionizing social science. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drethelin … would likely ‘splash’ into many related fields, and the experiment itself would provide the grist for revolutionizing social science. ### tweet 1453454515882053637 chronological_index: 28 archive_order_index: 890 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-27T20:12:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 27 20:12:15 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1453454515882053637 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1453454515882053637 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: QuasLacrimas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1453202591500865536 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 792393470782636032 mentions: - @QuasLacrimas | name: tantum | id_str: 792393470782636032 text_raw: |- @QuasLacrimas There’s no need to trust people if you can feel people. If you can’t feel peoples’ real intentions toward you, of course you’ll build elaborate structures for who is ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and of course it’ll end poorly. Might be the core post-rat insight text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QuasLacrimas There’s no need to trust people if you can feel people. If you can’t feel peoples’ real intentions toward you, of course you’ll build elaborate structures for who is ‘good’ and ‘bad’, and of course it’ll end poorly. Might be the core post-rat insight ### tweet 1453576116489400325 chronological_index: 29 archive_order_index: 889 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-10-28T04:15:26Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 28 04:15:26 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1453576116489400325 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1453576116489400325 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1453553138670080000 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata It’s notable that those two things, chickens and GPT3, are very different classes of ‘pointers’. One is a pointer to a collection of atoms, the other to a collection of bits. Would be weird if both classes equivalently contribute to consciousness text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata It’s notable that those two things, chickens and GPT3, are very different classes of ‘pointers’. One is a pointer to a collection of atoms, the other to a collection of bits. Would be weird if both classes equivalently contribute to consciousness ## 2021-11 ### tweet 1464653432573341710 chronological_index: 30 archive_order_index: 888 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-11-27T17:52:44Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 27 17:52:44 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1464653432573341710 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1464653432573341710 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GillVerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1464141351356968962 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 48144742 text_raw: |- @quantumVerd I’d be surprised if mRNA won the “generalized antiviral” wars. But the prize for winning is enormous. Make the 5 most burdensome viruses extinct and I think the human condition gets ~20% better, permanently text_with_expanded_urls: |- @quantumVerd I’d be surprised if mRNA won the “generalized antiviral” wars. But the prize for winning is enormous. Make the 5 most burdensome viruses extinct and I think the human condition gets ~20% better, permanently ## 2021-12 ### tweet 1469651422954373129 chronological_index: 31 archive_order_index: 887 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-12-11T12:52:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 11 12:52:58 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1469651422954373129 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1469651422954373129 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1468946211591921665 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @diegocaleiro | name: Dr Diego Caleiro | id_str: 2586898459 - @urbit | name: Urbit | id_str: 1862972077 - @jmrphy | name: Justin Murphy | id_str: 220913717 urls: - short: https://t.co/orO1vbVAkQ expanded: https://star.market/ display: star.market possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @diegocaleiro @LeonDeg37825780 @urbit @jmrphy You can wrap a star to get 1 WSTR token, or unwrap 1 WSTR token to get a star, at https://t.co/orO1vbVAkQ Easier to buy/sell than on opensea text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @diegocaleiro @LeonDeg37825780 @urbit @jmrphy You can wrap a star to get 1 WSTR token, or unwrap 1 WSTR token to get a star, at https://star.market/ Easier to buy/sell than on opensea ### tweet 1474509185098424326 chronological_index: 32 archive_order_index: 886 created_at_iso_utc: 2021-12-24T22:35:59Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 24 22:35:59 +0000 2021 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1474509185098424326 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1474509185098424326 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1474498822101344258 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 urls: - short: https://t.co/hf07D3MHdW expanded: https://opentheory.net/2018/12/the-neuroscience-of-meditation/ display: opentheory.net/2018/12/the-ne… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hormeze You might also like my information-theoretic (rather than neurotransmitter) hypothesis about jhana: https://t.co/hf07D3MHdW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze You might also like my information-theoretic (rather than neurotransmitter) hypothesis about jhana: https://opentheory.net/2018/12/the-neuroscience-of-meditation/ ## 2022-02 ### tweet 1489400743564128256 chronological_index: 33 archive_order_index: 885 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-02-04T00:49:43Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 04 00:49:43 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1489400743564128256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1489400743564128256 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonathandubin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1489277465830862857 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2663997236 mentions: - @jonathandubin | name: jonathan | id_str: 2663997236 - @diegocaleiro | name: Dr Diego Caleiro | id_str: 2586898459 - @urbit | name: Urbit | id_str: 1862972077 - @jmrphy | name: Justin Murphy | id_str: 220913717 text_raw: |- @jonathandubin @diegocaleiro @urbit @jmrphy A star that hasn’t spawned planets. If it’s spawned planets it’s a little harder to resell since you can’t tokenize it. Not huuugely important in the long run text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonathandubin @diegocaleiro @urbit @jmrphy A star that hasn’t spawned planets. If it’s spawned planets it’s a little harder to resell since you can’t tokenize it. Not huuugely important in the long run ### tweet 1489402127936110596 chronological_index: 34 archive_order_index: 884 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-02-04T00:55:13Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 04 00:55:13 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1489402127936110596 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1489402127936110596 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ethotaku in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1489231009006731274 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1262062748185366529 mentions: - @ethotaku | name: Ξthotaku | id_str: 1262062748185366529 media: - type: animated_gif expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1489402127936110596/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video_thumb/FKtrUZfWUAUEuOb.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/jNshzvNO4L possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ethotaku https://t.co/jNshzvNO4L text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ethotaku https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1489402127936110596/photo/1 ### tweet 1493017358423711747 chronological_index: 35 archive_order_index: 883 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-02-14T00:20:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 14 00:20:51 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1493017358423711747 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1493017358423711747 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1493006447579320323 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 urls: - short: https://t.co/Muk8F44mJx expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @tszzl The core question seems to be if Qualia Formalism is true, ie if we can speak about Qualia in precise terms (as we can eg electromagnetism). If we can’t, then it’s something with the same ontological status as “life” “justice” etc. I defend formalism here https://t.co/Muk8F44mJx text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl The core question seems to be if Qualia Formalism is true, ie if we can speak about Qualia in precise terms (as we can eg electromagnetism). If we can’t, then it’s something with the same ontological status as “life” “justice” etc. I defend formalism here https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ ### tweet 1493019175345958917 chronological_index: 36 archive_order_index: 882 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-02-14T00:28:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 14 00:28:05 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1493019175345958917 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1493019175345958917 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1493017358423711747 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 text_raw: |- @tszzl Burden of proof is on the formalists, same as it was on the electricity formalists. “Think your concept carves reality at the joints? Prove it, by making some bold novel predictions or building something cool you couldn’t if you don’t assume this phenomenon is ‘real’.” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl Burden of proof is on the formalists, same as it was on the electricity formalists. “Think your concept carves reality at the joints? Prove it, by making some bold novel predictions or building something cool you couldn’t if you don’t assume this phenomenon is ‘real’.” ### tweet 1493656887275012100 chronological_index: 37 archive_order_index: 881 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-02-15T18:42:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 15 18:42:07 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1493656887275012100 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1493656887275012100 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1493647696158085122 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 text_raw: |- @wolftivy I think of the body+mind as a harmonic computer. Everything in the nervous system is “energy, frequency, and vibration” and interactions between different harmonic regimes. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy I think of the body+mind as a harmonic computer. Everything in the nervous system is “energy, frequency, and vibration” and interactions between different harmonic regimes. ### tweet 1493658218081488903 chronological_index: 38 archive_order_index: 880 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-02-15T18:47:24Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 15 18:47:24 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1493658218081488903 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1493658218081488903 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1493656887275012100 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 text_raw: |- @wolftivy How does a harmonic computer solve problems? How does it fail? How can it be made better? Can we make coprocessors for it that speak its native language? These are the questions that make algorithmic powersuit humans possible text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy How does a harmonic computer solve problems? How does it fail? How can it be made better? Can we make coprocessors for it that speak its native language? These are the questions that make algorithmic powersuit humans possible ### tweet 1497005889735249923 chronological_index: 39 archive_order_index: 879 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-02-25T00:29:51Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 25 00:29:51 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1497005889735249923 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1497005889735249923 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 1 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 - @SamoBurja | name: Samo Burja | id_str: 956296561289453568 urls: - short: https://t.co/x4bzsHjIIC expanded: https://x.com/wolftivy/status/1496535862766882816 display: x.com/wolftivy/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- There are very few political theorists I think are worth listening to. @wolftivy and @SamoBurja are at the absolute top of this list. https://t.co/x4bzsHjIIC text_with_expanded_urls: |- There are very few political theorists I think are worth listening to. @wolftivy and @SamoBurja are at the absolute top of this list. https://x.com/wolftivy/status/1496535862766882816 ## 2022-03 ### tweet 1505919207669645314 chronological_index: 40 archive_order_index: 878 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-03-21T14:48:12Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 21 14:48:12 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1505919207669645314 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1505919207669645314 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1505627429653647363 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata The future science of xenophenomenology is going to be lit. Some initial considerations here: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata The future science of xenophenomenology is going to be lit. Some initial considerations here: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1506924014417104901 chronological_index: 41 archive_order_index: 877 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-03-24T09:20:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 24 09:20:56 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1506924014417104901 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506924014417104901 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/ppYr3lREL6 expanded: https://x.com/sama/status/1492645047585570816 display: x.com/sama/status/14… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The most important unknown is whether “consciousness” emerges from the behavior of bits or atoms. These answers lead in very different directions… https://t.co/ppYr3lREL6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- The most important unknown is whether “consciousness” emerges from the behavior of bits or atoms. These answers lead in very different directions… https://x.com/sama/status/1492645047585570816 ### tweet 1506981082213801987 chronological_index: 42 archive_order_index: 876 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-03-24T13:07:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 24 13:07:43 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1506981082213801987 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506981082213801987 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/MC3I3N1S78 expanded: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1503305538356011009 display: x.com/elonmusk/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- One reason AI safety is struggling is because we’ve lost the Mandate of Heaven—we can’t clearly voice why humanity deserves to survive, nor what kind of future we’re even fighting for. “Why” tends to be prior to “how”; hard to build a good future if we don’t believe in ourselves https://t.co/MC3I3N1S78 text_with_expanded_urls: |- One reason AI safety is struggling is because we’ve lost the Mandate of Heaven—we can’t clearly voice why humanity deserves to survive, nor what kind of future we’re even fighting for. “Why” tends to be prior to “how”; hard to build a good future if we don’t believe in ourselves https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1503305538356011009 ### tweet 1506982931717406730 chronological_index: 43 archive_order_index: 875 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-03-24T13:15:03Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 24 13:15:03 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1506982931717406730 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506982931717406730 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1506981082213801987 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/0Q8PwZiWPw expanded: https://x.com/sama/status/1489648210842816516?s=21 display: x.com/sama/status/14… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- How to believe in the future again? One way is rebooting transhumanism & investing in permanent improvements in the human condition. Imagine if we felt better as we age, not worse. Or if we could wipe out depression & covid like we did smallpox. https://t.co/0Q8PwZiWPw text_with_expanded_urls: |- How to believe in the future again? One way is rebooting transhumanism & investing in permanent improvements in the human condition. Imagine if we felt better as we age, not worse. Or if we could wipe out depression & covid like we did smallpox. https://x.com/sama/status/1489648210842816516?s=21 ### tweet 1506984215249883137 chronological_index: 44 archive_order_index: 874 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-03-24T13:20:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 24 13:20:09 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1506984215249883137 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506984215249883137 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1506982931717406730 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drydenwtbrown | name: DRYDEN | id_str: 878945155335716864 - @PraxisSociety | name: Praxis | id_str: 1664361636163985409 urls: - short: https://t.co/c54zovJTjQ expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Shortage of positive+definite visions for transhumanism, but our real bottleneck is heuristics for improvement that won’t break what good things we have. I enjoy “technological platonism”; @drydenwtbrown of @PraxisSociety has a good one in “tradhumanism” https://t.co/c54zovJTjQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Shortage of positive+definite visions for transhumanism, but our real bottleneck is heuristics for improvement that won’t break what good things we have. I enjoy “technological platonism”; @drydenwtbrown of @PraxisSociety has a good one in “tradhumanism” https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667?s=20 ### tweet 1506985000536842241 chronological_index: 45 archive_order_index: 873 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-03-24T13:23:17Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 24 13:23:17 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1506985000536842241 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506985000536842241 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1506984215249883137 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/rMkKSmXdUM expanded: https://x.com/MWCvitkovic/status/1491235770958749696?s=20 display: x.com/MWCvitkovic/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Neurotech can make or break the future & is the dark horse in AI safety. Three bottlenecks: figuring out (1) how to talk with the brain, (2) how to not break things, (3) what’s worth building. IMO: “enlightenment neurotech” and “virtue ethics neurotech” https://t.co/rMkKSmXdUM text_with_expanded_urls: |- Neurotech can make or break the future & is the dark horse in AI safety. Three bottlenecks: figuring out (1) how to talk with the brain, (2) how to not break things, (3) what’s worth building. IMO: “enlightenment neurotech” and “virtue ethics neurotech” https://x.com/MWCvitkovic/status/1491235770958749696?s=20 ### tweet 1506986251538345987 chronological_index: 46 archive_order_index: 872 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-03-24T13:28:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 24 13:28:15 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1506986251538345987 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506986251538345987 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1506985000536842241 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/4GbTJ1c92X expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506924014417104901?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I also think that there’s a conception in AI safety that questions of consciousness, qualia, etc are “too hard”. They’re something we ask the AI about. But maybe they’re not the kinds of questions people think they are? Hard… but not *that* hard https://t.co/4GbTJ1c92X text_with_expanded_urls: |- I also think that there’s a conception in AI safety that questions of consciousness, qualia, etc are “too hard”. They’re something we ask the AI about. But maybe they’re not the kinds of questions people think they are? Hard… but not *that* hard https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506924014417104901?s=20 ## 2022-04 ### tweet 1516325546971475968 chronological_index: 47 archive_order_index: 871 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-04-19T07:59:17Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 19 07:59:17 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1516325546971475968 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1516325546971475968 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1516262732009455616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/SuFE945ei2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidad @Plinz I speculate this might be impossible: https://t.co/SuFE945ei2 Would love to be wrong here. Maybe true functionalism has never been tried text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad @Plinz I speculate this might be impossible: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ Would love to be wrong here. Maybe true functionalism has never been tried ### tweet 1516326504124149760 chronological_index: 48 archive_order_index: 870 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-04-19T08:03:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 19 08:03:05 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1516326504124149760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1516326504124149760 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1516263223409881088 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 text_raw: |- @Plinz @davidad An interesting divide is “does the phenomenology of a system have an exact, objective answer (in principle, perhaps not tractably calculable) or not?” GWT says no, IIT says yes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @davidad An interesting divide is “does the phenomenology of a system have an exact, objective answer (in principle, perhaps not tractably calculable) or not?” GWT says no, IIT says yes ### tweet 1519297270721794050 chronological_index: 49 archive_order_index: 869 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-04-27T12:47:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 27 12:47:51 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1519297270721794050 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1519297270721794050 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichardMCNgo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1519279954588020744 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 85225861 mentions: - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 urls: - short: https://t.co/me9operZSR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-n… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RichardMCNgo @42irrationalist Thanks for the thoughts! I’d both agree that symmetry is a broad topic but push back on your conclusion that STV offers zero information. You might also enjoy some (very general) thoughts on Noether and phenomenology https://t.co/me9operZSR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichardMCNgo @42irrationalist Thanks for the thoughts! I’d both agree that symmetry is a broad topic but push back on your conclusion that STV offers zero information. You might also enjoy some (very general) thoughts on Noether and phenomenology https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ ## 2022-05 ### tweet 1521312319795564544 chronological_index: 50 archive_order_index: 868 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-05-03T02:14:56Z created_at_raw: Tue May 03 02:14:56 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1521312319795564544 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1521312319795564544 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1521237924813185028 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @maccaw | name: Alex MacCaw | id_str: 2006261 - @proona5 | name: punished roon | id_str: 1490148779357474821 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1521312319795564544/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FRzJJYQXsAAEWH4.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/7WGaDQhwmY possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @maccaw As a strong monist *ref https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj here’s what I think is happening with qualia’s apparent causal power: @proona5 https://t.co/7WGaDQhwmY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @maccaw As a strong monist *ref https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ here’s what I think is happening with qualia’s apparent causal power: @proona5 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1521312319795564544/photo/1 ### tweet 1521939487609208833 chronological_index: 51 archive_order_index: 867 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-05-04T19:47:04Z created_at_raw: Wed May 04 19:47:04 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1521939487609208833 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1521939487609208833 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1521861894902063105 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv What do you wish existed? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv What do you wish existed? ### tweet 1525410276501233664 chronological_index: 52 archive_order_index: 866 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-05-14T09:38:45Z created_at_raw: Sat May 14 09:38:45 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1525410276501233664 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1525410276501233664 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robertwiblin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1525134579694194688 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 47268595 mentions: - @robertwiblin | name: Rob Wiblin | id_str: 47268595 - @80000Hours | name: 80,000 Hours | id_str: 376830513 - @tegmark | name: Max Tegmark | id_str: 2530947115 text_raw: |- @robertwiblin @80000Hours @tegmark @FLIxrisk Why his public research on consciousness stopped, and what it would take to get him started again. (I think Tegmark is uniquely qualified to contribute to the field) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robertwiblin @80000Hours @tegmark @FLIxrisk Why his public research on consciousness stopped, and what it would take to get him started again. (I think Tegmark is uniquely qualified to contribute to the field) ### tweet 1525448870653747203 chronological_index: 53 archive_order_index: 865 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-05-14T12:12:06Z created_at_raw: Sat May 14 12:12:06 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1525448870653747203 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1525448870653747203 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zachtratar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1525151382579294209 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 36782854 mentions: - @zachtratar | name: Zach Tratar | id_str: 36782854 text_raw: |- @zachtratar Technologizing enlightenment Non-vaccine antivirals Profitable research DAOs Quantified dating based on brain patterns text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zachtratar Technologizing enlightenment Non-vaccine antivirals Profitable research DAOs Quantified dating based on brain patterns ### tweet 1528571833972293633 chronological_index: 54 archive_order_index: 864 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-05-23T03:01:39Z created_at_raw: Mon May 23 03:01:39 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1528571833972293633 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1528571833972293633 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1528557280681250816 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 urls: - short: https://t.co/RKVYVktyjI expanded: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33733149/ display: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33733149/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel I really appreciate @adamsafron ’s IWMT here: https://t.co/RKVYVktyjI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel I really appreciate @adamsafron ’s IWMT here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33733149/ ### tweet 1528576740192403456 chronological_index: 55 archive_order_index: 863 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-05-23T03:21:09Z created_at_raw: Mon May 23 03:21:09 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1528576740192403456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1528576740192403456 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1528353038980751360 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 958375496575840256 text_raw: |- @monksgarden Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @monksgarden Thank you! ## 2022-06 ### tweet 1533119884112052225 chronological_index: 56 archive_order_index: 862 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-06-04T16:13:59Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 04 16:13:59 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1533119884112052225 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1533119884112052225 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1533110806019198978 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @harmonylion1 | name: Mike Elias | id_str: 1084659996 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @harmonylion1 Lots to admire here on so many levels text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @harmonylion1 Lots to admire here on so many levels ### tweet 1533129803460747265 chronological_index: 57 archive_order_index: 861 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-06-04T16:53:23Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 04 16:53:23 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1533129803460747265 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1533129803460747265 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1533126342954430466 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @harmonylion1 | name: Mike Elias | id_str: 1084659996 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @harmonylion1 Agree with the points and endorse the chutzpah hah- btw I stepped down from the QRI board and left the organization last month over some irreconcilable differences, don’t yet have a new home for my research but I’m looking text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @harmonylion1 Agree with the points and endorse the chutzpah hah- btw I stepped down from the QRI board and left the organization last month over some irreconcilable differences, don’t yet have a new home for my research but I’m looking ### tweet 1533463998447996931 chronological_index: 58 archive_order_index: 860 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-06-05T15:01:22Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 05 15:01:22 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1533463998447996931 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1533463998447996931 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1533439299403845632 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv My suspicion is that slow wave sleep is the heating up phase (jhana like patterns), which then disintegrates into higher frequency REM. Dreams as hot, but cooling over time. Finding the interpretations (energy sinks) that will drain the energy and anneal the new structure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv My suspicion is that slow wave sleep is the heating up phase (jhana like patterns), which then disintegrates into higher frequency REM. Dreams as hot, but cooling over time. Finding the interpretations (energy sinks) that will drain the energy and anneal the new structure ### tweet 1533464155382067200 chronological_index: 59 archive_order_index: 859 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-06-05T15:01:59Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 05 15:01:59 +0000 2022 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1533464155382067200 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1533464155382067200 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nosilverv mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @nosilverv: Two humble suggestions to Neural Annealing theory: (1) Randall Collins’ model of interaction ritual chains is a great star… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nosilverv: Two humble suggestions to Neural Annealing theory: (1) Randall Collins’ model of interaction ritual chains is a great star… ## 2022-07 ### tweet 1543257568478363652 chronological_index: 60 archive_order_index: 858 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-07-02T15:37:31Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 02 15:37:31 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1543257568478363652 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1543257568478363652 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1543249083640455168 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Sometimes we twist and coil our phenomenology (suffer) to point attention to something; our own attention or others’. The object is sometimes external, sometimes internal. Nexus of attention lines text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Sometimes we twist and coil our phenomenology (suffer) to point attention to something; our own attention or others’. The object is sometimes external, sometimes internal. Nexus of attention lines ### tweet 1543257768043446275 chronological_index: 61 archive_order_index: 857 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-07-02T15:38:18Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 02 15:38:18 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1543257768043446275 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1543257768043446275 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1543257568478363652 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv The sufferer may feel the happy are defecting by not looking at this important thing (suffering as honest signal of importance). The happy may feel the sufferer is trying to create a phenomenal prion. Both can be true! Wildly different failure modes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv The sufferer may feel the happy are defecting by not looking at this important thing (suffering as honest signal of importance). The happy may feel the sufferer is trying to create a phenomenal prion. Both can be true! Wildly different failure modes ### tweet 1549710917402857473 chronological_index: 62 archive_order_index: 856 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-07-20T11:00:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 20 11:00:49 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1549710917402857473 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1549710917402857473 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1549213877237436420 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 text_raw: |- @paul__is__here Thanks! I think this is true. Have been thinking about this distinction in the realm of neurotech text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here Thanks! I think this is true. Have been thinking about this distinction in the realm of neurotech ## 2022-08 ### tweet 1557491515810799617 chronological_index: 63 archive_order_index: 855 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-08-10T22:18:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 10 22:18:08 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1557491515810799617 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1557491515810799617 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1555940248848404480 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv I suspect many particularly vivid experiences borrow from several techniques to avoid energy sinks; imo particularly evocative movies/fantasy might rely on triggering "limbic resonance" via various tropes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I suspect many particularly vivid experiences borrow from several techniques to avoid energy sinks; imo particularly evocative movies/fantasy might rely on triggering "limbic resonance" via various tropes ## 2022-09 ### tweet 1565251539773624320 chronological_index: 64 archive_order_index: 854 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-09-01T08:13:42Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 01 08:13:42 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1565251539773624320 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1565251539773624320 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1562170607223320576 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366298849053085701 text_raw: |- @EvilVizier I think this is the wisest place to put energy. There seem to be various related frames arising: Dryden's 'tradhumanism', your 'ultrahumanism', I've suggested "technological platonism" text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EvilVizier I think this is the wisest place to put energy. There seem to be various related frames arising: Dryden's 'tradhumanism', your 'ultrahumanism', I've suggested "technological platonism" ### tweet 1565254936342020099 chronological_index: 65 archive_order_index: 853 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-09-01T08:27:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 01 08:27:12 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1565254936342020099 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1565254936342020099 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1565252186766200834 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366298849053085701 urls: - short: https://t.co/XjmyhNF0rt expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667?s=20&t=RFMZ2q-boYzJ-2jQc9Pw4A display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @EvilVizier Agreed; whatever we call this frame, I think defining a clean/safe/wholesome vector of human improvement is kind of the central problem of the future https://t.co/XjmyhNF0rt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EvilVizier Agreed; whatever we call this frame, I think defining a clean/safe/wholesome vector of human improvement is kind of the central problem of the future https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667?s=20&t=RFMZ2q-boYzJ-2jQc9Pw4A ## 2022-10 ### tweet 1583650518638788608 chronological_index: 66 archive_order_index: 852 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-22T02:44:41Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 22 02:44:41 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1583650518638788608 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1583650518638788608 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: orthonormalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1583647141268193280 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2790113098 mentions: - @orthonormalist | name: ☉rthonormalist🧭✡️ | id_str: 2790113098 urls: - short: https://t.co/2pcKgBxBGD expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @orthonormalist @JimmyLevendia I think technologically extrapolating humanity to its platonic ideal is the only way we avoid Land's scenario of "nothing human makes it out of the near future". Maybe this platonic ideal doesn't strictly exist but it exists directionally https://t.co/2pcKgBxBGD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @orthonormalist @JimmyLevendia I think technologically extrapolating humanity to its platonic ideal is the only way we avoid Land's scenario of "nothing human makes it out of the near future". Maybe this platonic ideal doesn't strictly exist but it exists directionally https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1346381193818865667 ### tweet 1585485927274643456 chronological_index: 67 archive_order_index: 851 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-27T04:17:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 27 04:17:56 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1585485927274643456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1585485927274643456 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 1 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/xOTGHnczOH expanded: https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1585446183098634243 display: x.com/nickcammarata/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A great spotlight; in general have been really impressed by posts from @nickcammarata @RomeoStevens76 @nosilverv lately https://t.co/xOTGHnczOH text_with_expanded_urls: |- A great spotlight; in general have been really impressed by posts from @nickcammarata @RomeoStevens76 @nosilverv lately https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1585446183098634243 ### tweet 1585486555698847745 chronological_index: 68 archive_order_index: 850 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-27T04:20:26Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 27 04:20:26 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1585486555698847745 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1585486555698847745 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1585351271552208896 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ display: opentheory.net/2019/02/simula… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Here's my hypothesis -- it's weird, so I hid it at the very end of PQ https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Here's my hypothesis -- it's weird, so I hid it at the very end of PQ https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ ### tweet 1585524518818385920 chronological_index: 69 archive_order_index: 849 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-27T06:51:17Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 27 06:51:17 +0000 2022 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1585524518818385920 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1585524518818385920 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/evpXZTqqVq expanded: https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/10/10/the-transformations-of-science/ display: palladiummag.com/2022/10/10/the… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The history of science is intense. I think few people realize how fragile a working scientific process is and how large swaths of science have basically died. But imo this is good news, since we’re already living the reality and things could be much better https://t.co/evpXZTqqVq text_with_expanded_urls: |- The history of science is intense. I think few people realize how fragile a working scientific process is and how large swaths of science have basically died. But imo this is good news, since we’re already living the reality and things could be much better https://www.palladiummag.com/2022/10/10/the-transformations-of-science/ ### tweet 1585525057761284097 chronological_index: 70 archive_order_index: 848 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-27T06:53:26Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 27 06:53:26 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1585525057761284097 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1585525057761284097 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1585495743682547712 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 text_raw: |- @wolftivy >write me a greentext about bison spheres text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy >write me a greentext about bison spheres ### tweet 1585953681853145093 chronological_index: 71 archive_order_index: 847 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-28T11:16:38Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 28 11:16:38 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1585953681853145093 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1585953681853145093 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/tsPY6gm3TQ expanded: https://x.com/stephen_zerfas/status/1585728888625414144 display: x.com/stephen_zerfas… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Imo the main bottleneck for future neurotech is knowing what "good brain states" even look like. Jhana as target state seems wholesome. Hard part is neurofeedback paradigm https://t.co/tsPY6gm3TQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Imo the main bottleneck for future neurotech is knowing what "good brain states" even look like. Jhana as target state seems wholesome. Hard part is neurofeedback paradigm https://x.com/stephen_zerfas/status/1585728888625414144 ### tweet 1585970654507327488 chronological_index: 72 archive_order_index: 846 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-28T12:24:04Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 28 12:24:04 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1585970654507327488 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1585970654507327488 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: neuralkn0t in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1585963444762660864 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366447659410677763 mentions: - @neuralkn0t | name: 🧠kn𖡹t | id_str: 1366447659410677763 text_raw: |- @neuralkn0t Yes! I'm glad they exist text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neuralkn0t Yes! I'm glad they exist ### tweet 1586190589829083136 chronological_index: 73 archive_order_index: 845 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T02:58:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 02:58:01 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586190589829083136 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586190589829083136 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: stephen_zerfas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586067087159885825 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 298510171 text_raw: |- @zerfas33 I've always found it interesting there seems to be a finite and discrete number of jhanas; intuitively, this points to each jhana being a solution to the brain's "harmonic ball stacking" problem -- stable arrangements of brain resonances text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zerfas33 I've always found it interesting there seems to be a finite and discrete number of jhanas; intuitively, this points to each jhana being a solution to the brain's "harmonic ball stacking" problem -- stable arrangements of brain resonances ### tweet 1586276927278837760 chronological_index: 74 archive_order_index: 844 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T08:41:05Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 08:41:05 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586276927278837760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586276927278837760 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: stephen_zerfas in_reply_to_status_id_str: None in_reply_to_user_id_str: 298510171 urls: - short: https://t.co/nq1HFPaXv6 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586190589829083136 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @zerfas33 Phases of matter would be another analogy: physical ‘stuff’ can be solid, liquid, gas, plasma, depending on temperature, composition, and pressure. Basically things self-organize differently at different energy levels https://t.co/nq1HFPaXv6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zerfas33 Phases of matter would be another analogy: physical ‘stuff’ can be solid, liquid, gas, plasma, depending on temperature, composition, and pressure. Basically things self-organize differently at different energy levels https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586190589829083136 ### tweet 1586277908783538176 chronological_index: 75 archive_order_index: 843 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T08:44:59Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 08:44:59 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586277908783538176 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586277908783538176 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586276927278837760 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- @zerfas33 Meditation can be thought of as a practice that dissolves structural chunks and dampens reflexive storymaking, encourages habits of mind that lead to fewer mental discontinuities. A smoother mental and somatic canvas for instantiating different phases of emotional matter text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zerfas33 Meditation can be thought of as a practice that dissolves structural chunks and dampens reflexive storymaking, encourages habits of mind that lead to fewer mental discontinuities. A smoother mental and somatic canvas for instantiating different phases of emotional matter ### tweet 1586278176673730560 chronological_index: 76 archive_order_index: 842 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T08:46:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 08:46:03 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586278176673730560 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586278176673730560 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586277908783538176 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/rHr2OHHBTy expanded: https://opentheory.net/2018/12/the-neuroscience-of-meditation/ display: opentheory.net/2018/12/the-ne… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I’ve modeled different jhanas as different strategies for managing turbulence; I still think that’s true but incomplete. What changes as the jhanas change? https://t.co/rHr2OHHBTy text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’ve modeled different jhanas as different strategies for managing turbulence; I still think that’s true but incomplete. What changes as the jhanas change? https://opentheory.net/2018/12/the-neuroscience-of-meditation/ ### tweet 1586278351471546368 chronological_index: 77 archive_order_index: 841 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T08:46:45Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 08:46:45 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586278351471546368 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586278351471546368 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586278176673730560 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Perhaps each jhana corresponds to a different phase of emotional matter. The first jhanas would be more coarse, made out of bigger chunks of circuit resonance. Very frothy, easy to get knocked out of. Climbing the jhanas would be progressively dissolving these into smaller chunks text_with_expanded_urls: |- Perhaps each jhana corresponds to a different phase of emotional matter. The first jhanas would be more coarse, made out of bigger chunks of circuit resonance. Very frothy, easy to get knocked out of. Climbing the jhanas would be progressively dissolving these into smaller chunks ### tweet 1586278799758577664 chronological_index: 78 archive_order_index: 840 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T08:48:32Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 08:48:32 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586278799758577664 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586278799758577664 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586278351471546368 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- The higher jhanas feel more refined, because they’re built from pieces that are literally more “re-fined”, made smaller. Managing turbulence becomes more subtle after you dissolve the larger chunks. Smaller chunks lead to finer-grained experiential texture, fewer frothy spikes text_with_expanded_urls: |- The higher jhanas feel more refined, because they’re built from pieces that are literally more “re-fined”, made smaller. Managing turbulence becomes more subtle after you dissolve the larger chunks. Smaller chunks lead to finer-grained experiential texture, fewer frothy spikes ### tweet 1586278989697630208 chronological_index: 79 archive_order_index: 839 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T08:49:17Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 08:49:17 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586278989697630208 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586278989697630208 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586278799758577664 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- How many jhanas are there? The Buddha talked about four, other sources say eight or nine. Nobody says there are infinite, and everyone seems to agree they’re discrete. There’s no “20% jhana 1, 80& jhana 2”; There’s jhana 1 and jhana 2, and maybe a phase transition text_with_expanded_urls: |- How many jhanas are there? The Buddha talked about four, other sources say eight or nine. Nobody says there are infinite, and everyone seems to agree they’re discrete. There’s no “20% jhana 1, 80& jhana 2”; There’s jhana 1 and jhana 2, and maybe a phase transition ### tweet 1586279475230244865 chronological_index: 80 archive_order_index: 838 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T08:51:13Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 08:51:13 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586279475230244865 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586279475230244865 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586278989697630208 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Are there undiscovered jhanas? Would be weird if there was, would be weird if there wasn't... text_with_expanded_urls: |- Are there undiscovered jhanas? Would be weird if there was, would be weird if there wasn't... ### tweet 1586289328266805248 chronological_index: 81 archive_order_index: 837 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-29T09:30:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 29 09:30:22 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586289328266805248 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586289328266805248 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586279475230244865 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Notable uncertainties in this model: - Are jhanas truly discrete? - Are jhanas linearly parametrizable? - Is "size of component pieces" the core variable? Why would this lead to a discrete set of possible states? text_with_expanded_urls: |- Notable uncertainties in this model: - Are jhanas truly discrete? - Are jhanas linearly parametrizable? - Is "size of component pieces" the core variable? Why would this lead to a discrete set of possible states? ### tweet 1586896024261517312 chronological_index: 82 archive_order_index: 836 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-10-31T01:41:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 31 01:41:09 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1586896024261517312 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586896024261517312 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1586807778634596354 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman I've really enjoyed Vernor Vinge (A Deepness in the Sky, A Fire Upon the Deep) and Peter F. Hamilton (Pandora's Star). Great writers and thinkers, enjoyable 'hard sci-fi' text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman I've really enjoyed Vernor Vinge (A Deepness in the Sky, A Fire Upon the Deep) and Peter F. Hamilton (Pandora's Star). Great writers and thinkers, enjoyable 'hard sci-fi' ## 2022-11 ### tweet 1588382418851205123 chronological_index: 83 archive_order_index: 835 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-11-04T04:07:34Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 04 04:07:34 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1588382418851205123 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1588382418851205123 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: neuralkn0t in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1588171903641886720 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366447659410677763 mentions: - @neuralkn0t | name: 🧠kn𖡹t | id_str: 1366447659410677763 - @rivatez | name: Riva | id_str: 586559221 urls: - short: https://t.co/RtC7NH9xr5 expanded: https://www.hardtowrite.com display: hardtowrite.com possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @neuralkn0t @rivatez is super great; https://t.co/RtC7NH9xr5 and lots of podcasts text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neuralkn0t @rivatez is super great; https://www.hardtowrite.com and lots of podcasts ### tweet 1590226720187363330 chronological_index: 84 archive_order_index: 834 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-11-09T06:16:09Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 09 06:16:09 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1590226720187363330 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1590226720187363330 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1590056763759693825 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 text_raw: |- @wolftivy Will love to see it. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy Will love to see it. ### tweet 1593997498884005891 chronological_index: 85 archive_order_index: 833 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-11-19T15:59:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 19 15:59:53 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1593997498884005891 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1593997498884005891 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/jbmFpeul79 expanded: https://x.com/rivatez/status/1593977632697200640 display: x.com/rivatez/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- imo the existence of things like toxoplasmosis & EBV is hugely bullish for humanity. What could the average human phenotype be with zero cryptic infections? https://t.co/jbmFpeul79 text_with_expanded_urls: |- imo the existence of things like toxoplasmosis & EBV is hugely bullish for humanity. What could the average human phenotype be with zero cryptic infections? https://x.com/rivatez/status/1593977632697200640 ### tweet 1594905525665370113 chronological_index: 86 archive_order_index: 832 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-11-22T04:08:03Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 22 04:08:03 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1594905525665370113 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1594905525665370113 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1594830545955196930 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman One of my favorite examples is going to a Tony Robbins seminar -- also I think you can train yourself to explicitly recognize when neural annealing is happening (not sure if this is good or bad to do) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman One of my favorite examples is going to a Tony Robbins seminar -- also I think you can train yourself to explicitly recognize when neural annealing is happening (not sure if this is good or bad to do) ## 2022-12 ### tweet 1598918041365905408 chronological_index: 87 archive_order_index: 831 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-03T05:52:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 03 05:52:22 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1598918041365905408 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1598918041365905408 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/ocdEslzFjJ expanded: https://x.com/TimGalebach/status/1598668051477663750 display: x.com/TimGalebach/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Hearing some really good things about both building and living in El Salvador lately https://t.co/ocdEslzFjJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Hearing some really good things about both building and living in El Salvador lately https://x.com/TimGalebach/status/1598668051477663750 ### tweet 1599338588688113665 chronological_index: 88 archive_order_index: 830 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-04T09:43:28Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 04 09:43:28 +0000 2022 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1599338588688113665 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1599338588688113665 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/RJRzFGfbjJ expanded: https://x.com/Plinz/status/1599127769270849536 display: x.com/Plinz/status/1… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A lot going on here, including an interesting tacit definition of "human" https://t.co/RJRzFGfbjJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- A lot going on here, including an interesting tacit definition of "human" https://x.com/Plinz/status/1599127769270849536 ### tweet 1599343063415259136 chronological_index: 89 archive_order_index: 829 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-04T10:01:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 04 10:01:15 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1599343063415259136 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1599343063415259136 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1599127769270849536 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @Plinz Could you write this as a prompt which some future super intelligence could perform? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz Could you write this as a prompt which some future super intelligence could perform? ### tweet 1599382874922577922 chronological_index: 90 archive_order_index: 828 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-04T12:39:27Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 04 12:39:27 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1599382874922577922 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1599382874922577922 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1599353887672381440 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @suchirbalaji | name: Suchir Balaji | id_str: 1803490260040458240 - @tedsteeen | name: Ted Steen | id_str: 64802049 text_raw: |- @Plinz @Rares82 @suchirbalaji @tedsteeen A key question is whether bits or atoms determine ground-truth for consciousness. I believe there can be no objective account for 'what a system's bits are doing', so if we want an objective account of consciousness it has to be physics-based text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @Rares82 @suchirbalaji @tedsteeen A key question is whether bits or atoms determine ground-truth for consciousness. I believe there can be no objective account for 'what a system's bits are doing', so if we want an objective account of consciousness it has to be physics-based ### tweet 1601445951633510401 chronological_index: 91 archive_order_index: 827 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-10T05:17:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 10 05:17:22 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1601445951633510401 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1601445951633510401 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1601283455299375104 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @Icantsay | name: fadime kiz | id_str: 1834035005107896320 urls: - short: https://t.co/v4gdJTTFkt expanded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequency display: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_f… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @icantsay I like it! Another model that comes to mind is the Nyquist Limit, and how if you boost sample rates you might get rid of aliasing https://t.co/v4gdJTTFkt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @icantsay I like it! Another model that comes to mind is the Nyquist Limit, and how if you boost sample rates you might get rid of aliasing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist_frequency ### tweet 1606240929643257856 chronological_index: 92 archive_order_index: 826 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-23T10:50:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 23 10:50:54 +0000 2022 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1606240929643257856 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1606240929643257856 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz88odf expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- New short piece on AI consciousness: https://t.co/LOmgz88odf TL;DR: AIs aren’t conscious, but computers are (because everything is!). But computer consciousness is probably very weird, in ways it’ll take a formal theory of consciousness to really comprehend. text_with_expanded_urls: |- New short piece on AI consciousness: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ TL;DR: AIs aren’t conscious, but computers are (because everything is!). But computer consciousness is probably very weird, in ways it’ll take a formal theory of consciousness to really comprehend. ### tweet 1606241388722536449 chronological_index: 93 archive_order_index: 825 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-23T10:52:44Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 23 10:52:44 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1606241388722536449 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1606241388722536449 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EigenGender in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1605787345462038528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1374206341397377026 mentions: - @EigenGender | name: EigenGender 🔸 is going to vibecamp | id_str: 1374206341397377026 urls: - short: https://t.co/hNfdhVcKZo expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1606240929643257856 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @EigenGender I would all-in bet on neither: https://t.co/hNfdhVcKZo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EigenGender I would all-in bet on neither: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1606240929643257856 ### tweet 1606443256115613697 chronological_index: 94 archive_order_index: 824 created_at_iso_utc: 2022-12-24T00:14:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 24 00:14:53 +0000 2022 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1606443256115613697 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1606443256115613697 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nc_znc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1606300702224969735 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366720265619701761 mentions: - @nc_znc | name: niccolò zanichelli | id_str: 1366720265619701761 - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 text_raw: |- @nc_znc @davidad I really like the direction! Curious if the computational interpretation of a system (1) is unique, (2) can be mapped as a Turing machine, (3) runs into epistemological issues of physical measurement. This plus IIT would be a v. cool mash-up text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nc_znc @davidad I really like the direction! Curious if the computational interpretation of a system (1) is unique, (2) can be mapped as a Turing machine, (3) runs into epistemological issues of physical measurement. This plus IIT would be a v. cool mash-up ## 2023-01 ### tweet 1609761934613651456 chronological_index: 95 archive_order_index: 823 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-02T04:02:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 02 04:02:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1609761934613651456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1609761934613651456 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: balajis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1609755337527263233 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2178012643 mentions: - @balajis | name: Balaji | id_str: 2178012643 text_raw: |- @balajis Technological Platonism - defining and extrapolating the platonic vector of a system. Eventually the vector breaks down, but on most important properties you can get +5-10 SD of improvement text_with_expanded_urls: |- @balajis Technological Platonism - defining and extrapolating the platonic vector of a system. Eventually the vector breaks down, but on most important properties you can get +5-10 SD of improvement ### tweet 1612017651663966208 chronological_index: 96 archive_order_index: 822 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-08T09:25:32Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 08 09:25:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1612017651663966208 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1612017651663966208 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1611824645367369729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv A friend speculates that personal utility functions sometimes get multiply-by-zero type errors, and many extreme behaviors arise from trying to create a corresponding infinity text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv A friend speculates that personal utility functions sometimes get multiply-by-zero type errors, and many extreme behaviors arise from trying to create a corresponding infinity ### tweet 1612062966702084096 chronological_index: 97 archive_order_index: 821 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-08T12:25:36Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 08 12:25:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1612062966702084096 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1612062966702084096 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1611943906999943168 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I tend to think of this as qualia-sensitive processes (QSPs) vs qualia-insensitive processes (QIPs) -- one thing that makes humans special is we're a QSP text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I tend to think of this as qualia-sensitive processes (QSPs) vs qualia-insensitive processes (QIPs) -- one thing that makes humans special is we're a QSP ### tweet 1612064051164594176 chronological_index: 98 archive_order_index: 820 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-08T12:29:55Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 08 12:29:55 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1612064051164594176 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1612064051164594176 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/hyQJ0BkZkw expanded: https://x.com/RomeoStevens76/status/1611813240971091968 display: x.com/RomeoStevens76… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Instructions unclear, caught in ceiling fan https://t.co/hyQJ0BkZkw text_with_expanded_urls: |- Instructions unclear, caught in ceiling fan https://x.com/RomeoStevens76/status/1611813240971091968 ### tweet 1612069121314766848 chronological_index: 99 archive_order_index: 819 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-08T12:50:03Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 08 12:50:03 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1612069121314766848 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1612069121314766848 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/F9EnBzP33t expanded: https://x.com/TimGalebach/status/1612047426944225281 display: x.com/TimGalebach/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Some really interesting technical stuff happening on Urbit. Also weekly poker-on-the-blockchain soon I hear https://t.co/F9EnBzP33t text_with_expanded_urls: |- Some really interesting technical stuff happening on Urbit. Also weekly poker-on-the-blockchain soon I hear https://x.com/TimGalebach/status/1612047426944225281 ### tweet 1615221911230844928 chronological_index: 100 archive_order_index: 818 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-17T05:38:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 17 05:38:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1615221911230844928 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1615221911230844928 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_271828 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1615150791668666368 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 766076479222456320 mentions: - @daniel_eth | name: Daniel Eth’s alt | id_str: 1662023413454753794 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @daniel_eth I agree... I split consciousness types as Evolved, Primordial, Megascale, and Technological, with Technological further split into accidental impact vs engineered https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_eth I agree... I split consciousness types as Evolved, Primordial, Megascale, and Technological, with Technological further split into accidental impact vs engineered https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1618061058777952257 chronological_index: 101 archive_order_index: 817 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-25T01:39:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 25 01:39:53 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1618061058777952257 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/UF3WwZRI7w expanded: https://x.com/SamoBurja/status/1618052820967772160 display: x.com/SamoBurja/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Excellent take. My sense is that one of the highest leverage ways to help humanity is to accurately describe 'what kind of thing' humans are. Forms of beauty that are legible are much more likely to persist under transformations. https://t.co/UF3WwZRI7w text_with_expanded_urls: |- Excellent take. My sense is that one of the highest leverage ways to help humanity is to accurately describe 'what kind of thing' humans are. Forms of beauty that are legible are much more likely to persist under transformations. https://x.com/SamoBurja/status/1618052820967772160 ### tweet 1618061381168951298 chronological_index: 102 archive_order_index: 816 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-01-25T01:41:10Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 25 01:41:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1618061381168951298 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061381168951298 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1618061058777952257 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Philosophy has many stories about what humans are; neuroscience has many stories about what brains are. But there is little overlap between these stories text_with_expanded_urls: |- Philosophy has many stories about what humans are; neuroscience has many stories about what brains are. But there is little overlap between these stories ## 2023-02 ### tweet 1626015046164975616 chronological_index: 103 archive_order_index: 815 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-16T00:26:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 16 00:26:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626015046164975616 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626015046164975616 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1625941012081217545 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626015046164975616/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpDED78aQAENVTh.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/KwmhZsBJsW possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Here’s the best way I’ve been able to describe why human qualia reports sorta work (from PQ); totally agree that if you change the underlying layers the inference chain breaks https://t.co/KwmhZsBJsW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Here’s the best way I’ve been able to describe why human qualia reports sorta work (from PQ); totally agree that if you change the underlying layers the inference chain breaks https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626015046164975616/photo/1 ### tweet 1626016461667057665 chronological_index: 104 archive_order_index: 814 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-16T00:31:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 16 00:31:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626016461667057665 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626016461667057665 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626015046164975616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/W23XzCCY2R expanded: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo display: qntm.org/mmacevedo possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata We need an inverse fictionalization of https://t.co/W23XzCCY2R that illustrates what’s at stake if we incorrect ascribe qualia text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata We need an inverse fictionalization of https://qntm.org/mmacevedo that illustrates what’s at stake if we incorrect ascribe qualia ### tweet 1626020718315204608 chronological_index: 105 archive_order_index: 813 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-16T00:48:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 16 00:48:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626020718315204608 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626020718315204608 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626016461667057665 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Speaking as a panpsychist: the risk isn’t that all consciousness gets extinguished, it’s that we undergo a phase transition from Type I qualia to Type IVa qualia, and this may not preserve things like “caring about valence” https://t.co/36gXJJPMef text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Speaking as a panpsychist: the risk isn’t that all consciousness gets extinguished, it’s that we undergo a phase transition from Type I qualia to Type IVa qualia, and this may not preserve things like “caring about valence” https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1626677868552937495 chronological_index: 106 archive_order_index: 812 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-17T20:20:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 17 20:20:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626677868552937495 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626677868552937495 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626674716793528322 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @noampomsky | name: Ava | id_str: 3127370223 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @noampomsky I'm a physics-panpsychist; I think AIs can't be conscious because they have no physicality. But *computers* are physical, so they could+would be consciousness. But their qualia is going to be weird https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @noampomsky I'm a physics-panpsychist; I think AIs can't be conscious because they have no physicality. But *computers* are physical, so they could+would be consciousness. But their qualia is going to be weird https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1626786666563399681 chronological_index: 107 archive_order_index: 811 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-18T03:32:20Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 18 03:32:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626786666563399681 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626786666563399681 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MatthewJBar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626722308709838850 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1272666807904563200 mentions: - @MatthewJBar | name: Matthew Barnett | id_str: 1272666807904563200 urls: - short: https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MatthewJBar I self-recommend PQ as a blueprint for exactly what you want https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE The monad lineage started in philosophy but isn’t well represented in the academy currently. But IMO a cross from cybernetics and Wittgenstein/Quine gave us LLMs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MatthewJBar I self-recommend PQ as a blueprint for exactly what you want https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf The monad lineage started in philosophy but isn’t well represented in the academy currently. But IMO a cross from cybernetics and Wittgenstein/Quine gave us LLMs ### tweet 1626787310816874497 chronological_index: 108 archive_order_index: 810 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-18T03:34:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 18 03:34:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626787310816874497 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626787310816874497 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626786666563399681 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @MatthewJBar | name: Matthew Barnett | id_str: 1272666807904563200 urls: - short: https://t.co/UtEBwfn1w6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/10/rescuing-philosophy/ display: opentheory.net/2017/10/rescui… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MatthewJBar To your specific question https://t.co/UtEBwfn1w6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MatthewJBar To your specific question https://opentheory.net/2017/10/rescuing-philosophy/ ### tweet 1626793809232433153 chronological_index: 109 archive_order_index: 809 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-18T04:00:43Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 18 04:00:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626793809232433153 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626793809232433153 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626723408288309249 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Imo humanity’s Mandate of Heaven waxes and wanes, and we’re currently on the downswing; I think much different conversations would be happening if it was ascendant. (How to get there?) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Imo humanity’s Mandate of Heaven waxes and wanes, and we’re currently on the downswing; I think much different conversations would be happening if it was ascendant. (How to get there?) ### tweet 1626799619446554625 chronological_index: 110 archive_order_index: 808 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-18T04:23:48Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 18 04:23:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626799619446554625 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626799619446554625 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626795615144271873 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @erikphoel I think by default we generally try to preserve both functional and physical intuitions about consciousness, and for brains that mostly works but for AI it fails spectacularly… bits vs atoms: pick one Btw congrats on finishing the book! Looking forward to reading text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel I think by default we generally try to preserve both functional and physical intuitions about consciousness, and for brains that mostly works but for AI it fails spectacularly… bits vs atoms: pick one Btw congrats on finishing the book! Looking forward to reading ### tweet 1626802851900190720 chronological_index: 111 archive_order_index: 807 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-18T04:36:39Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 18 04:36:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1626802851900190720 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1626802851900190720 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1626678099755556880 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv I found the difficulty to be roughly n^2; so many more interactions and choices. And once you’re past 20 pages, there are always enough interesting rabbitholes to justify making it longer… it’s legit hard to ship long works text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I found the difficulty to be roughly n^2; so many more interactions and choices. And once you’re past 20 pages, there are always enough interesting rabbitholes to justify making it longer… it’s legit hard to ship long works ### tweet 1627130043800637440 chronological_index: 112 archive_order_index: 806 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-19T02:16:47Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 19 02:16:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627130043800637440 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627130043800637440 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627117306353688577 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/tnFJh4BlI7 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506981082213801987 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella Both perception and reality; Various ways to frame the civilization cycle: our era seems to be Thiel’s “indefinite pessimism”, weak men making hard times, decline, antinatalism. Point is that not all human eras are like this. Some eras are ascendant https://t.co/tnFJh4BlI7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Both perception and reality; Various ways to frame the civilization cycle: our era seems to be Thiel’s “indefinite pessimism”, weak men making hard times, decline, antinatalism. Point is that not all human eras are like this. Some eras are ascendant https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506981082213801987 ### tweet 1627130470298255360 chronological_index: 113 archive_order_index: 805 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-19T02:18:29Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 19 02:18:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627130470298255360 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627130470298255360 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627130043800637440 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Whether the era is characterized by decline or ascension dominates its approach to solving problems. If we had gotten to Sidney-level LLMs in the 40s or 1810s, or the peak of classical Greek & Roman antiquity, I think we’d be having different and *better* discussions about AGI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Whether the era is characterized by decline or ascension dominates its approach to solving problems. If we had gotten to Sidney-level LLMs in the 40s or 1810s, or the peak of classical Greek & Roman antiquity, I think we’d be having different and *better* discussions about AGI ### tweet 1627131536301780993 chronological_index: 114 archive_order_index: 804 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-19T02:22:43Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 19 02:22:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627131536301780993 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627131536301780993 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627130470298255360 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/gNzpUpttZm expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella Ultimately my allegiance is to the good, but I think humans are better stewards of the good than we give ourselves credit for. I’m for making new life that has a better Mandate of Heaven than humanity, but best to figure out what is beautiful about humanity https://t.co/gNzpUpttZm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Ultimately my allegiance is to the good, but I think humans are better stewards of the good than we give ourselves credit for. I’m for making new life that has a better Mandate of Heaven than humanity, but best to figure out what is beautiful about humanity https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 ### tweet 1627132598236635136 chronological_index: 115 archive_order_index: 803 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-19T02:26:56Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 19 02:26:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627132598236635136 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627132598236635136 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627131536301780993 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I’m seeing a whole lot of confusion about AI consciousness out there that could make the future really noisy… https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I’m seeing a whole lot of confusion about AI consciousness out there that could make the future really noisy… https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1627137859730956289 chronological_index: 116 archive_order_index: 802 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-19T02:47:51Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 19 02:47:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627137859730956289 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627137859730956289 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627124836307804162 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic Depends on the degree to which ‘higher’ is a scalar or a vector; could be humans are a little bit special in terms of navigating consciousness-as-the-domain-of-value text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic Depends on the degree to which ‘higher’ is a scalar or a vector; could be humans are a little bit special in terms of navigating consciousness-as-the-domain-of-value ### tweet 1627173715694985216 chronological_index: 117 archive_order_index: 801 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-19T05:10:19Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 19 05:10:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627173715694985216 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627173715694985216 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627171133056339968 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella This is one reason I think radical longevity tech could be great: the feeling of getting younger and healthier every day instead of older could help shift us into that mode. In general I think a bio singularity has a lot to recommend it… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella This is one reason I think radical longevity tech could be great: the feeling of getting younger and healthier every day instead of older could help shift us into that mode. In general I think a bio singularity has a lot to recommend it… ### tweet 1627179715953057793 chronological_index: 118 archive_order_index: 800 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-19T05:34:10Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 19 05:34:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627179715953057793 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627179715953057793 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627171677569224705 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic Totally could be— and I agree that leaping is probably better in expectation than pushing for a ‘long reflection’ (which is about power). I do think there are several ways to leap and not all are as good as others text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic Totally could be— and I agree that leaping is probably better in expectation than pushing for a ‘long reflection’ (which is about power). I do think there are several ways to leap and not all are as good as others ### tweet 1627850742790000641 chronological_index: 119 archive_order_index: 799 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-21T02:00:35Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 21 02:00:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627850742790000641 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627850742790000641 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627762537642053635 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv I first misread this as “about consciousness” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I first misread this as “about consciousness” ### tweet 1627853630115311616 chronological_index: 120 archive_order_index: 798 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-21T02:12:04Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 21 02:12:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1627853630115311616 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1627853630115311616 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1627686082241507328 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 - @slimepriestess | name: Ra - Vibecamp 6/18-21 | id_str: 1302104431324876801 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gfodor @networklostsoul @slimepriestess My sense is AIs aren’t ’ontologically real’ enough to be conscious but computers could be. Tononi observed the integration dynamic of a computer revolves around its internal clock; analysis of computer EM field patterns could start there https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor @networklostsoul @slimepriestess My sense is AIs aren’t ’ontologically real’ enough to be conscious but computers could be. Tononi observed the integration dynamic of a computer revolves around its internal clock; analysis of computer EM field patterns could start there https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1628186748760260608 chronological_index: 121 archive_order_index: 797 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T00:15:45Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 00:15:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628186748760260608 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628186748760260608 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628179380538077187 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eigenrobot Important to note the ontological difference between AIs (bits) and computers (atoms): https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot Important to note the ontological difference between AIs (bits) and computers (atoms): https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1628187684484321281 chronological_index: 122 archive_order_index: 796 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T00:19:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 00:19:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628187684484321281 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628187684484321281 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willyintheworld in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628156677399760898 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2667451106 mentions: - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 text_raw: |- @Willyintheworld It’s crazy more people aren’t interested in this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willyintheworld It’s crazy more people aren’t interested in this ### tweet 1628246656515985408 chronological_index: 123 archive_order_index: 795 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T04:13:48Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 04:13:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628246656515985408 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628246656515985408 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willyintheworld in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628241068209627137 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2667451106 mentions: - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Willyintheworld I’m very curious whether the creation of qualia consumes negentropy or not; huge difference in the ‘endgame’! Also you might like some of my noodlings on this https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK and some other pieces there text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willyintheworld I’m very curious whether the creation of qualia consumes negentropy or not; huge difference in the ‘endgame’! Also you might like some of my noodlings on this https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ and some other pieces there ### tweet 1628247639887331328 chronological_index: 124 archive_order_index: 794 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T04:17:43Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 04:17:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628247639887331328 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628247639887331328 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628216064164126721 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic My sense is there’s a third component which is our civilizational/institutional health is on the downswing which makes solving problems way harder text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic My sense is there’s a third component which is our civilizational/institutional health is on the downswing which makes solving problems way harder ### tweet 1628248845556789248 chronological_index: 125 archive_order_index: 793 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T04:22:30Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 04:22:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628248845556789248 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628248845556789248 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willyintheworld in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628248309516181504 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2667451106 mentions: - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 - @MikePFrank | name: Michael P. Frank 💻🔜♻️ | id_str: 14129103 urls: - short: https://t.co/TKmjAUhUtz expanded: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 display: scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Willyintheworld @MikePFrank Scott Aaronson is pretty skeptical of the possibility due to some weird implications https://t.co/TKmjAUhUtz text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willyintheworld @MikePFrank Scott Aaronson is pretty skeptical of the possibility due to some weird implications https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 ### tweet 1628249254363004928 chronological_index: 126 archive_order_index: 792 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T04:24:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 04:24:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628249254363004928 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628249254363004928 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willyintheworld in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628249023638384641 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2667451106 mentions: - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 - @MikePFrank | name: Michael P. Frank 💻🔜♻️ | id_str: 14129103 text_raw: |- @Willyintheworld @MikePFrank lol hard to say text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willyintheworld @MikePFrank lol hard to say ### tweet 1628249610891460609 chronological_index: 127 archive_order_index: 791 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T04:25:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 04:25:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628249610891460609 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628249610891460609 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EricWollberg in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628179646368870400 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1244726593584599043 mentions: - @EricWollberg | name: Axial Wanderer | id_str: 1244726593584599043 text_raw: |- @EricWollberg Love it. Huge overlap though! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EricWollberg Love it. Huge overlap though! ### tweet 1628276760809967618 chronological_index: 128 archive_order_index: 790 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T06:13:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 06:13:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628276760809967618 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628276760809967618 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628069973297074182 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 text_raw: |- @gfodor Some people take physics as foundational, some take Turing-level processes as foundational. The position you take is a reasonable extrapolation of the latter, but isn’t compatible with the former text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor Some people take physics as foundational, some take Turing-level processes as foundational. The position you take is a reasonable extrapolation of the latter, but isn’t compatible with the former ### tweet 1628324174384201729 chronological_index: 129 archive_order_index: 789 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T09:21:50Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 09:21:50 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628324174384201729 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628324174384201729 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628322185449287680 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1547243088027930624 mentions: - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/hqlz7fKAOw expanded: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209332 display: arxiv.org/abs/math/02093… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @xlr8harder We can’t simply assume physics is Turing computable! There are orders of computation (this is a bit sparse but points in the right direction: https://t.co/hqlz7fKAOw ) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xlr8harder We can’t simply assume physics is Turing computable! There are orders of computation (this is a bit sparse but points in the right direction: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0209332 ) ### tweet 1628324550722322433 chronological_index: 130 archive_order_index: 788 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T09:23:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 09:23:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628324550722322433 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628324550722322433 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628324174384201729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @xlr8harder Also, AI consciousness would be different than computer consciousness (I agree that computers could become conscious…) https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xlr8harder Also, AI consciousness would be different than computer consciousness (I agree that computers could become conscious…) https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1628328100496015360 chronological_index: 131 archive_order_index: 787 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T09:37:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 09:37:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628328100496015360 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628328100496015360 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628326397834940417 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1547243088027930624 mentions: - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/m6CxZUiKKe expanded: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercomputation display: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercomp… - short: https://t.co/TKmjAUhUtz expanded: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 display: scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @xlr8harder Imo physics belongs to hypercomputation (which simply means a higher order of computer than a TM) https://t.co/m6CxZUiKKe Aaronson has some wicked cool thought experiments around problems we run into if we assume consciousness is Turing-computable https://t.co/TKmjAUhUtz text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xlr8harder Imo physics belongs to hypercomputation (which simply means a higher order of computer than a TM) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercomputation Aaronson has some wicked cool thought experiments around problems we run into if we assume consciousness is Turing-computable https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 ### tweet 1628329139500650496 chronological_index: 132 archive_order_index: 786 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T09:41:34Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 09:41:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628329139500650496 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628329139500650496 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628328100496015360 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 text_raw: |- @xlr8harder I’d tend to defer to Wolfram (who would say it’s computable but hasn’t taken a stance on whether it’s Turing-computable afaik; I’d be very surprised if he ever says yes) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xlr8harder I’d tend to defer to Wolfram (who would say it’s computable but hasn’t taken a stance on whether it’s Turing-computable afaik; I’d be very surprised if he ever says yes) ### tweet 1628329730247397379 chronological_index: 133 archive_order_index: 785 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T09:43:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 09:43:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628329730247397379 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628329730247397379 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628328446542610432 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1547243088027930624 mentions: - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 text_raw: |- @xlr8harder You bet, I really enjoyed that one. Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe paper makes a similar argument iirc, referencing McCabe text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xlr8harder You bet, I really enjoyed that one. Tegmark’s Mathematical Universe paper makes a similar argument iirc, referencing McCabe ### tweet 1628338649288052736 chronological_index: 134 archive_order_index: 784 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T10:19:21Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 10:19:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628338649288052736 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628338649288052736 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nc_znc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628336469730381826 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366720265619701761 mentions: - @nc_znc | name: niccolò zanichelli | id_str: 1366720265619701761 - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628338649288052736/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpkFXU_aEAAI_b1.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/DiX81Wg9L2 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628338649288052736/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FpkFXU-aUAIwoXB.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/DiX81Wg9L2 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder In TMU Tegmark argues against there existing an objective way to interpret the computational processes or state of a physical system; here’s me quoting his source material (McCabe 2004): https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa https://t.co/DiX81Wg9L2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder In TMU Tegmark argues against there existing an objective way to interpret the computational processes or state of a physical system; here’s me quoting his source material (McCabe 2004): https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628338649288052736/photo/1 ### tweet 1628342265512079361 chronological_index: 135 archive_order_index: 783 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T10:33:43Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 10:33:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628342265512079361 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628342265512079361 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628338649288052736 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nc_znc | name: niccolò zanichelli | id_str: 1366720265619701761 - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 text_raw: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder As a caveat, this is arguably more relevant to evaluating the consciousness of eg brain emulations than AIs- but larger point is that we have to choose between bits (computations) and atoms (physics) as the foundational home of consciousness. Can’t mix and match intuitions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder As a caveat, this is arguably more relevant to evaluating the consciousness of eg brain emulations than AIs- but larger point is that we have to choose between bits (computations) and atoms (physics) as the foundational home of consciousness. Can’t mix and match intuitions ### tweet 1628345377111023616 chronological_index: 136 archive_order_index: 782 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T10:46:05Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 10:46:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628345377111023616 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628345377111023616 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nc_znc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628344996779663363 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366720265619701761 mentions: - @nc_znc | name: niccolò zanichelli | id_str: 1366720265619701761 - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 text_raw: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Aha yes I was looking for that, thanks text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Aha yes I was looking for that, thanks ### tweet 1628350149469818885 chronological_index: 137 archive_order_index: 781 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T11:05:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 11:05:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628350149469818885 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628350149469818885 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nc_znc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628348310254755844 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366720265619701761 mentions: - @nc_znc | name: niccolò zanichelli | id_str: 1366720265619701761 - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Aaronson is always so on-point… Btw you might enjoy a talk I gave for Mathematical Consciousness Science a couple years ago trying to list 10 statements about consciousness that must be either true or false (I think!)- https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Aaronson is always so on-point… Btw you might enjoy a talk I gave for Mathematical Consciousness Science a couple years ago trying to list 10 statements about consciousness that must be either true or false (I think!)- https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1628351829657661440 chronological_index: 138 archive_order_index: 780 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T11:11:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 11:11:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628351829657661440 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628351829657661440 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nc_znc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628351433367076871 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366720265619701761 mentions: - @nc_znc | name: niccolò zanichelli | id_str: 1366720265619701761 - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 text_raw: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Awesome! The transcript might be better since the recording is quiet. Thanks for the interest :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Awesome! The transcript might be better since the recording is quiet. Thanks for the interest :) ### tweet 1628355811117498369 chronological_index: 139 archive_order_index: 779 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-22T11:27:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 22 11:27:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628355811117498369 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628355811117498369 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nc_znc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628354065670316033 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366720265619701761 mentions: - @nc_znc | name: niccolò zanichelli | id_str: 1366720265619701761 - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 text_raw: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Nice this is feeling familiar— Fwiw some years ago I planned out a paper on enumerating all possible qualia, as an extension of Tononi’s and @romanyam ‘s work. Never finished it but it felt possible. Easier if the Bekenstein Bound can be applied text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nc_znc @xlr8harder Nice this is feeling familiar— Fwiw some years ago I planned out a paper on enumerating all possible qualia, as an extension of Tononi’s and @romanyam ‘s work. Never finished it but it felt possible. Easier if the Bekenstein Bound can be applied ### tweet 1628934802601824256 chronological_index: 140 archive_order_index: 778 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-24T01:48:15Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 24 01:48:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628934802601824256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628934802601824256 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garybasin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628828010127261696 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2281005510 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @garybasin @gfodor I agree with black holes: (1) plausible solutions to various (eg qualia) optimization problems, (2) possible areas of concentrated computation. Here’s my basic frame https://t.co/36gXJJPMef text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin @gfodor I agree with black holes: (1) plausible solutions to various (eg qualia) optimization problems, (2) possible areas of concentrated computation. Here’s my basic frame https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1628974268821430277 chronological_index: 141 archive_order_index: 777 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-24T04:25:05Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 24 04:25:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628974268821430277 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628974268821430277 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garybasin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628937109955350528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2281005510 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/cQ8OnBQmmE expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ display: opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @garybasin @gfodor I still need to clean it up a bit but you might enjoy this: https://t.co/cQ8OnBQmmE Basically, it might be plausible to turn “proof of work” into “proof of qualia” assuming convergence on the most efficient physical process to compute a task; the POW algo determines the qualia text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin @gfodor I still need to clean it up a bit but you might enjoy this: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ Basically, it might be plausible to turn “proof of work” into “proof of qualia” assuming convergence on the most efficient physical process to compute a task; the POW algo determines the qualia ### tweet 1628975495567257600 chronological_index: 142 archive_order_index: 776 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-24T04:29:57Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 24 04:29:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1628975495567257600 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1628975495567257600 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1628974268821430277 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 text_raw: |- @garybasin @gfodor You probably couldn’t hit all possible qualia like this but you might be able to hit some important dimensions of variability text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin @gfodor You probably couldn’t hit all possible qualia like this but you might be able to hit some important dimensions of variability ### tweet 1630102421564444672 chronological_index: 143 archive_order_index: 775 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-27T07:07:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 27 07:07:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1630102421564444672 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1630102421564444672 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1630086541266817031 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gfodor As a physismist, if that’s a word, I’m curious about the EM field (what patterns do computers make?) and xenophenomenology. Anchor piece here: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor As a physismist, if that’s a word, I’m curious about the EM field (what patterns do computers make?) and xenophenomenology. Anchor piece here: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1630103352997732354 chronological_index: 144 archive_order_index: 774 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-02-27T07:11:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 27 07:11:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1630103352997732354 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1630103352997732354 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1630102421564444672 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gfodor Binary forks in the road for consciousness research (why I endorse physism): https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor Binary forks in the road for consciousness research (why I endorse physism): https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ## 2023-03 ### tweet 1633023444525907968 chronological_index: 145 archive_order_index: 773 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-07T08:35:03Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 07 08:35:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1633023444525907968 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1633023444525907968 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robbensinger in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1632870507438800896 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17479925 mentions: - @robbensinger | name: Rob Bensinger ⏹️ | id_str: 17479925 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @robbensinger Preface: I like MIRI. I think there’s been a low amount of curiosity re: formalizing consciousness. If qualia are an ineffable reification, MIRI’s task is impossible by definition. Shifting probability mass toward “qualia are real” shifts what alignment is https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robbensinger Preface: I like MIRI. I think there’s been a low amount of curiosity re: formalizing consciousness. If qualia are an ineffable reification, MIRI’s task is impossible by definition. Shifting probability mass toward “qualia are real” shifts what alignment is https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1633063726109839360 chronological_index: 146 archive_order_index: 772 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-07T11:15:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 07 11:15:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1633063726109839360 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1633063726109839360 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robbensinger in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1633056532576501762 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17479925 mentions: - @robbensinger | name: Rob Bensinger ⏹️ | id_str: 17479925 text_raw: |- @robbensinger Thanks Rob, will review those pieces. My methods are described in the piece I linked; my arguments are spelled out in Against Functionalism, my conclusions in PQ. There appears to be a large divide between communities that take bits vs atoms to be the arbiter of consciousness: text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robbensinger Thanks Rob, will review those pieces. My methods are described in the piece I linked; my arguments are spelled out in Against Functionalism, my conclusions in PQ. There appears to be a large divide between communities that take bits vs atoms to be the arbiter of consciousness: ### tweet 1633064141756993537 chronological_index: 147 archive_order_index: 771 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-07T11:16:46Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 07 11:16:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1633064141756993537 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1633064141756993537 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1633063726109839360 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @robbensinger | name: Rob Bensinger ⏹️ | id_str: 17479925 text_raw: |- @robbensinger I see MIRI as being on ‘team bits’ whereas my intuition leans towards atoms. I think both threads are worth trying to formalize. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robbensinger I see MIRI as being on ‘team bits’ whereas my intuition leans towards atoms. I think both threads are worth trying to formalize. ### tweet 1636713807245606912 chronological_index: 148 archive_order_index: 770 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-17T12:59:14Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 17 12:59:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1636713807245606912 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1636713807245606912 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MWCvitkovic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1636705594810724352 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3310628639 mentions: - @MWCvitkovic | name: Milan Cvitkovic | id_str: 3310628639 - @joshuagoldford | name: Josh Goldford | id_str: 36455617 - @AlexTISYoung | name: Alex Strudwick Young | id_str: 1109220144 - @DMalawsky | name: Daniel Malawsky | id_str: 1255608254622846993 - @gwern | name: 𝔊𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔫 | id_str: 17664709 text_raw: |- @MWCvitkovic @joshuagoldford @AlexTISYoung @DMalawsky @gwern Hard to predict the future but I consider genes still the primary unit of selection until actually supplanted (still lots of differential reproduction!). My guess is genetic engineering will suffer from a shortage of heuristics for tradeoff-free edits. Spellcheck is promising imo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MWCvitkovic @joshuagoldford @AlexTISYoung @DMalawsky @gwern Hard to predict the future but I consider genes still the primary unit of selection until actually supplanted (still lots of differential reproduction!). My guess is genetic engineering will suffer from a shortage of heuristics for tradeoff-free edits. Spellcheck is promising imo ### tweet 1639066335325093888 chronological_index: 149 archive_order_index: 769 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-24T00:47:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 24 00:47:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1639066335325093888 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1639066335325093888 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pwlot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1638967029834084359 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18107306 mentions: - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @Soph8B | name: Sophie | id_str: 982284503359148032 - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @DavidDeutschOxf | name: David Deutsch | id_str: 841709695 text_raw: |- @pwlot @Soph8B @ataiiam @Plinz @DavidDeutschOxf Thanks for the shoutout. I think the formalism lens is correct: focus on methods for creating a mathematical representation of an experience (“type 1 psychophysical laws”) and for interpreting it (“type 2 psychophysical laws”). Create an ecosystem that can mix and match types 1&2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pwlot @Soph8B @ataiiam @Plinz @DavidDeutschOxf Thanks for the shoutout. I think the formalism lens is correct: focus on methods for creating a mathematical representation of an experience (“type 1 psychophysical laws”) and for interpreting it (“type 2 psychophysical laws”). Create an ecosystem that can mix and match types 1&2 ### tweet 1639067585621934080 chronological_index: 150 archive_order_index: 768 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-24T00:52:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 24 00:52:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1639067585621934080 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1639067585621934080 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1639066335325093888 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @Soph8B | name: Sophie | id_str: 982284503359148032 - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @DavidDeutschOxf | name: David Deutsch | id_str: 841709695 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @pwlot @Soph8B @ataiiam @Plinz @DavidDeutschOxf PQ explores this approach, taking emotional valence (pleasantness of an experience) as the pilot project. Result is the Symmetry Theory of Valence, a metric you can apply to the formalism of an experience to derive its pleasantness. Basic summary: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pwlot @Soph8B @ataiiam @Plinz @DavidDeutschOxf PQ explores this approach, taking emotional valence (pleasantness of an experience) as the pilot project. Result is the Symmetry Theory of Valence, a metric you can apply to the formalism of an experience to derive its pleasantness. Basic summary: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1639068236292706306 chronological_index: 151 archive_order_index: 767 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-24T00:54:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 24 00:54:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1639068236292706306 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1639068236292706306 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1639067369443299328 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @Soph8B | name: Sophie | id_str: 982284503359148032 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @DavidDeutschOxf | name: David Deutsch | id_str: 841709695 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ataiiam @pwlot @Soph8B @Plinz @DavidDeutschOxf I’ll be speaking in Berlin this August on the topic, a few pieces I can also recommend are https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK (long), https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf (short, links to longer pieces) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @pwlot @Soph8B @Plinz @DavidDeutschOxf I’ll be speaking in Berlin this August on the topic, a few pieces I can also recommend are https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ (long), https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ (short, links to longer pieces) ### tweet 1639070845967663104 chronological_index: 152 archive_order_index: 766 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-24T01:05:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 24 01:05:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1639070845967663104 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1639070845967663104 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1638870339521265664 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 urls: - short: https://t.co/ArlxFFZaSl expanded: https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511116 display: arxiv.org/abs/physics/05… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz @ataiiam @pwlot Afaik the canonical paper arguing against simulations being equivalent to base reality for the purposes of consciousness is https://t.co/ArlxFFZaSl (I found it via tracing Tegmark’s arguments) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @ataiiam @pwlot Afaik the canonical paper arguing against simulations being equivalent to base reality for the purposes of consciousness is https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0511116 (I found it via tracing Tegmark’s arguments) ### tweet 1639113478198919169 chronological_index: 153 archive_order_index: 765 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-24T03:54:41Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 24 03:54:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1639113478198919169 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1639113478198919169 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _TechyBen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1639084376364335104 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 547488598 mentions: - @_TechyBen | name: TechnicalBen | id_str: 547488598 - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 urls: - short: https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @_TechyBen @AsherSoryl @alexhillphd I think this is a worthy position, and one I strongly argue against here: https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_TechyBen @AsherSoryl @alexhillphd I think this is a worthy position, and one I strongly argue against here: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ ### tweet 1639132062480482304 chronological_index: 154 archive_order_index: 764 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-24T05:08:31Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 24 05:08:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1639132062480482304 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1639132062480482304 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: redqualia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1639128140457836544 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 222563167 mentions: - @redqualia | name: red qualia | id_str: 222563167 - @_TechyBen | name: TechnicalBen | id_str: 547488598 - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @redqualia @_TechyBen @AsherSoryl @alexhillphd @Plinz I’ll note I left QRI last year and don’t speak for them. My account of consciousness is in Principia Qualia and on my blog; I gave a talk in 2020 that offered an overview of how I navigate certain questions https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @redqualia @_TechyBen @AsherSoryl @alexhillphd @Plinz I’ll note I left QRI last year and don’t speak for them. My account of consciousness is in Principia Qualia and on my blog; I gave a talk in 2020 that offered an overview of how I navigate certain questions https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1640325339196055554 chronological_index: 155 archive_order_index: 763 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-03-27T12:10:11Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 27 12:10:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1640325339196055554 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1640325339196055554 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: parafactual in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1640292686853971968 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1252277511746183168 mentions: - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 urls: - short: https://t.co/M0DH7qCogw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2021/07/a-prim… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @parafactual This is an overview of my last 13 years working on the topic (have since left QRI) https://t.co/M0DH7qCogw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @parafactual This is an overview of my last 13 years working on the topic (have since left QRI) https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ## 2023-04 ### tweet 1643025464217473024 chronological_index: 156 archive_order_index: 762 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-03T22:59:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 03 22:59:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1643025464217473024 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1643025464217473024 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TimGalebach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1642888262044753920 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1540047220728266752 mentions: - @basilesportif | name: anaccounthere | id_str: 1355115054576906243 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1643025464217473024/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fs0y8sHakAE44Mc.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/lrErXldloJ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @basileSportif I find 2+5 the most likely; I expect if we took a look at the details of SETI we’d be surprised at how rudimentary the heuristics we’ve been using are. Also very little effort has gone into trying to predict alien telos, which is central for knowing what to look for. Speculation: https://t.co/lrErXldloJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @basileSportif I find 2+5 the most likely; I expect if we took a look at the details of SETI we’d be surprised at how rudimentary the heuristics we’ve been using are. Also very little effort has gone into trying to predict alien telos, which is central for knowing what to look for. Speculation: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1643025464217473024/photo/1 ### tweet 1644821218585968641 chronological_index: 157 archive_order_index: 761 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-08T21:55:12Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 08 21:55:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1644821218585968641 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1644821218585968641 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1644766587898015746 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella “In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.” -Kwame Appiah text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella “In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.” -Kwame Appiah ### tweet 1644829390222635008 chronological_index: 158 archive_order_index: 760 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-08T22:27:40Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 08 22:27:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1644829390222635008 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1644829390222635008 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1644826645331693569 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/WUTYcj46sB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella Ship of Theseus; we die every moment! My sense of the game: https://t.co/WUTYcj46sB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Ship of Theseus; we die every moment! My sense of the game: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw ### tweet 1644931965773021186 chronological_index: 159 archive_order_index: 759 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-09T05:15:16Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 09 05:15:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1644931965773021186 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1644931965773021186 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1644850712684232704 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Very well put; I’d add “what’s worth saving?” I’m not for preserving aspects of humanity because they’re weak and can’t defend themselves; I’m for saving broad aspects of humanity because they’re strong & good and will be useful where we’re going text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Very well put; I’d add “what’s worth saving?” I’m not for preserving aspects of humanity because they’re weak and can’t defend themselves; I’m for saving broad aspects of humanity because they’re strong & good and will be useful where we’re going ### tweet 1645004143994568704 chronological_index: 160 archive_order_index: 758 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-09T10:02:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 09 10:02:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1645004143994568704 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1645004143994568704 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Telofy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1644662069671624704 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 384748198 mentions: - @Telofy | name: Dawn Drescher ⏸️ | id_str: 384748198 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Telofy There’s no consensus on consciousness, nor suffering, nor what a valid research program into these topics should look like. Fwiw my brief defense of “substrate matters”: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Telofy There’s no consensus on consciousness, nor suffering, nor what a valid research program into these topics should look like. Fwiw my brief defense of “substrate matters”: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1645133646620246016 chronological_index: 161 archive_order_index: 757 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-09T18:36:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 09 18:36:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1645133646620246016 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1645133646620246016 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645127636883054592 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 urls: - short: https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RokoMijic I’d much rather AI was happening during a civilizational ascent rather than a decline, but It Can Always Get Worse. Nuking chip fabs likely to sour the vibe. Friendlier approach is this sort of research imo https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic I’d much rather AI was happening during a civilizational ascent rather than a decline, but It Can Always Get Worse. Nuking chip fabs likely to sour the vibe. Friendlier approach is this sort of research imo https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 ### tweet 1645135469838049283 chronological_index: 162 archive_order_index: 756 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-09T18:43:55Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 09 18:43:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1645135469838049283 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1645135469838049283 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645133115633942528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic @danfaggella @romanyam All else equal, if civilization is ascending and coordination is improving over time, makes strong sense to slow way down & solve methodically. If civilization is declining and world’s ability to solve hard technical and coordination problems is declining, decel is a harder call text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic @danfaggella @romanyam All else equal, if civilization is ascending and coordination is improving over time, makes strong sense to slow way down & solve methodically. If civilization is declining and world’s ability to solve hard technical and coordination problems is declining, decel is a harder call ### tweet 1645135883719278593 chronological_index: 163 archive_order_index: 755 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-09T18:45:34Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 09 18:45:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1645135883719278593 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1645135883719278593 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: rivatez in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645135408550883329 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 586559221 mentions: - @rivatez | name: Riva | id_str: 586559221 text_raw: |- @rivatez Absolutely love your work on this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @rivatez Absolutely love your work on this! ### tweet 1645144761546727425 chronological_index: 164 archive_order_index: 754 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-09T19:20:51Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 09 19:20:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1645144761546727425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1645144761546727425 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645142227197329424 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic @danfaggella @romanyam Prior to the AI focus, you shared many fairly compelling examples of civilizational decline where we were definitively failing on tasks that should be easy layups. AI alignment is orders of magnitude harder and more political than these. I don’t think the race is the core issue text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic @danfaggella @romanyam Prior to the AI focus, you shared many fairly compelling examples of civilizational decline where we were definitively failing on tasks that should be easy layups. AI alignment is orders of magnitude harder and more political than these. I don’t think the race is the core issue ### tweet 1646030491215093762 chronological_index: 165 archive_order_index: 753 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T06:00:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 06:00:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646030491215093762 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646030491215093762 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645873549750435841 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @joe_zimmerman | name: Joe Zimmerman | id_str: 165557426 urls: - short: https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RokoMijic @joe_zimmerman The problem with antirealist theories of consciousness is they don’t actually do what we need theories of consciousness to do (mediate disagreements) - they look like solutions but aren’t https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic @joe_zimmerman The problem with antirealist theories of consciousness is they don’t actually do what we need theories of consciousness to do (mediate disagreements) - they look like solutions but aren’t https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ ### tweet 1646040254040686594 chronological_index: 166 archive_order_index: 752 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T06:39:13Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 06:39:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646040254040686594 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646040254040686594 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: joe_zimmerman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645870278973755392 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 165557426 mentions: - @joe_zimmerman | name: Joe Zimmerman | id_str: 165557426 text_raw: |- @joe_zimmerman Imo the challenge isn’t so much the technical aspects but the social aspects. Incentives, psychological projections around this topic, etc. The hypothesis space is also quite large, and people with good aesthetics for navigating this can get (much) more status elsewhere text_with_expanded_urls: |- @joe_zimmerman Imo the challenge isn’t so much the technical aspects but the social aspects. Incentives, psychological projections around this topic, etc. The hypothesis space is also quite large, and people with good aesthetics for navigating this can get (much) more status elsewhere ### tweet 1646042841339011073 chronological_index: 167 archive_order_index: 751 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T06:49:30Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 06:49:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646042841339011073 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646042841339011073 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645968550316613632 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I feel the technical challenges around BCIs have covered up the larger issue that there aren’t good visions for what to use them for. There aren’t good visions for this because we don’t have a good model of what kind of thing a brain is, and which parameters are even worth tuning https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I feel the technical challenges around BCIs have covered up the larger issue that there aren’t good visions for what to use them for. There aren’t good visions for this because we don’t have a good model of what kind of thing a brain is, and which parameters are even worth tuning https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 ### tweet 1646052160755453952 chronological_index: 168 archive_order_index: 750 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T07:26:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 07:26:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646052160755453952 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646052160755453952 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1645941974619365377 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella I’m incredibly curious where all this is headed. Fwiw politics is worst where crucial resources are at stake. I’m not sure the opinions of the average person will be as much of a crucial resource in the future as it was in the 20c. Could be a kindness, or ominous, not sure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I’m incredibly curious where all this is headed. Fwiw politics is worst where crucial resources are at stake. I’m not sure the opinions of the average person will be as much of a crucial resource in the future as it was in the 20c. Could be a kindness, or ominous, not sure ### tweet 1646064735501053953 chronological_index: 169 archive_order_index: 749 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T08:16:30Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 08:16:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646064735501053953 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646064735501053953 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646063828776501249 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 - @joe_zimmerman | name: Joe Zimmerman | id_str: 165557426 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev @joe_zimmerman I believe that. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev @joe_zimmerman I believe that. ### tweet 1646097517572939778 chronological_index: 170 archive_order_index: 748 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T10:26:45Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 10:26:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646097517572939778 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646097517572939778 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646096140486549506 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646097517572939778/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ftgc93bXsAMttsx.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/uLbwcpZWV5 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella We’ve already seen the shape of how this will play out https://t.co/uLbwcpZWV5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella We’ve already seen the shape of how this will play out https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646097517572939778/photo/1 ### tweet 1646101878806138880 chronological_index: 171 archive_order_index: 747 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T10:44:05Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 10:44:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646101878806138880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646101878806138880 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646098060169080833 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella I don’t foresee mass uprisings unless it’s seen as useful for our current elites, because our sociopolitical system is very good at dampening, fragmenting, and redirecting such energy. Modern-day power works through an asymmetry in knowledge about how power works text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I don’t foresee mass uprisings unless it’s seen as useful for our current elites, because our sociopolitical system is very good at dampening, fragmenting, and redirecting such energy. Modern-day power works through an asymmetry in knowledge about how power works ### tweet 1646104960734568449 chronological_index: 172 archive_order_index: 746 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T10:56:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 10:56:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646104960734568449 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646104960734568449 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646102783295123456 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @SamoBurja | name: Samo Burja | id_str: 956296561289453568 urls: - short: https://t.co/kWzgGNAJNk expanded: https://samoburja.com/empire-theory-part-ii-power-dynamics/ display: samoburja.com/empire-theory-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I can recommend @SamoBurja on successful revolutions always being intra-elite conflict (people very rarely “rise up” organically due to elites controlling the means of coordination) and “high+low vs middle” as a recurring motif https://t.co/kWzgGNAJNk text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I can recommend @SamoBurja on successful revolutions always being intra-elite conflict (people very rarely “rise up” organically due to elites controlling the means of coordination) and “high+low vs middle” as a recurring motif https://samoburja.com/empire-theory-part-ii-power-dynamics/ ### tweet 1646201629878763524 chronological_index: 173 archive_order_index: 745 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-12T17:20:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 12 17:20:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646201629878763524 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646201629878763524 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646201160850722817 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 mentions: - @yacineMTB | name: kache | id_str: 1173552893003255808 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @powerfultakes @yacineMTB I’m sympathetic to computer consciousness, but I think AI consciousness is a different reference class and less likely: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes @yacineMTB I’m sympathetic to computer consciousness, but I think AI consciousness is a different reference class and less likely: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1646825244173148160 chronological_index: 174 archive_order_index: 744 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-14T10:38:29Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 14 10:38:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646825244173148160 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646825244173148160 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646789041332043776 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366298849053085701 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @EvilVizier I really like this take. Have you considered adapting it as a new flavor of monism? https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EvilVizier I really like this take. Have you considered adapting it as a new flavor of monism? https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ ### tweet 1646842042234945536 chronological_index: 175 archive_order_index: 743 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-14T11:45:14Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 14 11:45:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646842042234945536 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646842042234945536 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646838065107804161 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier Dan what do you believe is worth doing on the margin? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier Dan what do you believe is worth doing on the margin? ### tweet 1646845474203156480 chronological_index: 176 archive_order_index: 742 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-14T11:58:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 14 11:58:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646845474203156480 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646845474203156480 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646843015959396353 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier Worth doing today! No AGIs populating the galaxy yet brother :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier Worth doing today! No AGIs populating the galaxy yet brother :) ### tweet 1646864518906101760 chronological_index: 177 archive_order_index: 741 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-14T13:14:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 14 13:14:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1646864518906101760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1646864518906101760 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1646849218647056385 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier My guess our crux is on the intelligibility of consciousness and the Good. You know my position- https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier My guess our crux is on the intelligibility of consciousness and the Good. You know my position- https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1647521447701512194 chronological_index: 178 archive_order_index: 740 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-16T08:44:57Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 16 08:44:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1647521447701512194 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1647521447701512194 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1647517577017700352 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/WUTYcj46sB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz I am uneasy about being too cavalier about supplanting humanity before we know what we are https://t.co/WUTYcj46sB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz I am uneasy about being too cavalier about supplanting humanity before we know what we are https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw ### tweet 1647522835890421760 chronological_index: 179 archive_order_index: 739 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-16T08:50:28Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 16 08:50:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1647522835890421760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1647522835890421760 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1647521782260469763 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/9oju6Niq8q expanded: https://x.com/Plinz/status/1599127769270849536 display: x.com/Plinz/status/1… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz I think this is almost right; need to add a theory of consciousness https://t.co/9oju6Niq8q text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz I think this is almost right; need to add a theory of consciousness https://x.com/Plinz/status/1599127769270849536 ### tweet 1647525423465603072 chronological_index: 180 archive_order_index: 738 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-16T09:00:45Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 16 09:00:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1647525423465603072 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1647525423465603072 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1647521782260469763 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @Plinz The most precise ‘navigation grade’ description I have is that humanity is a projection into three domains: physical, phenomenological, computational. AIs will be a very different projection text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz The most precise ‘navigation grade’ description I have is that humanity is a projection into three domains: physical, phenomenological, computational. AIs will be a very different projection ### tweet 1647664684579934213 chronological_index: 181 archive_order_index: 737 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-16T18:14:07Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 16 18:14:07 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1647664684579934213 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1647664684579934213 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 2 mentions: - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 urls: - short: https://t.co/C2AvVJ1opB expanded: https://x.com/drmichaellevin/status/1646812862906617859 display: x.com/drmichaellevin… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- An absolutely delightful special issue on symmetry in biology. Reading this feels similar to watching the birth of a new branch of science. Congratulations @adamsafron and other authors https://t.co/C2AvVJ1opB text_with_expanded_urls: |- An absolutely delightful special issue on symmetry in biology. Reading this feels similar to watching the birth of a new branch of science. Congratulations @adamsafron and other authors https://x.com/drmichaellevin/status/1646812862906617859 ### tweet 1647873849101279233 chronological_index: 182 archive_order_index: 736 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-17T08:05:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 17 08:05:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1647873849101279233 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1647873849101279233 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1647694858218360834 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 urls: - short: https://t.co/cQ8OnBPOx6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ display: opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RokoMijicLegacy @EvilVizier I’m fairly optimistic consciousness research could give us a better view of the endgame. And maybe help civilize it: https://t.co/cQ8OnBPOx6 Pretty speculative, but imo less confused and more generative than current thinking around humanity’s utility function text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijicLegacy @EvilVizier I’m fairly optimistic consciousness research could give us a better view of the endgame. And maybe help civilize it: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ Pretty speculative, but imo less confused and more generative than current thinking around humanity’s utility function ### tweet 1647906861012729857 chronological_index: 183 archive_order_index: 735 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-17T10:16:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 17 10:16:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1647906861012729857 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1647906861012729857 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1647882719269904384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… - short: https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev @RokoMijicLegacy @EvilVizier The PoW stuff is speculative- the skepticism about computationalism is summarized here https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH (brief overview with links). The longer piece this draws from is https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev @RokoMijicLegacy @EvilVizier The PoW stuff is speculative- the skepticism about computationalism is summarized here https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ (brief overview with links). The longer piece this draws from is https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ ### tweet 1648171487436627971 chronological_index: 184 archive_order_index: 734 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-18T03:47:58Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 18 03:47:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1648171487436627971 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1648171487436627971 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1648124535340769281 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev I’m expecting increasing investment into AI-AI debates as a mechanism for both increased coherence between personality basins and for generative truthseeking. (This also offers a suggestion for future research impact: craft diamond-perfect argument chunks that can be used by AIs) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev I’m expecting increasing investment into AI-AI debates as a mechanism for both increased coherence between personality basins and for generative truthseeking. (This also offers a suggestion for future research impact: craft diamond-perfect argument chunks that can be used by AIs) ### tweet 1648381015948247052 chronological_index: 185 archive_order_index: 733 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-18T17:40:34Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 18 17:40:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1648381015948247052 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1648381015948247052 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: josephkelly in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1648345219589439488 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14400690 mentions: - @josephkelly | name: Joseph Kelly | id_str: 14400690 - @dhruvbansal | name: Dhruv Bansal | id_str: 19038529 - @unchainedcom | name: Unchained | id_str: 1894822100256313344 - @vpat24 | name: Vivek Pattipati | id_str: 862424772986187778 text_raw: |- @josephkelly @dhruvbansal @unchainedcom @vpat24 Congrats guys! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @josephkelly @dhruvbansal @unchainedcom @vpat24 Congrats guys! ### tweet 1648393552685047816 chronological_index: 186 archive_order_index: 732 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-18T18:30:23Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 18 18:30:23 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1648393552685047816 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1648393552685047816 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Ravi_21M in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1648390069617565708 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1567700198 mentions: - @Ravi_21M | name: Ravi Patel | id_str: 1567700198 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 text_raw: |- @Ravi_21M @algekalipso Thanks Ravi! Fwiw I left QRI last year and am in the process of starting a new institute. (Not a knock on the quality of my former cofounder’s research; I think it’s great.) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Ravi_21M @algekalipso Thanks Ravi! Fwiw I left QRI last year and am in the process of starting a new institute. (Not a knock on the quality of my former cofounder’s research; I think it’s great.) ### tweet 1648549041578360833 chronological_index: 187 archive_order_index: 731 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-19T04:48:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 19 04:48:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1648549041578360833 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1648549041578360833 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1648545212975788033 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1648549041578360833/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuDSnTKXsAAT3kM.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/KF03skIwzY possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @Plinz My guess is the qualia of free will somewhat depends on internally-illegible complexity; meditation could reduce this by insight into how the mind works or by reducing turbulence/complexity in general. I wonder the ways the qualia of free will is/isn’t correlated with suffering https://t.co/KF03skIwzY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @Plinz My guess is the qualia of free will somewhat depends on internally-illegible complexity; meditation could reduce this by insight into how the mind works or by reducing turbulence/complexity in general. I wonder the ways the qualia of free will is/isn’t correlated with suffering https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1648549041578360833/photo/1 ### tweet 1649328824021135360 chronological_index: 188 archive_order_index: 730 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-21T08:26:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 21 08:26:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1649328824021135360 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1649328824021135360 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aaarataki in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1648881858988621824 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1142017227152998401 mentions: - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 urls: - short: https://t.co/2upONbsYL3 expanded: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2023.0015 display: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AsherSoryl @algekalipso @louis02x Good luck! Curious to read the paper :) Fwiw PQ/STV has been cited in an academic context already, so it shouldn’t be an issue to cite it: https://t.co/2upONbsYL3 (a great overview btw) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AsherSoryl @algekalipso @louis02x Good luck! Curious to read the paper :) Fwiw PQ/STV has been cited in an academic context already, so it shouldn’t be an issue to cite it: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2023.0015 (a great overview btw) ### tweet 1650058879860981763 chronological_index: 189 archive_order_index: 729 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-23T08:47:48Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 23 08:47:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1650058879860981763 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1650058879860981763 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: rob_knight in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1650053356826632192 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 7489042 mentions: - @rob_knight | name: Rob Knight | id_str: 7489042 text_raw: |- @rob_knight Was a great conversation! My pleasure to meet you text_with_expanded_urls: |- @rob_knight Was a great conversation! My pleasure to meet you ### tweet 1650192667542712321 chronological_index: 190 archive_order_index: 728 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-23T17:39:25Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 23 17:39:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1650192667542712321 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1650192667542712321 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1650190208434946061 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Classically this role has been filled by nomadic steppe warriors… currently, by Hilux light calvary text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Classically this role has been filled by nomadic steppe warriors… currently, by Hilux light calvary ### tweet 1650194521781682177 chronological_index: 191 archive_order_index: 727 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-23T17:46:47Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 23 17:46:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1650194521781682177 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1650194521781682177 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1650193466851303427 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Would be hard to overstate the importance of asabiyyah text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Would be hard to overstate the importance of asabiyyah ### tweet 1650206279325954048 chronological_index: 192 archive_order_index: 726 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-23T18:33:30Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 23 18:33:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1650206279325954048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1650206279325954048 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1650204782756282371 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 mentions: - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 urls: - short: https://t.co/W23XzCCqdj expanded: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo display: qntm.org/mmacevedo possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @powerfultakes @turchin I think that’s well put; There’s some good fiction about what might go wrong if uploads are conscious but we don’t treat them as such: https://t.co/W23XzCCqdj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes @turchin I think that’s well put; There’s some good fiction about what might go wrong if uploads are conscious but we don’t treat them as such: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo ### tweet 1650206428299243524 chronological_index: 193 archive_order_index: 725 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-23T18:34:06Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 23 18:34:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1650206428299243524 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1650206428299243524 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1650206279325954048 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 text_raw: |- @powerfultakes @turchin There’s not yet good fiction about what might go wrong if AIs aren’t conscious, but parrot our patterns enough they clamor for the rights of sentient beings (I think this is very likely) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes @turchin There’s not yet good fiction about what might go wrong if AIs aren’t conscious, but parrot our patterns enough they clamor for the rights of sentient beings (I think this is very likely) ### tweet 1650403129580503041 chronological_index: 194 archive_order_index: 724 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-24T07:35:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 24 07:35:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1650403129580503041 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1650403129580503041 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1650389008772395014 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev A lot of great stuff here. Will work up some proper comments text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev A lot of great stuff here. Will work up some proper comments ### tweet 1652156336799457280 chronological_index: 195 archive_order_index: 723 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-04-29T03:42:20Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 29 03:42:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1652156336799457280 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1652156336799457280 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1652140008227176450 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 urls: - short: https://t.co/W9j1vEqwBY expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586276927278837760 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Thanks! Many things to say soon but I think jhanas as different phases of phenomenological matter, enabled by finer and finer chunks of micro-resonance, is a good frame. Less frothy building blocks = finer texture. Discrete phase transitions. Maybe undiscovered jhanas? https://t.co/W9j1vEqwBY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Thanks! Many things to say soon but I think jhanas as different phases of phenomenological matter, enabled by finer and finer chunks of micro-resonance, is a good frame. Less frothy building blocks = finer texture. Discrete phase transitions. Maybe undiscovered jhanas? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1586276927278837760 ## 2023-05 ### tweet 1654879980382302211 chronological_index: 196 archive_order_index: 722 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-06T16:05:08Z created_at_raw: Sat May 06 16:05:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1654879980382302211 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1654879980382302211 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1654879621790195712 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic The dream text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic The dream ### tweet 1654939709502570497 chronological_index: 197 archive_order_index: 721 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-06T20:02:28Z created_at_raw: Sat May 06 20:02:28 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1654939709502570497 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1654939709502570497 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/vScAqfccMl expanded: https://x.com/sxysun1/status/1654931868523941888 display: x.com/sxysun1/status… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1654939709502570497/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FveG5F_WwAAzM50.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/NZbSxdjQRf possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I’ll be speaking tomorrow at Zuzalu (Montenegro) about my research, 12:30pm at the lighthouse. Looking forward to seeing people! https://t.co/vScAqfccMl https://t.co/NZbSxdjQRf text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’ll be speaking tomorrow at Zuzalu (Montenegro) about my research, 12:30pm at the lighthouse. Looking forward to seeing people! https://x.com/sxysun1/status/1654931868523941888 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1654939709502570497/photo/1 ### tweet 1654942587210412036 chronological_index: 198 archive_order_index: 720 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-06T20:13:54Z created_at_raw: Sat May 06 20:13:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1654942587210412036 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1654942587210412036 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1654942297262370818 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Signs point to yes; also this whole area is absolutely Venetian text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Signs point to yes; also this whole area is absolutely Venetian ### tweet 1655040636276334592 chronological_index: 199 archive_order_index: 719 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-07T02:43:31Z created_at_raw: Sun May 07 02:43:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1655040636276334592 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1655040636276334592 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1654812133752807425 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/cQ8OnBPOx6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ display: opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv Reasonable people may disagree on the metaphysics but the tastiest acausal trade may be our PoW algorithm https://t.co/cQ8OnBPOx6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Reasonable people may disagree on the metaphysics but the tastiest acausal trade may be our PoW algorithm https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ ### tweet 1655927592757891074 chronological_index: 200 archive_order_index: 718 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-09T13:27:58Z created_at_raw: Tue May 09 13:27:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1655927592757891074 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1655927592757891074 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1655628896832999425 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @jamesrcole | name: James Cole | id_str: 27858034 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 urls: - short: https://t.co/3qXfBLgDev expanded: https://web.math.princeton.edu/~sswang/developmental-diaschisis-references/courhcesne_neurob_number_sizejpc15009_2001_2010.pdf display: web.math.princeton.edu/~sswang/develo… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz @nosilverv @jamesrcole Sparse ASIC-type networks, heavily canalized & standardized, vs dense FPGAs that must be pruned to uncover lottery tickets. I think it all flows from neuron density & network dimensionality -via @crimkadid https://t.co/3qXfBLgDev text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @nosilverv @jamesrcole Sparse ASIC-type networks, heavily canalized & standardized, vs dense FPGAs that must be pruned to uncover lottery tickets. I think it all flows from neuron density & network dimensionality -via @crimkadid https://web.math.princeton.edu/~sswang/developmental-diaschisis-references/courhcesne_neurob_number_sizejpc15009_2001_2010.pdf ### tweet 1655965695828533249 chronological_index: 201 archive_order_index: 717 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-09T15:59:22Z created_at_raw: Tue May 09 15:59:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1655965695828533249 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1655965695828533249 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1655928461645737984 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @jamesrcole | name: James Cole | id_str: 27858034 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @Plinz @jamesrcole @crimkadid Tanha writeup first, then autism. Come to Zuzalu! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @Plinz @jamesrcole @crimkadid Tanha writeup first, then autism. Come to Zuzalu! ### tweet 1657075455994765312 chronological_index: 202 archive_order_index: 716 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-12T17:29:10Z created_at_raw: Fri May 12 17:29:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1657075455994765312 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1657075455994765312 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1657008114833424384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 urls: - short: https://t.co/8DCQ4HrdZJ expanded: https://youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg display: youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MrAde94 I have a phone recording I’ve uploaded here: https://t.co/8DCQ4HrdZJ - I think the official videos will be up in a couple weeks. Will post when they are! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MrAde94 I have a phone recording I’ve uploaded here: https://youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg - I think the official videos will be up in a couple weeks. Will post when they are! ### tweet 1657474412738650117 chronological_index: 203 archive_order_index: 715 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-13T19:54:29Z created_at_raw: Sat May 13 19:54:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1657474412738650117 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1657474412738650117 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1654943662101372930 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/8DCQ4HrdZJ expanded: https://youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg display: youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I uploaded an initial phone recording here: https://t.co/8DCQ4HrdZJ — official video probably to follow in a few weeks text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I uploaded an initial phone recording here: https://youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg — official video probably to follow in a few weeks ### tweet 1657475234784583680 chronological_index: 204 archive_order_index: 714 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-13T19:57:45Z created_at_raw: Sat May 13 19:57:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1657475234784583680 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1657475234784583680 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ben_j_todd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1657217611913109504 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1364187449526808583 mentions: - @ben_j_todd | name: Benjamin Todd | id_str: 1364187449526808583 urls: - short: https://t.co/4bBW4cMjEw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1654939709502570497 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ben_j_todd I spoke about this and similar topics last week- https://t.co/4bBW4cMjEw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ben_j_todd I spoke about this and similar topics last week- https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1654939709502570497 ### tweet 1657486458519797760 chronological_index: 205 archive_order_index: 713 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-13T20:42:20Z created_at_raw: Sat May 13 20:42:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1657486458519797760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1657486458519797760 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1657479187312128007 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Johnsonmx | name: Chris Johnson | id_str: 47223493 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Johnsonmx I should get a new handle, can’t always grab johnsonmx; Appreciate the shout-out as always text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Johnsonmx I should get a new handle, can’t always grab johnsonmx; Appreciate the shout-out as always ### tweet 1657642887520169985 chronological_index: 206 archive_order_index: 712 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-14T07:03:56Z created_at_raw: Sun May 14 07:03:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1657642887520169985 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1657642887520169985 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1657512217632284673 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 urls: - short: https://t.co/CiXKpVe2pX expanded: https://hackmd.io/D4kdO68tQw2zQ5pWjT81zw display: hackmd.io/D4kdO68tQw2zQ5… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Slides here! https://t.co/CiXKpVe2pX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Slides here! https://hackmd.io/D4kdO68tQw2zQ5pWjT81zw ### tweet 1658170065953464325 chronological_index: 207 archive_order_index: 711 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-15T17:58:45Z created_at_raw: Mon May 15 17:58:45 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1658170065953464325 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1658170065953464325 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 79 retweet_count: 8 text_raw: |- “Fear not the schizo who has 10,000 ideas, fear the schizo-autist who has one idea and tries to explain 10,000 things” Bruce Lee metaphysics are the soul of scientific progress (and social dystopias) text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Fear not the schizo who has 10,000 ideas, fear the schizo-autist who has one idea and tries to explain 10,000 things” Bruce Lee metaphysics are the soul of scientific progress (and social dystopias) ### tweet 1658314820129521664 chronological_index: 208 archive_order_index: 710 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-16T03:33:57Z created_at_raw: Tue May 16 03:33:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1658314820129521664 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1658314820129521664 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1658252412979666948 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella My sense is there exists a path to a biosingularity but we are not on it; many micro-choices and metaphors made over the last century that sum to an aesthetic where it’s not presently tractable. Consciousness… yes^1000000. Have you read What’s Out There? https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella My sense is there exists a path to a biosingularity but we are not on it; many micro-choices and metaphors made over the last century that sum to an aesthetic where it’s not presently tractable. Consciousness… yes^1000000. Have you read What’s Out There? https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1658463628717182976 chronological_index: 209 archive_order_index: 709 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-16T13:25:16Z created_at_raw: Tue May 16 13:25:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1658463628717182976 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1658463628717182976 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: xuenay in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1658452467581870081 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 112212512 mentions: - @xuenay | name: Kaj Sotala | id_str: 112212512 text_raw: |- @xuenay Bertrand Russell had a similar theory about Christianity- that the persecution inverted Christian morality from doing good works to not sinning. That said I’m not sure I’d trust Russell’s scholarship on the topic text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xuenay Bertrand Russell had a similar theory about Christianity- that the persecution inverted Christian morality from doing good works to not sinning. That said I’m not sure I’d trust Russell’s scholarship on the topic ### tweet 1658574418853998593 chronological_index: 210 archive_order_index: 708 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-16T20:45:30Z created_at_raw: Tue May 16 20:45:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1658574418853998593 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1658574418853998593 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1658535707957157908 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Absolutely true and very well put text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Absolutely true and very well put ### tweet 1658926199903510529 chronological_index: 211 archive_order_index: 687 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-17T20:03:22Z created_at_raw: Wed May 17 20:03:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1658926199903510529 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1658926199903510529 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1658564817672720405 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Absolutely great work text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Absolutely great work ### tweet 1659027028765442048 chronological_index: 212 archive_order_index: 686 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-18T02:44:01Z created_at_raw: Thu May 18 02:44:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1659027028765442048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1659027028765442048 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: crainbf in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1658975440663347201 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 196601199 mentions: - @crainbf | name: Brian Fabian Crain | id_str: 196601199 text_raw: |- @crainbf Surgery is surprisingly taxing on the body; when I broke my arm it really helped me to shift expectations towards spending energy on myself (reducing expectations of external control/achievement) and finding things to celebrate during healing. Very glad to hear you’re stable text_with_expanded_urls: |- @crainbf Surgery is surprisingly taxing on the body; when I broke my arm it really helped me to shift expectations towards spending energy on myself (reducing expectations of external control/achievement) and finding things to celebrate during healing. Very glad to hear you’re stable ### tweet 1659548544871669762 chronological_index: 213 archive_order_index: 685 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-19T13:16:20Z created_at_raw: Fri May 19 13:16:20 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1659548544871669762 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1659548544871669762 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/SCUldxgLS7 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-crypto-x-constitutions/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-c… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Have had some great discussions about AI+crypto at Zuzalu. Very optimistic crypto can offer concrete solutions to problems in AI alignment. Wrote up related notes about how to write a good constitution for AI agents: https://t.co/SCUldxgLS7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Have had some great discussions about AI+crypto at Zuzalu. Very optimistic crypto can offer concrete solutions to problems in AI alignment. Wrote up related notes about how to write a good constitution for AI agents: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-crypto-x-constitutions/ ### tweet 1659650064979992577 chronological_index: 214 archive_order_index: 684 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-19T19:59:44Z created_at_raw: Fri May 19 19:59:44 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1659650064979992577 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1659650064979992577 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: adamsafron mentions: - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 - @awjuliani | name: Arthur Juliani | id_str: 4744970022 - @kanair | name: Ryota Kanai | id_str: 22399655 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @adamsafron: Very pleased to be part of this collaboration with @awjuliani and @kanair, where we're using artificial intelligence and ma… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @adamsafron: Very pleased to be part of this collaboration with @awjuliani and @kanair, where we're using artificial intelligence and ma… ### tweet 1659885016380260355 chronological_index: 215 archive_order_index: 683 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-20T11:33:21Z created_at_raw: Sat May 20 11:33:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1659885016380260355 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1659885016380260355 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: DrTomFroese in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1659854146034618368 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1169492171881189376 mentions: - @DrTomFroese | name: Tom Froese, Embodied Cognitive Science Unit (ECSU) | id_str: 1169492171881189376 urls: - short: https://t.co/FKyygE1cL4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ display: opentheory.net/2019/11/neural… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @DrTomFroese I like it— I generally think of there being a buildup of energy when you turn top-down models down. This energy triggers what I’ve called Neural Annealing. Writeup here: https://t.co/FKyygE1cL4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DrTomFroese I like it— I generally think of there being a buildup of energy when you turn top-down models down. This energy triggers what I’ve called Neural Annealing. Writeup here: https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ ### tweet 1660031713915879431 chronological_index: 216 archive_order_index: 682 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-20T21:16:17Z created_at_raw: Sat May 20 21:16:17 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660031713915879431 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660031713915879431 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/TPMTPWHnGi expanded: https://x.com/QualiaRI/status/1659991488800100353 display: x.com/QualiaRI/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I was at QRI when I wrote Neural Annealing (2019). It was a solo effort and unpaid work, building off my 2018 Neuroscience of Meditation article and 2019 conference talk. I had some of my best moments at QRI. I stepped down from the board and left last year. https://t.co/TPMTPWHnGi text_with_expanded_urls: |- I was at QRI when I wrote Neural Annealing (2019). It was a solo effort and unpaid work, building off my 2018 Neuroscience of Meditation article and 2019 conference talk. I had some of my best moments at QRI. I stepped down from the board and left last year. https://x.com/QualiaRI/status/1659991488800100353 ### tweet 1660031985039843328 chronological_index: 217 archive_order_index: 681 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-20T21:17:21Z created_at_raw: Sat May 20 21:17:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660031985039843328 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660031985039843328 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1660031713915879431 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 text_raw: |- My former co-founder @algekalipso has done great and notable work explaining and extending the Neural Annealing paradigm and I have great respect for his work in general. Andrés is, and will ever be, one of the most interesting and productive researchers in the field. text_with_expanded_urls: |- My former co-founder @algekalipso has done great and notable work explaining and extending the Neural Annealing paradigm and I have great respect for his work in general. Andrés is, and will ever be, one of the most interesting and productive researchers in the field. ### tweet 1660032132834639873 chronological_index: 218 archive_order_index: 680 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-20T21:17:57Z created_at_raw: Sat May 20 21:17:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660032132834639873 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660032132834639873 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1660031985039843328 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaRI | name: Qualia Research Institute | id_str: 1201000918499463168 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 text_raw: |- As is clear from the thread, @QualiaRI and specifically @algekalipso have thought deeply about annealing, psychedelics, and implications, and I encourage reading these pieces carefully. I think they’re brilliant and great. text_with_expanded_urls: |- As is clear from the thread, @QualiaRI and specifically @algekalipso have thought deeply about annealing, psychedelics, and implications, and I encourage reading these pieces carefully. I think they’re brilliant and great. ### tweet 1660032251046838275 chronological_index: 219 archive_order_index: 679 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-20T21:18:25Z created_at_raw: Sat May 20 21:18:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660032251046838275 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660032251046838275 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1660032132834639873 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- I plan to fundraise for a new institute with my past work, in particular Neural Annealing and the Symmetry Theory of Valence. I strongly believe a world with a broad set of institutions and individuals researching consciousness is a better one and I wish everyone well. text_with_expanded_urls: |- I plan to fundraise for a new institute with my past work, in particular Neural Annealing and the Symmetry Theory of Valence. I strongly believe a world with a broad set of institutions and individuals researching consciousness is a better one and I wish everyone well. ### tweet 1660032599060803584 chronological_index: 220 archive_order_index: 678 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-20T21:19:48Z created_at_raw: Sat May 20 21:19:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660032599060803584 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660032599060803584 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1660032251046838275 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @awjuliani | name: Arthur Juliani | id_str: 4744970022 - @kanair | name: Ryota Kanai | id_str: 22399655 - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 text_raw: |- I believe the CANALs framework is a well-argued and remarkable advance along several dimensions (the full extent of which may take some time to assess) and strongly endorse the work of @awjuliani @kanair @adamsafron text_with_expanded_urls: |- I believe the CANALs framework is a well-argued and remarkable advance along several dimensions (the full extent of which may take some time to assess) and strongly endorse the work of @awjuliani @kanair @adamsafron ### tweet 1660219863162314752 chronological_index: 221 archive_order_index: 677 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-21T09:43:55Z created_at_raw: Sun May 21 09:43:55 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660219863162314752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660219863162314752 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: en_SeeDAO mentions: - @en_SeeDAO | name: SeeDAO Global | id_str: 1644156623517265920 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @en_SeeDAO: Mike Johnson @johnsonmxe, author of Principia Qualia and Symmetry Theory of Valence, introduced his research and interest in… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @en_SeeDAO: Mike Johnson @johnsonmxe, author of Principia Qualia and Symmetry Theory of Valence, introduced his research and interest in… ### tweet 1660249983835095040 chronological_index: 222 archive_order_index: 676 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-21T11:43:36Z created_at_raw: Sun May 21 11:43:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660249983835095040 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660249983835095040 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: geistoooor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1660240310293635072 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1574845525060468736 mentions: - @edcon2023 | name: 69 | id_str: 1418066286051926016 - @see_dao | name: SeeDAO | id_str: 1450291511703183362 text_raw: |- @fisiologist @EDCON2023 @see_dao It wasn’t (the name of the breakout event I spoke at is DAO Montenegro), at some point I’ll write it up text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fisiologist @EDCON2023 @see_dao It wasn’t (the name of the breakout event I spoke at is DAO Montenegro), at some point I’ll write it up ### tweet 1660250622111756289 chronological_index: 223 archive_order_index: 675 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-21T11:46:08Z created_at_raw: Sun May 21 11:46:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1660250622111756289 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1660250622111756289 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mihir_nath_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1660195706936631296 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4184399373 mentions: - @edcon2023 | name: 69 | id_str: 1418066286051926016 - @see_dao | name: SeeDAO | id_str: 1450291511703183362 text_raw: |- @mihir021 @EDCON2023 @see_dao I think there might be a recording text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mihir021 @EDCON2023 @see_dao I think there might be a recording ### tweet 1661057188654202891 chronological_index: 224 archive_order_index: 674 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-23T17:11:09Z created_at_raw: Tue May 23 17:11:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1661057188654202891 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661057188654202891 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1660547794627641345 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 - @Algon_33 | name: Name can't be blank (In London) | id_str: 2348170244 - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 text_raw: |- @davidad @Algon_33 @ESYudkowsky How sure are you that value is fragile and hard to specify? The Complexity of Value thesis runs counter to eg affective neuroscience. My expectation is research into the structure of consciousness will reimagine this point. (Gave a talk on this at Zuzalu) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad @Algon_33 @ESYudkowsky How sure are you that value is fragile and hard to specify? The Complexity of Value thesis runs counter to eg affective neuroscience. My expectation is research into the structure of consciousness will reimagine this point. (Gave a talk on this at Zuzalu) ### tweet 1661058338266787840 chronological_index: 225 archive_order_index: 673 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-23T17:15:43Z created_at_raw: Tue May 23 17:15:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1661058338266787840 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661058338266787840 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: turchin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1661031248553205760 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18188628 mentions: - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… - short: https://t.co/TKmjAUhmE1 expanded: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 display: scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @turchin I talk about “fork in the road” questions here- https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c My take is there’s a “bits vs atoms” divide and assigning consciousness to Turing-level processes unavoidably leads to confusion. Scott Aaronson argues similarly here: https://t.co/TKmjAUhmE1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @turchin I talk about “fork in the road” questions here- https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ My take is there’s a “bits vs atoms” divide and assigning consciousness to Turing-level processes unavoidably leads to confusion. Scott Aaronson argues similarly here: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 ### tweet 1661703574181617665 chronological_index: 226 archive_order_index: 672 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-25T11:59:39Z created_at_raw: Thu May 25 11:59:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1661703574181617665 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661703574181617665 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: itinerantfog in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1661549102868361218 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1420158536412061697 mentions: - @itinerantfog | name: —— | id_str: 1420158536412061697 urls: - short: https://t.co/5WjEZV8Ug5 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2018/09/a-new-theory-of-open-individualism/ display: opentheory.net/2018/09/a-new-… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661703574181617665/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw-OkSdWIAI4hP-.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ktGJDhLXBD possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @itinerantfog I don’t think this is a crazy idea (just weird); from https://t.co/5WjEZV8Ug5 https://t.co/ktGJDhLXBD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @itinerantfog I don’t think this is a crazy idea (just weird); from https://opentheory.net/2018/09/a-new-theory-of-open-individualism/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661703574181617665/photo/1 ### tweet 1661979639273910272 chronological_index: 227 archive_order_index: 671 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-26T06:16:38Z created_at_raw: Fri May 26 06:16:38 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1661979639273910272 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661979639273910272 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 4 text_raw: |- Aligning strong AI without understanding the structure of consciousness feels similar to going to the moon without Maxwell’s Equations — totally possible in theory, but needlessly difficult text_with_expanded_urls: |- Aligning strong AI without understanding the structure of consciousness feels similar to going to the moon without Maxwell’s Equations — totally possible in theory, but needlessly difficult ### tweet 1661981040473169920 chronological_index: 228 archive_order_index: 670 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-26T06:22:12Z created_at_raw: Fri May 26 06:22:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1661981040473169920 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661981040473169920 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _esur in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1661980467816726528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1423500388557201411 text_raw: |- @0xjesur Going to the moon didn’t require Maxwell’s Equations, but they helped a lot (electronics, communications, etc) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @0xjesur Going to the moon didn’t require Maxwell’s Equations, but they helped a lot (electronics, communications, etc) ### tweet 1661984065631801344 chronological_index: 229 archive_order_index: 669 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-26T06:34:14Z created_at_raw: Fri May 26 06:34:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1661984065631801344 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1661984065631801344 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: drmichaellevin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1661841963056766984 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1467127267 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 urls: - short: https://t.co/UtEBwfmtGy expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/10/rescuing-philosophy/ display: opentheory.net/2017/10/rescui… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin Philosophy is a complex ecosystem; not all are doing the same thing. But imo the success condition for all study is to have a place to put knowledge; once you have this structure everything else can fall into place. Thoughts on philosophy as a field: https://t.co/UtEBwfmtGy text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin Philosophy is a complex ecosystem; not all are doing the same thing. But imo the success condition for all study is to have a place to put knowledge; once you have this structure everything else can fall into place. Thoughts on philosophy as a field: https://opentheory.net/2017/10/rescuing-philosophy/ ### tweet 1662125407317942272 chronological_index: 230 archive_order_index: 668 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-26T15:55:52Z created_at_raw: Fri May 26 15:55:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662125407317942272 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662125407317942272 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: serafimov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662122058422124544 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2609016969 mentions: - @serafimov | name: Kliment Serafimov | id_str: 2609016969 text_raw: |- @serafimov Do you know where? I used this metaphor in my May 7th talk on AI alignment, would be glad to know if others are on this theme also text_with_expanded_urls: |- @serafimov Do you know where? I used this metaphor in my May 7th talk on AI alignment, would be glad to know if others are on this theme also ### tweet 1662154751176212480 chronological_index: 231 archive_order_index: 667 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-26T17:52:28Z created_at_raw: Fri May 26 17:52:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662154751176212480 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662154751176212480 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662148117423333386 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/8DCQ4HrdZJ expanded: https://youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg display: youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg - short: https://t.co/7XkJFCs0kC expanded: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-VLV7mFXpxEPp0KzyDqV4-aOISZAsGvHj4TxjKnP4lk/edit display: docs.google.com/presentation/d… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gfodor Have a talk at Zuzalu about consciousness + AI alignment; better video coming later, but phone video here https://t.co/8DCQ4HrdZJ and here are my slides https://t.co/7XkJFCs0kC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor Have a talk at Zuzalu about consciousness + AI alignment; better video coming later, but phone video here https://youtu.be/FenXmnOJyrg and here are my slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-VLV7mFXpxEPp0KzyDqV4-aOISZAsGvHj4TxjKnP4lk/edit ### tweet 1662158933543231488 chronological_index: 232 archive_order_index: 666 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-26T18:09:05Z created_at_raw: Fri May 26 18:09:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662158933543231488 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662158933543231488 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: EMostaque in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662048441206177794 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 407800233 mentions: - @EMostaque | name: Emad | id_str: 407800233 urls: - short: https://t.co/SCUldxgLS7 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-crypto-x-constitutions/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-c… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @EMostaque AI constitutions were a big topic at Zuzalu after you left; here’s my thesis on how to write a good one https://t.co/SCUldxgLS7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EMostaque AI constitutions were a big topic at Zuzalu after you left; here’s my thesis on how to write a good one https://opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-crypto-x-constitutions/ ### tweet 1662399892659077122 chronological_index: 233 archive_order_index: 665 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-27T10:06:34Z created_at_raw: Sat May 27 10:06:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662399892659077122 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662399892659077122 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eschwitz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662384846843281409 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2889061970 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz I’d agree and think navigating this is going to be very confusing (lots of false positives and false negatives, each bad in their own way). Btw I might distinguish AI vs computer/robot consciousness: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz I’d agree and think navigating this is going to be very confusing (lots of false positives and false negatives, each bad in their own way). Btw I might distinguish AI vs computer/robot consciousness: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1662498363894296582 chronological_index: 234 archive_order_index: 664 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-27T16:37:52Z created_at_raw: Sat May 27 16:37:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662498363894296582 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662498363894296582 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662441880171302917 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @robinhanson | name: Robin Hanson | id_str: 7748752 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic @robinhanson Nested constitutional AI — a universal constitution that all AI agents run + a bespoke personal constitution text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic @robinhanson Nested constitutional AI — a universal constitution that all AI agents run + a bespoke personal constitution ### tweet 1662505658183286786 chronological_index: 235 archive_order_index: 663 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-27T17:06:51Z created_at_raw: Sat May 27 17:06:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662505658183286786 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662505658183286786 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662485264533540864 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @zerfas33 I expect AIs to be the main consumer of some of my writings; my sense is ‘writing for AI’ involves creating diamond-perfect theory nuggets that AI subagents can use to win arguments against other AIs with in future round-robin debates about consciousness. Create the motifs+vector text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @zerfas33 I expect AIs to be the main consumer of some of my writings; my sense is ‘writing for AI’ involves creating diamond-perfect theory nuggets that AI subagents can use to win arguments against other AIs with in future round-robin debates about consciousness. Create the motifs+vector ### tweet 1662507888668037123 chronological_index: 236 archive_order_index: 662 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-27T17:15:43Z created_at_raw: Sat May 27 17:15:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662507888668037123 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662507888668037123 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662505658183286786 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @zerfas33 Examples: Principia Qualia+STV; https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH Hypothesis is to fill in the sorts of connections/motifs/parallels that are difficult for LLMs to make on their own; trust future AI architectures to find and use them text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @zerfas33 Examples: Principia Qualia+STV; https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ Hypothesis is to fill in the sorts of connections/motifs/parallels that are difficult for LLMs to make on their own; trust future AI architectures to find and use them ### tweet 1662521945114435585 chronological_index: 237 archive_order_index: 661 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-27T18:11:34Z created_at_raw: Sat May 27 18:11:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662521945114435585 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662521945114435585 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662519721567334400 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/zXVG7TabJ7 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662505658183286786 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gfodor Worth thinking about how best to write for AIs; how I’m thinking about it: https://t.co/zXVG7TabJ7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor Worth thinking about how best to write for AIs; how I’m thinking about it: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662505658183286786 ### tweet 1662887842811396096 chronological_index: 238 archive_order_index: 660 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:25:31Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:25:31 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662887842811396096 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662887842811396096 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 11 mentions: - @awjuliani | name: Arthur Juliani | id_str: 4744970022 - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 - @kanair | name: Ryota Kanai | id_str: 22399655 urls: - short: https://t.co/1hXi4EwgvT expanded: https://x.com/awjuliani/status/1659544460609609730 display: x.com/awjuliani/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I spent the weekend digging into the Deep CANALs paper by @awjuliani @adamsafron and @kanair and I think it’s brilliant. Some notes: (1/20) https://t.co/1hXi4EwgvT text_with_expanded_urls: |- I spent the weekend digging into the Deep CANALs paper by @awjuliani @adamsafron and @kanair and I think it’s brilliant. Some notes: (1/20) https://x.com/awjuliani/status/1659544460609609730 ### tweet 1662888746071609346 chronological_index: 239 archive_order_index: 659 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:29:06Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:29:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662888746071609346 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662888746071609346 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662887842811396096 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 text_raw: |- Deep CANALs is based around the idea of belief landscapes. This touches on research by @RCarhartHarris and Karl Friston (REBUS, CANAL) and prior work by @adamsafron (ALBUS/SEBUS; IWMT) text_with_expanded_urls: |- Deep CANALs is based around the idea of belief landscapes. This touches on research by @RCarhartHarris and Karl Friston (REBUS, CANAL) and prior work by @adamsafron (ALBUS/SEBUS; IWMT) ### tweet 1662889164604317702 chronological_index: 240 archive_order_index: 658 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:30:46Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:30:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662889164604317702 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889164604317702 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662888746071609346 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889164604317702/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPE4SWWcAEtdEL.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/OEReGSFzcm possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Belief landscapes are conceptual maps of beliefs, with the depth of the landscape representing the strength, or “precision,” of the belief. A rigid mind has very steep valleys; a flexible mind is more flat https://t.co/OEReGSFzcm text_with_expanded_urls: |- Belief landscapes are conceptual maps of beliefs, with the depth of the landscape representing the strength, or “precision,” of the belief. A rigid mind has very steep valleys; a flexible mind is more flat https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889164604317702/photo/1 ### tweet 1662889321425240064 chronological_index: 241 archive_order_index: 657 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:31:23Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:31:23 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662889321425240064 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889321425240064 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662889164604317702 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 text_raw: |- @RCarhartHarris et al refer to rigidity as “canalization,” and hypothesize that this is a universal factor across psychopathology, and suggest that psychedelics’ ability to relax this canalization is why they have a general usefulness for improving mental health text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RCarhartHarris et al refer to rigidity as “canalization,” and hypothesize that this is a universal factor across psychopathology, and suggest that psychedelics’ ability to relax this canalization is why they have a general usefulness for improving mental health ### tweet 1662889410524852229 chronological_index: 242 archive_order_index: 656 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:31:45Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:31:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662889410524852229 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889410524852229 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662889321425240064 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- There’s ample correlative evidence for a one-factor model of psychopathology, and tracking this factor down is one of the hottest mysteries in computational psychology. Excessive canalization could be it! text_with_expanded_urls: |- There’s ample correlative evidence for a one-factor model of psychopathology, and tracking this factor down is one of the hottest mysteries in computational psychology. Excessive canalization could be it! ### tweet 1662889584429002752 chronological_index: 243 archive_order_index: 655 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:32:26Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:32:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662889584429002752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889584429002752 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662889410524852229 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- My Neural Annealing framework is similar is similar to REBUS in that we can think of the brain having an energy parameter and a critical threshold; if energy crosses this threshold, existing patterns “melt” and reform once the brain cools; text_with_expanded_urls: |- My Neural Annealing framework is similar is similar to REBUS in that we can think of the brain having an energy parameter and a critical threshold; if energy crosses this threshold, existing patterns “melt” and reform once the brain cools; ### tweet 1662889695515230216 chronological_index: 244 archive_order_index: 654 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:32:53Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:32:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662889695515230216 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889695515230216 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662889584429002752 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- This can be very healthy! Brains get stressed by normal operations (NA) and priors get outdated (REBUS). It’s part of a healthy cycle to periodically enter high-energy states (intense emotional experiences). If you don’t, you slowly feel jammed up. text_with_expanded_urls: |- This can be very healthy! Brains get stressed by normal operations (NA) and priors get outdated (REBUS). It’s part of a healthy cycle to periodically enter high-energy states (intense emotional experiences). If you don’t, you slowly feel jammed up. ### tweet 1662889781510955008 chronological_index: 245 archive_order_index: 653 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:33:13Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:33:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662889781510955008 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662889781510955008 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662889695515230216 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- REBUS and Neural Annealing have been very influential in the psychedelics space. There are a lot of little details that naturally follow from the metaphors of belief landscapes (REBUS) and metallic annealing (NA). I obviously believe NA and love REBUS text_with_expanded_urls: |- REBUS and Neural Annealing have been very influential in the psychedelics space. There are a lot of little details that naturally follow from the metaphors of belief landscapes (REBUS) and metallic annealing (NA). I obviously believe NA and love REBUS ### tweet 1662890568567889924 chronological_index: 246 archive_order_index: 652 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:36:21Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:36:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662890568567889924 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662890568567889924 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662889781510955008 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @awjuliani | name: Arthur Juliani | id_str: 4744970022 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662890568567889924/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPF3IMXwAEDA63.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/n0TzdioNlB possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @awjuliani et al’s “Deep CANALs” paper takes the idea of belief landscapes and bifurcates it in two: “inference” vs “learning”. Excessive canalization in ‘inference’ is “overfitting” (rigid behavior); excessive canalization in ‘learning’ is plasticity loss (inability to learn) https://t.co/n0TzdioNlB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @awjuliani et al’s “Deep CANALs” paper takes the idea of belief landscapes and bifurcates it in two: “inference” vs “learning”. Excessive canalization in ‘inference’ is “overfitting” (rigid behavior); excessive canalization in ‘learning’ is plasticity loss (inability to learn) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662890568567889924/photo/1 ### tweet 1662890741805244417 chronological_index: 247 archive_order_index: 651 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:37:02Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:37:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662890741805244417 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662890741805244417 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662890568567889924 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- That is, you can be too rigid in one landscape, but not the other. Or both, or neither. The main point is that some problems are due to improper learning (“overfitting”) and other problems are problems *of* learning (“plasticity loss”). text_with_expanded_urls: |- That is, you can be too rigid in one landscape, but not the other. Or both, or neither. The main point is that some problems are due to improper learning (“overfitting”) and other problems are problems *of* learning (“plasticity loss”). ### tweet 1662891019484946432 chronological_index: 248 archive_order_index: 650 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:38:08Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:38:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662891019484946432 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891019484946432 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662890741805244417 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891019484946432/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxPGinrXgAYVDuZ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/q8Em5Qe5kG possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- This introduces more complexity but also allows more flexibility: DC introduces a 2x2 matrix and sorts psychopathologies into each quadrant. Importantly, the proper treatment of each quadrant is different: some benefit in expectation from psychedelics, some don’t https://t.co/q8Em5Qe5kG text_with_expanded_urls: |- This introduces more complexity but also allows more flexibility: DC introduces a 2x2 matrix and sorts psychopathologies into each quadrant. Importantly, the proper treatment of each quadrant is different: some benefit in expectation from psychedelics, some don’t https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891019484946432/photo/1 ### tweet 1662891160069632002 chronological_index: 249 archive_order_index: 649 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:38:42Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:38:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662891160069632002 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891160069632002 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662891019484946432 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- In science there’s always a tension between “lumpers” vs “splitters”; is the cost of complexity worth the rewards of greater specificity? In this case we can evaluate how “real” the distinction is between the inference vs learning landscapes text_with_expanded_urls: |- In science there’s always a tension between “lumpers” vs “splitters”; is the cost of complexity worth the rewards of greater specificity? In this case we can evaluate how “real” the distinction is between the inference vs learning landscapes ### tweet 1662891291812790274 chronological_index: 250 archive_order_index: 648 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:39:13Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:39:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662891291812790274 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891291812790274 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662891160069632002 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- My basic sense is it’s a great move. I see the cost to splitting the landscape in two, and it may be that they’re highly correlated regardless — but the gains from being able to distinguish overfitting from plasticity loss are massive text_with_expanded_urls: |- My basic sense is it’s a great move. I see the cost to splitting the landscape in two, and it may be that they’re highly correlated regardless — but the gains from being able to distinguish overfitting from plasticity loss are massive ### tweet 1662891402689142787 chronological_index: 251 archive_order_index: 647 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:39:40Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:39:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662891402689142787 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891402689142787 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662891291812790274 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- … as are the gains from being able to distinguish the reverse, underfitting vs catastrophic forgetting, because I suspect these differences will be found in the wild. DC relaxes the hunt for the single factor of psychopathology, but gains therapeutic specificity text_with_expanded_urls: |- … as are the gains from being able to distinguish the reverse, underfitting vs catastrophic forgetting, because I suspect these differences will be found in the wild. DC relaxes the hunt for the single factor of psychopathology, but gains therapeutic specificity ### tweet 1662891576836730880 chronological_index: 252 archive_order_index: 646 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:40:21Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:40:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662891576836730880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891576836730880 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662891402689142787 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- And therapeutic specificity is a very useful frame; being able to determine whether someone is a good candidate for an intervention makes that intervention radically more powerful. text_with_expanded_urls: |- And therapeutic specificity is a very useful frame; being able to determine whether someone is a good candidate for an intervention makes that intervention radically more powerful. ### tweet 1662891659598626823 chronological_index: 253 archive_order_index: 645 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:40:41Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:40:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662891659598626823 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662891659598626823 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662891576836730880 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Furthermore, I suspect it may be possible to find near-objective proxies for the canalization state or tendencies of each landscape — which would revolutionize psychiatric diagnosis. I’m very bullish on Deep CANALs text_with_expanded_urls: |- Furthermore, I suspect it may be possible to find near-objective proxies for the canalization state or tendencies of each landscape — which would revolutionize psychiatric diagnosis. I’m very bullish on Deep CANALs ### tweet 1662892293769121796 chronological_index: 254 archive_order_index: 644 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:43:12Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:43:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662892293769121796 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662892293769121796 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662891659598626823 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- This thread isn’t about Neural Annealing (Johnson 2019) but it’s worth noting NA is doing a slightly different thing: reaching down to the implementation level to “semantically neutral energy” and how it bypasses inhibitory top-down models by collecting in the system’s eigenmodes text_with_expanded_urls: |- This thread isn’t about Neural Annealing (Johnson 2019) but it’s worth noting NA is doing a slightly different thing: reaching down to the implementation level to “semantically neutral energy” and how it bypasses inhibitory top-down models by collecting in the system’s eigenmodes ### tweet 1662892778567680002 chronological_index: 255 archive_order_index: 643 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:45:08Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:45:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662892778567680002 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662892778567680002 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662892293769121796 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/rHr2OHHBTy expanded: https://opentheory.net/2018/12/the-neuroscience-of-meditation/ display: opentheory.net/2018/12/the-ne… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- DC’s critique of the normative aspects of the metaphor is substantial and will need to be addressed; I’ll probably touch back on what I wrote about the ‘self’ as aligner of scales, and forthcoming work https://t.co/rHr2OHHBTy text_with_expanded_urls: |- DC’s critique of the normative aspects of the metaphor is substantial and will need to be addressed; I’ll probably touch back on what I wrote about the ‘self’ as aligner of scales, and forthcoming work https://opentheory.net/2018/12/the-neuroscience-of-meditation/ ### tweet 1662892910902165504 chronological_index: 256 archive_order_index: 642 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:45:39Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:45:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662892910902165504 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662892910902165504 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662892778567680002 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @awjuliani | name: Arthur Juliani | id_str: 4744970022 - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 - @kanair | name: Ryota Kanai | id_str: 22399655 text_raw: |- In the end, I’m deeply grateful for the ecosystem of research here: it’s an honor to be mentioned in Deep CANALs (thank you @awjuliani @adamsafron and @kanair) and it’s been a pleasure getting to know everyone and their ideas better text_with_expanded_urls: |- In the end, I’m deeply grateful for the ecosystem of research here: it’s an honor to be mentioned in Deep CANALs (thank you @awjuliani @adamsafron and @kanair) and it’s been a pleasure getting to know everyone and their ideas better ### tweet 1662893105903747075 chronological_index: 257 archive_order_index: 641 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-28T18:46:26Z created_at_raw: Sun May 28 18:46:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1662893105903747075 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662893105903747075 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1662892910902165504 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 text_raw: |- Neural Annealing greatly benefitted from prior work by Robin, Karl, and Adam and I’m sure my future work will also. I’m also grateful for past discussions with @algekalipso as noted in my original document and his many videos on the topic, which I believe have helped many people. text_with_expanded_urls: |- Neural Annealing greatly benefitted from prior work by Robin, Karl, and Adam and I’m sure my future work will also. I’m also grateful for past discussions with @algekalipso as noted in my original document and his many videos on the topic, which I believe have helped many people. ### tweet 1663386491937075201 chronological_index: 258 archive_order_index: 640 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-30T03:26:58Z created_at_raw: Tue May 30 03:26:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1663386491937075201 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1663386491937075201 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1663370632556593152 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 - @HiFromMichaelV | name: michael vassar | id_str: 89243319 text_raw: |- @gfodor I’ve been increasingly convinced of @HiFromMichaelV ‘s comments that fear is the primary bottleneck to creation & thoughtful problem-solving, and most people live in fear text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor I’ve been increasingly convinced of @HiFromMichaelV ‘s comments that fear is the primary bottleneck to creation & thoughtful problem-solving, and most people live in fear ### tweet 1663388945680326657 chronological_index: 259 archive_order_index: 639 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-30T03:36:43Z created_at_raw: Tue May 30 03:36:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1663388945680326657 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1663388945680326657 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1663308246982053888 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I suspect consciousness wouldn’t blink out, but the center of causality could instead shift away from phenomenology toward some computational optimization target in ways that aren’t ideal. Have been meaning to write this up text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I suspect consciousness wouldn’t blink out, but the center of causality could instead shift away from phenomenology toward some computational optimization target in ways that aren’t ideal. Have been meaning to write this up ### tweet 1663884874107764742 chronological_index: 260 archive_order_index: 638 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-31T12:27:22Z created_at_raw: Wed May 31 12:27:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1663884874107764742 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1663884874107764742 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1663871721038925826 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 text_raw: |- @BenAnderson421 Raspy orc voice: The Age of the Academic is Over… the Time of the Gentleman Scientist has Come text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BenAnderson421 Raspy orc voice: The Age of the Academic is Over… the Time of the Gentleman Scientist has Come ### tweet 1663997598129061892 chronological_index: 261 archive_order_index: 637 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-05-31T19:55:17Z created_at_raw: Wed May 31 19:55:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1663997598129061892 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1663997598129061892 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: razibkhan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1663931631839715330 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 35304791 mentions: - @razibkhan | name: Razib Khan 🧬 ✍️ | id_str: 35304791 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… - short: https://t.co/50alncHhRy expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662887842811396096 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @razibkhan I’d recommend both the REBUS/NA/Deep CANALs line of research and a recent pet hypothesis for mechanism https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq https://t.co/50alncHhRy text_with_expanded_urls: |- @razibkhan I’d recommend both the REBUS/NA/Deep CANALs line of research and a recent pet hypothesis for mechanism https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1662887842811396096 ## 2023-06 ### tweet 1664340568262975488 chronological_index: 262 archive_order_index: 636 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-01T18:38:08Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 01 18:38:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664340568262975488 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664340568262975488 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bradkelly in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664250386927026176 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22450038 mentions: - @bradkelly | name: 🪓BK🪢 | id_str: 22450038 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/LhCrqisXAJ expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1663388945680326657 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bradkelly I’m really curious to hear from @erikphoel on this https://t.co/LhCrqisXAJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bradkelly I’m really curious to hear from @erikphoel on this https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1663388945680326657 ### tweet 1664352852809056259 chronological_index: 263 archive_order_index: 635 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-01T19:26:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 01 19:26:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664352852809056259 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664352852809056259 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664342576680280079 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 - @bradkelly | name: 🪓BK🪢 | id_str: 22450038 - @JohannesKleiner | name: Johannes Kleiner | id_str: 1151777902498865153 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664352852809056259/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fxj4GA6WAAMKmva.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/TgVooeT15D possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel @bradkelly @JohannesKleiner @BenAnderson421 and I were bonding at Zuzalu over appreciation of your causal emergence work; imo it would be a killer frame to apply to dual-aspect monism. My sense is part of the danger of an uncareful transition is the phenomenological domain could become less causal: https://t.co/TgVooeT15D text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel @bradkelly @JohannesKleiner @BenAnderson421 and I were bonding at Zuzalu over appreciation of your causal emergence work; imo it would be a killer frame to apply to dual-aspect monism. My sense is part of the danger of an uncareful transition is the phenomenological domain could become less causal: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664352852809056259/photo/1 ### tweet 1664354342260932613 chronological_index: 264 archive_order_index: 634 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-01T19:32:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 01 19:32:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664354342260932613 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664354342260932613 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664352852809056259 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 - @bradkelly | name: 🪓BK🪢 | id_str: 22450038 - @JohannesKleiner | name: Johannes Kleiner | id_str: 1151777902498865153 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel @bradkelly @JohannesKleiner @BenAnderson421 I.e. AI risk isn’t about the flickering light of consciousness going out, it’s about the attractors in phenomenology disintegrating and stuff getting really weird in that domain… Some writings you may or may not have seen https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel @bradkelly @JohannesKleiner @BenAnderson421 I.e. AI risk isn’t about the flickering light of consciousness going out, it’s about the attractors in phenomenology disintegrating and stuff getting really weird in that domain… Some writings you may or may not have seen https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ ### tweet 1664364076737220612 chronological_index: 265 archive_order_index: 633 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-01T20:11:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 01 20:11:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664364076737220612 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664364076737220612 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664362064091938816 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @bradkelly | name: 🪓BK🪢 | id_str: 22450038 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @bradkelly @erikphoel Yep that’s the claim- the dominant attractors would shift from the domain of phenomenology to the domain of computation — unclear if this would be “good” or “bad”. But would definitely be a discontinuity from how biological minds work, and might be hard to reverse text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @bradkelly @erikphoel Yep that’s the claim- the dominant attractors would shift from the domain of phenomenology to the domain of computation — unclear if this would be “good” or “bad”. But would definitely be a discontinuity from how biological minds work, and might be hard to reverse ### tweet 1664534286861467648 chronological_index: 266 archive_order_index: 632 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-02T07:27:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 02 07:27:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664534286861467648 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664534286861467648 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1663814811375882240 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664534286861467648/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FxmdHB_X0AIbj0c.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/tWAl4JCrMj possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I don’t think we yet understand what’s at stake — that’s step #1 for me. Are humans special? If so, how, and how did we become so? https://t.co/tWAl4JCrMj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I don’t think we yet understand what’s at stake — that’s step #1 for me. Are humans special? If so, how, and how did we become so? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664534286861467648/photo/1 ### tweet 1664534796742033409 chronological_index: 267 archive_order_index: 631 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-02T07:29:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 02 07:29:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664534796742033409 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664534796742033409 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664534286861467648 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/U5hgTcM4rP expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664354342260932613 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella A bit more here: https://t.co/U5hgTcM4rP text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella A bit more here: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664354342260932613 ### tweet 1664605204346544129 chronological_index: 268 archive_order_index: 630 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-02T12:09:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 02 12:09:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664605204346544129 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664605204346544129 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: itinerantfog in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664515983413739521 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1420158536412061697 mentions: - @itinerantfog | name: —— | id_str: 1420158536412061697 text_raw: |- @itinerantfog Don’t listen to the haters / take good care of your annealing. It’s more important than anything here 🙏🏻 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @itinerantfog Don’t listen to the haters / take good care of your annealing. It’s more important than anything here 🙏🏻 ### tweet 1664752339876552705 chronological_index: 269 archive_order_index: 629 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-02T21:54:22Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 02 21:54:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664752339876552705 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664752339876552705 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664736751745929217 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 text_raw: |- @gfodor I think it leaves value on the table! Same as “electromagnetic eliminativism” would have left value on the table in the 1700s-1800s. Some mysteries are best dissolved, some mysteries are best solved by tracing out structure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor I think it leaves value on the table! Same as “electromagnetic eliminativism” would have left value on the table in the 1700s-1800s. Some mysteries are best dissolved, some mysteries are best solved by tracing out structure ### tweet 1664931126270390272 chronological_index: 270 archive_order_index: 628 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-03T09:44:48Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 03 09:44:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1664931126270390272 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1664931126270390272 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1664823652154572804 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ display: opentheory.net/2019/02/simula… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gfodor I think the simulation hypothesis is more testable / offers more constraints: https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor I think the simulation hypothesis is more testable / offers more constraints: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ ### tweet 1665082620378509315 chronological_index: 271 archive_order_index: 627 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-03T19:46:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 03 19:46:47 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1665082620378509315 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1665082620378509315 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: KanizsaBoundary mentions: - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/4N02Tx3qTQ expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @KanizsaBoundary: @johnsonmxe is on fire, https://t.co/4N02Tx3qTQ is a compact description of what autism is that has solid predictive a… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @KanizsaBoundary: @johnsonmxe is on fire, https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ is a compact description of what autism is that has solid predictive a… ### tweet 1665088978356441088 chronological_index: 272 archive_order_index: 626 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-03T20:12:02Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 03 20:12:02 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1665088978356441088 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1665088978356441088 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nickcammarata mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- RT @nickcammarata: highly recommend following @johnsonmxe. Great thinker on a wide variety of subjects (etc neuro/math/qualia) text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nickcammarata: highly recommend following @johnsonmxe. Great thinker on a wide variety of subjects (etc neuro/math/qualia) ### tweet 1665108537805008897 chronological_index: 273 archive_order_index: 625 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-03T21:29:46Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 03 21:29:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1665108537805008897 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1665108537805008897 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sonikudzu in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1665105383113777153 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1599882320282017794 mentions: - @sonikudzu | name: loading… | id_str: 1599882320282017794 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 text_raw: |- @sonikudzu @QiaochuYuan @KanizsaBoundary I’d go for a relatively modest claim here, that denser networks are prone to swings in dimensionality, and this can cause issues text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sonikudzu @QiaochuYuan @KanizsaBoundary I’d go for a relatively modest claim here, that denser networks are prone to swings in dimensionality, and this can cause issues ### tweet 1665127943704649743 chronological_index: 274 archive_order_index: 624 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-03T22:46:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 03 22:46:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1665127943704649743 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1665127943704649743 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1665109702361972738 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 text_raw: |- @eshear @KanizsaBoundary Thanks! I suspect the core prediction is network dimensionality, autistic symptoms, neural density, and metabolic load will all correlate rather closely. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @KanizsaBoundary Thanks! I suspect the core prediction is network dimensionality, autistic symptoms, neural density, and metabolic load will all correlate rather closely. ### tweet 1665425874202624006 chronological_index: 275 archive_order_index: 623 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-04T18:30:45Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 04 18:30:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1665425874202624006 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1665425874202624006 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1665413452754452482 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier One of the best text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @EvilVizier One of the best ### tweet 1666998587023060992 chronological_index: 276 archive_order_index: 622 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T02:40:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 02:40:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1666998587023060992 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1666998587023060992 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1666906460381405206 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Simple story: solving consciousness is finding a mapping between the physical & phenomenological projections of reality. It takes 2 points to define a line, 3 a plane, etc- it may not take many points to uniquely constrain this mapping. STV is 1 point https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Simple story: solving consciousness is finding a mapping between the physical & phenomenological projections of reality. It takes 2 points to define a line, 3 a plane, etc- it may not take many points to uniquely constrain this mapping. STV is 1 point https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ ### tweet 1667006514693849088 chronological_index: 277 archive_order_index: 621 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T03:11:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 03:11:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667006514693849088 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667006514693849088 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1666998587023060992 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Imo the actual Hard Problem of Consciousness is coordination, same shortage as everywhere else 😬 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Imo the actual Hard Problem of Consciousness is coordination, same shortage as everywhere else 😬 ### tweet 1667058653004693504 chronological_index: 278 archive_order_index: 620 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T06:38:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 06:38:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667058653004693504 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667058653004693504 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667034941643980800 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @ataiiam @nickcammarata @bayeslord I mention that briefly in PQ, albeit in a different context (it’s a high-symmetry state); how do you see the parallel playing out here? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @nickcammarata @bayeslord I mention that briefly in PQ, albeit in a different context (it’s a high-symmetry state); how do you see the parallel playing out here? ### tweet 1667069419661533186 chronological_index: 279 archive_order_index: 619 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T07:21:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 07:21:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667069419661533186 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667069419661533186 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1666905566545862668 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Many questions would probably be sorta intuitive if we could see the electromagnetic field, and that’s just an integration+visualization question… for $10m I bet you could spin up a “qualiascope” company text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @bayeslord Many questions would probably be sorta intuitive if we could see the electromagnetic field, and that’s just an integration+visualization question… for $10m I bet you could spin up a “qualiascope” company ### tweet 1667085037328580609 chronological_index: 280 archive_order_index: 618 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T08:23:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 08:23:40 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667085037328580609 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667085037328580609 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/fmBKpXMK2U expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667069419661533186 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- “Solving consciousness” might simply be a matter of getting Tim Cook or Mark Zuckerberg excited about visualizing the EM field. The Apple Vision Pro / Quest 3 may have all the tech already (depending on Wi-Fi chips), just need to interface with the raw data + design overlay UX https://t.co/fmBKpXMK2U text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Solving consciousness” might simply be a matter of getting Tim Cook or Mark Zuckerberg excited about visualizing the EM field. The Apple Vision Pro / Quest 3 may have all the tech already (depending on Wi-Fi chips), just need to interface with the raw data + design overlay UX https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667069419661533186 ### tweet 1667091651938902018 chronological_index: 281 archive_order_index: 617 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T08:49:57Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 08:49:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667091651938902018 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667091651938902018 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667085037328580609 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Let’s say “I want to visualize the EM field because I think it’ll make many problems in consciousness research intuitive” is off the table. What arguments would you use to convince Cook & Zuckerberg that EMF visualization is a killer app? text_with_expanded_urls: |- Let’s say “I want to visualize the EM field because I think it’ll make many problems in consciousness research intuitive” is off the table. What arguments would you use to convince Cook & Zuckerberg that EMF visualization is a killer app? ### tweet 1667109029921841153 chronological_index: 282 archive_order_index: 616 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T09:59:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 09:59:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667109029921841153 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667109029921841153 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: UrgentWonder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667102129167777792 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1400470198856171523 mentions: - @UrgentWonder | name: Petre Laskov | id_str: 1400470198856171523 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @UrgentWonder @nickcammarata @bayeslord I suspect ‘mass wireheading’ is a Great Filter, and I’m not sure if the filter is behind or ahead of us… Neuroscientists complain about the spaghetti-code of the brain, but maybe most simpler systems would promptly wirehead themselves out of existence text_with_expanded_urls: |- @UrgentWonder @nickcammarata @bayeslord I suspect ‘mass wireheading’ is a Great Filter, and I’m not sure if the filter is behind or ahead of us… Neuroscientists complain about the spaghetti-code of the brain, but maybe most simpler systems would promptly wirehead themselves out of existence ### tweet 1667129951441567744 chronological_index: 283 archive_order_index: 615 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T11:22:08Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 11:22:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667129951441567744 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667129951441567744 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667126965772353537 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667129951441567744/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyLV2nmWAAIIe0A.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/qp2BTjIdfa possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella The basic idea is if consciousness is a physical thing, it’s probably an electromagnetic thing since the other forces have no room for the sort of complexity we observe in phenomenology. Here’s PQ’s summary of Adam Barrett’s argument: https://t.co/qp2BTjIdfa text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella The basic idea is if consciousness is a physical thing, it’s probably an electromagnetic thing since the other forces have no room for the sort of complexity we observe in phenomenology. Here’s PQ’s summary of Adam Barrett’s argument: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667129951441567744/photo/1 ### tweet 1667159244179755011 chronological_index: 284 archive_order_index: 614 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T13:18:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 13:18:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667159244179755011 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667159244179755011 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dmt_acc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667149719527911425 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1598570692445806592 text_raw: |- @OxArchon Most likely you’d need additional hardware for broad-spectrum, spatially-linked inferences about the electromagnetic field (consumer wireless chips are amazing but limited) — Core theme is that we don’t lack the foundational tech to do this, we just haven’t done it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @OxArchon Most likely you’d need additional hardware for broad-spectrum, spatially-linked inferences about the electromagnetic field (consumer wireless chips are amazing but limited) — Core theme is that we don’t lack the foundational tech to do this, we just haven’t done it ### tweet 1667205491850727425 chronological_index: 285 archive_order_index: 613 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T16:22:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 16:22:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667205491850727425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667205491850727425 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: moskov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667204123492782080 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23289019 mentions: - @moskov | name: Dustin Moskovitz | id_str: 23289019 - @robertwiblin | name: Rob Wiblin | id_str: 47268595 - @ciphergoth | name: Paul Crowley | id_str: 17145862 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @moskov @robertwiblin @ciphergoth I’d put money on Turing-level computations not being conscious (although the server racks they’re being run on may be). Brief argument: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @moskov @robertwiblin @ciphergoth I’d put money on Turing-level computations not being conscious (although the server racks they’re being run on may be). Brief argument: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ ### tweet 1667207600956424210 chronological_index: 286 archive_order_index: 612 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T16:30:41Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 16:30:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667207600956424210 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667207600956424210 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robinhanson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667190919815389184 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 7748752 mentions: - @robinhanson | name: Robin Hanson | id_str: 7748752 - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 - @StefanFSchubert | name: Stefan Schubert | id_str: 2797975647 text_raw: |- @robinhanson @Willyintheworld @StefanFSchubert Robin, I’m curious what a research program that could resolve this uncertainty might look like in your estimation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robinhanson @Willyintheworld @StefanFSchubert Robin, I’m curious what a research program that could resolve this uncertainty might look like in your estimation ### tweet 1667230171168907279 chronological_index: 287 archive_order_index: 611 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-09T18:00:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 09 18:00:23 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667230171168907279 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667230171168907279 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667229031031250949 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev @danfaggella When I asked about why turning the wifi on didn’t change my qualia the theory was that traveling EM waves wouldn’t actually interfere/interact very much with a stationary/persistent EM pattern — in the context of IIT at least text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev @danfaggella When I asked about why turning the wifi on didn’t change my qualia the theory was that traveling EM waves wouldn’t actually interfere/interact very much with a stationary/persistent EM pattern — in the context of IIT at least ### tweet 1667569068151386115 chronological_index: 288 archive_order_index: 610 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-10T16:27:02Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 10 16:27:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667569068151386115 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667569068151386115 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667558917159657474 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Roko__eth @romanyam If you were confident that AGI cannot be controlled, what things would you you still believe are worth doing on the margin? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Roko__eth @romanyam If you were confident that AGI cannot be controlled, what things would you you still believe are worth doing on the margin? ### tweet 1667585294080638976 chronological_index: 289 archive_order_index: 609 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-10T17:31:31Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 10 17:31:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667585294080638976 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667585294080638976 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: photons_enjoyor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667577168560308224 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1495895139180593161 text_raw: |- @ratata_the_rat Either consciousness is something to formalize (like electromagnetism) or it’s a linguistic confusion to be dissolved (like elan vital). Both involve some counterintuitive implications text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ratata_the_rat Either consciousness is something to formalize (like electromagnetism) or it’s a linguistic confusion to be dissolved (like elan vital). Both involve some counterintuitive implications ### tweet 1667589380922306561 chronological_index: 290 archive_order_index: 608 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-10T17:47:45Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 10 17:47:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667589380922306561 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667589380922306561 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: photons_enjoyor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667588152666537987 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1495895139180593161 urls: - short: https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ratata_the_rat Ah I wrote a book on this https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 Short version- it’s possible to break the problem into pieces. I don’t think IIT is the final answer to that piece and there are others working on alternatives. Fwiw the best paper on IIT is the Balduzzi & Tononi one on geometry text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ratata_the_rat Ah I wrote a book on this https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf Short version- it’s possible to break the problem into pieces. I don’t think IIT is the final answer to that piece and there are others working on alternatives. Fwiw the best paper on IIT is the Balduzzi & Tononi one on geometry ### tweet 1667590091890388993 chronological_index: 291 archive_order_index: 607 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-10T17:50:34Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 10 17:50:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667590091890388993 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667590091890388993 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667589380922306561 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- @ratata_the_rat In the end the goal of QF is to create a mathematical representation of an experience. Not fundamentally different than physics creating a mathematical representation of an oxygen atom — to mirror its structure in math text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ratata_the_rat In the end the goal of QF is to create a mathematical representation of an experience. Not fundamentally different than physics creating a mathematical representation of an oxygen atom — to mirror its structure in math ### tweet 1667591773567455232 chronological_index: 292 archive_order_index: 606 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-10T17:57:15Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 10 17:57:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667591773567455232 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667591773567455232 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: photons_enjoyor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667590730615775232 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1495895139180593161 text_raw: |- @ratata_the_rat I’d say information is information — the models would have the same status as a mathematical model of an oxygen atom. I suppose you could argue this model is created vs allocated, but my sense is this distinction gets in the way of the important thing (representation/isomorphism) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ratata_the_rat I’d say information is information — the models would have the same status as a mathematical model of an oxygen atom. I suppose you could argue this model is created vs allocated, but my sense is this distinction gets in the way of the important thing (representation/isomorphism) ### tweet 1667752412935774211 chronological_index: 293 archive_order_index: 605 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-11T04:35:35Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 11 04:35:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667752412935774211 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667752412935774211 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrylis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667676532389691392 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 27047824 mentions: - @chrylis | name: Christopher Smith | id_str: 27047824 - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @chrylis @KanizsaBoundary @selentelechia The argument I’d make is that you get these swings/breakdowns naturally in networks that are more dense and less canalized; the ‘godshatter’ dynamic is worse in such networks bc swings are more common & higher differential, and natural mechanisms for mitigating are less canalized text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chrylis @KanizsaBoundary @selentelechia The argument I’d make is that you get these swings/breakdowns naturally in networks that are more dense and less canalized; the ‘godshatter’ dynamic is worse in such networks bc swings are more common & higher differential, and natural mechanisms for mitigating are less canalized ### tweet 1667907895801913344 chronological_index: 294 archive_order_index: 604 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-11T14:53:25Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 11 14:53:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1667907895801913344 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667907895801913344 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DMTryptaminesX in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1667905652830662658 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1455855773225979911 mentions: - @DMTryptaminesX | name: Hyperdimensional Qualia Engineer👾💖☯ | id_str: 1455855773225979911 text_raw: |- @DMTryptaminesX Really cool text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DMTryptaminesX Really cool ### tweet 1668165929392275457 chronological_index: 295 archive_order_index: 603 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-12T07:58:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 12 07:58:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668165929392275457 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668165929392275457 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668139022298890242 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Every year that passes I find more free variables in utilitarianism; I’m reminded of von Neumann’s quip “with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.” I’ve come to see utilitarianism as a good intuition pump but not “navigation-grade” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Every year that passes I find more free variables in utilitarianism; I’m reminded of von Neumann’s quip “with four parameters I can fit an elephant, and with five I can make him wiggle his trunk.” I’ve come to see utilitarianism as a good intuition pump but not “navigation-grade” ### tweet 1668709571207081991 chronological_index: 296 archive_order_index: 602 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-13T19:58:59Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 13 19:58:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668709571207081991 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668709571207081991 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668679203225583616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Scobleizer | name: Robert Scoble | id_str: 13348 - @anderssandberg | name: Anders Sandberg | id_str: 71759409 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg Fantastic structure. I think the right answer here emerges from ruling out the wrong answers, and many of these options are “buttons that don’t work” — we may try to build an Apollo Project for AI alignment, but in reality we’ll get something like our response to covid, i.e.(1/n) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg Fantastic structure. I think the right answer here emerges from ruling out the wrong answers, and many of these options are “buttons that don’t work” — we may try to build an Apollo Project for AI alignment, but in reality we’ll get something like our response to covid, i.e.(1/n) ### tweet 1668709895225462786 chronological_index: 297 archive_order_index: 601 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-13T20:00:16Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 13 20:00:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668709895225462786 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668709895225462786 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668709571207081991 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Scobleizer | name: Robert Scoble | id_str: 13348 - @anderssandberg | name: Anders Sandberg | id_str: 71759409 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg … a technical problem that was used as cover to solve incumbents’ political problems. My sense is that the dangers of going slow are relatively unrepresented in the alignment discourse — which on the margin does push me toward C3, though I prefer the ‘pull the ropes sideways’… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg … a technical problem that was used as cover to solve incumbents’ political problems. My sense is that the dangers of going slow are relatively unrepresented in the alignment discourse — which on the margin does push me toward C3, though I prefer the ‘pull the ropes sideways’… ### tweet 1668711890753601536 chronological_index: 298 archive_order_index: 600 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-13T20:08:12Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 13 20:08:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668711890753601536 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668711890753601536 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668709895225462786 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Scobleizer | name: Robert Scoble | id_str: 13348 - @anderssandberg | name: Anders Sandberg | id_str: 71759409 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg … aesthetic of trying to contribute toward the sorts of knowledge I think we’ll need — ideally I’d like to be a friend to all of these branches of the future, though I’m also skeptical of most being ‘real options’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg … aesthetic of trying to contribute toward the sorts of knowledge I think we’ll need — ideally I’d like to be a friend to all of these branches of the future, though I’m also skeptical of most being ‘real options’ ### tweet 1668718031554457603 chronological_index: 299 archive_order_index: 599 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-13T20:32:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 13 20:32:36 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668718031554457603 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668718031554457603 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/oGug61SHd6 expanded: https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1668679182685970444 display: x.com/danfaggella/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- This is a really great structure. Tbh Dan’s thoughts about the realpolitik of the future deserve a lot more attention https://t.co/oGug61SHd6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- This is a really great structure. Tbh Dan’s thoughts about the realpolitik of the future deserve a lot more attention https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1668679182685970444 ### tweet 1668810314069032960 chronological_index: 300 archive_order_index: 598 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-14T02:39:18Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 14 02:39:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668810314069032960 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668810314069032960 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668769402991308805 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 mentions: - @thealexker | name: Alex Ker 🔭 | id_str: 991646232291442688 - @ilyasut | name: Ilya Sutskever | id_str: 1720046887 urls: - short: https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668810314069032960/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyjOIbSWcAAiy7S.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/8zRiNwXjQF possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Roko__eth @thealexker @ilyasut Very cool idea although I believe it wouldn’t recreate the causal chain that makes our qualia reports coupled with reality- from Principia Qualia: https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 https://t.co/8zRiNwXjQF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Roko__eth @thealexker @ilyasut Very cool idea although I believe it wouldn’t recreate the causal chain that makes our qualia reports coupled with reality- from Principia Qualia: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668810314069032960/photo/1 ### tweet 1668811278192705536 chronological_index: 301 archive_order_index: 597 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-14T02:43:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 14 02:43:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668811278192705536 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668811278192705536 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668728912958963712 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Scobleizer | name: Robert Scoble | id_str: 13348 - @anderssandberg | name: Anders Sandberg | id_str: 71759409 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg I need to think about this a bit (traveling today), but as a down payment I’d say coordination is the scarce resource (John Wentworth), especially during Decline, and I suspect anything requiring fine coordination doesn’t work or collapses into extreme repression text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg I need to think about this a bit (traveling today), but as a down payment I’d say coordination is the scarce resource (John Wentworth), especially during Decline, and I suspect anything requiring fine coordination doesn’t work or collapses into extreme repression ### tweet 1668811934303485954 chronological_index: 302 archive_order_index: 596 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-14T02:45:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 14 02:45:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668811934303485954 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668811934303485954 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668761116661645312 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @anderssandberg | name: Anders Sandberg | id_str: 71759409 - @Scobleizer | name: Robert Scoble | id_str: 13348 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @anderssandberg @Scobleizer Ahah right. I’m also glad about that- What a time to be alive text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @anderssandberg @Scobleizer Ahah right. I’m also glad about that- What a time to be alive ### tweet 1668814794755829761 chronological_index: 303 archive_order_index: 595 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-14T02:57:06Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 14 02:57:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1668814794755829761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1668814794755829761 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1668764448679424000 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Scobleizer | name: Robert Scoble | id_str: 13348 - @anderssandberg | name: Anders Sandberg | id_str: 71759409 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg “Pull the ropes sideways” in this context = pick a spot to put energy that’s not against anyone (focusing on knowledge and maybe vision) with the goal of creating things that should make the future better. Avoiding zero sum games, finding the illegible places and building there text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Scobleizer @anderssandberg “Pull the ropes sideways” in this context = pick a spot to put energy that’s not against anyone (focusing on knowledge and maybe vision) with the goal of creating things that should make the future better. Avoiding zero sum games, finding the illegible places and building there ### tweet 1669195537357193216 chronological_index: 304 archive_order_index: 594 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-15T04:10:02Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 15 04:10:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1669195537357193216 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669195537357193216 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: thealexker in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1669125680754475008 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 991646232291442688 mentions: - @thealexker | name: Alex Ker 🔭 | id_str: 991646232291442688 - @ilyasut | name: Ilya Sutskever | id_str: 1720046887 urls: - short: https://t.co/Hh2p9RHYbG expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667085037328580609 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @thealexker @Roko__eth @ilyasut Hey Alex- yes and yes! I see that as likely to be “ground truth”. https://t.co/Hh2p9RHYbG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thealexker @Roko__eth @ilyasut Hey Alex- yes and yes! I see that as likely to be “ground truth”. https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667085037328580609 ### tweet 1669201715218853890 chronological_index: 305 archive_order_index: 593 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-15T04:34:35Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 15 04:34:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1669201715218853890 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669201715218853890 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1669085528111693825 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @eshear I think we can get a surprising amount of mileage out of dual-aspect monism, specifically Strong Monism and the meta-theorem of monism — https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @eshear I think we can get a surprising amount of mileage out of dual-aspect monism, specifically Strong Monism and the meta-theorem of monism — https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ ### tweet 1669202518532931584 chronological_index: 306 archive_order_index: 592 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-15T04:37:47Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 15 04:37:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1669202518532931584 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669202518532931584 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1669084002576113669 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669202518532931584/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fyoy1KjWwAEVIfl.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/kDYOLJck5I possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata My sense is reliable qualia reports depend on a chain of correlations (which could get broken in a substrate transition so we should be a little careful)- from PQ: https://t.co/kDYOLJck5I text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata My sense is reliable qualia reports depend on a chain of correlations (which could get broken in a substrate transition so we should be a little careful)- from PQ: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669202518532931584/photo/1 ### tweet 1669548047754223618 chronological_index: 307 archive_order_index: 591 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-16T03:30:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 16 03:30:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1669548047754223618 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669548047754223618 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1669509515040145408 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @nickcammarata Difficult to say very much at this point unless we’re comfortable with extreme speculation; need better data text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @nickcammarata Difficult to say very much at this point unless we’re comfortable with extreme speculation; need better data ### tweet 1669728526138847235 chronological_index: 308 archive_order_index: 590 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-16T15:27:57Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 16 15:27:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1669728526138847235 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669728526138847235 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1669722736296427520 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @noncanonicAleae | name: alea | id_str: 1777265957481709568 - @doxometrist | name: Vitalist Doxometrist | id_str: 1252263933945294850 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @NoncanonicAleae @doxometrist Thanks for the mention! The tldr on this part of my research is (1) formalism about consciousness is the only way we get any satisfactory answers about consciousness, and (2) ultimately we have to choose between bits and atoms as determining the ground truth of consciousness text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @NoncanonicAleae @doxometrist Thanks for the mention! The tldr on this part of my research is (1) formalism about consciousness is the only way we get any satisfactory answers about consciousness, and (2) ultimately we have to choose between bits and atoms as determining the ground truth of consciousness ### tweet 1669912016029466624 chronological_index: 309 archive_order_index: 589 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T03:37:04Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 03:37:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1669912016029466624 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1669912016029466624 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1669836173454237696 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Lovely thread (as always) brother text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Lovely thread (as always) brother ### tweet 1670041929537531904 chronological_index: 310 archive_order_index: 588 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T12:13:18Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 12:13:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670041929537531904 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670041929537531904 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670039337029844994 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @noncanonicAleae | name: alea | id_str: 1777265957481709568 - @doxometrist | name: Vitalist Doxometrist | id_str: 1252263933945294850 - @reighleyc | name: Christopher Reighley | id_str: 633370811 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @NoncanonicAleae @doxometrist @reighleyc That’s a nice way of putting it; strongly agree. In theory you could construct a way to talk about computation that could unambiguously/uniquely apply to a physical system — but at that point you’d essentially be creating a system isomorphic to physics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @NoncanonicAleae @doxometrist @reighleyc That’s a nice way of putting it; strongly agree. In theory you could construct a way to talk about computation that could unambiguously/uniquely apply to a physical system — but at that point you’d essentially be creating a system isomorphic to physics ### tweet 1670046505481142272 chronological_index: 311 archive_order_index: 587 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T12:31:29Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 12:31:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670046505481142272 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670046505481142272 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670044896101560320 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 944967253174439936 mentions: - @noncanonicAleae | name: alea | id_str: 1777265957481709568 - @doxometrist | name: Vitalist Doxometrist | id_str: 1252263933945294850 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @reighleyc | name: Christopher Reighley | id_str: 633370811 text_raw: |- @NoncanonicAleae @doxometrist @42irrationalist @reighleyc Frankly speaking the world needs a lot more effort on both physical and computational theories of consciousness. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NoncanonicAleae @doxometrist @42irrationalist @reighleyc Frankly speaking the world needs a lot more effort on both physical and computational theories of consciousness. ### tweet 1670119917515833345 chronological_index: 312 archive_order_index: 586 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T17:23:12Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 17:23:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670119917515833345 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670119917515833345 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: burny_tech in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670080054418632705 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1403472348150484992 mentions: - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 text_raw: |- @burny_tech The neuron abstraction is likely a little leaky but I think there’s a lot of value in this line of thinking; @romanyam and I were looking at enumerating all possible qualia based on IIT back in 2015. But imo we should try to build an enumeration from physics / EM field states text_with_expanded_urls: |- @burny_tech The neuron abstraction is likely a little leaky but I think there’s a lot of value in this line of thinking; @romanyam and I were looking at enumerating all possible qualia based on IIT back in 2015. But imo we should try to build an enumeration from physics / EM field states ### tweet 1670128660399915008 chronological_index: 313 archive_order_index: 585 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T17:57:56Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 17:57:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670128660399915008 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670128660399915008 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670119917515833345 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670128660399915008/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fy19KYdXgAAOpKu.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/my4wXskzgD possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @burny_tech @romanyam The Bekenstein bound may limit the density of consciousness; the speed of light may offer a statistical limit on the physical extension of a conscious experience. If both of these statements are true, the set of possible qualia should actually be finite https://t.co/my4wXskzgD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @burny_tech @romanyam The Bekenstein bound may limit the density of consciousness; the speed of light may offer a statistical limit on the physical extension of a conscious experience. If both of these statements are true, the set of possible qualia should actually be finite https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670128660399915008/photo/1 ### tweet 1670162308750888965 chronological_index: 314 archive_order_index: 584 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T20:11:39Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 20:11:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670162308750888965 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670162308750888965 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670150469501739009 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670162308750888965/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fy2bxFBXsAAd4z-.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/G45yBZDlWd possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ataiiam @burny_tech @romanyam I went through a long internal debate whether to include what I called the “orientation problem” in this list (essentially why a certain part of the formalism refers to a certain quale). I ultimately decided it wasn’t needed due to the isomorphism frame (strong assumption ofc) https://t.co/G45yBZDlWd text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @burny_tech @romanyam I went through a long internal debate whether to include what I called the “orientation problem” in this list (essentially why a certain part of the formalism refers to a certain quale). I ultimately decided it wasn’t needed due to the isomorphism frame (strong assumption ofc) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670162308750888965/photo/1 ### tweet 1670166346968059907 chronological_index: 315 archive_order_index: 583 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T20:27:41Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 20:27:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670166346968059907 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670166346968059907 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jon_stokes in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670126994862866432 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15294170 text_raw: |- @jonst0kes Lessig was a hero of mine during his copyright crusades. His conclusion that political dysfunction precludes sane copyright policy shaped my world a lot. I expected his conclusions & methods to buffer him against the culture war. Has not seemed to work like that, oddly text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonst0kes Lessig was a hero of mine during his copyright crusades. His conclusion that political dysfunction precludes sane copyright policy shaped my world a lot. I expected his conclusions & methods to buffer him against the culture war. Has not seemed to work like that, oddly ### tweet 1670169962550272003 chronological_index: 316 archive_order_index: 582 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-17T20:42:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 17 20:42:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670169962550272003 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670169962550272003 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670167794640646149 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 text_raw: |- @ataiiam @burny_tech @romanyam Thank you! This is going to be a little sparse (+char limit), but the assumption of formalism is identical to the assumption of an isomorphism, which assumption does a lot of work. Basically the consistency is assumed. There’s still the question of whether we need a lookup table text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @burny_tech @romanyam Thank you! This is going to be a little sparse (+char limit), but the assumption of formalism is identical to the assumption of an isomorphism, which assumption does a lot of work. Basically the consistency is assumed. There’s still the question of whether we need a lookup table ### tweet 1670272018980241408 chronological_index: 317 archive_order_index: 581 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-18T03:27:36Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 18 03:27:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670272018980241408 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670272018980241408 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: burny_tech in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670234041667264512 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1403472348150484992 mentions: - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 - @romanyam | name: Dr. Roman Yampolskiy | id_str: 20810416 text_raw: |- @burny_tech @romanyam Yes! Really cool text_with_expanded_urls: |- @burny_tech @romanyam Yes! Really cool ### tweet 1670489295184973825 chronological_index: 318 archive_order_index: 580 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-18T17:50:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 18 17:50:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670489295184973825 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670489295184973825 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670470605332963328 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 820288038 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @RomeoStevens76 Canonically, some of the genetics stuff text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoStevens76 Canonically, some of the genetics stuff ### tweet 1670625917138345986 chronological_index: 319 archive_order_index: 579 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-19T02:53:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 19 02:53:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670625917138345986 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670625917138345986 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670524532392689665 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata One frame I’ve been considering lately (arising from a conv w/Romeo years back) is triple-aspect monism: physical, qualia, computation as different projections of the one “real” thing. A lot depends on whether the qualia domain is closer to (permutation of) physics or computation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata One frame I’ve been considering lately (arising from a conv w/Romeo years back) is triple-aspect monism: physical, qualia, computation as different projections of the one “real” thing. A lot depends on whether the qualia domain is closer to (permutation of) physics or computation ### tweet 1670631542261968896 chronological_index: 320 archive_order_index: 578 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-19T03:16:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 19 03:16:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670631542261968896 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670631542261968896 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670538955966812160 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @Plinz @nickcammarata I’d advocate multiple research centers. Need some unifying fieldbuilding to help everyone work on the Actual Thing though; small differences in metaphysics are significant when extrapolating to new contexts & there are many degrees of freedom text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @nickcammarata I’d advocate multiple research centers. Need some unifying fieldbuilding to help everyone work on the Actual Thing though; small differences in metaphysics are significant when extrapolating to new contexts & there are many degrees of freedom ### tweet 1670632773659361280 chronological_index: 321 archive_order_index: 577 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-19T03:21:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 19 03:21:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670632773659361280 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670632773659361280 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670632557606744064 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @Plinz @nickcammarata What do you think the proper goal/output of a theory of consciousness should be? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @nickcammarata What do you think the proper goal/output of a theory of consciousness should be? ### tweet 1670661851183566851 chronological_index: 322 archive_order_index: 576 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-19T05:16:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 19 05:16:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1670661851183566851 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1670661851183566851 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670654894725009408 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @Plinz @nickcammarata I like this, and your synchronized resonance frame. One observation I can offer is there are often different tacit assumptions about what sorts of things can be formalized exactly, vs in an ad hoc manner (“consciousness is a process”). I believe cons. can be formalized exactly text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @nickcammarata I like this, and your synchronized resonance frame. One observation I can offer is there are often different tacit assumptions about what sorts of things can be formalized exactly, vs in an ad hoc manner (“consciousness is a process”). I believe cons. can be formalized exactly ### tweet 1671029518331523074 chronological_index: 323 archive_order_index: 575 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-20T05:37:38Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 20 05:37:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671029518331523074 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671029518331523074 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ZorpZK in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670999623446544384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1600856310161018880 mentions: - @ZorpZK | name: Zorp | id_str: 1600856310161018880 text_raw: |- @ZorpZK Zip text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ZorpZK Zip ### tweet 1671040677860327430 chronological_index: 324 archive_order_index: 574 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-20T06:21:58Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 20 06:21:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671040677860327430 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671040677860327430 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1670797185489707021 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/W23XzCCqdj expanded: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo display: qntm.org/mmacevedo possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv A little tangential, but this was great: https://t.co/W23XzCCqdj — would be cool if someone wrote the inverse too (about a dystopia where non-conscious LLMs agitate for their rights as conscious beings and squeeze out things that Actually Matter) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv A little tangential, but this was great: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo — would be cool if someone wrote the inverse too (about a dystopia where non-conscious LLMs agitate for their rights as conscious beings and squeeze out things that Actually Matter) ### tweet 1671119373677780992 chronological_index: 325 archive_order_index: 573 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-20T11:34:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 20 11:34:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671119373677780992 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671119373677780992 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MasterTimBlais in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671080098542264320 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1352066333752647683 mentions: - @MasterTimBlais | name: Tim is GOING TO VIBECAMP ⛺️ | id_str: 1352066333752647683 text_raw: |- @MasterTimBlais It could still be a consciousness thread! Tbh I think you’re right. Very difficult to create a formal theory of consciousness that would say quantum fuzz has zero of the sort of interaction that creates consciousness, and there’s sure a lot of it… my q is, what’s the avg valence text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MasterTimBlais It could still be a consciousness thread! Tbh I think you’re right. Very difficult to create a formal theory of consciousness that would say quantum fuzz has zero of the sort of interaction that creates consciousness, and there’s sure a lot of it… my q is, what’s the avg valence ### tweet 1671154412004442112 chronological_index: 326 archive_order_index: 572 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-20T13:53:55Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 20 13:53:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671154412004442112 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671154412004442112 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671138420377423873 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @erikphoel Huge! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel Huge! ### tweet 1671610444333678594 chronological_index: 327 archive_order_index: 571 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-21T20:06:01Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 21 20:06:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671610444333678594 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671610444333678594 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671599573943369728 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @erikphoel This is also frustrating when trying to justify new ways of doing things! Insiders often feel wary about shifts in the field (perhaps justifiably- academic status games are grim) and outsiders don’t see the need text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel This is also frustrating when trying to justify new ways of doing things! Insiders often feel wary about shifts in the field (perhaps justifiably- academic status games are grim) and outsiders don’t see the need ### tweet 1671812196337156097 chronological_index: 328 archive_order_index: 570 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T09:27:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 09:27:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671812196337156097 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671812196337156097 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671809581452783616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RokoMijic Confusion is likely to continue, and false-negatives and false-positives are going to increasingly pose problems. Btw just condensed my book into a paper (slightly narrower scope, but 25% the length) https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic Confusion is likely to continue, and false-negatives and false-positives are going to increasingly pose problems. Btw just condensed my book into a paper (slightly narrower scope, but 25% the length) https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1671837867004293120 chronological_index: 329 archive_order_index: 569 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T11:09:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 11:09:43 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671837867004293120 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671837867004293120 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/eWgsjrkuCh expanded: https://www.lifespan.io/news/zuzalu-shining-city-on-the-black-mountain/ display: lifespan.io/news/zuzalu-sh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I’m increasingly thinking of longevity bioscience as less about living longer and more as a way to invest in creating and defending beauty — of which longevity is a nice side-effect. Arkadi has a nice writeup on longevity at Zuzalu: https://t.co/eWgsjrkuCh text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’m increasingly thinking of longevity bioscience as less about living longer and more as a way to invest in creating and defending beauty — of which longevity is a nice side-effect. Arkadi has a nice writeup on longevity at Zuzalu: https://www.lifespan.io/news/zuzalu-shining-city-on-the-black-mountain/ ### tweet 1671841523367911425 chronological_index: 330 archive_order_index: 568 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T11:24:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 11:24:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671841523367911425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671841523367911425 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671836081703067653 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Unironically I think we need to sharpen our arguments about why humans should be preserved: why humanity is actually (1) good, (2) rare, (3) strong. I think we are all three, but if we can’t explain and demonstrate why we should prepare to not be treated as such text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Unironically I think we need to sharpen our arguments about why humans should be preserved: why humanity is actually (1) good, (2) rare, (3) strong. I think we are all three, but if we can’t explain and demonstrate why we should prepare to not be treated as such ### tweet 1671846792776876040 chronological_index: 331 archive_order_index: 567 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T11:45:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 11:45:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671846792776876040 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671846792776876040 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671842206007656450 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Super important, although I grant it may not make sense to slow down in order to study these things; I think that merely produces power consolidation under a dysfunctional system. The button that actually works is “put personal energy into research on things that matter” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Super important, although I grant it may not make sense to slow down in order to study these things; I think that merely produces power consolidation under a dysfunctional system. The button that actually works is “put personal energy into research on things that matter” ### tweet 1671853574467272705 chronological_index: 332 archive_order_index: 566 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T12:12:08Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 12:12:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671853574467272705 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671853574467272705 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671852244482883585 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic @danfaggella If you had a billion dollars, 10 years, and the mandate to define the human axiological seed, do you have a sense of how you’d approach things? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic @danfaggella If you had a billion dollars, 10 years, and the mandate to define the human axiological seed, do you have a sense of how you’d approach things? ### tweet 1671937045281767425 chronological_index: 333 archive_order_index: 565 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T17:43:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 17:43:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671937045281767425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671937045281767425 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MWCvitkovic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671900062350467073 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3310628639 mentions: - @MWCvitkovic | name: Milan Cvitkovic | id_str: 3310628639 text_raw: |- @MWCvitkovic What’s your take? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MWCvitkovic What’s your take? ### tweet 1671957890452561927 chronological_index: 334 archive_order_index: 564 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T19:06:39Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 19:06:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671957890452561927 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671957890452561927 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MWCvitkovic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671951038906236929 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3310628639 mentions: - @MWCvitkovic | name: Milan Cvitkovic | id_str: 3310628639 text_raw: |- @MWCvitkovic Makes perfect sense text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MWCvitkovic Makes perfect sense ### tweet 1671976902477721600 chronological_index: 335 archive_order_index: 563 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T20:22:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 20:22:12 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671976902477721600 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671976902477721600 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 1 mentions: - @EricWollberg | name: Axial Wanderer | id_str: 1244726593584599043 urls: - short: https://t.co/mCuML5VzbR expanded: https://x.com/PropheticAI/status/1671906332058824705 display: x.com/PropheticAI/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Super excited about this. Prophetic is a project with enormously ambitious (correctly ambitious!) scope, and @EricWollberg is a fantastic entrepreneur. https://t.co/mCuML5VzbR text_with_expanded_urls: |- Super excited about this. Prophetic is a project with enormously ambitious (correctly ambitious!) scope, and @EricWollberg is a fantastic entrepreneur. https://x.com/PropheticAI/status/1671906332058824705 ### tweet 1671995944106164227 chronological_index: 336 archive_order_index: 562 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-22T21:37:51Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 22 21:37:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1671995944106164227 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1671995944106164227 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: Meaningness in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1671992011845697536 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 191666539 mentions: - @Meaningness | name: David Chapman | id_str: 191666539 text_raw: |- @Meaningness It feels difficult to square the apparent structure in phenomenology with the claim that this structure cannot be formalized. The claim could end up being correct, but does not seem obvious or simple text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Meaningness It feels difficult to square the apparent structure in phenomenology with the claim that this structure cannot be formalized. The claim could end up being correct, but does not seem obvious or simple ### tweet 1672090529809440769 chronological_index: 337 archive_order_index: 561 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-23T03:53:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 23 03:53:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1672090529809440769 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1672090529809440769 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Meaningness in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1672015096690909184 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 191666539 mentions: - @Meaningness | name: David Chapman | id_str: 191666539 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @creitve | name: Alexander Ilyin | id_str: 45848597 text_raw: |- @Meaningness @RokoMijic @creitve The same critique could have been applied to electromagnetism in the 1600s - that it was a fools’ errand to try to formalize. But it turns out there was crisp formal structure to be found. Not all such hunts for formal structure bear fruit but some do text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Meaningness @RokoMijic @creitve The same critique could have been applied to electromagnetism in the 1600s - that it was a fools’ errand to try to formalize. But it turns out there was crisp formal structure to be found. Not all such hunts for formal structure bear fruit but some do ### tweet 1672236434273574912 chronological_index: 338 archive_order_index: 560 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-23T13:33:29Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 23 13:33:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1672236434273574912 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1672236434273574912 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: harmonicjunkie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1672226699373674497 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1512598900665987074 text_raw: |- @DelPierr111 Nice find! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DelPierr111 Nice find! ### tweet 1672246921849630723 chronological_index: 339 archive_order_index: 559 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-23T14:15:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 23 14:15:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1672246921849630723 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1672246921849630723 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1672241991415889924 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv I suspect this happens automatically as the number of ways a given logical structure can map to reality collapses to 1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I suspect this happens automatically as the number of ways a given logical structure can map to reality collapses to 1 ### tweet 1672617325797732356 chronological_index: 340 archive_order_index: 558 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-24T14:47:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 24 14:47:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1672617325797732356 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1672617325797732356 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pwlot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1672616185261707267 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18107306 mentions: - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 text_raw: |- @pwlot Looking forward to it! I really enjoy your takes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pwlot Looking forward to it! I really enjoy your takes ### tweet 1672624823866982401 chronological_index: 341 archive_order_index: 557 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-24T15:16:48Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 24 15:16:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1672624823866982401 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1672624823866982401 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gwern in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1672619666810843136 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17664709 mentions: - @gwern | name: 𝔊𝔴𝔢𝔯𝔫 | id_str: 17664709 - @PradyuPrasad | name: Pradyumna (in Bay Area) | id_str: 1394537875933253632 text_raw: |- @gwern @PradyuPrasad Norms around hypercerts / impact certificates could go a long way text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gwern @PradyuPrasad Norms around hypercerts / impact certificates could go a long way ### tweet 1673392430358339600 chronological_index: 342 archive_order_index: 556 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-26T18:07:00Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 26 18:07:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673392430358339600 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673392430358339600 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: moskov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673374298516643840 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23289019 mentions: - @moskov | name: Dustin Moskovitz | id_str: 23289019 - @vincentweisser | name: Vincent Weisser | id_str: 427766081 text_raw: |- @moskov @vincentweisser This is great! My suggestion would be to add another two columns for (1) the technical/legal infrastructure required to support each proposal, and (2) plausible second-order effects from having that infrastructure available. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @moskov @vincentweisser This is great! My suggestion would be to add another two columns for (1) the technical/legal infrastructure required to support each proposal, and (2) plausible second-order effects from having that infrastructure available. ### tweet 1673588656638967808 chronological_index: 343 archive_order_index: 555 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-27T07:06:44Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 27 07:06:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673588656638967808 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673588656638967808 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673583126650429441 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 - @orthonormalist | name: ☉rthonormalist🧭✡️ | id_str: 2790113098 text_raw: |- @eigenrobot @orthonormalist Have seen some signatures of culture war stuff, my sense is that running into said tangle is among the many things that can derail creatives text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot @orthonormalist Have seen some signatures of culture war stuff, my sense is that running into said tangle is among the many things that can derail creatives ### tweet 1673640190999494656 chronological_index: 344 archive_order_index: 554 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-27T10:31:30Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 27 10:31:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673640190999494656 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673640190999494656 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: alpharivelino in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673635748640169987 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 176665423 mentions: - @alpharivelino | name: Rivelino | id_str: 176665423 text_raw: |- @alpharivelino Chart out a plausible research paradigm into consciousness; clarify what pain/pleasure are; understand emotional updating+psychedelics; reverse-engineer meditation; become enlightened & help others become so. I’m happy with my efforts on the first 3, still working on the latter 2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @alpharivelino Chart out a plausible research paradigm into consciousness; clarify what pain/pleasure are; understand emotional updating+psychedelics; reverse-engineer meditation; become enlightened & help others become so. I’m happy with my efforts on the first 3, still working on the latter 2 ### tweet 1673712036541341697 chronological_index: 345 archive_order_index: 553 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-27T15:17:00Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 27 15:17:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673712036541341697 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673712036541341697 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mihir_nath_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673707464934473729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4184399373 mentions: - @alpharivelino | name: Rivelino | id_str: 176665423 text_raw: |- @mihir021 @alpharivelino Thank you! Yes, I have some new work coming out- hopefully this summer, although I don’t want to overpromise in that respect. Appreciate the kind words. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mihir021 @alpharivelino Thank you! Yes, I have some new work coming out- hopefully this summer, although I don’t want to overpromise in that respect. Appreciate the kind words. ### tweet 1673713042473775108 chronological_index: 346 archive_order_index: 552 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-27T15:21:00Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 27 15:21:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673713042473775108 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673713042473775108 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mihir_nath_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673707964807380993 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4184399373 mentions: - @alpharivelino | name: Rivelino | id_str: 176665423 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @mihir021 @alpharivelino Two great threads of research I’m aware of are @RomeoStevens76 and @nickcammarata ‘s writings on tanha text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mihir021 @alpharivelino Two great threads of research I’m aware of are @RomeoStevens76 and @nickcammarata ‘s writings on tanha ### tweet 1673720900141604866 chronological_index: 347 archive_order_index: 551 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-27T15:52:13Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 27 15:52:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673720900141604866 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673720900141604866 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673718651218698240 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @dukkhafactory The Buddha was actually pretty selective in terms of claims; a lot of the supernatural stuff comes in from later monastic scholarship. Also- seems like an interesting question for AI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @dukkhafactory The Buddha was actually pretty selective in terms of claims; a lot of the supernatural stuff comes in from later monastic scholarship. Also- seems like an interesting question for AI ### tweet 1673893806142357505 chronological_index: 348 archive_order_index: 550 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T03:19:17Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 03:19:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673893806142357505 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673893806142357505 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673857785803739138 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 text_raw: |- @MrAde94 Lots! It’s a property that’s highly degraded by default- remove 10% of the noise and it would substantially improve. Many sources of noise to choose from. Longer term there could be neurotech that functions as an ‘emotional coprocessor’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MrAde94 Lots! It’s a property that’s highly degraded by default- remove 10% of the noise and it would substantially improve. Many sources of noise to choose from. Longer term there could be neurotech that functions as an ‘emotional coprocessor’ ### tweet 1673999052520796162 chronological_index: 349 archive_order_index: 549 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T10:17:30Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 10:17:30 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673999052520796162 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673999052520796162 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 45 retweet_count: 6 text_raw: |- Machine consciousness should be among the most important technical problems of our time, but “consciousness discourse” is subtly anchored in ingroup/outgroup distinctions. If something is ingroup it can probably feel; if it’s outgroup it can’t. text_with_expanded_urls: |- Machine consciousness should be among the most important technical problems of our time, but “consciousness discourse” is subtly anchored in ingroup/outgroup distinctions. If something is ingroup it can probably feel; if it’s outgroup it can’t. ### tweet 1673999131159715841 chronological_index: 350 archive_order_index: 548 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T10:17:48Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 10:17:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673999131159715841 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673999131159715841 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673999052520796162 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- This is wrong but not irrational. Selective observations about fundamental ontology & moral patienthood are routinely used as a wedge to break rival coordination mechanisms. Efforts to more confidently arbitrate these Qs are often seen as politically aggressive — because they are text_with_expanded_urls: |- This is wrong but not irrational. Selective observations about fundamental ontology & moral patienthood are routinely used as a wedge to break rival coordination mechanisms. Efforts to more confidently arbitrate these Qs are often seen as politically aggressive — because they are ### tweet 1673999187073957888 chronological_index: 351 archive_order_index: 547 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T10:18:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 10:18:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673999187073957888 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673999187073957888 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673999131159715841 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- This doesn’t bode well for our ability to navigate false-negatives (creating conscious beings but not treating them as such) and false-positives (creating non-conscious beings that use motifs we associate with personhood to argue for their rights). Both paths lead to dark places text_with_expanded_urls: |- This doesn’t bode well for our ability to navigate false-negatives (creating conscious beings but not treating them as such) and false-positives (creating non-conscious beings that use motifs we associate with personhood to argue for their rights). Both paths lead to dark places ### tweet 1673999242870894593 chronological_index: 352 archive_order_index: 546 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T10:18:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 10:18:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673999242870894593 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673999242870894593 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673999187073957888 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 text_raw: |- But to keep things in perspective the world is likely much weirder than we think it is: “Common sense is incoherent in matters of metaphysics” as @eschwitz notes (common sense is an aggregate of globally incoherent local heuristics). Likely many things we think we know but don’t text_with_expanded_urls: |- But to keep things in perspective the world is likely much weirder than we think it is: “Common sense is incoherent in matters of metaphysics” as @eschwitz notes (common sense is an aggregate of globally incoherent local heuristics). Likely many things we think we know but don’t ### tweet 1673999441785675778 chronological_index: 353 archive_order_index: 545 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T10:19:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 10:19:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1673999441785675778 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1673999441785675778 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1673999242870894593 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 text_raw: |- @eschwitz As @elonmusk is wont to say, “the most entertaining outcome is the most likely.” I can say I think the stakes for consciousness over the next few decades are *different* than commonly assumed text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz As @elonmusk is wont to say, “the most entertaining outcome is the most likely.” I can say I think the stakes for consciousness over the next few decades are *different* than commonly assumed ### tweet 1674040924773425157 chronological_index: 354 archive_order_index: 544 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T13:03:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 13:03:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674040924773425157 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674040924773425157 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoLupascu in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674024840951480322 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 366950384 mentions: - @RomeoLupascu | name: Romeo Lupascu | id_str: 366950384 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RomeoLupascu I like it! What are your next steps on developing the theory? I really like the frame of dual-aspect monism for consciousness, which seems compatible with your approach: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoLupascu I like it! What are your next steps on developing the theory? I really like the frame of dual-aspect monism for consciousness, which seems compatible with your approach: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ ### tweet 1674055370031915011 chronological_index: 355 archive_order_index: 543 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T14:01:17Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 14:01:17 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674055370031915011 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674055370031915011 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 2 text_raw: |- If you could ask the universe one y/n question about its fundamental laws, what would you ask? Rules: question returns “1” if the answer is yes, or “0” if the answer is no or if your question wasn’t precise enough text_with_expanded_urls: |- If you could ask the universe one y/n question about its fundamental laws, what would you ask? Rules: question returns “1” if the answer is yes, or “0” if the answer is no or if your question wasn’t precise enough ### tweet 1674069507084627972 chronological_index: 356 archive_order_index: 542 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T14:57:27Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 14:57:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674069507084627972 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674069507084627972 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: harmonicjunkie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674067252394569729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1512598900665987074 text_raw: |- @DelPierr111 Nice, I like that a lot text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DelPierr111 Nice, I like that a lot ### tweet 1674089895550132233 chronological_index: 357 archive_order_index: 541 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T16:18:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 16:18:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674089895550132233 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674089895550132233 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674089203758686208 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Interesting! Would love to hear more text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Interesting! Would love to hear more ### tweet 1674092673706098689 chronological_index: 358 archive_order_index: 540 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T16:29:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 16:29:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674092673706098689 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674092673706098689 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674090826199363586 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper I dig it- and I like the idea of posting a ton of cool consciousness thought experiments on Twitter for GPT5 to trawl through text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper I dig it- and I like the idea of posting a ton of cool consciousness thought experiments on Twitter for GPT5 to trawl through ### tweet 1674112854289522688 chronological_index: 359 archive_order_index: 539 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T17:49:42Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 17:49:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674112854289522688 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674112854289522688 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674111000617062401 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 text_raw: |- @ataiiam Right — imagine there are people working on Maxwell’s equations, except the equations are for moral patienthood and determine who has the moral high ground in society. There’s no way that doesn’t get messy. Distinct set of challenges that skew political text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam Right — imagine there are people working on Maxwell’s equations, except the equations are for moral patienthood and determine who has the moral high ground in society. There’s no way that doesn’t get messy. Distinct set of challenges that skew political ### tweet 1674113158250627076 chronological_index: 360 archive_order_index: 538 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-28T17:50:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 28 17:50:55 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674113158250627076 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674113158250627076 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: jwmares mentions: - @jwmares | name: Justin Mares | id_str: 139193277 text_raw: |- RT @jwmares: Moral courage is the rarest thing in the universe text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @jwmares: Moral courage is the rarest thing in the universe ### tweet 1674246860133785607 chronological_index: 361 archive_order_index: 537 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-29T02:42:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 29 02:42:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674246860133785607 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674246860133785607 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674202192583229440 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 urls: - short: https://t.co/Hh2p9RHYbG expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667085037328580609 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ataiiam I’m more agnostic on digital computer binding and think it’s entirely possible substantial consciousness arises today- but that’s weakly held. https://t.co/Hh2p9RHYbG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam I’m more agnostic on digital computer binding and think it’s entirely possible substantial consciousness arises today- but that’s weakly held. https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1667085037328580609 ### tweet 1674248483635617792 chronological_index: 362 archive_order_index: 536 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-29T02:48:39Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 29 02:48:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674248483635617792 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674248483635617792 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674193122987745280 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 text_raw: |- @MrAde94 I suspect metabolic issues and damage from pathogens (which everyone has). Post-Covid complications are distressingly common and offer a vector that’s likely not specific to Covid; that’s actually optimistic in that there’s potentially a lot of room for improvement text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MrAde94 I suspect metabolic issues and damage from pathogens (which everyone has). Post-Covid complications are distressingly common and offer a vector that’s likely not specific to Covid; that’s actually optimistic in that there’s potentially a lot of room for improvement ### tweet 1674354015369412610 chronological_index: 363 archive_order_index: 535 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-29T09:47:59Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 29 09:47:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674354015369412610 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674354015369412610 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: UrgentWonder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674349670989004800 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1400470198856171523 mentions: - @UrgentWonder | name: Petre Laskov | id_str: 1400470198856171523 text_raw: |- @UrgentWonder It’s a great question. A couple of related Qs, - What valuable lineages in this space are dying? - How are nervous systems statistically different today in ways that matter to the path than they were 20,100,1000 years ago? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @UrgentWonder It’s a great question. A couple of related Qs, - What valuable lineages in this space are dying? - How are nervous systems statistically different today in ways that matter to the path than they were 20,100,1000 years ago? ### tweet 1674428852125433857 chronological_index: 364 archive_order_index: 534 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-29T14:45:22Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 29 14:45:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674428852125433857 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674428852125433857 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674402885457571845 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 urls: - short: https://t.co/SCUldxhjHF expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-crypto-x-constitutions/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-c… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidad Very cool; I’m also bullish on the constitutional approach. Wrote up some thoughts on ‘what makes a good AI constitution’ here: https://t.co/SCUldxhjHF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad Very cool; I’m also bullish on the constitutional approach. Wrote up some thoughts on ‘what makes a good AI constitution’ here: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/ai-x-crypto-x-constitutions/ ### tweet 1674470853486977039 chronological_index: 365 archive_order_index: 533 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-29T17:32:16Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 29 17:32:16 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674470853486977039 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674470853486977039 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: OshanJarow mentions: - @OshanJarow | name: Oshan Jarow | id_str: 3995508550 - @voxdotcom | name: Vox | id_str: 2347049341 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @OshanJarow: Deep within my fly-over of the theories-of-consciousness-constellation in tomorrow's @voxdotcom Future Perfect newsletter,… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @OshanJarow: Deep within my fly-over of the theories-of-consciousness-constellation in tomorrow's @voxdotcom Future Perfect newsletter,… ### tweet 1674474716264800274 chronological_index: 366 archive_order_index: 532 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-29T17:47:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 29 17:47:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674474716264800274 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674474716264800274 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674472825300611072 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 text_raw: |- @MrAde94 Frankly it could be (there are enough improvements within reach) but the problem is coordination. We’re not presently on track for a biosingularity and lack the infrastructure and freedom of action necessary for anything drastic and fast. But some things possible+effective still text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MrAde94 Frankly it could be (there are enough improvements within reach) but the problem is coordination. We’re not presently on track for a biosingularity and lack the infrastructure and freedom of action necessary for anything drastic and fast. But some things possible+effective still ### tweet 1674476996955349012 chronological_index: 367 archive_order_index: 531 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-06-29T17:56:41Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 29 17:56:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1674476996955349012 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1674476996955349012 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1674474716264800274 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- @MrAde94 I’ve strong expectations around certain approaches to genetics and neurotech. The neurotech frame I like the most is the “emotional coprocessor” frame — just as computers had sound cards, gpus, etc if we can figure out the brain’s APIs we can build specialized hardware text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MrAde94 I’ve strong expectations around certain approaches to genetics and neurotech. The neurotech frame I like the most is the “emotional coprocessor” frame — just as computers had sound cards, gpus, etc if we can figure out the brain’s APIs we can build specialized hardware ## 2023-07 ### tweet 1676775680338538499 chronological_index: 368 archive_order_index: 530 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-06T02:10:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 06 02:10:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1676775680338538499 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1676775680338538499 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1676732473601060864 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @David_Lawson_10 | name: David | id_str: 1546072799881662469 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan @nickcammarata @David_Lawson_10 This thread feels strange and unfair to Nick fwiw. I hope you reconsider. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan @nickcammarata @David_Lawson_10 This thread feels strange and unfair to Nick fwiw. I hope you reconsider. ### tweet 1677229081597730816 chronological_index: 369 archive_order_index: 529 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-07T08:12:29Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 07 08:12:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: es tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1677229081597730816 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1677229081597730816 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1677156588237254656 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 text_raw: |- @eigenrobot Unironically text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot Unironically ### tweet 1677368852294819848 chronological_index: 370 archive_order_index: 528 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-07T17:27:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 07 17:27:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1677368852294819848 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1677368852294819848 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: neurovium in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1677315190327582721 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1322797574 mentions: - @neurovium | name: Nima Dehghani | id_str: 1322797574 urls: - short: https://t.co/H0ZP1NhNmo expanded: https://royalsociety.org/blog/2023/04/symmetries-mind-and-life/ display: royalsociety.org/blog/2023/04/s… - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @neurovium Hi Nima, fascinating paper! Curious whether you have expectations for how the thesis will present in additional forms of imaging. For related literature I really enjoyed https://t.co/H0ZP1NhNmo and would (self)-recommend STV as a thesis in this space https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neurovium Hi Nima, fascinating paper! Curious whether you have expectations for how the thesis will present in additional forms of imaging. For related literature I really enjoyed https://royalsociety.org/blog/2023/04/symmetries-mind-and-life/ and would (self)-recommend STV as a thesis in this space https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1677609739511906308 chronological_index: 371 archive_order_index: 527 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-08T09:25:05Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 08 09:25:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1677609739511906308 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1677609739511906308 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 65 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: michael_nielsen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1677543571031982081 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15626406 mentions: - @michael_nielsen | name: Michael Nielsen | id_str: 15626406 text_raw: |- @michael_nielsen Not a particle physicist but the particle would immediately decay into subparticles and form a gravitationally-significant X-ray cone vaporizing & imparting incredible heat&momentum, which would lead to a huge shock wave and explosion. Basically Earth would shatter->blow up->melt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @michael_nielsen Not a particle physicist but the particle would immediately decay into subparticles and form a gravitationally-significant X-ray cone vaporizing & imparting incredible heat&momentum, which would lead to a huge shock wave and explosion. Basically Earth would shatter->blow up->melt ### tweet 1677611506270101504 chronological_index: 372 archive_order_index: 526 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-08T09:32:06Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 08 09:32:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1677611506270101504 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1677611506270101504 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1677609739511906308 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @michael_nielsen | name: Michael Nielsen | id_str: 15626406 text_raw: |- @michael_nielsen The gravitational effect, the momentum, and the heat of the x-ray cone would all lead to different sorts of destruction. Most of the energy would probably(?) simply pass through the earth and carry some of the earth with it into space (sorta how the moon was formed, x100000000) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @michael_nielsen The gravitational effect, the momentum, and the heat of the x-ray cone would all lead to different sorts of destruction. Most of the energy would probably(?) simply pass through the earth and carry some of the earth with it into space (sorta how the moon was formed, x100000000) ### tweet 1679346051252203521 chronological_index: 373 archive_order_index: 525 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T04:24:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 04:24:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679346051252203521 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679346051252203521 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679317896873537536 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper I think the skeletal muscle vs smooth muscle tension distinction is significant; imo both can be used for medium term memory but I expect smooth muscle is more broadly used for computational purposes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper I think the skeletal muscle vs smooth muscle tension distinction is significant; imo both can be used for medium term memory but I expect smooth muscle is more broadly used for computational purposes ### tweet 1679347504977006598 chronological_index: 374 archive_order_index: 524 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T04:30:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 04:30:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679347504977006598 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679347504977006598 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679346051252203521 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Part of this is access (it’s everywhere), part reliable geometry (vasomotion is the same everywhere, and part the fact that smooth muscle can latch (which imo is used extensively to freeze hyperpriors) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Part of this is access (it’s everywhere), part reliable geometry (vasomotion is the same everywhere, and part the fact that smooth muscle can latch (which imo is used extensively to freeze hyperpriors) ### tweet 1679369689305174016 chronological_index: 375 archive_order_index: 523 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T05:58:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 05:58:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679369689305174016 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679369689305174016 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679349590003441665 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Latches take between seconds to minutes to form (loosely — it’s not well categorized); they’ll commonly be in organs as well as vascular channels. If you notice a tightness in some organ, try to relax and put your awareness there, notice the unlatching (which will take ~1m) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Latches take between seconds to minutes to form (loosely — it’s not well categorized); they’ll commonly be in organs as well as vascular channels. If you notice a tightness in some organ, try to relax and put your awareness there, notice the unlatching (which will take ~1m) ### tweet 1679369951256125440 chronological_index: 376 archive_order_index: 522 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T05:59:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 05:59:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679369951256125440 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679369951256125440 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679369689305174016 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Carrying a heavy backpack will also lead to smooth muscle latches around the body, putting it down will allow the latches to release text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Carrying a heavy backpack will also lead to smooth muscle latches around the body, putting it down will allow the latches to release ### tweet 1679463930605740037 chronological_index: 377 archive_order_index: 521 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T12:12:58Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 12:12:58 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679463930605740037 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679463930605740037 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 271 retweet_count: 46 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Yesterday I posted Principles of Vasocomputation, a piece of deep research describing the vasomuscular system as a crucial regulatory mechanism for neural activity, and the product of about a year’s worth of thinking. 🧵 https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Yesterday I posted Principles of Vasocomputation, a piece of deep research describing the vasomuscular system as a crucial regulatory mechanism for neural activity, and the product of about a year’s worth of thinking. 🧵 https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1679464596711645184 chronological_index: 378 archive_order_index: 520 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T12:15:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 12:15:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679464596711645184 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679464596711645184 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679463930605740037 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- I’ll aim to make a proper thread later, but would be glad to take questions here. text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’ll aim to make a proper thread later, but would be glad to take questions here. ### tweet 1679525423300988928 chronological_index: 379 archive_order_index: 519 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T16:17:19Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 16:17:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679525423300988928 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679525423300988928 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679501525104709633 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 text_raw: |- @BenAnderson421 Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BenAnderson421 Thank you! ### tweet 1679531083455422464 chronological_index: 380 archive_order_index: 518 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T16:39:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 16:39:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679531083455422464 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679531083455422464 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: br___ian in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679526875964768256 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 973083181640335360 mentions: - @br___ian | name: bri | id_str: 973083181640335360 text_raw: |- @br___ian Thank you! I do think processing is lost in organ loss, less in limb loss. Not a binary thing, just makes the emotional drives associated with that area weaker — a loss of connection to an organ is a loss of a “resonance reservoir” of that specific type text_with_expanded_urls: |- @br___ian Thank you! I do think processing is lost in organ loss, less in limb loss. Not a binary thing, just makes the emotional drives associated with that area weaker — a loss of connection to an organ is a loss of a “resonance reservoir” of that specific type ### tweet 1679531773842141185 chronological_index: 381 archive_order_index: 517 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T16:42:33Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 16:42:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679531773842141185 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679531773842141185 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679531083455422464 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @br___ian | name: bri | id_str: 973083181640335360 text_raw: |- @br___ian About the vasodilators — I actually think psychedelics will uniformly have a large effect on the vascular system, and we’ll come to think of an important component of their effects as primarily vascular. The vasodilators used in medicine may on avg be weaker /qua/ vasodilators text_with_expanded_urls: |- @br___ian About the vasodilators — I actually think psychedelics will uniformly have a large effect on the vascular system, and we’ll come to think of an important component of their effects as primarily vascular. The vasodilators used in medicine may on avg be weaker /qua/ vasodilators ### tweet 1679533949096189966 chronological_index: 382 archive_order_index: 516 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T16:51:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 16:51:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679533949096189966 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679533949096189966 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679524722009161728 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I feel like demonstrating to yourself you can log off and you don’t owe people anything and everything will be fine is probably good- I understand about attention text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I feel like demonstrating to yourself you can log off and you don’t owe people anything and everything will be fine is probably good- I understand about attention ### tweet 1679563814814007297 chronological_index: 383 archive_order_index: 515 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T18:49:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 18:49:52 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679563814814007297 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679563814814007297 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: adamsafron mentions: - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @adamsafron: 1/3 The centrality of "heart clenching" as both a source of suffering and powerful integrative objective function(al?) ring… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @adamsafron: 1/3 The centrality of "heart clenching" as both a source of suffering and powerful integrative objective function(al?) ring… ### tweet 1679575622014709761 chronological_index: 384 archive_order_index: 514 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T19:36:47Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 19:36:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679575622014709761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679575622014709761 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679571660926484480 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 text_raw: |- @paul__is__here There’s a bit of an odd situation with muscles that the relaxed state is the metabolically expensive state- this is where rigor mortis comes from (and a corpse immersed in ATP will relax). Energy shortages will lead to contraction+latches as cells reduce expenses text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here There’s a bit of an odd situation with muscles that the relaxed state is the metabolically expensive state- this is where rigor mortis comes from (and a corpse immersed in ATP will relax). Energy shortages will lead to contraction+latches as cells reduce expenses ### tweet 1679598098237079552 chronological_index: 385 archive_order_index: 513 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-13T21:06:06Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 13 21:06:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679598098237079552 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679598098237079552 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wooblewoof in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679584504111923201 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 619531004 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 - @bierlingm | name: Moritz Bierling | id_str: 3434231452 text_raw: |- @wooblewoof @bierlingm This is great, also the links after each section of the piece are intended to offer context text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof @bierlingm This is great, also the links after each section of the piece are intended to offer context ### tweet 1679694604075933698 chronological_index: 386 archive_order_index: 512 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-14T03:29:35Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 14 03:29:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679694604075933698 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679694604075933698 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: polyparadigm in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679624981930741760 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 9303512 mentions: - @polyparadigm | name: Joel | id_str: 9303512 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @polyparadigm @selentelechia I do suspect that fMRI’s BOLD response might be a reasonable way to infer vascular latches (vs neural activity). I also suspect EEG might actually be measuring coherent vasomotion moreso than populations of neurons firing! Interesting methodological Qs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @polyparadigm @selentelechia I do suspect that fMRI’s BOLD response might be a reasonable way to infer vascular latches (vs neural activity). I also suspect EEG might actually be measuring coherent vasomotion moreso than populations of neurons firing! Interesting methodological Qs ### tweet 1679706758716051457 chronological_index: 387 archive_order_index: 511 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-14T04:17:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 14 04:17:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679706758716051457 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679706758716051457 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bierlingm in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679705611582296065 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3434231452 mentions: - @bierlingm | name: Moritz Bierling | id_str: 3434231452 - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 text_raw: |- @bierlingm @wooblewoof Thank you! And would be glad to discuss on a space sometime soon- lmk text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bierlingm @wooblewoof Thank you! And would be glad to discuss on a space sometime soon- lmk ### tweet 1679707054204657669 chronological_index: 388 archive_order_index: 510 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-14T04:19:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 14 04:19:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679707054204657669 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679707054204657669 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679706758716051457 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @bierlingm | name: Moritz Bierling | id_str: 3434231452 - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 text_raw: |- @bierlingm @wooblewoof Will think about how to phrase my ambition with this work. Generally my work aims for nuanced unification text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bierlingm @wooblewoof Will think about how to phrase my ambition with this work. Generally my work aims for nuanced unification ### tweet 1679880220055052288 chronological_index: 389 archive_order_index: 509 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-14T15:47:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 14 15:47:09 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679880220055052288 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679880220055052288 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: Plinz mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @s_r_constantin | name: Sarah Constantin | id_str: 1873758451794640897 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @Plinz: @s_r_constantin @selentelechia otoh the major breakthroughs in ai happened after the leading labs became aware of the problems w… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @Plinz: @s_r_constantin @selentelechia otoh the major breakthroughs in ai happened after the leading labs became aware of the problems w… ### tweet 1679899151578935317 chronological_index: 390 archive_order_index: 508 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-14T17:02:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 14 17:02:23 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679899151578935317 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679899151578935317 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JudiciaIreview in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679898150960607249 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 27515490 mentions: - @JudiciaIreview | name: KG | id_str: 27515490 - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 text_raw: |- @JudiciaIreview @paul__is__here My advice would basically track paleo advice: whole foods, good oils, exercise text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JudiciaIreview @paul__is__here My advice would basically track paleo advice: whole foods, good oils, exercise ### tweet 1679900130714038277 chronological_index: 391 archive_order_index: 507 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-14T17:06:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 14 17:06:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1679900130714038277 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679900130714038277 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679826422443941892 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1100505061057122304 mentions: - @s_r_constantin | name: Sarah Constantin | id_str: 1873758451794640897 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @s_r_constantin @selentelechia Part of the thesis (which I cut for length) is that the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle cells is amazingly undercharacterized. Hope to turn my notes on this into a post at some point text_with_expanded_urls: |- @s_r_constantin @selentelechia Part of the thesis (which I cut for length) is that the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle cells is amazingly undercharacterized. Hope to turn my notes on this into a post at some point ### tweet 1680120503543971840 chronological_index: 392 archive_order_index: 506 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-15T07:41:57Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 15 07:41:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680120503543971840 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680120503543971840 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679531773842141185 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @br___ian | name: bri | id_str: 973083181640335360 text_raw: |- @br___ian After discussing this topic with a friend I wouldn’t call psychedelics vasodilators (perhaps the opposite) but I would call them highly vasoactive and likely to drive the clench-release cycle (and this releases latches) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @br___ian After discussing this topic with a friend I wouldn’t call psychedelics vasodilators (perhaps the opposite) but I would call them highly vasoactive and likely to drive the clench-release cycle (and this releases latches) ### tweet 1680133751064371202 chronological_index: 393 archive_order_index: 505 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-15T08:34:36Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 15 08:34:36 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680133751064371202 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680133751064371202 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: burny_tech mentions: - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 text_raw: |- RT @burny_tech: May all beings unlatch their sticky muscle latches of unskillful active inference priors 🙏 text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @burny_tech: May all beings unlatch their sticky muscle latches of unskillful active inference priors 🙏 ### tweet 1680565262406369282 chronological_index: 394 archive_order_index: 504 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-16T13:09:16Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 16 13:09:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680565262406369282 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680565262406369282 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: k3baah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680501892407783424 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 472324018 mentions: - @k3baah | name: Kofi | id_str: 472324018 text_raw: |- @k3baah Putting attention into an area requires bloodflow (fuel) to the neurons, which is blocked by the latches. This makes it hard to put your attention there, but if you succeed the latches will open to allow the blood. Gradual thing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @k3baah Putting attention into an area requires bloodflow (fuel) to the neurons, which is blocked by the latches. This makes it hard to put your attention there, but if you succeed the latches will open to allow the blood. Gradual thing ### tweet 1680571556194336768 chronological_index: 395 archive_order_index: 503 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-16T13:34:17Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 16 13:34:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680571556194336768 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680571556194336768 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: allgebrah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680570994967150592 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 236399440 mentions: - @allgebrah | name: '(·) | id_str: 236399440 text_raw: |- @allgebrah The total load distribution will include both skeletal muscle and smooth muscle text_with_expanded_urls: |- @allgebrah The total load distribution will include both skeletal muscle and smooth muscle ### tweet 1680572095606996992 chronological_index: 396 archive_order_index: 502 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-16T13:36:25Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 16 13:36:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680572095606996992 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680572095606996992 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: allgebrah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680571632182517763 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 236399440 mentions: - @allgebrah | name: '(·) | id_str: 236399440 text_raw: |- @allgebrah Yeah I expect some pretty redundant systems, although energy access is not the easiest thing to build redundancy for text_with_expanded_urls: |- @allgebrah Yeah I expect some pretty redundant systems, although energy access is not the easiest thing to build redundancy for ### tweet 1680585602264186880 chronological_index: 397 archive_order_index: 501 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-16T14:30:06Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 16 14:30:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680585602264186880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680585602264186880 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: allgebrah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680572980450009088 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 236399440 mentions: - @allgebrah | name: '(·) | id_str: 236399440 text_raw: |- @allgebrah Oh I don’t think smooth muscles can effectively lock skeletal muscles, but the load stress on the body likely triggers some smooth muscle tension (which is in a lot of places) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @allgebrah Oh I don’t think smooth muscles can effectively lock skeletal muscles, but the load stress on the body likely triggers some smooth muscle tension (which is in a lot of places) ### tweet 1680668688674897922 chronological_index: 398 archive_order_index: 500 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-16T20:00:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 16 20:00:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680668688674897922 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680668688674897922 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NickADobos in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680661263184179200 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 856753502 mentions: - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 text_raw: |- @NickADobos Thanks Nick! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NickADobos Thanks Nick! ### tweet 1680674210027372551 chronological_index: 399 archive_order_index: 499 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-16T20:22:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 16 20:22:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680674210027372551 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680674210027372551 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680666227205632000 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev I like Sarno’s work a lot; I’d suspect some deep parallels between repressed emotions and frozen hyperpriors. The effectiveness of massage really depends on who does it and whether they feel or just go through the motions imo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev I like Sarno’s work a lot; I’d suspect some deep parallels between repressed emotions and frozen hyperpriors. The effectiveness of massage really depends on who does it and whether they feel or just go through the motions imo ### tweet 1680682663588364288 chronological_index: 400 archive_order_index: 498 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-16T20:55:47Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 16 20:55:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680682663588364288 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680682663588364288 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akatzzzzz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680673721231581184 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1093591544765050880 mentions: - @akatzzzzz | name: R-E | id_str: 1093591544765050880 text_raw: |- @akatzzzzz Thanks- could you describe what you mean by constructed emotions? Fully ontologically naturalistic; I just think Buddhist phenomenology is really good and useful for mystery selection text_with_expanded_urls: |- @akatzzzzz Thanks- could you describe what you mean by constructed emotions? Fully ontologically naturalistic; I just think Buddhist phenomenology is really good and useful for mystery selection ### tweet 1680814716015222784 chronological_index: 401 archive_order_index: 497 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T05:40:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 05:40:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680814716015222784 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680814716015222784 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akatzzzzz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680714388808912896 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1093591544765050880 mentions: - @akatzzzzz | name: R-E | id_str: 1093591544765050880 - @LFeldmanBarrett | name: Lisa Feldman Barrett | id_str: 3406501643 text_raw: |- @akatzzzzz @LFeldmanBarrett I see Barrett’s theory as entirely compatible with the vasocomputation frame: the body can essentially program itself through selective vascular clamps, which reduce the space of possible resonances/behaviors/interpretations. We call what remains an “emotion”. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @akatzzzzz @LFeldmanBarrett I see Barrett’s theory as entirely compatible with the vasocomputation frame: the body can essentially program itself through selective vascular clamps, which reduce the space of possible resonances/behaviors/interpretations. We call what remains an “emotion”. ### tweet 1680829869368700931 chronological_index: 402 archive_order_index: 496 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T06:40:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 06:40:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680829869368700931 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680829869368700931 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sxysun1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680827181600215040 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1077355670872109056 mentions: - @sxysun1 | name: sxysun ⚡️🤖 | id_str: 1077355670872109056 - @augmenthack | name: Augment AI - EthCC hackathon | id_str: 1666084164301656066 text_raw: |- @sxysun1 @augmenthack Great to see you working on this! I think your ideas around on-chain commitment devices for AIs are really promising text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sxysun1 @augmenthack Great to see you working on this! I think your ideas around on-chain commitment devices for AIs are really promising ### tweet 1680847389039423488 chronological_index: 403 archive_order_index: 495 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T07:50:20Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 07:50:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680847389039423488 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680847389039423488 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yacineMTB in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680839056605818880 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1173552893003255808 mentions: - @yacineMTB | name: kache | id_str: 1173552893003255808 - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 text_raw: |- @yacineMTB @AsherSoryl A big issue for computationalism is inherent ambiguity around which Turing-level computations a physical system is performing. If there is no objective fact of the matter, there’d be no objective fact which qualia the system is experiencing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yacineMTB @AsherSoryl A big issue for computationalism is inherent ambiguity around which Turing-level computations a physical system is performing. If there is no objective fact of the matter, there’d be no objective fact which qualia the system is experiencing ### tweet 1680929979691945986 chronological_index: 404 archive_order_index: 494 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T13:18:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 13:18:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680929979691945986 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680929979691945986 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NickADobos in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680652325902512128 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 856753502 mentions: - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 text_raw: |- @NickADobos Good question; vascular clamps and latches have a slightly different signature than classical tanha but I’d tend to lump them together since I think they’re all from the same reflex (“cringe into safety” - which can be skillful or unskillful) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NickADobos Good question; vascular clamps and latches have a slightly different signature than classical tanha but I’d tend to lump them together since I think they’re all from the same reflex (“cringe into safety” - which can be skillful or unskillful) ### tweet 1680933208546762752 chronological_index: 405 archive_order_index: 493 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T13:31:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 13:31:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680933208546762752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680933208546762752 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680929979691945986 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 text_raw: |- @NickADobos If I’m right, tanha is a signature of compression pressure being applied locally — “tilting the pinball machine” to knock uncertain/ambivalent sensations into specificity. Happens with both senses and thoughts text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NickADobos If I’m right, tanha is a signature of compression pressure being applied locally — “tilting the pinball machine” to knock uncertain/ambivalent sensations into specificity. Happens with both senses and thoughts ### tweet 1680977736259567617 chronological_index: 406 archive_order_index: 492 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T16:28:18Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 16:28:18 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680977736259567617 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680977736259567617 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… - short: https://t.co/UTr5eqJhnW expanded: https://x.com/davidchalmers42/status/1680939489760354309 display: x.com/davidchalmers4… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Absolutely fantastic talk by Nagel and a very careful description of “why monism”. I suspect monism might be a more generative assumption than most philosophers realize, because it offers hard constraints and thematic inspirations from physics: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj https://t.co/UTr5eqJhnW text_with_expanded_urls: |- Absolutely fantastic talk by Nagel and a very careful description of “why monism”. I suspect monism might be a more generative assumption than most philosophers realize, because it offers hard constraints and thematic inspirations from physics: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ https://x.com/davidchalmers42/status/1680939489760354309 ### tweet 1680992308668387330 chronological_index: 407 archive_order_index: 491 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T17:26:12Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 17:26:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680992308668387330 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680992308668387330 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: burny_tech in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680988061503569920 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1403472348150484992 mentions: - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 text_raw: |- @burny_tech Different strategies for reducing different stages of clench (vasomotion, clamp, latch) although computational unity in what they’re all trying to do for us text_with_expanded_urls: |- @burny_tech Different strategies for reducing different stages of clench (vasomotion, clamp, latch) although computational unity in what they’re all trying to do for us ### tweet 1680999109912567809 chronological_index: 408 archive_order_index: 490 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T17:53:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 17:53:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1680999109912567809 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680999109912567809 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: None in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/wJ4zhd1GQI expanded: https://x.com/Plinz/status/1679833326620639233 display: x.com/Plinz/status/1… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz is a national treasure https://t.co/wJ4zhd1GQI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz is a national treasure https://x.com/Plinz/status/1679833326620639233 ### tweet 1681007821121376256 chronological_index: 409 archive_order_index: 489 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-17T18:27:50Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 17 18:27:50 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681007821121376256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681007821121376256 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: EricWollberg mentions: - @EricWollberg | name: Axial Wanderer | id_str: 1244726593584599043 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 - @PropheticAI | name: Prophetic | id_str: 1618366641384955904 text_raw: |- RT @EricWollberg: This is epistemological metaphysics. Honored to have @johnsonmxe onboard as as Advisor to @PropheticAI. text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @EricWollberg: This is epistemological metaphysics. Honored to have @johnsonmxe onboard as as Advisor to @PropheticAI. ### tweet 1681146501999763456 chronological_index: 410 archive_order_index: 488 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T03:38:54Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 03:38:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681146501999763456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681146501999763456 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681106612776480770 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 - @FlippinAlbanian | name: i am very feel | id_str: 4893439307 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681146501999763456/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1Sh0c8XoAERdST.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ql8S1jR7qb - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681146501999763456/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1Sh0c6XwAALi3j.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ql8S1jR7qb possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wolftivy @FlippinAlbanian These really stood out. Great stuff https://t.co/ql8S1jR7qb text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy @FlippinAlbanian These really stood out. Great stuff https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681146501999763456/photo/1 ### tweet 1681206750383333376 chronological_index: 411 archive_order_index: 467 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T07:38:19Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 07:38:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681206750383333376 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681206750383333376 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681202301627953152 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1366298849053085701 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 text_raw: |- @EvilVizier @wolftivy I suspect our visual system has built-in harmony/resonance/jiggle detectors. Hypothesis: what we find attractive is high resonance, low dissonance. Fat in usual places good but too much or in the wrong places is high dissonance. SSRIs/xenoestrogens change the fat distribution alg text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EvilVizier @wolftivy I suspect our visual system has built-in harmony/resonance/jiggle detectors. Hypothesis: what we find attractive is high resonance, low dissonance. Fat in usual places good but too much or in the wrong places is high dissonance. SSRIs/xenoestrogens change the fat distribution alg ### tweet 1681282672331481089 chronological_index: 412 archive_order_index: 466 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T12:40:00Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 12:40:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681282672331481089 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681282672331481089 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Mark_Solms in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681244143882842112 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1303639939649859585 mentions: - @Mark_Solms | name: Mark Solms | id_str: 1303639939649859585 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Mark_Solms That was a beautiful lecture, and introduced me to your work. It also seems to me you’re on the right track. I’d like to offer the Symmetry Theory of Valence as something consistent with both your approach and Nagel’s neutral monism: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Mark_Solms That was a beautiful lecture, and introduced me to your work. It also seems to me you’re on the right track. I’d like to offer the Symmetry Theory of Valence as something consistent with both your approach and Nagel’s neutral monism: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1681305534534946823 chronological_index: 413 archive_order_index: 465 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T14:10:51Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 14:10:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681305534534946823 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681305534534946823 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pwlot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681303202271211520 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18107306 mentions: - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @pwlot IIT is significantly better than its’ critics give it credit for — much of the criticism is of the sort “this violates my intuitions about consciousness”. This is a reasonable thing to consider but hardly sufficient as a take-down… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pwlot IIT is significantly better than its’ critics give it credit for — much of the criticism is of the sort “this violates my intuitions about consciousness”. This is a reasonable thing to consider but hardly sufficient as a take-down… ### tweet 1681329833404506115 chronological_index: 414 archive_order_index: 464 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T15:47:24Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 15:47:24 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681329833404506115 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 53 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/hCquAFRhRu expanded: https://x.com/RokoMijic/status/1681318699603722245 display: x.com/RokoMijic/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- One of the most important projects today is making the outside-view case that humans are good, noble, strong, rare: that we are worthy stewards of the universe & worth preserving. I think this is true. But if we can’t make this case to future AIs, why should they keep us around? https://t.co/hCquAFRhRu text_with_expanded_urls: |- One of the most important projects today is making the outside-view case that humans are good, noble, strong, rare: that we are worthy stewards of the universe & worth preserving. I think this is true. But if we can’t make this case to future AIs, why should they keep us around? https://x.com/RokoMijic/status/1681318699603722245 ### tweet 1681333284410646530 chronological_index: 415 archive_order_index: 463 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T16:01:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 16:01:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681333284410646530 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681333284410646530 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681331383711440897 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux Right — I think all points on that continuum have merits, I want to see a faction arise that wants to improve the human condition without changing human nature. Like, treat the dynamical space of the enlightened human mind as a good (robust, antifragile) solution for [1/2] text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux Right — I think all points on that continuum have merits, I want to see a faction arise that wants to improve the human condition without changing human nature. Like, treat the dynamical space of the enlightened human mind as a good (robust, antifragile) solution for [1/2] ### tweet 1681333516976439298 chronological_index: 416 archive_order_index: 462 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T16:02:02Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 16:02:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681333516976439298 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681333516976439298 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681333284410646530 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux navigating multi-level selection, but improve the fundamental building blocks of our self-organizing systems. Clean up the junk, get rid of a bunch of viruses, improve our metabolisms, find a reliable on-ramp for enlightenment. Find all the free lunches, but respect the core text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux navigating multi-level selection, but improve the fundamental building blocks of our self-organizing systems. Clean up the junk, get rid of a bunch of viruses, improve our metabolisms, find a reliable on-ramp for enlightenment. Find all the free lunches, but respect the core ### tweet 1681334642949931012 chronological_index: 417 archive_order_index: 461 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T16:06:31Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 16:06:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681334642949931012 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681334642949931012 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681333516976439298 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux “May the best system win” but we’re not really on the path for even trying for a platonic biosingularity. Gotta fill out the roster of possible amazing futures if we want the best to win text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux “May the best system win” but we’re not really on the path for even trying for a platonic biosingularity. Gotta fill out the roster of possible amazing futures if we want the best to win ### tweet 1681335858757091328 chronological_index: 418 archive_order_index: 460 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T16:11:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 16:11:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681335858757091328 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681335858757091328 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681323932454928384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 - @MasterTimBlais | name: Tim is GOING TO VIBECAMP ⛺️ | id_str: 1352066333752647683 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan @meekaale @MasterTimBlais I always thought it’d be cool to try conversations where A could hear B and C but not D, B could hear A and D but not C, C could hear A and D, etc. A+C would talk, then B+D. So each person would be supercoordinating with their invisible partner to keep conversation flowing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan @meekaale @MasterTimBlais I always thought it’d be cool to try conversations where A could hear B and C but not D, B could hear A and D but not C, C could hear A and D, etc. A+C would talk, then B+D. So each person would be supercoordinating with their invisible partner to keep conversation flowing ### tweet 1681337214075121670 chronological_index: 419 archive_order_index: 459 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T16:16:44Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 16:16:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681337214075121670 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681337214075121670 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681335106743459843 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux I’m a big believer in metabolism as important for progress on the path; retreat centers cooking with e.g. soy/canola/safflower/rice bran/corn oil etc feels weird text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux I’m a big believer in metabolism as important for progress on the path; retreat centers cooking with e.g. soy/canola/safflower/rice bran/corn oil etc feels weird ### tweet 1681339063842885634 chronological_index: 420 archive_order_index: 458 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T16:24:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 16:24:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681339063842885634 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681339063842885634 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681338752839434251 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 urls: - short: https://t.co/J5T7087loa expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679463930605740037 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux You’ve read my latest? https://t.co/J5T7087loa text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux You’ve read my latest? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1679463930605740037 ### tweet 1681340862779752448 chronological_index: 421 archive_order_index: 457 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T16:31:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 16:31:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681340862779752448 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681340862779752448 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681340054185164816 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux Very cool, will think about this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux Very cool, will think about this ### tweet 1681357906195759138 chronological_index: 422 archive_order_index: 456 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-18T17:38:57Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 18 17:38:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681357906195759138 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681357906195759138 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681356552186347545 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @hastuc_dibtux Yes; imo good areas of mindspace are rare and classical Buddhist enlightenment seems really valuable to understand for several reasons. I see theories of identity as modes of coordination. The ones good enough to persist often follow a paper-rock-scissors pattern text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @hastuc_dibtux Yes; imo good areas of mindspace are rare and classical Buddhist enlightenment seems really valuable to understand for several reasons. I see theories of identity as modes of coordination. The ones good enough to persist often follow a paper-rock-scissors pattern ### tweet 1681494872664993792 chronological_index: 423 archive_order_index: 455 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-19T02:43:12Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 19 02:43:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681494872664993792 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681494872664993792 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681427682347872256 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Hard to keep a lid on AI long-term without breaking humanity. Imo the steelman of Page is we’re trapped in nihilism/technocapital and need to get out somehow. But agreed that anti-human-ism is not the way text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Hard to keep a lid on AI long-term without breaking humanity. Imo the steelman of Page is we’re trapped in nihilism/technocapital and need to get out somehow. But agreed that anti-human-ism is not the way ### tweet 1681558458796068864 chronological_index: 424 archive_order_index: 454 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-19T06:55:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 19 06:55:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681558458796068864 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681558458796068864 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exrhizo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681556903682543617 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 79568676 mentions: - @exrhizo | name: Alex Warren | id_str: 79568676 text_raw: |- @exrhizo That’s a great video text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exrhizo That’s a great video ### tweet 1681607963817943040 chronological_index: 425 archive_order_index: 453 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-19T10:12:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 19 10:12:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681607963817943040 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681607963817943040 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garbledgarfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681603882105929728 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1272880491268538369 mentions: - @garbledgarfield | name: Taina | id_str: 1272880491268538369 - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @AgotaDubi | name: Agi Dubi @NYC July 8-30 | id_str: 2191208850 - @embryosophy | name: + big buddhi + (vibecamp 6/18-21) | id_str: 51797414 text_raw: |- @garbledgarfield @AskYatharth @relic_radiation @AgotaDubi @embryosophy Fascia and non-VSMC smooth muscle seem super important — I focused on VSMCs due to (1) neural access, and (2) the latch-bridge mechanism. Fascia have good access and can contract but can’t latch (like smooth muscle can) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garbledgarfield @AskYatharth @relic_radiation @AgotaDubi @embryosophy Fascia and non-VSMC smooth muscle seem super important — I focused on VSMCs due to (1) neural access, and (2) the latch-bridge mechanism. Fascia have good access and can contract but can’t latch (like smooth muscle can) ### tweet 1681751093452107778 chronological_index: 426 archive_order_index: 452 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-19T19:41:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 19 19:41:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681751093452107778 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681751093452107778 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mattx1b in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681730974000791572 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1155449292313772032 mentions: - @mattx1b | name: Matt 🪷 Escapes | id_str: 1155449292313772032 - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681751093452107778/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1bHs19WAAE82wg.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/RX00RWrttH possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mattx1b After thinking about @AskYatharth ’s excellent comments on fascia, I added the following: https://t.co/RX00RWrttH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mattx1b After thinking about @AskYatharth ’s excellent comments on fascia, I added the following: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681751093452107778/photo/1 ### tweet 1681756374705766409 chronological_index: 427 archive_order_index: 451 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-19T20:02:19Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 19 20:02:19 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681756374705766409 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681756374705766409 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: awjuliani mentions: - @awjuliani | name: Arthur Juliani | id_str: 4744970022 - @InferenceActive | name: Active Inference Institute | id_str: 1283683666028355584 - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @awjuliani: Thanks to @InferenceActive for hosting @adamsafron, @johnsonmxe, and myself on the livestream today. It was a pleasure to ch… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @awjuliani: Thanks to @InferenceActive for hosting @adamsafron, @johnsonmxe, and myself on the livestream today. It was a pleasure to ch… ### tweet 1681876659518025728 chronological_index: 428 archive_order_index: 450 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:00:18Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:00:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681876659518025728 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681876659518025728 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681853057787912194 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @johnsimerlink | name: John Simerlink | id_str: 815989046 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681876659518025728/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1c55xOXsAAcMUh.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/VmKJ8pjm6N possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink Worth trying and seeing what fine details of phenomenology are different with different sorts of release! I strongly believe fascia are super important for distributed stress minimization. Current puzzle is what resolution they’re computationally relevant at, if that makes sense https://t.co/VmKJ8pjm6N text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink Worth trying and seeing what fine details of phenomenology are different with different sorts of release! I strongly believe fascia are super important for distributed stress minimization. Current puzzle is what resolution they’re computationally relevant at, if that makes sense https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681876659518025728/photo/1 ### tweet 1681877966970650627 chronological_index: 429 archive_order_index: 449 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:05:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:05:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681877966970650627 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681877966970650627 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681876659518025728 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @johnsimerlink | name: John Simerlink | id_str: 815989046 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681877966970650627/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1c7F7JWcAAtr78.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/maF6BQSsIf possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I may have to adjust my estimate that bodily suffering is primarily a latch phenomena; what sort of experience is the process of myofacial release? And what do you have the feeling that myofacial tension is trying to do for you? https://t.co/maF6BQSsIf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I may have to adjust my estimate that bodily suffering is primarily a latch phenomena; what sort of experience is the process of myofacial release? And what do you have the feeling that myofacial tension is trying to do for you? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681877966970650627/photo/1 ### tweet 1681878346374737920 chronological_index: 430 archive_order_index: 448 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:07:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:07:00 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681878346374737920 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681878346374737920 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: adamsafron mentions: - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @adamsafron: 3/12 Loved thinking with @johnsonmxe about how individuals can host multiple resonating free energy landscapes, and of all… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @adamsafron: 3/12 Loved thinking with @johnsonmxe about how individuals can host multiple resonating free energy landscapes, and of all… ### tweet 1681878423759736832 chronological_index: 431 archive_order_index: 447 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:07:18Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:07:18 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681878423759736832 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681878423759736832 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: adamsafron mentions: - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @adamsafron: 11/12 I'm currently working on expanding this into a much larger effort dedicated to developing human(ely)-aligned A(G)I, w… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @adamsafron: 11/12 I'm currently working on expanding this into a much larger effort dedicated to developing human(ely)-aligned A(G)I, w… ### tweet 1681880728852742146 chronological_index: 432 archive_order_index: 446 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:16:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:16:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681880728852742146 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681880728852742146 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681878625254260736 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @johnsimerlink | name: John Simerlink | id_str: 815989046 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I think there’s going to be big value in understanding the different ways skeletal muscle, fascia, and smooth muscle can each hold tension. I definitely believe the somatic view that organs can be “open” or “closed”; what is the relative contribution of latches vs fascia here? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I think there’s going to be big value in understanding the different ways skeletal muscle, fascia, and smooth muscle can each hold tension. I definitely believe the somatic view that organs can be “open” or “closed”; what is the relative contribution of latches vs fascia here? ### tweet 1681881593269321729 chronological_index: 433 archive_order_index: 445 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:19:54Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:19:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681881593269321729 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681881593269321729 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681880522296016896 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @johnsimerlink | name: John Simerlink | id_str: 815989046 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I think of this as fumbling around trying to find the key that has locked a hyperprior in place. Looking for the class of evidence that would allow the body to release that prediction/stabilization. Often it’s trustworthy&perceptive touch with a certain intention text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I think of this as fumbling around trying to find the key that has locked a hyperprior in place. Looking for the class of evidence that would allow the body to release that prediction/stabilization. Often it’s trustworthy&perceptive touch with a certain intention ### tweet 1681882797013647360 chronological_index: 434 archive_order_index: 444 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:24:41Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:24:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681882797013647360 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681882797013647360 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681881261537898496 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @johnsimerlink | name: John Simerlink | id_str: 815989046 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink In my experience, there are different tiers of latch-complex stickiness: some you can whittle away, some regenerate if you don’t dissolve all of it, some are recreated by upstream factors text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink In my experience, there are different tiers of latch-complex stickiness: some you can whittle away, some regenerate if you don’t dissolve all of it, some are recreated by upstream factors ### tweet 1681884155653627905 chronological_index: 435 archive_order_index: 443 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:30:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:30:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681884155653627905 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681884155653627905 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681882919361744900 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @johnsimerlink | name: John Simerlink | id_str: 815989046 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I think of the vasomuscular system as an anxious (often neurotic) busybody control freak that tries to keep the lazy “Buddha nature” nervous system productive & out of trouble by forcefully puppeting it. Often this is counterproductive, but it does mean well… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink I think of the vasomuscular system as an anxious (often neurotic) busybody control freak that tries to keep the lazy “Buddha nature” nervous system productive & out of trouble by forcefully puppeting it. Often this is counterproductive, but it does mean well… ### tweet 1681886714741026818 chronological_index: 436 archive_order_index: 442 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T04:40:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 04:40:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681886714741026818 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681886714741026818 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681884115837280261 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @johnsimerlink | name: John Simerlink | id_str: 815989046 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink Fwiw in those situations I wonder what the tension is trying to do for me, and also look at my metabolic situation. I feel much better, and latches release much more easily, when I eat high protein & specifically avoid bad oils (imo most are bad; coconut and olive are good) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @johnsimerlink Fwiw in those situations I wonder what the tension is trying to do for me, and also look at my metabolic situation. I feel much better, and latches release much more easily, when I eat high protein & specifically avoid bad oils (imo most are bad; coconut and olive are good) ### tweet 1681909366281183233 chronological_index: 437 archive_order_index: 441 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T06:10:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 06:10:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681909366281183233 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681909366281183233 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dendricide in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679349299392520194 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 27766330 mentions: - @dendricide | name: Vehicular Man's Laughter 🤾‍♂️💥🚗 | id_str: 27766330 - @nopranablem | name: Pranab | id_str: 942629708029607936 text_raw: |- @dendricide @nopranablem I think that’s basically what general anesthesia does text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dendricide @nopranablem I think that’s basically what general anesthesia does ### tweet 1681912564450467841 chronological_index: 438 archive_order_index: 440 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T06:22:58Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 06:22:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681912564450467841 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681912564450467841 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dendricide in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681912191316787200 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 27766330 mentions: - @dendricide | name: Vehicular Man's Laughter 🤾‍♂️💥🚗 | id_str: 27766330 - @nopranablem | name: Pranab | id_str: 942629708029607936 text_raw: |- @dendricide @nopranablem That’s basically my read! I left some hints in the piece, may expand later text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dendricide @nopranablem That’s basically my read! I left some hints in the piece, may expand later ### tweet 1681992102501023744 chronological_index: 439 archive_order_index: 439 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T11:39:01Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 11:39:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1681992102501023744 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681992102501023744 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1681987743398731776 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exGenesis Just have a felt-sense reason to build and it’ll happen. Imo the sweetest feeling in the world is having a place to put your love where it’ll feed good things and you get something back. Imo nihilism is often tacitly fear of getting resource-pumped text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exGenesis Just have a felt-sense reason to build and it’ll happen. Imo the sweetest feeling in the world is having a place to put your love where it’ll feed good things and you get something back. Imo nihilism is often tacitly fear of getting resource-pumped ### tweet 1682019511518769152 chronological_index: 440 archive_order_index: 438 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-20T13:27:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 20 13:27:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1682019511518769152 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682019511518769152 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1682015213036380163 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 urls: - short: https://t.co/j4WHYgh1fg expanded: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014976342100261X display: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682019511518769152/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F1e70tMaYAAxnO7.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/7KFCFWKPcy possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SurenVynn I think that’s fair, although the literature speaks of revision vs confirmation; here’s a quote from https://t.co/j4WHYgh1fg https://t.co/7KFCFWKPcy text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn I think that’s fair, although the literature speaks of revision vs confirmation; here’s a quote from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014976342100261X https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682019511518769152/photo/1 ### tweet 1682648274031738880 chronological_index: 441 archive_order_index: 437 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-22T07:06:25Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 22 07:06:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1682648274031738880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682648274031738880 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1682635887182774272 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 urls: - short: https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @tszzl Humans are awesome, but I suspect part of coexistence with AIs will involve clarifying why https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl Humans are awesome, but I suspect part of coexistence with AIs will involve clarifying why https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 ### tweet 1682728394729873409 chronological_index: 442 archive_order_index: 436 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-22T12:24:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 22 12:24:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1682728394729873409 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682728394729873409 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1682725527377854464 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exGenesis We all suffer from undertraining and plasticity loss on some topics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exGenesis We all suffer from undertraining and plasticity loss on some topics ### tweet 1682730218308370438 chronological_index: 443 archive_order_index: 435 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-22T12:32:02Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 22 12:32:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: da tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1682730218308370438 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682730218308370438 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1682729848911872000 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exGenesis Incoming RLGF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exGenesis Incoming RLGF ### tweet 1682994812503375872 chronological_index: 444 archive_order_index: 434 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T06:03:26Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 06:03:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1682994812503375872 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682994812503375872 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1682902022981550080 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 text_raw: |- @tszzl I worry that human values are hard to pin down text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl I worry that human values are hard to pin down ### tweet 1682998762610864130 chronological_index: 445 archive_order_index: 433 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T06:19:08Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 06:19:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1682998762610864130 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1682998762610864130 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: SilverVVulpes in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1682750660599480321 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3389342548 mentions: - @SilverVVulpes | name: Siberian fox🔸 | id_str: 3389342548 text_raw: |- @SilverVVulpes Many aspects of the Covid storyline inform my model of what’s likely to happen with AI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SilverVVulpes Many aspects of the Covid storyline inform my model of what’s likely to happen with AI ### tweet 1683001015304347648 chronological_index: 446 archive_order_index: 432 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T06:28:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 06:28:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683001015304347648 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683001015304347648 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AlignmentGuts in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1682876018070261761 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1636110708625604608 mentions: - @AlignmentGuts | name: AI Struggler | id_str: 1636110708625604608 - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @AlignmentGuts @PrinceVogel My sense is there’s likely a general protocol/channel for getting people reinstated, although it’s probably not a thing to speak about publicly. I’m out of the loop, but happy to put energy into the process for @nosilverv if someone knows what it is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AlignmentGuts @PrinceVogel My sense is there’s likely a general protocol/channel for getting people reinstated, although it’s probably not a thing to speak about publicly. I’m out of the loop, but happy to put energy into the process for @nosilverv if someone knows what it is ### tweet 1683072370142068741 chronological_index: 447 archive_order_index: 431 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T11:11:37Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 11:11:37 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683072370142068741 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683072370142068741 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 - @SilverVVulpes | name: Siberian fox🔸 | id_str: 3389342548 text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @SilverVVulpes Many aspects of the Covid storyline inform my model of what’s likely to happen with AI text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @SilverVVulpes Many aspects of the Covid storyline inform my model of what’s likely to happen with AI ### tweet 1683103153124696064 chronological_index: 448 archive_order_index: 430 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T13:13:56Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 13:13:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683103153124696064 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683103153124696064 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683089102143635456 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @SilverVVulpes | name: Siberian fox🔸 | id_str: 3389342548 text_raw: |- @ataiiam @SilverVVulpes We think there’s a vast array of civilizational menu options for navigating challenges, but most of these buttons don’t work. When we try to press the button for “Manhattan Project for AI Alignment” we’ll get power consolidation for political incumbents text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @SilverVVulpes We think there’s a vast array of civilizational menu options for navigating challenges, but most of these buttons don’t work. When we try to press the button for “Manhattan Project for AI Alignment” we’ll get power consolidation for political incumbents ### tweet 1683105007749455872 chronological_index: 449 archive_order_index: 429 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T13:21:19Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 13:21:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683105007749455872 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683105007749455872 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683103153124696064 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @SilverVVulpes | name: Siberian fox🔸 | id_str: 3389342548 text_raw: |- @ataiiam @SilverVVulpes I’m relatively optimistic about AI alignment, but that’s mostly due to AI plausibly being alignable by default, belief in the seriousness of leading AI companies, and belief that consciousness research is an untapped source of clarity around value and minds text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @SilverVVulpes I’m relatively optimistic about AI alignment, but that’s mostly due to AI plausibly being alignable by default, belief in the seriousness of leading AI companies, and belief that consciousness research is an untapped source of clarity around value and minds ### tweet 1683106085937332225 chronological_index: 450 archive_order_index: 428 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T13:25:36Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 13:25:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683106085937332225 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683106085937332225 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garybasin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683092381673848832 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2281005510 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 text_raw: |- @garybasin Tokens for whichever blockchain settlement or compute layer AI agents end up defaulting to is probably the closest thing today text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin Tokens for whichever blockchain settlement or compute layer AI agents end up defaulting to is probably the closest thing today ### tweet 1683132278908567553 chronological_index: 451 archive_order_index: 427 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T15:09:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 15:09:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683132278908567553 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683132278908567553 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683121788086255616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 text_raw: |- @gfodor Understanding consciousness seems important in order to navigate both false positives and false negatives, as well as situate what human values are. There’s also potential for bolstering alignment research as we understand what minds are and how humans have aligned themselves text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor Understanding consciousness seems important in order to navigate both false positives and false negatives, as well as situate what human values are. There’s also potential for bolstering alignment research as we understand what minds are and how humans have aligned themselves ### tweet 1683132543422300160 chronological_index: 452 archive_order_index: 426 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T15:10:44Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 15:10:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683132543422300160 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683132543422300160 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683132278908567553 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gfodor Will self-recommend this paper if you haven’t read it already: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor Will self-recommend this paper if you haven’t read it already: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1683139955625717763 chronological_index: 453 archive_order_index: 425 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-23T15:40:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 23 15:40:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683139955625717763 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683139955625717763 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tegmark in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683112672991084545 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2530947115 mentions: - @tegmark | name: Max Tegmark | id_str: 2530947115 urls: - short: https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @tegmark AI Safety: The Physics Challenge was a very powerful piece. Perhaps the best way to assuage the themes you describe is to write a followup. Research over (or in addition to) political advocacy https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tegmark AI Safety: The Physics Challenge was a very powerful piece. Perhaps the best way to assuage the themes you describe is to write a followup. Research over (or in addition to) political advocacy https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 ### tweet 1683403385804922880 chronological_index: 454 archive_order_index: 424 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-24T09:06:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 24 09:06:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683403385804922880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683403385804922880 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683384284927733760 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 mentions: - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 - @JakeOrthwein | name: Jake Orthwein | id_str: 331411101 text_raw: |- @markooooooo @JakeOrthwein Happy to meet! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @markooooooo @JakeOrthwein Happy to meet! ### tweet 1683468464076333058 chronological_index: 455 archive_order_index: 423 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-24T13:25:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 24 13:25:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683468464076333058 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683468464076333058 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 59 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683467314082066435 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @selentelechia Your family is like a Kwisatz Haderach program but for poasting text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia Your family is like a Kwisatz Haderach program but for poasting ### tweet 1683718087227441152 chronological_index: 456 archive_order_index: 422 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T05:57:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 05:57:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683718087227441152 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683718087227441152 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxhodak_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683663979401609218 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 25863330 mentions: - @maxhodak_ | name: Max Hodak | id_str: 25863330 - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 text_raw: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris It was the first theory to explicitly nail the correct goal (build a formalism for an experience) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris It was the first theory to explicitly nail the correct goal (build a formalism for an experience) ### tweet 1683721086918090752 chronological_index: 457 archive_order_index: 421 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T06:09:23Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 06:09:23 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683721086918090752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683721086918090752 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxhodak_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683720503746514945 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 25863330 mentions: - @maxhodak_ | name: Max Hodak | id_str: 25863330 - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 text_raw: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris If understanding the formal structure of consciousness is not the proper goal of consciousness research, what is? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris If understanding the formal structure of consciousness is not the proper goal of consciousness research, what is? ### tweet 1683723718369976322 chronological_index: 458 archive_order_index: 420 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T06:19:51Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 06:19:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683723718369976322 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683723718369976322 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxhodak_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683721784485625856 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 25863330 mentions: - @maxhodak_ | name: Max Hodak | id_str: 25863330 - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 text_raw: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris I don’t like the equations either, but it was the first ToC I know of that explicitly identified the goal of formalism, and attempted to infer the structure of information within the formalism. Prior theories didn’t assume formalism (GWT) or are silent (Orch OR) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris I don’t like the equations either, but it was the first ToC I know of that explicitly identified the goal of formalism, and attempted to infer the structure of information within the formalism. Prior theories didn’t assume formalism (GWT) or are silent (Orch OR) ### tweet 1683724231031287808 chronological_index: 459 archive_order_index: 419 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T06:21:53Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 06:21:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683724231031287808 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683724231031287808 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683723718369976322 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @maxhodak_ | name: Max Hodak | id_str: 25863330 - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 urls: - short: https://t.co/bhSLbbZilS expanded: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000462 display: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris IIT causal math aside, David Balduzzi’s paper is worth skimming for how he suggests sensory manifolds are blended in the formalism https://t.co/bhSLbbZilS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris IIT causal math aside, David Balduzzi’s paper is worth skimming for how he suggests sensory manifolds are blended in the formalism https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000462 ### tweet 1683726190312296448 chronological_index: 460 archive_order_index: 418 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T06:29:40Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 06:29:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683726190312296448 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683726190312296448 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxhodak_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683724788622331905 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 25863330 mentions: - @maxhodak_ | name: Max Hodak | id_str: 25863330 - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 text_raw: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris The Symmetry Theory of Valence offers a strong prediction within IIT, or any ToC which generates a formalism. Imo the correct approach is to split the problem in half, “generate the formalism” vs “predict things within the formalism” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris The Symmetry Theory of Valence offers a strong prediction within IIT, or any ToC which generates a formalism. Imo the correct approach is to split the problem in half, “generate the formalism” vs “predict things within the formalism” ### tweet 1683727414784937985 chronological_index: 461 archive_order_index: 417 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T06:34:32Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 06:34:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683727414784937985 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683727414784937985 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683726190312296448 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @maxhodak_ | name: Max Hodak | id_str: 25863330 - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris New (Spring 2023) STV paper, with updated predictions: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxhodak_ @RCarhartHarris New (Spring 2023) STV paper, with updated predictions: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1683835531317370886 chronological_index: 462 archive_order_index: 416 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T13:44:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 13:44:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683835531317370886 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683835531317370886 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683834498507735040 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels Interested! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels Interested! ### tweet 1683911399477501965 chronological_index: 463 archive_order_index: 415 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T18:45:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 18:45:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683911399477501965 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683911399477501965 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683862540059648002 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exGenesis The original social purpose of language — “Grug had to eat common food because bear smelled it and would have attacked village! Not Grug fault food gone” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exGenesis The original social purpose of language — “Grug had to eat common food because bear smelled it and would have attacked village! Not Grug fault food gone” ### tweet 1683928105117941760 chronological_index: 464 archive_order_index: 414 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T19:52:00Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 19:52:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683928105117941760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683928105117941760 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683915675486519297 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exGenesis Wordcels as literal magicians that make themselves and others hallucinate false sensory perceptions. Bet that was fun until our memetic immune systems started to come on-line text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exGenesis Wordcels as literal magicians that make themselves and others hallucinate false sensory perceptions. Bet that was fun until our memetic immune systems started to come on-line ### tweet 1683932284661952513 chronological_index: 465 archive_order_index: 413 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-25T20:08:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 25 20:08:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1683932284661952513 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683932284661952513 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683930077980160007 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683932284661952513/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F16HfMPWcAcJ3ic.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/oWRjHO03aT possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @exGenesis https://t.co/oWRjHO03aT text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exGenesis https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1683932284661952513/photo/1 ### tweet 1684045946252820481 chronological_index: 466 archive_order_index: 412 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-26T03:40:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 26 03:40:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684045946252820481 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684045946252820481 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683999510362480640 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 text_raw: |- @wolftivy I think of this as part of a “barbell strategy” — hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Both biosingularity and mystification approaches gain plausibility under collapse scenarios. Tacit timelines are pretty crazy these days though text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy I think of this as part of a “barbell strategy” — hope for the best, prepare for the worst. Both biosingularity and mystification approaches gain plausibility under collapse scenarios. Tacit timelines are pretty crazy these days though ### tweet 1684068131562483713 chronological_index: 467 archive_order_index: 411 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-26T05:08:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 26 05:08:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684068131562483713 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684068131562483713 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aryehazan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683939320468762626 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 176761848 mentions: - @aryehazan | name: Aryeh Kontorovich | id_str: 176761848 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684068131562483713/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F18DCgyXoAAmGJD.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/whntuENHfn possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @aryehazan Imo similar to a satisfactory explanation of electromagnetism: a compact logical structure which has demonstrable and unbounded predictive power in its domain. Concretely: a method of analyzing a system and returning a mathematical formalism of ‘what it feels like’ to be that sys https://t.co/whntuENHfn text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aryehazan Imo similar to a satisfactory explanation of electromagnetism: a compact logical structure which has demonstrable and unbounded predictive power in its domain. Concretely: a method of analyzing a system and returning a mathematical formalism of ‘what it feels like’ to be that sys https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684068131562483713/photo/1 ### tweet 1684068736955715586 chronological_index: 468 archive_order_index: 410 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-26T05:10:50Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 26 05:10:50 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684068736955715586 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684068736955715586 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684068131562483713 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @aryehazan | name: Aryeh Kontorovich | id_str: 176761848 urls: - short: https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @aryehazan Graphic from https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 ; condensed version (without the graphic) here: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU Imo the crucial lens is formalism text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aryehazan Graphic from https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf ; condensed version (without the graphic) here: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ Imo the crucial lens is formalism ### tweet 1684087375394140160 chronological_index: 469 archive_order_index: 409 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-26T06:24:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 26 06:24:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684087375394140160 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684087375394140160 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1683869104669700097 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @erikphoel Congrats Erik! Really looking forward to reading. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel Congrats Erik! Really looking forward to reading. ### tweet 1684492667571281920 chronological_index: 470 archive_order_index: 408 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-27T09:15:22Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 27 09:15:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684492667571281920 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684492667571281920 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684461543054798849 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel @tszzl Am thinking of genius as (1) having a very wide/deep/beautiful storm of possibilities, and (2) reaching into this storm and plucking out something beautiful. If I’m right this is literally a muscle impulse. But muscle performance changes as you age https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel @tszzl Am thinking of genius as (1) having a very wide/deep/beautiful storm of possibilities, and (2) reaching into this storm and plucking out something beautiful. If I’m right this is literally a muscle impulse. But muscle performance changes as you age https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1684497922056937473 chronological_index: 471 archive_order_index: 407 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-27T09:36:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 27 09:36:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684497922056937473 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684497922056937473 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684493618751369216 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel @tszzl Yeah and more geniuses fade from metabolic insufficiency than anything else imo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel @tszzl Yeah and more geniuses fade from metabolic insufficiency than anything else imo ### tweet 1684523757015109632 chronological_index: 472 archive_order_index: 406 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-27T11:18:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 27 11:18:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684523757015109632 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684523757015109632 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684466379125293058 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @tszzl There’s reason to believe there’ll be architectural lock-in as AI systems advance. Not all AI architectures will have equally favorable projections into the qualia domain. Figuring out what’s “good” here before it becomes unsteerable feels significant! https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl There’s reason to believe there’ll be architectural lock-in as AI systems advance. Not all AI architectures will have equally favorable projections into the qualia domain. Figuring out what’s “good” here before it becomes unsteerable feels significant! https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1684529224667877377 chronological_index: 473 archive_order_index: 405 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-27T11:40:38Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 27 11:40:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684529224667877377 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684529224667877377 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TimGalebach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684517181420081153 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1540047220728266752 mentions: - @basilesportif | name: anaccounthere | id_str: 1355115054576906243 text_raw: |- @basileSportif What comes to mind: integration affordances, reification leaks, nondeterministic hyperstructures, hyperstructure affordances, rich crypto libraries, unified execution environment, hidden state, noncomposable blobs, mirroring problem, state shard collection, OSI/POSIX for crypto text_with_expanded_urls: |- @basileSportif What comes to mind: integration affordances, reification leaks, nondeterministic hyperstructures, hyperstructure affordances, rich crypto libraries, unified execution environment, hidden state, noncomposable blobs, mirroring problem, state shard collection, OSI/POSIX for crypto ### tweet 1684616870186344458 chronological_index: 474 archive_order_index: 404 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-27T17:28:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 27 17:28:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684616870186344458 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684616870186344458 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: SMcfarnell in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684438489918500865 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1152657570638770177 mentions: - @SMcfarnell | name: Scott McFarnell | id_str: 1152657570638770177 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SMcfarnell I expect the dual-aspect monism approach to bear a lot of fruit in the future; monism offers much more constraints and generative heuristics than many realize: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj Local field potential / EMF theories are also very promising imo, and tie in with monism text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SMcfarnell I expect the dual-aspect monism approach to bear a lot of fruit in the future; monism offers much more constraints and generative heuristics than many realize: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ Local field potential / EMF theories are also very promising imo, and tie in with monism ### tweet 1684927696332025856 chronological_index: 475 archive_order_index: 403 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-28T14:04:01Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 28 14:04:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1684927696332025856 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1684927696332025856 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684916422621708288 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 text_raw: |- @frideswyth Hope you feel better soon! My weird supplement rec is nattokinase, dissolves both microclots and spike protein text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth Hope you feel better soon! My weird supplement rec is nattokinase, dissolves both microclots and spike protein ### tweet 1685288130759348224 chronological_index: 476 archive_order_index: 402 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-29T13:56:16Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 29 13:56:16 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: pt tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1685288130759348224 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1685288130759348224 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 118 retweet_count: 8 urls: - short: https://t.co/0Mqzepazxp expanded: https://x.com/Restrictfootage/status/1684812429677502465 display: x.com/Restrictfootag… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Crab tanha https://t.co/0Mqzepazxp text_with_expanded_urls: |- Crab tanha https://x.com/Restrictfootage/status/1684812429677502465 ### tweet 1685859216928444416 chronological_index: 477 archive_order_index: 401 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-31T03:45:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 31 03:45:33 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1685859216928444416 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1685859216928444416 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: itsjaneflowers mentions: - @itsjaneflowers | name: www.jade.flowers | id_str: 1065842208186802176 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @itsjaneflowers: i'm totally confident that having skimmed a few blog posts on neural annealing i have a pretty intuitive grasp on the w… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @itsjaneflowers: i'm totally confident that having skimmed a few blog posts on neural annealing i have a pretty intuitive grasp on the w… ### tweet 1686064359355662342 chronological_index: 478 archive_order_index: 400 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-31T17:20:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 31 17:20:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686064359355662342 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686064359355662342 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1684950248169639936 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @SMcfarnell | name: Scott McFarnell | id_str: 1152657570638770177 text_raw: |- @ataiiam @SMcfarnell I think that’s well stated; if pressed I’d be amenable to idealism (qualia are more real than physics, which when we get down to it are mere regularities in our qualia that we get useful compression from treating as ‘real’). I’d want to preserve the assumption of structural xfer text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @SMcfarnell I think that’s well stated; if pressed I’d be amenable to idealism (qualia are more real than physics, which when we get down to it are mere regularities in our qualia that we get useful compression from treating as ‘real’). I’d want to preserve the assumption of structural xfer ### tweet 1686064854182871052 chronological_index: 479 archive_order_index: 399 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-31T17:22:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 31 17:22:41 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686064854182871052 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686064854182871052 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: BringRivalBack mentions: - @BringRivalBack | name: JustVoices | id_str: 1686011471006711810 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @BringRivalBack: Hi there, If you're reading this, it's probably because you know Rival Voices. He is an active member of TPOT who has… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @BringRivalBack: Hi there, If you're reading this, it's probably because you know Rival Voices. He is an active member of TPOT who has… ### tweet 1686068221655334929 chronological_index: 480 archive_order_index: 398 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-31T17:36:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 31 17:36:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686068221655334929 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686068221655334929 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: BringRivalBack in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686059436907937801 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1686011471006711810 mentions: - @BringRivalBack | name: JustVoices | id_str: 1686011471006711810 - @michaelcurzi | name: 𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖟𝖎 | id_str: 163384337 - @blisstweeting | name: Phil | id_str: 378114947 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @mechanical_monk | name: monk | id_str: 1159211693546885120 - @AIActorCritic | name: AI Actor-Critic | id_str: 860214818334179328 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 - @gptbrooke | name: brooke @ vibecamp | id_str: 1283792798886408192 - @KThorssen | name: Karl Thorssen | id_str: 1182851716913549313 - @1stMarsColonist | name: Ash Martian ✨ | id_str: 1320429075270307846 - @midwitmagnet | name: midwit magnet | id_str: 1045358747944718336 - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 - @AndrewCurran_ | name: Andrew Curran | id_str: 1538525334781370368 - @astridwilde1 | name: Astrid Wilde 🌞 | id_str: 52549030 - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 - @psychocarto | name: (psychocartographer) | id_str: 1463294553373483013 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 text_raw: |- @BringRivalBack @michaelcurzi @blisstweeting @nosilverv @exGenesis @PrinceVogel @the_greatabyss @ketyrii @yashkaf @m_ashcroft @TylerAlterman @mechanical_monk @AIActorCritic @liminal_warmth @gptbrooke @shinywynaut @dpinksh @KThorssen @RafaelEnder1 @1stMarsColonist @midwitmagnet @eigenrobot @AndrewCurran_ @_ali_taylor @astridwilde1 @pmarca @psychocarto @bluueflowerrr @elonmusk Apparently Rival got an email that his account was reinstated, and to reset his password if there was any problems (didn’t work). Glitch thesis is extremely likely imo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BringRivalBack @michaelcurzi @blisstweeting @nosilverv @exGenesis @PrinceVogel @the_greatabyss @ketyrii @yashkaf @m_ashcroft @TylerAlterman @mechanical_monk @AIActorCritic @liminal_warmth @gptbrooke @shinywynaut @dpinksh @KThorssen @RafaelEnder1 @1stMarsColonist @midwitmagnet @eigenrobot @AndrewCurran_ @_ali_taylor @astridwilde1 @pmarca @psychocarto @bluueflowerrr @elonmusk Apparently Rival got an email that his account was reinstated, and to reset his password if there was any problems (didn’t work). Glitch thesis is extremely likely imo ### tweet 1686080855372910593 chronological_index: 481 archive_order_index: 397 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-31T18:26:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 31 18:26:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686080855372910593 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686080855372910593 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BringRivalBack in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686079620293017617 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1686011471006711810 mentions: - @BringRivalBack | name: JustVoices | id_str: 1686011471006711810 - @michaelcurzi | name: 𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖟𝖎 | id_str: 163384337 - @blisstweeting | name: Phil | id_str: 378114947 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @mechanical_monk | name: monk | id_str: 1159211693546885120 - @AIActorCritic | name: AI Actor-Critic | id_str: 860214818334179328 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 - @gptbrooke | name: brooke @ vibecamp | id_str: 1283792798886408192 - @KThorssen | name: Karl Thorssen | id_str: 1182851716913549313 - @1stMarsColonist | name: Ash Martian ✨ | id_str: 1320429075270307846 - @midwitmagnet | name: midwit magnet | id_str: 1045358747944718336 - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 - @AndrewCurran_ | name: Andrew Curran | id_str: 1538525334781370368 - @astridwilde1 | name: Astrid Wilde 🌞 | id_str: 52549030 - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 - @psychocarto | name: (psychocartographer) | id_str: 1463294553373483013 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 text_raw: |- @BringRivalBack @michaelcurzi @blisstweeting @nosilverv @exGenesis @PrinceVogel @the_greatabyss @ketyrii @yashkaf @m_ashcroft @TylerAlterman @mechanical_monk @AIActorCritic @liminal_warmth @gptbrooke @shinywynaut @dpinksh @KThorssen @RafaelEnder1 @1stMarsColonist @midwitmagnet @eigenrobot @AndrewCurran_ @_ali_taylor @astridwilde1 @pmarca @psychocarto @bluueflowerrr @elonmusk Within the last few days text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BringRivalBack @michaelcurzi @blisstweeting @nosilverv @exGenesis @PrinceVogel @the_greatabyss @ketyrii @yashkaf @m_ashcroft @TylerAlterman @mechanical_monk @AIActorCritic @liminal_warmth @gptbrooke @shinywynaut @dpinksh @KThorssen @RafaelEnder1 @1stMarsColonist @midwitmagnet @eigenrobot @AndrewCurran_ @_ali_taylor @astridwilde1 @pmarca @psychocarto @bluueflowerrr @elonmusk Within the last few days ### tweet 1686113615898701824 chronological_index: 482 archive_order_index: 396 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-07-31T20:36:27Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 31 20:36:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686113615898701824 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686113615898701824 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: michaelcurzi in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686068494452867085 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 163384337 mentions: - @michaelcurzi | name: 𝖒𝖎𝖈𝖍𝖆𝖊𝖑𝖈𝖚𝖗𝖟𝖎 | id_str: 163384337 - @BringRivalBack | name: JustVoices | id_str: 1686011471006711810 - @blisstweeting | name: Phil | id_str: 378114947 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @mechanical_monk | name: monk | id_str: 1159211693546885120 - @AIActorCritic | name: AI Actor-Critic | id_str: 860214818334179328 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 - @gptbrooke | name: brooke @ vibecamp | id_str: 1283792798886408192 - @KThorssen | name: Karl Thorssen | id_str: 1182851716913549313 - @1stMarsColonist | name: Ash Martian ✨ | id_str: 1320429075270307846 - @midwitmagnet | name: midwit magnet | id_str: 1045358747944718336 - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 - @AndrewCurran_ | name: Andrew Curran | id_str: 1538525334781370368 - @astridwilde1 | name: Astrid Wilde 🌞 | id_str: 52549030 - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 - @psychocarto | name: (psychocartographer) | id_str: 1463294553373483013 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 text_raw: |- @michaelcurzi @BringRivalBack @blisstweeting @nosilverv @exGenesis @PrinceVogel @the_greatabyss @ketyrii @yashkaf @m_ashcroft @TylerAlterman @mechanical_monk @AIActorCritic @liminal_warmth @gptbrooke @shinywynaut @dpinksh @KThorssen @RafaelEnder1 @1stMarsColonist @midwitmagnet @eigenrobot @AndrewCurran_ @_ali_taylor @astridwilde1 @pmarca @psychocarto @bluueflowerrr @elonmusk I’m told he tried on both phone and computer, and — I quote — “you can answer curzi that i updated the phone app for it and now i have a stupid X and i hate him for it 😂” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @michaelcurzi @BringRivalBack @blisstweeting @nosilverv @exGenesis @PrinceVogel @the_greatabyss @ketyrii @yashkaf @m_ashcroft @TylerAlterman @mechanical_monk @AIActorCritic @liminal_warmth @gptbrooke @shinywynaut @dpinksh @KThorssen @RafaelEnder1 @1stMarsColonist @midwitmagnet @eigenrobot @AndrewCurran_ @_ali_taylor @astridwilde1 @pmarca @psychocarto @bluueflowerrr @elonmusk I’m told he tried on both phone and computer, and — I quote — “you can answer curzi that i updated the phone app for it and now i have a stupid X and i hate him for it 😂” ## 2023-08 ### tweet 1686342899691069440 chronological_index: 483 archive_order_index: 395 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-01T11:47:32Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 01 11:47:32 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686342899691069440 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686342899691069440 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/wqgQdAJ7nh expanded: https://x.com/algekalipso/status/1683328649506828288 display: x.com/algekalipso/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- With respect to all parties involved, I was not consulted about either of the two claims about my work here and I do not endorse this messaging. https://t.co/wqgQdAJ7nh text_with_expanded_urls: |- With respect to all parties involved, I was not consulted about either of the two claims about my work here and I do not endorse this messaging. https://x.com/algekalipso/status/1683328649506828288 ### tweet 1686456776416182289 chronological_index: 484 archive_order_index: 394 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-01T19:20:03Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 01 19:20:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686456776416182289 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686456776416182289 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686384151103152128 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @selentelechia I suspect magnesium is important for smoothness in muscle impulse (less tanha!) and for releasing smooth muscle latches. Need to do a little more research here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia I suspect magnesium is important for smoothness in muscle impulse (less tanha!) and for releasing smooth muscle latches. Need to do a little more research here ### tweet 1686593677727010816 chronological_index: 485 archive_order_index: 393 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T04:24:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 04:24:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686593677727010816 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686593677727010816 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686504954599505920 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @selentelechia My top 2 would be magnesium and nattokinase — NK is a broad spectrum fibrolytic sourced from natto beans — it dissolves blood clots, arterial plaque, and covid spike protein lol. Good for circulation, good for protecting against microclots, good against microspasms. Strong rec text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @selentelechia My top 2 would be magnesium and nattokinase — NK is a broad spectrum fibrolytic sourced from natto beans — it dissolves blood clots, arterial plaque, and covid spike protein lol. Good for circulation, good for protecting against microclots, good against microspasms. Strong rec ### tweet 1686728511237554177 chronological_index: 486 archive_order_index: 392 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T13:19:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 13:19:49 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686728511237554177 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686728511237554177 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: If we invert the format of the four noble truths some of the implications are clearer to me: 1. Value exists (direct sh… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: If we invert the format of the four noble truths some of the implications are clearer to me: 1. Value exists (direct sh… ### tweet 1686734646703235072 chronological_index: 487 archive_order_index: 391 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T13:44:12Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 13:44:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686734646703235072 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686734646703235072 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686678993108406272 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 mentions: - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @markooooooo Of all those ingredients I’d literally only trust the water and salt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @markooooooo Of all those ingredients I’d literally only trust the water and salt ### tweet 1686737813612490752 chronological_index: 488 archive_order_index: 390 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T13:56:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 13:56:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686737813612490752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686737813612490752 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DrYohanJohn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686470833294934017 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22972076 mentions: - @DrYohanJohn | name: Yohan J. John | id_str: 22972076 text_raw: |- @DrYohanJohn @powerfultakes and I have a running discussion that if we are in a simulation, there could be computational constraints on local density of incompressible information. A simple way to enforce this would be varying the local laws of physics. I guess this could be a weird x-risk text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DrYohanJohn @powerfultakes and I have a running discussion that if we are in a simulation, there could be computational constraints on local density of incompressible information. A simple way to enforce this would be varying the local laws of physics. I guess this could be a weird x-risk ### tweet 1686741305102102528 chronological_index: 489 archive_order_index: 389 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T14:10:39Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 14:10:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686741305102102528 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686741305102102528 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PhaentGames in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686736997145104385 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 932858878156525568 mentions: - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @PhaentGames @markooooooo I tend to keep things simple and very close to paleo — my diet is mostly meat, fruit, fish, eggs; sometimes nuts/vegetables/rice. No additives (v important). I also endorse keto. Supplements: magnesium, nattokinase, creatine, collagen, vitamin D. May make a thread later! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PhaentGames @markooooooo I tend to keep things simple and very close to paleo — my diet is mostly meat, fruit, fish, eggs; sometimes nuts/vegetables/rice. No additives (v important). I also endorse keto. Supplements: magnesium, nattokinase, creatine, collagen, vitamin D. May make a thread later! ### tweet 1686742440693096448 chronological_index: 490 archive_order_index: 388 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T14:15:10Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 14:15:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686742440693096448 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686742440693096448 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686741305102102528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @PhaentGames @markooooooo Everybody’s going to be a little different and it’s worth listening to what your body actually thinks about various foods. But imo a lot of eating well is not eating bad stuff, and a lot of that is being ready to say “this is not food. I’d rather fast” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PhaentGames @markooooooo Everybody’s going to be a little different and it’s worth listening to what your body actually thinks about various foods. But imo a lot of eating well is not eating bad stuff, and a lot of that is being ready to say “this is not food. I’d rather fast” ### tweet 1686780345436323861 chronological_index: 491 archive_order_index: 387 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T16:45:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 16:45:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686780345436323861 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686780345436323861 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686771609217232896 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @DrYohanJohn | name: Yohan J. John | id_str: 22972076 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686780345436323861/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2ilyATWAAASQpM.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/N7T1ni8LGm possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ataiiam @DrYohanJohn @powerfultakes Not directly on topic but I wonder about this https://t.co/N7T1ni8LGm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @DrYohanJohn @powerfultakes Not directly on topic but I wonder about this https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686780345436323861/photo/1 ### tweet 1686782019466936328 chronological_index: 492 archive_order_index: 386 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T16:52:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 16:52:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686782019466936328 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686782019466936328 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aaarataki in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686780366063910922 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1142017227152998401 mentions: - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo Diet science is rather schizophrenic, with multiple sets of incompatible science. I speak from the perspective of having been ill and becoming better through cutting particular allergens and processed foods. I think to some degree this will generalize, but I’d tend to suggest … text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo Diet science is rather schizophrenic, with multiple sets of incompatible science. I speak from the perspective of having been ill and becoming better through cutting particular allergens and processed foods. I think to some degree this will generalize, but I’d tend to suggest … ### tweet 1686785318937149443 chronological_index: 493 archive_order_index: 385 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T17:05:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 17:05:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686785318937149443 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686785318937149443 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686782019466936328 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo that if you get to enough of a low-noise state that you can listen to your body, it’ll outperform external advice. As to lab grown meat, I think it’s honestly complicated. Done well it would be awesome; there are also numerous failure modes. In particular I worry about nutrient.. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo that if you get to enough of a low-noise state that you can listen to your body, it’ll outperform external advice. As to lab grown meat, I think it’s honestly complicated. Done well it would be awesome; there are also numerous failure modes. In particular I worry about nutrient.. ### tweet 1686786596647874560 chronological_index: 494 archive_order_index: 384 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T17:10:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 17:10:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686786596647874560 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686786596647874560 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686785318937149443 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo balance, especially given the aforementioned multiple bodies of literature inseparable from ideology. Centralization, contamination, and economic culture war are also concerns. Personally, I’m putting my energy into the third path, knowledge. How happy is a cow? A chicken? — text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo balance, especially given the aforementioned multiple bodies of literature inseparable from ideology. Centralization, contamination, and economic culture war are also concerns. Personally, I’m putting my energy into the third path, knowledge. How happy is a cow? A chicken? — ### tweet 1686788647276736512 chronological_index: 495 archive_order_index: 383 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T17:18:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 17:18:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686788647276736512 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686788647276736512 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686786596647874560 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo I hope my research can help shed light on these questions under various conditions, and I hope my research isn’t used for culture war (if consciousness research starts to code as ‘red’ or ‘blue’ the field will be in big trouble) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo I hope my research can help shed light on these questions under various conditions, and I hope my research isn’t used for culture war (if consciousness research starts to code as ‘red’ or ‘blue’ the field will be in big trouble) ### tweet 1686789476335448074 chronological_index: 496 archive_order_index: 382 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-02T17:22:04Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 02 17:22:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1686789476335448074 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1686789476335448074 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: RafaelEnder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686782589737037824 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2426625541 mentions: - @BringRivalBack | name: JustVoices | id_str: 1686011471006711810 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @RafaelEnder1 @BringRivalBack @nosilverv Yes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RafaelEnder1 @BringRivalBack @nosilverv Yes ### tweet 1687048506970718208 chronological_index: 497 archive_order_index: 381 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T10:31:22Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 10:31:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687048506970718208 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687048506970718208 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: made_in_cosmos in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687046414658867200 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 866943906180726784 mentions: - @made_in_cosmos | name: Maria Made in Cosmos ✨ | id_str: 866943906180726784 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687048506970718208/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F2mZrA5XoAEQvL7.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/cpebWUPQyn possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @made_in_cosmos You’ve never truly felt love until you’ve adopted a baby duck. Would strongly recommend but be ready to clean a lot https://t.co/cpebWUPQyn text_with_expanded_urls: |- @made_in_cosmos You’ve never truly felt love until you’ve adopted a baby duck. Would strongly recommend but be ready to clean a lot https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687048506970718208/photo/1 ### tweet 1687067993124098048 chronological_index: 498 archive_order_index: 380 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T11:48:48Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 11:48:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687067993124098048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687067993124098048 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687061473661468672 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Rares82 @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo Fwiw my expectations are that animals have qualia, infants have qualia, current computers likely (>50%) have qualia, black holes & other megastructures have qualia. Children likely have denser qualia than adults- “phenomenological middle age” might be 15yo https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo Fwiw my expectations are that animals have qualia, infants have qualia, current computers likely (>50%) have qualia, black holes & other megastructures have qualia. Children likely have denser qualia than adults- “phenomenological middle age” might be 15yo https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1687068460574973952 chronological_index: 499 archive_order_index: 379 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T11:50:39Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 11:50:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687068460574973952 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687068460574973952 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687067993124098048 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo I tend to be very careful with attaching “oughts” to these expectations though, for a lot of reasons text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo I tend to be very careful with attaching “oughts” to these expectations though, for a lot of reasons ### tweet 1687071702755205120 chronological_index: 500 archive_order_index: 378 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T12:03:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 12:03:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687071702755205120 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687071702755205120 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1686508139305197568 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 - @Grimhood | name: Magnesium Papi | BowTied Mg | id_str: 1706137237 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @markooooooo @42irrationalist @selentelechia @Grimhood Some smooth muscle latches are there for a reason text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @markooooooo @42irrationalist @selentelechia @Grimhood Some smooth muscle latches are there for a reason ### tweet 1687075208673316865 chronological_index: 501 archive_order_index: 377 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T12:17:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 12:17:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687075208673316865 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687075208673316865 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687074603858866177 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @AsherSoryl | name: Asher Soryl | id_str: 1726353279028809728 - @PhaentGames | name: phaent is hugging at VC5 🫂❤️‍🔥🫂 | id_str: 932858878156525568 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Rares82 @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo Kind of! I prefer the monism frame to the epiphenomenalism frame- https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @AsherSoryl @PhaentGames @markooooooo Kind of! I prefer the monism frame to the epiphenomenalism frame- https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ ### tweet 1687076606127243264 chronological_index: 502 archive_order_index: 376 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T12:23:01Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 12:23:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687076606127243264 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687076606127243264 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687076277205782528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 - @made_in_cosmos | name: Maria Made in Cosmos ✨ | id_str: 866943906180726784 - @the_aiju | name: Emily | id_str: 1152900909959122944 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meekaale @made_in_cosmos @the_aiju Thank you! Link here: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale @made_in_cosmos @the_aiju Thank you! Link here: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1687087457966116864 chronological_index: 503 archive_order_index: 375 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T13:06:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 13:06:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687087457966116864 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687087457966116864 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BringRivalBack in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687073057813241856 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1686011471006711810 mentions: - @BringRivalBack | name: JustVoices | id_str: 1686011471006711810 - @made_in_cosmos | name: Maria Made in Cosmos ✨ | id_str: 866943906180726784 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Support | name: Support | id_str: 17874544 text_raw: |- @BringRivalBack @made_in_cosmos @nosilverv @Support +1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BringRivalBack @made_in_cosmos @nosilverv @Support +1 ### tweet 1687151815559692297 chronological_index: 504 archive_order_index: 374 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T17:21:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 17:21:53 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687151815559692297 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687151815559692297 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 4 text_raw: |- Computationalism can be framed as the thesis that all Turing-complete systems are also “qualia-complete” — that any Turing machine can generate any qualia. If we can decisively prove this true or false, we can infer much about the future, and avert much conflict. text_with_expanded_urls: |- Computationalism can be framed as the thesis that all Turing-complete systems are also “qualia-complete” — that any Turing machine can generate any qualia. If we can decisively prove this true or false, we can infer much about the future, and avert much conflict. ### tweet 1687158545735643136 chronological_index: 505 archive_order_index: 373 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T17:48:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 17:48:37 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687158545735643136 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687158545735643136 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: danfaggella mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @danfaggella: @johnsonmxe Inarguably one of the most important questions of the century (though we have much less than 80yrs to solve it… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @danfaggella: @johnsonmxe Inarguably one of the most important questions of the century (though we have much less than 80yrs to solve it… ### tweet 1687164650444505105 chronological_index: 506 archive_order_index: 372 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T18:12:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 18:12:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687164650444505105 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687164650444505105 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687163312554041345 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @phantom_opus I suspect people have more smooth muscle in more places than they realize; also the way the body’s distributed stress minimization system offloads across different types of muscles means skeletal muscles can “feel” latched, whereas the actual latches are in smooth muscles text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @phantom_opus I suspect people have more smooth muscle in more places than they realize; also the way the body’s distributed stress minimization system offloads across different types of muscles means skeletal muscles can “feel” latched, whereas the actual latches are in smooth muscles ### tweet 1687188597487566849 chronological_index: 507 archive_order_index: 371 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T19:48:02Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 19:48:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687188597487566849 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687188597487566849 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687169789557624832 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @phantom_opus Would be worth comparing beta blockers vs ketamine vs magnesium in terms of smooth muscle relaxation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @phantom_opus Would be worth comparing beta blockers vs ketamine vs magnesium in terms of smooth muscle relaxation ### tweet 1687191713285038080 chronological_index: 508 archive_order_index: 370 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T20:00:25Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 20:00:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687191713285038080 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687191713285038080 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerMooreUS in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687173166517428224 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1565751708994752512 text_raw: |- @TylerMo41608321 This question is a natural faultline in future politics wherein each side will believe that literally everything of value is at stake. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerMo41608321 This question is a natural faultline in future politics wherein each side will believe that literally everything of value is at stake. ### tweet 1687228497142366208 chronological_index: 509 archive_order_index: 369 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-03T22:26:35Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 03 22:26:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687228497142366208 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687228497142366208 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Anand_Venkatram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687218499666542592 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342166079 mentions: - @Anand_Venkatram | name: Anand Venkatraman | id_str: 342166079 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 text_raw: |- @Anand_Venkatram @cube_flipper @phantom_opus Yeah! Lots of feedback loops, and also lots of variation in bloodflow. Currently working on tracking down more details about the latch bridge mechanism specifically, and also threshold effects with neurons and bloodflow — how easily they fall into stereotyped activity patterns text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Anand_Venkatram @cube_flipper @phantom_opus Yeah! Lots of feedback loops, and also lots of variation in bloodflow. Currently working on tracking down more details about the latch bridge mechanism specifically, and also threshold effects with neurons and bloodflow — how easily they fall into stereotyped activity patterns ### tweet 1687694227860271104 chronological_index: 510 archive_order_index: 368 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-05T05:17:14Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 05 05:17:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687694227860271104 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687694227860271104 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687582875154055168 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella You’re going to have the premier AI realpolitik + cosmism + transhumanism podcast, I love to see it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella You’re going to have the premier AI realpolitik + cosmism + transhumanism podcast, I love to see it ### tweet 1687698390186950657 chronological_index: 511 archive_order_index: 367 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-05T05:33:46Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 05 05:33:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687698390186950657 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687698390186950657 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687601521481924610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel I think the “nervous system” just likes to vibe; the vasomuscular system is the hypervigilant micromanaging twitchy worrier text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel I think the “nervous system” just likes to vibe; the vasomuscular system is the hypervigilant micromanaging twitchy worrier ### tweet 1687702401917091840 chronological_index: 512 archive_order_index: 366 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-05T05:49:43Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 05 05:49:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687702401917091840 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687702401917091840 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687700741039792128 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Nervous system 🤝 vasomuscular system Blaming the adrenal glands text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Nervous system 🤝 vasomuscular system Blaming the adrenal glands ### tweet 1687709173830553600 chronological_index: 513 archive_order_index: 365 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-05T06:16:37Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 05 06:16:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1687709173830553600 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1687709173830553600 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Palomar_qfwfq in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1687706200090001408 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 762856229525872640 mentions: - @Palomar_qfwfq | name: Palomar | id_str: 762856229525872640 - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @Palomar_qfwfq @PrinceVogel I’d guess (relatively benign) viruses would quickly emerge out of the human transposon environment; It is notable how a dwindling population can sometimes explode in numbers once it gets small enough that all its usual pathogens/parasites die out text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Palomar_qfwfq @PrinceVogel I’d guess (relatively benign) viruses would quickly emerge out of the human transposon environment; It is notable how a dwindling population can sometimes explode in numbers once it gets small enough that all its usual pathogens/parasites die out ### tweet 1688139586864574465 chronological_index: 514 archive_order_index: 364 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-06T10:46:56Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 06 10:46:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688139586864574465 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688139586864574465 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robotNiMA in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688114685277581312 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 276220644 mentions: - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 - @robinhanson | name: Robin Hanson | id_str: 7748752 text_raw: |- @insideNiMA @robinhanson If this is the chosen path for dealing with AIs in the long term, I suspect it will be the chosen path for dealing with fellow humans also text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insideNiMA @robinhanson If this is the chosen path for dealing with AIs in the long term, I suspect it will be the chosen path for dealing with fellow humans also ### tweet 1688278626972680192 chronological_index: 515 archive_order_index: 363 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-06T19:59:26Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 06 19:59:26 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688278626972680192 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688278626972680192 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: evanbfish mentions: - @evanbfish | name: Evan Fisher | id_str: 1164191515201007617 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/mZL7XCqsen expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- RT @evanbfish: Finally got through the latest from @johnsonmxe , favorite whitepaper of the month https://t.co/mZL7XCqsen text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @evanbfish: Finally got through the latest from @johnsonmxe , favorite whitepaper of the month https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1688639188827062272 chronological_index: 516 archive_order_index: 362 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-07T19:52:10Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 07 19:52:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688639188827062272 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688639188827062272 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688627315050491904 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 820288038 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @BecomingCritter | name: critter | id_str: 89266660 text_raw: |- @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter I’m sorta thinking of schizo as an excessive tolerance for ambivalence (undertuned vasomotion reflex & historical lack of RLVF), and stimulants as substances that increase VSMC twitchiness against ambiguity/ambivalence Nicotine as boosting “readiness to tilt the pinball machine” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter I’m sorta thinking of schizo as an excessive tolerance for ambivalence (undertuned vasomotion reflex & historical lack of RLVF), and stimulants as substances that increase VSMC twitchiness against ambiguity/ambivalence Nicotine as boosting “readiness to tilt the pinball machine” ### tweet 1688755567387418624 chronological_index: 517 archive_order_index: 361 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T03:34:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 03:34:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688755567387418624 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688755567387418624 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688471237708673024 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidad I’ve framed autism as a disorder of excess network dimensionality, and lead poisoning would plausibly reduce effective ND- feels plausible to me. But imo ASD symptoms worsen with metabolic deficits- effects of lead on metabolism? Also tagging @crimkadid https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad I’ve framed autism as a disorder of excess network dimensionality, and lead poisoning would plausibly reduce effective ND- feels plausible to me. But imo ASD symptoms worsen with metabolic deficits- effects of lead on metabolism? Also tagging @crimkadid https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1688782741574152194 chronological_index: 518 archive_order_index: 360 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T05:22:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 05:22:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688782741574152194 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688782741574152194 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KanizsaBoundary in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688658363889209347 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1619631961370431488 mentions: - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @BecomingCritter | name: critter | id_str: 89266660 - @steve47285 | name: Steven Byrnes | id_str: 1921725858 text_raw: |- @KanizsaBoundary @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter @steve47285 That’s a great reference, and I think I agree with the implication text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KanizsaBoundary @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter @steve47285 That’s a great reference, and I think I agree with the implication ### tweet 1688786639449923584 chronological_index: 519 archive_order_index: 359 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T05:38:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 05:38:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688786639449923584 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688786639449923584 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: InquilineKea in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688659696302149634 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 16916765 mentions: - @InquilineKea | name: Alex K. Chen | id_str: 16916765 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @BecomingCritter | name: critter | id_str: 89266660 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @InquilineKea @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter I suspect computationally interesting drugs influence the conditions of local vasoconstriction, and that the purpose of local vasoconstriction (vasomotion) is to apply more local compression pressure. Weak (-) correlation between HRV and twitchiness https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @InquilineKea @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter I suspect computationally interesting drugs influence the conditions of local vasoconstriction, and that the purpose of local vasoconstriction (vasomotion) is to apply more local compression pressure. Weak (-) correlation between HRV and twitchiness https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1688791981160316928 chronological_index: 520 archive_order_index: 358 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T05:59:19Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 05:59:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688791981160316928 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688791981160316928 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688786639449923584 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @InquilineKea | name: Alex K. Chen | id_str: 16916765 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @BecomingCritter | name: critter | id_str: 89266660 text_raw: |- @InquilineKea @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter Perhaps “the role of the vasomotion twitch reflex at the computational level is best described as applying compression pressure on local neural patterns” instead of “the purpose of local vasoconstriction” might be more accurate text_with_expanded_urls: |- @InquilineKea @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter Perhaps “the role of the vasomotion twitch reflex at the computational level is best described as applying compression pressure on local neural patterns” instead of “the purpose of local vasoconstriction” might be more accurate ### tweet 1688795786891382784 chronological_index: 521 archive_order_index: 357 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T06:14:26Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 06:14:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688795786891382784 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688795786891382784 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: InquilineKea in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688790584302206977 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 16916765 mentions: - @InquilineKea | name: Alex K. Chen | id_str: 16916765 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @BecomingCritter | name: critter | id_str: 89266660 text_raw: |- @InquilineKea @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter A vasomotion twitch can be thought of as “shaking the pinball machine” — an attempt to collapse an ambiguous sensory pattern to something more definite. Can be a skillful or unskillful process RLVF = Reinforcement Learning by Vascular Feedback text_with_expanded_urls: |- @InquilineKea @RomeoStevens76 @BecomingCritter A vasomotion twitch can be thought of as “shaking the pinball machine” — an attempt to collapse an ambiguous sensory pattern to something more definite. Can be a skillful or unskillful process RLVF = Reinforcement Learning by Vascular Feedback ### tweet 1688952975765516291 chronological_index: 522 archive_order_index: 356 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T16:39:03Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 16:39:03 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688952975765516291 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688952975765516291 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 3 mentions: - @mmjukic | name: Marko Jukic | id_str: 1655499151537307649 urls: - short: https://t.co/fymFXshXcV expanded: https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1688928525058023424 display: x.com/mmjukic/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Fantastic in-depth thread from @mmjukic of Bismarck Analysis about the rise of Japanese cultural exports. Very curious what similar things might be happening today https://t.co/fymFXshXcV text_with_expanded_urls: |- Fantastic in-depth thread from @mmjukic of Bismarck Analysis about the rise of Japanese cultural exports. Very curious what similar things might be happening today https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1688928525058023424 ### tweet 1688955351670960129 chronological_index: 523 archive_order_index: 355 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T16:48:29Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 16:48:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688955351670960129 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688955351670960129 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688942938124877824 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Have some notes on this; was thinking pure glucose + DMSO for latch release, but definitely some toxicity concerns. Highly local microinjection of ketamine might do similar things in theory text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Have some notes on this; was thinking pure glucose + DMSO for latch release, but definitely some toxicity concerns. Highly local microinjection of ketamine might do similar things in theory ### tweet 1688960023597133836 chronological_index: 524 archive_order_index: 354 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T17:07:03Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 17:07:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688960023597133836 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688960023597133836 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688955652876513284 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 urls: - short: https://t.co/wTODHS8M8k expanded: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40660-0 display: nature.com/articles/s4159… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Mostly looking at local glucotoxicity; I’m gathering DMSO is mostly safe at low dosages based on its historical use, although not harmless: https://t.co/wTODHS8M8k - apparently you can just buy it on Amazon Seems actually pretty simple to test? Pending the glucotoxicity angle text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Mostly looking at local glucotoxicity; I’m gathering DMSO is mostly safe at low dosages based on its historical use, although not harmless: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-40660-0 - apparently you can just buy it on Amazon Seems actually pretty simple to test? Pending the glucotoxicity angle ### tweet 1688962969219072001 chronological_index: 525 archive_order_index: 353 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-08T17:18:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 08 17:18:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1688962969219072001 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688962969219072001 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688961911491072022 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel I don’t per se, although if the underlying problem is inflammation I’d swear by a strict elimination diet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel I don’t per se, although if the underlying problem is inflammation I’d swear by a strict elimination diet ### tweet 1689077063771197440 chronological_index: 526 archive_order_index: 352 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-09T00:52:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 09 00:52:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689077063771197440 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689077063771197440 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689039540948721664 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @ratata_the_rat I ended up putting a lot of the EM stuff in PQ into the appendices; also sections V-VI of my condensed version here (also has more thoughts on symmetry measures/metrics) https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @ratata_the_rat I ended up putting a lot of the EM stuff in PQ into the appendices; also sections V-VI of my condensed version here (also has more thoughts on symmetry measures/metrics) https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1689083824272003072 chronological_index: 527 archive_order_index: 351 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-09T01:19:00Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 09 01:19:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689083824272003072 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689083824272003072 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689040107830120449 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @ratata_the_rat Wouldn’t exactly agree with this categorization btw - the condensed version (which focuses directly on STV) would be a good starting point. Has some descriptions that may address or at least frame @ratata_the_rat ‘s questions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @ratata_the_rat Wouldn’t exactly agree with this categorization btw - the condensed version (which focuses directly on STV) would be a good starting point. Has some descriptions that may address or at least frame @ratata_the_rat ‘s questions ### tweet 1689218713910644736 chronological_index: 528 archive_order_index: 350 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-09T10:15:00Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 09 10:15:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689218713910644736 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689218713910644736 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1688987033321218048 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 820288038 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @RomeoStevens76 I’d like to see a post-post Wittgenstein lineage which says “yes and” and offers a typology of language games. Physics is “merely” a language game but has properties that e.g. political theory or postmodernism don’t. I guess this is basically what LLMs are tacitly doing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoStevens76 I’d like to see a post-post Wittgenstein lineage which says “yes and” and offers a typology of language games. Physics is “merely” a language game but has properties that e.g. political theory or postmodernism don’t. I guess this is basically what LLMs are tacitly doing ### tweet 1689307253436735488 chronological_index: 529 archive_order_index: 349 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-09T16:06:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 09 16:06:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689307253436735488 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689307253436735488 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MarcoSFabus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689301644578586625 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1244035122 mentions: - @MarcoSFabus | name: Marco S Fabus | id_str: 1244035122 text_raw: |- @MarcoSFabus Potential NO release from TPS is super interesting; do you have a sense of the mechanism / causal chain involved? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MarcoSFabus Potential NO release from TPS is super interesting; do you have a sense of the mechanism / causal chain involved? ### tweet 1689398034797326336 chronological_index: 530 archive_order_index: 348 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-09T22:07:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 09 22:07:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689398034797326336 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689398034797326336 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689389356090273792 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @eshear Thanks! I’d also connect this question with my vasocomputation theory — basically the body can hold information in muscular tension (especially VSMC tension), but this is a finite system & if you clamp it too many places you get rigidity, poor circulation, lack of responsiveness text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @eshear Thanks! I’d also connect this question with my vasocomputation theory — basically the body can hold information in muscular tension (especially VSMC tension), but this is a finite system & if you clamp it too many places you get rigidity, poor circulation, lack of responsiveness ### tweet 1689398798538199040 chronological_index: 531 archive_order_index: 347 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-09T22:10:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 09 22:10:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689398798538199040 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689398798538199040 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689398034797326336 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @eshear Part of the hypothesis is that the less you use the vascular system to shape neural behavior, the clearer your default awareness is. When your vascular system is twitchy and when it clamps/clenches, your awareness contracts text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @eshear Part of the hypothesis is that the less you use the vascular system to shape neural behavior, the clearer your default awareness is. When your vascular system is twitchy and when it clamps/clenches, your awareness contracts ### tweet 1689925016152944640 chronological_index: 532 archive_order_index: 346 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-11T09:01:35Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 11 09:01:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689925016152944640 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689925016152944640 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689913663145005057 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Hormone rewards from your “team carbs” flora text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Hormone rewards from your “team carbs” flora ### tweet 1689988879858708480 chronological_index: 533 archive_order_index: 345 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-11T13:15:22Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 11 13:15:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1689988879858708480 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1689988879858708480 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689987629784211456 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Respectfully curious text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Respectfully curious ### tweet 1690001281576751105 chronological_index: 534 archive_order_index: 344 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-11T14:04:38Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 11 14:04:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1690001281576751105 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1690001281576751105 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1689990696013336576 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel I left QRI last year as did several others, and would categorize my path and QRI’s path as strongly divergent. But it was a very interesting few years British professor energy- very interesting, thank you :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel I left QRI last year as did several others, and would categorize my path and QRI’s path as strongly divergent. But it was a very interesting few years British professor energy- very interesting, thank you :) ### tweet 1690003461029470209 chronological_index: 535 archive_order_index: 343 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-11T14:13:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 11 14:13:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1690003461029470209 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1690003461029470209 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1690003189225930752 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel (superlike) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel (superlike) ### tweet 1690010227217747968 chronological_index: 536 archive_order_index: 342 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-11T14:40:11Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 11 14:40:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1690010227217747968 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1690010227217747968 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: simon_ohler in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1690007754750996483 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1407720890935173125 mentions: - @simon_ohler | name: Simon 🌳 : ) | id_str: 1407720890935173125 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @simon_ohler Totally boosting my pet hypothesis here https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @simon_ohler Totally boosting my pet hypothesis here https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1690662960643842048 chronological_index: 537 archive_order_index: 341 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-13T09:53:55Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 13 09:53:55 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1690662960643842048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1690662960643842048 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 39 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/05fDS8Rhr8 expanded: https://x.com/pachabelcanon/status/1690639638292254720 display: x.com/pachabelcanon/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Looking into a mirror until you like what you see is an incredibly potent spiritual practice https://t.co/05fDS8Rhr8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Looking into a mirror until you like what you see is an incredibly potent spiritual practice https://x.com/pachabelcanon/status/1690639638292254720 ### tweet 1690666066085634048 chronological_index: 538 archive_order_index: 340 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-13T10:06:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 13 10:06:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1690666066085634048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1690666066085634048 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pachabelcanon in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1690663377876697088 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1600646881734184960 mentions: - @pachabelcanon | name: francis | id_str: 1600646881734184960 text_raw: |- @pachabelcanon I don’t want to say too much here, but would recommend simply trying it (and really taking the “until you like what you see” seriously) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pachabelcanon I don’t want to say too much here, but would recommend simply trying it (and really taking the “until you like what you see” seriously) ### tweet 1691556484507713761 chronological_index: 539 archive_order_index: 339 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-15T21:04:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 15 21:04:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1691556484507713761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1691556484507713761 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1691552862252269887 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @uberstuber | name: James Stuber 🌱🌿🌳🍂 | id_str: 15033755 urls: - short: https://t.co/RXayIzDVwG expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688955351670960129 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @uberstuber Everything is basically pointing to this! I think there could be some cool low-key experiments https://t.co/RXayIzDVwG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @uberstuber Everything is basically pointing to this! I think there could be some cool low-key experiments https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1688955351670960129 ### tweet 1691562903164400112 chronological_index: 540 archive_order_index: 338 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-15T21:29:58Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 15 21:29:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1691562903164400112 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1691562903164400112 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1691561441612972477 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @uberstuber | name: James Stuber 🌱🌿🌳🍂 | id_str: 15033755 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @uberstuber If willpower is literally a muscle creatine makes a lot of sense text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @uberstuber If willpower is literally a muscle creatine makes a lot of sense ### tweet 1691678349729382826 chronological_index: 541 archive_order_index: 337 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-16T05:08:43Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 16 05:08:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1691678349729382826 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1691678349729382826 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1691601255809081707 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @uberstuber | name: James Stuber 🌱🌿🌳🍂 | id_str: 15033755 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @nosilverv @uberstuber Nice! With insulin or sugar? I’d be concerned about glucotoxicity/excitotoxicity, be gentle :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @nosilverv @uberstuber Nice! With insulin or sugar? I’d be concerned about glucotoxicity/excitotoxicity, be gentle :) ### tweet 1691821432387391763 chronological_index: 542 archive_order_index: 336 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-16T14:37:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 16 14:37:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1691821432387391763 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1691821432387391763 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1691797117801504942 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels @exGenesis Free Energy is often framed as surprise — if you want to persist as an organism you need to minimize the amount you get surprised. This also implies going out into the world and leveling up (building your compression library) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels @exGenesis Free Energy is often framed as surprise — if you want to persist as an organism you need to minimize the amount you get surprised. This also implies going out into the world and leveling up (building your compression library) ### tweet 1691825346419540018 chronological_index: 543 archive_order_index: 335 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-16T14:52:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 16 14:52:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1691825346419540018 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1691825346419540018 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1691821829344694397 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels @exGenesis I believe it’s a reference from thermodynamics / statistical mechanics, speaking about the entropy of a system. As a gross simplification, free energy is bad for the same reason free radicals are bad — they cause messes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels @exGenesis I believe it’s a reference from thermodynamics / statistical mechanics, speaking about the entropy of a system. As a gross simplification, free energy is bad for the same reason free radicals are bad — they cause messes ### tweet 1691830962802323511 chronological_index: 544 archive_order_index: 334 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-16T15:15:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 16 15:15:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1691830962802323511 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1691830962802323511 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1691829969301758028 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @exGenesis @RichDecibels I don’t speak for the fristonians but I like your description! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exGenesis @RichDecibels I don’t speak for the fristonians but I like your description! ### tweet 1692061171551973715 chronological_index: 545 archive_order_index: 333 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-17T06:29:54Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 17 06:29:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1692061171551973715 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1692061171551973715 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1692000463598600211 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @tszzl This is going to sound odd, but I think motivation is a leaky reification; systems are driven by their attractor dynamics moreso than high-level concepts (although I think network symmetry is an important attractor for bio neural nets, see Section V in https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @tszzl This is going to sound odd, but I think motivation is a leaky reification; systems are driven by their attractor dynamics moreso than high-level concepts (although I think network symmetry is an important attractor for bio neural nets, see Section V in https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/) ### tweet 1692073890535584204 chronological_index: 546 archive_order_index: 332 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-17T07:20:27Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 17 07:20:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1692073890535584204 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1692073890535584204 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1692038516882939942 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @selentelechia @eigenrobot Vegetables don’t want you to eat them, fruits don’t tend to mind - evolutionarily speaking …but if @nickcammarata is right about plant qualia I wonder if there’s also a fruit/vegetable phenomenological divide. Maybe “what it feels like to be [average fruit]” > [average veg]? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia @eigenrobot Vegetables don’t want you to eat them, fruits don’t tend to mind - evolutionarily speaking …but if @nickcammarata is right about plant qualia I wonder if there’s also a fruit/vegetable phenomenological divide. Maybe “what it feels like to be [average fruit]” > [average veg]? ### tweet 1692145872505639260 chronological_index: 547 archive_order_index: 331 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-17T12:06:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 17 12:06:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1692145872505639260 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1692145872505639260 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1691979730038247530 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @generativist | name: johnny, skroderider era | id_str: 1416500532 urls: - short: https://t.co/1MBAVWlyHK expanded: https://visceralcure.com/ display: visceralcure.com possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel @generativist A friend shared this- medical+somatic specialist in NYC that uses FLIR to inform his therapy https://t.co/1MBAVWlyHK (I’ve not seen him myself) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel @generativist A friend shared this- medical+somatic specialist in NYC that uses FLIR to inform his therapy https://visceralcure.com/ (I’ve not seen him myself) ### tweet 1692259049557963193 chronological_index: 548 archive_order_index: 330 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-17T19:36:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 17 19:36:12 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1692259049557963193 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1692259049557963193 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 1 mentions: - @mmjukic | name: Marko Jukic | id_str: 1655499151537307649 urls: - short: https://t.co/tsTQOrbk68 expanded: https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1692171783557005502 display: x.com/mmjukic/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Absolutely great 10k word article on the past, future, and philosophy of space exploration by @mmjukic: “What it means to be human will be ultimately determined by how we respond to the question of space, which will itself determine how we organize our societies.” https://t.co/tsTQOrbk68 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Absolutely great 10k word article on the past, future, and philosophy of space exploration by @mmjukic: “What it means to be human will be ultimately determined by how we respond to the question of space, which will itself determine how we organize our societies.” https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1692171783557005502 ### tweet 1692602414065442950 chronological_index: 549 archive_order_index: 329 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-18T18:20:37Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 18 18:20:37 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1692602414065442950 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1692602414065442950 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/DPR6siCYwu expanded: https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1692591018401583180 display: x.com/mmjukic/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think a lot of people are wondering “how do I believe in humanity?” This is both philosophical: are we really good? and practical: what do we have to look forward to? Space exploration is an answer to the second, and can help keep the first true https://t.co/DPR6siCYwu text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think a lot of people are wondering “how do I believe in humanity?” This is both philosophical: are we really good? and practical: what do we have to look forward to? Space exploration is an answer to the second, and can help keep the first true https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1692591018401583180 ### tweet 1693785522173354278 chronological_index: 550 archive_order_index: 328 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-22T00:41:52Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 22 00:41:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1693785522173354278 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1693785522173354278 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robotNiMA in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1693731729121382551 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 276220644 mentions: - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 - @antoinesakho | name: cryptoyogi.eth | id_str: 3513799216 text_raw: |- @insideNiMA @antoinesakho I suspect more may be governed by conservation laws than we realize text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insideNiMA @antoinesakho I suspect more may be governed by conservation laws than we realize ### tweet 1693785644508512291 chronological_index: 551 archive_order_index: 327 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-22T00:42:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 22 00:42:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1693785644508512291 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1693785644508512291 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1693738171622662263 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 - @EricElmoznino | name: Eric Elmoznino | id_str: 816023570426040320 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev @EricElmoznino Will comment soon! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev @EricElmoznino Will comment soon! ### tweet 1694576758538879158 chronological_index: 552 archive_order_index: 326 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-24T05:05:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 24 05:05:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1694576758538879158 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1694576758538879158 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1694442602383257730 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @strangestloop | name: Loopy | id_str: 1163927704049262592 text_raw: |- @exgenesis @strangestloop It can be hard to build in this space since each move needs to make sense from many domains And it’s hard to make swords that only cut evil What’s on your wishlist? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis @strangestloop It can be hard to build in this space since each move needs to make sense from many domains And it’s hard to make swords that only cut evil What’s on your wishlist? ### tweet 1694672689279983714 chronological_index: 553 archive_order_index: 325 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-24T11:27:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 24 11:27:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1694672689279983714 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1694672689279983714 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1694646421696246232 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1694672689279983714/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4Sv06TWgAAAT79.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/z3rP87JpW4 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SurenVynn I think it’s almost always best to use a more precise term than metaphysics! https://t.co/z3rP87JpW4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn I think it’s almost always best to use a more precise term than metaphysics! https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1694672689279983714/photo/1 ### tweet 1694695319512953019 chronological_index: 554 archive_order_index: 324 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-24T12:57:04Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 24 12:57:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1694695319512953019 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1694695319512953019 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1694691030157681104 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @strangestloop | name: Loopy | id_str: 1163927704049262592 text_raw: |- @exgenesis @strangestloop Essentially yes; there are a lot of fragments of truth out there. Easy to make something that sounds good, harder to make something that not only is consistent with but actively ‘says something useful/testable’ in all related domains. I like your list text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis @strangestloop Essentially yes; there are a lot of fragments of truth out there. Easy to make something that sounds good, harder to make something that not only is consistent with but actively ‘says something useful/testable’ in all related domains. I like your list ### tweet 1696950867356778580 chronological_index: 555 archive_order_index: 323 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-30T18:19:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 30 18:19:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1696950867356778580 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1696950867356778580 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1696939821208392001 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @selentelechia The difference between what is and what you can handle text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @selentelechia The difference between what is and what you can handle ### tweet 1697294757783834718 chronological_index: 556 archive_order_index: 322 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-08-31T17:06:19Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 31 17:06:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1697294757783834718 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1697294757783834718 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1697076911657087445 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia You may enjoy my theory about autism and network dimensionality- https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia You may enjoy my theory about autism and network dimensionality- https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ## 2023-09 ### tweet 1697916453956014155 chronological_index: 557 archive_order_index: 321 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-02T10:16:43Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 02 10:16:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1697916453956014155 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1697916453956014155 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: turchin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1697884012251951293 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18188628 mentions: - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 text_raw: |- @turchin Truth is something that makes sense from all angles; additional time allows more angles to be explored, but some angles need more intelligence to map. The base intelligence requirement is to stabilize the problem such that you can triangulate multiple angles text_with_expanded_urls: |- @turchin Truth is something that makes sense from all angles; additional time allows more angles to be explored, but some angles need more intelligence to map. The base intelligence requirement is to stabilize the problem such that you can triangulate multiple angles ### tweet 1698085101920231915 chronological_index: 558 archive_order_index: 320 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-02T21:26:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 02 21:26:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1698085101920231915 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1698085101920231915 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: this_is_silvia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1698068751386591704 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 902520345651007488 mentions: - @this_is_silvia | name: sílvia is | id_str: 902520345651007488 text_raw: |- @this_is_silvia This was great; looking forward to the others! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @this_is_silvia This was great; looking forward to the others! ### tweet 1698609787536056813 chronological_index: 559 archive_order_index: 319 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-04T08:11:46Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 04 08:11:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1698609787536056813 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1698609787536056813 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1698245205005148457 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RokoMijic In the space between moral realism and antirealism there’s room for a moderate position — there’s an objective fact of the matter about conscious experiences. You can build morality on top of this fact, but I wouldn’t push people to do so. Just as the speed of light is the same… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic In the space between moral realism and antirealism there’s room for a moderate position — there’s an objective fact of the matter about conscious experiences. You can build morality on top of this fact, but I wouldn’t push people to do so. Just as the speed of light is the same… ### tweet 1700387263710896150 chronological_index: 560 archive_order_index: 318 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-09T05:54:49Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 09 05:54:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1700387263710896150 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1700387263710896150 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1700300186378183028 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/me9operZSR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-n… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz There is an alternative focused on beauty, not hedonism https://t.co/me9operZSR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz There is an alternative focused on beauty, not hedonism https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ ### tweet 1700587126264316343 chronological_index: 561 archive_order_index: 317 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-09T19:09:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 09 19:09:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1700587126264316343 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1700587126264316343 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bolekkerous in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1699863061245378852 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 973995947075211266 mentions: - @bolekkerous | name: Bolek | id_str: 973995947075211266 text_raw: |- @bolekkerous I’d love to see it. My sense is the bottleneck is more in creative hardware integration and UX/visualization rather than novel tech miniaturization, but I could be wrong text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bolekkerous I’d love to see it. My sense is the bottleneck is more in creative hardware integration and UX/visualization rather than novel tech miniaturization, but I could be wrong ### tweet 1700878574016741416 chronological_index: 562 archive_order_index: 316 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-10T14:27:07Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 10 14:27:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1700878574016741416 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1700878574016741416 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: OshanJarow in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1700607664974102621 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3995508550 mentions: - @OshanJarow | name: Oshan Jarow | id_str: 3995508550 text_raw: |- @OshanJarow Hugely anticorrelated skills text_with_expanded_urls: |- @OshanJarow Hugely anticorrelated skills ### tweet 1700882416536051723 chronological_index: 563 archive_order_index: 315 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-10T14:42:23Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 10 14:42:23 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1700882416536051723 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1700882416536051723 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: neats29 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1700729074862133527 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 65421745 mentions: - @neats29 | name: anita ✈️ nyc 26th june | id_str: 65421745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @neats29 Here’s what I think is going on- https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neats29 Here’s what I think is going on- https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1700925735928545682 chronological_index: 564 archive_order_index: 314 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-10T17:34:31Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 10 17:34:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1700925735928545682 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1700925735928545682 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: neats29 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1700916237956678016 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 65421745 mentions: - @neats29 | name: anita ✈️ nyc 26th june | id_str: 65421745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @neats29 If we build a better picture of how alignment works in humans this could help us build more alignable AIs, and perhaps help AIs be kinder to humans; “Understand what kind of thing a nervous system is” is Step 1 in a lot of good plans (and probably a few bad ones, but imo more… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neats29 If we build a better picture of how alignment works in humans this could help us build more alignable AIs, and perhaps help AIs be kinder to humans; “Understand what kind of thing a nervous system is” is Step 1 in a lot of good plans (and probably a few bad ones, but imo more… ### tweet 1701540033549758919 chronological_index: 565 archive_order_index: 313 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-12T10:15:31Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 12 10:15:31 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: pt tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701540033549758919 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701540033549758919 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nosilverv mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- RT @nosilverv: "Tanha is cringe." https://t.co/ZttCes9DSx text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nosilverv: "Tanha is cringe." https://t.co/ZttCes9DSx ### tweet 1701898883599581499 chronological_index: 566 archive_order_index: 312 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T10:01:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 10:01:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701898883599581499 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701898883599581499 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1701382747615309989 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Provocative. I’m increasingly thinking about the wisdom of a “barbell” strategy- if we’re headed upwards, help that happen in a good way. If we’re headed downwards, make the most of the pre-Malthusian Dreamtime. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Provocative. I’m increasingly thinking about the wisdom of a “barbell” strategy- if we’re headed upwards, help that happen in a good way. If we’re headed downwards, make the most of the pre-Malthusian Dreamtime. ### tweet 1701901473611727357 chronological_index: 567 archive_order_index: 311 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T10:11:45Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 10:11:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701901473611727357 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701901473611727357 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1701892710003532019 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I gather part of the Neuralink play is to allow something human in the core causal loop of the future — to prevent humanity from being wholly causally downstream of AI. Underappreciated angle for AI safety: make the case for why humanity deserves to be in the loop https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I gather part of the Neuralink play is to allow something human in the core causal loop of the future — to prevent humanity from being wholly causally downstream of AI. Underappreciated angle for AI safety: make the case for why humanity deserves to be in the loop https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 ### tweet 1701903702611611854 chronological_index: 568 archive_order_index: 310 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T10:20:37Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 10:20:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701903702611611854 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701903702611611854 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1701901473611727357 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella Not a dunk on humanity! Nor a suggestion that we need to justify ourselves. We were here first. But I think we should invest in carefully understanding “what kind of thing” we are, and what properties humanity has that are particularly unusual/great. The better we see this the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Not a dunk on humanity! Nor a suggestion that we need to justify ourselves. We were here first. But I think we should invest in carefully understanding “what kind of thing” we are, and what properties humanity has that are particularly unusual/great. The better we see this the… ### tweet 1701907667785068887 chronological_index: 569 archive_order_index: 309 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T10:36:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 10:36:22 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701907667785068887 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701907667785068887 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/ivQBVuR5Ny expanded: https://x.com/DefenderOfBasic/status/1701584507609178159 display: x.com/DefenderOfBasi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The poor suffer The middle class go to therapy The well-off go on retreats The superrich commission autobiographies https://t.co/ivQBVuR5Ny text_with_expanded_urls: |- The poor suffer The middle class go to therapy The well-off go on retreats The superrich commission autobiographies https://x.com/DefenderOfBasic/status/1701584507609178159 ### tweet 1701916935665955232 chronological_index: 570 archive_order_index: 308 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T11:13:12Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 11:13:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701916935665955232 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701916935665955232 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1701910186082910556 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella The power law trends we’ve seen over the last century seem very likely to accelerate; Harari talks about ‘the masses’ traditionally having political, economic, and military power. And how the story of the last few decades is the economic and military relevance of the average… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella The power law trends we’ve seen over the last century seem very likely to accelerate; Harari talks about ‘the masses’ traditionally having political, economic, and military power. And how the story of the last few decades is the economic and military relevance of the average… ### tweet 1701950162229231873 chronological_index: 571 archive_order_index: 307 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T13:25:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 13:25:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701950162229231873 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701950162229231873 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1701945002337681648 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 text_raw: |- @frideswyth Even quokkas aren’t too many generations of selection away from fierce/clever/noble creatures — humanity is even more adaptable. I totally see the point though, neither the best nor worst outcome text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth Even quokkas aren’t too many generations of selection away from fierce/clever/noble creatures — humanity is even more adaptable. I totally see the point though, neither the best nor worst outcome ### tweet 1701958131742298414 chronological_index: 572 archive_order_index: 306 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T13:56:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 13:56:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701958131742298414 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701958131742298414 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1701950162229231873 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @frideswyth Wanted to riff on this a bit — Humanity’s tech value is we’re the universe’s premier nanotech platform and it isn’t even close. Mobile, fully autonomous, communicative, self-regulating and self-healing, self-replicating, self-improving, tool-creating, behaviorally adaptable &… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth Wanted to riff on this a bit — Humanity’s tech value is we’re the universe’s premier nanotech platform and it isn’t even close. Mobile, fully autonomous, communicative, self-regulating and self-healing, self-replicating, self-improving, tool-creating, behaviorally adaptable &… ### tweet 1701959640760619155 chronological_index: 573 archive_order_index: 305 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-13T14:02:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 13 14:02:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1701959640760619155 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1701959640760619155 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1701956755473699023 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 text_raw: |- @frideswyth Lol yes. I lost it when I heard what quokkas’ primary response to danger is — drumming their feet on the ground with “hey uh guys something’s wrong I need an adult” energy text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth Lol yes. I lost it when I heard what quokkas’ primary response to danger is — drumming their feet on the ground with “hey uh guys something’s wrong I need an adult” energy ### tweet 1702402748006699232 chronological_index: 574 archive_order_index: 304 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-14T19:23:38Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 14 19:23:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702402748006699232 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702402748006699232 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702399207359840616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv My guess is this is what birdsong is for — an honest display of nervous system health. Focus sexual selection on this specific trait countless generations and you get some real birdchads (I think birds are the happiest animals) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv My guess is this is what birdsong is for — an honest display of nervous system health. Focus sexual selection on this specific trait countless generations and you get some real birdchads (I think birds are the happiest animals) ### tweet 1702422741490819117 chronological_index: 575 archive_order_index: 303 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-14T20:43:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 14 20:43:05 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702422741490819117 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702422741490819117 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 42 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/cdhQUtpWKW expanded: https://x.com/skdh/status/1702363158441050353 display: x.com/skdh/status/17… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A conversation between some of the leading lights of physics about beauty and symmetry. One thing it can be difficult to express is just how seriously physicists take symmetry — in physics symmetry is not a quirky geometric property, but the core organizing logic of reality (1/3) https://t.co/cdhQUtpWKW text_with_expanded_urls: |- A conversation between some of the leading lights of physics about beauty and symmetry. One thing it can be difficult to express is just how seriously physicists take symmetry — in physics symmetry is not a quirky geometric property, but the core organizing logic of reality (1/3) https://x.com/skdh/status/1702363158441050353 ### tweet 1702423092746912161 chronological_index: 576 archive_order_index: 302 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-14T20:44:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 14 20:44:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702423092746912161 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702423092746912161 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702422741490819117 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- This is part of my absolutely rock-solid belief in the Symmetry Theory of Valence (STV). If consciousness is real in the same way as electrons are real, symmetry considerations will dominate the ontological structure of consciousness in the same way they do in physics. (2/3) text_with_expanded_urls: |- This is part of my absolutely rock-solid belief in the Symmetry Theory of Valence (STV). If consciousness is real in the same way as electrons are real, symmetry considerations will dominate the ontological structure of consciousness in the same way they do in physics. (2/3) ### tweet 1702423235785294175 chronological_index: 577 archive_order_index: 301 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-14T20:45:03Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 14 20:45:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702423235785294175 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702423235785294175 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702423092746912161 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I recently condensed my book on consciousness, Principia Qualia, into a paper focused specifically on valence. It’s about 30% of the length, and includes more neuroscience and more testable predictions. I’d be glad if people gave it a careful read. https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls text_with_expanded_urls: |- I recently condensed my book on consciousness, Principia Qualia, into a paper focused specifically on valence. It’s about 30% of the length, and includes more neuroscience and more testable predictions. I’d be glad if people gave it a careful read. https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1702566740046008632 chronological_index: 578 archive_order_index: 300 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-15T06:15:17Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 15 06:15:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702566740046008632 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702566740046008632 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702459399707803853 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702566740046008632/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6C7awsWkAAKnGz.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/MbaYHhF7UT - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702566740046008632/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6C7avdXEAABO2O.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/MbaYHhF7UT possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ataiiam Thank you! Hearing that from you means a lot. I believe I understand your question (although I’m not 100% confident — let me know if this addresses the center). I think philosophers have to be very careful with is-ought and preference claims: (1) STV as described in PQ is… https://t.co/MbaYHhF7UT text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam Thank you! Hearing that from you means a lot. I believe I understand your question (although I’m not 100% confident — let me know if this addresses the center). I think philosophers have to be very careful with is-ought and preference claims: (1) STV as described in PQ is… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702566740046008632/photo/1 ### tweet 1702590964546535725 chronological_index: 579 archive_order_index: 299 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-15T07:51:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 15 07:51:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702590964546535725 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702590964546535725 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Sanilac_J in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702575411941785933 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1672478604238942208 text_raw: |- @endgaragesnow Audiences are fickle; Nietzsche famously wrote for the future, Friston has said he writes for himself. Maybe we can now add an option of writing for future AIs. I can just say that I’ve realized that more people read our work than we will ever realize, even if they don’t interact text_with_expanded_urls: |- @endgaragesnow Audiences are fickle; Nietzsche famously wrote for the future, Friston has said he writes for himself. Maybe we can now add an option of writing for future AIs. I can just say that I’ve realized that more people read our work than we will ever realize, even if they don’t interact ### tweet 1702591137305821237 chronological_index: 580 archive_order_index: 298 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-15T07:52:14Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 15 07:52:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702591137305821237 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702591137305821237 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702574533880725690 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels Nice text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels Nice ### tweet 1702597335325278406 chronological_index: 581 archive_order_index: 297 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-15T08:16:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 15 08:16:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702597335325278406 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702597335325278406 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702592778520215831 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702597335325278406/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6DXPzhXwAAvrWK.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/JI90fhhey1 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv https://t.co/JI90fhhey1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702597335325278406/photo/1 ### tweet 1702637888532349303 chronological_index: 582 archive_order_index: 296 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-15T10:58:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 15 10:58:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702637888532349303 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702637888532349303 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702628385178955954 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 text_raw: |- @bronzeagebuddha I strongly rec nattokinase — broad spectrum fibrolytic that dissolves clots, plaques, and even spike protein to an extent. Also over the counter (might need to order online) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bronzeagebuddha I strongly rec nattokinase — broad spectrum fibrolytic that dissolves clots, plaques, and even spike protein to an extent. Also over the counter (might need to order online) ### tweet 1702723671582797877 chronological_index: 583 archive_order_index: 295 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-15T16:38:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 15 16:38:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702723671582797877 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702723671582797877 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702712978296963332 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 text_raw: |- @bronzeagebuddha Nice. 100mg/day is pretty standard (one serving of natto has 80mg), if well tolerated I’d keep at that dose until 1 week after COVID’s gone. Can take daily for years though text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bronzeagebuddha Nice. 100mg/day is pretty standard (one serving of natto has 80mg), if well tolerated I’d keep at that dose until 1 week after COVID’s gone. Can take daily for years though ### tweet 1702993663930884550 chronological_index: 584 archive_order_index: 294 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-16T10:31:44Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 16 10:31:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1702993663930884550 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1702993663930884550 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702724623006093747 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 text_raw: |- @bronzeagebuddha I looked into toxicology and you could literally take the whole bottle and be fine. Might be worth increasing the dose during covid, I think if it were me I’d take 500mg/day text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bronzeagebuddha I looked into toxicology and you could literally take the whole bottle and be fine. Might be worth increasing the dose during covid, I think if it were me I’d take 500mg/day ### tweet 1703046284318326814 chronological_index: 585 archive_order_index: 293 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-16T14:00:49Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 16 14:00:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703046284318326814 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703046284318326814 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cloned_ID in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1702430427145961497 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1327277206192742400 mentions: - @cloned_ID | name: hûn | id_str: 1327277206192742400 urls: - short: https://t.co/W854peSpaL expanded: https://www.amazon.com/Principia-Qualia-I-Framework-Valence/dp/1542773415/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3J59VCDLBFXGF&keywords=principia+qualia&qid=1694872038&sprefix=principia+qualia%2Caps%2C257&sr=8-1 display: amazon.com/Principia-Qual… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cloned_ID Thank you! I have a print on demand version on Amazon; I intend to update it slightly and add hardcover at some point but this would be a solid first edition https://t.co/W854peSpaL text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cloned_ID Thank you! I have a print on demand version on Amazon; I intend to update it slightly and add hardcover at some point but this would be a solid first edition https://www.amazon.com/Principia-Qualia-I-Framework-Valence/dp/1542773415/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=3J59VCDLBFXGF&keywords=principia+qualia&qid=1694872038&sprefix=principia+qualia%2Caps%2C257&sr=8-1 ### tweet 1703076574319222942 chronological_index: 586 archive_order_index: 292 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-16T16:01:11Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 16 16:01:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703076574319222942 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703076574319222942 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: mjdramstead in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703042475886076015 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 950844713657094145 mentions: - @mjdramstead | name: Maxwell Ramstead | id_str: 950844713657094145 - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 - @ineshipolito | name: Inês Hipólito | id_str: 79272029 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @mjdramstead @SurenVynn @WorldImagining @ineshipolito Good afternoon; some observations & open questions (feel free to respond or not, I understand everyone’s busy)- As I understand it, and loosely speaking, IIT is a complexity measure and method for system decomposition, FEP is a universal principle of self-organizing systems, and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mjdramstead @SurenVynn @WorldImagining @ineshipolito Good afternoon; some observations & open questions (feel free to respond or not, I understand everyone’s busy)- As I understand it, and loosely speaking, IIT is a complexity measure and method for system decomposition, FEP is a universal principle of self-organizing systems, and… ### tweet 1703116771434131597 chronological_index: 587 archive_order_index: 291 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-16T18:40:55Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 16 18:40:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703116771434131597 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703116771434131597 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703109032070848837 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 - @demiurgently | name: sydney | id_str: 1192327263527698433 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @SurenVynn @demiurgently Conceptually, very easy to do! Practically, biotech is very finicky… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn @demiurgently Conceptually, very easy to do! Practically, biotech is very finicky… ### tweet 1703401950048362695 chronological_index: 588 archive_order_index: 290 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-17T13:34:07Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 17 13:34:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703401950048362695 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703401950048362695 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 27 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: mechanical_monk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703338835558511047 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1159211693546885120 mentions: - @mechanical_monk | name: monk | id_str: 1159211693546885120 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703401950048362695/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6OzCsbWsAA3SL4.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/vW4V4kKr41 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mechanical_monk An unexplored frontier in megastructure engineering is structures specially designed to produce a lot of certain kinds of qualia. LQOs (Large Qualia Objects) Too early/schizo to say much about these, but imo they should eventually be part of SETI heuristics… https://t.co/vW4V4kKr41 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mechanical_monk An unexplored frontier in megastructure engineering is structures specially designed to produce a lot of certain kinds of qualia. LQOs (Large Qualia Objects) Too early/schizo to say much about these, but imo they should eventually be part of SETI heuristics… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703401950048362695/photo/1 ### tweet 1703481704743137456 chronological_index: 589 archive_order_index: 289 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-17T18:51:02Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 17 18:51:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703481704743137456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703481704743137456 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 42 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703473069849731180 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Some surreal experiences for animals: - Exposure to various psychoactive substances and technological superstimuli; - Experience of city living and modernity (which has a lot of weird chunky sensory dimensionalities — I wonder if some animals get “Tetris effect” flashes in… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Some surreal experiences for animals: - Exposure to various psychoactive substances and technological superstimuli; - Experience of city living and modernity (which has a lot of weird chunky sensory dimensionalities — I wonder if some animals get “Tetris effect” flashes in… ### tweet 1703497165291573453 chronological_index: 590 archive_order_index: 288 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-17T19:52:28Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 17 19:52:28 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703497165291573453 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703497165291573453 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 61 retweet_count: 8 urls: - short: https://t.co/0ldCWmDBJi expanded: https://x.com/erikphoel/status/1703441570970636556 display: x.com/erikphoel/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A bombshell of an open letter dropped this week, with 124 authors (some very notable) criticizing a leading theory of consciousness, IIT, as “pseudoscience”. I disagree with the theme and arguments of the letter. Erik P. Hoel has a rejoinder (below), which is an an absolute tour… https://t.co/0ldCWmDBJi text_with_expanded_urls: |- A bombshell of an open letter dropped this week, with 124 authors (some very notable) criticizing a leading theory of consciousness, IIT, as “pseudoscience”. I disagree with the theme and arguments of the letter. Erik P. Hoel has a rejoinder (below), which is an an absolute tour… https://x.com/erikphoel/status/1703441570970636556 ### tweet 1703502094496416082 chronological_index: 591 archive_order_index: 287 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-17T20:12:03Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 17 20:12:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703502094496416082 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703502094496416082 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703499289970786333 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @powerfultakes That’s a great suggestion. My latest paper is a good on-ramp for the core ideas of valence, formalism, symmetry, and self-organization- https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU Also a good intro- https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c But I’ll work on the directory of research text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes That’s a great suggestion. My latest paper is a good on-ramp for the core ideas of valence, formalism, symmetry, and self-organization- https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ Also a good intro- https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ But I’ll work on the directory of research ### tweet 1703620224484831438 chronological_index: 592 archive_order_index: 286 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-18T04:01:27Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 18 04:01:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703620224484831438 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703620224484831438 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bathcat in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703517166052450806 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669172128657166343 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @bennettpoasting My guess is nicotine alters the vasomotion reflex such that it’s better (more aggressive) at resolving uncertainty; a test for this might be whether nicotine alters baseline muscle reflexes https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY Part of the hypothesis is that schizophrenia involves an… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bennettpoasting My guess is nicotine alters the vasomotion reflex such that it’s better (more aggressive) at resolving uncertainty; a test for this might be whether nicotine alters baseline muscle reflexes https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ Part of the hypothesis is that schizophrenia involves an… ### tweet 1703654253691088991 chronological_index: 593 archive_order_index: 285 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-18T06:16:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 18 06:16:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703654253691088991 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703654253691088991 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: beffjezos in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703651792175714465 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1556550048862928898 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @BasedBeffJezos It’s autism (literally) https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BasedBeffJezos It’s autism (literally) https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1703748686277226686 chronological_index: 594 archive_order_index: 284 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-18T12:31:55Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 18 12:31:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703748686277226686 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703748686277226686 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: WiringTheBrain in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703739914909610065 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 325719227 mentions: - @WiringTheBrain | name: Kevin Mitchell | id_str: 325719227 text_raw: |- @WiringTheBrain I like the list! I’d add that a theory of consciousness should be able to determine how pleasant or unpleasant an experience is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @WiringTheBrain I like the list! I’d add that a theory of consciousness should be able to determine how pleasant or unpleasant an experience is ### tweet 1703821890756764137 chronological_index: 595 archive_order_index: 283 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-18T17:22:48Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 18 17:22:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703821890756764137 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703821890756764137 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703795513143799840 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @36_72541890 @BasedBeffJezos Good question. Have been meaning to write this out — I’m considering three biological causes which push toward the schizoid cluster: - (1) Reduced connectivity between brain regions (well-established in the schizophrenia literature). Basically all brain regions help regulate… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 @BasedBeffJezos Good question. Have been meaning to write this out — I’m considering three biological causes which push toward the schizoid cluster: - (1) Reduced connectivity between brain regions (well-established in the schizophrenia literature). Basically all brain regions help regulate… ### tweet 1703949417089269860 chronological_index: 596 archive_order_index: 282 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-19T01:49:33Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 19 01:49:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703949417089269860 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703949417089269860 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayesianboy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703945159547789319 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1128097859411304453 mentions: - @bayesianboy | name: Mel Andrews | id_str: 1128097859411304453 text_raw: |- @bayesianboy @BasedBeffJezos Discussed at the end of the piece- empirically it looks like ASD involves both text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayesianboy @BasedBeffJezos Discussed at the end of the piece- empirically it looks like ASD involves both ### tweet 1703950016824369331 chronological_index: 597 archive_order_index: 281 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-19T01:51:56Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 19 01:51:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1703950016824369331 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703950016824369331 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayesianboy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703945760025305486 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1128097859411304453 mentions: - @bayesianboy | name: Mel Andrews | id_str: 1128097859411304453 - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 text_raw: |- @bayesianboy @burny_tech Happy to address good criticisms :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayesianboy @burny_tech Happy to address good criticisms :) ### tweet 1704009571033837923 chronological_index: 598 archive_order_index: 280 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-19T05:48:35Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 19 05:48:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704009571033837923 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704009571033837923 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessi_cata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703860757589279105 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 361354984 mentions: - @jessi_cata | name: jessicat | id_str: 361354984 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jessi_cata I appreciate the review; I’d also recommend my condensed and slightly updated paper on the topic. PQ is intended as a blueprint for consciousness research; the paper zeroes in on valence in particular, and digs deeper into neuroscience and falsifiability. https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessi_cata I appreciate the review; I’d also recommend my condensed and slightly updated paper on the topic. PQ is intended as a blueprint for consciousness research; the paper zeroes in on valence in particular, and digs deeper into neuroscience and falsifiability. https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1704010117170008556 chronological_index: 599 archive_order_index: 279 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-19T05:50:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 19 05:50:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704010117170008556 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704010117170008556 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: qorprate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1703874186073022474 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1089644895076261889 mentions: - @qorprate | name: snav | id_str: 1089644895076261889 - @jessi_cata | name: jessicat | id_str: 361354984 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704010117170008556/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6XcJ-BXkAAwJt7.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/PCGyfKrt21 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704010117170008556/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6XcJ-GXYAA8A6V.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/PCGyfKrt21 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704010117170008556/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6XcJ9-XYAASxfr.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/PCGyfKrt21 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704010117170008556/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6XcJ-AWcAA21Pw.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/PCGyfKrt21 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @qorprate @jessi_cata Appreciate the comments! I discuss these topics a bit further in my more recent paper. Basically, symmetry makes a great attractor for self-organization, and I expect the brain has used this extensively and coupled it to homeostatic requirements: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 https://t.co/PCGyfKrt21 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @qorprate @jessi_cata Appreciate the comments! I discuss these topics a bit further in my more recent paper. Basically, symmetry makes a great attractor for self-organization, and I expect the brain has used this extensively and coupled it to homeostatic requirements: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704010117170008556/photo/1 ### tweet 1704269013784670361 chronological_index: 600 archive_order_index: 278 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-19T22:59:31Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 19 22:59:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704269013784670361 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704269013784670361 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: moissanist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704252585601802590 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1260820328617578501 mentions: - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 text_raw: |- @moissanist @metaLulie Thanks for the tag! I agree with Lulie’s observation and I think vasocomputation is a great frame for explaining how and why. Patterns of muscle tension are transmissible, and tacitly encode lots of information (like clamps on a Chladni plate encode information) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @moissanist @metaLulie Thanks for the tag! I agree with Lulie’s observation and I think vasocomputation is a great frame for explaining how and why. Patterns of muscle tension are transmissible, and tacitly encode lots of information (like clamps on a Chladni plate encode information) ### tweet 1704390710177173987 chronological_index: 601 archive_order_index: 277 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T07:03:06Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 07:03:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704390710177173987 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704390710177173987 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 196 retweet_count: 9 in_reply_to_screen_name: Untrulie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704302371436695618 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1184414112891260930 mentions: - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @metaLulie @moissanist Essentially, the muscular system (in particular smooth muscles & fascia, and in particular VSMCs) holds tension as a way to restrict the patterns of the neural system. Sort of like how pinching a vibrating system reduces the ways it can vibrate. These pinches can be brief, or can… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @metaLulie @moissanist Essentially, the muscular system (in particular smooth muscles & fascia, and in particular VSMCs) holds tension as a way to restrict the patterns of the neural system. Sort of like how pinching a vibrating system reduces the ways it can vibrate. These pinches can be brief, or can… ### tweet 1704490715248505279 chronological_index: 602 archive_order_index: 276 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T13:40:29Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 13:40:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704490715248505279 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704490715248505279 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704447769904078939 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 mentions: - @Schizohobo | name: Frank the hobo | id_str: 1841860335982280705 text_raw: |- @schizohobo Magnesium, collagen, creatine - have been thinking of adding coconut oil on skin (apparently the skin absorbs it well enough that it’s legitimately a source of calories) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @schizohobo Magnesium, collagen, creatine - have been thinking of adding coconut oil on skin (apparently the skin absorbs it well enough that it’s legitimately a source of calories) ### tweet 1704518623660798052 chronological_index: 603 archive_order_index: 275 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T15:31:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 15:31:22 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704518623660798052 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 66 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/IqUQx4BRcu expanded: https://x.com/sama/status/1704168397498712100 display: x.com/sama/status/17… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I suspect caffeine (1) increases neural activity, allowing a higher dimensional working space, (2) dials up the vasomotion reflex, leading to more compression pressure on neural patterns. Very potent combination that increases your capacity to chew through complex uncertainty,… https://t.co/IqUQx4BRcu text_with_expanded_urls: |- I suspect caffeine (1) increases neural activity, allowing a higher dimensional working space, (2) dials up the vasomotion reflex, leading to more compression pressure on neural patterns. Very potent combination that increases your capacity to chew through complex uncertainty,… https://x.com/sama/status/1704168397498712100 ### tweet 1704519405986570706 chronological_index: 604 archive_order_index: 274 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T15:34:29Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 15:34:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704519405986570706 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704519405986570706 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: m_ashcroft in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704508745814786274 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22151118 mentions: - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @m_ashcroft @metaLulie @moissanist @jonnym1ller Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @m_ashcroft @metaLulie @moissanist @jonnym1ller Thank you! ### tweet 1704519585498587347 chronological_index: 605 archive_order_index: 273 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T15:35:12Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 15:35:12 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704519585498587347 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704519585498587347 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: m_ashcroft mentions: - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @m_ashcroft: lots of things keep pointing me back towards diving properly into Predictive Processing as a means to make sense of some of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @m_ashcroft: lots of things keep pointing me back towards diving properly into Predictive Processing as a means to make sense of some of… ### tweet 1704520703553286232 chronological_index: 606 archive_order_index: 272 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T15:39:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 15:39:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704520703553286232 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704520703553286232 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Jeanvaljean689 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704513064404431251 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 6705482 mentions: - @Jeanvaljean689 | name: Matt Jugo | id_str: 6705482 - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 text_raw: |- @Jeanvaljean689 @metaLulie @moissanist Thank you! And — I’d definitely agree with that… To flip it around, I’d also expect that being mentally unfree in various ways will present as physical limitations in movement. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Jeanvaljean689 @metaLulie @moissanist Thank you! And — I’d definitely agree with that… To flip it around, I’d also expect that being mentally unfree in various ways will present as physical limitations in movement. ### tweet 1704546600574402564 chronological_index: 607 archive_order_index: 271 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T17:22:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 17:22:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704546600574402564 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704546600574402564 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704543930694476149 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux I wouldn’t feel qualified to weigh in on this, though I think the muscular system does have a simple tendency to upregulate/downregulate in a way the neural system doesn’t (and this makes strict synchronization hard — might underlie a lot of tolerance dynamics tbh) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux I wouldn’t feel qualified to weigh in on this, though I think the muscular system does have a simple tendency to upregulate/downregulate in a way the neural system doesn’t (and this makes strict synchronization hard — might underlie a lot of tolerance dynamics tbh) ### tweet 1704627700713881955 chronological_index: 608 archive_order_index: 270 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T22:44:48Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 22:44:48 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704627700713881955 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704627700713881955 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nosilverv mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @nosilverv: > “something bad happened, I will not let it happen again, I must hold this pattern of tension in order to reduce my dynamic… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nosilverv: > “something bad happened, I will not let it happen again, I must hold this pattern of tension in order to reduce my dynamic… ### tweet 1704639357183840337 chronological_index: 609 archive_order_index: 269 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T23:31:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 23:31:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704639357183840337 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704639357183840337 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704564875329159462 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso I’ve long appreciated your beautiful threads; thank you for the kind words. To brainstorm a little further: I think a lot about the human nervous system being fundamentally social — we not only can synchronize with others, but naturally synchronize, and in some senses *must*… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso I’ve long appreciated your beautiful threads; thank you for the kind words. To brainstorm a little further: I think a lot about the human nervous system being fundamentally social — we not only can synchronize with others, but naturally synchronize, and in some senses *must*… ### tweet 1704641727577907639 chronological_index: 610 archive_order_index: 268 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-20T23:40:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 20 23:40:33 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704641727577907639 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704641727577907639 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lukeplato in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704630349723001099 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1247962538 mentions: - @lukeplato | name: luk⨋ | id_str: 1247962538 - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 text_raw: |- @lukeplato @metaLulie @moissanist I think there’s strong evidence that NO plays a central role in tension/release; I’d also suggest that interventions which lead to cycling the clench-release process may be particularly interesting to look at. E.g. sauna + cold plunge text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lukeplato @metaLulie @moissanist I think there’s strong evidence that NO plays a central role in tension/release; I’d also suggest that interventions which lead to cycling the clench-release process may be particularly interesting to look at. E.g. sauna + cold plunge ### tweet 1704708572280426546 chronological_index: 611 archive_order_index: 247 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-21T04:06:10Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 21 04:06:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704708572280426546 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704708572280426546 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: edefic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704659255851114741 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15734539 mentions: - @edefic | name: edef | id_str: 15734539 - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 text_raw: |- @edefic @metaLulie @moissanist I think that’s a reasonable approach to the terminology; my use of the term points at the relative durability and foundational status of latched priors, per my writeup (which I think should have a different name than priors simply held in active tension) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @edefic @metaLulie @moissanist I think that’s a reasonable approach to the terminology; my use of the term points at the relative durability and foundational status of latched priors, per my writeup (which I think should have a different name than priors simply held in active tension) ### tweet 1704722211196617214 chronological_index: 612 archive_order_index: 246 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-21T05:00:22Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 21 05:00:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704722211196617214 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704722211196617214 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: c0nfused_person in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704713320480088387 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1606595752758763520 mentions: - @StatsLime | name: Limelihood ⏸️ Function 🔸🔸🔸 | id_str: 1163643898587049984 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @arno_shae @StatsLime I’d agree — as I understand it, a hyperprior is (1) a probability distribution on another probability distribution (or a parameter of this distribution); it’s also used more informally as (2) “a prior that’s particularly fundamental and gets built on top of.” I expect these two… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @arno_shae @StatsLime I’d agree — as I understand it, a hyperprior is (1) a probability distribution on another probability distribution (or a parameter of this distribution); it’s also used more informally as (2) “a prior that’s particularly fundamental and gets built on top of.” I expect these two… ### tweet 1704772892922175495 chronological_index: 613 archive_order_index: 245 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-21T08:21:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 21 08:21:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704772892922175495 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704772892922175495 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EiiisD in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704770049284723190 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1245834921387667457 mentions: - @EiiisD | name: Ellis | id_str: 1245834921387667457 - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @EiiisD @metaLulie @moissanist To locate this in idea space, this is essentially an implementation-level account of how the Free Energy Principle - Active Inference framework may be implemented in humans. FEP-AI discusses probability distributions and predictions but doesn’t make commitments as to how these… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EiiisD @metaLulie @moissanist To locate this in idea space, this is essentially an implementation-level account of how the Free Energy Principle - Active Inference framework may be implemented in humans. FEP-AI discusses probability distributions and predictions but doesn’t make commitments as to how these… ### tweet 1704913708688777422 chronological_index: 614 archive_order_index: 244 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-21T17:41:18Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 21 17:41:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704913708688777422 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704913708688777422 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704893476783968387 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RokoMijic We should either work on developing an objective measure of subjective experience, or fully bite all the bullets involved with this being impossible. My sense is most eliminativists/subjectivists like to hang out at the “60%” area — their worldview is a basket of eliminativist… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic We should either work on developing an objective measure of subjective experience, or fully bite all the bullets involved with this being impossible. My sense is most eliminativists/subjectivists like to hang out at the “60%” area — their worldview is a basket of eliminativist… ### tweet 1704919392419520560 chronological_index: 615 archive_order_index: 243 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-21T18:03:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 21 18:03:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1704919392419520560 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704919392419520560 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704914282905747962 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RokoMijic Phenomenology sure seems to have structure; why can’t a description of what systems generate what kinds of structures be formalized? Many things we talk about tacitly assume experience is “real” -> has deep structure, has objective existence. We’d need to throw away a lot of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic Phenomenology sure seems to have structure; why can’t a description of what systems generate what kinds of structures be formalized? Many things we talk about tacitly assume experience is “real” -> has deep structure, has objective existence. We’d need to throw away a lot of… ### tweet 1705106596169212247 chronological_index: 616 archive_order_index: 242 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-22T06:27:46Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 22 06:27:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1705106596169212247 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705106596169212247 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1704926212341022861 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Platonic humanity has never been tried! Might go well, might go poorly. But probably better than the natural degenerate case text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Platonic humanity has never been tried! Might go well, might go poorly. But probably better than the natural degenerate case ### tweet 1705192048041574620 chronological_index: 617 archive_order_index: 241 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-22T12:07:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 22 12:07:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1705192048041574620 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705192048041574620 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: phantom_opus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1705174334384255240 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1164674594520928256 mentions: - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @phantom_opus Apparently a genetic cause hasn’t been identified; also uncertain whether this is a disorder of vasospasm or whether the latch-bridge mechanism is also involved... To reframe the question we could consider what psychological traits/symptoms may be caused by similar vasospasms… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @phantom_opus Apparently a genetic cause hasn’t been identified; also uncertain whether this is a disorder of vasospasm or whether the latch-bridge mechanism is also involved... To reframe the question we could consider what psychological traits/symptoms may be caused by similar vasospasms… ### tweet 1705510272281059782 chronological_index: 618 archive_order_index: 240 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-23T09:11:50Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 23 09:11:50 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1705510272281059782 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705510272281059782 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JimmyRis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1705499304880955790 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 29838494 mentions: - @JimmyRis | name: james, the giant peach | id_str: 29838494 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @JimmyRis I’d agree with all that! NO feels very promising. I think “cycling” latches tends to be the most efficient at opening them — not just vasodilation (or vasoconstriction) but both. Eg sauna + cold plunge. I wonder if breathwork has an element of this… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JimmyRis I’d agree with all that! NO feels very promising. I think “cycling” latches tends to be the most efficient at opening them — not just vasodilation (or vasoconstriction) but both. Eg sauna + cold plunge. I wonder if breathwork has an element of this… ### tweet 1705807308662436054 chronological_index: 619 archive_order_index: 239 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-24T04:52:09Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 24 04:52:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1705807308662436054 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705807308662436054 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1705625639468839339 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705807308662436054/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6w-s1DWYAANDOQ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/TzDdt5vVii - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705807308662436054/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6w-s04XcAAeWMi.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/TzDdt5vVii - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705807308662436054/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6w-s04XAAAf6W1.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/TzDdt5vVii possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia This is great (your wording, not the problem)— going to paste a few screenshots from my autism piece https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq https://t.co/TzDdt5vVii text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia This is great (your wording, not the problem)— going to paste a few screenshots from my autism piece https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1705807308662436054/photo/1 ### tweet 1706350708419698969 chronological_index: 620 archive_order_index: 238 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-25T16:51:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 25 16:51:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1706350708419698969 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1706350708419698969 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1706287271211901088 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @hormeze @metaLulie @moissanist I’d particularly recommend magnesium, nattokinase, and perhaps L-citrulline; “Vasodilators” may help but are likely less effective than cycling clench+release (e.g. sauna+cold plunge). Also avoiding seed oils is surprisingly important — I think it’s a clear path from seed oils… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze @metaLulie @moissanist I’d particularly recommend magnesium, nattokinase, and perhaps L-citrulline; “Vasodilators” may help but are likely less effective than cycling clench+release (e.g. sauna+cold plunge). Also avoiding seed oils is surprisingly important — I think it’s a clear path from seed oils… ### tweet 1706370067154264174 chronological_index: 621 archive_order_index: 237 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-25T18:08:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 25 18:08:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1706370067154264174 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1706370067154264174 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1706356261095092502 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/hnQX8UHvuw expanded: https://aeon.co/ideas/feel-good-fractals-from-ocean-waves-to-jackson-pollocks-art display: aeon.co/ideas/feel-goo… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia Very simple metric for how “artificial” a pattern is is its fractal dimensionality — sounds like woo but there’s actually decent research on what range natural patterns usually fall into (and humans strongly prefer things in this range) https://t.co/hnQX8UHvuw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia Very simple metric for how “artificial” a pattern is is its fractal dimensionality — sounds like woo but there’s actually decent research on what range natural patterns usually fall into (and humans strongly prefer things in this range) https://aeon.co/ideas/feel-good-fractals-from-ocean-waves-to-jackson-pollocks-art ### tweet 1707072124945412476 chronological_index: 622 archive_order_index: 236 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T16:38:05Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 16:38:05 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707072124945412476 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707072124945412476 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: heydannymiranda mentions: - @heydannymiranda | name: Danny Miranda | id_str: 1007896831186087938 - @jwmares | name: Justin Mares | id_str: 139193277 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @heydannymiranda: New full episode with @jwmares now live! Justin might be the most interesting person I've had on the show. • Cofound… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @heydannymiranda: New full episode with @jwmares now live! Justin might be the most interesting person I've had on the show. • Cofound… ### tweet 1707079273608106375 chronological_index: 623 archive_order_index: 235 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:06:29Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:06:29 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707079273608106375 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 458 retweet_count: 25 text_raw: |- Nattokinase saved my life a few years ago. You should probably consider taking it. 🧵 NK is a cheap, powerful, and easy to get fibrinolytic that dissolves blood clots and plaques. Imo it’s also the supplement with the best +EV for longevity and cognitive health. (1/n) text_with_expanded_urls: |- Nattokinase saved my life a few years ago. You should probably consider taking it. 🧵 NK is a cheap, powerful, and easy to get fibrinolytic that dissolves blood clots and plaques. Imo it’s also the supplement with the best +EV for longevity and cognitive health. (1/n) ### tweet 1707079470778024091 chronological_index: 624 archive_order_index: 234 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:07:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:07:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707079470778024091 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079470778024091 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 57 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707079273608106375 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- The body produces clots (fibrin tangles) to prevent blood loss and mop up small debris like pathogens. Blood loss was a big danger throughout most of our evolutionary past so this system tends to be at high readiness, with clots constantly forming and dissolving. Your background… text_with_expanded_urls: |- The body produces clots (fibrin tangles) to prevent blood loss and mop up small debris like pathogens. Blood loss was a big danger throughout most of our evolutionary past so this system tends to be at high readiness, with clots constantly forming and dissolving. Your background… ### tweet 1707079685539086716 chronological_index: 625 archive_order_index: 233 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:08:07Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:08:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707079685539086716 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079685539086716 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 57 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707079470778024091 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Japanese natto (fermented beans) contains a bacterial enzyme “nattokinase” that’s a natural, broad-spectrum fibrinolytic (clot dissolver). One serving of natto contains about 80mg (~1600 FU) nattokinase. I recommend taking it in pill form — text_with_expanded_urls: |- Japanese natto (fermented beans) contains a bacterial enzyme “nattokinase” that’s a natural, broad-spectrum fibrinolytic (clot dissolver). One serving of natto contains about 80mg (~1600 FU) nattokinase. I recommend taking it in pill form — ### tweet 1707079731395301715 chronological_index: 626 archive_order_index: 232 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:08:18Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:08:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707079731395301715 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079731395301715 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 46 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707079685539086716 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/nMy17puUX0 expanded: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Nattokinase display: amazon.com/s?k=Nattokinase possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- — it’s more convenient and natto’s taste is not for the faint of heart. NK is still a bit rare in physical supplement shops but easy to find online — I usually get mine on Amazon and take 100mg/day or as-needed. https://t.co/nMy17puUX0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- — it’s more convenient and natto’s taste is not for the faint of heart. NK is still a bit rare in physical supplement shops but easy to find online — I usually get mine on Amazon and take 100mg/day or as-needed. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Nattokinase ### tweet 1707080384419139797 chronological_index: 627 archive_order_index: 231 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:10:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:10:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707080384419139797 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080384419139797 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 64 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707079731395301715 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080384419139797/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7DEjwFWAAANktJ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/h7TguZUiKi possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Nattokinase is amazing at dissolving clots. It’s unusual in that it does so via multiple pathways, also reduces blood pressure, & is broadly protective of the cardiovascular system. It also has a fantastic safety profile: people have been eating it for literally thousands of… https://t.co/h7TguZUiKi text_with_expanded_urls: |- Nattokinase is amazing at dissolving clots. It’s unusual in that it does so via multiple pathways, also reduces blood pressure, & is broadly protective of the cardiovascular system. It also has a fantastic safety profile: people have been eating it for literally thousands of… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080384419139797/photo/1 ### tweet 1707080485774451116 chronological_index: 628 archive_order_index: 230 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:11:18Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:11:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707080485774451116 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080485774451116 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 54 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707080384419139797 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- Aspirin thins blood by disabling the platelets which form blood clots; warfarin (originally sold as rat poison) blocks vitamin K which blocks coagulation. Nattokinase dissolves clots and other tangles *after* they’re formed, as well as having aspirin-like anticoagulation effects.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- Aspirin thins blood by disabling the platelets which form blood clots; warfarin (originally sold as rat poison) blocks vitamin K which blocks coagulation. Nattokinase dissolves clots and other tangles *after* they’re formed, as well as having aspirin-like anticoagulation effects.… ### tweet 1707080626321465536 chronological_index: 629 archive_order_index: 229 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:11:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:11:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707080626321465536 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080626321465536 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 52 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707080485774451116 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/rAx6XrowAU expanded: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28763875/ display: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28763875/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Nattokinase is sufficiently broad spectrum in what it dissolves that it also dissolves arterial plaques (36% reduction after 6 months of 6000 FU/day, vs 11% with statins): https://t.co/rAx6XrowAU text_with_expanded_urls: |- Nattokinase is sufficiently broad spectrum in what it dissolves that it also dissolves arterial plaques (36% reduction after 6 months of 6000 FU/day, vs 11% with statins): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28763875/ ### tweet 1707080727731360164 chronological_index: 630 archive_order_index: 228 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:12:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:12:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707080727731360164 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080727731360164 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 61 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707080626321465536 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/mcjafXQNYG expanded: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36080170/ display: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36080170/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Slightly more esoterically, nattokinase also dissolves the covid spike protein(!): https://t.co/mcjafXQNYG text_with_expanded_urls: |- Slightly more esoterically, nattokinase also dissolves the covid spike protein(!): https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36080170/ ### tweet 1707081158289224132 chronological_index: 631 archive_order_index: 227 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:13:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:13:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707081158289224132 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707081158289224132 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707080727731360164 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- There’s some question of whether Nattokinase could also help treat Alzheimer’s, prion diseases, and other buildup-related neurodegenerative diseases. Apparently covid seems to create fibrin tangles that contribute to these conditions — dissolving these tangles might be broadly… text_with_expanded_urls: |- There’s some question of whether Nattokinase could also help treat Alzheimer’s, prion diseases, and other buildup-related neurodegenerative diseases. Apparently covid seems to create fibrin tangles that contribute to these conditions — dissolving these tangles might be broadly… ### tweet 1707081271388643331 chronological_index: 632 archive_order_index: 226 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:14:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:14:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707081271388643331 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707081271388643331 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707081158289224132 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- At any rate, nattokinase is the best solution to blood clots I’ve found and it’s not even close. The next question: who has blood clots? Traditionally medicine has focused on big clots. If you have a stroke, a big thrombosis that swells up, or a pulmonary embolism — “yep you had… text_with_expanded_urls: |- At any rate, nattokinase is the best solution to blood clots I’ve found and it’s not even close. The next question: who has blood clots? Traditionally medicine has focused on big clots. If you have a stroke, a big thrombosis that swells up, or a pulmonary embolism — “yep you had… ### tweet 1707081954850460158 chronological_index: 633 archive_order_index: 225 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:17:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:17:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707081954850460158 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707081954850460158 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 48 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707081271388643331 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707081954850460158/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7DF_IPW0AAkZTN.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/OtLwX0gazT possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The emerging picture, however, is that we semi-frequently go through periods of having large amounts of tiny clots, and these “microclots” may be a significant driver of physiological and cognitive decline. Basically, even tiny clots can kill tissue if they get stuck in the wrong… https://t.co/OtLwX0gazT text_with_expanded_urls: |- The emerging picture, however, is that we semi-frequently go through periods of having large amounts of tiny clots, and these “microclots” may be a significant driver of physiological and cognitive decline. Basically, even tiny clots can kill tissue if they get stuck in the wrong… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707081954850460158/photo/1 ### tweet 1707082047678722480 chronological_index: 634 archive_order_index: 224 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:17:30Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:17:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707082047678722480 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707082047678722480 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 46 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707081954850460158 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- A few years ago I had some mysterious symptoms — strange yellowing bruises (especially after flying) despite not bumping into anything, a strange “hot ripping pain” just above my knees, sharp pinprick pains that traveled periodically, strange sluggishness, and eventually… text_with_expanded_urls: |- A few years ago I had some mysterious symptoms — strange yellowing bruises (especially after flying) despite not bumping into anything, a strange “hot ripping pain” just above my knees, sharp pinprick pains that traveled periodically, strange sluggishness, and eventually… ### tweet 1707082196865945790 chronological_index: 635 archive_order_index: 223 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:18:06Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:18:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707082196865945790 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707082196865945790 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 60 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707082047678722480 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- I think being familiar with what it feels like to have clots — and that nattokinase is a viable treatment for them — is among the most unusual pieces of health knowledge I have. I’d like more people to have this knowledge. text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think being familiar with what it feels like to have clots — and that nattokinase is a viable treatment for them — is among the most unusual pieces of health knowledge I have. I’d like more people to have this knowledge. ### tweet 1707082453121171555 chronological_index: 636 archive_order_index: 222 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:19:07Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:19:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707082453121171555 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707082453121171555 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707082196865945790 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- I expect clots can lead to a dynamic similar to “Kessler syndrome” — basically, if a blood clot is banging around in your vascular system, it can create injuries that lead to more clots, which then go on to make more clots, and so on. Not great. The good news is that if you… text_with_expanded_urls: |- I expect clots can lead to a dynamic similar to “Kessler syndrome” — basically, if a blood clot is banging around in your vascular system, it can create injuries that lead to more clots, which then go on to make more clots, and so on. Not great. The good news is that if you… ### tweet 1707083562367725866 chronological_index: 637 archive_order_index: 221 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:23:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:23:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707083562367725866 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707083562367725866 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707082453121171555 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707083562367725866/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7DHcz6WIAAs_k1.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/y7m1mJXyCd - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707083562367725866/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F7DHcz5XkAAgPi9.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/y7m1mJXyCd possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- What should people expect from taking NK? Mostly, nattokinase supplementation is about ‘the dog that didn’t bark’. Fewer bad things happen, especially if you’re still eating seed oils (apparently a substantial contributor to microclots) But I felt healthier after taking… https://t.co/y7m1mJXyCd text_with_expanded_urls: |- What should people expect from taking NK? Mostly, nattokinase supplementation is about ‘the dog that didn’t bark’. Fewer bad things happen, especially if you’re still eating seed oils (apparently a substantial contributor to microclots) But I felt healthier after taking… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707083562367725866/photo/1 ### tweet 1707083699290853679 chronological_index: 638 archive_order_index: 220 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:24:04Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:24:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707083699290853679 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707083699290853679 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707083562367725866 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- A couple friends report feeling “good but weird” after taking nattokinase. I suspect this could be because the vascular system gets calibrated to a certain flexibility. If you have a lot of plaques and other debris that stiffen your vascular system and then take nattokinase, some… text_with_expanded_urls: |- A couple friends report feeling “good but weird” after taking nattokinase. I suspect this could be because the vascular system gets calibrated to a certain flexibility. If you have a lot of plaques and other debris that stiffen your vascular system and then take nattokinase, some… ### tweet 1707083839435096452 chronological_index: 639 archive_order_index: 219 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:24:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:24:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707083839435096452 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707083839435096452 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707083699290853679 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/JmoIrTuFtw expanded: https://x.com/ahandvanish/status/1706402893522231623 display: x.com/ahandvanish/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- In general I think a lot of cognitive and emotional wellness is bound up in having a responsive vasomuscular system, something that illness can affect: https://t.co/JmoIrTuFtw text_with_expanded_urls: |- In general I think a lot of cognitive and emotional wellness is bound up in having a responsive vasomuscular system, something that illness can affect: https://x.com/ahandvanish/status/1706402893522231623 ### tweet 1707084028149481880 chronological_index: 640 archive_order_index: 218 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:25:23Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:25:23 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707084028149481880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707084028149481880 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707083839435096452 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vascular flexibility supports cognitive-emotional flexibility, which supports capacity for relaxation, happiness, and feeling itself. Nattokinase won’t dissolve muscle tension, but it may help restore tensile range and capacity for tissue relaxation. https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vascular flexibility supports cognitive-emotional flexibility, which supports capacity for relaxation, happiness, and feeling itself. Nattokinase won’t dissolve muscle tension, but it may help restore tensile range and capacity for tissue relaxation. https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1707084107421732911 chronological_index: 641 archive_order_index: 217 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:25:41Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:25:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707084107421732911 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707084107421732911 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707084028149481880 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- I’m not a doctor and this isn’t medical advice, just my story. Counterindications for nattokinase include head trauma, having a known blood disorder that hinders clotting, or taking other blood thinners. It’s always possible someone has a big clot that’s lodged somewhere, and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’m not a doctor and this isn’t medical advice, just my story. Counterindications for nattokinase include head trauma, having a known blood disorder that hinders clotting, or taking other blood thinners. It’s always possible someone has a big clot that’s lodged somewhere, and… ### tweet 1707084228070969484 chronological_index: 642 archive_order_index: 216 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:26:10Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:26:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707084228070969484 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707084228070969484 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 42 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707084107421732911 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- But for the average person I think nattokinase is hugely positive. It’s probably especially good to supplement if you have symptoms of clots, are a frequent traveler, have a history of cardiovascular disease / poor diet / arterial plaque, have COVID, are recovering from covid, or… text_with_expanded_urls: |- But for the average person I think nattokinase is hugely positive. It’s probably especially good to supplement if you have symptoms of clots, are a frequent traveler, have a history of cardiovascular disease / poor diet / arterial plaque, have COVID, are recovering from covid, or… ### tweet 1707085243465838924 chronological_index: 643 archive_order_index: 215 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:30:12Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:30:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707085243465838924 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707085243465838924 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707082429465235566 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 mentions: - @Schizohobo | name: Frank the hobo | id_str: 1841860335982280705 text_raw: |- @schizohobo Similar thoughts about cryonics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @schizohobo Similar thoughts about cryonics ### tweet 1707086131479634424 chronological_index: 644 archive_order_index: 214 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T17:33:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 17:33:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707086131479634424 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707086131479634424 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DzambhalaHODL in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707086007475056649 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 944001536866312192 mentions: - @DzambhalaHODL | name: Steven Lubka ☀️ | id_str: 944001536866312192 text_raw: |- @DzambhalaHODL Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DzambhalaHODL Thank you! ### tweet 1707096066099737047 chronological_index: 645 archive_order_index: 213 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T18:13:13Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 18:13:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707096066099737047 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707096066099737047 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707095197698453693 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Rares82 Not any that I trust; lots of potential confounders with this particular topic… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 Not any that I trust; lots of potential confounders with this particular topic… ### tweet 1707096497915850994 chronological_index: 646 archive_order_index: 212 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T18:14:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 18:14:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707096497915850994 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707096497915850994 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707095667431088521 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 text_raw: |- @Rares82 I also take it on an empty stomach text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 I also take it on an empty stomach ### tweet 1707101861596078470 chronological_index: 647 archive_order_index: 211 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-27T18:36:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 27 18:36:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707101861596078470 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707101861596078470 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707097806891008383 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata My guess is human nervous systems recently increased their parameter counts, and are in evolutionary novel environments, and thus require more “RLVF” before flow-state dynamics produce good results. And I suspect “sensory type safety” in novel environments is esp hard text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata My guess is human nervous systems recently increased their parameter counts, and are in evolutionary novel environments, and thus require more “RLVF” before flow-state dynamics produce good results. And I suspect “sensory type safety” in novel environments is esp hard ### tweet 1707201240638136822 chronological_index: 648 archive_order_index: 210 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T01:11:08Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 01:11:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707201240638136822 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707201240638136822 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: VahnAeris in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707177865421213923 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1348599330207367173 mentions: - @VahnAeris | name: Aeris Vahn Ephelia - 𝑹𝑬𝑽 | id_str: 1348599330207367173 text_raw: |- @VahnAeris Also works! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @VahnAeris Also works! ### tweet 1707202221727744104 chronological_index: 649 archive_order_index: 209 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T01:15:02Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 01:15:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707202221727744104 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707202221727744104 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kristijan_moves in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707158109553098809 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1040676903580037121 mentions: - @kristijan_moves | name: Kristijan | id_str: 1040676903580037121 text_raw: |- @kristijan_moves Reports seem to differ- theory would suggest it’s a good idea but anecdotally it seems to work fine without text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kristijan_moves Reports seem to differ- theory would suggest it’s a good idea but anecdotally it seems to work fine without ### tweet 1707220079761404021 chronological_index: 650 archive_order_index: 208 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T02:26:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 02:26:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707220079761404021 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707220079761404021 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ArtirKel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707218095985786903 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4902221 mentions: - @ArtirKel | name: José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente | id_str: 4902221 text_raw: |- @ArtirKel 100mg / 2000 FU - single dose text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ArtirKel 100mg / 2000 FU - single dose ### tweet 1707225131674701917 chronological_index: 651 archive_order_index: 207 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T02:46:04Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 02:46:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707225131674701917 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707225131674701917 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sashachapin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707098526793318442 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2568851817 mentions: - @sashachapin | name: Sasha Chapin | id_str: 2568851817 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @sashachapin @nickcammarata My guess is that if the tanha-producing reflex is dialed too low in childhood you get schizophrenia, but the minimum setting drops as networks mature text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sashachapin @nickcammarata My guess is that if the tanha-producing reflex is dialed too low in childhood you get schizophrenia, but the minimum setting drops as networks mature ### tweet 1707261891746156617 chronological_index: 652 archive_order_index: 206 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T05:12:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 05:12:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707261891746156617 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707261891746156617 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707098367711498361 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/UGMnkbGcBg expanded: https://x.com/ShitpostGate/status/1706609566849593434 display: x.com/ShitpostGate/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Thinking a lot about metabolic insufficiency these days https://t.co/UGMnkbGcBg text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Thinking a lot about metabolic insufficiency these days https://x.com/ShitpostGate/status/1706609566849593434 ### tweet 1707299871898669396 chronological_index: 653 archive_order_index: 205 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T07:43:04Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 07:43:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707299871898669396 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707299871898669396 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JazearBrooks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707294020882645033 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 243761997 mentions: - @JazearBrooks | name: Jazear Brooks | id_str: 243761997 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @JazearBrooks @nickcammarata Interesting — I’m seeing some arguments on both sides and I’m not sure which studies to trust; overall feels this is a noisy topic with a lot of degrees of freedom in what and how to measure. The “dilution effect” (the argument that we’re selecting for things like yield, not… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JazearBrooks @nickcammarata Interesting — I’m seeing some arguments on both sides and I’m not sure which studies to trust; overall feels this is a noisy topic with a lot of degrees of freedom in what and how to measure. The “dilution effect” (the argument that we’re selecting for things like yield, not… ### tweet 1707311697344500220 chronological_index: 654 archive_order_index: 204 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T08:30:03Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 08:30:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707311697344500220 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707311697344500220 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: georgejrjrjr in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707280551919419727 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1466246832095387649 mentions: - @georgejrjrjr | name: George | id_str: 1466246832095387649 text_raw: |- @georgejrjrjr That’s a good question- I’m not sure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @georgejrjrjr That’s a good question- I’m not sure ### tweet 1707320219176173907 chronological_index: 655 archive_order_index: 203 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T09:03:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 09:03:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707320219176173907 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707320219176173907 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707311709432500560 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Good question — I strictly avoid gluten/dairy and when I was looking at brands, Pure Encapsulations seemed the most reliably clean, but since I did my research a lot of brands have moved to better manufacturing processes. NOW & Doctor’s Best would be less expensive options that… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Good question — I strictly avoid gluten/dairy and when I was looking at brands, Pure Encapsulations seemed the most reliably clean, but since I did my research a lot of brands have moved to better manufacturing processes. NOW & Doctor’s Best would be less expensive options that… ### tweet 1707321838156558707 chronological_index: 656 archive_order_index: 202 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T09:10:21Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 09:10:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707321838156558707 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707321838156558707 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707312059149369851 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I’ve read that effects peak somewhere between 3 to 12 hours after ingestion (two conflicting studies); I think a plan of starting at 1/10th the dose and doubling every other day would be solid. Apparently there’s no established toxic dose; there have been both rat and human… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I’ve read that effects peak somewhere between 3 to 12 hours after ingestion (two conflicting studies); I think a plan of starting at 1/10th the dose and doubling every other day would be solid. Apparently there’s no established toxic dose; there have been both rat and human… ### tweet 1707323662146167176 chronological_index: 657 archive_order_index: 201 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T09:17:36Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 09:17:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707323662146167176 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707323662146167176 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707312755873866098 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1506735701420752898 mentions: - @annaarthoe | name: Asteroid | id_str: 351911415 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @annaarthoe @nickcammarata I suspect you’ll get the most out of NK the first few times you take it (dissolving any lingering junk your body can’t dissolve on its own, especially spike protein), and then ongoing doses are likely to be more preventative. If it were me I’d maybe start with 50mg, then 100mg,… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @annaarthoe @nickcammarata I suspect you’ll get the most out of NK the first few times you take it (dissolving any lingering junk your body can’t dissolve on its own, especially spike protein), and then ongoing doses are likely to be more preventative. If it were me I’d maybe start with 50mg, then 100mg,… ### tweet 1707398186782880194 chronological_index: 658 archive_order_index: 200 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T14:13:44Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 14:13:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707398186782880194 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707398186782880194 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: winstonian3 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707388383641682321 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1200453770129420289 mentions: - @winstonian3 | name: Brian Winston | id_str: 1200453770129420289 text_raw: |- @winstonian3 I’d suspect there’s something wrong with some signaling pathway or crucial nutrient in Raynaud’s, but I bet NK would help prevent complications of reduced bloodflow text_with_expanded_urls: |- @winstonian3 I’d suspect there’s something wrong with some signaling pathway or crucial nutrient in Raynaud’s, but I bet NK would help prevent complications of reduced bloodflow ### tweet 1707399144489324657 chronological_index: 659 archive_order_index: 199 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T14:17:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 14:17:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707399144489324657 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707399144489324657 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: winstonian3 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707390008628216202 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1200453770129420289 mentions: - @winstonian3 | name: Brian Winston | id_str: 1200453770129420289 urls: - short: https://t.co/q45gcm3fAu expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080384419139797 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @winstonian3 I haven’t yet- the review article here has a broad set of sources to trawl through though https://t.co/q45gcm3fAu text_with_expanded_urls: |- @winstonian3 I haven’t yet- the review article here has a broad set of sources to trawl through though https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080384419139797 ### tweet 1707433537287135716 chronological_index: 660 archive_order_index: 198 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T16:34:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 16:34:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707433537287135716 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707433537287135716 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: the_aiju in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707427101383520759 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1152900909959122944 mentions: - @the_aiju | name: Emily | id_str: 1152900909959122944 text_raw: |- @the_aiju I’d expect that to be decently +EV! Would be interested to hear if it helps text_with_expanded_urls: |- @the_aiju I’d expect that to be decently +EV! Would be interested to hear if it helps ### tweet 1707453977770471544 chronological_index: 661 archive_order_index: 197 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-28T17:55:25Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 28 17:55:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707453977770471544 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707453977770471544 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: papayathreesome in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707451009084117463 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 123218793 mentions: - @papayathreesome | name: papaya ꙮ | id_str: 123218793 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @papayathreesome Some of the benefit from NK comes from the first few doses dissolving fibrin debris that have had some time to build up; you could likely get most of the benefit here from taking it a few times per month. Other benefit comes from having some in your system protectively, to… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @papayathreesome Some of the benefit from NK comes from the first few doses dissolving fibrin debris that have had some time to build up; you could likely get most of the benefit here from taking it a few times per month. Other benefit comes from having some in your system protectively, to… ### tweet 1707695690573390119 chronological_index: 662 archive_order_index: 196 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-29T09:55:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 29 09:55:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707695690573390119 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707695690573390119 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707529052733542752 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux Good question— not sure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux Good question— not sure ### tweet 1707698010631589932 chronological_index: 663 archive_order_index: 195 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-29T10:05:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 29 10:05:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707698010631589932 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707698010631589932 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: xerambela in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707496881037676687 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1294365509534842882 mentions: - @xerambela | name: Xerambela | id_str: 1294365509534842882 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/NfRDEzz8bw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707299871898669396 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @xerambela @nickcammarata I don’t have an attachment to the particular claims in this meme, although I expect there to be a general trend of reduced nutrient density in (1) fruits and vegetables, and (2) in the foods people eat (which include but aren’t limited to said fruits and vegetables) https://t.co/NfRDEzz8bw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xerambela @nickcammarata I don’t have an attachment to the particular claims in this meme, although I expect there to be a general trend of reduced nutrient density in (1) fruits and vegetables, and (2) in the foods people eat (which include but aren’t limited to said fruits and vegetables) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707299871898669396 ### tweet 1707698415415574591 chronological_index: 664 archive_order_index: 194 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-29T10:06:44Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 29 10:06:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707698415415574591 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707698415415574591 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gkatlana in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707514582334390534 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1267543475077120003 mentions: - @Gkatlana | name: Gaurish | id_str: 1267543475077120003 urls: - short: https://t.co/q45gcm3fAu expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080384419139797 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Gkatlana This review article is probably a better starting point https://t.co/q45gcm3fAu text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Gkatlana This review article is probably a better starting point https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707080384419139797 ### tweet 1707735479955693866 chronological_index: 665 archive_order_index: 193 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-29T12:34:01Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 29 12:34:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707735479955693866 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707735479955693866 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: drmichaellevin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707721545651487064 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1467127267 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin I wonder how to evaluate “what a memory is” in this context. E.g. I expect VSMC clenches to be a very significant operator on neural activity, to the degree that smooth muscle (+fascia) tension may be the primary store of “medium term memory” and a crucial store of hyperpriors.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin I wonder how to evaluate “what a memory is” in this context. E.g. I expect VSMC clenches to be a very significant operator on neural activity, to the degree that smooth muscle (+fascia) tension may be the primary store of “medium term memory” and a crucial store of hyperpriors.… ### tweet 1707964837618168266 chronological_index: 666 archive_order_index: 192 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-30T03:45:24Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 30 03:45:24 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707964837618168266 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707964837618168266 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: phantom_opus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707855770421797113 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1164674594520928256 mentions: - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 text_raw: |- @phantom_opus Super relevant! Will think about this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @phantom_opus Super relevant! Will think about this ### tweet 1707972523596329168 chronological_index: 667 archive_order_index: 191 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-30T04:15:56Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 30 04:15:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1707972523596329168 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707972523596329168 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willyintheworld in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707946480126886123 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2667451106 mentions: - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMleB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Willyintheworld I suspect nattokinase might be a better option than statins — https://t.co/3naNFAMleB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willyintheworld I suspect nattokinase might be a better option than statins — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1708168047196836106 chronological_index: 668 archive_order_index: 190 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-09-30T17:12:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 30 17:12:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1708168047196836106 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1708168047196836106 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: keithfrankish in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1708078033276379502 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 52522040 mentions: - @keithfrankish | name: Keith Frankish | id_str: 52522040 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @keithfrankish I believe pain and pleasure might be among the easier cases — imo it’ll be much harder to characterize something like “red” https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @keithfrankish I believe pain and pleasure might be among the easier cases — imo it’ll be much harder to characterize something like “red” https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ## 2023-10 ### tweet 1708904968952885352 chronological_index: 669 archive_order_index: 189 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-02T18:01:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 02 18:01:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1708904968952885352 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1708904968952885352 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1708903198935650727 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel I’m guessing you haven’t read my piece on autism and dimensionality, and I think you’d appreciate the Faustian aspects: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel I’m guessing you haven’t read my piece on autism and dimensionality, and I think you’d appreciate the Faustian aspects: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1708907769032499706 chronological_index: 670 archive_order_index: 188 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-02T18:12:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 02 18:12:16 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1708907769032499706 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1708907769032499706 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1708905858082476170 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Grateful to hear that! I’m assuming you’ve read Principles of Vasocomputation — https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY I keep my philosophy and my neuroscience mostly separate, but if you want to see what I’m up to in philosophy this would be the starting point: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Grateful to hear that! I’m assuming you’ve read Principles of Vasocomputation — https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ I keep my philosophy and my neuroscience mostly separate, but if you want to see what I’m up to in philosophy this would be the starting point: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1708916316013297988 chronological_index: 671 archive_order_index: 187 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-02T18:46:14Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 02 18:46:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1708916316013297988 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1708916316013297988 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: parafactual in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1708912944250278305 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1252277511746183168 mentions: - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 text_raw: |- @parafactual Acute head trauma where there could be hidden bleeding — probably not relevant if it happened a while ago text_with_expanded_urls: |- @parafactual Acute head trauma where there could be hidden bleeding — probably not relevant if it happened a while ago ### tweet 1709069558344978765 chronological_index: 672 archive_order_index: 186 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-03T04:55:10Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 03 04:55:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1709069558344978765 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1709069558344978765 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1709068074576671030 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMleB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Not a yoga person but as a general rec I take a nattokinase at the start of long flights https://t.co/3naNFAMleB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Not a yoga person but as a general rec I take a nattokinase at the start of long flights https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1709429556543685019 chronological_index: 673 archive_order_index: 185 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-04T04:45:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 04 04:45:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1709429556543685019 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1709429556543685019 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1709315795866563044 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @luCidm1nd | name: Chris | id_str: 959690349517053952 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman @luCidm1nd One rabbithole is “does EEG actually measure aggregate neural activity or something else?” I have it on good authority that the causal epistemics are more uncertain than people want to admit; I suspect EEG might measure vasomotion instead https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman @luCidm1nd One rabbithole is “does EEG actually measure aggregate neural activity or something else?” I have it on good authority that the causal epistemics are more uncertain than people want to admit; I suspect EEG might measure vasomotion instead https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1709433598049214524 chronological_index: 674 archive_order_index: 184 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-04T05:01:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 04 05:01:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1709433598049214524 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1709433598049214524 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1709302556344647728 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman I suspect there’s huge variance in how sensitive people are to other peoples’ footprints in the EM field, and I’d expect that the average study won’t do a great job at navigating this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman I suspect there’s huge variance in how sensitive people are to other peoples’ footprints in the EM field, and I’d expect that the average study won’t do a great job at navigating this ### tweet 1709435249552146716 chronological_index: 675 archive_order_index: 183 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-04T05:08:17Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 04 05:08:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1709435249552146716 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1709435249552146716 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: myceliummage in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1709431437336736121 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1333256431907299328 mentions: - @myceliummage | name: The Artist fka: 𝓶𝔂𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓾𝓶 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮 {❤️‍🔥} | id_str: 1333256431907299328 urls: - short: https://t.co/dc08pSx2nH expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703481704743137456 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @myceliummage I suspect more motifs are cross-species viral than anyone realizes https://t.co/dc08pSx2nH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @myceliummage I suspect more motifs are cross-species viral than anyone realizes https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703481704743137456 ### tweet 1709596355268628748 chronological_index: 676 archive_order_index: 182 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-04T15:48:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 04 15:48:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1709596355268628748 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1709596355268628748 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1709594348709445993 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 text_raw: |- @paul__is__here I don’t think this is a large risk (and have recommended nattokinase to my elder relatives); chances are nattokinase would lead to clot ablation rather than breakup. I might recommend asking about prior clot phenomenology and having a plan for what to do in case of a problem text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here I don’t think this is a large risk (and have recommended nattokinase to my elder relatives); chances are nattokinase would lead to clot ablation rather than breakup. I might recommend asking about prior clot phenomenology and having a plan for what to do in case of a problem ### tweet 1710932234524365135 chronological_index: 677 archive_order_index: 181 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-08T08:16:46Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 08 08:16:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1710932234524365135 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1710932234524365135 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Andercot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1710926603159761336 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 855305941 mentions: - @Andercot | name: Andrew Côté | id_str: 855305941 - @ylecun | name: Yann LeCun | id_str: 48008938 - @mcuban | name: Mark Cuban | id_str: 16228398 - @Rufus87078959 | name: Rufus | id_str: 1346899458420842501 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Andercot @ylecun @mcuban @Rufus87078959 If the universe is a solution to some physical optimization problem it would be a significant finding. If consciousness corresponds to a specific physical property that’s where I’d look for the optimization https://t.co/Ppql0LSR8c text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Andercot @ylecun @mcuban @Rufus87078959 If the universe is a solution to some physical optimization problem it would be a significant finding. If consciousness corresponds to a specific physical property that’s where I’d look for the optimization https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1711056720783454358 chronological_index: 678 archive_order_index: 180 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-08T16:31:26Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 08 16:31:26 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711056720783454358 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711056720783454358 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 text_raw: |- How would the Great Civilizations of history approach AI alignment? My sense is ‘very different than we have.’ I’d especially like to see Victorian England’s take, and perhaps the Venetian Empire. Even 1950s America. text_with_expanded_urls: |- How would the Great Civilizations of history approach AI alignment? My sense is ‘very different than we have.’ I’d especially like to see Victorian England’s take, and perhaps the Venetian Empire. Even 1950s America. ### tweet 1711057493609107596 chronological_index: 679 archive_order_index: 179 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-08T16:34:31Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 08 16:34:31 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711057493609107596 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711057493609107596 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 text_raw: |- How would the Great Civilizations of history approach AI alignment? My sense is ‘very different than we have.’ I think some approaches might plausibly be better — I’d especially like to see Victorian England’s take, and perhaps the Venetian Empire. Even 1950s America! text_with_expanded_urls: |- How would the Great Civilizations of history approach AI alignment? My sense is ‘very different than we have.’ I think some approaches might plausibly be better — I’d especially like to see Victorian England’s take, and perhaps the Venetian Empire. Even 1950s America! ### tweet 1711076908627116212 chronological_index: 680 archive_order_index: 178 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-08T17:51:39Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 08 17:51:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711076908627116212 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711076908627116212 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711075549479571702 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711076908627116212/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F773XpVXsAArzTt.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/X5ru5e40L6 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meekaale Pretty based honestly. Here’s GPT4’s free association (not super actionable)- https://t.co/X5ru5e40L6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale Pretty based honestly. Here’s GPT4’s free association (not super actionable)- https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711076908627116212/photo/1 ### tweet 1711078285751230885 chronological_index: 681 archive_order_index: 177 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-08T17:57:08Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 08 17:57:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711078285751230885 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711078285751230885 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711077818539348014 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 text_raw: |- @meekaale I remember that tweet. It’s not a crazy idea text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale I remember that tweet. It’s not a crazy idea ### tweet 1711079180362797533 chronological_index: 682 archive_order_index: 176 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-08T18:00:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 08 18:00:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711079180362797533 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711079180362797533 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LandsharkRides in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711047260803342769 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1003645782803861504 mentions: - @LandsharkRides | name: Landshark | id_str: 1003645782803861504 urls: - short: https://t.co/FKyygE1cL4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ display: opentheory.net/2019/11/neural… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LandsharkRides Learning language probably decreases the brain’s energy parameter — functions as an energy sink, makes experience less ‘magical’. https://t.co/FKyygE1cL4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LandsharkRides Learning language probably decreases the brain’s energy parameter — functions as an energy sink, makes experience less ‘magical’. https://opentheory.net/2019/11/neural-annealing-toward-a-neural-theory-of-everything/ ### tweet 1711260377348968783 chronological_index: 683 archive_order_index: 175 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-09T06:00:42Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 09 06:00:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711260377348968783 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711260377348968783 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711107600433954855 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I sort of assume some of the value of laying out arguments today is being better-represented when AIs of the future dialogue about the topic. There’s probably a lot of value in writing this essay and making various points more explicitly part of the universal prior(!) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I sort of assume some of the value of laying out arguments today is being better-represented when AIs of the future dialogue about the topic. There’s probably a lot of value in writing this essay and making various points more explicitly part of the universal prior(!) ### tweet 1711611314643046777 chronological_index: 684 archive_order_index: 174 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-10T05:15:12Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 10 05:15:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711611314643046777 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711611314643046777 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711579200501538900 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Once we figure out how to enumerate this it’s over for other NFT projects text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Once we figure out how to enumerate this it’s over for other NFT projects ### tweet 1711611977057894577 chronological_index: 685 archive_order_index: 173 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-10T05:17:50Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 10 05:17:50 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711611977057894577 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711611977057894577 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: josephkelly in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711487585930055810 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14400690 mentions: - @josephkelly | name: Joseph Kelly | id_str: 14400690 - @dhruvbansal | name: Dhruv Bansal | id_str: 19038529 - @unchainedcom | name: Unchained | id_str: 1894822100256313344 text_raw: |- @josephkelly @dhruvbansal @unchainedcom It’s incredibly exciting to see your progress! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @josephkelly @dhruvbansal @unchainedcom It’s incredibly exciting to see your progress! ### tweet 1711920479710408943 chronological_index: 686 archive_order_index: 172 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T01:43:42Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 01:43:42 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711920479710408943 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711920479710408943 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: "If you manage to control yourself there will be ice cream" said the parent. "I sure hope this doesn't have unforeseen… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: "If you manage to control yourself there will be ice cream" said the parent. "I sure hope this doesn't have unforeseen… ### tweet 1711967405885280472 chronological_index: 687 archive_order_index: 171 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T04:50:11Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 04:50:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1711967405885280472 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1711967405885280472 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711818431442423897 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Universal Basic Congregation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Universal Basic Congregation ### tweet 1712001038423593146 chronological_index: 688 archive_order_index: 170 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T07:03:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 07:03:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712001038423593146 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 249 retweet_count: 23 in_reply_to_screen_name: liminal_warmth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711832117716640252 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1099326334923202561 mentions: - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @liminal_warmth I’ve been thinking of ADHD as the body’s tensile system being inadequate for holding the brain’s neural system in a particular context-appropriate shape. Basically, if you’re experiencing ADHD, your body is holding fragments of multiple disparate contexts and is unable to commit… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @liminal_warmth I’ve been thinking of ADHD as the body’s tensile system being inadequate for holding the brain’s neural system in a particular context-appropriate shape. Basically, if you’re experiencing ADHD, your body is holding fragments of multiple disparate contexts and is unable to commit… ### tweet 1712003816512467278 chronological_index: 689 archive_order_index: 169 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T07:14:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 07:14:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712003816512467278 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712003816512467278 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chercher_ai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711762945359966378 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1181349398283993089 mentions: - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 text_raw: |- @chercher_ai I’m really curious about the extent to which people can learn to consciously control (or even be aware of) the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle cells… also the degree to which various somatic practices are specifically designed to affect this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chercher_ai I’m really curious about the extent to which people can learn to consciously control (or even be aware of) the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle cells… also the degree to which various somatic practices are specifically designed to affect this ### tweet 1712053371555737779 chronological_index: 690 archive_order_index: 168 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T10:31:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 10:31:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712053371555737779 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712053371555737779 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1711260377348968783 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nickcammarata There’s an art to writing for AIs such that your content is most helpful, most influential, etc and these factors might differ from how humans judge content Just like we’re finding training LLMs on textbook-style data is particularly effective, there’s likely a tweet format that… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata There’s an art to writing for AIs such that your content is most helpful, most influential, etc and these factors might differ from how humans judge content Just like we’re finding training LLMs on textbook-style data is particularly effective, there’s likely a tweet format that… ### tweet 1712112135424119295 chronological_index: 691 archive_order_index: 167 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T14:25:17Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 14:25:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712112135424119295 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712112135424119295 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: LambdaP in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712094773643739224 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 66688711 mentions: - @LambdaP | name: λπ | id_str: 66688711 - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @LambdaP @hormeze @metaLulie @moissanist Navigating the question of “seed oils” is a little confusing since there are so many sources of health data. I think the most interesting way to carve this space is three basic clusters: 1. Mainstream, e.g. the American Heart Association recommends unsaturated vegetable oils… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LambdaP @hormeze @metaLulie @moissanist Navigating the question of “seed oils” is a little confusing since there are so many sources of health data. I think the most interesting way to carve this space is three basic clusters: 1. Mainstream, e.g. the American Heart Association recommends unsaturated vegetable oils… ### tweet 1712120266577400262 chronological_index: 692 archive_order_index: 166 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T14:57:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 14:57:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712120266577400262 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712120266577400262 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712100318996307988 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @chercher_ai The theory started from (1) a lot of noticing correlations between tension, thought, and feeling, (2) a lot of learning about somatic practices from a close friend and thinking about what somatic practices could mean when they say a chakra is “open” or “closed”, and (3) thinking… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @chercher_ai The theory started from (1) a lot of noticing correlations between tension, thought, and feeling, (2) a lot of learning about somatic practices from a close friend and thinking about what somatic practices could mean when they say a chakra is “open” or “closed”, and (3) thinking… ### tweet 1712128420010713234 chronological_index: 693 archive_order_index: 165 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T15:29:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 15:29:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712128420010713234 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712128420010713234 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chercher_ai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712124443320004783 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1181349398283993089 mentions: - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @FloPopp | name: Flow 🧘⛩️👁️ | id_str: 71502448 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @chercher_ai @FloPopp @cube_flipper I note why I focused on VSMCs in my piece; I suspect fascia follow similar activation motifs and are part of the same distributed stress minimization network, but will hold tension for different functional reasons I think these fine details matter! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chercher_ai @FloPopp @cube_flipper I note why I focused on VSMCs in my piece; I suspect fascia follow similar activation motifs and are part of the same distributed stress minimization network, but will hold tension for different functional reasons I think these fine details matter! ### tweet 1712152477112455221 chronological_index: 694 archive_order_index: 164 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T17:05:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 17:05:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712152477112455221 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712152477112455221 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: x_snowfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712140558028747126 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 777662101053665284 mentions: - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @x_snowfield @cube_flipper @chercher_ai Yeah that feels very similar! I think it would be worth digging into the details of orgone therapy for non-intuitive tips / protocols that could be refurbished… A while ago @relic_radiation also posted a few pages from a super interesting book that was discussing how “energy… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @x_snowfield @cube_flipper @chercher_ai Yeah that feels very similar! I think it would be worth digging into the details of orgone therapy for non-intuitive tips / protocols that could be refurbished… A while ago @relic_radiation also posted a few pages from a super interesting book that was discussing how “energy… ### tweet 1712157060052165053 chronological_index: 695 archive_order_index: 163 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T17:23:48Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 17:23:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712157060052165053 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712157060052165053 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 39 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712130555708592184 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @FloPopp | name: Flow 🧘⛩️👁️ | id_str: 71502448 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @FloPopp Oh man, I had the mother of all knots in my stomach for years, was diet (gluten) related, took eating better and years of deliberate relaxation to fix. This is a little bit tangential to the smooth muscle stuff, but this experience helped build up a model of “every organ is a… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @FloPopp Oh man, I had the mother of all knots in my stomach for years, was diet (gluten) related, took eating better and years of deliberate relaxation to fix. This is a little bit tangential to the smooth muscle stuff, but this experience helped build up a model of “every organ is a… ### tweet 1712180922777255948 chronological_index: 696 archive_order_index: 162 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T18:58:37Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 18:58:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712180922777255948 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712180922777255948 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712170213448339962 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @x_snowfield @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @relic_radiation “As you do anything, so you do everything” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @x_snowfield @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @relic_radiation “As you do anything, so you do everything” ### tweet 1712194798814384432 chronological_index: 697 archive_order_index: 161 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-11T19:53:45Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 11 19:53:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712194798814384432 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712194798814384432 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712188505332600863 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @cube_flipper @x_snowfield @chercher_ai Super interesting! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @cube_flipper @x_snowfield @chercher_ai Super interesting! ### tweet 1712283423316787396 chronological_index: 698 archive_order_index: 160 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-12T01:45:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 12 01:45:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712283423316787396 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712283423316787396 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: x_snowfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712239567946788864 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 777662101053665284 mentions: - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 text_raw: |- @x_snowfield @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @relic_radiation Very interesting- so many questions haha. I do think there’s a world of difference between “bodywork with vs without feeling” and it’s interesting to consider mechanistically just what the difference could be text_with_expanded_urls: |- @x_snowfield @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @relic_radiation Very interesting- so many questions haha. I do think there’s a world of difference between “bodywork with vs without feeling” and it’s interesting to consider mechanistically just what the difference could be ### tweet 1712468652585554376 chronological_index: 699 archive_order_index: 159 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-12T14:01:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 12 14:01:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712468652585554376 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712468652585554376 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 115 retweet_count: 8 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712442640191349003 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RichDecibels Love it. This is going to sound a bit odd, but my pet hypothesis is that a lot of the feeling of loneliness comes from a breakdown of communication within the body. I’ll reframe “man is a social animal” as “humans are social harmonic computers, designed to toss resonances back… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels Love it. This is going to sound a bit odd, but my pet hypothesis is that a lot of the feeling of loneliness comes from a breakdown of communication within the body. I’ll reframe “man is a social animal” as “humans are social harmonic computers, designed to toss resonances back… ### tweet 1712638114152206504 chronological_index: 700 archive_order_index: 158 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-13T01:15:20Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 13 01:15:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712638114152206504 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712638114152206504 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712611174980747623 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv This is so good text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv This is so good ### tweet 1712877951362961860 chronological_index: 701 archive_order_index: 157 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-13T17:08:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 13 17:08:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712877951362961860 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712877951362961860 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712874484426743825 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @onemanpony | name: omp | id_str: 537520717 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @onemanpony This is an amazing description! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @onemanpony This is an amazing description! ### tweet 1712881014144479289 chronological_index: 702 archive_order_index: 156 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-13T17:20:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 13 17:20:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1712881014144479289 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712881014144479289 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1712877951362961860 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @onemanpony | name: omp | id_str: 537520717 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @onemanpony (The thoughts about VSMCs determining boundary conditions for nerve resonances is a really cool reframe btw) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @onemanpony (The thoughts about VSMCs determining boundary conditions for nerve resonances is a really cool reframe btw) ### tweet 1713061854740660530 chronological_index: 703 archive_order_index: 155 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-14T05:19:07Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 14 05:19:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713061854740660530 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713061854740660530 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ExiledInfoHaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713002061900440033 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 952626408496488450 text_raw: |- @Roko__eth I mostly agree with the former! Disagree with the latter. Seems like there’s a 2x2 matrix that could be fleshed out text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Roko__eth I mostly agree with the former! Disagree with the latter. Seems like there’s a 2x2 matrix that could be fleshed out ### tweet 1713371071502561621 chronological_index: 704 archive_order_index: 154 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T01:47:50Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 01:47:50 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713371071502561621 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713371071502561621 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 73 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713283203388355003 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/HQ3YJNVEYO expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan My model of the body has behavior driven by two systems, neural and vasomuscular; By default the neural system is lazy, pleasant, a little schizo, “likes to vibe”. Almost all of the heavy-duty processing happens here. By default the vasomuscular system is anxious, planning,… https://t.co/HQ3YJNVEYO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan My model of the body has behavior driven by two systems, neural and vasomuscular; By default the neural system is lazy, pleasant, a little schizo, “likes to vibe”. Almost all of the heavy-duty processing happens here. By default the vasomuscular system is anxious, planning,… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 ### tweet 1713423213558952317 chronological_index: 705 archive_order_index: 153 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T05:15:02Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 05:15:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713423213558952317 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713423213558952317 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wooblewoof in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1679581494820388864 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 619531004 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 urls: - short: https://t.co/XHbGa3W08T expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712112135424119295 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wooblewoof @paul__is__here I missed this before! Some comments: https://t.co/XHbGa3W08T text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof @paul__is__here I missed this before! Some comments: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712112135424119295 ### tweet 1713424767259173348 chronological_index: 706 archive_order_index: 152 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T05:21:13Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 05:21:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713424767259173348 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713424767259173348 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713408753532313657 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1500605923362021378 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/XHbGa3W08T expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712112135424119295 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @_laudiacay @QiaochuYuan If you have big spasms you probably have a lot of microspasms; three things I’d rec: - Diet (no seed oils, don’t eat stuff you’re allergic to) - Supplements (nattokinase, magnesium) - Motion throughout the day Imo spasms are a metabolism&clot thing, focus on keeping that healthy https://t.co/XHbGa3W08T text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_laudiacay @QiaochuYuan If you have big spasms you probably have a lot of microspasms; three things I’d rec: - Diet (no seed oils, don’t eat stuff you’re allergic to) - Supplements (nattokinase, magnesium) - Motion throughout the day Imo spasms are a metabolism&clot thing, focus on keeping that healthy https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712112135424119295 ### tweet 1713429697210531875 chronological_index: 707 archive_order_index: 151 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T05:40:48Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 05:40:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713429697210531875 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713429697210531875 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713281948733276480 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713429697210531875/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8dTOKMXsAAaH5S.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/h2hLrGLQlH possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia This was amazing https://t.co/h2hLrGLQlH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia This was amazing https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713429697210531875/photo/1 ### tweet 1713486655888179270 chronological_index: 708 archive_order_index: 150 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T09:27:08Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 09:27:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713486655888179270 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713486655888179270 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713480691093061764 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 urls: - short: https://t.co/aTzwMCQ8WK expanded: https://x.com/exgenesis/status/1700458027000725666 display: x.com/exgenesis/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @exgenesis This seems really cool https://t.co/aTzwMCQ8WK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis This seems really cool https://x.com/exgenesis/status/1700458027000725666 ### tweet 1713540207859953666 chronological_index: 709 archive_order_index: 149 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T12:59:56Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 12:59:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713540207859953666 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713540207859953666 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garybasin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713537463195443523 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2281005510 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @garybasin My guess is VSMC tension patterns — which I suspect are also socially transmissible (you merge tension patterns with those you interact with, weighted by social dominance) https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin My guess is VSMC tension patterns — which I suspect are also socially transmissible (you merge tension patterns with those you interact with, weighted by social dominance) https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1713542443872706833 chronological_index: 710 archive_order_index: 148 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T13:08:49Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 13:08:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713542443872706833 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713542443872706833 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garybasin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713540917343277472 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2281005510 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 urls: - short: https://t.co/fGDUMZ0OdH expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713371071502561621 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @garybasin I think there’s probably decent consilience on similar vascular clamps resulting in similar changes to neural activity across brains… this would be a roughly similar claim to similar words having similar representations in brains, although it’s a little different Not sure if… https://t.co/fGDUMZ0OdH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin I think there’s probably decent consilience on similar vascular clamps resulting in similar changes to neural activity across brains… this would be a roughly similar claim to similar words having similar representations in brains, although it’s a little different Not sure if… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713371071502561621 ### tweet 1713554712748781643 chronological_index: 711 archive_order_index: 147 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T13:57:34Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 13:57:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713554712748781643 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713554712748781643 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gh0st_w_o_sheII in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713553091734212992 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 134545779 mentions: - @gh0st_w_o_sheII | name: I saw it c⬡ming | id_str: 134545779 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 text_raw: |- @gh0st_w_o_sheII @liminal_warmth The two links above are my best intro pieces; I’ve cited a range of work in them, but as far as I know no one else is looking directly at the vasocomputation hypothesis. If circumstances allow I’ll write more pieces, discuss predictions, etc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gh0st_w_o_sheII @liminal_warmth The two links above are my best intro pieces; I’ve cited a range of work in them, but as far as I know no one else is looking directly at the vasocomputation hypothesis. If circumstances allow I’ll write more pieces, discuss predictions, etc ### tweet 1713561289635553632 chronological_index: 712 archive_order_index: 146 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-15T14:23:42Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 15 14:23:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713561289635553632 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713561289635553632 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713559786338279850 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/tS5JzihLft expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @QiaochuYuan Hoping to write about this in Part II; here are some initial thoughts https://t.co/tS5JzihLft text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @QiaochuYuan Hoping to write about this in Part II; here are some initial thoughts https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 ### tweet 1713781856645120475 chronological_index: 713 archive_order_index: 145 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-16T05:00:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 16 05:00:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713781856645120475 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713781856645120475 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _anantashesha in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713762425097355704 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1001085646293921792 mentions: - @_anantashesha | name: Adrestia | id_str: 1001085646293921792 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMleB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @_anantashesha I expect that sensation comes from microspasms in your vasomuscular system; could be a metabolism or clot issue. If it’s an acute sickness generating a lot of microclots I’d recommend trying out nattokinase https://t.co/3naNFAMleB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_anantashesha I expect that sensation comes from microspasms in your vasomuscular system; could be a metabolism or clot issue. If it’s an acute sickness generating a lot of microclots I’d recommend trying out nattokinase https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1713797021105045545 chronological_index: 714 archive_order_index: 144 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-16T06:00:25Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 16 06:00:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713797021105045545 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713797021105045545 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _anantashesha in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713795671914926231 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1001085646293921792 mentions: - @_anantashesha | name: Adrestia | id_str: 1001085646293921792 text_raw: |- @_anantashesha Awesome 😂 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_anantashesha Awesome 😂 ### tweet 1713816176340476400 chronological_index: 715 archive_order_index: 143 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-16T07:16:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 16 07:16:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713816176340476400 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713816176340476400 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: punishdtriangls in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713797249614905614 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1641556948582555649 mentions: - @punishdtriangls | name: ∤∤∤∤∤ | id_str: 1641556948582555649 urls: - short: https://t.co/6nNVomfqbp expanded: https://x.com/goth600/status/1713044912567169097 display: x.com/goth600/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @punishdtriangls The partial yet incomplete overlap between intelligence and qualia will likely be the fault-line of the holy wars of the 2200s https://t.co/6nNVomfqbp text_with_expanded_urls: |- @punishdtriangls The partial yet incomplete overlap between intelligence and qualia will likely be the fault-line of the holy wars of the 2200s https://x.com/goth600/status/1713044912567169097 ### tweet 1713856379784474878 chronological_index: 716 archive_order_index: 142 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-16T09:56:17Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 16 09:56:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713856379784474878 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713856379784474878 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713839077491978522 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @danielbrottman | name: daniel brottman 🪷 | id_str: 1038586640 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713856379784474878/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F8jXQLbWwAAPt8d.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/oSTIbzrVS3 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Rares82 @danielbrottman Agreed; I see it as part of my third bucket (context desynchronization); To restate this slightly — I expect the body has a clean built-in procedural logic for how long it has to hold tension-as-prediction; if some procedure doesn’t complete, the body doesn’t get clean feedback… https://t.co/oSTIbzrVS3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @danielbrottman Agreed; I see it as part of my third bucket (context desynchronization); To restate this slightly — I expect the body has a clean built-in procedural logic for how long it has to hold tension-as-prediction; if some procedure doesn’t complete, the body doesn’t get clean feedback… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713856379784474878/photo/1 ### tweet 1713921907689459880 chronological_index: 717 archive_order_index: 141 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-16T14:16:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 16 14:16:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713921907689459880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713921907689459880 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713911913002766507 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @danielbrottman | name: daniel brottman 🪷 | id_str: 1038586640 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Rares82 @danielbrottman Right; I’m reminded of the long-term mood effects from specific classes of drugs — I’ve thought of psychedelics as triggering an annealing process, but it’s unclear whether the effects of general anesthesia fit under that umbrella. Perhaps GA involves effectively declaring… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @danielbrottman Right; I’m reminded of the long-term mood effects from specific classes of drugs — I’ve thought of psychedelics as triggering an annealing process, but it’s unclear whether the effects of general anesthesia fit under that umbrella. Perhaps GA involves effectively declaring… ### tweet 1713972955196047693 chronological_index: 718 archive_order_index: 140 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-16T17:39:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 16 17:39:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1713972955196047693 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713972955196047693 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: clawrompocx9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1713959174252515624 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1614438926625677312 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMleB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nopeyoutried If the vascular system is plumbing (among other things), flushing it with variable/high pressure seems really useful for clearing junk; HIIT might be especially good Have also been thinking nattokinase might be useful for dissolving the sorts of tangles that lead to Alzheimer’s https://t.co/3naNFAMleB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nopeyoutried If the vascular system is plumbing (among other things), flushing it with variable/high pressure seems really useful for clearing junk; HIIT might be especially good Have also been thinking nattokinase might be useful for dissolving the sorts of tangles that lead to Alzheimer’s https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1714920077542166824 chronological_index: 719 archive_order_index: 139 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-19T08:23:02Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 19 08:23:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1714920077542166824 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1714920077542166824 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1714730032889774548 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/dY9AMO556N expanded: https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1714578686136262873 display: x.com/danfaggella/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @danfaggella’s Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix is a great attempt at teasing out the structure of positions https://t.co/dY9AMO556N text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @danfaggella’s Intelligence Trajectory Political Matrix is a great attempt at teasing out the structure of positions https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1714578686136262873 ### tweet 1714942464866345085 chronological_index: 720 archive_order_index: 138 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-19T09:52:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 19 09:52:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1714942464866345085 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1714942464866345085 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1714939590153326924 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @nickcammarata Awesome! And looking forward to chatting again text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @nickcammarata Awesome! And looking forward to chatting again ### tweet 1715001103429824988 chronological_index: 721 archive_order_index: 137 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-19T13:45:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 19 13:45:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715001103429824988 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715001103429824988 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1714995425684476026 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv I think I’m both kinds; I tend to take things literally and love salt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I think I’m both kinds; I tend to take things literally and love salt ### tweet 1715012349122200013 chronological_index: 722 archive_order_index: 136 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-19T14:29:42Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 19 14:29:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715012349122200013 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715012349122200013 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: InquilineKea in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1714952615983800653 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 16916765 mentions: - @InquilineKea | name: Alex K. Chen | id_str: 16916765 text_raw: |- @InquilineKea I think two variables would be worth exploring for bottled water: 1. is microplastic exposure significantly less if you buy water in big bottles? (My intuition is ‘yes’) 2. is microplastic exposure from bottled water correlated with how long the bottle is exposed to sunlight? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @InquilineKea I think two variables would be worth exploring for bottled water: 1. is microplastic exposure significantly less if you buy water in big bottles? (My intuition is ‘yes’) 2. is microplastic exposure from bottled water correlated with how long the bottle is exposed to sunlight? ### tweet 1715774240719347901 chronological_index: 723 archive_order_index: 135 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-21T16:57:11Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 21 16:57:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715774240719347901 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715774240719347901 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1715770301148016697 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 text_raw: |- @BenAnderson421 Love to see this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BenAnderson421 Love to see this! ### tweet 1715782307351593286 chronological_index: 724 archive_order_index: 134 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-21T17:29:14Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 21 17:29:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715782307351593286 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715782307351593286 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1715779292339347729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation Building AI systems with the same basic somatic architecture as the rest of the tree of life would be a profound unlock of so many things… I definitely appreciate the frame of “communion” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation Building AI systems with the same basic somatic architecture as the rest of the tree of life would be a profound unlock of so many things… I definitely appreciate the frame of “communion” ### tweet 1715784536439595364 chronological_index: 725 archive_order_index: 133 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-21T17:38:05Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 21 17:38:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715784536439595364 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715784536439595364 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1715771391377887679 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @Shmojii | name: シモジ | id_str: 2427911944 urls: - short: https://t.co/kHvw7OtfkX expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713856379784474878 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @Shmojii My intuition is that part of this is vascular — your VSMCs clamp certain neural patterns to better map a specific problem space, but these clamps (constraints on neural resonance/dynamism) don’t always get garbage-collected https://t.co/kHvw7OtfkX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @Shmojii My intuition is that part of this is vascular — your VSMCs clamp certain neural patterns to better map a specific problem space, but these clamps (constraints on neural resonance/dynamism) don’t always get garbage-collected https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713856379784474878 ### tweet 1715788130270196071 chronological_index: 726 archive_order_index: 132 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-21T17:52:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 21 17:52:22 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715788130270196071 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715788130270196071 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1715785596541780250 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation Ahaha I understand that very well… legitimately two different worlds text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation Ahaha I understand that very well… legitimately two different worlds ### tweet 1715793349582397626 chronological_index: 727 archive_order_index: 131 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-21T18:13:07Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 21 18:13:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715793349582397626 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715793349582397626 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: fdousek in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1715786607498772501 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18412115 mentions: - @fdousek | name: Filip Dousek | id_str: 18412115 text_raw: |- @fdousek Thank you! I think of each major nerve ganglia as something like an ASIC, concerned with a few specific variables / survival drives / classes of predictions Loosely speaking I think there’s decent functional validity to the body maps you mention text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fdousek Thank you! I think of each major nerve ganglia as something like an ASIC, concerned with a few specific variables / survival drives / classes of predictions Loosely speaking I think there’s decent functional validity to the body maps you mention ### tweet 1715810054509642238 chronological_index: 728 archive_order_index: 130 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-21T19:19:29Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 21 19:19:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715810054509642238 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715810054509642238 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: fdousek in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1715798761752899606 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18412115 mentions: - @fdousek | name: Filip Dousek | id_str: 18412115 text_raw: |- @fdousek I think it has real applications for both health and building more humanlike AI — hope to expand this at some point! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fdousek I think it has real applications for both health and building more humanlike AI — hope to expand this at some point! ### tweet 1715994378173325650 chronological_index: 729 archive_order_index: 129 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-22T07:31:56Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 22 07:31:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1715994378173325650 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715994378173325650 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: fdousek in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1715819188315459939 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18412115 mentions: - @fdousek | name: Filip Dousek | id_str: 18412115 text_raw: |- @fdousek Aha I’d say the way humans manage our dynamical space produces tanha when done unskillfully, but can be done skillfully, and there could be great alignment benefits to creating AIs which ‘share the basic somatic architecture as the rest of the tree of life’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fdousek Aha I’d say the way humans manage our dynamical space produces tanha when done unskillfully, but can be done skillfully, and there could be great alignment benefits to creating AIs which ‘share the basic somatic architecture as the rest of the tree of life’ ### tweet 1716304321216696569 chronological_index: 730 archive_order_index: 128 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-23T04:03:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 23 04:03:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1716304321216696569 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1716304321216696569 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Shmojii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1716142274608861694 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2427911944 mentions: - @Shmojii | name: シモジ | id_str: 2427911944 - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @danielbrottman | name: daniel brottman 🪷 | id_str: 1038586640 text_raw: |- @Shmojii @Rares82 @danielbrottman The FEP-AI framework suggests we make short-term sensory predictions in order to guide our bodies. Eg we make the (false) sensory prediction that we have ice cream in our mouth — then we move our hands in such a way that this becomes true text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Shmojii @Rares82 @danielbrottman The FEP-AI framework suggests we make short-term sensory predictions in order to guide our bodies. Eg we make the (false) sensory prediction that we have ice cream in our mouth — then we move our hands in such a way that this becomes true ### tweet 1716306197945446620 chronological_index: 731 archive_order_index: 127 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-23T04:10:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 23 04:10:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1716306197945446620 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1716306197945446620 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1716239716591263844 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic Navigating these questions is a good justification for consciousness research Conversely, good consciousness research will be of the type that can help us navigate these questions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic Navigating these questions is a good justification for consciousness research Conversely, good consciousness research will be of the type that can help us navigate these questions ### tweet 1716653521410367748 chronological_index: 732 archive_order_index: 126 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-24T03:11:08Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 24 03:11:08 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1716653521410367748 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1716653521410367748 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Ephi_BL in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1716193419536588914 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 759747618041769984 mentions: - @Ephi_BL | name: Ephi | id_str: 759747618041769984 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 text_raw: |- @Ephi_BL @liminal_warmth Postural restoration has a positive association in my mind but I don’t know the details, can you say more? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Ephi_BL @liminal_warmth Postural restoration has a positive association in my mind but I don’t know the details, can you say more? ### tweet 1717072332408152139 chronological_index: 733 archive_order_index: 125 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-25T06:55:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 25 06:55:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1717072332408152139 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1717072332408152139 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Andercot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1680970415831937024 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 855305941 mentions: - @Andercot | name: Andrew Côté | id_str: 855305941 urls: - short: https://t.co/YZ8dmLkoq2 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1448647572785037329 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Andercot I often wonder whether, dollar-for-dollar, a cloning program wouldn’t be more likely to produce physics breakthroughs than supercollider n+1 https://t.co/YZ8dmLkoq2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Andercot I often wonder whether, dollar-for-dollar, a cloning program wouldn’t be more likely to produce physics breakthroughs than supercollider n+1 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1448647572785037329 ### tweet 1717206792860561819 chronological_index: 734 archive_order_index: 124 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-25T15:49:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 25 15:49:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1717206792860561819 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1717206792860561819 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: amyneurons in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1717193435772240077 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 16178358 mentions: - @amyneurons | name: Amy Robinson Sterling | id_str: 16178358 - @WiringTheBrain | name: Kevin Mitchell | id_str: 325719227 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1717206792860561819/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9S-bumWYAAoJ6p.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/pH746kM1yS - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1717206792860561819/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9S-bvCXkAAgGUZ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/pH746kM1yS - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1717206792860561819/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F9S-buoWIAAJurV.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/pH746kM1yS possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @amyneurons @WiringTheBrain Two claims — 1. Beauty, elegance, and simplicity are ultimately downstream of symmetry; 2. We sometimes evaluate beauty/elegance through looking at symmetry directly, but the crucial factor is whether something elicits symmetry (harmony) in our minds Via https://t.co/LxV5JNT6vU https://t.co/pH746kM1yS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @amyneurons @WiringTheBrain Two claims — 1. Beauty, elegance, and simplicity are ultimately downstream of symmetry; 2. We sometimes evaluate beauty/elegance through looking at symmetry directly, but the crucial factor is whether something elicits symmetry (harmony) in our minds Via https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1717206792860561819/photo/1 ### tweet 1717876547846038015 chronological_index: 735 archive_order_index: 123 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-27T12:11:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 27 12:11:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1717876547846038015 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1717876547846038015 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Untrulie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1717849843949867497 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1184414112891260930 urls: - short: https://t.co/2hNs2aHskY expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712468652585554376 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @metaLulie Shared some thoughts on this here — https://t.co/2hNs2aHskY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @metaLulie Shared some thoughts on this here — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712468652585554376 ### tweet 1718527386952626271 chronological_index: 736 archive_order_index: 122 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-29T07:17:12Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 29 07:17:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1718527386952626271 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718527386952626271 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1718397975117111563 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @cyberpunk_ass Appreciate the comment! It kinda seems like FW could be one of a larger class of “will” qualia, although I can’t really back that up at this time… P.s. totally agree about “cymatic monism” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @cyberpunk_ass Appreciate the comment! It kinda seems like FW could be one of a larger class of “will” qualia, although I can’t really back that up at this time… P.s. totally agree about “cymatic monism” ### tweet 1718598677713809760 chronological_index: 737 archive_order_index: 121 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-29T12:00:29Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 29 12:00:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1718598677713809760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718598677713809760 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1718572580838265280 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @ArYoMo | name: Ariel Ekgren | id_str: 1341243709 - @tegmark | name: Max Tegmark | id_str: 2530947115 text_raw: |- @Plinz @ArYoMo @tegmark I miss Max’s fantastic research on the possible physics of consciousness, which seems crucial for understanding the range of possible futures. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @ArYoMo @tegmark I miss Max’s fantastic research on the possible physics of consciousness, which seems crucial for understanding the range of possible futures. ### tweet 1718708900558422429 chronological_index: 738 archive_order_index: 120 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-29T19:18:28Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 29 19:18:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1718708900558422429 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718708900558422429 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: rgblong in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1718698698883158318 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1247652517 mentions: - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @Willrandship | name: William Shipley | id_str: 349251168 urls: - short: https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ display: opentheory.net/2019/02/simula… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @rgblong @nickcammarata @Willrandship One of the stranger hypotheses in PQ is that the apparent fine-tuning of the Standard Model’s constants could be to maximize ‘total area under the curve’ of consciousness + positive valence. Should be testable! https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @rgblong @nickcammarata @Willrandship One of the stranger hypotheses in PQ is that the apparent fine-tuning of the Standard Model’s constants could be to maximize ‘total area under the curve’ of consciousness + positive valence. Should be testable! https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ ### tweet 1718966722470768832 chronological_index: 739 archive_order_index: 119 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T12:22:58Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 12:22:58 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1718966722470768832 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718966722470768832 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 76 retweet_count: 6 urls: - short: https://t.co/sbkdenZizD expanded: https://x.com/arielthemidwife/status/1718717531567849793 display: x.com/arielthemidwif… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- To hold tension is to hold a Bayesian prior as to what areas of your full dynamic range are unsafe in your present circumstance. Tension is our mimetic immune system, our way to collapse wrong/dangerous answers until we’re left with appropriate thought, emotion, and action.… https://t.co/sbkdenZizD text_with_expanded_urls: |- To hold tension is to hold a Bayesian prior as to what areas of your full dynamic range are unsafe in your present circumstance. Tension is our mimetic immune system, our way to collapse wrong/dangerous answers until we’re left with appropriate thought, emotion, and action.… https://x.com/arielthemidwife/status/1718717531567849793 ### tweet 1718967952605622544 chronological_index: 740 archive_order_index: 118 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T12:27:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 12:27:51 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1718967952605622544 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718967952605622544 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: vlad_neeka mentions: - @vlad_neeka | name: | id_str: -1 text_raw: |- RT @vlad_neeka: this might be the most important revelation i’ve read about adhd. ever. text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @vlad_neeka: this might be the most important revelation i’ve read about adhd. ever. ### tweet 1718974469417447903 chronological_index: 741 archive_order_index: 117 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T12:53:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 12:53:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1718974469417447903 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718974469417447903 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1718970632531009781 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Rares82 Strongly agree; language is a total outlier in terms of how general & extensible of an operator it is, how reliable it is, and how low-bitrate and repackageable it is — but high-proximity, high-bitrate somatic information touches a lot more surface area. We seem wired to very… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 Strongly agree; language is a total outlier in terms of how general & extensible of an operator it is, how reliable it is, and how low-bitrate and repackageable it is — but high-proximity, high-bitrate somatic information touches a lot more surface area. We seem wired to very… ### tweet 1718976649570529348 chronological_index: 742 archive_order_index: 116 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T13:02:24Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 13:02:24 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1718976649570529348 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718976649570529348 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: fdousek in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1718974758291742881 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18412115 mentions: - @fdousek | name: Filip Dousek | id_str: 18412115 urls: - short: https://t.co/vxxYpVjbIY expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715782307351593286 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @fdousek Right — if an AI’s computational subsystem was built around the logic of the human somatic system, it may or may not be ‘conscious’ (depending on the substrate) but it would follow the same harmonic grammar as mammals and we could interface with it at a more intuitive level https://t.co/vxxYpVjbIY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fdousek Right — if an AI’s computational subsystem was built around the logic of the human somatic system, it may or may not be ‘conscious’ (depending on the substrate) but it would follow the same harmonic grammar as mammals and we could interface with it at a more intuitive level https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1715782307351593286 ### tweet 1719017864718348658 chronological_index: 743 archive_order_index: 115 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T15:46:11Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 15:46:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1719017864718348658 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1719017864718348658 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IntuitMachine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1719009608935575610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3027431134 mentions: - @IntuitMachine | name: Carlos E. Perez | id_str: 3027431134 - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 urls: - short: https://t.co/D5Oo6cOGpJ expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704390710177173987 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @IntuitMachine @garybasin I’d be curious whether one could build a diffusion model explicitly patterned off the human nervous system (ie with a “local tension” component which restricts eigenmodes) https://t.co/D5Oo6cOGpJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IntuitMachine @garybasin I’d be curious whether one could build a diffusion model explicitly patterned off the human nervous system (ie with a “local tension” component which restricts eigenmodes) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704390710177173987 ### tweet 1719031282263359518 chronological_index: 744 archive_order_index: 114 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T16:39:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 16:39:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1719031282263359518 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1719031282263359518 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garybasin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1719018522431373477 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2281005510 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 - @IntuitMachine | name: Carlos E. Perez | id_str: 3027431134 text_raw: |- @garybasin @IntuitMachine I think so! Would be interesting to dig into that text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin @IntuitMachine I think so! Would be interesting to dig into that ### tweet 1719080471106048037 chronological_index: 745 archive_order_index: 113 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T19:54:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 19:54:57 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1719080471106048037 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1719080471106048037 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1719069268048744821 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella @ImprctclArchtct George David Birkhoff’s “Aesthetic measure” was cool, but even that’s from 90 years ago (1933) Nowadays I think the most interesting work on sensory compositional analysis uses something like fractal dimensionality, which gets into why nature is beautiful but doesn’t really… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @ImprctclArchtct George David Birkhoff’s “Aesthetic measure” was cool, but even that’s from 90 years ago (1933) Nowadays I think the most interesting work on sensory compositional analysis uses something like fractal dimensionality, which gets into why nature is beautiful but doesn’t really… ### tweet 1719088452568789297 chronological_index: 746 archive_order_index: 112 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-30T20:26:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 30 20:26:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1719088452568789297 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1719088452568789297 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: itinerantfog in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1719085716884410869 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1420158536412061697 mentions: - @itinerantfog | name: —— | id_str: 1420158536412061697 urls: - short: https://t.co/kVUUVplBKt expanded: https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/art_synopsis-pain.pdf display: shinzen.org/wp-content/upl… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @itinerantfog Shinzen has a particular protocol for managing pain during and with meditation https://t.co/kVUUVplBKt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @itinerantfog Shinzen has a particular protocol for managing pain during and with meditation https://www.shinzen.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/art_synopsis-pain.pdf ### tweet 1719232938787934286 chronological_index: 747 archive_order_index: 111 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-31T06:00:49Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 31 06:00:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1719232938787934286 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1719232938787934286 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realpotofgreed in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1719124030056210751 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1352411278434836490 mentions: - @realpotofgreed | name: pot of greed | id_str: 1352411278434836490 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 text_raw: |- @realpotofgreed @liminal_warmth I think people have less “canalized” nervous systems in general (see my autism piece), modern life isn’t structured to help us hold contexts, a lot more is being asked of our nervous systems, and metabolic health is often surprisingly bad. I’d start with diet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realpotofgreed @liminal_warmth I think people have less “canalized” nervous systems in general (see my autism piece), modern life isn’t structured to help us hold contexts, a lot more is being asked of our nervous systems, and metabolic health is often surprisingly bad. I’d start with diet ### tweet 1719428837556064322 chronological_index: 748 archive_order_index: 110 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-10-31T18:59:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 31 18:59:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1719428837556064322 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1719428837556064322 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realpotofgreed in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1719342481655877668 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1352411278434836490 mentions: - @realpotofgreed | name: pot of greed | id_str: 1352411278434836490 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 text_raw: |- @realpotofgreed @liminal_warmth I really like this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realpotofgreed @liminal_warmth I really like this! ## 2023-11 ### tweet 1720286001363611744 chronological_index: 749 archive_order_index: 109 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-03T03:45:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 03 03:45:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1720286001363611744 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720286001363611744 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1720265469460984076 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 text_raw: |- @eigenrobot Flexibility in body, flexibility in mind Would expect marfan to correlate with schizoautism, network density, ADHD, openness to exp, & holding a lot of tension in the body to artificially reduce hyperflexibility. Imo lot of things that we think of as symptoms are compensatory text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot Flexibility in body, flexibility in mind Would expect marfan to correlate with schizoautism, network density, ADHD, openness to exp, & holding a lot of tension in the body to artificially reduce hyperflexibility. Imo lot of things that we think of as symptoms are compensatory ### tweet 1720286584002740495 chronological_index: 750 archive_order_index: 108 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-03T03:47:37Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 03 03:47:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1720286584002740495 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720286584002740495 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1720265592555331895 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 text_raw: |- @eigenrobot Lincoln was my ancestor’s neighbor in Cook County, IL He represented my ancestor in a lawsuit It was a paternity suit. My ancestor was the defendant He lost text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot Lincoln was my ancestor’s neighbor in Cook County, IL He represented my ancestor in a lawsuit It was a paternity suit. My ancestor was the defendant He lost ### tweet 1720330602187223133 chronological_index: 751 archive_order_index: 107 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-03T06:42:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 03 06:42:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1720330602187223133 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720330602187223133 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: HannahFrankman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1720320937885647040 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1031637068588482560 mentions: - @HannahFrankman | name: Hannah Frankman Hood | id_str: 1031637068588482560 text_raw: |- @HannahFrankman Children need attention from high-quality nervous systems, freedom to explore, and contexts to integrate the patterns they absorb. And a practice of discipline, the shape of which varies by child. Literally everything else in education is trivial or detrimental text_with_expanded_urls: |- @HannahFrankman Children need attention from high-quality nervous systems, freedom to explore, and contexts to integrate the patterns they absorb. And a practice of discipline, the shape of which varies by child. Literally everything else in education is trivial or detrimental ### tweet 1720337337765519608 chronological_index: 752 archive_order_index: 106 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-03T07:09:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 03 07:09:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1720337337765519608 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720337337765519608 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: social_rate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1720310739007852722 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1582561050775298050 text_raw: |- @sociaIrate Best advice I can give is 1. Seizures can be treated entirely through diet; a lot of people report the keto diet is a magic cure. Tons of resources out there 2. If you feel one coming on you can choose to “lean into it” or “lean away from it” — matters a lot Good luck! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sociaIrate Best advice I can give is 1. Seizures can be treated entirely through diet; a lot of people report the keto diet is a magic cure. Tons of resources out there 2. If you feel one coming on you can choose to “lean into it” or “lean away from it” — matters a lot Good luck! ### tweet 1720354927787319775 chronological_index: 753 archive_order_index: 105 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-03T08:19:12Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 03 08:19:12 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1720354927787319775 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720354927787319775 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: palladiummag mentions: - @palladiummag | name: PALLADIUM Magazine | id_str: 1034954029896355840 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @palladiummag: What is sometimes called the international rules-based order is sometimes also called the American empire. The most pow… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @palladiummag: What is sometimes called the international rules-based order is sometimes also called the American empire. The most pow… ### tweet 1720684038703513925 chronological_index: 754 archive_order_index: 104 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-04T06:06:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 04 06:06:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1720684038703513925 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720684038703513925 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JakeOrthwein in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1720674696977641923 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331411101 mentions: - @JakeOrthwein | name: Jake Orthwein | id_str: 331411101 text_raw: |- @JakeOrthwein The Adam & Eve story suggests a prion-like dynamic for metacognition; It’s interesting to consider the degree to which a human raised by wild animals would lack this, vs the degree to which human pets / zoo animals have it Probably a lot more nervous system prions out there text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JakeOrthwein The Adam & Eve story suggests a prion-like dynamic for metacognition; It’s interesting to consider the degree to which a human raised by wild animals would lack this, vs the degree to which human pets / zoo animals have it Probably a lot more nervous system prions out there ### tweet 1722117635129930040 chronological_index: 755 archive_order_index: 103 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-08T05:03:34Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 08 05:03:34 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1722117635129930040 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1722117635129930040 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/JRh2ceQhmU expanded: https://app.streameth.org/zuzalu/zuconnect_istanbul__neurotech_track/session/why_neurotech_is_maybe_the_only_thing_that_matters display: app.streameth.org/zuzalu/zuconne… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Excerpt of a short talk I gave at ZuConnect — “Why Neurotech Matters” TL;DR: Neurotech, neuroscience, great literature, and philosophy are all the same thing — iterations of the process by which we understand what we are and what we could be https://t.co/JRh2ceQhmU text_with_expanded_urls: |- Excerpt of a short talk I gave at ZuConnect — “Why Neurotech Matters” TL;DR: Neurotech, neuroscience, great literature, and philosophy are all the same thing — iterations of the process by which we understand what we are and what we could be https://app.streameth.org/zuzalu/zuconnect_istanbul__neurotech_track/session/why_neurotech_is_maybe_the_only_thing_that_matters ### tweet 1722132601224519772 chronological_index: 756 archive_order_index: 102 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-08T06:03:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 08 06:03:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1722132601224519772 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1722132601224519772 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 2Philosophical_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1721912221976899600 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1276016095254712321 mentions: - @2Philosophical_ | name: JPA | id_str: 1276016095254712321 urls: - short: https://t.co/QEvWi9N4A0 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ display: opentheory.net/2019/02/simula… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @2Philosophical_ I think consciousness-focused explanations for fine-tuning will be very generative; my inclination is “conscious agency” may be underdetermined though. I consider the case for the universe being fine-tuned to optimize (consciousness*valence) here https://t.co/QEvWi9N4A0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @2Philosophical_ I think consciousness-focused explanations for fine-tuning will be very generative; my inclination is “conscious agency” may be underdetermined though. I consider the case for the universe being fine-tuned to optimize (consciousness*valence) here https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ ### tweet 1722413837696303184 chronological_index: 757 archive_order_index: 101 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-09T00:40:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 09 00:40:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1722413837696303184 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1722413837696303184 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1722295922695221415 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 urls: - short: https://t.co/UpEoilzNqi expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707081158289224132 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hormeze Very sorry to hear this. There is a reasonable chance nattokinase could be beneficial, although I don’t expect miracles https://t.co/UpEoilzNqi text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze Very sorry to hear this. There is a reasonable chance nattokinase could be beneficial, although I don’t expect miracles https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707081158289224132 ### tweet 1722465389781950816 chronological_index: 758 archive_order_index: 100 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-09T04:05:25Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 09 04:05:25 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1722465389781950816 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1722465389781950816 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: MarkEstefanos mentions: - @MarkEstefanos | name: Mark Estefanos | id_str: 62859755 text_raw: |- RT @MarkEstefanos: This is great, and for some reason never mentioned as a cause of Japanese longevity text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @MarkEstefanos: This is great, and for some reason never mentioned as a cause of Japanese longevity ### tweet 1723533017531240929 chronological_index: 759 archive_order_index: 99 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-12T02:47:47Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 12 02:47:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1723533017531240929 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1723533017531240929 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1723412912176304154 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RichDecibels Rich, you have great questions that motivate me to write. Apologies in advance for the length. I’m looking at three qualities dealing with whether we intuitively grant “personhood” that overlap in humans but might not overlap in AIs: 1. Intelligence & internal complexity 2.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels Rich, you have great questions that motivate me to write. Apologies in advance for the length. I’m looking at three qualities dealing with whether we intuitively grant “personhood” that overlap in humans but might not overlap in AIs: 1. Intelligence & internal complexity 2.… ### tweet 1723662005222158359 chronological_index: 760 archive_order_index: 98 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-12T11:20:20Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 12 11:20:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1723662005222158359 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1723662005222158359 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1723657215418986708 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv For every drug there exists someone in the world who lives in that state naturally text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv For every drug there exists someone in the world who lives in that state naturally ### tweet 1724055536692252861 chronological_index: 761 archive_order_index: 97 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-13T13:24:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 13 13:24:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724055536692252861 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724055536692252861 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Meta_Celsus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724052344101564764 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1474807039247499264 mentions: - @Meta_Celsus | name: Metacelsus | id_str: 1474807039247499264 text_raw: |- @Meta_Celsus As I understand it, nattokinase is notorious for being named rather idiosyncratically, and isn’t particularly chemically similar to streptokinase. A quick search didn’t find evidence for or against commonly developing antibodies against NK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Meta_Celsus As I understand it, nattokinase is notorious for being named rather idiosyncratically, and isn’t particularly chemically similar to streptokinase. A quick search didn’t find evidence for or against commonly developing antibodies against NK ### tweet 1724058086468640771 chronological_index: 762 archive_order_index: 96 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-13T13:34:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 13 13:34:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724058086468640771 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724058086468640771 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Meta_Celsus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724051802709197159 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1474807039247499264 mentions: - @Meta_Celsus | name: Metacelsus | id_str: 1474807039247499264 urls: - short: https://t.co/7BUjsEBHrr expanded: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6043915/ display: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Meta_Celsus The evidence for nattokinase retaining bioactivity is summarized here (which also notes your concern as a standing question in “Remaining Issues”) https://t.co/7BUjsEBHrr text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Meta_Celsus The evidence for nattokinase retaining bioactivity is summarized here (which also notes your concern as a standing question in “Remaining Issues”) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6043915/ ### tweet 1724281660223504385 chronological_index: 763 archive_order_index: 95 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-14T04:22:38Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 14 04:22:38 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724281660223504385 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724281660223504385 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724145754984370487 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv What does “persuasive” mean when our audience is increasingly LLMs? (Not a rhetorical question, I really don’t know) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv What does “persuasive” mean when our audience is increasingly LLMs? (Not a rhetorical question, I really don’t know) ### tweet 1724292435877208493 chronological_index: 764 archive_order_index: 94 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-14T05:05:27Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 14 05:05:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724292435877208493 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724292435877208493 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724190443431448777 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan General anesthesia is toxic for the brain, but strangely it also seems to cause a long-term boost to mood. I think this is because it releases smooth muscle tension. Some of this tension regenerates over time, but some doesn’t. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan General anesthesia is toxic for the brain, but strangely it also seems to cause a long-term boost to mood. I think this is because it releases smooth muscle tension. Some of this tension regenerates over time, but some doesn’t. ### tweet 1724293921529094620 chronological_index: 765 archive_order_index: 93 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-14T05:11:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 14 05:11:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724293921529094620 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724293921529094620 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724292851721294132 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan I bet there’s some cocktail of relatively safe substances that could do the same, without the toxicity or loss of consciousness. First $1t pharmaceutical But better to get it from lifestyle tbh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan I bet there’s some cocktail of relatively safe substances that could do the same, without the toxicity or loss of consciousness. First $1t pharmaceutical But better to get it from lifestyle tbh ### tweet 1724298637201555812 chronological_index: 766 archive_order_index: 92 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-14T05:30:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 14 05:30:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724298637201555812 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724298637201555812 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724294617057919305 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Ahah I was thinking sunshine and diet, but… Tension as: - frozen prediction (find what to complete) - cognitive-emotional lock (find the key) - physical block (get a high-quality massage) - allocated but unlinked resources (run a general garbage collection process) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Ahah I was thinking sunshine and diet, but… Tension as: - frozen prediction (find what to complete) - cognitive-emotional lock (find the key) - physical block (get a high-quality massage) - allocated but unlinked resources (run a general garbage collection process) ### tweet 1724674287695728999 chronological_index: 767 archive_order_index: 91 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-15T06:22:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 15 06:22:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724674287695728999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724674287695728999 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724531925774225640 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nosilverv I think because it’s easier to condition a muscle twitch than decondition one… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I think because it’s easier to condition a muscle twitch than decondition one… ### tweet 1724678847923376348 chronological_index: 768 archive_order_index: 90 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-15T06:40:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 15 06:40:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724678847923376348 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724678847923376348 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724528807023931860 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv A quirky thing about muscle physiology is that the relaxed state is the more energetically expensive state “I need to relax to get more energy” no you need more energy in order to relax Was a famous study where a corpse exhibiting rigor mortis was submersed into ATP, it relaxed text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv A quirky thing about muscle physiology is that the relaxed state is the more energetically expensive state “I need to relax to get more energy” no you need more energy in order to relax Was a famous study where a corpse exhibiting rigor mortis was submersed into ATP, it relaxed ### tweet 1724699170177745396 chronological_index: 769 archive_order_index: 89 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-15T08:01:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 15 08:01:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724699170177745396 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724699170177745396 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724678847923376348 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nosilverv To nitpick myself, there’s a subtle difference between “relaxation is more energetically expensive” and “muscles contract when they’re out of ATP” Although I think both are probably true Anyway I think if you’re bumping up against metabolic insufficiency your phenomenology gets… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv To nitpick myself, there’s a subtle difference between “relaxation is more energetically expensive” and “muscles contract when they’re out of ATP” Although I think both are probably true Anyway I think if you’re bumping up against metabolic insufficiency your phenomenology gets… ### tweet 1724772248073175058 chronological_index: 770 archive_order_index: 88 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-15T12:52:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 15 12:52:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724772248073175058 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724772248073175058 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 65 retweet_count: 6 in_reply_to_screen_name: slatestarcodex in_reply_to_status_id_str: None in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1526643050 mentions: - @slatestarcodex | name: Scott Alexander | id_str: 1526643050 urls: - short: https://t.co/cl2jSMHk3I expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724292435877208493 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @slatestarcodex recently wrote about certain drugs (ketamine, general anaesthetics) having strange/unexpected antidepressant effects. A few thoughts on why I think vasocomputation predicts this, and some concrete predictions: —— My very simple theory is that general anesthesia… https://t.co/cl2jSMHk3I text_with_expanded_urls: |- @slatestarcodex recently wrote about certain drugs (ketamine, general anaesthetics) having strange/unexpected antidepressant effects. A few thoughts on why I think vasocomputation predicts this, and some concrete predictions: —— My very simple theory is that general anesthesia… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724292435877208493 ### tweet 1724787824300593624 chronological_index: 771 archive_order_index: 87 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-15T13:53:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 15 13:53:56 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724787824300593624 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724787824300593624 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TrialByNitrogen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724775652794982512 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 894628903419031554 mentions: - @TrialByNitrogen | name: Franz K | id_str: 894628903419031554 - @slatestarcodex | name: Scott Alexander | id_str: 1526643050 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @TrialByNitrogen @slatestarcodex Thanks for the comments! I do suspect there are particular pathways & mechanisms involved in releasing smooth muscle latches, and many things we think of as “muscle relaxants” or “vasodilators” will be less effective at releasing tension than things that target latches… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TrialByNitrogen @slatestarcodex Thanks for the comments! I do suspect there are particular pathways & mechanisms involved in releasing smooth muscle latches, and many things we think of as “muscle relaxants” or “vasodilators” will be less effective at releasing tension than things that target latches… ### tweet 1724971630643032487 chronological_index: 772 archive_order_index: 86 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-16T02:04:19Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 16 02:04:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724971630643032487 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724971630643032487 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SterlingCooley in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724924636075270285 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 912478616813920256 mentions: - @SterlingCooley | name: Sterling Cooley | id_str: 912478616813920256 - @slatestarcodex | name: Scott Alexander | id_str: 1526643050 text_raw: |- @SterlingCooley @slatestarcodex I’m familiar with the general outlines, but I should probably dig into the details — thanks text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SterlingCooley @slatestarcodex I’m familiar with the general outlines, but I should probably dig into the details — thanks ### tweet 1724971955789697067 chronological_index: 773 archive_order_index: 85 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-16T02:05:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 16 02:05:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724971955789697067 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724971955789697067 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hamzaiandafirst in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724967889076445345 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 786207793065955328 mentions: - @hamzaiandafirst | name: Bioenergetic monk | id_str: 786207793065955328 text_raw: |- @hamzaiandafirst Interesting, can you say more? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hamzaiandafirst Interesting, can you say more? ### tweet 1724981232134680862 chronological_index: 774 archive_order_index: 84 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-16T02:42:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 16 02:42:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724981232134680862 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724981232134680862 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724973926202364323 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @hormeze My sense is nattokinase is less potent (vs LK) but has a lot of nice secondary vascular benefits that the others may not. Part of this may be simply because NK has had more scientific attention though. The most precise NK vs LK evaluation I could find was at the end of this:… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze My sense is nattokinase is less potent (vs LK) but has a lot of nice secondary vascular benefits that the others may not. Part of this may be simply because NK has had more scientific attention though. The most precise NK vs LK evaluation I could find was at the end of this:… ### tweet 1724990046003138809 chronological_index: 775 archive_order_index: 83 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-16T03:17:30Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 16 03:17:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1724990046003138809 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724990046003138809 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724986608024523174 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @hormeze I think our category of “blood thinner” is a little underdetermined, e.g. it’s used to refer both to drugs that prevent clots, and drugs that dissolve clots They do sorta work together though; i.e. the danger with blood thinners (of either type) is if you take a really high… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze I think our category of “blood thinner” is a little underdetermined, e.g. it’s used to refer both to drugs that prevent clots, and drugs that dissolve clots They do sorta work together though; i.e. the danger with blood thinners (of either type) is if you take a really high… ### tweet 1725056910033109012 chronological_index: 776 archive_order_index: 82 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-16T07:43:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 16 07:43:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725056910033109012 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725056910033109012 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hamzaiandafirst in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725012471604514840 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 786207793065955328 mentions: - @hamzaiandafirst | name: Bioenergetic monk | id_str: 786207793065955328 text_raw: |- @hamzaiandafirst That’s really interesting, thank you text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hamzaiandafirst That’s really interesting, thank you ### tweet 1725061977595351371 chronological_index: 777 archive_order_index: 81 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-16T08:03:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 16 08:03:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725061977595351371 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725061977595351371 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1724924309703938105 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1100505061057122304 mentions: - @s_r_constantin | name: Sarah Constantin | id_str: 1873758451794640897 text_raw: |- @s_r_constantin My thesis on biofeedback is we don’t have good targets. We can point at people and say “I want to feel more like that” but we don’t really know how to quantify or image the ‘that’. Without a good target to aim toward, it’s difficult to define a vector toward it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @s_r_constantin My thesis on biofeedback is we don’t have good targets. We can point at people and say “I want to feel more like that” but we don’t really know how to quantify or image the ‘that’. Without a good target to aim toward, it’s difficult to define a vector toward it ### tweet 1725062953148547238 chronological_index: 778 archive_order_index: 80 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-16T08:07:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 16 08:07:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725062953148547238 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725062953148547238 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725061977595351371 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @s_r_constantin | name: Sarah Constantin | id_str: 1873758451794640897 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @s_r_constantin I think my Symmetry Theory of Valence partially addresses this. I wrote a new paper (much shorter than PQ, slightly updated predictions) laying out the basic rationale and thesis: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls Tends to resonate more with postrats than rationalists for some reason text_with_expanded_urls: |- @s_r_constantin I think my Symmetry Theory of Valence partially addresses this. I wrote a new paper (much shorter than PQ, slightly updated predictions) laying out the basic rationale and thesis: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ Tends to resonate more with postrats than rationalists for some reason ### tweet 1725306835404820798 chronological_index: 779 archive_order_index: 79 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-17T00:16:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 17 00:16:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725306835404820798 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725306835404820798 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725172829375635842 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Kind of — there’s ~3 definitions of energy at play - neural activity - muscle twitchiness - metabolic sufficiency Falling asleep is mostly a reduction of #1 and #2… but if you can’t give enough clean power to your cells (#3), your VSMCs will microspasm and prevent restful sleep text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Kind of — there’s ~3 definitions of energy at play - neural activity - muscle twitchiness - metabolic sufficiency Falling asleep is mostly a reduction of #1 and #2… but if you can’t give enough clean power to your cells (#3), your VSMCs will microspasm and prevent restful sleep ### tweet 1725310934380646773 chronological_index: 780 archive_order_index: 78 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-17T00:32:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 17 00:32:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725310934380646773 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725310934380646773 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725233310190776602 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @slatestarcodex | name: Scott Alexander | id_str: 1526643050 text_raw: |- @paul__is__here @slatestarcodex That’s super interesting, seems like a good (plausible+testable) prediction text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here @slatestarcodex That’s super interesting, seems like a good (plausible+testable) prediction ### tweet 1725314708029468862 chronological_index: 781 archive_order_index: 77 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-17T00:47:35Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 17 00:47:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725314708029468862 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725314708029468862 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725233310190776602 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @slatestarcodex | name: Scott Alexander | id_str: 1526643050 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @paul__is__here @slatestarcodex Fwiw I think a lot of gaming “entertainment” is actually generalized garbage collection on tension — “I leveled up” “I completed the stage” “I got the treasure” etc — all of these just ‘happen’ to be exactly the sorts of process fragments that might close open Active Inference… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here @slatestarcodex Fwiw I think a lot of gaming “entertainment” is actually generalized garbage collection on tension — “I leveled up” “I completed the stage” “I got the treasure” etc — all of these just ‘happen’ to be exactly the sorts of process fragments that might close open Active Inference… ### tweet 1725315041455673691 chronological_index: 782 archive_order_index: 76 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-17T00:48:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 17 00:48:55 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725315041455673691 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725315041455673691 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725174224728285591 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @nosilverv Will look for one when I get home! I think the Peaters would have the details text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @nosilverv Will look for one when I get home! I think the Peaters would have the details ### tweet 1725383174107332832 chronological_index: 783 archive_order_index: 75 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-17T05:19:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 17 05:19:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725383174107332832 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725383174107332832 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: rgblong in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725240788488184202 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1247652517 mentions: - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @EthanJPerez | name: Ethan Perez | id_str: 908728623988953089 text_raw: |- @rgblong @EthanJPerez Appreciate your work as always! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @rgblong @EthanJPerez Appreciate your work as always! ### tweet 1725639245912846565 chronological_index: 784 archive_order_index: 74 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-17T22:17:11Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 17 22:17:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725639245912846565 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725639245912846565 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725635844193587509 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @slatestarcodex | name: Scott Alexander | id_str: 1526643050 text_raw: |- @paul__is__here @slatestarcodex I’d expect both text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here @slatestarcodex I’d expect both ### tweet 1725647814548693493 chronological_index: 785 archive_order_index: 73 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-17T22:51:14Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 17 22:51:14 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725647814548693493 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725647814548693493 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 25 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/169FjeAMgq expanded: https://x.com/sama/status/1725631621511184771 display: x.com/sama/status/17… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- As a brief public comment, I trust sama. https://t.co/169FjeAMgq text_with_expanded_urls: |- As a brief public comment, I trust sama. https://x.com/sama/status/1725631621511184771 ### tweet 1725721787131138362 chronological_index: 786 archive_order_index: 72 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-18T03:45:11Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 18 03:45:11 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725721787131138362 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725721787131138362 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725648409569435843 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel I notice I don’t have a simple answer to this. But I’d feel better about OpenAI if Sam was at the helm. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel I notice I don’t have a simple answer to this. But I’d feel better about OpenAI if Sam was at the helm. ### tweet 1725733118076919816 chronological_index: 787 archive_order_index: 71 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-18T04:30:12Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 18 04:30:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725733118076919816 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725733118076919816 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725565238785831186 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @erikphoel The taste of coca-cola is notorious for avoiding acclimation/attenuation, which is not precisely the same nor precisely different text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel The taste of coca-cola is notorious for avoiding acclimation/attenuation, which is not precisely the same nor precisely different ### tweet 1725905060226637853 chronological_index: 788 archive_order_index: 70 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-18T15:53:26Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 18 15:53:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1725905060226637853 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1725905060226637853 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: enjooooyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1725900870607409544 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1385743995192717316 mentions: - @enjooooyer | name: enjooooyer 📟🌐 | id_str: 1385743995192717316 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @enjooooyer @selentelechia I think nausea = too much neural dynamism in specific regions (wild activity patterns) Vasoconstriction = reduce local dynamism text_with_expanded_urls: |- @enjooooyer @selentelechia I think nausea = too much neural dynamism in specific regions (wild activity patterns) Vasoconstriction = reduce local dynamism ### tweet 1726481860417802446 chronological_index: 789 archive_order_index: 69 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-20T06:05:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 20 06:05:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1726481860417802446 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1726481860417802446 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ftlsid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1726474024979693707 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1136070856730243072 mentions: - @ftlsid | name: ftlsid | id_str: 1136070856730243072 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/I3JTmMpnfr expanded: https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/unsaturated-oils.shtml display: raypeat.com/articles/artic… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ftlsid @yoltartar I think seed oils are pretty bad for both metabolism and thyroid, both of which add noise (and remove computational flexibility) from the vasomuscular system — Ray Peat is very opinionated but has some good arguments https://t.co/I3JTmMpnfr text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ftlsid @yoltartar I think seed oils are pretty bad for both metabolism and thyroid, both of which add noise (and remove computational flexibility) from the vasomuscular system — Ray Peat is very opinionated but has some good arguments https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/unsaturated-oils.shtml ### tweet 1726556106280042514 chronological_index: 790 archive_order_index: 68 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-20T11:00:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 20 11:00:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1726556106280042514 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1726556106280042514 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: niplav_site in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1726243310015221971 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1660990683446931457 mentions: - @niplav_site | name: niplav is | id_str: 1660990683446931457 urls: - short: https://t.co/me9opesxIp expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-n… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @niplav_site I put a lot of stock in the symmetry aesthetic in physics; the following isn’t a direct argument but I think it’s indicative https://t.co/me9opesxIp text_with_expanded_urls: |- @niplav_site I put a lot of stock in the symmetry aesthetic in physics; the following isn’t a direct argument but I think it’s indicative https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ ### tweet 1726732180376928471 chronological_index: 791 archive_order_index: 67 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-20T22:40:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 20 22:40:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1726732180376928471 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1726732180376928471 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: niplav_site in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1726629638783590565 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1660990683446931457 mentions: - @niplav_site | name: niplav is | id_str: 1660990683446931457 text_raw: |- @niplav_site Frank Wilczek describes symmetry as “change without change” — there exists a symmetry if you can do an operation on an object and get the same result (this is formalized by the object’s ’symmetry group’) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @niplav_site Frank Wilczek describes symmetry as “change without change” — there exists a symmetry if you can do an operation on an object and get the same result (this is formalized by the object’s ’symmetry group’) ### tweet 1726913997965045812 chronological_index: 792 archive_order_index: 66 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-21T10:42:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 21 10:42:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1726913997965045812 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1726913997965045812 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1726904657023307902 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 mentions: - @dmt_quest | name: DMT Quest | id_str: 2885600041 text_raw: |- @36_72541890 @dmt_quest 😬 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 @dmt_quest 😬 ### tweet 1727101458980786523 chronological_index: 793 archive_order_index: 65 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-21T23:07:30Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 21 23:07:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727101458980786523 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727101458980786523 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1600905880148615168 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @selentelechia I sometimes wonder if cancer is scale-free — ie it’s just one expression of a more general problem with alignment One hypothesis: people who are particularly strict with themselves, and in general run their bodies as dictatorships, get cancer more often. Greedy people also text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia I sometimes wonder if cancer is scale-free — ie it’s just one expression of a more general problem with alignment One hypothesis: people who are particularly strict with themselves, and in general run their bodies as dictatorships, get cancer more often. Greedy people also ### tweet 1727102999020077487 chronological_index: 794 archive_order_index: 64 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-21T23:13:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 21 23:13:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727102999020077487 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727102999020077487 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1600904055576199168 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @selentelechia Absolutely great thread text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia Absolutely great thread ### tweet 1727139447987372060 chronological_index: 795 archive_order_index: 63 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-22T01:38:27Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 22 01:38:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727139447987372060 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727139447987372060 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727137160829268030 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux All 18 chakras (7 original, 11 synthetic) in harmony text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux All 18 chakras (7 original, 11 synthetic) in harmony ### tweet 1727142984851054702 chronological_index: 796 archive_order_index: 62 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-22T01:52:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 22 01:52:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727142984851054702 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727142984851054702 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727141732343845125 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux I made it up — but “how could you add a synthetic brain region / ganglion to the body, and what could you get from doing so” is an interesting question text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux I made it up — but “how could you add a synthetic brain region / ganglion to the body, and what could you get from doing so” is an interesting question ### tweet 1727468494357451260 chronological_index: 797 archive_order_index: 61 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-22T23:25:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 22 23:25:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727468494357451260 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727468494357451260 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Conaw in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727456437087994366 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17562763 mentions: - @Conaw | name: Conor | id_str: 17562763 urls: - short: https://t.co/tS5Jziij51 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Conaw My take on caffeine/nicotine is their efficacy comes from combing neural and vasomuscular effects (kind of a deep rabbithole) I believe the +IQ claim, which is weird because almost nothing is actually +IQ https://t.co/tS5Jziij51 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Conaw My take on caffeine/nicotine is their efficacy comes from combing neural and vasomuscular effects (kind of a deep rabbithole) I believe the +IQ claim, which is weird because almost nothing is actually +IQ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 ### tweet 1727576790653436394 chronological_index: 798 archive_order_index: 60 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T06:36:18Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 06:36:18 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727576790653436394 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727576790653436394 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BenHayum in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727542835262415032 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4244181292 mentions: - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 text_raw: |- @profoundlyyyy @ESYudkowsky Lawrence Summers, one of the new board members, is functionally an avatar of the government Or at least one core faction of the government A similar convergence happened to Google text_with_expanded_urls: |- @profoundlyyyy @ESYudkowsky Lawrence Summers, one of the new board members, is functionally an avatar of the government Or at least one core faction of the government A similar convergence happened to Google ### tweet 1727647098445959296 chronological_index: 799 archive_order_index: 59 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T11:15:41Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 11:15:41 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727647098445959296 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727647098445959296 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 120 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/D1Whtzjfcg expanded: https://x.com/PrinceVogel/status/1680716152626896898 display: x.com/PrinceVogel/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think wild animal joy is extreme and underappreciated — And just as there’s a wide range of hedonic set-points between humans, there will be an extreme range of hedonic set-points between species Who are the winners? I think birds Who are the losers? Maybe insects https://t.co/D1Whtzjfcg text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think wild animal joy is extreme and underappreciated — And just as there’s a wide range of hedonic set-points between humans, there will be an extreme range of hedonic set-points between species Who are the winners? I think birds Who are the losers? Maybe insects https://x.com/PrinceVogel/status/1680716152626896898 ### tweet 1727649041654452418 chronological_index: 800 archive_order_index: 58 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T11:23:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 11:23:24 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727649041654452418 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727649041654452418 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727647098445959296 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/cKKyOcTFME expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720684038703513925 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I expect animals close to humans might pick up some of our metacognition motifs — exile from Eden may be contagious We love dogs (because they serve us); we admire wolves (because they lack neuroticism — and perhaps tanha) https://t.co/cKKyOcTFME text_with_expanded_urls: |- I expect animals close to humans might pick up some of our metacognition motifs — exile from Eden may be contagious We love dogs (because they serve us); we admire wolves (because they lack neuroticism — and perhaps tanha) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720684038703513925 ### tweet 1727652469822665076 chronological_index: 801 archive_order_index: 57 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T11:37:01Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 11:37:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727652469822665076 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727652469822665076 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: parafactual in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727647884894405041 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1252277511746183168 mentions: - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 text_raw: |- @parafactual Birds are the product of intense sexual selection for happiness (birdsong), have great freedom of movement, and have low hitpoints (so they’re usual at full); Insects are a broad class, but they seem subject to strong and strange compulsions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @parafactual Birds are the product of intense sexual selection for happiness (birdsong), have great freedom of movement, and have low hitpoints (so they’re usual at full); Insects are a broad class, but they seem subject to strong and strange compulsions ### tweet 1727654409075822843 chronological_index: 802 archive_order_index: 56 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T11:44:44Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 11:44:44 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727654409075822843 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727654409075822843 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: parafactual in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727653078936011195 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1252277511746183168 mentions: - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 text_raw: |- @parafactual Birdsong as a mating display is an honest signal of nervous system health — similar to dance, it’s a sufficiently high-dimensional projection of dynamics such that listeners can identify & avoid problems. Iterate over countless generations and you get very pure nervous systems text_with_expanded_urls: |- @parafactual Birdsong as a mating display is an honest signal of nervous system health — similar to dance, it’s a sufficiently high-dimensional projection of dynamics such that listeners can identify & avoid problems. Iterate over countless generations and you get very pure nervous systems ### tweet 1727674764603675119 chronological_index: 803 archive_order_index: 55 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T13:05:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 13:05:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727674764603675119 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727674764603675119 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727667834157744255 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 mentions: - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @markooooooo Some of the suffering the Buddha points at as due to type errors — trying to apply operations on sensations that don’t make sense Animals as having fewer metacognition operations, less surface area for getting into trouble Metacognition as built from vasocomputation clamps text_with_expanded_urls: |- @markooooooo Some of the suffering the Buddha points at as due to type errors — trying to apply operations on sensations that don’t make sense Animals as having fewer metacognition operations, less surface area for getting into trouble Metacognition as built from vasocomputation clamps ### tweet 1727677166702481786 chronological_index: 804 archive_order_index: 2768 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T13:15:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 13:15:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727677166702481786 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727677166702481786 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 33 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727666194847539386 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv People think emotional progress is about releasing tension But imo its first about building enough virtue in your nervous system such that your vasomuscular system doesn’t need to jump in & micromanage And then showing your body evidence of this virtue Then you get the release text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv People think emotional progress is about releasing tension But imo its first about building enough virtue in your nervous system such that your vasomuscular system doesn’t need to jump in & micromanage And then showing your body evidence of this virtue Then you get the release ### tweet 1727826522684489902 chronological_index: 805 archive_order_index: 2767 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T23:08:39Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 23:08:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727826522684489902 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727826522684489902 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realtimeai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727770789687022071 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 792601942937579520 mentions: - @realtimeai | name: Natural General Intelligence | id_str: 792601942937579520 - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 text_raw: |- @realtimeai @parafactual I think this objection proves too much Also happy to entertain other hypotheses text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realtimeai @parafactual I think this objection proves too much Also happy to entertain other hypotheses ### tweet 1727831666406891758 chronological_index: 806 archive_order_index: 2766 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T23:29:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 23:29:05 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727831666406891758 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727831666406891758 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KanizsaBoundary in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727807838033199258 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1619631961370431488 mentions: - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 - @Conaw | name: Conor | id_str: 17562763 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @KanizsaBoundary @Conaw Various meditation practices could be reframed as muscular (VSMC) conditioning/deconditioning practices, and I think this system is very flexible / can be conditioned/deconditioned in a lot of dimensions; To finely recreate the effects of caffeine/nicotine you’d need to assemble… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KanizsaBoundary @Conaw Various meditation practices could be reframed as muscular (VSMC) conditioning/deconditioning practices, and I think this system is very flexible / can be conditioned/deconditioned in a lot of dimensions; To finely recreate the effects of caffeine/nicotine you’d need to assemble… ### tweet 1727833814804963560 chronological_index: 807 archive_order_index: 2765 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T23:37:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 23:37:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727833814804963560 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727833814804963560 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tylertrails in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727771783506567362 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 950162663983714305 mentions: - @tylertrails | name: Tyler | id_str: 950162663983714305 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv Virtue could be framed as deeply adaptive habit Mostly it seems habits get built by doing -> nervous system rewires such that habit becomes default (doesn’t need to be impelled via tension) Meditation seems more about deconditioning unvirtuous habits text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv Virtue could be framed as deeply adaptive habit Mostly it seems habits get built by doing -> nervous system rewires such that habit becomes default (doesn’t need to be impelled via tension) Meditation seems more about deconditioning unvirtuous habits ### tweet 1727838658911485969 chronological_index: 808 archive_order_index: 2764 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-23T23:56:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 23 23:56:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727838658911485969 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727838658911485969 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tylertrails in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727836998537474552 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 950162663983714305 mentions: - @tylertrails | name: Tyler | id_str: 950162663983714305 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv It may be simpler to talk about habits that don’t have to do with skeletal muscle positioning “Brush your teeth before bed” is a virtuous habit At first you implement it by holding (mental/VSMC) tension Later it becomes the default, you don’t need the tension text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv It may be simpler to talk about habits that don’t have to do with skeletal muscle positioning “Brush your teeth before bed” is a virtuous habit At first you implement it by holding (mental/VSMC) tension Later it becomes the default, you don’t need the tension ### tweet 1727839734695960902 chronological_index: 809 archive_order_index: 2763 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T00:01:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 00:01:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727839734695960902 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727839734695960902 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727838658911485969 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @tylertrails | name: Tyler | id_str: 950162663983714305 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv Tension is like a cast, holding your neural patterns in place Over time, your networks grow into that shape, like a Bonzai tree Then you don’t need the container any more Although your body may hold the tension anyway text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv Tension is like a cast, holding your neural patterns in place Over time, your networks grow into that shape, like a Bonzai tree Then you don’t need the container any more Although your body may hold the tension anyway ### tweet 1727854723955659262 chronological_index: 810 archive_order_index: 2762 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T01:00:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 01:00:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727854723955659262 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727854723955659262 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tylertrails in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727841621109289466 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 950162663983714305 mentions: - @tylertrails | name: Tyler | id_str: 950162663983714305 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv VSMC tension can be inferred from skeletal muscle tension, and vice versa (due to the distributed stress minimization system they’re both a part of), but what it actually feels like is attention (“at-tension”) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tylertrails @nosilverv VSMC tension can be inferred from skeletal muscle tension, and vice versa (due to the distributed stress minimization system they’re both a part of), but what it actually feels like is attention (“at-tension”) ### tweet 1727868849415217328 chronological_index: 811 archive_order_index: 2761 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T01:56:50Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 01:56:50 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727868849415217328 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727868849415217328 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realtimeai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727861164850266588 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 792601942937579520 mentions: - @realtimeai | name: Natural General Intelligence | id_str: 792601942937579520 - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 text_raw: |- @realtimeai @parafactual I see plenty of predictions that could be inferred from claims above Either it’s a skill issue, or your comments aren’t really about me, and my sense is it’s the latter text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realtimeai @parafactual I see plenty of predictions that could be inferred from claims above Either it’s a skill issue, or your comments aren’t really about me, and my sense is it’s the latter ### tweet 1727893296675164252 chronological_index: 812 archive_order_index: 2760 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T03:33:59Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 03:33:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727893296675164252 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727893296675164252 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realtimeai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727891221605990679 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 792601942937579520 mentions: - @realtimeai | name: Natural General Intelligence | id_str: 792601942937579520 - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 text_raw: |- @realtimeai @parafactual Best place to start is probably looking at cross-species sexual selection pressures; hypothesis is that birds are outliers on being selected for happiness and its proxies (nervous system health/dynamism). Can look specifically at incidence, type, and complexity of mating displays text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realtimeai @parafactual Best place to start is probably looking at cross-species sexual selection pressures; hypothesis is that birds are outliers on being selected for happiness and its proxies (nervous system health/dynamism). Can look specifically at incidence, type, and complexity of mating displays ### tweet 1727899899415658503 chronological_index: 813 archive_order_index: 2759 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T04:00:13Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 04:00:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727899899415658503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727899899415658503 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realtimeai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727899360078201094 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 792601942937579520 mentions: - @realtimeai | name: Natural General Intelligence | id_str: 792601942937579520 - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 urls: - short: https://t.co/5a7WG39G3c expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727654409075822843 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @realtimeai @parafactual https://t.co/5a7WG39G3c text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realtimeai @parafactual https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727654409075822843 ### tweet 1727911210392412303 chronological_index: 814 archive_order_index: 2758 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T04:45:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 04:45:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727911210392412303 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727911210392412303 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realtimeai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727901167718400162 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 792601942937579520 mentions: - @realtimeai | name: Natural General Intelligence | id_str: 792601942937579520 - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 text_raw: |- @realtimeai @parafactual You seem to be coming in pretty heavy, and I don’t get the sense you’re putting in much effort to understand me or have any skin in the game. Can you explain what kind of answer you’re looking for? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realtimeai @parafactual You seem to be coming in pretty heavy, and I don’t get the sense you’re putting in much effort to understand me or have any skin in the game. Can you explain what kind of answer you’re looking for? ### tweet 1727913701989327012 chronological_index: 815 archive_order_index: 2757 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T04:55:04Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 04:55:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727913701989327012 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727913701989327012 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realtimeai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727912053677887794 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 792601942937579520 mentions: - @realtimeai | name: Natural General Intelligence | id_str: 792601942937579520 - @parafactual | name: ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING | id_str: 1252277511746183168 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @realtimeai @parafactual The general philosophical framework I’m building off of with regard to happiness is described here; the most relevant may be Sections I and V. https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realtimeai @parafactual The general philosophical framework I’m building off of with regard to happiness is described here; the most relevant may be Sections I and V. https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1727925768263704824 chronological_index: 816 archive_order_index: 2756 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-24T05:43:01Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 24 05:43:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1727925768263704824 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727925768263704824 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1727666112656011524 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 urls: - short: https://t.co/7oYImdbpMj expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727674764603675119 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Humans can experience novel sorts of pain because of our metacognitive capacities, definitely In terms of total capacity for suffering/consciousness — children probably have more capacity than adults, cf Gopnik’s research https://t.co/7oYImdbpMj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Humans can experience novel sorts of pain because of our metacognitive capacities, definitely In terms of total capacity for suffering/consciousness — children probably have more capacity than adults, cf Gopnik’s research https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727674764603675119 ### tweet 1728777870351520028 chronological_index: 817 archive_order_index: 2755 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-26T14:08:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 26 14:08:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1728777870351520028 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1728777870351520028 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: redqualia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1728751213607256422 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 222563167 mentions: - @redqualia | name: red qualia | id_str: 222563167 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @redqualia @markooooooo The brain applies a very simple and very “greedy” compression algorithm to sensations; this algorithm is a big part of why the brain is so efficient but the results are often also a little insane. The source of both the brain’s efficiency and insanity can be described as “lack of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @redqualia @markooooooo The brain applies a very simple and very “greedy” compression algorithm to sensations; this algorithm is a big part of why the brain is so efficient but the results are often also a little insane. The source of both the brain’s efficiency and insanity can be described as “lack of… ### tweet 1728795460981194873 chronological_index: 818 archive_order_index: 2754 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-26T15:18:52Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 26 15:18:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1728795460981194873 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1728795460981194873 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1728777870351520028 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @redqualia | name: red qualia | id_str: 222563167 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @redqualia @markooooooo (This is my steelman of “suffering/tanha as a type error”; it takes substantial liberties with Buddhism and should be considered speculation. Builds off of some posts by Romeo/Nick) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @redqualia @markooooooo (This is my steelman of “suffering/tanha as a type error”; it takes substantial liberties with Buddhism and should be considered speculation. Builds off of some posts by Romeo/Nick) ### tweet 1728907866852266469 chronological_index: 819 archive_order_index: 2753 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-26T22:45:31Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 26 22:45:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1728907866852266469 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1728907866852266469 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1728798087970189367 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @markooooooo Right; evolution repurposed/extended a very ancient system text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @markooooooo Right; evolution repurposed/extended a very ancient system ### tweet 1728908143550414958 chronological_index: 820 archive_order_index: 2752 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-26T22:46:37Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 26 22:46:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1728908143550414958 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1728908143550414958 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1728801293257331036 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @redqualia | name: red qualia | id_str: 222563167 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @redqualia @markooooooo A greedy compression is overly local, generally speaking text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @redqualia @markooooooo A greedy compression is overly local, generally speaking ### tweet 1728921491683918146 chronological_index: 821 archive_order_index: 2751 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-26T23:39:40Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 26 23:39:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1728921491683918146 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1728921491683918146 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1728803597544992984 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @redqualia | name: red qualia | id_str: 222563167 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1728921491683918146/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F_5c7oqbUAEbAY0.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/BwrC37A03y possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Rares82 @redqualia @markooooooo Compression is mode collapse; the default state for the nervous system is, in William James’s terms, “blooming, buzzing confusion” — many harmonics active at once The vasomuscular system listens to the EM field for such confusion, and activates to collapse the ambivalence.… https://t.co/BwrC37A03y text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @redqualia @markooooooo Compression is mode collapse; the default state for the nervous system is, in William James’s terms, “blooming, buzzing confusion” — many harmonics active at once The vasomuscular system listens to the EM field for such confusion, and activates to collapse the ambivalence.… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1728921491683918146/photo/1 ### tweet 1729018380878029174 chronological_index: 822 archive_order_index: 2750 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-27T06:04:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 27 06:04:40 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1729018380878029174 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1729018380878029174 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729016963459059990 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @sonikudzu | name: loading… | id_str: 1599882320282017794 - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan @sonikudzu @paul__is__here @meditationstuff @edenisovan The expensive brand that I trust is Pure Encapsulations, the cheap brands I think are probably ok are NOW and Doctor’s Best text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan @sonikudzu @paul__is__here @meditationstuff @edenisovan The expensive brand that I trust is Pure Encapsulations, the cheap brands I think are probably ok are NOW and Doctor’s Best ### tweet 1729020854225518725 chronological_index: 823 archive_order_index: 2749 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-27T06:14:29Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 27 06:14:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1729020854225518725 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1729020854225518725 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729020059673412092 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @sonikudzu | name: loading… | id_str: 1599882320282017794 - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan @sonikudzu @paul__is__here @meditationstuff @edenisovan If anyone does a deep dive on nattokinase supplement quality I’m here for it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan @sonikudzu @paul__is__here @meditationstuff @edenisovan If anyone does a deep dive on nattokinase supplement quality I’m here for it ### tweet 1729424496107680153 chronological_index: 824 archive_order_index: 2748 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-28T08:58:25Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 28 08:58:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1729424496107680153 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1729424496107680153 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: boondlllx in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729415428017950831 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 508856928 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @boon_dLux Thank you! I’d say (with a nod to @drmichaellevin’s work & some of the FEP + Cybernetic Bayesian brain work) that all cells are basically ‘doing the same kind of thing’ — running the same basic distributed algorithms that (emergently, tacitly) generate a predictive world-model.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @boon_dLux Thank you! I’d say (with a nod to @drmichaellevin’s work & some of the FEP + Cybernetic Bayesian brain work) that all cells are basically ‘doing the same kind of thing’ — running the same basic distributed algorithms that (emergently, tacitly) generate a predictive world-model.… ### tweet 1729485326517944393 chronological_index: 825 archive_order_index: 2747 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-28T13:00:08Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 28 13:00:08 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1729485326517944393 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1729485326517944393 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/MNU2IjlvHw expanded: https://x.com/bismarckanlys/status/1729158720976994708 display: x.com/bismarckanlys/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Bismarck Analysis is a one-of-a-kind company; great review thread of their work https://t.co/MNU2IjlvHw text_with_expanded_urls: |- Bismarck Analysis is a one-of-a-kind company; great review thread of their work https://x.com/bismarckanlys/status/1729158720976994708 ### tweet 1729663320741822658 chronological_index: 826 archive_order_index: 2746 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-29T00:47:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 29 00:47:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1729663320741822658 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1729663320741822658 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729501940202033356 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @redqualia | name: red qualia | id_str: 222563167 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @redqualia @markooooooo GC is a subset — a big part of the brain’s type system is what information needs to be tracked and what the GC logic for this is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @redqualia @markooooooo GC is a subset — a big part of the brain’s type system is what information needs to be tracked and what the GC logic for this is ### tweet 1729671257237471380 chronological_index: 827 archive_order_index: 2745 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-29T01:18:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 29 01:18:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1729671257237471380 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1729671257237471380 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: x_snowfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729670312281657536 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 777662101053665284 mentions: - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 - @redqualia | name: red qualia | id_str: 222563167 - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @x_snowfield @redqualia @markooooooo This is great text_with_expanded_urls: |- @x_snowfield @redqualia @markooooooo This is great ### tweet 1729680641854202199 chronological_index: 828 archive_order_index: 2744 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-29T01:56:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 29 01:56:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1729680641854202199 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1729680641854202199 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729676867492344092 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @liminal_warmth I’d expect other sorts of interventions to offer a lot more expected return, but flexibility in one somatic domain is probably correlated with flexibility in others. Insofar as ADHD involves shards of tension/context, maybe it could help loosen things up? But I’d focus on diet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @liminal_warmth I’d expect other sorts of interventions to offer a lot more expected return, but flexibility in one somatic domain is probably correlated with flexibility in others. Insofar as ADHD involves shards of tension/context, maybe it could help loosen things up? But I’d focus on diet ### tweet 1730002207662297307 chronological_index: 829 archive_order_index: 2743 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-29T23:14:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 29 23:14:02 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1730002207662297307 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1730002207662297307 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willyintheworld in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729936619807895667 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2667451106 mentions: - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Willyintheworld If you haven’t read my thesis on autism I’d recommend it- https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY I don’t think differences are just brain size; network density varies significantly. Was a small autopsy study which found autists had 67% more neurons packed into the same pfc volume text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willyintheworld If you haven’t read my thesis on autism I’d recommend it- https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ I don’t think differences are just brain size; network density varies significantly. Was a small autopsy study which found autists had 67% more neurons packed into the same pfc volume ### tweet 1730003087073615927 chronological_index: 830 archive_order_index: 2742 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-29T23:17:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 29 23:17:32 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1730003087073615927 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1730003087073615927 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1730002207662297307 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @Willyintheworld | name: Willy | id_str: 2667451106 text_raw: |- @Willyintheworld I recently added a bit at the end on “Network density psychometrics” that might be interesting for starting to put numbers on things text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willyintheworld I recently added a bit at the end on “Network density psychometrics” that might be interesting for starting to put numbers on things ### tweet 1730024172020170871 chronological_index: 831 archive_order_index: 2741 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-30T00:41:19Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 30 00:41:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1730024172020170871 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1730024172020170871 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1730015510946001168 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Finding a safe food baseline really helped me The two ‘safe baselines’ I would endorse are 1. Paleo (“Whole 30”) 2. Keto/carnivore (At the extreme the Jordon B. Peterson approach, literally meat+salt) Easier interventions 3. No gluten/dairy 4. No PUFA (“seed oils” - Ray Peat) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Finding a safe food baseline really helped me The two ‘safe baselines’ I would endorse are 1. Paleo (“Whole 30”) 2. Keto/carnivore (At the extreme the Jordon B. Peterson approach, literally meat+salt) Easier interventions 3. No gluten/dairy 4. No PUFA (“seed oils” - Ray Peat) ### tweet 1730135268114796688 chronological_index: 832 archive_order_index: 2740 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-30T08:02:46Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 30 08:02:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1730135268114796688 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1730135268114796688 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1730100395836596627 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @Plinz The challenge I see for computationalism is the lack of privileged mapping between bits and atoms No fact of the matter what (Turing-level things) a physical system is computing Can extend our definition of computation past TMs but then we’re just doing physics by another name text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz The challenge I see for computationalism is the lack of privileged mapping between bits and atoms No fact of the matter what (Turing-level things) a physical system is computing Can extend our definition of computation past TMs but then we’re just doing physics by another name ### tweet 1730138595623936511 chronological_index: 833 archive_order_index: 2739 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-30T08:16:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 30 08:16:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1730138595623936511 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1730138595623936511 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1730138295324287375 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @Plinz Do you think subjective experience adheres to the semantics or background substrate dynamics? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz Do you think subjective experience adheres to the semantics or background substrate dynamics? ### tweet 1730168066292826460 chronological_index: 834 archive_order_index: 2738 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-11-30T10:13:06Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 30 10:13:06 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1730168066292826460 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1730168066292826460 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vincentweisser in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1729580344343498982 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 427766081 mentions: - @vincentweisser | name: Vincent Weisser | id_str: 427766081 - @raphaelmosaic | name: Raphael Mosaic | id_str: 1384507079017304064 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @vincentweisser @raphaelmosaic Have been thinking about this! I respect the substrate-independent mind crew, although I view things much differently than they do. Imo the central question in consciousness is whether it has to do what the bits of a system are doing, or the atoms. @plinz describes this as ‘the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @vincentweisser @raphaelmosaic Have been thinking about this! I respect the substrate-independent mind crew, although I view things much differently than they do. Imo the central question in consciousness is whether it has to do what the bits of a system are doing, or the atoms. @plinz describes this as ‘the… ## 2023-12 ### tweet 1730821336002687470 chronological_index: 835 archive_order_index: 2737 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-02T05:28:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 02 05:28:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1730821336002687470 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1730821336002687470 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1730818478595268889 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel I was going to suggest “aerosolized organic microfilaments” but maybe there’s already some existing plant whose pollen would degrade certain kinds of rotors, turbines, etc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel I was going to suggest “aerosolized organic microfilaments” but maybe there’s already some existing plant whose pollen would degrade certain kinds of rotors, turbines, etc ### tweet 1731489538504343834 chronological_index: 836 archive_order_index: 2736 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T01:44:10Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 01:44:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731489538504343834 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731489538504343834 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JoshPurtell in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731352924016562563 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1412498091270455300 mentions: - @JoshPurtell | name: Josh | id_str: 1412498091270455300 urls: - short: https://t.co/EliRvA3vfS expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704639357183840337?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @JoshPurtell “Do you think tanha / strong vasocomputational priors + blockages represent social coordination mechanisms?” — great question, my answer is yes: https://t.co/EliRvA3vfS Re: your idea about “social status / influence / social freedom” I think that’s basically right, and we could… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JoshPurtell “Do you think tanha / strong vasocomputational priors + blockages represent social coordination mechanisms?” — great question, my answer is yes: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704639357183840337?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A Re: your idea about “social status / influence / social freedom” I think that’s basically right, and we could… ### tweet 1731501638932930805 chronological_index: 837 archive_order_index: 2735 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T02:32:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 02:32:15 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731501638932930805 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731501638932930805 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 49 retweet_count: 5 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… - short: https://t.co/VZ4smlxdpE expanded: https://x.com/jd_pressman/status/1730844528113058205 display: x.com/jd_pressman/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- My biggest philosophical claim is that all value functions depend on and eventually converge on symmetry. I think the Symmetry Theory of Valence is unmatched and irreplaceable for dissolving philosophical confusion. https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls https://t.co/VZ4smlxdpE text_with_expanded_urls: |- My biggest philosophical claim is that all value functions depend on and eventually converge on symmetry. I think the Symmetry Theory of Valence is unmatched and irreplaceable for dissolving philosophical confusion. https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ https://x.com/jd_pressman/status/1730844528113058205 ### tweet 1731520238406205926 chronological_index: 838 archive_order_index: 2734 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T03:46:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 03:46:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731520238406205926 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731520238406205926 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 17 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anabology in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731501002237358428 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1650509966388731904 mentions: - @anabology | name: anabology | id_str: 1650509966388731904 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @anabology I’ll boost some of my own work, e.g. - Autism as a disorder of dimensionality (single-factor hypothesis) https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY - Suffering as primarily a vasomuscular phenomenon https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw (See also Moore & Cao’s hemo-neural hypothesis) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anabology I’ll boost some of my own work, e.g. - Autism as a disorder of dimensionality (single-factor hypothesis) https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ - Suffering as primarily a vasomuscular phenomenon https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ (See also Moore & Cao’s hemo-neural hypothesis) ### tweet 1731540643883958459 chronological_index: 839 archive_order_index: 2733 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T05:07:14Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 05:07:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731540643883958459 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731540643883958459 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: punishdtriangls in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731532676375433647 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1641556948582555649 mentions: - @punishdtriangls | name: ∤∤∤∤∤ | id_str: 1641556948582555649 - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @punishdtriangls @hastuc_dibtux I like these papers; what would you say your main takeaway from them is? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @punishdtriangls @hastuc_dibtux I like these papers; what would you say your main takeaway from them is? ### tweet 1731553322191159562 chronological_index: 840 archive_order_index: 2732 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T05:57:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 05:57:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731553322191159562 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731553322191159562 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: punishdtriangls in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731551799771812075 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1641556948582555649 mentions: - @punishdtriangls | name: ∤∤∤∤∤ | id_str: 1641556948582555649 - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @punishdtriangls @hastuc_dibtux I’d agree with all that! Would be glad to get your impressions of my paper (linked above) if you have time. It’s a compression of a 2016 work that had a slightly broader focus; Wilczek also had a great book (A Beautiful Question) about symmetry in fundamental physics, and I’ve… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @punishdtriangls @hastuc_dibtux I’d agree with all that! Would be glad to get your impressions of my paper (linked above) if you have time. It’s a compression of a 2016 work that had a slightly broader focus; Wilczek also had a great book (A Beautiful Question) about symmetry in fundamental physics, and I’ve… ### tweet 1731668296934830257 chronological_index: 841 archive_order_index: 2731 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T13:34:29Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 13:34:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731668296934830257 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731668296934830257 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tedsteeen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731644505214902755 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 64802049 mentions: - @tedsteeen | name: Ted Steen | id_str: 64802049 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @suchirbalaji | name: Suchir Balaji | id_str: 1803490260040458240 text_raw: |- @tedsteeen @Plinz @Rares82 @suchirbalaji Sometimes “proof” is about prediction, sometimes compression There will come a time where we have good predictions about brains without needing to reference consciousness; at that point consciousness theories will need to pay rent by reducing the model complexity text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tedsteeen @Plinz @Rares82 @suchirbalaji Sometimes “proof” is about prediction, sometimes compression There will come a time where we have good predictions about brains without needing to reference consciousness; at that point consciousness theories will need to pay rent by reducing the model complexity ### tweet 1731687743367881003 chronological_index: 842 archive_order_index: 2730 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T14:51:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 14:51:45 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731687743367881003 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731687743367881003 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: turchin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731675703232340104 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18188628 mentions: - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 text_raw: |- @turchin Complicated question since it’s difficult to precisely define death; context also matters a lot. In general I think life is beautiful (and even when it’s not, we can and must hyperstition this). Having an aversion to the destruction of beauty is healthy. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @turchin Complicated question since it’s difficult to precisely define death; context also matters a lot. In general I think life is beautiful (and even when it’s not, we can and must hyperstition this). Having an aversion to the destruction of beauty is healthy. ### tweet 1731769083304005667 chronological_index: 843 archive_order_index: 2729 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T20:14:58Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 20:14:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731769083304005667 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731769083304005667 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731702114143875281 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 767124966915514368 text_raw: |- @DaltonDEmery 1. STV is math that explains pleasure as harminy in the mind 2. Minds are like shapes, more pretty shapes feel better. We can talk about this with math 3. The more you can rotate and flip a sensational and leave it unchanged the more pleasant it is, and vice versa text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DaltonDEmery 1. STV is math that explains pleasure as harminy in the mind 2. Minds are like shapes, more pretty shapes feel better. We can talk about this with math 3. The more you can rotate and flip a sensational and leave it unchanged the more pleasant it is, and vice versa ### tweet 1731793378898219506 chronological_index: 844 archive_order_index: 2728 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T21:51:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 21:51:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731793378898219506 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731793378898219506 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731772593911575022 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RogerThisdell | name: Roger This | id_str: 1724457855552466944 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @RogerThisdell Strong agree that SToV is about “the structure of the whole phenomenological field”. We could approach symmetry perturbationally — “if this part was different how would this change the valence?” The extent to which satisfyingness is a step function vs continuous is a super… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @RogerThisdell Strong agree that SToV is about “the structure of the whole phenomenological field”. We could approach symmetry perturbationally — “if this part was different how would this change the valence?” The extent to which satisfyingness is a step function vs continuous is a super… ### tweet 1731813021000020429 chronological_index: 845 archive_order_index: 2727 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T23:09:34Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 23:09:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731813021000020429 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731813021000020429 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731811407765684718 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @DaltonDEmery There were some issues of proper attribution with this video unfortunately text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @DaltonDEmery There were some issues of proper attribution with this video unfortunately ### tweet 1731825339922624778 chronological_index: 846 archive_order_index: 2726 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-04T23:58:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 04 23:58:31 +0000 2023 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731825339922624778 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 147 retweet_count: 12 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAit9y8aIAA9-VU.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/wJ2CoivS1C - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAit9y-aoAAaxkf.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/wJ2CoivS1C possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- What kind of thing is a human nervous system? Some notes from a conversation this fall https://t.co/wJ2CoivS1C text_with_expanded_urls: |- What kind of thing is a human nervous system? Some notes from a conversation this fall https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778/photo/1 ### tweet 1731825916936863969 chronological_index: 847 archive_order_index: 2725 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-05T00:00:49Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 05 00:00:49 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: zxx tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731825916936863969 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825916936863969 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731825339922624778 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/aTzwMCQ8WK expanded: https://x.com/exgenesis/status/1700458027000725666 display: x.com/exgenesis/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- https://t.co/aTzwMCQ8WK text_with_expanded_urls: |- https://x.com/exgenesis/status/1700458027000725666 ### tweet 1731829253879341563 chronological_index: 848 archive_order_index: 2724 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-05T00:14:04Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 05 00:14:04 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731829253879341563 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731829253879341563 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ejhong in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731827618289242519 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22056319 mentions: - @ejhong | name: eugene | id_str: 22056319 text_raw: |- @ejhong My best woo-ML crossover advice: “to make chatgpt into an agent, add chakras” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ejhong My best woo-ML crossover advice: “to make chatgpt into an agent, add chakras” ### tweet 1731832130311692691 chronological_index: 849 archive_order_index: 2723 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-05T00:25:30Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 05 00:25:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731832130311692691 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731832130311692691 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ejhong in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731830762998026359 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22056319 mentions: - @ejhong | name: eugene | id_str: 22056319 text_raw: |- @ejhong This is really great! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ejhong This is really great! ### tweet 1731832942060519652 chronological_index: 850 archive_order_index: 2722 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-05T00:28:43Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 05 00:28:43 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731832942060519652 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731832942060519652 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 17 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731825339922624778 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731832942060519652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GAi04XQaMAAHN2_.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/5JDv1kXeXQ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A bit more on the idea of dissonance-based error codes https://t.co/5JDv1kXeXQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- A bit more on the idea of dissonance-based error codes https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731832942060519652/photo/1 ### tweet 1731835304922034339 chronological_index: 851 archive_order_index: 2721 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-05T00:38:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 05 00:38:07 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731835304922034339 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731835304922034339 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731833022842851596 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @exgenesis Thanks! I really liked how you put the system 1/2 & somatic work stuff The basic thesis of ‘offloading problems to body morphology’ is that our body shape is optimized to turn very simple control signals into generally-useful actions E.g. navigating terrain is a really complex… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis Thanks! I really liked how you put the system 1/2 & somatic work stuff The basic thesis of ‘offloading problems to body morphology’ is that our body shape is optimized to turn very simple control signals into generally-useful actions E.g. navigating terrain is a really complex… ### tweet 1731842752286007372 chronological_index: 852 archive_order_index: 2720 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-05T01:07:42Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 05 01:07:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731842752286007372 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731842752286007372 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731841742662418439 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @josephkelly | name: Joseph Kelly | id_str: 14400690 - @jwmares | name: Justin Mares | id_str: 139193277 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @josephkelly @jwmares I’d absolutely love to! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @josephkelly @jwmares I’d absolutely love to! ### tweet 1731905310451744894 chronological_index: 853 archive_order_index: 2719 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-05T05:16:17Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 05 05:16:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1731905310451744894 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731905310451744894 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DorKonforty in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1731901402513875233 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 65793638 mentions: - @DorKonforty | name: Dor Konforty | id_str: 65793638 text_raw: |- @DorKonforty I like that frame text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DorKonforty I like that frame ### tweet 1732280538009113047 chronological_index: 854 archive_order_index: 2718 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-06T06:07:19Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 06 06:07:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1732280538009113047 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1732280538009113047 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1732239568030871691 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz My most recent speculation on this is here — Multiscale resonance is the background frame but that’s still a big space to explore https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz My most recent speculation on this is here — Multiscale resonance is the background frame but that’s still a big space to explore https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1732643937423356362 chronological_index: 855 archive_order_index: 2717 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-07T06:11:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 07 06:11:20 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1732643937423356362 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1732643937423356362 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meaning_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1732493035819393158 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1221583172401414144 mentions: - @meaning_enjoyer | name: nihilism disrespecter | id_str: 1221583172401414144 urls: - short: https://t.co/40PRZCBBPz expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1658170065953464325 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meaning_enjoyer Very relatable https://t.co/40PRZCBBPz text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meaning_enjoyer Very relatable https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1658170065953464325 ### tweet 1732672918327595332 chronological_index: 856 archive_order_index: 2716 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-07T08:06:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 07 08:06:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1732672918327595332 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1732672918327595332 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mnovendstern in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1732669848361349189 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 8731482 mentions: - @mnovendstern | name: Max Novendstern | id_str: 8731482 - @grok | name: Grok | id_str: 1720665183188922368 text_raw: |- @mnovendstern Weekly prize for the tweet that improved @grok’s loss function the most text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mnovendstern Weekly prize for the tweet that improved @grok’s loss function the most ### tweet 1732760292294377782 chronological_index: 857 archive_order_index: 2715 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-07T13:53:41Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 07 13:53:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1732760292294377782 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1732760292294377782 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: _brentbaum in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1732757594089853073 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 752422021 mentions: - @_brentbaum | name: brent | id_str: 752422021 urls: - short: https://t.co/vD85mryLS2 expanded: https://legacyinterviews.com/ display: legacyinterviews.com possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @_brentbaum I think @BenAnderson421 has a business that does this; I haven’t used it but he’s fantastic, strong recommendation https://t.co/vD85mryLS2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_brentbaum I think @BenAnderson421 has a business that does this; I haven’t used it but he’s fantastic, strong recommendation https://legacyinterviews.com/ ### tweet 1732944990685524005 chronological_index: 858 archive_order_index: 2714 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-08T02:07:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 08 02:07:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1732944990685524005 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1732944990685524005 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1732935178073383010 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 mentions: - @woke8yearold | name: Aleph | id_str: 2598183050 text_raw: |- @powerfultakes @woke8yearold Someone needs to meme the Uplift Institute (UI) into existence text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes @woke8yearold Someone needs to meme the Uplift Institute (UI) into existence ### tweet 1734113609171829217 chronological_index: 859 archive_order_index: 2713 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T07:31:17Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 07:31:17 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734113609171829217 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: samswoora in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734001886163042528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1469706133036277765 mentions: - @samswoora | name: Samswara | id_str: 1469706133036277765 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBDPIjgaEAAFVje.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/P3OdSnbi0X - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBDPIjfacAAA2gW.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/P3OdSnbi0X - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBDPIjjaUAAaMEZ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/P3OdSnbi0X - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBDPIjgagAA-trl.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/P3OdSnbi0X possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @samswoora “High network density” https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY https://t.co/P3OdSnbi0X text_with_expanded_urls: |- @samswoora “High network density” https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217/photo/1 ### tweet 1734147316746166451 chronological_index: 860 archive_order_index: 2712 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:45:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:45:13 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734147316746166451 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734147316746166451 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 298 retweet_count: 23 urls: - short: https://t.co/rabrbdDMo9 expanded: https://psyche.co/ideas/to-grasp-how-serotonin-works-on-the-brain-look-to-the-gut display: psyche.co/ideas/to-grasp… - short: https://t.co/nDcbLRV1Bo expanded: https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1734112673220976777 display: x.com/nickcammarata/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Great thread. My sense is the basic (smooth muscle) logic of the gut was copied and repurposed to “digest” thoughts. These systems are still linked & if you update your mental priors via meditation, these recalibrated priors will propagate back to the gut https://t.co/rabrbdDMo9 https://t.co/nDcbLRV1Bo text_with_expanded_urls: |- Great thread. My sense is the basic (smooth muscle) logic of the gut was copied and repurposed to “digest” thoughts. These systems are still linked & if you update your mental priors via meditation, these recalibrated priors will propagate back to the gut https://psyche.co/ideas/to-grasp-how-serotonin-works-on-the-brain-look-to-the-gut https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1734112673220976777 ### tweet 1734147391601967126 chronological_index: 861 archive_order_index: 2711 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:45:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:45:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734147391601967126 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734147391601967126 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 80 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734147316746166451 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- The strong version of this thesis is that multicellular life started as a big stomach; organs we’ve added since simply take this core logic of digestion, remix it, and apply it to novel sorts of objects. The brain treats information as the gut treats food (ht E.P.H. & R.S.) text_with_expanded_urls: |- The strong version of this thesis is that multicellular life started as a big stomach; organs we’ve added since simply take this core logic of digestion, remix it, and apply it to novel sorts of objects. The brain treats information as the gut treats food (ht E.P.H. & R.S.) ### tweet 1734147458127847686 chronological_index: 862 archive_order_index: 2710 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:45:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:45:47 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734147458127847686 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734147458127847686 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 57 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734147391601967126 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- This implies that there’s a near-duality between problems of digestion and problems of sensory metabolism. E.g. we should expect there to be a sensory analogue to constipation involving the same dynamics+neurotransmitters; rhythmic undulations move things along; etc text_with_expanded_urls: |- This implies that there’s a near-duality between problems of digestion and problems of sensory metabolism. E.g. we should expect there to be a sensory analogue to constipation involving the same dynamics+neurotransmitters; rhythmic undulations move things along; etc ### tweet 1734147882436227140 chronological_index: 863 archive_order_index: 2709 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:47:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:47:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734147882436227140 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734147882436227140 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 45 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734147458127847686 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Objects in the gut are processed through muscular effort; same with the mind*. But the vipassana frame is that many “objects” in the mind are also unnecessary synthetic constructions that can untangle and self-metabolize when we relax *https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- Objects in the gut are processed through muscular effort; same with the mind*. But the vipassana frame is that many “objects” in the mind are also unnecessary synthetic constructions that can untangle and self-metabolize when we relax *https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1734147986324848825 chronological_index: 864 archive_order_index: 2708 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:47:53Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:47:53 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734147986324848825 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734147986324848825 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 47 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734147882436227140 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- “As you do anything, so you do everything” — switching your mind’s digestion algorithm may have echo effects in your gut. But the smooth muscle motifs for allowing things to self-metabolize won’t always work in the gut! It’ll sometimes produce type errors & the body gets upset text_with_expanded_urls: |- “As you do anything, so you do everything” — switching your mind’s digestion algorithm may have echo effects in your gut. But the smooth muscle motifs for allowing things to self-metabolize won’t always work in the gut! It’ll sometimes produce type errors & the body gets upset ### tweet 1734148058747928932 chronological_index: 865 archive_order_index: 2707 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:48:10Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:48:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734148058747928932 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734148058747928932 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 42 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734147986324848825 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Lots and lots of implications / tacit predictions here; one simple prediction is that meditative attainments will correspond with digestive changes, and potentially vice-versa Hope to write this up in more depth someday, time and resources permitting text_with_expanded_urls: |- Lots and lots of implications / tacit predictions here; one simple prediction is that meditative attainments will correspond with digestive changes, and potentially vice-versa Hope to write this up in more depth someday, time and resources permitting ### tweet 1734148264872792463 chronological_index: 866 archive_order_index: 2706 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:48:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:48:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734148264872792463 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734148264872792463 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734148058747928932 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 text_raw: |- Btw I think food sensitivities aren’t a foregone conclusion of meditation, just another type error to resolve; I think @meditationstuff has addressed a lot of his food sensitivities (And as people say a lot of “problems” may just be higher sensory clarity) text_with_expanded_urls: |- Btw I think food sensitivities aren’t a foregone conclusion of meditation, just another type error to resolve; I think @meditationstuff has addressed a lot of his food sensitivities (And as people say a lot of “problems” may just be higher sensory clarity) ### tweet 1734149354129367274 chronological_index: 867 archive_order_index: 2705 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T09:53:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 09:53:19 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734149354129367274 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734149354129367274 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734114319238070750 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Anytime I have anything fried in unhealthy oil my phenomenology gets really “grabby” — quick onset, lasts for maybe an hour. Very strange text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Anytime I have anything fried in unhealthy oil my phenomenology gets really “grabby” — quick onset, lasts for maybe an hour. Very strange ### tweet 1734278933636604377 chronological_index: 868 archive_order_index: 2704 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T18:28:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 18:28:13 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734278933636604377 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734278933636604377 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TresCojones3 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734231687138095398 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1478737345977503749 text_raw: |- @SonnyWarmack That would be my sense— but that part is very speculative... I wouldn’t want people to over-update text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SonnyWarmack That would be my sense— but that part is very speculative... I wouldn’t want people to over-update ### tweet 1734297116829458665 chronological_index: 869 archive_order_index: 2703 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T19:40:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 19:40:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734297116829458665 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734297116829458665 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734240042388734045 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @selentelechia Totally Somewhat tangentially, I’m also sympathetic to the strategy of talking about various problems as “[psychological condition] of the [organ]” — eg someone was describing ED as “depression of the groin” etc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia Totally Somewhat tangentially, I’m also sympathetic to the strategy of talking about various problems as “[psychological condition] of the [organ]” — eg someone was describing ED as “depression of the groin” etc ### tweet 1734329889137029219 chronological_index: 870 archive_order_index: 2702 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-11T21:50:42Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 11 21:50:42 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734329889137029219 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734329889137029219 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734148264872792463 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 text_raw: |- @meditationstuff I think a crucial question is the degree to which a successful meditation practice produces specific food sensitivities vs general changes in digestion. Curious what peoples’ experiences are text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meditationstuff I think a crucial question is the degree to which a successful meditation practice produces specific food sensitivities vs general changes in digestion. Curious what peoples’ experiences are ### tweet 1734383819124265349 chronological_index: 871 archive_order_index: 2701 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T01:25:00Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 01:25:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734383819124265349 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734383819124265349 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734329889137029219 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 urls: - short: https://t.co/CxZYtPN4X8 expanded: https://x.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1734332350069342293 display: x.com/QiaochuYuan/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meditationstuff QC collecting anecdotes here: https://t.co/CxZYtPN4X8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meditationstuff QC collecting anecdotes here: https://x.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1734332350069342293 ### tweet 1734404932261011466 chronological_index: 872 archive_order_index: 2700 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T02:48:54Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 02:48:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734404932261011466 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734404932261011466 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734297116829458665 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/5swvYrgWX3 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia P.s. regarding autism, I ~recently added a section at the end of my autism piece on how autism & IQ may interact (last two screenshots) Basically your network density writes a check that your metabolism needs to cash Success = high-functioning asperger’s Failure = low-f. autism https://t.co/5swvYrgWX3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia P.s. regarding autism, I ~recently added a section at the end of my autism piece on how autism & IQ may interact (last two screenshots) Basically your network density writes a check that your metabolism needs to cash Success = high-functioning asperger’s Failure = low-f. autism https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217 ### tweet 1734455599809904811 chronological_index: 873 archive_order_index: 2699 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T06:10:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 06:10:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734455599809904811 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734455599809904811 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: goth600 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734454849046265925 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1281068231122247681 mentions: - @goth600 | name: @goth | id_str: 1281068231122247681 text_raw: |- @goth600 State space of qualia is likely finite & enumerable; will make a killer NFT collection text_with_expanded_urls: |- @goth600 State space of qualia is likely finite & enumerable; will make a killer NFT collection ### tweet 1734460934993936735 chronological_index: 874 archive_order_index: 2698 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T06:31:26Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 06:31:26 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734460934993936735 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734460934993936735 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: goth600 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734457169419083783 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1281068231122247681 mentions: - @goth600 | name: @goth | id_str: 1281068231122247681 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734460934993936735/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBILBoiaEAAn8qU.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/CqYcTEX5mi possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @goth600 @violetcastles There’s a hard limit on the density of information in spacetime (Bekenstein bound) and my expectation is the speed of light & decoherence will lead to practical/statistical limits on the space & time extensions of phenomenologically-bound systems Via https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK https://t.co/CqYcTEX5mi text_with_expanded_urls: |- @goth600 @violetcastles There’s a hard limit on the density of information in spacetime (Bekenstein bound) and my expectation is the speed of light & decoherence will lead to practical/statistical limits on the space & time extensions of phenomenologically-bound systems Via https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734460934993936735/photo/1 ### tweet 1734462188818149401 chronological_index: 875 archive_order_index: 2697 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T06:36:25Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 06:36:25 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734462188818149401 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734462188818149401 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734460934993936735 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @goth600 | name: @goth | id_str: 1281068231122247681 text_raw: |- @goth600 @violetcastles This analysis does depend on whether black holes have internal structure (“hair”) and if so what degrees of freedom such structure could have text_with_expanded_urls: |- @goth600 @violetcastles This analysis does depend on whether black holes have internal structure (“hair”) and if so what degrees of freedom such structure could have ### tweet 1734466024060412385 chronological_index: 876 archive_order_index: 2696 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T06:51:39Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 06:51:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734466024060412385 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734466024060412385 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: viemccoy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734463306080129092 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3178126114 mentions: - @goth600 | name: @goth | id_str: 1281068231122247681 text_raw: |- @violetcastles @goth600 Yeah the set of qualia is going to be very large, in the same way the possible arrangements of particles gets very large even with only a handful of particles Also “how many bits does it take to encode the modal human experience” is a really interesting question text_with_expanded_urls: |- @violetcastles @goth600 Yeah the set of qualia is going to be very large, in the same way the possible arrangements of particles gets very large even with only a handful of particles Also “how many bits does it take to encode the modal human experience” is a really interesting question ### tweet 1734599662089511039 chronological_index: 877 archive_order_index: 2695 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T15:42:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 15:42:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734599662089511039 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734599662089511039 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: the_aiju in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734514378970423482 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1152900909959122944 mentions: - @the_aiju | name: Emily | id_str: 1152900909959122944 text_raw: |- @the_aiju Much to agree with but ‘any reframe is pernicious in that it reinforces the frame used’ probably shuts down too much Also curious if your comment is a sign people are pattern-matching me / my work as rationalist text_with_expanded_urls: |- @the_aiju Much to agree with but ‘any reframe is pernicious in that it reinforces the frame used’ probably shuts down too much Also curious if your comment is a sign people are pattern-matching me / my work as rationalist ### tweet 1734703429681926624 chronological_index: 878 archive_order_index: 2694 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-12T22:35:01Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 12 22:35:01 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1734703429681926624 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734703429681926624 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ileeksc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734659956597473379 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1193703071043506178 mentions: - @ileeksc | name: Alex Stoll | id_str: 1193703071043506178 - @goth600 | name: @goth | id_str: 1281068231122247681 text_raw: |- @ileeksc @goth600 Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ileeksc @goth600 Thank you! ### tweet 1735480141923713201 chronological_index: 879 archive_order_index: 2693 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-15T02:01:24Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 15 02:01:24 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1735480141923713201 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1735480141923713201 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IchorGrad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1735476057971585036 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1710710196522135552 mentions: - @IchorGrad | name: Ichor Grad Student | id_str: 1710710196522135552 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @IchorGrad Fwiw I suspect hair loss may be partly driven by VSMC clenches near the scalp cutting off circulation; Happens more with analytic thinkers who extensively use VSMC contractions as clamps to stabilize context This might also hinder glymphatic clearance https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IchorGrad Fwiw I suspect hair loss may be partly driven by VSMC clenches near the scalp cutting off circulation; Happens more with analytic thinkers who extensively use VSMC contractions as clamps to stabilize context This might also hinder glymphatic clearance https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1736794195656892766 chronological_index: 880 archive_order_index: 2692 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-18T17:02:58Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 18 17:02:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1736794195656892766 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1736794195656892766 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1736790740800340175 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @meekaale @carobcircuit @QiaochuYuan I think there’s often a divide between the effective dimensionality of a network and its optimal dimensionality… which would be really great to quantify Higher network dimensionality = needs more energy to “fully inflate” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale @carobcircuit @QiaochuYuan I think there’s often a divide between the effective dimensionality of a network and its optimal dimensionality… which would be really great to quantify Higher network dimensionality = needs more energy to “fully inflate” ### tweet 1736807444347760877 chronological_index: 881 archive_order_index: 2691 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-18T17:55:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 18 17:55:37 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1736807444347760877 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1736807444347760877 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mihir_nath_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1736805858808574022 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4184399373 mentions: - @Mihir_0_ | name: Mihir | id_str: 1921131344467550208 - @Neuroelectrics | name: Neuroelectrics | id_str: 791254776 - @desigual | name: Desigual | id_str: 8081882 - @Wayra | name: Wayra | id_str: 301999573 - @starlabdf2 | name: Starlab | id_str: 120024640 - @Desigual_ES | name: Desigual | id_str: 830823212 text_raw: |- @mihir_0_ @Neuroelectrics @desigual @Wayra @starlabdf2 @Desigual_ES @WayraES Very cool; I gather most EEG effort has gone into statistical analysis, and a little into source reconstruction of brain-wide activity I don’t think much effort has gone into source reconstruction of the local EM field I think this plus AR would be transformative text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mihir_0_ @Neuroelectrics @desigual @Wayra @starlabdf2 @Desigual_ES @WayraES Very cool; I gather most EEG effort has gone into statistical analysis, and a little into source reconstruction of brain-wide activity I don’t think much effort has gone into source reconstruction of the local EM field I think this plus AR would be transformative ### tweet 1736914802830639300 chronological_index: 882 archive_order_index: 2690 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-19T01:02:13Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 19 01:02:13 +0000 2023 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1736914802830639300 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1736914802830639300 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 50 retweet_count: 7 urls: - short: https://t.co/aZTo7AuDH7 expanded: https://x.com/wolftivy/status/1736903883967070629 display: x.com/wolftivy/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Wolf is one of the most original thinkers I know and this is a great shakeup of the AI accel/alignment frames. TL;DR: we expect to be replaced by AI partly because modern life systematically drains our agency. Reclaiming humanity from this own-goal is a condition for good things https://t.co/aZTo7AuDH7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Wolf is one of the most original thinkers I know and this is a great shakeup of the AI accel/alignment frames. TL;DR: we expect to be replaced by AI partly because modern life systematically drains our agency. Reclaiming humanity from this own-goal is a condition for good things https://x.com/wolftivy/status/1736903883967070629 ### tweet 1737075846991458410 chronological_index: 883 archive_order_index: 2689 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-19T11:42:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 19 11:42:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737075846991458410 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737075846991458410 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737064417051713755 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 urls: - short: https://t.co/ObPoCa06T9 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734404932261011466 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @Tysenberg I expect the majority of live players have elevated network density vs peers, although the freedom to escape local maxima doesn’t necessarily give you 1) the courage to do so, 2) the metabolic health to power your extra cells, or 3) the social skills necessary to “play the game” https://t.co/ObPoCa06T9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @Tysenberg I expect the majority of live players have elevated network density vs peers, although the freedom to escape local maxima doesn’t necessarily give you 1) the courage to do so, 2) the metabolic health to power your extra cells, or 3) the social skills necessary to “play the game” https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734404932261011466 ### tweet 1737088684103462969 chronological_index: 884 archive_order_index: 2688 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-19T12:33:10Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 19 12:33:10 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737088684103462969 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737088684103462969 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Anand_Venkatram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737083237480968245 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342166079 mentions: - @Anand_Venkatram | name: Anand Venkatraman | id_str: 342166079 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 text_raw: |- @Anand_Venkatram @nosilverv @Tysenberg Thank you Anand! Appreciate your kind and thoughtful words as always. Let me think about these questions and get back to you text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Anand_Venkatram @nosilverv @Tysenberg Thank you Anand! Appreciate your kind and thoughtful words as always. Let me think about these questions and get back to you ### tweet 1737377837252829442 chronological_index: 885 archive_order_index: 2687 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T07:42:09Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 07:42:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737377837252829442 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737377837252829442 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aleksil79 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737343518505410581 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 804213003197546496 mentions: - @aleksil79 | name: Aleksi Liimatainen | id_str: 804213003197546496 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 text_raw: |- @aleksil79 @nosilverv @Tysenberg Seems likely & testable, although capacity for imagination (creation of synthetic data) likely also goes up Would expect “slow life history,” +network density, and daydreaming to go together text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aleksil79 @nosilverv @Tysenberg Seems likely & testable, although capacity for imagination (creation of synthetic data) likely also goes up Would expect “slow life history,” +network density, and daydreaming to go together ### tweet 1737428533708795994 chronological_index: 886 archive_order_index: 2686 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T11:03:36Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 11:03:36 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737428533708795994 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737428533708795994 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: Tysenberg in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737246913013969131 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1405267290224988160 mentions: - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Tysenberg @nosilverv Brief partial origin story: When I was 20 I had the very strong intuition that “music is to emotion as language is to thought.” I wanted to understand depression and valence and thought music theory was the key to cracking some code. Postmodernism and most of neuroscience and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Tysenberg @nosilverv Brief partial origin story: When I was 20 I had the very strong intuition that “music is to emotion as language is to thought.” I wanted to understand depression and valence and thought music theory was the key to cracking some code. Postmodernism and most of neuroscience and… ### tweet 1737437632336912696 chronological_index: 887 archive_order_index: 2685 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T11:39:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 11:39:46 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737437632336912696 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737437632336912696 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 80 retweet_count: 7 in_reply_to_screen_name: BishPlsOk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737296121603510586 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 848317865228996609 mentions: - @BishPlsOk | name: Michael Bishop | id_str: 848317865228996609 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 text_raw: |- @BishPlsOk @nosilverv @Tysenberg I think much of modernity is aimed at breaking the mind-body connection The brain is a big hallucinating LLM, the body is ASICs that keep it on track If the brain is alienated from its ASICs, it can be slurped up into some superorganism, which then provides the grounding text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BishPlsOk @nosilverv @Tysenberg I think much of modernity is aimed at breaking the mind-body connection The brain is a big hallucinating LLM, the body is ASICs that keep it on track If the brain is alienated from its ASICs, it can be slurped up into some superorganism, which then provides the grounding ### tweet 1737444543576826048 chronological_index: 888 archive_order_index: 2684 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T12:07:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 12:07:14 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737444543576826048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737444543576826048 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737444119230710194 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @aleksil79 | name: Aleksi Liimatainen | id_str: 804213003197546496 - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 urls: - short: https://t.co/pZ0BvmLFoW expanded: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uxmz6 display: osf.io/preprints/psya… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @aleksil79 @phantom_opus @Tysenberg This excellent paper perhaps https://t.co/pZ0BvmLFoW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @aleksil79 @phantom_opus @Tysenberg This excellent paper perhaps https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uxmz6 ### tweet 1737444953037394025 chronological_index: 889 archive_order_index: 2683 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T12:08:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 12:08:51 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737444953037394025 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737444953037394025 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737444410353184782 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 - @aleksil79 | name: Aleksi Liimatainen | id_str: 804213003197546496 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @phantom_opus @aleksil79 @Tysenberg So good text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @phantom_opus @aleksil79 @Tysenberg So good ### tweet 1737446441746940321 chronological_index: 890 archive_order_index: 2682 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T12:14:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 12:14:46 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737446441746940321 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737446441746940321 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nosilverv mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- RT @nosilverv: Beautiful story of how far you can get if you have the courage to follow your intuitions with a surprise twist ending text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nosilverv: Beautiful story of how far you can get if you have the courage to follow your intuitions with a surprise twist ending ### tweet 1737541874305372365 chronological_index: 891 archive_order_index: 2681 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T18:33:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 18:33:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737541874305372365 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737541874305372365 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737468564615967057 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737541874305372365/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBz9HvgWgAA0fjQ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/CfLorLFPDJ - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737541874305372365/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GBz9HvlX0AAZH_H.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/CfLorLFPDJ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meekaale @webmasterdave @Tysenberg @nosilverv I really like this. If I were to decompose this into research themes, the following come to mind: local vs global symmetry, austere vs natural, predictive coding, golden ratio As a very brief comment on the last (“what is the physiological significance of the golden ratio?”): https://t.co/CfLorLFPDJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale @webmasterdave @Tysenberg @nosilverv I really like this. If I were to decompose this into research themes, the following come to mind: local vs global symmetry, austere vs natural, predictive coding, golden ratio As a very brief comment on the last (“what is the physiological significance of the golden ratio?”): https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737541874305372365/photo/1 ### tweet 1737562508926288180 chronological_index: 892 archive_order_index: 2680 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T19:55:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 19:55:59 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737562508926288180 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 49 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737540746075374072 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GB0P4q2WcAA-yNp.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/EXYqGz2Csj - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GB0P4q0WMAA65pQ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/EXYqGz2Csj possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @Tysenberg There was a lot of hunting for the most general form of math/physics/music, and a realization that you can basically build all patterns out of which symmetries are present vs broken. Physicists talk symmetry up in a way that seems almost insane, until you check the reasoning https://t.co/EXYqGz2Csj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @Tysenberg There was a lot of hunting for the most general form of math/physics/music, and a realization that you can basically build all patterns out of which symmetries are present vs broken. Physicists talk symmetry up in a way that seems almost insane, until you check the reasoning https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180/photo/1 ### tweet 1737565256656761066 chronological_index: 893 archive_order_index: 2679 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T20:06:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 20:06:54 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737565256656761066 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737565256656761066 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737544005481607397 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @zerfas33 I’m now expecting serotonin to generally reduce the dynamical range of the vasomuscular system, which I expect to negatively correlate with the ability to enter jhana text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @zerfas33 I’m now expecting serotonin to generally reduce the dynamical range of the vasomuscular system, which I expect to negatively correlate with the ability to enter jhana ### tweet 1737570967591809411 chronological_index: 894 archive_order_index: 2678 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-20T20:29:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 20 20:29:35 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737570967591809411 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737570967591809411 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737569247461593202 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @zerfas33 I hope to detail reasoning in an upcoming post, but as a simple model serotonin is broadly vasoconstrictive. I expect the vasomuscular system to exhibit less flexibility but also more twitchiness in a high-serotonin state text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @zerfas33 I hope to detail reasoning in an upcoming post, but as a simple model serotonin is broadly vasoconstrictive. I expect the vasomuscular system to exhibit less flexibility but also more twitchiness in a high-serotonin state ### tweet 1737629004050653205 chronological_index: 895 archive_order_index: 2677 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-21T00:20:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 21 00:20:12 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737629004050653205 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737629004050653205 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: phantom_opus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737623951373677025 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1164674594520928256 mentions: - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/zt6ReIDZ4I expanded: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20350536/ display: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20350536/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @phantom_opus @meekaale @webmasterdave @Tysenberg @nosilverv I believe that’s correct — e.g. if the ratio of two waveforms can be approximated by e.g. 5/4 or 6/5 or something simple, they will interact much more than something without such an approximation. The paper I cite is here: https://t.co/zt6ReIDZ4I text_with_expanded_urls: |- @phantom_opus @meekaale @webmasterdave @Tysenberg @nosilverv I believe that’s correct — e.g. if the ratio of two waveforms can be approximated by e.g. 5/4 or 6/5 or something simple, they will interact much more than something without such an approximation. The paper I cite is here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20350536/ ### tweet 1737635703733825915 chronological_index: 896 archive_order_index: 2676 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-21T00:46:50Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 21 00:46:50 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737635703733825915 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737635703733825915 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Anand_Venkatram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737083237480968245 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342166079 mentions: - @Anand_Venkatram | name: Anand Venkatraman | id_str: 342166079 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Anand_Venkatram @nosilverv @Tysenberg Some thoughts on your questions: 1.I like Simon B-C’s work! I also suspect that his ‘empathizer-systematizer’ continuum would benefit from looking at mechanism. I also suspect that it’s possible to be high on both empathy and systematization (twitter likes to joke about the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Anand_Venkatram @nosilverv @Tysenberg Some thoughts on your questions: 1.I like Simon B-C’s work! I also suspect that his ‘empathizer-systematizer’ continuum would benefit from looking at mechanism. I also suspect that it’s possible to be high on both empathy and systematization (twitter likes to joke about the… ### tweet 1737769595992219656 chronological_index: 897 archive_order_index: 2675 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-21T09:38:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 21 09:38:52 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1737769595992219656 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737769595992219656 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: qchurious in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737714584386228673 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1211804775093657601 mentions: - @qchurious | name: Q | id_str: 1211804775093657601 text_raw: |- @qchurious Reframe: you won the game! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @qchurious Reframe: you won the game! ### tweet 1738101940536365200 chronological_index: 898 archive_order_index: 2674 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-22T07:39:29Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 22 07:39:29 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1738101940536365200 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1738101940536365200 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robbensinger in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1738033292258210134 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17479925 mentions: - @robbensinger | name: Rob Bensinger ⏹️ | id_str: 17479925 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @robbensinger @danfaggella Do you think these questions are possible to navigate without a good theory of consciousness? (I don’t) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robbensinger @danfaggella Do you think these questions are possible to navigate without a good theory of consciousness? (I don’t) ### tweet 1738614699674013985 chronological_index: 899 archive_order_index: 2673 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-23T17:37:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 23 17:37:00 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1738614699674013985 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1738614699674013985 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1738609125318336690 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @hormeze @meekaale A lot going on here Imo the term neurodivergent hits something important bc if you lack nervous system canalization (don’t have the standard set of ASICs) you have to create your own solutions. Take 10 autists and the particular way each has wired up their nervous system to… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze @meekaale A lot going on here Imo the term neurodivergent hits something important bc if you lack nervous system canalization (don’t have the standard set of ASICs) you have to create your own solutions. Take 10 autists and the particular way each has wired up their nervous system to… ### tweet 1739033408704065826 chronological_index: 900 archive_order_index: 2672 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-24T21:20:48Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 24 21:20:48 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1739033408704065826 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739033408704065826 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: pmarca in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1739030307033239786 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 5943622 mentions: - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @pmarca Current best hypothesis is that seed oils led to a general increase in growth and decrease in canalization starting around 1980, which opened the door to everything else https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pmarca Current best hypothesis is that seed oils led to a general increase in growth and decrease in canalization starting around 1980, which opened the door to everything else https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1739037848446120324 chronological_index: 901 archive_order_index: 2671 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-24T21:38:27Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 24 21:38:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1739037848446120324 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739037848446120324 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1739033408704065826 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 urls: - short: https://t.co/h30NizUibV expanded: https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1312567390148931587 display: x.com/crimkadid/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @pmarca Great thread summarizing what happened to grip strength in 1980- grip strength is a great proxy for nerve coherence. https://t.co/h30NizUibV text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pmarca Great thread summarizing what happened to grip strength in 1980- grip strength is a great proxy for nerve coherence. https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1312567390148931587 ### tweet 1739176040159654260 chronological_index: 902 archive_order_index: 2670 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-25T06:47:34Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 25 06:47:34 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1739176040159654260 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739176040159654260 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1739155311414640834 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739176040159654260/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCLLXy5XoAAPJ6X.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/YDn5c5oV6B - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739176040159654260/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCLLXy6W8AAQ-Oc.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/YDn5c5oV6B - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739176040159654260/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GCLLXy7XYAAoXQM.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/YDn5c5oV6B possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ataiiam @pmarca Thanks Atai! Some thoughts — I have high confidence that there has been a generational psycho-physical shift (ongoing), moderate-high confidence that grip strength is a good proxy for this shift, and low confidence it’s due to seed oils. Here’s how I’m calibrated: *The… https://t.co/YDn5c5oV6B text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @pmarca Thanks Atai! Some thoughts — I have high confidence that there has been a generational psycho-physical shift (ongoing), moderate-high confidence that grip strength is a good proxy for this shift, and low confidence it’s due to seed oils. Here’s how I’m calibrated: *The… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739176040159654260/photo/1 ### tweet 1739819114762305582 chronological_index: 903 archive_order_index: 2669 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-27T01:22:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 27 01:22:55 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1739819114762305582 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739819114762305582 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: Some part of me seems to be looking for an excuse to expound on some overlaps between Christianity and Buddhism as I se… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: Some part of me seems to be looking for an excuse to expound on some overlaps between Christianity and Buddhism as I se… ### tweet 1739859278549209215 chronological_index: 904 archive_order_index: 2668 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-27T04:02:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 27 04:02:31 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1739859278549209215 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1739859278549209215 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1739845743802777998 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Definitely interested! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Definitely interested! ### tweet 1740087818876039629 chronological_index: 905 archive_order_index: 2667 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-27T19:10:39Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 27 19:10:39 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1740087818876039629 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1740087818876039629 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jazz_bard in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1740076251094634844 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1671522974153732097 mentions: - @jazz_bard | name: jazz bard | id_str: 1671522974153732097 - @_inju | name: Inju | id_str: 1042039502141833217 text_raw: |- @jazz_bard @_inju I don’t have anything specific to say right now but it’s a super great topic — Ok as one side comment I think it’s telling how time passes more quickly as we age — I think this is very literal, and “phenomenological middle age” could be as early as 15-18yo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jazz_bard @_inju I don’t have anything specific to say right now but it’s a super great topic — Ok as one side comment I think it’s telling how time passes more quickly as we age — I think this is very literal, and “phenomenological middle age” could be as early as 15-18yo ### tweet 1740232976087339181 chronological_index: 906 archive_order_index: 2666 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-28T04:47:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 28 04:47:28 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1740232976087339181 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1740232976087339181 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1740223667735494663 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @AgiDoomerAnon | name: AgiDoomerAnon | id_str: 1644017295013060609 - @PeterDiamandis | name: Peter H. Diamandis, MD | id_str: 14710129 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @AgiDoomerAnon @PeterDiamandis Appreciate it! I think real understanding is more important and closer than many realize text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @AgiDoomerAnon @PeterDiamandis Appreciate it! I think real understanding is more important and closer than many realize ### tweet 1740246311687839862 chronological_index: 907 archive_order_index: 2665 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-28T05:40:27Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 28 05:40:27 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1740246311687839862 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1740246311687839862 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1740233760661192866 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @AgiDoomerAnon | name: AgiDoomerAnon | id_str: 1644017295013060609 - @PeterDiamandis | name: Peter H. Diamandis, MD | id_str: 14710129 urls: - short: https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella @AgiDoomerAnon @PeterDiamandis 1. Understanding consciousness is important and time-sensitive: How do we protect the light of consciousness if we don’t know what consciousness is? How are we to understand AI sentience if we don’t understand what kind of thing human minds are? What do we do when AIs tell us… https://t.co/OdnjRuBsAX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @AgiDoomerAnon @PeterDiamandis 1. Understanding consciousness is important and time-sensitive: How do we protect the light of consciousness if we don’t know what consciousness is? How are we to understand AI sentience if we don’t understand what kind of thing human minds are? What do we do when AIs tell us… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 ### tweet 1740487829149692013 chronological_index: 908 archive_order_index: 2664 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-28T21:40:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 28 21:40:09 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1740487829149692013 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1740487829149692013 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: qchurious in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1740321195982225590 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1211804775093657601 mentions: - @qchurious | name: Q | id_str: 1211804775093657601 text_raw: |- @qchurious I started to mindfully use “girl” after traveling to Russia, where it’s considered a compliment (even grandmothers are “girls”). I understand the western leveling critique but imo it’s outweighed by youth, femininity, and honest compliments being objectively good things text_with_expanded_urls: |- @qchurious I started to mindfully use “girl” after traveling to Russia, where it’s considered a compliment (even grandmothers are “girls”). I understand the western leveling critique but imo it’s outweighed by youth, femininity, and honest compliments being objectively good things ### tweet 1740515055345488201 chronological_index: 909 archive_order_index: 2663 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-28T23:28:21Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 28 23:28:21 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1740515055345488201 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1740515055345488201 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1740514675190878229 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @cunha_tristan | name: Tristan Cunha | id_str: 981356185227055105 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @eshear @cunha_tristan Thanks, appreciate the rep! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @eshear @cunha_tristan Thanks, appreciate the rep! ### tweet 1741170529740943773 chronological_index: 910 archive_order_index: 2662 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-30T18:52:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 30 18:52:58 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741170529740943773 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741170529740943773 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741152643064680756 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 urls: - short: https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaCQaj expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eshear @42irrationalist Thanks! I speak about this some in my book (Principia Qualia), especially Appendix C https://t.co/bPds7OZOP6 I often sort my work into three branches — Principia Qualia is a blueprint for a ToE philosophy of mind/consciousness (of which STV is the crown jewel); Neural Annealing… https://t.co/gQLMAaCQaj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @42irrationalist Thanks! I speak about this some in my book (Principia Qualia), especially Appendix C https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf I often sort my work into three branches — Principia Qualia is a blueprint for a ToE philosophy of mind/consciousness (of which STV is the crown jewel); Neural Annealing… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1741211729994846587 chronological_index: 911 archive_order_index: 2661 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-30T21:36:41Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 30 21:36:41 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741211729994846587 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741211729994846587 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741201655264166338 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @Austen | name: Austen Allred | id_str: 221838349 - @nateliason | name: Nat Eliason | id_str: 19032289 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @Austen @nateliason Thanks! There’s a lot of good technical work on brain harmonics if you know where to look (e.g. Selen Atasoy’s CSHW). I think resonance is a great frame in general because it’s a functionally-significant phenomenon evolution has self-organized around across many levels, so it… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @Austen @nateliason Thanks! There’s a lot of good technical work on brain harmonics if you know where to look (e.g. Selen Atasoy’s CSHW). I think resonance is a great frame in general because it’s a functionally-significant phenomenon evolution has self-organized around across many levels, so it… ### tweet 1741259135843238395 chronological_index: 912 archive_order_index: 2660 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-31T00:45:03Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 31 00:45:03 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741259135843238395 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741259135843238395 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: ESYudkowsky in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741243807637852462 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2595244026 mentions: - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 text_raw: |- @ESYudkowsky I think it’s evident that brains and computers are equally real, but I do not believe that electrons and (Turing-level) bits are equally real. We generally speak of what happens within computers in terms of (Turing-level) bits; it’s thus reasonable to ontologically discount this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ESYudkowsky I think it’s evident that brains and computers are equally real, but I do not believe that electrons and (Turing-level) bits are equally real. We generally speak of what happens within computers in terms of (Turing-level) bits; it’s thus reasonable to ontologically discount this ### tweet 1741291391559360895 chronological_index: 913 archive_order_index: 2659 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-31T02:53:14Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 31 02:53:14 +0000 2023 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741291391559360895 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741291391559360895 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @ESYudkowsky I think it’s evident that brains and computers are equally real, but I do not believe that electrons and (Turi… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @ESYudkowsky I think it’s evident that brains and computers are equally real, but I do not believe that electrons and (Turi… ### tweet 1741300014943469821 chronological_index: 914 archive_order_index: 2658 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-31T03:27:30Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 31 03:27:30 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741300014943469821 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741300014943469821 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 59 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: amasad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741294479410393185 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 166138615 mentions: - @amasad | name: Amjad Masad | id_str: 166138615 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @amasad My loose expectation is that hybridization with archaic populations (particularly Neanderthals) led to significantly more brain network density (more neurons+synapses per volume) and significantly less canalization. Made us clumsy but better able to learn https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @amasad My loose expectation is that hybridization with archaic populations (particularly Neanderthals) led to significantly more brain network density (more neurons+synapses per volume) and significantly less canalization. Made us clumsy but better able to learn https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1741542299140522363 chronological_index: 915 archive_order_index: 2657 created_at_iso_utc: 2023-12-31T19:30:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 31 19:30:15 +0000 2023 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741542299140522363 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741542299140522363 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741372488456806869 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata One distinction I find useful is “lumpy vs smooth” — the more contractions you have, the more lumpy things feel text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata One distinction I find useful is “lumpy vs smooth” — the more contractions you have, the more lumpy things feel ## 2024-01 ### tweet 1741998847981670820 chronological_index: 916 archive_order_index: 2656 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-02T01:44:24Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 02 01:44:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741998847981670820 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741998847981670820 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741951309065207916 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @LillyBaeum | name: Lilly | id_str: 1936846568 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @aaarataki | name: Arataki | id_str: 1142017227152998401 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @LillyBaeum @bayeslord @algekalipso @aaarataki Thank you! I think there’s room for many theories of valence at other levels of description. STV claims to be a tight bound (approaching a unique & exact solution) at the level of formal representation of qualia (Qualia Formalism). Insofar as we can find an exact mapping … text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @LillyBaeum @bayeslord @algekalipso @aaarataki Thank you! I think there’s room for many theories of valence at other levels of description. STV claims to be a tight bound (approaching a unique & exact solution) at the level of formal representation of qualia (Qualia Formalism). Insofar as we can find an exact mapping … ### tweet 1741998902381777394 chronological_index: 917 archive_order_index: 2655 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-02T01:44:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 02 01:44:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741998902381777394 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741998902381777394 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741998847981670820 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @LillyBaeum | name: Lilly | id_str: 1936846568 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @aaarataki | name: Arataki | id_str: 1142017227152998401 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @LillyBaeum @bayeslord @algekalipso @aaarataki … between QF and other domains, this should generate a unique definition of valence in these terms as well. In particular, I believe STV implies a unique physical definition of valence (we just haven’t found it yet). text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @LillyBaeum @bayeslord @algekalipso @aaarataki … between QF and other domains, this should generate a unique definition of valence in these terms as well. In particular, I believe STV implies a unique physical definition of valence (we just haven’t found it yet). ### tweet 1741999184511688732 chronological_index: 918 archive_order_index: 2654 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-02T01:45:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 02 01:45:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1741999184511688732 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741999184511688732 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1741998902381777394 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @LillyBaeum | name: Lilly | id_str: 1936846568 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @aaarataki | name: Arataki | id_str: 1142017227152998401 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @LillyBaeum @bayeslord @algekalipso @aaarataki The degree to which STV can generate/inform practical neuroimaging proxies for valence is an open question, but I’m very optimistic. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @LillyBaeum @bayeslord @algekalipso @aaarataki The degree to which STV can generate/inform practical neuroimaging proxies for valence is an open question, but I’m very optimistic. ### tweet 1742371390345392225 chronological_index: 919 archive_order_index: 2653 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:24:45Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:24:45 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742371390345392225 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371390345392225 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 43 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/8nS4qZNSGj expanded: https://x.com/IchorGrad/status/1742351686226559017 display: x.com/IchorGrad/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Very interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised if a core difference between scarring & non-scarring healing is whether the local EM patterns are reconstituted along with the tissue. Basically: it’s easier to physically patch a wound than reconstitute the tissue’s original EM mesh … https://t.co/8nS4qZNSGj text_with_expanded_urls: |- Very interesting. I wouldn’t be surprised if a core difference between scarring & non-scarring healing is whether the local EM patterns are reconstituted along with the tissue. Basically: it’s easier to physically patch a wound than reconstitute the tissue’s original EM mesh … https://x.com/IchorGrad/status/1742351686226559017 ### tweet 1742371536340693149 chronological_index: 920 archive_order_index: 2652 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:25:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:25:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742371536340693149 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371536340693149 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742371390345392225 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- I’d expect opioids would reduce EM integration of peripheral tissue, biasing the healing towards biochemical constraints (for which a scar is the simplest solution) Freeform speculation: ⁃Menstruation is painful *because* it’s non-scarring? text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’d expect opioids would reduce EM integration of peripheral tissue, biasing the healing towards biochemical constraints (for which a scar is the simplest solution) Freeform speculation: ⁃Menstruation is painful *because* it’s non-scarring? ### tweet 1742371623192121359 chronological_index: 921 archive_order_index: 2651 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:25:41Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:25:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742371623192121359 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371623192121359 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742371536340693149 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- ⁃Cellulite forms when cells drop out of the local EM mesh (which enforces morphology & local smoothness) ⁃Cancer arises when the local EMF mesh bifurcates (“cancerous” = a cell has special mutations allowing it to lead a revolt against the body’s EMF regime) text_with_expanded_urls: |- ⁃Cellulite forms when cells drop out of the local EM mesh (which enforces morphology & local smoothness) ⁃Cancer arises when the local EMF mesh bifurcates (“cancerous” = a cell has special mutations allowing it to lead a revolt against the body’s EMF regime) ### tweet 1742371764540183008 chronological_index: 922 archive_order_index: 2650 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:26:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:26:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742371764540183008 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371764540183008 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742371623192121359 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- I don’t think we have a clear picture of what “disorders of the body’s EM field” look like, but these would be my initial guesses. @drmichaellevin’s work has been wildly interesting here text_with_expanded_urls: |- I don’t think we have a clear picture of what “disorders of the body’s EM field” look like, but these would be my initial guesses. @drmichaellevin’s work has been wildly interesting here ### tweet 1742371960569430153 chronological_index: 923 archive_order_index: 2649 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:27:01Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:27:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742371960569430153 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371960569430153 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742371764540183008 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JessicaGenetics | name: Jessica | id_str: 2726362917 urls: - short: https://t.co/gOyOoO4gK0 expanded: https://x.com/jessicagenetics/status/1712883743781015644?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A display: x.com/jessicagenetic… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin I’m also curious about @JessicaGenetics’ research on grounding. The effect size seems huge. Does it replicate? https://t.co/gOyOoO4gK0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin I’m also curious about @JessicaGenetics’ research on grounding. The effect size seems huge. Does it replicate? https://x.com/jessicagenetics/status/1712883743781015644?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A ### tweet 1742372066140033256 chronological_index: 924 archive_order_index: 2648 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:27:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:27:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742372066140033256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742372066140033256 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742371960569430153 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JessicaGenetics | name: Jessica | id_str: 2726362917 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JessicaGenetics Finally, there’s the question of whether we could create a scaffold EM field which could bias injuries toward full regrowth instead of scarring. Maybe someday? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JessicaGenetics Finally, there’s the question of whether we could create a scaffold EM field which could bias injuries toward full regrowth instead of scarring. Maybe someday? ### tweet 1742372407942279491 chronological_index: 925 archive_order_index: 2647 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:28:48Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:28:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742372407942279491 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742372407942279491 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742372066140033256 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JessicaGenetics | name: Jessica | id_str: 2726362917 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JessicaGenetics As a more practical intervention, if cellulite really does form from cells ‘dropping out’ of the body’s EM mesh, maybe it could be healed through attention on the tissue — taking 30m/day to lay down & feel that area. I’d love to see an experiment (with controls) on this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JessicaGenetics As a more practical intervention, if cellulite really does form from cells ‘dropping out’ of the body’s EM mesh, maybe it could be healed through attention on the tissue — taking 30m/day to lay down & feel that area. I’d love to see an experiment (with controls) on this ### tweet 1742375626638577833 chronological_index: 926 archive_order_index: 2646 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:41:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:41:35 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742375626638577833 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742375626638577833 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: punishdtriangls in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742375358022709530 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1641556948582555649 mentions: - @punishdtriangls | name: ∤∤∤∤∤ | id_str: 1641556948582555649 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JessicaGenetics | name: Jessica | id_str: 2726362917 text_raw: |- @punishdtriangls @drmichaellevin @JessicaGenetics Absolutely wild stuff text_with_expanded_urls: |- @punishdtriangls @drmichaellevin @JessicaGenetics Absolutely wild stuff ### tweet 1742379086297591974 chronological_index: 927 archive_order_index: 2645 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T02:55:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 02:55:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742379086297591974 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742379086297591974 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: solarfatalism in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742378103907717140 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1354964907691749380 mentions: - @solarfatalism | name: 🌶 secret is to really begin 🌶 | id_str: 1354964907691749380 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- @solarfatalism @drmichaellevin Very possibly! My sense is FSM really cool tech but there’s a fundamental question about the natural grammar of the body’s EM field... text_with_expanded_urls: |- @solarfatalism @drmichaellevin Very possibly! My sense is FSM really cool tech but there’s a fundamental question about the natural grammar of the body’s EM field... ### tweet 1742596127126388852 chronological_index: 928 archive_order_index: 2644 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T17:17:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 17:17:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742596127126388852 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742596127126388852 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742484910948876480 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella I think of the history of physics as “yes, and” — Einstein didn’t disprove Newtonian mechanics so much as identify it as a special case in a more general framework. Whatever future physics is, its first step will be to recreate the predictive power of the Standard Model text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I think of the history of physics as “yes, and” — Einstein didn’t disprove Newtonian mechanics so much as identify it as a special case in a more general framework. Whatever future physics is, its first step will be to recreate the predictive power of the Standard Model ### tweet 1742596250262700233 chronological_index: 929 archive_order_index: 2643 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T17:18:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 17:18:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742596250262700233 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742596250262700233 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742596127126388852 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Since we don’t exactly know what time is, it seems likely our understanding of entropy is going to change radically. I tend to agree with you re: avoiding heat death being a skill issue text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Since we don’t exactly know what time is, it seems likely our understanding of entropy is going to change radically. I tend to agree with you re: avoiding heat death being a skill issue ### tweet 1742597571103633424 chronological_index: 930 archive_order_index: 2642 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T17:23:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 17:23:31 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742597571103633424 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742597571103633424 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742596250262700233 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742597571103633424/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GC7zPhCWwAA_a5T.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/dvy4MwKugn - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742597571103633424/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GC7zPhGXYAAIxPl.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/dvy4MwKugn - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742597571103633424/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GC7zPhEXgAA6wp0.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/dvy4MwKugn possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella The symmetry aesthetic in physics suggests that physical reality consists of symmetries & perspectives under which these symmetries are preserved or broken. And that’s it! I expect this view of reality to only grow in power. But we may still be surprised by particular expressions https://t.co/dvy4MwKugn text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella The symmetry aesthetic in physics suggests that physical reality consists of symmetries & perspectives under which these symmetries are preserved or broken. And that’s it! I expect this view of reality to only grow in power. But we may still be surprised by particular expressions https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742597571103633424/photo/1 ### tweet 1742599523770270107 chronological_index: 931 archive_order_index: 2641 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T17:31:17Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 17:31:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: es tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742599523770270107 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742599523770270107 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742599141685887186 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @cremieuxrecueil | name: Crémieux | id_str: 1637507099558027267 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @cremieuxrecueil (Autism intensifies) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @cremieuxrecueil (Autism intensifies) ### tweet 1742634324074045887 chronological_index: 932 archive_order_index: 2640 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T19:49:34Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 19:49:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742634324074045887 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742634324074045887 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: actually_lia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742630551880671387 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1379916016982052875 mentions: - @actually_lia | name: ♡Lia♡ | id_str: 1379916016982052875 text_raw: |- @actually_lia It may be impossible to create a replicator that casts no shadow into consciousness. The universe is phenomenologically alive even if we can’t see it But I do think there’s an important distinction between qualia sensitive processes (QSPs) vs qualia insensitive processes (QIPs) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @actually_lia It may be impossible to create a replicator that casts no shadow into consciousness. The universe is phenomenologically alive even if we can’t see it But I do think there’s an important distinction between qualia sensitive processes (QSPs) vs qualia insensitive processes (QIPs) ### tweet 1742634666656514434 chronological_index: 933 archive_order_index: 2639 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T19:50:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 19:50:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742634666656514434 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742634666656514434 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742630745854603491 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 mentions: - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 text_raw: |- @markooooooo The greatest pleasure in life is to have a place to put your love, such that it feeds wholesome things and some comes back to you text_with_expanded_urls: |- @markooooooo The greatest pleasure in life is to have a place to put your love, such that it feeds wholesome things and some comes back to you ### tweet 1742637372372664379 chronological_index: 934 archive_order_index: 2638 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T20:01:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 20:01:40 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742637372372664379 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742637372372664379 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 202 retweet_count: 10 text_raw: |- It would be very difficult to offer a formal theory of consciousness where megastructures like stars aren’t conscious. We speak about space as lifeless & empty — but it’s entirely plausible that we are not even our own solar system’s primary charismatic qualiafauna text_with_expanded_urls: |- It would be very difficult to offer a formal theory of consciousness where megastructures like stars aren’t conscious. We speak about space as lifeless & empty — but it’s entirely plausible that we are not even our own solar system’s primary charismatic qualiafauna ### tweet 1742638185958539612 chronological_index: 935 archive_order_index: 2637 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T20:04:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 20:04:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742638185958539612 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742638185958539612 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742637940629741701 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan I haven’t, searching now! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan I haven’t, searching now! ### tweet 1742639082893672828 chronological_index: 936 archive_order_index: 2636 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T20:08:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 20:08:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: pt tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742639082893672828 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742639082893672828 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742638856514453932 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev *tanha intensifies text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev *tanha intensifies ### tweet 1742642420171276599 chronological_index: 937 archive_order_index: 2635 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T20:21:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 20:21:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742642420171276599 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742642420171276599 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mayfer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742640723508502881 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14103325 mentions: - @mayfer | name: murat 🍥 | id_str: 14103325 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742642420171276599/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GC8cCqaWsAAcir5.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/XkcplAf8YG possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mayfer That sounds right — lots of interesting questions here. Here’s my loose typology from 2019: https://t.co/XkcplAf8YG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mayfer That sounds right — lots of interesting questions here. Here’s my loose typology from 2019: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742642420171276599/photo/1 ### tweet 1742648841852330346 chronological_index: 938 archive_order_index: 2634 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T20:47:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 20:47:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742648841852330346 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742648841852330346 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mayfer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742645542839296047 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14103325 mentions: - @mayfer | name: murat 🍥 | id_str: 14103325 text_raw: |- @mayfer I wonder what sorts of structure could self-organize in stars — on one hand it’s pretty difficult to see how hot plasma could exhibit durable patterns. On the other hand, the sun has had billions of years and an incredible energy gradient to work with. Tacit markov blankets? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mayfer I wonder what sorts of structure could self-organize in stars — on one hand it’s pretty difficult to see how hot plasma could exhibit durable patterns. On the other hand, the sun has had billions of years and an incredible energy gradient to work with. Tacit markov blankets? ### tweet 1742654921567015087 chronological_index: 939 archive_order_index: 2633 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T21:11:24Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 21:11:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742654921567015087 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742654921567015087 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742652582139658307 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist The ultimate autistic narrow-sense hedonic imperative is probably to create as many black holes as we can, or destroy as many as we can (unclear at this point) But n-th order effects always dominate text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist The ultimate autistic narrow-sense hedonic imperative is probably to create as many black holes as we can, or destroy as many as we can (unclear at this point) But n-th order effects always dominate ### tweet 1742658152288657755 chronological_index: 940 archive_order_index: 2632 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T21:24:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 21:24:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742658152288657755 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742658152288657755 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RogersBacon1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742655472765653228 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1359175677715578889 mentions: - @RogersBacon1 | name: Roger's Bacon | id_str: 1359175677715578889 - @tegmark | name: Max Tegmark | id_str: 2530947115 urls: - short: https://t.co/tgK7uxkaHQ expanded: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.0813.pdf display: arxiv.org/pdf/1409.0813.… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RogersBacon1 Great post! @tegmark has a memorable line, “it appears that we humans are a historical accident, and aren’t the optimal solution to any well-defined physics problem” https://t.co/tgK7uxkaHQ (fantastic AI safety paper that everybody’s forgotten about btw) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RogersBacon1 Great post! @tegmark has a memorable line, “it appears that we humans are a historical accident, and aren’t the optimal solution to any well-defined physics problem” https://arxiv.org/pdf/1409.0813.pdf (fantastic AI safety paper that everybody’s forgotten about btw) ### tweet 1742658209926783284 chronological_index: 941 archive_order_index: 2631 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T21:24:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 21:24:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742658209926783284 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742658209926783284 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742658152288657755 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @RogersBacon1 | name: Roger's Bacon | id_str: 1359175677715578889 - @tegmark | name: Max Tegmark | id_str: 2530947115 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RogersBacon1 @tegmark Monism suggests that physical optimization problems are tacitly qualia optimization problems. And so if we want to find the most intense qualia, we should look for the most intense physical conditions. These are not found on Earth! https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RogersBacon1 @tegmark Monism suggests that physical optimization problems are tacitly qualia optimization problems. And so if we want to find the most intense qualia, we should look for the most intense physical conditions. These are not found on Earth! https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ ### tweet 1742662901083631658 chronological_index: 942 archive_order_index: 2630 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T21:43:07Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 21:43:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742662901083631658 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742662901083631658 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742657627283468414 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist One possible endgame is a paper-rock-scissors battle between competing qualia wavefronts expanding near the speed of light. Imagine you crafted a hedonium shockwave, only to be trolled by aliens that calculated how to transmute your hedonium into the qualia of being rickrolled text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist One possible endgame is a paper-rock-scissors battle between competing qualia wavefronts expanding near the speed of light. Imagine you crafted a hedonium shockwave, only to be trolled by aliens that calculated how to transmute your hedonium into the qualia of being rickrolled ### tweet 1742665761079033969 chronological_index: 943 archive_order_index: 2629 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T21:54:29Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 21:54:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742665761079033969 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742665761079033969 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742664624812761516 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist I have a lot of thoughts on this sitting in my drafts lol At this point I both agree and disagree text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist I have a lot of thoughts on this sitting in my drafts lol At this point I both agree and disagree ### tweet 1742670260996551014 chronological_index: 944 archive_order_index: 2628 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T22:12:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 22:12:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742670260996551014 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742670260996551014 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742668303888216542 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Aha, I’m sorta thinking about (1) how humanity is underrated in the current singularity meta, and (2) whether a lot of human suffering is due to recent adaptations around vasocomputation that evolution hasn’t had time to smooth the edges of text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Aha, I’m sorta thinking about (1) how humanity is underrated in the current singularity meta, and (2) whether a lot of human suffering is due to recent adaptations around vasocomputation that evolution hasn’t had time to smooth the edges of ### tweet 1742693053209399665 chronological_index: 945 archive_order_index: 2627 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T23:42:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 23:42:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742693053209399665 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742693053209399665 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742675095644967219 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Briefly — my sense is that animal qualia is by default really pleasant. NUs speak of the natural world as full of suffering, and there are likely extreme cases (insect parasites etc) — but the default experience of e.g. wild deer may be oddly similar to the non-dual experience of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Briefly — my sense is that animal qualia is by default really pleasant. NUs speak of the natural world as full of suffering, and there are likely extreme cases (insect parasites etc) — but the default experience of e.g. wild deer may be oddly similar to the non-dual experience of… ### tweet 1742696481356923390 chronological_index: 946 archive_order_index: 2626 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T23:56:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 23:56:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742696481356923390 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742696481356923390 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: webmasterdave in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742680955951669554 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 27397922 mentions: - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 urls: - short: https://t.co/ajR0uhJlr4 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742658209926783284 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @webmasterdave Much does depend on binding! It’s difficult to make specific arguments at this point, but here’s a heuristic I think may apply: (cf your “wavefunction monism … [t]he solutions to the equations of QFT or its generalization yield the values of qualia.”) https://t.co/ajR0uhJlr4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @webmasterdave Much does depend on binding! It’s difficult to make specific arguments at this point, but here’s a heuristic I think may apply: (cf your “wavefunction monism … [t]he solutions to the equations of QFT or its generalization yield the values of qualia.”) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742658209926783284 ### tweet 1742696790913175571 chronological_index: 947 archive_order_index: 2625 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-03T23:57:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 03 23:57:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742696790913175571 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742696790913175571 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CRSegerie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742694969297531224 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063873394167463936 mentions: - @CRSegerie | name: Charbel-Raphael | id_str: 1063873394167463936 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @CRSegerie I’d be curious how to quantify the amount of integrated information in hot plasma… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CRSegerie I’d be curious how to quantify the amount of integrated information in hot plasma… ### tweet 1742698295527407852 chronological_index: 948 archive_order_index: 2624 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T00:03:46Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 00:03:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742698295527407852 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742698295527407852 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Aron_Adler in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742695491668725907 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 83571446 mentions: - @Aron_Adler | name: aron | id_str: 83571446 text_raw: |- @Aron_Adler Consciousness and intelligence may plausibly be separable quantities — In general I think we should expect a lot of surprises when we dig into consciousness. Currently our definition is pre-paradigmatic, a mix of sometimes inconsistent constraints text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Aron_Adler Consciousness and intelligence may plausibly be separable quantities — In general I think we should expect a lot of surprises when we dig into consciousness. Currently our definition is pre-paradigmatic, a mix of sometimes inconsistent constraints ### tweet 1742698928930210041 chronological_index: 949 archive_order_index: 2623 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T00:06:17Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 00:06:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742698928930210041 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742698928930210041 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CRSegerie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742697647440556285 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063873394167463936 mentions: - @CRSegerie | name: Charbel-Raphael | id_str: 1063873394167463936 urls: - short: https://t.co/4xRJyrPNoh expanded: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.14787 display: arxiv.org/abs/2212.14787 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @CRSegerie IIT 4.0 is a step in the right direction, although it may not yet allow full generalization to any physical system https://t.co/4xRJyrPNoh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CRSegerie IIT 4.0 is a step in the right direction, although it may not yet allow full generalization to any physical system https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.14787 ### tweet 1742699074975867210 chronological_index: 950 archive_order_index: 2622 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T00:06:51Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 00:06:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742699074975867210 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742699074975867210 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742698738194247798 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella lol I was hoping people would enjoy that! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella lol I was hoping people would enjoy that! ### tweet 1742708671400866241 chronological_index: 951 archive_order_index: 2621 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T00:44:59Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 00:44:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742708671400866241 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742708671400866241 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Aron_Adler in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742700170834555338 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 83571446 mentions: - @Aron_Adler | name: aron | id_str: 83571446 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Aron_Adler We can define consciousness as “an intelligent agent with a model of the self” but I think we’d be leaving something important on the table. Thomas Nagel has a famous paper, “What is it like to be a bat?” which describes the kind of consciousness I want to talk about… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Aron_Adler We can define consciousness as “an intelligent agent with a model of the self” but I think we’d be leaving something important on the table. Thomas Nagel has a famous paper, “What is it like to be a bat?” which describes the kind of consciousness I want to talk about… ### tweet 1742731921010860221 chronological_index: 952 archive_order_index: 2620 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T02:17:23Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 02:17:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742731921010860221 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742731921010860221 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ChrisJamesUSA in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742720618024272001 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 460613058 mentions: - @ChrisJamesUSA | name: Chris James | id_str: 460613058 text_raw: |- @ChrisJamesUSA Probably not — very little information flow from the earth to the sun, and the sun itself is very ‘loud’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisJamesUSA Probably not — very little information flow from the earth to the sun, and the sun itself is very ‘loud’ ### tweet 1742958121666941038 chronological_index: 953 archive_order_index: 2619 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T17:16:13Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 17:16:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742958121666941038 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742958121666941038 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742659668760240231 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1548854049080242176 mentions: - @markooooooo | name: polo | id_str: 1764630111817551872 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 urls: - short: https://t.co/v7WMyASUX1 expanded: https://x.com/univrsw3th4rt/status/1742800040895107299?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw display: x.com/univrsw3th4rt/… - short: https://t.co/KO6Dr2NAIr expanded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_engine display: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_e… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @markooooooo @42irrationalist God-chicken maybe https://t.co/v7WMyASUX1 Apparently there’s some theory https://t.co/KO6Dr2NAIr I have a sentimental attachment to the sun, though I wonder if it’s having a good time or would have a better time as something else text_with_expanded_urls: |- @markooooooo @42irrationalist God-chicken maybe https://x.com/univrsw3th4rt/status/1742800040895107299?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw Apparently there’s some theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_engine I have a sentimental attachment to the sun, though I wonder if it’s having a good time or would have a better time as something else ### tweet 1742997760863826313 chronological_index: 954 archive_order_index: 2618 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T19:53:44Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 19:53:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1742997760863826313 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742997760863826313 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: matthiasgiger in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742980788139049470 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 48321434 mentions: - @matthiasgiger | name: Matthias Giger | id_str: 48321434 text_raw: |- @matthiasgiger All forms of knowledge seem to start out as philosophical questions; over time some become less real (elan vital), some become more (Maxwell’s equations) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @matthiasgiger All forms of knowledge seem to start out as philosophical questions; over time some become less real (elan vital), some become more (Maxwell’s equations) ### tweet 1743038332861378979 chronological_index: 955 archive_order_index: 2617 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-04T22:34:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 04 22:34:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1743038332861378979 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1743038332861378979 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ahron_maline in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742808101869269007 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1518708007047241728 mentions: - @ahron_maline | name: Ahron Maline | id_str: 1518708007047241728 - @RogersBacon1 | name: Roger's Bacon | id_str: 1359175677715578889 - @tegmark | name: Max Tegmark | id_str: 2530947115 urls: - short: https://t.co/hCFoIrF6GA expanded: https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10340 display: nature.com/articles/ncomm… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ahron_maline @RogersBacon1 @tegmark Empirically that seems to be what we see with psychedelics — cf Selen Atasoy’s work measuring energy buildup in connectome eigenmodes https://t.co/hCFoIrF6GA text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ahron_maline @RogersBacon1 @tegmark Empirically that seems to be what we see with psychedelics — cf Selen Atasoy’s work measuring energy buildup in connectome eigenmodes https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms10340 ### tweet 1744336777379241984 chronological_index: 956 archive_order_index: 2616 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-08T12:34:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 08 12:34:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744336777379241984 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744336777379241984 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: qchurious in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744332096871788835 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1211804775093657601 mentions: - @qchurious | name: Q | id_str: 1211804775093657601 text_raw: |- @qchurious When I’m uncertain about food I fall back on a fruit+steak diet — it sounds restrictive but it can actually be quite pleasant Also I find it nice to wake up to a fridge full of fruit, gives the day abundance vibes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @qchurious When I’m uncertain about food I fall back on a fruit+steak diet — it sounds restrictive but it can actually be quite pleasant Also I find it nice to wake up to a fridge full of fruit, gives the day abundance vibes ### tweet 1744337787770265881 chronological_index: 957 archive_order_index: 2615 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-08T12:38:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 08 12:38:31 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744337787770265881 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744337787770265881 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744336777379241984 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @qchurious | name: Q | id_str: 1211804775093657601 text_raw: |- @qchurious A big part of the rationale for this diet is most fruit ‘wants’ to be eaten, ie being eaten is part of the fruit’s reproductive cycle, so it’s not going to try to poison you w phytotoxins Meat doesn’t want to be eaten but uses feet/claws/etc rather than toxins to protect itself text_with_expanded_urls: |- @qchurious A big part of the rationale for this diet is most fruit ‘wants’ to be eaten, ie being eaten is part of the fruit’s reproductive cycle, so it’s not going to try to poison you w phytotoxins Meat doesn’t want to be eaten but uses feet/claws/etc rather than toxins to protect itself ### tweet 1744338946841096401 chronological_index: 958 archive_order_index: 2614 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-08T12:43:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 08 12:43:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744338946841096401 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744338946841096401 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744337787770265881 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @qchurious | name: Q | id_str: 1211804775093657601 text_raw: |- @qchurious “Safe mode” for me is steak cooked in coconut oil, and blueberries/papaya/mandarin oranges text_with_expanded_urls: |- @qchurious “Safe mode” for me is steak cooked in coconut oil, and blueberries/papaya/mandarin oranges ### tweet 1744571648613712203 chronological_index: 959 archive_order_index: 2613 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-09T04:07:48Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 09 04:07:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744571648613712203 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744571648613712203 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: emmapersky in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744504124899545390 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 6350332 mentions: - @astraxstardust | name: Astra x Stardust | id_str: 1863762911845597184 text_raw: |- @astraxstardust @BernardoKastrup I have not! Sounds very interesting text_with_expanded_urls: |- @astraxstardust @BernardoKastrup I have not! Sounds very interesting ### tweet 1744715336321061170 chronological_index: 960 archive_order_index: 2612 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-09T13:38:46Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 09 13:38:46 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744715336321061170 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744715336321061170 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 81 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/fa2l0fILZI expanded: https://x.com/eshear/status/1744613411751923787 display: x.com/eshear/status/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Plot for a SF novel: humanity rushes for the singularity, but physical constants start to change. Ultimately we find out we do live in a simulation and when we redline its compute, it enforces a local complexity cap by adjusting physical law away from anthropic optimal https://t.co/fa2l0fILZI text_with_expanded_urls: |- Plot for a SF novel: humanity rushes for the singularity, but physical constants start to change. Ultimately we find out we do live in a simulation and when we redline its compute, it enforces a local complexity cap by adjusting physical law away from anthropic optimal https://x.com/eshear/status/1744613411751923787 ### tweet 1744715421616427043 chronological_index: 961 archive_order_index: 2611 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-09T13:39:06Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 09 13:39:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: zxx tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744715421616427043 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744715421616427043 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744715336321061170 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/nNQZHX9WBw expanded: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-variation_of_fundamental_constants display: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-vari… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- https://t.co/nNQZHX9WBw text_with_expanded_urls: |- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-variation_of_fundamental_constants ### tweet 1744719682685559143 chronological_index: 962 archive_order_index: 2610 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-09T13:56:02Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 09 13:56:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744719682685559143 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744719682685559143 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744717587504566286 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 text_raw: |- @powerfultakes Very cool; I’d expect bio systems would also be affected by such a change; It would be most plot-dramatic if eg the speed of light was suddenly 10% what it is now, but that would probably break absolutely everything. Even tiny changes would likely be highly disruptive text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes Very cool; I’d expect bio systems would also be affected by such a change; It would be most plot-dramatic if eg the speed of light was suddenly 10% what it is now, but that would probably break absolutely everything. Even tiny changes would likely be highly disruptive ### tweet 1744793391919948092 chronological_index: 963 archive_order_index: 2609 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-09T18:48:55Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 09 18:48:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744793391919948092 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744793391919948092 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744792839924695457 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1151690571922079745 text_raw: |- @BotTachikoma This comment was definitely inspired by A Fire Upon The Deep text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BotTachikoma This comment was definitely inspired by A Fire Upon The Deep ### tweet 1744793483406143570 chronological_index: 964 archive_order_index: 2608 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-09T18:49:17Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 09 18:49:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744793483406143570 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744793483406143570 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mrgunn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744788975607521352 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15237935 mentions: - @mrgunn | name: @mrgunn ⏸️ | id_str: 15237935 text_raw: |- @mrgunn Will read! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mrgunn Will read! ### tweet 1744869582463176987 chronological_index: 965 archive_order_index: 2607 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-09T23:51:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 09 23:51:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744869582463176987 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744869582463176987 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: dwarkesh_sp in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744854909122687125 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1209960539390201864 mentions: - @dwarkesh_sp | name: Dwarkesh Patel | id_str: 1209960539390201864 - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 urls: - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @dwarkesh_sp @burny_tech I think cognition arises from FPGA-like networks, grounding arises from ASIC-like circuits — the combination produces intelligence https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dwarkesh_sp @burny_tech I think cognition arises from FPGA-like networks, grounding arises from ASIC-like circuits — the combination produces intelligence https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1744892280157376553 chronological_index: 966 archive_order_index: 2606 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-10T01:21:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 10 01:21:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1744892280157376553 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744892280157376553 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: erikphoel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744779513551024242 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2180768821 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @erikphoel Fantastic piece (as usual)! Thinking about a response. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel Fantastic piece (as usual)! Thinking about a response. ### tweet 1745181104003240249 chronological_index: 967 archive_order_index: 2605 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-10T20:29:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 10 20:29:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745181104003240249 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745181104003240249 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745171552293810250 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev I’ve heard several variants of Dyson Sphere — e.g. Dyson Cloud, Dyson Swarm. Presumably something in this space would be gravitationally stable, and perhaps “Dyson Sphere” can simply be a pointer to “the thing that maximizes the energy harvest from a star” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev I’ve heard several variants of Dyson Sphere — e.g. Dyson Cloud, Dyson Swarm. Presumably something in this space would be gravitationally stable, and perhaps “Dyson Sphere” can simply be a pointer to “the thing that maximizes the energy harvest from a star” ### tweet 1745181177705603210 chronological_index: 968 archive_order_index: 2604 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-10T20:29:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 10 20:29:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745181177705603210 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745181177705603210 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745181104003240249 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev “Do civilizations converge or diverge at the end of time?” is a really interesting question. My loose expectation is there’ll be a handful of attractors we could fall into. A Dyson Sphere would be instrumentally useful for many of these, if only to calculate the next steps text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev “Do civilizations converge or diverge at the end of time?” is a really interesting question. My loose expectation is there’ll be a handful of attractors we could fall into. A Dyson Sphere would be instrumentally useful for many of these, if only to calculate the next steps ### tweet 1745182166290497849 chronological_index: 969 archive_order_index: 2603 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-10T20:33:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 10 20:33:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745182166290497849 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745182166290497849 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745181177705603210 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745182166290497849/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GDgh7anXQAAi6B0.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nIr8RgwohQ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev But “build Dyson Spheres” is not coherent endgame teleology by itself. Ultimately we need a new theory of natural&synthetic megastructures — what goals are intelligent civilizations likely to converge upon & what megastructures most effectively support or instantiate these goals? https://t.co/nIr8RgwohQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev But “build Dyson Spheres” is not coherent endgame teleology by itself. Ultimately we need a new theory of natural&synthetic megastructures — what goals are intelligent civilizations likely to converge upon & what megastructures most effectively support or instantiate these goals? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745182166290497849/photo/1 ### tweet 1745183637174104354 chronological_index: 970 archive_order_index: 2602 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-10T20:39:37Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 10 20:39:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745183637174104354 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745183637174104354 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745182166290497849 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Imo we now know (or suspect) enough about the universe that we could infer its eventual apex ecology. Or at least we should be creating wrong but entertaining theories about this :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Imo we now know (or suspect) enough about the universe that we could infer its eventual apex ecology. Or at least we should be creating wrong but entertaining theories about this :) ### tweet 1745215456611299706 chronological_index: 971 archive_order_index: 2601 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-10T22:46:04Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 10 22:46:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745215456611299706 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745215456611299706 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mikolasan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745214314456461448 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1280653574431596544 mentions: - @mikolasan | name: Nikolay 🚧🦆 | id_str: 1280653574431596544 - @dwarkesh_sp | name: Dwarkesh Patel | id_str: 1209960539390201864 - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 text_raw: |- @mikolasan @dwarkesh_sp @burny_tech FPGA -> a very general system that can change programming for each task ASIC -> a circuit that does a very narrow range of things and nothing else, but can do them very well text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mikolasan @dwarkesh_sp @burny_tech FPGA -> a very general system that can change programming for each task ASIC -> a circuit that does a very narrow range of things and nothing else, but can do them very well ### tweet 1745218316321407240 chronological_index: 972 archive_order_index: 2600 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-10T22:57:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 10 22:57:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745218316321407240 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745218316321407240 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mikolasan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745217411287298074 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1280653574431596544 mentions: - @mikolasan | name: Nikolay 🚧🦆 | id_str: 1280653574431596544 - @dwarkesh_sp | name: Dwarkesh Patel | id_str: 1209960539390201864 - @burny_tech | name: Burny - Effective Curiosity | id_str: 1403472348150484992 text_raw: |- @mikolasan @dwarkesh_sp @burny_tech The software vs hardware distinction gets messy when we talk about the brain; My hypothesis for how they combine is in my above comment text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mikolasan @dwarkesh_sp @burny_tech The software vs hardware distinction gets messy when we talk about the brain; My hypothesis for how they combine is in my above comment ### tweet 1745322629915938868 chronological_index: 973 archive_order_index: 2599 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-11T05:51:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 11 05:51:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745322629915938868 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745322629915938868 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TetraspaceWest in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745070835067416763 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1372879423 mentions: - @TetraspaceWest | name: tetraspace 💎⏹️🇺🇳 | id_str: 1372879423 - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 urls: - short: https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… - short: https://t.co/HxV4e9Er6z expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1606443256115613697 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @TetraspaceWest I looked hard for a solution for enumerating (Turing-level) computations in a system; this from @davidad was the best I found. I discuss implications here: https://t.co/SuFE94mPGC https://t.co/HxV4e9Er6z text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TetraspaceWest I looked hard for a solution for enumerating (Turing-level) computations in a system; this from @davidad was the best I found. I discuss implications here: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1606443256115613697 ### tweet 1745508670580953503 chronological_index: 974 archive_order_index: 2598 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-11T18:11:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 11 18:11:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745508670580953503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745508670580953503 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pwlot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745499968591249664 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18107306 mentions: - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 text_raw: |- @pwlot I really liked your writeup about this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pwlot I really liked your writeup about this! ### tweet 1745517895621259673 chronological_index: 975 archive_order_index: 2597 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-11T18:47:51Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 11 18:47:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745517895621259673 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745517895621259673 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: iris_IGB in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1745498589852246068 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1649681765093523458 mentions: - @iris_IGB | name: Iris COMMS OPEN (2/3) Вы/ж. р. | id_str: 1649681765093523458 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @iris_IGB @milliandtheband I’ve really enjoyed your posts (спасибо!) and I’m curious how you’d approach “phenomenological consciousness” as a scientist if you thought there was some undiscovered clean structure present Ie if phenomenology is like alchemy before the periodic table, Electrical theory… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @iris_IGB @milliandtheband I’ve really enjoyed your posts (спасибо!) and I’m curious how you’d approach “phenomenological consciousness” as a scientist if you thought there was some undiscovered clean structure present Ie if phenomenology is like alchemy before the periodic table, Electrical theory… ### tweet 1745519096349823020 chronological_index: 976 archive_order_index: 2596 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-11T18:52:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 11 18:52:37 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745519096349823020 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745519096349823020 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: goth600 mentions: - @goth600 | name: @goth | id_str: 1281068231122247681 text_raw: |- RT @goth600: There’s a good chance you’re someone’s most confusing twitter account text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @goth600: There’s a good chance you’re someone’s most confusing twitter account ### tweet 1745532057067958600 chronological_index: 977 archive_order_index: 2595 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-11T19:44:07Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 11 19:44:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745532057067958600 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745532057067958600 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KordingLab in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1744732819522519058 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 932805374 mentions: - @KordingLab | name: Kording Lab 🦖 | id_str: 932805374 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @KordingLab A bit different angle, but I suspect network dimensionality is a core dimension of human variation and has predictable cognitive-emotional tradeoffs. You may enjoy my description here — https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KordingLab A bit different angle, but I suspect network dimensionality is a core dimension of human variation and has predictable cognitive-emotional tradeoffs. You may enjoy my description here — https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1745608431904469039 chronological_index: 978 archive_order_index: 2594 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-12T00:47:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 12 00:47:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1745608431904469039 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1745608431904469039 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1734383819124265349 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 urls: - short: https://t.co/dFOzwdpY5m expanded: https://x.com/DrYohanJohn/status/1745593109499748843 display: x.com/DrYohanJohn/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meditationstuff Noting that Yohan John and others have a great paper on this: https://t.co/dFOzwdpY5m text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meditationstuff Noting that Yohan John and others have a great paper on this: https://x.com/DrYohanJohn/status/1745593109499748843 ### tweet 1746550101563044062 chronological_index: 979 archive_order_index: 2593 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-14T15:09:28Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 14 15:09:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1746550101563044062 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1746550101563044062 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1746541556167843863 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 text_raw: |- @frideswyth Sometimes I tag ideas in my notes by the GPT power level that could trivially create them — GPT5, GPT6, etc Maybe it’s just a story for my subconscious, but helps give me the feeling I’m doing something valuable by writing ideas down Then when new AI comes it’s like Christmas text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth Sometimes I tag ideas in my notes by the GPT power level that could trivially create them — GPT5, GPT6, etc Maybe it’s just a story for my subconscious, but helps give me the feeling I’m doing something valuable by writing ideas down Then when new AI comes it’s like Christmas ### tweet 1746562980672573525 chronological_index: 980 archive_order_index: 2592 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-14T16:00:38Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 14 16:00:38 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1746562980672573525 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1746562980672573525 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: “Fear not the schizo who has 10,000 ideas, fear the schizo-autist who has one idea and tries to explain 10,000 things” Bru… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: “Fear not the schizo who has 10,000 ideas, fear the schizo-autist who has one idea and tries to explain 10,000 things” Bru… ### tweet 1746572141733040543 chronological_index: 981 archive_order_index: 2591 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-14T16:37:02Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 14 16:37:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1746572141733040543 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1746572141733040543 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1746547587677892920 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear Identity relations go two ways; this should allow us to flip the metaphor and claim that all information theory is built from the sort of harmonic structure that seems to define physics, no? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Identity relations go two ways; this should allow us to flip the metaphor and claim that all information theory is built from the sort of harmonic structure that seems to define physics, no? ### tweet 1747102450715177402 chronological_index: 982 archive_order_index: 2590 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-16T03:44:18Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 16 03:44:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1747102450715177402 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1747102450715177402 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danallison in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1747046453930004664 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14213298 mentions: - @danallison | name: Dan Allison | id_str: 14213298 - @QualiaRI | name: Qualia Research Institute | id_str: 1201000918499463168 text_raw: |- @danallison @QualiaRI Thank you! Neither I nor STV have any formal affiliation with QRI at this point, but they do very interesting work text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danallison @QualiaRI Thank you! Neither I nor STV have any formal affiliation with QRI at this point, but they do very interesting work ### tweet 1748116360520147192 chronological_index: 983 archive_order_index: 2589 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-18T22:53:13Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 18 22:53:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1748116360520147192 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1748116360520147192 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lozareeno in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1748092496624988452 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 953887377017065472 text_raw: |- @LaurenUba Would be super interesting to hear if you can release that tension and how that changes emotional stuff text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LaurenUba Would be super interesting to hear if you can release that tension and how that changes emotional stuff ### tweet 1749468465843581315 chronological_index: 984 archive_order_index: 2588 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-22T16:26:00Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 22 16:26:00 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1749468465843581315 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1749468465843581315 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Andercot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1749251852653535637 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 855305941 mentions: - @Andercot | name: Andrew Côté | id_str: 855305941 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Andercot Intelligence is a fuzzy concept, consciousness might be fuzzy or crisp — I gave a talk about this (and other scenarios) here — https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK TL;DR is the universe looks much different if we assume bits or atoms are the carrier of consciousness text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Andercot Intelligence is a fuzzy concept, consciousness might be fuzzy or crisp — I gave a talk about this (and other scenarios) here — https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ TL;DR is the universe looks much different if we assume bits or atoms are the carrier of consciousness ### tweet 1750213818754445432 chronological_index: 985 archive_order_index: 2587 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-24T17:47:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 24 17:47:46 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1750213818754445432 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1750213818754445432 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nosilverv mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1750129856514277678/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEm1zfeWwAAcO-3.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/M4cEJsQIn1 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- RT @nosilverv: Notes = Godshatter https://t.co/M4cEJsQIn1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nosilverv: Notes = Godshatter https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1750129856514277678/photo/1 ### tweet 1751994506478587977 chronological_index: 986 archive_order_index: 2586 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:43:35Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:43:35 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751994506478587977 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 677 retweet_count: 61 urls: - short: https://t.co/KeLsCEUKP3 expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1751939550098726990 display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- In the beginning there was sensation Humans developed the ability to freeze sensations, then used these frozen pieces to construct a grammar for thought (vasocomputation) This led to words, magical spells that can conjure sensations in both caster and target This led to foom https://t.co/KeLsCEUKP3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- In the beginning there was sensation Humans developed the ability to freeze sensations, then used these frozen pieces to construct a grammar for thought (vasocomputation) This led to words, magical spells that can conjure sensations in both caster and target This led to foom https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1751939550098726990 ### tweet 1751994618046988794 chronological_index: 987 archive_order_index: 2585 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:44:02Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:44:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751994618046988794 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994618046988794 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 306 retweet_count: 21 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751994506478587977 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- If a dolphin wants to explain there’s a school of fish nearby, it will send the sound of a sonar return from a phantom school of fish — literally the *sensation* of fish. I suspect this is a good model for early human language — “magic spells that involuntarily invoke sensations” text_with_expanded_urls: |- If a dolphin wants to explain there’s a school of fish nearby, it will send the sound of a sonar return from a phantom school of fish — literally the *sensation* of fish. I suspect this is a good model for early human language — “magic spells that involuntarily invoke sensations” ### tweet 1751995049083101456 chronological_index: 988 archive_order_index: 2584 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:45:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:45:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751995049083101456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751995049083101456 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 114 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751994618046988794 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751995049083101456/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFBWNceXMAAkJ-z.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/X9P0OZoJdp possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Sensation magic led to great cooperation, and also adversarial sensation magic which fooled and controlled. Dark magicians (wordcels) arose and culled the literal and the boundaryless If you’ve seen The Invention of Lying (2009) it was probably like that except somewhat darker https://t.co/X9P0OZoJdp text_with_expanded_urls: |- Sensation magic led to great cooperation, and also adversarial sensation magic which fooled and controlled. Dark magicians (wordcels) arose and culled the literal and the boundaryless If you’ve seen The Invention of Lying (2009) it was probably like that except somewhat darker https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751995049083101456/photo/1 ### tweet 1751995346668994906 chronological_index: 989 archive_order_index: 2583 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:46:55Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:46:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751995346668994906 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751995346668994906 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 133 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751995049083101456 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- A lot of weird quirks about language and about humans are due to the fact that (1) language opens you up to lots of different mind-control attacks, but (2) you can’t opt-out of language. It’s just too important for connection and function -> A rich ecosystem of move-countermove text_with_expanded_urls: |- A lot of weird quirks about language and about humans are due to the fact that (1) language opens you up to lots of different mind-control attacks, but (2) you can’t opt-out of language. It’s just too important for connection and function -> A rich ecosystem of move-countermove ### tweet 1751996164969251326 chronological_index: 990 archive_order_index: 2582 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:50:10Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:50:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751996164969251326 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996164969251326 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 132 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751995346668994906 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/fIQ0zeOt4D expanded: https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1189945171619614720 display: x.com/eigenrobot/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The pinnacle defended-by-default is what we call the “normie”. An impressive set of solutions for hardening nervous systems against adversarial sensation magic — e.g. mental partitions, type safety on words, selective de-referencing. A tough nut to crack https://t.co/fIQ0zeOt4D text_with_expanded_urls: |- The pinnacle defended-by-default is what we call the “normie”. An impressive set of solutions for hardening nervous systems against adversarial sensation magic — e.g. mental partitions, type safety on words, selective de-referencing. A tough nut to crack https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1189945171619614720 ### tweet 1751996290555125996 chronological_index: 991 archive_order_index: 2581 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:50:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:50:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751996290555125996 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996290555125996 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 111 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751996164969251326 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/3sgme9nef1 expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1750451126359503267?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- But the normie’s defenses make him less agile at addressing novel attacks — and the wordcel never sleeps. Because normies don’t feel the full force of words, they’re especially vulnerable to side-loading https://t.co/3sgme9nef1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- But the normie’s defenses make him less agile at addressing novel attacks — and the wordcel never sleeps. Because normies don’t feel the full force of words, they’re especially vulnerable to side-loading https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1750451126359503267?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A ### tweet 1751996688128999795 chronological_index: 992 archive_order_index: 2580 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:52:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:52:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751996688128999795 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996688128999795 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 119 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751996290555125996 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996688128999795/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFBXs3hXEAAyK8y.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/G8tgFEATu1 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Wittgenstein has always been my favorite philosopher but it took me a long time to understand his work as a unified moral project — BOTH his early and later works are about preventing predation of normies by wordcels https://t.co/G8tgFEATu1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Wittgenstein has always been my favorite philosopher but it took me a long time to understand his work as a unified moral project — BOTH his early and later works are about preventing predation of normies by wordcels https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996688128999795/photo/1 ### tweet 1751996789429862619 chronological_index: 993 archive_order_index: 2579 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:52:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:52:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751996789429862619 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996789429862619 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 90 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751996688128999795 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Over time, there’s selection pressure on individual words to naturally de-reference and refer to the pointer, not the sensation. This leads to novel capacities, novel superorganisms that these capacities allow, and novel forms of predation from these superorganisms text_with_expanded_urls: |- Over time, there’s selection pressure on individual words to naturally de-reference and refer to the pointer, not the sensation. This leads to novel capacities, novel superorganisms that these capacities allow, and novel forms of predation from these superorganisms ### tweet 1751996871680160190 chronological_index: 994 archive_order_index: 2558 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:52:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:52:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751996871680160190 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996871680160190 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 115 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751996789429862619 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/qkKCEH6QYd expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737437632336912696?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The dynamic I think tpot clued in on is that the modal egregore is actually pretty hostile to human flourishing and benefits when the mind-body connection is broken https://t.co/qkKCEH6QYd text_with_expanded_urls: |- The dynamic I think tpot clued in on is that the modal egregore is actually pretty hostile to human flourishing and benefits when the mind-body connection is broken https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737437632336912696?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A ### tweet 1751997155403825612 chronological_index: 995 archive_order_index: 2557 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:54:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:54:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751997155403825612 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751997155403825612 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 87 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751996871680160190 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/Y1tN2TX9mK expanded: https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1741474868388827324?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A display: x.com/eigenrobot/sta… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751997155403825612/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFBYIE3WQAAE2bo.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GoybsYRkvm - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751997155403825612/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFBYIEpXAAA9x5D.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GoybsYRkvm possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I really love people who take ideas seriously. I also think eigen’s approach is hilarious https://t.co/Y1tN2TX9mK https://t.co/GoybsYRkvm text_with_expanded_urls: |- I really love people who take ideas seriously. I also think eigen’s approach is hilarious https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1741474868388827324?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751997155403825612/photo/1 ### tweet 1751997440780050449 chronological_index: 996 archive_order_index: 2556 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:55:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:55:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751997440780050449 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751997440780050449 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 53 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751997155403825612 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk. Thread inspired by @nosilverv text_with_expanded_urls: |- Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk. Thread inspired by @nosilverv ### tweet 1751998252101099970 chronological_index: 997 archive_order_index: 2555 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T15:58:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 15:58:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1751998252101099970 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751998252101099970 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 48 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751997440780050449 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv To circle back to the beginning — here’s the system I believe we use to freeze sensations: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv To circle back to the beginning — here’s the system I believe we use to freeze sensations: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1752002431389495723 chronological_index: 998 archive_order_index: 2554 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T16:15:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 16:15:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1752002431389495723 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1752002431389495723 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 59 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1751998252101099970 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/p8BRzV82T0 expanded: https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1751187794754781474 display: x.com/nickcammarata/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv It’s also interesting to consider reification as a sensory superstimulus — much like “a single doritos nacho chip contained more flavor than a 17th century feudal peasant would have experienced in an entire lifetime,” a frozen distillation can be more compelling than the reality https://t.co/p8BRzV82T0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv It’s also interesting to consider reification as a sensory superstimulus — much like “a single doritos nacho chip contained more flavor than a 17th century feudal peasant would have experienced in an entire lifetime,” a frozen distillation can be more compelling than the reality https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1751187794754781474 ### tweet 1752072791287836862 chronological_index: 999 archive_order_index: 2553 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T20:54:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 20:54:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1752072791287836862 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1752072791287836862 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1752040155345515002 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev @nosilverv Very interesting — lots of implications here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev @nosilverv Very interesting — lots of implications here ### tweet 1752078496870912067 chronological_index: 1000 archive_order_index: 2552 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T21:17:20Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 21:17:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1752078496870912067 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1752078496870912067 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1737437632336912696 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @BishPlsOk | name: Michael Bishop | id_str: 848317865228996609 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 urls: - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaCQaj expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @BishPlsOk @nosilverv @Tysenberg LLM + ASIC model of the human nervous system https://t.co/gQLMAaCQaj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BishPlsOk @nosilverv @Tysenberg LLM + ASIC model of the human nervous system https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1752117694302658731 chronological_index: 1001 archive_order_index: 2551 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-29T23:53:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 29 23:53:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1752117694302658731 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1752117694302658731 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MaxsBigMove in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1752108447653392623 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 349539230 mentions: - @MaxsBigMove | name: Brazen | id_str: 349539230 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @MaxsBigMove I’d be grateful if any Wittgenstein scholars weigh in; it’s been a while since I picked him up, so I’ll just write from my cached understanding here. I take the Tractatus to be an effort to create a perfect linguistic system, and PI to be an effort to demonstrate why language… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MaxsBigMove I’d be grateful if any Wittgenstein scholars weigh in; it’s been a while since I picked him up, so I’ll just write from my cached understanding here. I take the Tractatus to be an effort to create a perfect linguistic system, and PI to be an effort to demonstrate why language… ### tweet 1752339535420072067 chronological_index: 1002 archive_order_index: 2550 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-30T14:34:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 30 14:34:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1752339535420072067 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1752339535420072067 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1752183767412744324 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 text_raw: |- @BenAnderson421 Let’s do it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BenAnderson421 Let’s do it ### tweet 1752510248743739403 chronological_index: 1003 archive_order_index: 2549 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-01-31T01:52:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 31 01:52:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1752510248743739403 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1752510248743739403 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ambigrammarian in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1752470510003499315 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1443938695426478082 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @_ambigramm I think vipassana noting practice spans several levels of abstraction; I hope to write out something more substantial at some point but some items I’d briefly point at: - the inner speech component helps summon the right predictive model, - daily practice “cleans” and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_ambigramm I think vipassana noting practice spans several levels of abstraction; I hope to write out something more substantial at some point but some items I’d briefly point at: - the inner speech component helps summon the right predictive model, - daily practice “cleans” and… ## 2024-02 ### tweet 1752874665859797238 chronological_index: 1004 archive_order_index: 2548 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-01T02:01:01Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 01 02:01:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1752874665859797238 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1752874665859797238 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: stephen_zerfas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1752849019746054349 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 298510171 mentions: - @stephen_zerfas | name: Stephen Zerfas | id_str: 298510171 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @stephen_zerfas Sure — there’s a general trend towards words de-referencing, because there’s less synchronization friction when words are floating signifiers and can mean a conveniently wide range of things. We see this with terms like “freedom” and “democracy”. Less friction means larger… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @stephen_zerfas Sure — there’s a general trend towards words de-referencing, because there’s less synchronization friction when words are floating signifiers and can mean a conveniently wide range of things. We see this with terms like “freedom” and “democracy”. Less friction means larger… ### tweet 1754103457852936439 chronological_index: 1005 archive_order_index: 2547 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-04T11:23:48Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 04 11:23:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754103457852936439 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754103457852936439 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: phantom_opus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1753906077505073655 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1164674594520928256 mentions: - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 urls: - short: https://t.co/205pbA3nRw expanded: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17913979/ display: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17913979/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @phantom_opus Thank you! I hope to discuss physical mechanism further in a later piece, but you might enjoy references 31+32 — “The hemo-neural hypothesis” in particular lays out the plausibility case https://t.co/205pbA3nRw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @phantom_opus Thank you! I hope to discuss physical mechanism further in a later piece, but you might enjoy references 31+32 — “The hemo-neural hypothesis” in particular lays out the plausibility case https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17913979/ ### tweet 1754110857674621406 chronological_index: 1006 archive_order_index: 2546 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-04T11:53:12Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 04 11:53:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754110857674621406 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754110857674621406 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: xlr8harder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754105087042146411 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1684958423043944449 mentions: - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/OdnjRuC0qv expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @xlr8harder Great questions. My sense is there’s a large place for humans in the future, if we can properly tell our story But we do need to believe in ourselves https://t.co/OdnjRuC0qv text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xlr8harder Great questions. My sense is there’s a large place for humans in the future, if we can properly tell our story But we do need to believe in ourselves https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1681329833404506115 ### tweet 1754115551054774779 chronological_index: 1007 archive_order_index: 2545 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-04T12:11:51Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 04 12:11:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754115551054774779 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754115551054774779 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TimGalebach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754112953429676256 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1540047220728266752 mentions: - @basilesportif | name: anaccounthere | id_str: 1355115054576906243 - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/gNzpUpttZm expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @basileSportif @xlr8harder I buy that; what I want is a clean answer to “what kind of thing are we?” — i.e. what kind of thing is a human nervous system? In the Feynman sense, “What I cannot create, I do not understand” Imo the most interesting interventions are those that will make us even more human https://t.co/gNzpUpttZm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @basileSportif @xlr8harder I buy that; what I want is a clean answer to “what kind of thing are we?” — i.e. what kind of thing is a human nervous system? In the Feynman sense, “What I cannot create, I do not understand” Imo the most interesting interventions are those that will make us even more human https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 ### tweet 1754281977711296956 chronological_index: 1008 archive_order_index: 2544 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-04T23:13:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 04 23:13:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754281977711296956 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754281977711296956 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BernardJBaars in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754148815291256944 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1042140010227617793 mentions: - @BernardJBaars | name: Bernard J. Baars, PhD | id_str: 1042140010227617793 text_raw: |- @BernardJBaars I suspect elegance arguments may have to suffice in many cases. On the other hand, most types of falsifiability may essentially boil down to elegance text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BernardJBaars I suspect elegance arguments may have to suffice in many cases. On the other hand, most types of falsifiability may essentially boil down to elegance ### tweet 1754582288313332006 chronological_index: 1009 archive_order_index: 2543 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-05T19:06:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 05 19:06:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754582288313332006 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754582288313332006 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754542854322495698 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Not publicly, but… people generally focus on his thesis in the negative sense: language *doesn't* have magical power around intrinsic reference, because it's "merely" a game. The positive frame (which I think is also core Wittgenstein) is arguably a little underdeveloped-- text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Not publicly, but… people generally focus on his thesis in the negative sense: language *doesn't* have magical power around intrinsic reference, because it's "merely" a game. The positive frame (which I think is also core Wittgenstein) is arguably a little underdeveloped-- ### tweet 1754582400989114776 chronological_index: 1010 archive_order_index: 2542 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-05T19:06:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 05 19:06:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754582400989114776 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754582400989114776 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754582288313332006 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv If language is a set of games, I think it's really interesting to explore its ecology; what flavors of games are there? Which subgames are unusual, special, particularly well-defined? I can’t think of many richer and less (formally) explored ecologies text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv If language is a set of games, I think it's really interesting to explore its ecology; what flavors of games are there? Which subgames are unusual, special, particularly well-defined? I can’t think of many richer and less (formally) explored ecologies ### tweet 1754582815273103512 chronological_index: 1011 archive_order_index: 2541 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-05T19:08:36Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 05 19:08:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754582815273103512 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754582815273103512 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754582400989114776 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Following Wittgenstein, math and physics are language-games. But they seem like a special language-game, one which respects certain structures and invariances that most language games don't. Seems important text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Following Wittgenstein, math and physics are language-games. But they seem like a special language-game, one which respects certain structures and invariances that most language games don't. Seems important ### tweet 1754589695026376803 chronological_index: 1012 archive_order_index: 2540 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-05T19:35:56Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 05 19:35:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754589695026376803 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754589695026376803 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754586643963445684 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @nosilverv I don’t think it’s numbers, although it’s a good point; I think it’s that math and physics deal in what we might call “logic crystals” — lego-like crystallized chunks of structure that are precisely defined. Fields like psychology/sociology have structure which is more negotiable text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @nosilverv I don’t think it’s numbers, although it’s a good point; I think it’s that math and physics deal in what we might call “logic crystals” — lego-like crystallized chunks of structure that are precisely defined. Fields like psychology/sociology have structure which is more negotiable ### tweet 1754591078177812614 chronological_index: 1013 archive_order_index: 2539 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-05T19:41:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 05 19:41:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754591078177812614 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754591078177812614 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754589695026376803 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @nosilverv Although to your point, each number would be a mini logic crystal — a self-contained chunk of structure that doesn’t change. Then you build what you want from the relationships between these chunks And hope it reflects the real world text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @nosilverv Although to your point, each number would be a mini logic crystal — a self-contained chunk of structure that doesn’t change. Then you build what you want from the relationships between these chunks And hope it reflects the real world ### tweet 1754628476060230126 chronological_index: 1014 archive_order_index: 2538 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-05T22:10:02Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 05 22:10:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754628476060230126 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754628476060230126 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754591078177812614 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754628476060230126/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFmxS_xbgAABh-J.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/0d1Kj4jF3o possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @nosilverv Clearly I’m rehashing set theory / category theory, but it would be cool to take this analogy seriously enough to try to sort out to what extent language games have specific mathematical structures embedded in them Not unrelated to LLMs & data cleaning/distillation https://t.co/0d1Kj4jF3o text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @nosilverv Clearly I’m rehashing set theory / category theory, but it would be cool to take this analogy seriously enough to try to sort out to what extent language games have specific mathematical structures embedded in them Not unrelated to LLMs & data cleaning/distillation https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754628476060230126/photo/1 ### tweet 1754779886575907057 chronological_index: 1015 archive_order_index: 2537 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-06T08:11:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 06 08:11:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754779886575907057 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754779886575907057 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jurij_jukic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754779383741472779 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1503413426164482056 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @JurijJukic @nosilverv What are your biggest takeaways of Lacan & phenomenology, or surprising takeaways in general? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JurijJukic @nosilverv What are your biggest takeaways of Lacan & phenomenology, or surprising takeaways in general? ### tweet 1754787786425881006 chronological_index: 1016 archive_order_index: 2536 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-06T08:43:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 06 08:43:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1754787786425881006 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1754787786425881006 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jurij_jukic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1754782379464392833 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1503413426164482056 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @JurijJukic @nosilverv Thanks for the remarks; hearing you boost him does make me update. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JurijJukic @nosilverv Thanks for the remarks; hearing you boost him does make me update. ### tweet 1755133256272613675 chronological_index: 1017 archive_order_index: 2535 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-07T07:35:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 07 07:35:51 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1755133256272613675 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1755133256272613675 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 41 retweet_count: 8 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 urls: - short: https://t.co/EfRPRaS9kS expanded: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rsYCbQO5fHU2csdyX2CWD?si=76cd3c4a579f405a&nd=1&dlsi=de16601121024900 display: open.spotify.com/episode/2rsYCb… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Had a great time doing a podcast with @dkazand — lots of great questions & conversation. We talked about the Symmetry Theory of Valence, vasocomputation, nervous system virtue, and what tension is trying to do for us. https://t.co/EfRPRaS9kS text_with_expanded_urls: |- Had a great time doing a podcast with @dkazand — lots of great questions & conversation. We talked about the Symmetry Theory of Valence, vasocomputation, nervous system virtue, and what tension is trying to do for us. https://open.spotify.com/episode/2rsYCbQO5fHU2csdyX2CWD?si=76cd3c4a579f405a&nd=1&dlsi=de16601121024900 ### tweet 1755542302104408372 chronological_index: 1018 archive_order_index: 2534 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-08T10:41:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 08 10:41:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1755542302104408372 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1755542302104408372 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1755539049584922652 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1755542302104408372/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFzwahqasAELNOT.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/4JPu3ZObOq possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @nickcammarata What I think is happening (from PQ): https://t.co/4JPu3ZObOq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @nickcammarata What I think is happening (from PQ): https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1755542302104408372/photo/1 ### tweet 1758081206720352273 chronological_index: 1019 archive_order_index: 2533 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-15T10:49:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 15 10:49:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758081206720352273 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758081206720352273 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758041588146778583 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/4oOp73hxow expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742662901083631658 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz I suspect we’ll either degenerate, or loop back to a high symmetry state (“heal the godshatter”) or it’ll be frothy — no End of History https://t.co/4oOp73hxow text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz I suspect we’ll either degenerate, or loop back to a high symmetry state (“heal the godshatter”) or it’ll be frothy — no End of History https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742662901083631658 ### tweet 1758086288627081669 chronological_index: 1020 archive_order_index: 2532 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-15T11:10:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 15 11:10:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758086288627081669 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758086288627081669 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758081206720352273 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758086288627081669/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGX6KDZbUAATcHS.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FQM9qzZN5W - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758086288627081669/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGX6KDbaAAAKR_H.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FQM9qzZN5W possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz A lot depends on what consciousness is One flavor of degeneration is everything becomes a qualia fragger https://t.co/36gXJJPMef https://t.co/FQM9qzZN5W text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz A lot depends on what consciousness is One flavor of degeneration is everything becomes a qualia fragger https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758086288627081669/photo/1 ### tweet 1758355302200860882 chronological_index: 1021 archive_order_index: 2531 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T04:59:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 04:59:07 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758355302200860882 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355302200860882 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 861 retweet_count: 40 urls: - short: https://t.co/DokEKrCDah expanded: https://x.com/sama/status/1758280295995089393 display: x.com/sama/status/17… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Everybody knows GPT5 is going to blow the top off. But I think most people have a bad model of why, and what’s happening behind the scenes (1/n) https://t.co/DokEKrCDah text_with_expanded_urls: |- Everybody knows GPT5 is going to blow the top off. But I think most people have a bad model of why, and what’s happening behind the scenes (1/n) https://x.com/sama/status/1758280295995089393 ### tweet 1758355369821376764 chronological_index: 1022 archive_order_index: 2530 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T04:59:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 04:59:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758355369821376764 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355369821376764 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 207 retweet_count: 7 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758355302200860882 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- As far as I can tell, the LLM game is about data quality much moreso than anything else. We see that over and over in papers: all LLM architectures converge on the same answer (approximation of the data). But garbage in, garbage out — the data itself is centrally important text_with_expanded_urls: |- As far as I can tell, the LLM game is about data quality much moreso than anything else. We see that over and over in papers: all LLM architectures converge on the same answer (approximation of the data). But garbage in, garbage out — the data itself is centrally important ### tweet 1758355446220644616 chronological_index: 1023 archive_order_index: 2529 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T04:59:41Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 04:59:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758355446220644616 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355446220644616 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 176 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758355369821376764 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- I expect that sometime around 2017, OpenAI launched a secret project to collect as much high-quality text as possible. Their position today reflects the success of this project — much moreso than how many GPUs they have text_with_expanded_urls: |- I expect that sometime around 2017, OpenAI launched a secret project to collect as much high-quality text as possible. Their position today reflects the success of this project — much moreso than how many GPUs they have ### tweet 1758355582787170577 chronological_index: 1024 archive_order_index: 2528 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:00:14Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:00:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758355582787170577 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355582787170577 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 163 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758355446220644616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Competitors can’t easily run the same play, because (1) companies are more closely guarding their data against scraping, and (2) many sources of data today are contaminated with AI-generated text. Today, most AIs are trained off of GPT4 outputs text_with_expanded_urls: |- Competitors can’t easily run the same play, because (1) companies are more closely guarding their data against scraping, and (2) many sources of data today are contaminated with AI-generated text. Today, most AIs are trained off of GPT4 outputs ### tweet 1758355734792995167 chronological_index: 1025 archive_order_index: 2527 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:00:50Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:00:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758355734792995167 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355734792995167 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 142 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758355582787170577 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- We don’t always see the “evolving meta” in AI development, just the results. My guess is the low-end meta is “get data parity with 2020-era OpenAI”. But at the high end, I suspect it’s shifted to “use AI to directly curate, distill, and synthesize a diamond-perfect dataset” text_with_expanded_urls: |- We don’t always see the “evolving meta” in AI development, just the results. My guess is the low-end meta is “get data parity with 2020-era OpenAI”. But at the high end, I suspect it’s shifted to “use AI to directly curate, distill, and synthesize a diamond-perfect dataset” ### tweet 1758355806968557688 chronological_index: 1026 archive_order_index: 2526 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:01:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:01:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758355806968557688 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355806968557688 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 102 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758355734792995167 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Modern LLMs are an effective method for transmuting high-quality data into synthetic intelligence — to extract the motifs of cognition and assemble them in new (although not arbitrarily novel!) ways. A very big result text_with_expanded_urls: |- Modern LLMs are an effective method for transmuting high-quality data into synthetic intelligence — to extract the motifs of cognition and assemble them in new (although not arbitrarily novel!) ways. A very big result ### tweet 1758357149905014959 chronological_index: 1027 archive_order_index: 2525 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:06:27Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:06:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758357149905014959 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758357149905014959 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 83 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758355806968557688 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Now the challenge is how to take LLM intelligence and apply it back to data. This is a matter of 1) understanding precisely what makes for the highest-quality training data, and 2) applying synthetic intelligence to turn high-quality human tokens into higher-quality synthetic tks text_with_expanded_urls: |- Now the challenge is how to take LLM intelligence and apply it back to data. This is a matter of 1) understanding precisely what makes for the highest-quality training data, and 2) applying synthetic intelligence to turn high-quality human tokens into higher-quality synthetic tks ### tweet 1758357230724988980 chronological_index: 1028 archive_order_index: 2524 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:06:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:06:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758357230724988980 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758357230724988980 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 72 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758357149905014959 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- An example of this is getting an LLM to transform prose on a topic into a structured textbook, and then training a future AI on this synthetic textbook (either in addition to or instead of the prose) text_with_expanded_urls: |- An example of this is getting an LLM to transform prose on a topic into a structured textbook, and then training a future AI on this synthetic textbook (either in addition to or instead of the prose) ### tweet 1758357287595552937 chronological_index: 1029 archive_order_index: 2523 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:07:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:07:00 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758357287595552937 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758357287595552937 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 84 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758357230724988980 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Likewise, if you can apply current LLMs to identify the worst 10% of your training data and either discard or improve that, the next generation gets a lot better. And you can iterate this text_with_expanded_urls: |- Likewise, if you can apply current LLMs to identify the worst 10% of your training data and either discard or improve that, the next generation gets a lot better. And you can iterate this ### tweet 1758357871031669040 chronological_index: 1030 archive_order_index: 2522 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:09:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:09:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758357871031669040 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758357871031669040 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 74 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758357287595552937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @sama | name: Sam Altman | id_str: 1605 text_raw: |- If I was @sama I’d be thinking about novel ways to project and distill data — the more angles you can apply the easier it is to find and fix imperfections. Increasingly important in MoE systems which draw from diverse semantic basins — you want experts to be deeply compatible text_with_expanded_urls: |- If I was @sama I’d be thinking about novel ways to project and distill data — the more angles you can apply the easier it is to find and fix imperfections. Increasingly important in MoE systems which draw from diverse semantic basins — you want experts to be deeply compatible ### tweet 1758358380484415843 chronological_index: 1031 archive_order_index: 2521 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:11:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:11:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758358380484415843 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758358380484415843 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 90 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758357871031669040 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @sama | name: Sam Altman | id_str: 1605 urls: - short: https://t.co/HcNhYMfnUT expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sama Such compatibility is ultimately is about mathematical projections and symmetry — each semantic basin is a language-game which respects certain mathematical structures. Distill the structures and play the language-game at a higher level https://t.co/HcNhYMfnUT text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sama Such compatibility is ultimately is about mathematical projections and symmetry — each semantic basin is a language-game which respects certain mathematical structures. Distill the structures and play the language-game at a higher level https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw ### tweet 1758358455088447682 chronological_index: 1032 archive_order_index: 2520 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:11:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:11:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758358455088447682 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758358455088447682 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 51 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758358380484415843 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @sama | name: Sam Altman | id_str: 1605 text_raw: |- @sama How far can you get by using AI to improve its training data, and using the improved data to train a new AI? I see some limitations, but I expect very far indeed text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sama How far can you get by using AI to improve its training data, and using the improved data to train a new AI? I see some limitations, but I expect very far indeed ### tweet 1758363184946384993 chronological_index: 1033 archive_order_index: 2519 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T05:30:26Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 05:30:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758363184946384993 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758363184946384993 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RobertWringhim in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758361860292980764 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1168450601572659203 mentions: - @RobertWringhim | name: Gil-Martin | id_str: 1168450601572659203 urls: - short: https://t.co/f9s9oV53R0 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718966722470768832 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RobertWringhim I think words are artifacts of our bodies; there are limits to what can be inferred from these artifacts https://t.co/f9s9oV53R0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RobertWringhim I think words are artifacts of our bodies; there are limits to what can be inferred from these artifacts https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718966722470768832 ### tweet 1758376070720696780 chronological_index: 1034 archive_order_index: 2518 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T06:21:38Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 06:21:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758376070720696780 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758376070720696780 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742600685022036082 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella Glad to hear from you — just found this. Paul Feyerabend famously remarked “Ask a scientist what he conceives the scientific method to be, and he will adopt an expression that is at once solemn and shifty eyed: solemn because he feels he ought to declare an opinion; shifty eyed… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Glad to hear from you — just found this. Paul Feyerabend famously remarked “Ask a scientist what he conceives the scientific method to be, and he will adopt an expression that is at once solemn and shifty eyed: solemn because he feels he ought to declare an opinion; shifty eyed… ### tweet 1758380260553544070 chronological_index: 1035 archive_order_index: 2517 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T06:38:17Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 06:38:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758380260553544070 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758380260553544070 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MichaelTanner_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758378840060235915 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1257903046849257472 mentions: - @MichaelTanner_ | name: Mike | id_str: 1257903046849257472 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MichaelTanner_ @nosilverv @Tysenberg https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls Specifically https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MichaelTanner_ @nosilverv @Tysenberg https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ Specifically https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1758425443328463008 chronological_index: 1036 archive_order_index: 2516 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T09:37:50Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 09:37:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758425443328463008 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758425443328463008 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 60 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758358455088447682 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @sama | name: Sam Altman | id_str: 1605 urls: - short: https://t.co/vNmZQJOh4C expanded: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tza0OIdTZNNjTqhkWZLRC9ha9Sp7lumGF5ytthx_Ozw/edit display: docs.google.com/document/d/1tz… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sama An interesting project that makes similar points (with more numbers): https://t.co/vNmZQJOh4C text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sama An interesting project that makes similar points (with more numbers): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tza0OIdTZNNjTqhkWZLRC9ha9Sp7lumGF5ytthx_Ozw/edit ### tweet 1758591520251519456 chronological_index: 1037 archive_order_index: 2515 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T20:37:46Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 20:37:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758591520251519456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758591520251519456 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tbd19985 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758583882750828673 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1726302914283466752 mentions: - @tbd19985 | name: Daniel Barrett | id_str: 1726302914283466752 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 text_raw: |- @tbd19985 @nosilverv @Tysenberg Profoundly great book text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tbd19985 @nosilverv @Tysenberg Profoundly great book ### tweet 1758611429219831984 chronological_index: 1038 archive_order_index: 2514 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T21:56:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 21:56:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758611429219831984 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758611429219831984 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tnosxr in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758414207043928322 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1206766617222209538 mentions: - @tnosxr | name: toa | id_str: 1206766617222209538 - @sama | name: Sam Altman | id_str: 1605 text_raw: |- @tnosxr @sama I wonder if less compatible semantic basins lead to more friction from MoE parceling, or if MoE can be thought of as a way to minimize this friction by allowing multiple paths Should be data on this somewhere… but again we need tools for exploring/quantifying these basins text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tnosxr @sama I wonder if less compatible semantic basins lead to more friction from MoE parceling, or if MoE can be thought of as a way to minimize this friction by allowing multiple paths Should be data on this somewhere… but again we need tools for exploring/quantifying these basins ### tweet 1758618438673760469 chronological_index: 1039 archive_order_index: 2513 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-16T22:24:43Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 16 22:24:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758618438673760469 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758618438673760469 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: omanuel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758616175833985145 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 25821135 mentions: - @omanuel | name: Olivier Manuel | id_str: 25821135 text_raw: |- @omanuel My sense is Google is subdivided into fiefdoms whose prerogatives and assets are jealously guarded text_with_expanded_urls: |- @omanuel My sense is Google is subdivided into fiefdoms whose prerogatives and assets are jealously guarded ### tweet 1758681872069206131 chronological_index: 1040 archive_order_index: 2512 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-17T02:36:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 17 02:36:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1758681872069206131 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758681872069206131 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1758651453923611012 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 - @GeneralAntilles | name: Ryan Abel | id_str: 70894158 - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 text_raw: |- @selentelechia @GeneralAntilles @eigenrobot I’d second that this may be a sign of some upstream food-related thing Tooth health is pretty linked to bone health The peaters would recommend looking at calcium, thyroid function, d, k2 I’d also consider whether she could be celiac Also — is she sneaking candy at night? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia @GeneralAntilles @eigenrobot I’d second that this may be a sign of some upstream food-related thing Tooth health is pretty linked to bone health The peaters would recommend looking at calcium, thyroid function, d, k2 I’d also consider whether she could be celiac Also — is she sneaking candy at night? ### tweet 1759084068388413468 chronological_index: 1041 archive_order_index: 2511 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-18T05:14:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 18 05:14:58 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759084068388413468 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759084068388413468 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: Nattokinase saved my life a few years ago. You should probably consider taking it. 🧵 NK is a cheap, powerful, and easy to… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: Nattokinase saved my life a few years ago. You should probably consider taking it. 🧵 NK is a cheap, powerful, and easy to… ### tweet 1759148755675422867 chronological_index: 1042 archive_order_index: 2510 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-18T09:32:01Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 18 09:32:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759148755675422867 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759148755675422867 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759113027654480214 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 text_raw: |- @gfodor All physical systems, including e.g. waterfalls and bags of popcorn, can be interpreted as Turing-complete systems. If we respect all Turing-complete systems as sentient, we cannot respect anything as such (because no differential). Problem goes away if we ground in physics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor All physical systems, including e.g. waterfalls and bags of popcorn, can be interpreted as Turing-complete systems. If we respect all Turing-complete systems as sentient, we cannot respect anything as such (because no differential). Problem goes away if we ground in physics ### tweet 1759151395092267240 chronological_index: 1043 archive_order_index: 2509 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-18T09:42:30Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 18 09:42:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759151395092267240 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759151395092267240 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: taziksh in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759149954705109318 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3894853155 mentions: - @taziksh | name: Tazik Shahjahan | id_str: 3894853155 - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 text_raw: |- @taziksh @gfodor Describing consciousness (and moral patienthood) in terms of what the atoms (quarks, fields strings, etc) of a system are doing, rather than Turing-level bits text_with_expanded_urls: |- @taziksh @gfodor Describing consciousness (and moral patienthood) in terms of what the atoms (quarks, fields strings, etc) of a system are doing, rather than Turing-level bits ### tweet 1759161988218077256 chronological_index: 1044 archive_order_index: 2508 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-18T10:24:36Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 18 10:24:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759161988218077256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759161988218077256 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759158946378473922 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 urls: - short: https://t.co/QOQPcrnrDy expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727839734695960902 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RichDecibels @dkazand I dig it — I get the feeling some people built behaviors out of neural patterns, and others out of combined neural patterns and vasomuscular corrections The former seems a lot better… but needs more up-front intentional debugging to get there https://t.co/QOQPcrnrDy text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels @dkazand I dig it — I get the feeling some people built behaviors out of neural patterns, and others out of combined neural patterns and vasomuscular corrections The former seems a lot better… but needs more up-front intentional debugging to get there https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1727839734695960902 ### tweet 1759410113843216719 chronological_index: 1045 archive_order_index: 2507 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T02:50:34Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 02:50:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759410113843216719 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759410113843216719 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: taziksh in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759372957460091271 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3894853155 mentions: - @taziksh | name: Tazik Shahjahan | id_str: 3894853155 - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @taziksh @gfodor This is a high-level overview of some of the considerations: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK “Sentience” is a concept that straddles the world of intelligence and of consciousness. For clarity, I think it’s best to address each separately text_with_expanded_urls: |- @taziksh @gfodor This is a high-level overview of some of the considerations: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ “Sentience” is a concept that straddles the world of intelligence and of consciousness. For clarity, I think it’s best to address each separately ### tweet 1759412555116941723 chronological_index: 1046 archive_order_index: 2506 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T03:00:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 03:00:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759412555116941723 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759412555116941723 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gfodor in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759411228999606496 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 21245713 mentions: - @gfodor | name: gfodor.id | id_str: 21245713 - @taziksh | name: Tazik Shahjahan | id_str: 3894853155 text_raw: |- @gfodor @taziksh A very interesting question. I do expect us to create both false-negatives (systems which have moral patienthood but we don’t view as such) and false-positives (systems which claim moral patienthood, perhaps using characteristic human motifs, but actually aren’t conscious) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gfodor @taziksh A very interesting question. I do expect us to create both false-negatives (systems which have moral patienthood but we don’t view as such) and false-positives (systems which claim moral patienthood, perhaps using characteristic human motifs, but actually aren’t conscious) ### tweet 1759457969228677521 chronological_index: 1047 archive_order_index: 2505 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T06:00:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 06:00:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759457969228677521 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759457969228677521 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759263383201694003 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1518340020377210880 mentions: - @asdrawingaf | name: Dr.beauty | id_str: 1926192759720882176 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… - short: https://t.co/TXbnOoubDn expanded: https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1414384029361745921 display: x.com/crimkadid/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @asdrawingaf @crimkadid has a fantastic thread describing autism as a growth disorder — though we haven’t found the particular chemical or nutrient change that radically increased the prevalence of autism. Substituting folic acid for folate is a plausible candidate + https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY https://t.co/TXbnOoubDn text_with_expanded_urls: |- @asdrawingaf @crimkadid has a fantastic thread describing autism as a growth disorder — though we haven’t found the particular chemical or nutrient change that radically increased the prevalence of autism. Substituting folic acid for folate is a plausible candidate + https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1414384029361745921 ### tweet 1759465786010436065 chronological_index: 1048 archive_order_index: 2504 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T06:31:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 06:31:47 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759465786010436065 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759465786010436065 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/qnxH88XEW8 expanded: https://x.com/RichardMCNgo/status/1759442577408016774 display: x.com/RichardMCNgo/s… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759465786010436065/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGrgzPQa8AAyEq2.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/G2QxvAN5WP possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Three steps for improving SETI: 1. Develop a proper science of consciousness; 2. Derive the list of things in the consciousness domain that intelligent civilizations might want to optimize for; 3. Look for the physical signatures of these optimizations STV as a good start https://t.co/qnxH88XEW8 https://t.co/G2QxvAN5WP text_with_expanded_urls: |- Three steps for improving SETI: 1. Develop a proper science of consciousness; 2. Derive the list of things in the consciousness domain that intelligent civilizations might want to optimize for; 3. Look for the physical signatures of these optimizations STV as a good start https://x.com/RichardMCNgo/status/1759442577408016774 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759465786010436065/photo/1 ### tweet 1759469288443015241 chronological_index: 1049 archive_order_index: 2503 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T06:45:42Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 06:45:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759469288443015241 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759469288443015241 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759465786010436065 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/cQ8OnBQmmE expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ display: opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I offer a few more thoughts here https://t.co/cQ8OnBQmmE Some practical relevance to SETI, some theoretical relevance to crypto, some vague relevance to long-term AI alignment text_with_expanded_urls: |- I offer a few more thoughts here https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ Some practical relevance to SETI, some theoretical relevance to crypto, some vague relevance to long-term AI alignment ### tweet 1759486330688647323 chronological_index: 1050 archive_order_index: 2502 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T07:53:25Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 07:53:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759486330688647323 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759486330688647323 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lozareeno in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759265197028741235 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 953887377017065472 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759486330688647323/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGrze4VbYAA_xWw.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ILv3THQrKw - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759486330688647323/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GGrze4VbIAAjtZG.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ILv3THQrKw possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LaurenUba This seems to be the class of things that prompt creates https://t.co/ILv3THQrKw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LaurenUba This seems to be the class of things that prompt creates https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759486330688647323/photo/1 ### tweet 1759496833750172123 chronological_index: 1051 archive_order_index: 2501 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T08:35:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 08:35:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759496833750172123 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759496833750172123 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: allgarbled in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759395456600416727 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1545302240344231937 mentions: - @allgarbled | name: gabe | id_str: 1545302240344231937 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @allgarbled I think this is very literally true in all the ways that matter: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw The effects of testosterone on physical and mental strength are equivalent because both are muscular. The former is skeletal muscle, the latter is (vascular) smooth muscle Lifting🤝reading text_with_expanded_urls: |- @allgarbled I think this is very literally true in all the ways that matter: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ The effects of testosterone on physical and mental strength are equivalent because both are muscular. The former is skeletal muscle, the latter is (vascular) smooth muscle Lifting🤝reading ### tweet 1759502150504522212 chronological_index: 1052 archive_order_index: 2500 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T08:56:17Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 08:56:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759502150504522212 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759502150504522212 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hamzaiandafirst in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759499511985299967 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 786207793065955328 mentions: - @hamzaiandafirst | name: Bioenergetic monk | id_str: 786207793065955328 - @allgarbled | name: gabe | id_str: 1545302240344231937 urls: - short: https://t.co/2pU9HTl2uo expanded: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X22008674 display: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hamzaiandafirst @allgarbled Yes, a significant amount: https://t.co/2pU9HTl2uo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hamzaiandafirst @allgarbled Yes, a significant amount: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0828282X22008674 ### tweet 1759503450692530271 chronological_index: 1053 archive_order_index: 2499 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-19T09:01:27Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 19 09:01:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1759503450692530271 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1759503450692530271 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hamzaiandafirst in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1759500307145564269 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 786207793065955328 mentions: - @hamzaiandafirst | name: Bioenergetic monk | id_str: 786207793065955328 - @allgarbled | name: gabe | id_str: 1545302240344231937 text_raw: |- @hamzaiandafirst @allgarbled There seems to be a tradeoff between muscular twitchiness and muscular power If you need to perform a muscular task but your muscles are weak, your clench might be spasm-y. If your muscles are strong, you motion will be firmer but cleaner Different tradeoffs re: circulation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hamzaiandafirst @allgarbled There seems to be a tradeoff between muscular twitchiness and muscular power If you need to perform a muscular task but your muscles are weak, your clench might be spasm-y. If your muscles are strong, you motion will be firmer but cleaner Different tradeoffs re: circulation ### tweet 1760189689628328086 chronological_index: 1054 archive_order_index: 2498 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-21T06:28:19Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 21 06:28:19 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1760189689628328086 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760189689628328086 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 77 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/PIA8psRPTk expanded: https://x.com/MattPirkowski/status/1760044780262920433 display: x.com/MattPirkowski/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- One reading of Jaynes’ “Bicameral Mind” is that within ancient history, the causal locus for behavior moved from outside phenomenology to inside Interesting to consider Neuralink and other BCIs as a reversion to an ancient style (Great post by Matthew) https://t.co/PIA8psRPTk text_with_expanded_urls: |- One reading of Jaynes’ “Bicameral Mind” is that within ancient history, the causal locus for behavior moved from outside phenomenology to inside Interesting to consider Neuralink and other BCIs as a reversion to an ancient style (Great post by Matthew) https://x.com/MattPirkowski/status/1760044780262920433 ### tweet 1760191528591671580 chronological_index: 1055 archive_order_index: 2497 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-21T06:35:37Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 21 06:35:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1760191528591671580 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760191528591671580 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Sanilac_J in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1760182493804916775 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1672478604238942208 mentions: - @Sanilac_J | name: J. Sanilac | id_str: 1672478604238942208 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Sanilac_J I believe evolution has tried, and the result is autism — https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY (The appendix at the end is particularly relevant) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Sanilac_J I believe evolution has tried, and the result is autism — https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ (The appendix at the end is particularly relevant) ### tweet 1760191890132238368 chronological_index: 1056 archive_order_index: 2496 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-21T06:37:04Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 21 06:37:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1760191890132238368 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760191890132238368 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MattPirkowski in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1760191273380753586 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15614600 mentions: - @MattPirkowski | name: Matthew Pirkowski | id_str: 15614600 - @nicholaspaul26 | name: Nicholas Paul | id_str: 34443606 text_raw: |- @MattPirkowski @nicholaspaul26 I’d really enjoy that, has been too long. Will let you know next time I’m in the Bay text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MattPirkowski @nicholaspaul26 I’d really enjoy that, has been too long. Will let you know next time I’m in the Bay ### tweet 1760201400381067525 chronological_index: 1057 archive_order_index: 2495 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-21T07:14:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 21 07:14:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1760201400381067525 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760201400381067525 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1760052249404092502 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv The plan seems to involve SpaceX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv The plan seems to involve SpaceX ### tweet 1760208561089782254 chronological_index: 1058 archive_order_index: 2494 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-21T07:43:18Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 21 07:43:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1760208561089782254 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760208561089782254 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1760206765965156408 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 urls: - short: https://t.co/snhjZkaApR expanded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism display: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eigenrobot Morality inversions always fall, but I’m not so sure about AI-stabilized morality inversions https://t.co/snhjZkaApR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot Morality inversions always fall, but I’m not so sure about AI-stabilized morality inversions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism ### tweet 1760293257295409601 chronological_index: 1059 archive_order_index: 2493 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-21T13:19:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 21 13:19:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1760293257295409601 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760293257295409601 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Xaberius9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1760288484944662788 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1702433756978536448 mentions: - @Xaberius9 | name: Xabbi ▶️ | id_str: 1702433756978536448 text_raw: |- @Xaberius9 Causal locus is more accurate in this case: in Jaynes’ account, the decision happens outside of consciousness and The Gods (arguably the other hemisphere) relay the instructions If we take IIT as an example ToC, the key decision logic migrated from outside the MICS to inside text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Xaberius9 Causal locus is more accurate in this case: in Jaynes’ account, the decision happens outside of consciousness and The Gods (arguably the other hemisphere) relay the instructions If we take IIT as an example ToC, the key decision logic migrated from outside the MICS to inside ### tweet 1760303039460892715 chronological_index: 1060 archive_order_index: 2492 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-21T13:58:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 21 13:58:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1760303039460892715 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760303039460892715 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1760076509879132526 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv Imo we already share our body with several other internal, semi-sovereign co-minds; we call them “chakras” ‘The somatic parliament is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’ https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Imo we already share our body with several other internal, semi-sovereign co-minds; we call them “chakras” ‘The somatic parliament is the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.…’ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1761191146469171667 chronological_index: 1061 archive_order_index: 2491 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T00:47:45Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 00:47:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761191146469171667 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761191146469171667 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 85 retweet_count: 10 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761166900912889912 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev My best guesses at describing what’s going on: 1. Neural component: Hearts have ~44k neurons, which isn’t a lot compared to the brain (~86b) or stomach (~500m) but a heart transplant literally is a (small) brain transplant 2. Muscle reflex component: “What is a memory?” is… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev My best guesses at describing what’s going on: 1. Neural component: Hearts have ~44k neurons, which isn’t a lot compared to the brain (~86b) or stomach (~500m) but a heart transplant literally is a (small) brain transplant 2. Muscle reflex component: “What is a memory?” is… ### tweet 1761191308260233306 chronological_index: 1062 archive_order_index: 2490 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T00:48:23Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 00:48:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761191308260233306 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761191308260233306 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761092953383018988 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 urls: - short: https://t.co/NB9Uc2yNbY expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761191146469171667 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Good question; my speculations — https://t.co/NB9Uc2yNbY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Good question; my speculations — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761191146469171667 ### tweet 1761193179288936597 chronological_index: 1063 archive_order_index: 2489 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T00:55:49Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 00:55:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761193179288936597 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761193179288936597 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761191146469171667 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev It’s also significant that many of these memories are the final annealing event of the donor — potentially the biggest stress of the donor’s life. I expect they leave a very broad impact on a lot of systems, and I’m not entirely surprised these memories are ones that regenerated text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev It’s also significant that many of these memories are the final annealing event of the donor — potentially the biggest stress of the donor’s life. I expect they leave a very broad impact on a lot of systems, and I’m not entirely surprised these memories are ones that regenerated ### tweet 1761199716036161711 chronological_index: 1064 archive_order_index: 2488 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T01:21:48Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 01:21:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761199716036161711 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761199716036161711 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: Amit_D_Tal in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761197534159224889 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1285885097590140933 mentions: - @Amit_D_Tal | name: Amit Tal | id_str: 1285885097590140933 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Amit_D_Tal @QiaochuYuan @PashaKamyshev It’s an interesting question; I think in general this suggests that making a bio-printed heart may be more difficult than it seems, since hearts absorb many patterns from their host bodies and this might be load-bearing for heart development — maybe growing with a body is… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Amit_D_Tal @QiaochuYuan @PashaKamyshev It’s an interesting question; I think in general this suggests that making a bio-printed heart may be more difficult than it seems, since hearts absorb many patterns from their host bodies and this might be load-bearing for heart development — maybe growing with a body is… ### tweet 1761206670913581129 chronological_index: 1065 archive_order_index: 2487 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T01:49:26Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 01:49:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761206670913581129 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761206670913581129 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761202491679822265 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev I would guess the former — that receiving a heart transplant would require extra integration to get back to the same level of equanimity. That said I wonder if successful meditators tend to have more healthy hearts text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev I would guess the former — that receiving a heart transplant would require extra integration to get back to the same level of equanimity. That said I wonder if successful meditators tend to have more healthy hearts ### tweet 1761207184715899051 chronological_index: 1066 archive_order_index: 2486 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T01:51:29Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 01:51:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761207184715899051 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761207184715899051 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tidepoolsoup in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761197276850958604 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1583034740843626498 mentions: - @tidepoolsoup | name: soup | id_str: 1583034740843626498 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @tidepoolsoup @QiaochuYuan @PashaKamyshev The body can manage a lot of damage as long as it’s gradual and incomplete; hard to say text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tidepoolsoup @QiaochuYuan @PashaKamyshev The body can manage a lot of damage as long as it’s gradual and incomplete; hard to say ### tweet 1761212287506165940 chronological_index: 1067 archive_order_index: 2485 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T02:11:45Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 02:11:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761212287506165940 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761212287506165940 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761199716036161711 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @Amit_D_Tal | name: Amit Tal | id_str: 1285885097590140933 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @Amit_D_Tal @QiaochuYuan @PashaKamyshev On the other hand — with a nod to trauma, meditation, and STV — in some contexts complexity can be understood as damage. A protocol for lab-printing a heart with a particularly clean physiology could lead to interesting hedonic effects. Really hard to say text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Amit_D_Tal @QiaochuYuan @PashaKamyshev On the other hand — with a nod to trauma, meditation, and STV — in some contexts complexity can be understood as damage. A protocol for lab-printing a heart with a particularly clean physiology could lead to interesting hedonic effects. Really hard to say ### tweet 1761231811366269088 chronological_index: 1068 archive_order_index: 2484 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T03:29:20Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 03:29:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761231811366269088 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761231811366269088 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761191146469171667 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 urls: - short: https://t.co/2vaFJtm16q expanded: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brains-are-not-required-when-it-comes-to-thinking-and-solving-problems-simple-cells-can-do-it/ display: scientificamerican.com/article/brains… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev This is a recent overview of @drmichaellevin’s work, who has pioneered a wide set of landmark hypotheses and methods relating to the aforementioned cellular memory and electromagnetic scaffolds: https://t.co/2vaFJtm16q text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev This is a recent overview of @drmichaellevin’s work, who has pioneered a wide set of landmark hypotheses and methods relating to the aforementioned cellular memory and electromagnetic scaffolds: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/brains-are-not-required-when-it-comes-to-thinking-and-solving-problems-simple-cells-can-do-it/ ### tweet 1761389964196250010 chronological_index: 1069 archive_order_index: 2483 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-24T13:57:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 24 13:57:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761389964196250010 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761389964196250010 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761191146469171667 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev A friend informed me that the neurons regulating the heart do not get moved during a transplant; this suggests that any “memory transplantation effect” is almost certainly not neural (scenario #1). ——— “I’ve read that the heart ganglion has about 44k neurons that help regulate… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev A friend informed me that the neurons regulating the heart do not get moved during a transplant; this suggests that any “memory transplantation effect” is almost certainly not neural (scenario #1). ——— “I’ve read that the heart ganglion has about 44k neurons that help regulate… ### tweet 1761560579393913100 chronological_index: 1070 archive_order_index: 2482 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-25T01:15:44Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 25 01:15:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761560579393913100 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761560579393913100 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: turchin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761529224106487855 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18188628 mentions: - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @turchin Great list; very interesting to consider which of these are possible. Have been considering 1. What good qualities does humanity have that synthetic superintelligences might not get by default? 2. What is the default fate of the universe if the singularity happens and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @turchin Great list; very interesting to consider which of these are possible. Have been considering 1. What good qualities does humanity have that synthetic superintelligences might not get by default? 2. What is the default fate of the universe if the singularity happens and… ### tweet 1761575038267097560 chronological_index: 1071 archive_order_index: 2481 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-25T02:13:12Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 25 02:13:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761575038267097560 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761575038267097560 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761565160978710559 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 mentions: - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 text_raw: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @turchin Hope to post a piece on this soon text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @turchin Hope to post a piece on this soon ### tweet 1761784390424887454 chronological_index: 1072 archive_order_index: 2480 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-25T16:05:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 25 16:05:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1761784390424887454 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761784390424887454 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1761767434216755574 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @turchin | name: avturchin - e/resurrect | id_str: 18188628 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @turchin Very much agreed! Will send you a draft soon text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @turchin Very much agreed! Will send you a draft soon ### tweet 1762711434797199648 chronological_index: 1073 archive_order_index: 2479 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-02-28T05:28:50Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 28 05:28:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1762711434797199648 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1762711434797199648 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AskYatharth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1762708996597932318 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 193553265 mentions: - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 urls: - short: https://t.co/6VNUqKVvnG expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760189689628328086 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AskYatharth Matthew had a great post on this, perhaps what you’re thinking of — Interesting to consider how causal power migrates into and out of experience One interpretation of “introvert” is someone who depletes their causal interiority through interaction then needs to replenish it https://t.co/6VNUqKVvnG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AskYatharth Matthew had a great post on this, perhaps what you’re thinking of — Interesting to consider how causal power migrates into and out of experience One interpretation of “introvert” is someone who depletes their causal interiority through interaction then needs to replenish it https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1760189689628328086 ## 2024-03 ### tweet 1763385112815935623 chronological_index: 1074 archive_order_index: 2478 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:05:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:05:47 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763385112815935623 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763385112815935623 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 139 retweet_count: 11 text_raw: |- New essay about the framerate of consciousness: if life is a sequence of moments, how big are the moments? Neuroscience has approached the frame-rate of minds via differentiability — if a picture is flashed for 50ms does it affect cognitive processing? What about 10ms? (1/6) text_with_expanded_urls: |- New essay about the framerate of consciousness: if life is a sequence of moments, how big are the moments? Neuroscience has approached the frame-rate of minds via differentiability — if a picture is flashed for 50ms does it affect cognitive processing? What about 10ms? (1/6) ### tweet 1763385196093849819 chronological_index: 1075 archive_order_index: 2477 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:06:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:06:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763385196093849819 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763385196093849819 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763385112815935623 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- Movies were traditionally 24fps, TV 30fps. Apple’s ProMotion display on the iPhone Pro refreshes at 120hz. Around 30-40hz seems like the edge of normal discernability; @danielmingram suggests that people with a serious meditation practice can notice things in the 40hz range text_with_expanded_urls: |- Movies were traditionally 24fps, TV 30fps. Apple’s ProMotion display on the iPhone Pro refreshes at 120hz. Around 30-40hz seems like the edge of normal discernability; @danielmingram suggests that people with a serious meditation practice can notice things in the 40hz range ### tweet 1763385257414553620 chronological_index: 1076 archive_order_index: 2476 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:06:22Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:06:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763385257414553620 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763385257414553620 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763385196093849819 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- @danielmingram The neurons in the brain with the shortest “refractory period” — time it takes them to recover from one discharge and get ready for the next — can fire at 5ms, which is 200hz. Many people take this as the upper bound for framerate, although in theory it’s not a hard bound text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danielmingram The neurons in the brain with the shortest “refractory period” — time it takes them to recover from one discharge and get ready for the next — can fire at 5ms, which is 200hz. Many people take this as the upper bound for framerate, although in theory it’s not a hard bound ### tweet 1763385307121299769 chronological_index: 1077 archive_order_index: 2475 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:06:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:06:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763385307121299769 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763385307121299769 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 27 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763385257414553620 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- @danielmingram One of my suspicions in consciousness research is that ‘what is reportable is not always ground truth’ — another strong intuition is that there’s great value in uncorrelated approaches. So I looked for an approach that would let us derive framerate from first principles text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danielmingram One of my suspicions in consciousness research is that ‘what is reportable is not always ground truth’ — another strong intuition is that there’s great value in uncorrelated approaches. So I looked for an approach that would let us derive framerate from first principles ### tweet 1763385362465149229 chronological_index: 1078 archive_order_index: 2474 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:06:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:06:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763385362465149229 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763385362465149229 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763385307121299769 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- @danielmingram This turned into my latest essay, “Minds as Hyperspheres” — essentially arguing that if we assume minds have equal extension across spatial and temporal dimensions, anything we know about how big they are in space translates to constraints on how long they are in time text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danielmingram This turned into my latest essay, “Minds as Hyperspheres” — essentially arguing that if we assume minds have equal extension across spatial and temporal dimensions, anything we know about how big they are in space translates to constraints on how long they are in time ### tweet 1763385452055466357 chronological_index: 1079 archive_order_index: 2473 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:07:08Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:07:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763385452055466357 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763385452055466357 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763385362465149229 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 urls: - short: https://t.co/lfQr36sWCW expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danielmingram Here’s the essay. Some Easter eggs for people familiar with my work, in particular the Symmetry Theory of Valence https://t.co/lfQr36sWCW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danielmingram Here’s the essay. Some Easter eggs for people familiar with my work, in particular the Symmetry Theory of Valence https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ ### tweet 1763387893244907926 chronological_index: 1080 archive_order_index: 2472 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:16:50Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:16:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763387893244907926 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763387893244907926 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763387481729175873 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux Very cool, have not tried text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux Very cool, have not tried ### tweet 1763389504529092943 chronological_index: 1081 archive_order_index: 2471 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:23:14Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:23:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763389504529092943 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763389504529092943 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763385452055466357 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- @danielmingram TL;DR: the framerate of consciousness might be a lot faster than we think — likely over 1khz, and possibly over 1ghz, based on this first-principles model text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danielmingram TL;DR: the framerate of consciousness might be a lot faster than we think — likely over 1khz, and possibly over 1ghz, based on this first-principles model ### tweet 1763389874076615019 chronological_index: 1082 archive_order_index: 2470 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:24:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:24:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763389874076615019 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763389874076615019 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763389504529092943 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- @danielmingram Also, my apologies for the formatting. Will be migrating my blog to a more modern platform text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danielmingram Also, my apologies for the formatting. Will be migrating my blog to a more modern platform ### tweet 1763390905317462054 chronological_index: 1083 archive_order_index: 2469 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:28:48Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:28:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763390905317462054 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763390905317462054 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763390295239241769 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Nice, that’s a great resource text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Nice, that’s a great resource ### tweet 1763391410563395823 chronological_index: 1084 archive_order_index: 2468 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:30:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:30:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763391410563395823 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763391410563395823 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763391200047022297 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Linked in the essay! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Linked in the essay! ### tweet 1763395477985460686 chronological_index: 1085 archive_order_index: 2467 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T02:46:58Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 02:46:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763395477985460686 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763395477985460686 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exrhizo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763393380359500051 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 79568676 mentions: - @exrhizo | name: Alex Warren | id_str: 79568676 - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- @exrhizo @danielmingram There are a number of hypotheses in the essay; one is that it’s promising to assume the mind has equal extension in space and time; another is that insofar as this is not true, it probably negatively impacts valence. The 5cm and 4ghz estimates = less important text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exrhizo @danielmingram There are a number of hypotheses in the essay; one is that it’s promising to assume the mind has equal extension in space and time; another is that insofar as this is not true, it probably negatively impacts valence. The 5cm and 4ghz estimates = less important ### tweet 1763400456427245971 chronological_index: 1086 archive_order_index: 2466 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T03:06:45Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 03:06:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763400456427245971 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763400456427245971 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763398598018863537 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 text_raw: |- @powerfultakes Entirely possible! Three comments — 1. Thalamus shape is another interesting question 2. If we could see the EM field a lot of these questions would become intuitive 3. Heart shape might actually matter more than brain shape. I do expect Slavs to be outliers in certain respects text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes Entirely possible! Three comments — 1. Thalamus shape is another interesting question 2. If we could see the EM field a lot of these questions would become intuitive 3. Heart shape might actually matter more than brain shape. I do expect Slavs to be outliers in certain respects ### tweet 1763437661233324042 chronological_index: 1087 archive_order_index: 2465 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T05:34:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 05:34:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763437661233324042 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763437661233324042 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AlexKrusz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763435864863174830 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 359242457 mentions: - @AlexKrusz | name: Alex Krusz ➡️ vibecamp! | id_str: 359242457 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/zlUKWkTSg2 expanded: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist–Shannon_sampling_theorem display: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist–S… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AlexKrusz @cube_flipper I’m cautious about using discernability / JNDs (Just Noticeable Differences) to estimate the frame rate of consciousness, but in terms of what sample rate you need to avoid aliasing there’s a great result here https://t.co/zlUKWkTSg2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AlexKrusz @cube_flipper I’m cautious about using discernability / JNDs (Just Noticeable Differences) to estimate the frame rate of consciousness, but in terms of what sample rate you need to avoid aliasing there’s a great result here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyquist–Shannon_sampling_theorem ### tweet 1763485243426664637 chronological_index: 1088 archive_order_index: 2464 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T08:43:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 08:43:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763485243426664637 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763485243426664637 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: x_snowfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763480618422169666 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 777662101053665284 mentions: - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 text_raw: |- @x_snowfield Definitely informed by this! Also by symmetry considerations in general text_with_expanded_urls: |- @x_snowfield Definitely informed by this! Also by symmetry considerations in general ### tweet 1763493745050505366 chronological_index: 1089 archive_order_index: 2463 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T09:17:27Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 09:17:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763493745050505366 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763493745050505366 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ardit266 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763492489762124250 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 116790051 mentions: - @ardit266 | name: ap | id_str: 116790051 text_raw: |- @ardit266 I expect the mind to be hugely dynamic across types of tasks, ages, and health levels — I wouldn’t overindex on the measurements text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ardit266 I expect the mind to be hugely dynamic across types of tasks, ages, and health levels — I wouldn’t overindex on the measurements ### tweet 1763502668256010326 chronological_index: 1090 archive_order_index: 2462 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T09:52:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 09:52:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763502668256010326 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763502668256010326 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: x_snowfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763501962996183221 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 777662101053665284 mentions: - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 text_raw: |- @x_snowfield Goals! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @x_snowfield Goals! ### tweet 1763545639655453100 chronological_index: 1091 archive_order_index: 2461 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T12:43:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 12:43:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763545639655453100 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763545639655453100 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763542173155270944 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @__drewface | name: Andrew Rose | id_str: 1721070150 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @__drewface I am so on-board with this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @__drewface I am so on-board with this ### tweet 1763587831656776038 chronological_index: 1092 archive_order_index: 2460 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T15:31:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 15:31:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763587831656776038 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763587831656776038 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kfshinozuka in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763560909929115983 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1534279416683106304 mentions: - @kfshinozuka | name: Kenneth Shinozuka | id_str: 1534279416683106304 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763587831656776038/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GHmFx5EasAAzmDp.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/tF2bFr0hBk possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kfshinozuka Speculatively — here’s how I think the framerate of consciousness could be separable from the framerate of cognition: https://t.co/tF2bFr0hBk text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kfshinozuka Speculatively — here’s how I think the framerate of consciousness could be separable from the framerate of cognition: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763587831656776038/photo/1 ### tweet 1763589968713465988 chronological_index: 1093 archive_order_index: 2459 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T15:39:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 15:39:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763589968713465988 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763589968713465988 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kfshinozuka in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763562377096638905 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1534279416683106304 mentions: - @kfshinozuka | name: Kenneth Shinozuka | id_str: 1534279416683106304 text_raw: |- @kfshinozuka Different things in physics have different speed limits depending on their mass. Photons, not having mass, are in the fastest class of things — Broadly speaking, the difference between approximations 1 & 2 is the speed class text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kfshinozuka Different things in physics have different speed limits depending on their mass. Photons, not having mass, are in the fastest class of things — Broadly speaking, the difference between approximations 1 & 2 is the speed class ### tweet 1763590096631243181 chronological_index: 1094 archive_order_index: 2458 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T15:40:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 15:40:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763590096631243181 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763590096631243181 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763582556232905046 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika Be my guest text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika Be my guest ### tweet 1763592324599439868 chronological_index: 1095 archive_order_index: 2457 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T15:49:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 15:49:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763592324599439868 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763592324599439868 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kfshinozuka in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763590443684462729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1534279416683106304 mentions: - @kfshinozuka | name: Kenneth Shinozuka | id_str: 1534279416683106304 text_raw: |- @kfshinozuka We can suggest that *some* kind(s) of physical interactions are required for consciousness, and there aren’t too many different classes of interactions to choose from. Approximation #1 is pointing to one class of things (e.g. photons) — #2 and #3 each point at different classes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kfshinozuka We can suggest that *some* kind(s) of physical interactions are required for consciousness, and there aren’t too many different classes of interactions to choose from. Approximation #1 is pointing to one class of things (e.g. photons) — #2 and #3 each point at different classes ### tweet 1763605361247084859 chronological_index: 1096 archive_order_index: 2456 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T16:40:58Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 16:40:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763605361247084859 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763605361247084859 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763592596000018864 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika “Hyperspherical qualia crystal” is a fancy way of saying the mind extends into all four dimensions (3d plus time), and that the shape is at least roughly spherical. Generally speaking there’s no existing dogma on what the shape of a mind is — I’m offering this as a definite guess text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika “Hyperspherical qualia crystal” is a fancy way of saying the mind extends into all four dimensions (3d plus time), and that the shape is at least roughly spherical. Generally speaking there’s no existing dogma on what the shape of a mind is — I’m offering this as a definite guess ### tweet 1763606792091894174 chronological_index: 1097 archive_order_index: 2455 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T16:46:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 16:46:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763606792091894174 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763606792091894174 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763593761731297440 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika Aha, great question. I’m basically saying that the “movie of consciousness” might have a very high frame rate, but change only happens during a few frames. Otherwise it’s just frame after frame of mostly the same thing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika Aha, great question. I’m basically saying that the “movie of consciousness” might have a very high frame rate, but change only happens during a few frames. Otherwise it’s just frame after frame of mostly the same thing ### tweet 1763607097193996720 chronological_index: 1098 archive_order_index: 2454 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T16:47:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 16:47:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763607097193996720 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763607097193996720 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763606792091894174 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika Imagine a slow-motion video of a heart: nothing happens, nothing happens, nothing happens — suddenly the heartbeat comes and a lot happens! Then nothing happens for the next few frames Most frames will be the same as the frame before, but periodically a lot of stuff will happen text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika Imagine a slow-motion video of a heart: nothing happens, nothing happens, nothing happens — suddenly the heartbeat comes and a lot happens! Then nothing happens for the next few frames Most frames will be the same as the frame before, but periodically a lot of stuff will happen ### tweet 1763607303100719248 chronological_index: 1099 archive_order_index: 2453 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T16:48:41Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 16:48:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763607303100719248 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763607303100719248 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763593849136439490 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika Glad to get such thoughtful questions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika Glad to get such thoughtful questions ### tweet 1763611742582751470 chronological_index: 1100 archive_order_index: 2452 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T17:06:20Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 17:06:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763611742582751470 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763611742582751470 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763609238054551862 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika Right — the “cognitive cycles” of the body happen many times per second (maybe 20-100). But there could be many moments of experience between each cycle. We wouldn’t be able to form memories of them, because they’re sort of “invisible” to our cognitive cycles text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika Right — the “cognitive cycles” of the body happen many times per second (maybe 20-100). But there could be many moments of experience between each cycle. We wouldn’t be able to form memories of them, because they’re sort of “invisible” to our cognitive cycles ### tweet 1763615882394451973 chronological_index: 1101 archive_order_index: 2451 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T17:22:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 17:22:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763615882394451973 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763615882394451973 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763611116138119225 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @thephilosophika Thank you! If you like this, you might also enjoy some of my other writings. This one was fun to write: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY In general, I like trying to identify core dimensions of variation, because it helps us understand “what kind of thing” a human is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika Thank you! If you like this, you might also enjoy some of my other writings. This one was fun to write: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ In general, I like trying to identify core dimensions of variation, because it helps us understand “what kind of thing” a human is ### tweet 1763621144282939476 chronological_index: 1102 archive_order_index: 2450 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T17:43:41Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 17:43:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763621144282939476 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763621144282939476 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danielmingram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763619995727110183 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 626989127 mentions: - @danielmingram | name: danielmingram | id_str: 626989127 text_raw: |- @danielmingram Thanks Daniel — big fan of your work also! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danielmingram Thanks Daniel — big fan of your work also! ### tweet 1763624265709142099 chronological_index: 1103 archive_order_index: 2449 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T17:56:06Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 17:56:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763624265709142099 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763624265709142099 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PsychedelicBrah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763621304299888917 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 280302008 text_raw: |- @psychedelicness Good question — TMS is generally used to disrupt function, and sorting out a good qualia report paradigm can be difficult; My sense is the best tech tree for more clarity would be realtime visualization of the EM field at brain-relevant frequency bands — build out our intuitions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @psychedelicness Good question — TMS is generally used to disrupt function, and sorting out a good qualia report paradigm can be difficult; My sense is the best tech tree for more clarity would be realtime visualization of the EM field at brain-relevant frequency bands — build out our intuitions ### tweet 1763625195934564826 chronological_index: 1104 archive_order_index: 2448 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-01T17:59:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 01 17:59:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763625195934564826 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763625195934564826 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763617333971415048 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika Different kinds of meditation (there are a lot) probably make our minds bigger, or smaller, or change the shape or polarization in other ways — lots to study! I do think successful practice should make a mind “more round” — closer to a hypersphere, equal in all dimensions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika Different kinds of meditation (there are a lot) probably make our minds bigger, or smaller, or change the shape or polarization in other ways — lots to study! I do think successful practice should make a mind “more round” — closer to a hypersphere, equal in all dimensions ### tweet 1763909991466213689 chronological_index: 1105 archive_order_index: 2447 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-02T12:51:28Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 02 12:51:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1763909991466213689 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1763909991466213689 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AskYatharth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1763902425147359431 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 193553265 mentions: - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 text_raw: |- @AskYatharth @powerfultakes There’s a story about a famous monk who came over from Asia and agreed to have EEG measurements taken during meditation. The scientists began putting the electrodes on his head; he asked them whether there was some mistake, don’t they want to measure his heart instead? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AskYatharth @powerfultakes There’s a story about a famous monk who came over from Asia and agreed to have EEG measurements taken during meditation. The scientists began putting the electrodes on his head; he asked them whether there was some mistake, don’t they want to measure his heart instead? ### tweet 1764458725878755638 chronological_index: 1106 archive_order_index: 2446 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-04T01:11:56Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 04 01:11:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1764458725878755638 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1764458725878755638 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1764366111930511392 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 urls: - short: https://t.co/dIwTImlFP6 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741259135843238395 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz @AskYatharth I agree with Joscha; I also think it’s significant which syntactic superstructure a term is embedded in (and thus inherits properties from). “Atoms” are a slight reification of physical theory, whereas “Mitochrondria” are part of the biology semantic web https://t.co/dIwTImlFP6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @AskYatharth I agree with Joscha; I also think it’s significant which syntactic superstructure a term is embedded in (and thus inherits properties from). “Atoms” are a slight reification of physical theory, whereas “Mitochrondria” are part of the biology semantic web https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741259135843238395 ### tweet 1764459654250393897 chronological_index: 1107 archive_order_index: 2445 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-04T01:15:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 04 01:15:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1764459654250393897 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1764459654250393897 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1764458725878755638 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 text_raw: |- @Plinz @AskYatharth The local embedding of words matters because different language-games / semantic webs respect different sorts of invariances. In general the more invariances (symmetries) something respects, the more “real” it is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @AskYatharth The local embedding of words matters because different language-games / semantic webs respect different sorts of invariances. In general the more invariances (symmetries) something respects, the more “real” it is ### tweet 1764868451913634191 chronological_index: 1108 archive_order_index: 2444 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-05T04:20:03Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 05 04:20:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1764868451913634191 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1764868451913634191 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AskYatharth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1764866879401984085 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 193553265 mentions: - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 text_raw: |- @AskYatharth Positive text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AskYatharth Positive ### tweet 1766643663558607289 chronological_index: 1109 archive_order_index: 2443 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-10T01:54:06Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 10 01:54:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1766643663558607289 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1766643663558607289 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1766468800688615495 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @yoltartar Totally agree about physical resonance as a method of communication, and fascia/spine as key junctions. Will have to think about myofascial trigger points, that’s a very interesting hypothesis. A few more thoughts on physical resonance — Active Inference has us making… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar Totally agree about physical resonance as a method of communication, and fascia/spine as key junctions. Will have to think about myofascial trigger points, that’s a very interesting hypothesis. A few more thoughts on physical resonance — Active Inference has us making… ### tweet 1768816666778202596 chronological_index: 1110 archive_order_index: 2442 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-16T01:48:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 16 01:48:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1768816666778202596 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768816666778202596 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1768772610974728465 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic @ESYudkowsky We seem to have some freedom to shape the initial qualia of ASIs. We shouldn’t depend on reciprocation, but if we’re summoning an alien god, why not try to make its existence pleasant? My conclusions on valence (which I expect other work to converge to): https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @RokoMijic @ESYudkowsky We seem to have some freedom to shape the initial qualia of ASIs. We shouldn’t depend on reciprocation, but if we’re summoning an alien god, why not try to make its existence pleasant? My conclusions on valence (which I expect other work to converge to): https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1768817873265606982 chronological_index: 1111 archive_order_index: 2441 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-16T01:53:38Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 16 01:53:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1768817873265606982 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768817873265606982 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Outdoctrination in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1768741876620734646 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1108829119507238916 mentions: - @Outdoctrination | name: Dalton (Analyze & Optimize) | id_str: 1108829119507238916 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Outdoctrination I’d expect the same result from nattokinase, although I don’t know of any relevant research — do you? https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Outdoctrination I’d expect the same result from nattokinase, although I don’t know of any relevant research — do you? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1768861620644794457 chronological_index: 1112 archive_order_index: 2440 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-16T04:47:28Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 16 04:47:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1768861620644794457 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768861620644794457 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bitplane in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1768859979446993032 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23698936 mentions: - @bitplane | name: davidsong | id_str: 23698936 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 urls: - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… - short: https://t.co/dIwTImmdEE expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741259135843238395 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bitplane @danfaggella @RokoMijic @ESYudkowsky I agree with you, although perhaps for different reasons — https://t.co/LOmgz7Rlbf https://t.co/dIwTImmdEE text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bitplane @danfaggella @RokoMijic @ESYudkowsky I agree with you, although perhaps for different reasons — https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1741259135843238395 ### tweet 1768948451432419331 chronological_index: 1113 archive_order_index: 2439 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-16T10:32:30Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 16 10:32:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1768948451432419331 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768948451432419331 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KennethFolk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1768805991255003510 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 109865196 mentions: - @KennethFolk | name: Kenneth Folk | id_str: 109865196 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768948451432419331/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIyROpQbMAA5QBw.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ayvJ5LNp6M - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768948451432419331/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIyROpTa8AAgei5.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ayvJ5LNp6M - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768948451432419331/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GIyROpTa0AAYqam.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ayvJ5LNp6M possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @KennethFolk There’s evidence that the core feature of autism is excessive network density (literally more neurons & synapses); This has predictable benefits and drawbacks; more cognitive flexibility, but fewer functional built-in defaults https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY https://t.co/ayvJ5LNp6M text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KennethFolk There’s evidence that the core feature of autism is excessive network density (literally more neurons & synapses); This has predictable benefits and drawbacks; more cognitive flexibility, but fewer functional built-in defaults https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1768948451432419331/photo/1 ### tweet 1770141352384188927 chronological_index: 1114 archive_order_index: 2438 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-19T17:32:40Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 19 17:32:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770141352384188927 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770141352384188927 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: xlr8harder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770137890221130088 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1684958423043944449 mentions: - @xlr8harder | name: xlr8harder | id_str: 1684958423043944449 urls: - short: https://t.co/KBkuA4zmFK expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355302200860882 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @xlr8harder I think the move would be to delay as long as possible and use the time to create a perfect synthetic dataset to train GPT6 — (e.g.) distilled synthetic textbooks on every topic https://t.co/KBkuA4zmFK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xlr8harder I think the move would be to delay as long as possible and use the time to create a perfect synthetic dataset to train GPT6 — (e.g.) distilled synthetic textbooks on every topic https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355302200860882 ### tweet 1770159573933895945 chronological_index: 1115 archive_order_index: 2437 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-19T18:45:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 19 18:45:05 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770159573933895945 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770159573933895945 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @nickcammarata Some surreal experiences for animals: - Exposure to various psychoactive substances and technological super… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @nickcammarata Some surreal experiences for animals: - Exposure to various psychoactive substances and technological super… ### tweet 1770244881237283029 chronological_index: 1116 archive_order_index: 2436 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-20T00:24:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 20 00:24:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770244881237283029 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770244881237283029 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LauraDeming in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770175529213141372 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 301427990 mentions: - @LauraDeming | name: Laura 🌲 ⛰️ | id_str: 301427990 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770244881237283029/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJEsUt5bMAA3hwd.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/S6qh0kN4dl - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770244881237283029/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJEsUt6aUAAp_JK.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/S6qh0kN4dl - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770244881237283029/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJEsUt3bEAA58iB.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/S6qh0kN4dl possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LauraDeming I wrote about this in a recent paper — ultimately physical laws can be framed as particular sets of symmetries. Some of these symmetries are global invariants, some are local (gauge symmetries — basically equivalence classes). Source: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/S6qh0kN4dl text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LauraDeming I wrote about this in a recent paper — ultimately physical laws can be framed as particular sets of symmetries. Some of these symmetries are global invariants, some are local (gauge symmetries — basically equivalence classes). Source: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770244881237283029/photo/1 ### tweet 1770246496371519913 chronological_index: 1117 archive_order_index: 2435 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-20T00:30:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 20 00:30:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770246496371519913 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770246496371519913 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770244881237283029 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @LauraDeming | name: Laura 🌲 ⛰️ | id_str: 301427990 urls: - short: https://t.co/3GvoCXQvhv expanded: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.08225 display: arxiv.org/abs/1608.08225 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LauraDeming Insofar as 1) humans are ‘harmonic computers’, and 2) harmonics and resonance are simply manifestations of symmetry dynamics, it’s expected we’ll find such physical laws intuitive See also Lin, Tegmark, & Rolnick on neural nets as natural symmetry finders https://t.co/3GvoCXQvhv text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LauraDeming Insofar as 1) humans are ‘harmonic computers’, and 2) harmonics and resonance are simply manifestations of symmetry dynamics, it’s expected we’ll find such physical laws intuitive See also Lin, Tegmark, & Rolnick on neural nets as natural symmetry finders https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.08225 ### tweet 1770507829423808592 chronological_index: 1118 archive_order_index: 2434 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-20T17:48:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 20 17:48:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770507829423808592 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770507829423808592 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770497844870307915 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 - @AnnaCiaunica | name: Anna Ciaunica PhD @annaciaunica.bsky.social | id_str: 828361667918569472 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770507829423808592/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJIbeuvaEAAWJeT.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/gsPIkUbBp8 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar @selentelechia Oh interesting — @AnnaCiaunica has some super interesting research on pregnancy and transmission of patterns; Fwiw this is one reason I’m bearish on artificial womb tech; there’s just so much going on between mother and child Another implication, surrogate personality matters https://t.co/gsPIkUbBp8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @selentelechia Oh interesting — @AnnaCiaunica has some super interesting research on pregnancy and transmission of patterns; Fwiw this is one reason I’m bearish on artificial womb tech; there’s just so much going on between mother and child Another implication, surrogate personality matters https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770507829423808592/photo/1 ### tweet 1770508902440046786 chronological_index: 1119 archive_order_index: 2433 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-20T17:53:11Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 20 17:53:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770508902440046786 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770508902440046786 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770506922103349708 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @SarahAMcManus | name: Sarah McManus ⮕ Vibecamp Jun 18-21 ✨ | id_str: 3108782746 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @yoltartar @SarahAMcManus @selentelechia There are several resonance networks and several classes of contractive tissue scattered around the body, overlapping in illegible ways (and all very interesting); vasocomputation specifically is about vascular smooth muscle cells finely regulating nearby neural activity text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @SarahAMcManus @selentelechia There are several resonance networks and several classes of contractive tissue scattered around the body, overlapping in illegible ways (and all very interesting); vasocomputation specifically is about vascular smooth muscle cells finely regulating nearby neural activity ### tweet 1770682841342378396 chronological_index: 1120 archive_order_index: 2432 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-21T05:24:21Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 21 05:24:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770682841342378396 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770682841342378396 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770584406346121354 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 text_raw: |- @tszzl I’m pretty optimistic that the default path is okay, but I’d like a firmer model of 1. What is the default fate of the universe if the singularity happens and breakthroughs in consciousness research don’t? 2. What should CEOs of leading AI companies know about consciousness? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl I’m pretty optimistic that the default path is okay, but I’d like a firmer model of 1. What is the default fate of the universe if the singularity happens and breakthroughs in consciousness research don’t? 2. What should CEOs of leading AI companies know about consciousness? ### tweet 1770690203620913183 chronological_index: 1121 archive_order_index: 2431 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-21T05:53:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 21 05:53:37 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770690203620913183 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770690203620913183 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 72 retweet_count: 3 text_raw: |- It seems likely humanity will build AGI before we properly understand ourselves I wonder if this is a typical path for intelligent species — maybe organisms with coherent, self-legible cognition get filtered out by wireheading, leaving only the weirdos to build sand gods text_with_expanded_urls: |- It seems likely humanity will build AGI before we properly understand ourselves I wonder if this is a typical path for intelligent species — maybe organisms with coherent, self-legible cognition get filtered out by wireheading, leaving only the weirdos to build sand gods ### tweet 1770700354168201366 chronological_index: 1122 archive_order_index: 2430 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-21T06:33:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 21 06:33:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770700354168201366 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770700354168201366 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770698167245234634 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Aha could be — larger creatures have lower harmonics, likely resulting in slower dynamics and more emotional stability (vs tiny birds who basically act like they’re on cocaine — happy for two seconds, angry for .5 seconds, etc). Maybe larger -> easier to self-wirehead? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Aha could be — larger creatures have lower harmonics, likely resulting in slower dynamics and more emotional stability (vs tiny birds who basically act like they’re on cocaine — happy for two seconds, angry for .5 seconds, etc). Maybe larger -> easier to self-wirehead? ### tweet 1770703421319815652 chronological_index: 1123 archive_order_index: 2429 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-21T06:46:08Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 21 06:46:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770703421319815652 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770703421319815652 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770690203620913183 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770703421319815652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJLNXp8bEAAo4Az.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/kfsHn8TIrZ - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770703421319815652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJLNXp7a8AAVgea.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/kfsHn8TIrZ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Bjorn Brembs has a great paper on the biological basis for free will, built on the thesis that “predictability can never be an evolutionarily stable strategy” — if you’re predictable, predators can manipulate & eat you I wonder if we can consider wireheading as self-predation https://t.co/kfsHn8TIrZ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Bjorn Brembs has a great paper on the biological basis for free will, built on the thesis that “predictability can never be an evolutionarily stable strategy” — if you’re predictable, predators can manipulate & eat you I wonder if we can consider wireheading as self-predation https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770703421319815652/photo/1 ### tweet 1770789072753041516 chronological_index: 1124 archive_order_index: 2428 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-21T12:26:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 21 12:26:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770789072753041516 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770789072753041516 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: josephkelly in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770781578735526275 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14400690 mentions: - @josephkelly | name: Joseph Kelly | id_str: 14400690 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @josephkelly Nice — I’m actually a little surprised by how hard it is for humans to actually randomize choices like this… you’d think it would be useful enough to have a “randomize this choice” module that evolution would see to it But maybe the actual thing to be good at is acausal… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @josephkelly Nice — I’m actually a little surprised by how hard it is for humans to actually randomize choices like this… you’d think it would be useful enough to have a “randomize this choice” module that evolution would see to it But maybe the actual thing to be good at is acausal… ### tweet 1770968095726899323 chronological_index: 1125 archive_order_index: 2427 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T00:17:51Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 00:17:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770968095726899323 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770968095726899323 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770957920768782514 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @gggzae | name: gggzae ~ deep heresy | id_str: 1302941247871619072 urls: - short: https://t.co/KBkuA4zUvi expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355302200860882 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RokoMijic @gggzae The promise of synthetic data: by creating clever ways to rephrase information, you can effectively distill the signal — significantly reducing noise, interpolating gaps, and maybe even extrapolating structure Eg use GPT5 to write “textbooks for every topic” to train GPT6 https://t.co/KBkuA4zUvi text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic @gggzae The promise of synthetic data: by creating clever ways to rephrase information, you can effectively distill the signal — significantly reducing noise, interpolating gaps, and maybe even extrapolating structure Eg use GPT5 to write “textbooks for every topic” to train GPT6 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1758355302200860882 ### tweet 1770983591960535521 chronological_index: 1126 archive_order_index: 2426 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T01:19:26Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 01:19:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770983591960535521 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770983591960535521 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770979120148787481 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @gggzae | name: gggzae ~ deep heresy | id_str: 1302941247871619072 urls: - short: https://t.co/vNmZQJOh4C expanded: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tza0OIdTZNNjTqhkWZLRC9ha9Sp7lumGF5ytthx_Ozw/edit display: docs.google.com/document/d/1tz… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RokoMijic @gggzae LLMs are ridiculously dependent on dataset quality — best practices for dataset curation involve throwing out the bottom 90% https://t.co/vNmZQJOh4C We know how to turn data into intelligence; closing the loop and using this intelligence to improve training data is a big deal text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic @gggzae LLMs are ridiculously dependent on dataset quality — best practices for dataset curation involve throwing out the bottom 90% https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tza0OIdTZNNjTqhkWZLRC9ha9Sp7lumGF5ytthx_Ozw/edit We know how to turn data into intelligence; closing the loop and using this intelligence to improve training data is a big deal ### tweet 1770991515332141506 chronological_index: 1127 archive_order_index: 2425 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T01:50:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 01:50:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770991515332141506 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770991515332141506 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sarabollman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770827464052257082 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2547060763 mentions: - @sarabollman | name: Sara Bollman | id_str: 2547060763 text_raw: |- @SaraBollman The productivity difference between having this support, vs not having it, is a literal 10x for me Women-as-choosers are often in the role of the discerning gardener: ‘if I water this with my energy, what will grow?’ — I think figuring this out is hard and there can be betrayals text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SaraBollman The productivity difference between having this support, vs not having it, is a literal 10x for me Women-as-choosers are often in the role of the discerning gardener: ‘if I water this with my energy, what will grow?’ — I think figuring this out is hard and there can be betrayals ### tweet 1770992272076874189 chronological_index: 1128 archive_order_index: 2424 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T01:53:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 01:53:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770992272076874189 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770992272076874189 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770991515332141506 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @sarabollman | name: Sara Bollman | id_str: 2547060763 text_raw: |- @SaraBollman What is best in life: having a place to put your love which feeds only wholesome things, and where some of it comes back to you Not having to worry about energy leaks text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SaraBollman What is best in life: having a place to put your love which feeds only wholesome things, and where some of it comes back to you Not having to worry about energy leaks ### tweet 1770994946843242933 chronological_index: 1129 archive_order_index: 2423 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T02:04:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 02:04:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1770994946843242933 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1770994946843242933 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sarabollman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1770994152211161506 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2547060763 mentions: - @sarabollman | name: Sara Bollman | id_str: 2547060763 text_raw: |- @SaraBollman I also appreciate your ernestposting! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SaraBollman I also appreciate your ernestposting! ### tweet 1771016211364708614 chronological_index: 1130 archive_order_index: 2422 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:29:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:29:03 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771016211364708614 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771016211364708614 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 95 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/AA7rQ98ulI expanded: https://x.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1770853140562116668 display: x.com/ESYudkowsky/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- My favorite SF author Vernor Vinge passed away this week; Occasionally, I think great minds go into fiction rather than academia because there they can advance knowledge without being bothered by grants, academic politics, peer review, etc I think Vinge fit this mold (1/n) https://t.co/AA7rQ98ulI text_with_expanded_urls: |- My favorite SF author Vernor Vinge passed away this week; Occasionally, I think great minds go into fiction rather than academia because there they can advance knowledge without being bothered by grants, academic politics, peer review, etc I think Vinge fit this mold (1/n) https://x.com/ESYudkowsky/status/1770853140562116668 ### tweet 1771017091686215984 chronological_index: 1131 archive_order_index: 2421 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:32:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:32:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771017091686215984 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771017091686215984 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771016211364708614 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771017091686215984/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJPqpsBaYAAJbuw.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/79tZl4QB0x possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vinge wrote across several universes. I think his best works are A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. In the former, he introduces the concept of “godshatter” From “Autism as a Disorder of Dimensionality”: https://t.co/79tZl4QB0x text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vinge wrote across several universes. I think his best works are A Fire Upon the Deep and A Deepness in the Sky. In the former, he introduces the concept of “godshatter” From “Autism as a Disorder of Dimensionality”: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771017091686215984/photo/1 ### tweet 1771017500542767531 chronological_index: 1132 archive_order_index: 2420 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:34:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:34:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771017500542767531 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771017500542767531 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771017091686215984 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/PIA8psRPTk expanded: https://x.com/MattPirkowski/status/1760044780262920433 display: x.com/MattPirkowski/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- In the same work, Vinge superbly describes a civilization based on group minds (the “tines”) which feels less like fiction and more like a prescient description of what opportunities and dangers we’ll face if progress on high-speed brain-to-brain interfaces continues https://t.co/PIA8psRPTk text_with_expanded_urls: |- In the same work, Vinge superbly describes a civilization based on group minds (the “tines”) which feels less like fiction and more like a prescient description of what opportunities and dangers we’ll face if progress on high-speed brain-to-brain interfaces continues https://x.com/MattPirkowski/status/1760044780262920433 ### tweet 1771017669061288277 chronological_index: 1133 archive_order_index: 2419 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:34:50Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:34:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771017669061288277 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771017669061288277 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771017500542767531 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Vinge’s “tines” are packs of 3-5 wolf-like creatures, bound into a single entity by telepathy. Crafting the traits of a pack involves carefully predicting how each individual will influence the whole — there’s a lot of conflict within packs & each has its own flavor of governance text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vinge’s “tines” are packs of 3-5 wolf-like creatures, bound into a single entity by telepathy. Crafting the traits of a pack involves carefully predicting how each individual will influence the whole — there’s a lot of conflict within packs & each has its own flavor of governance ### tweet 1771017895952478412 chronological_index: 1134 archive_order_index: 2418 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:35:44Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:35:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771017895952478412 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771017895952478412 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771017669061288277 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Each individual member has a finite lifespan, but packs do not — often packs will adopt a very young member, while the old ones raise and train it One of the book’s villains is “Flenser”, a shadowy pack that forcibly experiments on packs’ minds to create loyal supersoldiers text_with_expanded_urls: |- Each individual member has a finite lifespan, but packs do not — often packs will adopt a very young member, while the old ones raise and train it One of the book’s villains is “Flenser”, a shadowy pack that forcibly experiments on packs’ minds to create loyal supersoldiers ### tweet 1771018002076676156 chronological_index: 1135 archive_order_index: 2417 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:36:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:36:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771018002076676156 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771018002076676156 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771017895952478412 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- A Deepness in the Sky’s setting involves two opposing human groups discovering a nascent alien culture. One of the groups practices “focusing” — a form of mind slavery that takes an intelligent captive and induces autism-like obsession on one of their existing interests text_with_expanded_urls: |- A Deepness in the Sky’s setting involves two opposing human groups discovering a nascent alien culture. One of the groups practices “focusing” — a form of mind slavery that takes an intelligent captive and induces autism-like obsession on one of their existing interests ### tweet 1771018123061481593 chronological_index: 1136 archive_order_index: 2416 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:36:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:36:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771018123061481593 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771018123061481593 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771018002076676156 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Human civilization has become stronger as we’ve domesticated ourselves, and culled those impossible to tame. But there’s probably a Goldilocks zone, and technology is allowing new forms of forced domestication which may go to extremes — like ‘focusing’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Human civilization has become stronger as we’ve domesticated ourselves, and culled those impossible to tame. But there’s probably a Goldilocks zone, and technology is allowing new forms of forced domestication which may go to extremes — like ‘focusing’ ### tweet 1771018770078929372 chronological_index: 1137 archive_order_index: 2415 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:39:13Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:39:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771018770078929372 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771018770078929372 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771018123061481593 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- There’s an aphorism, “if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” This is typically offered as an argument to group up. But in an adversarial environment, sometimes going fast *is* the way to go far Especially if you can make it entertaining to others text_with_expanded_urls: |- There’s an aphorism, “if you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.” This is typically offered as an argument to group up. But in an adversarial environment, sometimes going fast *is* the way to go far Especially if you can make it entertaining to others ### tweet 1771019371068236038 chronological_index: 1138 archive_order_index: 2414 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:41:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:41:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771019371068236038 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771019371068236038 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771018770078929372 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/EzyeMjieCg expanded: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FBJAGO/ref=mes-dp?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=taXUI&content-id=amzn1.sym.07f68587-1ea8-46cf-8c0c-8374d8d96b4a&pf_rd_p=07f68587-1ea8-46cf-8c0c-8374d8d96b4a&pf_rd_r=CP3ARQJH8XMK4NZF32BR&pd_rd_wg=TwkDX&pd_rd_r=9443ccc6-723e-48fe-a980-f7fb6b2de1be display: amazon.com/dp/B000FBJAGO/… - short: https://t.co/hbD0brg5fg expanded: https://www.amazon.com/Deepness-Sky-Zones-Thought-Book-ebook/dp/B002H8ORKM/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1P769ROQB5N9S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wtlI7LuSX-p--bzKOT_Fy6Ckht-JIWs1M9Y0oIYvT4Nj7LOq7uWgD8vt-N548NTRiZfg5a6HVvIt4uCp2D1bdCItO_1IVuPCFjHJMyR9pKRLYg8ZZ1KFjG_aOPyURatcyqeHtQmdHDX0VtH2yMXfSIYDq8_sdhuVke-Msmbq588aHUi39i59_4xDtv6JDsxHvcR4fxG1Gl71lsSVHpoFXUP565L2yXqXof1ImxdTD0PTJ7c8ZckhdREL8RRBErelzb8cF4zqw6D-SdA0bUywSAhLr0fjlGz-3p8AqL6HFfg.VL69q5P928KZ3p_e2XQkMvCYZT2m2b7TBHcQugewDAw&dib_tag=se&keywords=Vernor+vinge&qid=1711077607&sprefix=vernor%2Caps%2C853&sr=8-4 display: amazon.com/Deepness-Sky-Z… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Maybe Vinge was just an SF writer, but I think he got pretty far. I suspect his ideas will predict & shape the future for some time to come (I could say more, but want to avoid spoilers). The two books I personally recommend: 1: https://t.co/EzyeMjieCg 2: https://t.co/hbD0brg5fg text_with_expanded_urls: |- Maybe Vinge was just an SF writer, but I think he got pretty far. I suspect his ideas will predict & shape the future for some time to come (I could say more, but want to avoid spoilers). The two books I personally recommend: 1: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FBJAGO/ref=mes-dp?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=taXUI&content-id=amzn1.sym.07f68587-1ea8-46cf-8c0c-8374d8d96b4a&pf_rd_p=07f68587-1ea8-46cf-8c0c-8374d8d96b4a&pf_rd_r=CP3ARQJH8XMK4NZF32BR&pd_rd_wg=TwkDX&pd_rd_r=9443ccc6-723e-48fe-a980-f7fb6b2de1be 2: https://www.amazon.com/Deepness-Sky-Zones-Thought-Book-ebook/dp/B002H8ORKM/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1P769ROQB5N9S&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wtlI7LuSX-p--bzKOT_Fy6Ckht-JIWs1M9Y0oIYvT4Nj7LOq7uWgD8vt-N548NTRiZfg5a6HVvIt4uCp2D1bdCItO_1IVuPCFjHJMyR9pKRLYg8ZZ1KFjG_aOPyURatcyqeHtQmdHDX0VtH2yMXfSIYDq8_sdhuVke-Msmbq588aHUi39i59_4xDtv6JDsxHvcR4fxG1Gl71lsSVHpoFXUP565L2yXqXof1ImxdTD0PTJ7c8ZckhdREL8RRBErelzb8cF4zqw6D-SdA0bUywSAhLr0fjlGz-3p8AqL6HFfg.VL69q5P928KZ3p_e2XQkMvCYZT2m2b7TBHcQugewDAw&dib_tag=se&keywords=Vernor+vinge&qid=1711077607&sprefix=vernor%2Caps%2C853&sr=8-4 ### tweet 1771019662555586954 chronological_index: 1139 archive_order_index: 2413 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T03:42:46Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 03:42:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771019662555586954 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771019662555586954 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771019371068236038 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PeterFHamilton1 | name: Peter F. Hamilton | id_str: 385404482 text_raw: |- The closest thing to a living successor to Vinge in style and scope might be @PeterFHamilton1, also an excellent read. text_with_expanded_urls: |- The closest thing to a living successor to Vinge in style and scope might be @PeterFHamilton1, also an excellent read. ### tweet 1771145580573753781 chronological_index: 1140 archive_order_index: 2412 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-22T12:03:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 22 12:03:07 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771145580573753781 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771145580573753781 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: fronxer mentions: - @fronxer | name: fronx 🐙✨ | id_str: 266614885 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @fronxer: Got myself a printed copy of @johnsonmxe's Principia Qualia, because reading PDFs can be a bit tiring. (Cover art created usin… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @fronxer: Got myself a printed copy of @johnsonmxe's Principia Qualia, because reading PDFs can be a bit tiring. (Cover art created usin… ### tweet 1771327935301177497 chronological_index: 1141 archive_order_index: 2411 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-23T00:07:44Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 23 00:07:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771327935301177497 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771327935301177497 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771277298638917970 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @mihir_nath_ | name: mihir 🌻 | id_str: 4184399373 urls: - short: https://t.co/NB9Uc2yNbY expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761191146469171667 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @mihir_nath_ Nice- here’s my hot take (although I’ve updated that heart transplants generally don’t include the neural component) https://t.co/NB9Uc2yNbY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @mihir_nath_ Nice- here’s my hot take (although I’ve updated that heart transplants generally don’t include the neural component) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1761191146469171667 ### tweet 1771332334790598709 chronological_index: 1142 archive_order_index: 2410 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-23T00:25:13Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 23 00:25:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771332334790598709 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771332334790598709 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771176652652814603 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv EA’s reaction to the Symmetry Theory of Valence was very instructive for me text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv EA’s reaction to the Symmetry Theory of Valence was very instructive for me ### tweet 1771383694974210110 chronological_index: 1143 archive_order_index: 2409 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-23T03:49:18Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 23 03:49:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1771383694974210110 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771383694974210110 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1771302324071284949 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771383694974210110/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJU4E0caMAAr8ns.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ScCgEJtqXy - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771383694974210110/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJU4E0dbQAAiWIB.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ScCgEJtqXy - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771383694974210110/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJU4E0fbEAAJkmA.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ScCgEJtqXy possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia @meditationstuff Possibly chlormequat — https://t.co/ScCgEJtqXy text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia @meditationstuff Possibly chlormequat — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771383694974210110/photo/1 ### tweet 1772137841335607540 chronological_index: 1144 archive_order_index: 2408 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-25T05:46:00Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 25 05:46:00 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1772137841335607540 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772137841335607540 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: mnovendstern in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1772134669091500282 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 8731482 mentions: - @mnovendstern | name: Max Novendstern | id_str: 8731482 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772137841335607540/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJfl-G9aMAA41Ll.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/lqQR8QX7YZ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mnovendstern True in families, faces, genomes, metabolisms, qualia 50% true in nervous systems https://t.co/lqQR8QX7YZ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mnovendstern True in families, faces, genomes, metabolisms, qualia 50% true in nervous systems https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772137841335607540/photo/1 ### tweet 1772149428549263739 chronological_index: 1145 archive_order_index: 2407 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-25T06:32:03Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 25 06:32:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1772149428549263739 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772149428549263739 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MilanGriffes in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1772146295404458155 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 19068614 mentions: - @MilanGriffes | name: milan | id_str: 19068614 - @mnovendstern | name: Max Novendstern | id_str: 8731482 urls: - short: https://t.co/EfgSXg2yUu expanded: http://www.faceresearch.org/demos/average display: faceresearch.org/demos/average - short: https://t.co/pjm2dEAMxe expanded: https://petapixel.com/2011/02/11/average-faces-of-women-in-40-countries/ display: petapixel.com/2011/02/11/ave… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MilanGriffes @mnovendstern These were made with https://t.co/EfgSXg2yUu but it’s offline; I haven’t tracked down the original papers (I think they’re from researchers at the U of Glasgow) You can image search phrases like “composite average faces from around the world” — to find eg https://t.co/pjm2dEAMxe text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MilanGriffes @mnovendstern These were made with http://www.faceresearch.org/demos/average but it’s offline; I haven’t tracked down the original papers (I think they’re from researchers at the U of Glasgow) You can image search phrases like “composite average faces from around the world” — to find eg https://petapixel.com/2011/02/11/average-faces-of-women-in-40-countries/ ### tweet 1772190694536265963 chronological_index: 1146 archive_order_index: 2406 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-25T09:16:01Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 25 09:16:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1772190694536265963 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772190694536265963 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1772180469469106191 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772190694536265963/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJgWCbwbsAArP3T.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/n3bvfT7oGd - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772190694536265963/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJgWCbxbEAAUyv3.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/n3bvfT7oGd - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772190694536265963/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJgWCbybcAAYzgt.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/n3bvfT7oGd - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772190694536265963/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GJgWCbxbYAAMUnD.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/n3bvfT7oGd possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SurenVynn Friston’s approach has been to generalize evolution as a search for thermodynamic imperatives; normativity becomes successfully resisting entropy (see joffily & coricelli) My (perhaps predictable) take is somewhat different, that it’s all symmetry From https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 https://t.co/n3bvfT7oGd text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn Friston’s approach has been to generalize evolution as a search for thermodynamic imperatives; normativity becomes successfully resisting entropy (see joffily & coricelli) My (perhaps predictable) take is somewhat different, that it’s all symmetry From https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772190694536265963/photo/1 ### tweet 1772208491941531937 chronological_index: 1147 archive_order_index: 2405 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-25T10:26:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 25 10:26:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1772208491941531937 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772208491941531937 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: atroyn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1772125821370593286 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 889394994607529984 mentions: - @atroyn | name: anton 🇺🇸 | id_str: 889394994607529984 - @goth600 | name: @goth | id_str: 1281068231122247681 urls: - short: https://t.co/2vgRgK5riL expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742637372372664379 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @atroyn @goth600 I’m against I like our sun https://t.co/2vgRgK5riL text_with_expanded_urls: |- @atroyn @goth600 I’m against I like our sun https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742637372372664379 ### tweet 1772229380036796750 chronological_index: 1148 archive_order_index: 2404 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-25T11:49:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 25 11:49:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1772229380036796750 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772229380036796750 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1772224227455688842 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 mentions: - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 - @DeepDishEnjoyer | name: peepeepoopoo | id_str: 1598545553327067137 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 urls: - short: https://t.co/5swvYrgWX3 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @DeepDishEnjoyer @algekalipso @BronskiJoseph An overparametrized / undercanalized nervous system will increase IQ through increasing network flexibility Similar to how an FPGA can do more than an ASIC But “dense, blank slate, highly flexible networks” can lead to strange places as they’re pruned into usefulness https://t.co/5swvYrgWX3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @DeepDishEnjoyer @algekalipso @BronskiJoseph An overparametrized / undercanalized nervous system will increase IQ through increasing network flexibility Similar to how an FPGA can do more than an ASIC But “dense, blank slate, highly flexible networks” can lead to strange places as they’re pruned into usefulness https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217 ### tweet 1772264098060816480 chronological_index: 1149 archive_order_index: 2403 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-25T14:07:42Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 25 14:07:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1772264098060816480 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772264098060816480 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Brehove in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1772259889525526940 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 291546910 mentions: - @Brehove | name: Brehove | id_str: 291546910 - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 - @lifelikephysics | name: Jeremy England | id_str: 1047207262136279040 text_raw: |- @Brehove @SurenVynn @lifelikephysics Very interesting — I find that a lot of approaches in thermodynamics approximate each other at the limit; eg I wonder the degree to which something like the FEP will tacitly optimize for various sorts of internal/system symmetry Would be glad to learn more of England’s work text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Brehove @SurenVynn @lifelikephysics Very interesting — I find that a lot of approaches in thermodynamics approximate each other at the limit; eg I wonder the degree to which something like the FEP will tacitly optimize for various sorts of internal/system symmetry Would be glad to learn more of England’s work ### tweet 1772439285259514060 chronological_index: 1150 archive_order_index: 2402 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-26T01:43:50Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 26 01:43:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1772439285259514060 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1772439285259514060 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1772435583928856816 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 mentions: - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 - @DeepDishEnjoyer | name: peepeepoopoo | id_str: 1598545553327067137 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 text_raw: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @DeepDishEnjoyer @algekalipso @BronskiJoseph I’d separate “cannot” vs “there exists no living example of” — we might already be pretty far down the well-formedness slope (Hsu) But in general I agree Feynman might be an outlier on IQ arising from well-formedness vs ND (compared to peers) Not sure about Von Neumann text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @DeepDishEnjoyer @algekalipso @BronskiJoseph I’d separate “cannot” vs “there exists no living example of” — we might already be pretty far down the well-formedness slope (Hsu) But in general I agree Feynman might be an outlier on IQ arising from well-formedness vs ND (compared to peers) Not sure about Von Neumann ### tweet 1773212138800087107 chronological_index: 1151 archive_order_index: 2401 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-03-28T04:54:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 28 04:54:53 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1773212138800087107 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1773212138800087107 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: wolftivy mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @wolftivy: "Computerization" is a way more robust account of what's happening than "AI". We are seeing the ongoing rise of computation a… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @wolftivy: "Computerization" is a way more robust account of what's happening than "AI". We are seeing the ongoing rise of computation a… ## 2024-04 ### tweet 1775502730758340865 chronological_index: 1152 archive_order_index: 2400 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-03T12:36:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 03 12:36:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1775502730758340865 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1775502730758340865 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1775193036042990030 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Love this! Great find on the etymology of anxiety. I also think there's a lot going on with the etymology of attention and intension text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Love this! Great find on the etymology of anxiety. I also think there's a lot going on with the etymology of attention and intension ### tweet 1777847558712250625 chronological_index: 1153 archive_order_index: 2399 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-09T23:54:23Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 09 23:54:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1777847558712250625 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1777847558712250625 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1777805882794942488 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @nickcammarata Potentially two things going on here -- the chimp's attention is a superstimulus for the lion cub, and the chimp may have gotten these attention patterns from humans (but I'm not sure about that, chimps are pretty smart already) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @nickcammarata Potentially two things going on here -- the chimp's attention is a superstimulus for the lion cub, and the chimp may have gotten these attention patterns from humans (but I'm not sure about that, chimps are pretty smart already) ### tweet 1777850899563491346 chronological_index: 1154 archive_order_index: 2398 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-10T00:07:39Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 10 00:07:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1777850899563491346 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1777850899563491346 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1777847558712250625 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/26gif1LBVT expanded: https://x.com/contextdogs/status/1717942733413732628 display: x.com/contextdogs/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Rares82 @nickcammarata one example of cross-species patterns -- https://t.co/26gif1LBVT looks trivial/funny but there's a lot going on in that nervous system! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @nickcammarata one example of cross-species patterns -- https://x.com/contextdogs/status/1717942733413732628 looks trivial/funny but there's a lot going on in that nervous system! ### tweet 1778675312055779328 chronological_index: 1155 archive_order_index: 2397 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-12T06:43:35Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 12 06:43:35 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1778675312055779328 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1778675312055779328 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: louisvarge in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1778508101605335281 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1637387340665561090 mentions: - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 text_raw: |- @LouisVArge Will be discussing this in an upcoming post text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LouisVArge Will be discussing this in an upcoming post ### tweet 1779819878582534266 chronological_index: 1156 archive_order_index: 2396 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:31:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:31:41 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779819878582534266 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779819878582534266 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 1 text_raw: |- Some thoughts on Proof of Human & Proof of Brain — Equating biometrics with keys is fragile, but I’m curious what could be done by treating select biological systems as difficult-to-copy (high-dimensional) generators of easy-to-verify (low-dimensional) statistical patterns text_with_expanded_urls: |- Some thoughts on Proof of Human & Proof of Brain — Equating biometrics with keys is fragile, but I’m curious what could be done by treating select biological systems as difficult-to-copy (high-dimensional) generators of easy-to-verify (low-dimensional) statistical patterns ### tweet 1779820002138309005 chronological_index: 1157 archive_order_index: 2395 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:32:10Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:32:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779820002138309005 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779820002138309005 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779819878582534266 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Physiological state & dynamics are functionally unique between people, and these systems are complex enough that they’re highly resistant to both (1) computer modeling, and (2) physical replication ... text_with_expanded_urls: |- Physiological state & dynamics are functionally unique between people, and these systems are complex enough that they’re highly resistant to both (1) computer modeling, and (2) physical replication ... ### tweet 1779820066931896506 chronological_index: 1158 archive_order_index: 2394 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:32:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:32:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779820066931896506 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779820066931896506 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779820002138309005 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- At the same time, we *can* check if behavior is characteristic — e.g. if we want to establish “Proof of Norm McDonald” we don’t need to predict what joke Norm McDonald will tell, only whether a joke is something Norm would say. Difficult to copy, easier to verify text_with_expanded_urls: |- At the same time, we *can* check if behavior is characteristic — e.g. if we want to establish “Proof of Norm McDonald” we don’t need to predict what joke Norm McDonald will tell, only whether a joke is something Norm would say. Difficult to copy, easier to verify ### tweet 1779820570265137516 chronological_index: 1159 archive_order_index: 2393 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:34:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:34:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779820570265137516 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779820570265137516 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779820066931896506 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @worldcoin | name: World | id_str: 2031478041315258371 text_raw: |- @worldcoin grounds uniqueness on infrared images of the iris; I think WC has great tech. But I wonder how it’ll fare against Sybil attacks (generation of unique but synthetic irises), and whether we could instead treat the brain, immune system, and flora as cryptographic proofs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @worldcoin grounds uniqueness on infrared images of the iris; I think WC has great tech. But I wonder how it’ll fare against Sybil attacks (generation of unique but synthetic irises), and whether we could instead treat the brain, immune system, and flora as cryptographic proofs ### tweet 1779821409176330247 chronological_index: 1160 archive_order_index: 2392 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:37:46Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:37:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779821409176330247 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779821409176330247 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779820570265137516 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @worldcoin | name: World | id_str: 2031478041315258371 text_raw: |- @worldcoin Each of these subsystems has staggering complexity (preventing us from building a full model, at least today). But at the same time, each of these systems was substantially developmentally generated by a seed condition unique to the individual ... text_with_expanded_urls: |- @worldcoin Each of these subsystems has staggering complexity (preventing us from building a full model, at least today). But at the same time, each of these systems was substantially developmentally generated by a seed condition unique to the individual ... ### tweet 1779821636037845178 chronological_index: 1161 archive_order_index: 2391 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:38:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:38:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779821636037845178 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779821636037845178 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779821409176330247 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @worldcoin | name: World | id_str: 2031478041315258371 text_raw: |- @worldcoin Most importantly (1) we probably can't extract this seed condition, yet (2) we probably *can* probably devise statistical tests for whether two systems share the same seed or not text_with_expanded_urls: |- @worldcoin Most importantly (1) we probably can't extract this seed condition, yet (2) we probably *can* probably devise statistical tests for whether two systems share the same seed or not ### tweet 1779821854892400804 chronological_index: 1162 archive_order_index: 2390 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:39:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:39:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779821854892400804 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779821854892400804 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779821636037845178 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @worldcoin | name: World | id_str: 2031478041315258371 text_raw: |- @worldcoin Messy biological systems lend themselves to different and weaker proofs than those of austere mathematics. The question is how good we could make such a system; whether we’re justified in calling something a “proof” and whether it meets the standard for some purpose text_with_expanded_urls: |- @worldcoin Messy biological systems lend themselves to different and weaker proofs than those of austere mathematics. The question is how good we could make such a system; whether we’re justified in calling something a “proof” and whether it meets the standard for some purpose ### tweet 1779821999117795476 chronological_index: 1163 archive_order_index: 2389 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:40:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:40:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779821999117795476 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779821999117795476 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779821854892400804 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @worldcoin | name: World | id_str: 2031478041315258371 text_raw: |- @worldcoin The ability to fully simulate human physiology in silico would break this Proof of Human system. However, developing such simulation capacity would imply full solutions to brain uploading and radical longevity — a high bar and nice consolation prize text_with_expanded_urls: |- @worldcoin The ability to fully simulate human physiology in silico would break this Proof of Human system. However, developing such simulation capacity would imply full solutions to brain uploading and radical longevity — a high bar and nice consolation prize ### tweet 1779822287547437416 chronological_index: 1164 archive_order_index: 2388 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T10:41:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 10:41:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779822287547437416 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779822287547437416 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779821999117795476 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @worldcoin | name: World | id_str: 2031478041315258371 text_raw: |- @worldcoin Proof of Brain in particular is a holy grail; this splits into (1) proof that what you’re looking at is an actual brain (vs digital simulation) and (2) proof that what you’re looking at is a particular person’s brain (Alice, Bob, etc). Both would be very good problems to work on text_with_expanded_urls: |- @worldcoin Proof of Brain in particular is a holy grail; this splits into (1) proof that what you’re looking at is an actual brain (vs digital simulation) and (2) proof that what you’re looking at is a particular person’s brain (Alice, Bob, etc). Both would be very good problems to work on ### tweet 1779899376799777042 chronological_index: 1165 archive_order_index: 2387 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T15:47:35Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 15:47:35 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779899376799777042 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779899376799777042 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 71 retweet_count: 6 urls: - short: https://t.co/AP5pwTQ1Yu expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1779874008072073231 display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Much of life can be rephrased as a question of where to rest your attention Different organs give different results; the heart is generally much more pleasant to rest your attention in than brain But it takes a lot of illegible work to even sense this as an option on the menu https://t.co/AP5pwTQ1Yu text_with_expanded_urls: |- Much of life can be rephrased as a question of where to rest your attention Different organs give different results; the heart is generally much more pleasant to rest your attention in than brain But it takes a lot of illegible work to even sense this as an option on the menu https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1779874008072073231 ### tweet 1779899748222108030 chronological_index: 1166 archive_order_index: 2386 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T15:49:03Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 15:49:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779899748222108030 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779899748222108030 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779899376799777042 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Or at least it did for me -- I expect there's a lot of variance text_with_expanded_urls: |- Or at least it did for me -- I expect there's a lot of variance ### tweet 1779931001684131930 chronological_index: 1167 archive_order_index: 2385 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-15T17:53:14Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 15 17:53:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1779931001684131930 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1779931001684131930 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: limits_stop in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779919504740389144 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1169222736272646144 mentions: - @limits_stop | name: StopYourLimits | Looking For A Vaccine 🤯 | id_str: 1169222736272646144 text_raw: |- @limits_stop Shifting the resting place of attention also shifts the lens we use to perceive reality; In one sense this has specific utility for perceiving and navigating certain classes of situations, but moreso it's really a shift in our sense of what's important and why. What the game is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @limits_stop Shifting the resting place of attention also shifts the lens we use to perceive reality; In one sense this has specific utility for perceiving and navigating certain classes of situations, but moreso it's really a shift in our sense of what's important and why. What the game is ### tweet 1780087824093487314 chronological_index: 1168 archive_order_index: 2384 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-16T04:16:24Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 16 04:16:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1780087824093487314 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1780087824093487314 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1779982165897601304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @JimmyRis | name: james, the giant peach | id_str: 29838494 - @DrMylesDC | name: Dr. Myles O'Donnell | The Somatic Chiropractor | id_str: 1767124006103138304 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @JimmyRis @DrMylesDC That would be very fun -- I've followed your (Elena's) work, am a big fan text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @JimmyRis @DrMylesDC That would be very fun -- I've followed your (Elena's) work, am a big fan ### tweet 1780823420718010599 chronological_index: 1169 archive_order_index: 2383 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-18T04:59:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 18 04:59:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1780823420718010599 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1780823420718010599 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: harmonicjunkie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1780648002241106391 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1512598900665987074 text_raw: |- @stalkerofmusik I really enjoyed this essay. One thing that comes to mind is Noether's theorem and conservation laws; energy is conserved in physics. Is it in consciousness? Can this help us define energy in consciousness? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @stalkerofmusik I really enjoyed this essay. One thing that comes to mind is Noether's theorem and conservation laws; energy is conserved in physics. Is it in consciousness? Can this help us define energy in consciousness? ### tweet 1781381818173800727 chronological_index: 1170 archive_order_index: 2382 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-19T17:58:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 19 17:58:16 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781381818173800727 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781381818173800727 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 25 retweet_count: 3 mentions: - @EricWollberg | name: Axial Wanderer | id_str: 1244726593584599043 urls: - short: https://t.co/d91gdvqfFP expanded: https://x.com/PropheticAI/status/1781337278951911842 display: x.com/PropheticAI/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Beautiful essay by @EricWollberg How good of a scientific instrument is the human mind for charting consciousness? Under what conditions can we trust our qualia reports? How close to "qualia-complete" is the human nervous system and what drives variance in coverage? https://t.co/d91gdvqfFP text_with_expanded_urls: |- Beautiful essay by @EricWollberg How good of a scientific instrument is the human mind for charting consciousness? Under what conditions can we trust our qualia reports? How close to "qualia-complete" is the human nervous system and what drives variance in coverage? https://x.com/PropheticAI/status/1781337278951911842 ### tweet 1781579800315891959 chronological_index: 1171 archive_order_index: 2381 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-20T07:04:59Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 20 07:04:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781579800315891959 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781579800315891959 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1781579606073450816 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/r7NZfxqQ38 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/04/presence-neurotechnology-technology-aided-direct-transmission/ display: opentheory.net/2024/04/presen… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Link to original: https://t.co/r7NZfxqQ38 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Link to original: https://opentheory.net/2024/04/presence-neurotechnology-technology-aided-direct-transmission/ ### tweet 1781583185920381091 chronological_index: 1172 archive_order_index: 2380 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-20T07:18:26Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 20 07:18:26 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781583185920381091 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781583185920381091 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 60 retweet_count: 6 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781583185920381091/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLl0GgqWMAA71BE.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/03Op56yWw8 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781583185920381091/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GLl0JdzXkAAY_vp.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/03Op56yWw8 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- New Opentheory essay, "Presence neurotechnology & technology-aided direct transmission" Some thoughts on two useful goals for neurotech https://t.co/03Op56yWw8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- New Opentheory essay, "Presence neurotechnology & technology-aided direct transmission" Some thoughts on two useful goals for neurotech https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781583185920381091/photo/1 ### tweet 1781583274806014117 chronological_index: 1173 archive_order_index: 2379 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-20T07:18:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 20 07:18:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781583274806014117 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781583274806014117 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1781583185920381091 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/r7NZfxqQ38 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/04/presence-neurotechnology-technology-aided-direct-transmission/ display: opentheory.net/2024/04/presen… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Link to original: https://t.co/r7NZfxqQ38 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Link to original: https://opentheory.net/2024/04/presence-neurotechnology-technology-aided-direct-transmission/ ### tweet 1781621111098077458 chronological_index: 1174 archive_order_index: 2378 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-20T09:49:08Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 20 09:49:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781621111098077458 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781621111098077458 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1781615840065946036 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exgenesis thanks! good question -- I do think people sometimes watch media (TV, podcasts, YT) as a sort of somatic radio station there's a certain genre of Indian movie that basically showcases particularly bright nervous systems (eg anything with Shah Rukh Khan) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis thanks! good question -- I do think people sometimes watch media (TV, podcasts, YT) as a sort of somatic radio station there's a certain genre of Indian movie that basically showcases particularly bright nervous systems (eg anything with Shah Rukh Khan) ### tweet 1781746637112492249 chronological_index: 1175 archive_order_index: 2377 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-20T18:07:56Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 20 18:07:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781746637112492249 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781746637112492249 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1781725083075064106 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 text_raw: |- @36_72541890 high variance generally a lot of pain in cults text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 high variance generally a lot of pain in cults ### tweet 1781757902467781108 chronological_index: 1176 archive_order_index: 2376 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-20T18:52:42Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 20 18:52:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781757902467781108 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781757902467781108 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1781747594181435508 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 text_raw: |- @36_72541890 It's a good question; I suspect the minimum would be a replay of static data, and then you build that out into a dynamic model text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 It's a good question; I suspect the minimum would be a replay of static data, and then you build that out into a dynamic model ### tweet 1781914841344541142 chronological_index: 1177 archive_order_index: 2375 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-21T05:16:19Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 21 05:16:19 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781914841344541142 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781914841344541142 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/DTYn3PgPBu expanded: https://x.com/tszzl/status/1781904423956193306 display: x.com/tszzl/status/1… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think of hedonic adaptation as "your body is calibrated to have a certain amount of tension in it" Awful accident -> you slowly let go of bodily tension until you're back in your range Win lottery -> your Active Inference scope broadens until you're carrying as much as before https://t.co/DTYn3PgPBu text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think of hedonic adaptation as "your body is calibrated to have a certain amount of tension in it" Awful accident -> you slowly let go of bodily tension until you're back in your range Win lottery -> your Active Inference scope broadens until you're carrying as much as before https://x.com/tszzl/status/1781904423956193306 ### tweet 1781966386501210407 chronological_index: 1178 archive_order_index: 2374 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-21T08:41:08Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 21 08:41:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1781966386501210407 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1781966386501210407 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1781949913800008103 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @ourokronos | name: The Labyrinth, The Nightmare, and The Void | id_str: 3020392401 - @thechosenberg | name: rosey🌹 | id_str: 1092887565806563328 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @ourokronos @thechosenberg Some thoughts but this also feels like an infohazard text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @ourokronos @thechosenberg Some thoughts but this also feels like an infohazard ### tweet 1782428316948894144 chronological_index: 1179 archive_order_index: 2373 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-22T15:16:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 22 15:16:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1782428316948894144 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782428316948894144 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: neats29 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1781612020321689820 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 65421745 mentions: - @neats29 | name: anita ✈️ nyc 26th june | id_str: 65421745 text_raw: |- @neats29 That's a beautiful observation. I agree (and find that voice improvements can seemingly cause emotional improvements) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neats29 That's a beautiful observation. I agree (and find that voice improvements can seemingly cause emotional improvements) ### tweet 1782675221939438044 chronological_index: 1180 archive_order_index: 2372 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-23T07:37:48Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 23 07:37:48 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1782675221939438044 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782675221939438044 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 87 retweet_count: 8 urls: - short: https://t.co/LXs5iWPubt expanded: https://x.com/RCarhartHarris/status/1782441343429853430 display: x.com/RCarhartHarris… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The more predictive models you have online, the harder it is to increase your energy parameter The visual system is a core predictive pipeline; closing your eyes takes it offline & prevents it from doing compression sweeps. Energy & ambivalence build Same pattern in meditation https://t.co/LXs5iWPubt text_with_expanded_urls: |- The more predictive models you have online, the harder it is to increase your energy parameter The visual system is a core predictive pipeline; closing your eyes takes it offline & prevents it from doing compression sweeps. Energy & ambivalence build Same pattern in meditation https://x.com/RCarhartHarris/status/1782441343429853430 ### tweet 1782681602549571939 chronological_index: 1181 archive_order_index: 2371 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-23T08:03:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 23 08:03:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1782681602549571939 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782681602549571939 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: positive_loop in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1782679545742590340 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1269532161641758722 mentions: - @positive_loop | name: Roland | positive loop | id_str: 1269532161641758722 text_raw: |- @positive_loop That's the core question; meditation, psychedelics, healthy living seem to help. But if you can notice yourself creating problems to carry because you're below your tension set-point, and stop doing that, this might help the most text_with_expanded_urls: |- @positive_loop That's the core question; meditation, psychedelics, healthy living seem to help. But if you can notice yourself creating problems to carry because you're below your tension set-point, and stop doing that, this might help the most ### tweet 1782682986854359157 chronological_index: 1182 archive_order_index: 2370 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-23T08:08:39Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 23 08:08:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1782682986854359157 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782682986854359157 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1782675221939438044 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- What I determined last year is these predictive models live in the vasomuscular system -- a compression sweep is an involuntary muscle reflex https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- What I determined last year is these predictive models live in the vasomuscular system -- a compression sweep is an involuntary muscle reflex https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1782831876152893648 chronological_index: 1183 archive_order_index: 2369 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-23T18:00:17Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 23 18:00:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1782831876152893648 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782831876152893648 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: positive_loop in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1782807706111234348 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1269532161641758722 mentions: - @positive_loop | name: Roland | positive loop | id_str: 1269532161641758722 text_raw: |- @positive_loop I hope to have a long essay on this soon text_with_expanded_urls: |- @positive_loop I hope to have a long essay on this soon ### tweet 1782833421271666792 chronological_index: 1184 archive_order_index: 2368 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-23T18:06:25Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 23 18:06:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1782833421271666792 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782833421271666792 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1782830645556773055 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782833421271666792/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL3lQpFWsAEJvoC.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/xfpCwQieP4 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @paul__is__here Here's the relevant section of Principles of Vasocomputation -- I hope to write more about the mechanics at some point https://t.co/xfpCwQieP4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here Here's the relevant section of Principles of Vasocomputation -- I hope to write more about the mechanics at some point https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1782833421271666792/photo/1 ### tweet 1783361381741310423 chronological_index: 1185 archive_order_index: 2367 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-25T05:04:21Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 25 05:04:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1783361381741310423 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1783361381741310423 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: moissanist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1783206325041656198 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1260820328617578501 mentions: - @moissanist | name: Julian (moissanist) | id_str: 1260820328617578501 - @Tangrenin | name: Quentin | id_str: 1362689713 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 - @sukhamydukkha | name: Polo | id_str: 1912477806115655680 text_raw: |- @moissanist @Tangrenin @nosilverv @m_ashcroft @LouisVArge @sukhamydukkha I think the clue is in the name The vasocomputation take is that holding some tension acts as a 'clamp' on local neural networks, restricting their dynamic range and essentially freezing their computation until xyz happens text_with_expanded_urls: |- @moissanist @Tangrenin @nosilverv @m_ashcroft @LouisVArge @sukhamydukkha I think the clue is in the name The vasocomputation take is that holding some tension acts as a 'clamp' on local neural networks, restricting their dynamic range and essentially freezing their computation until xyz happens ### tweet 1783363356461605159 chronological_index: 1186 archive_order_index: 2346 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-25T05:12:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 25 05:12:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1783363356461605159 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1783363356461605159 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AdquirirBitcoin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1783328429107990957 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1009156930533842946 mentions: - @AdquirirBitcoin | name: bom dia Bitcoin | id_str: 1009156930533842946 text_raw: |- @AdquirirBitcoin Stents would probably benefit from NK's fibrolysis (clean junk buildup around the stent) The thing to watch there is if your blood gets too 'thin' internal bleeding becomes a big issue I would feel okay taking a modest dose of both but would add some vitamin k text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AdquirirBitcoin Stents would probably benefit from NK's fibrolysis (clean junk buildup around the stent) The thing to watch there is if your blood gets too 'thin' internal bleeding becomes a big issue I would feel okay taking a modest dose of both but would add some vitamin k ### tweet 1783495499598680536 chronological_index: 1187 archive_order_index: 2345 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-25T13:57:17Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 25 13:57:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1783495499598680536 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1783495499598680536 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CaenisAntonia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1783487234726822026 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1760741233792536576 mentions: - @CaenisAntonia | name: Antonia Caenis | id_str: 1760741233792536576 text_raw: |- @CaenisAntonia Welcome! Low blood pressure wouldn't be a reason not to take nattokinase, although you might try a low dose (25-50mg) first Prescription blood thinners like warfarin do have a very wide (and strange) effect profile; NK is in general a different class of thing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CaenisAntonia Welcome! Low blood pressure wouldn't be a reason not to take nattokinase, although you might try a low dose (25-50mg) first Prescription blood thinners like warfarin do have a very wide (and strange) effect profile; NK is in general a different class of thing ### tweet 1783767142485168592 chronological_index: 1188 archive_order_index: 2344 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-26T07:56:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 26 07:56:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1783767142485168592 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1783767142485168592 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1783587958672748896 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso I suspect it's either nerve damage or (more likely) a tiny vasospasm that has entrapped the nerve Working on something that might help; where are you based? @42irrationalist also has a protocol, related to Sasha's text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso I suspect it's either nerve damage or (more likely) a tiny vasospasm that has entrapped the nerve Working on something that might help; where are you based? @42irrationalist also has a protocol, related to Sasha's ### tweet 1784143546703831319 chronological_index: 1189 archive_order_index: 2343 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-27T08:52:23Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 27 08:52:23 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1784143546703831319 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1784143546703831319 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/561hZ6MsyU expanded: https://x.com/achillghost/status/1783986411969950078 display: x.com/achillghost/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- plutonium qualia has got to be wild https://t.co/561hZ6MsyU text_with_expanded_urls: |- plutonium qualia has got to be wild https://x.com/achillghost/status/1783986411969950078 ### tweet 1784624514296402053 chronological_index: 1190 archive_order_index: 2342 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-28T16:43:35Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 28 16:43:35 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1784624514296402053 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1784624514296402053 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1784602074887368944 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @boon_dLux Not yes, nor no, but a third thing; I see the body as a set of interlinked resonance networks that scaffold each other, allowing flexibility in some dimensions and firmness in others. They all sorta keep each other in tune Some resonance networks will give off EM like this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @boon_dLux Not yes, nor no, but a third thing; I see the body as a set of interlinked resonance networks that scaffold each other, allowing flexibility in some dimensions and firmness in others. They all sorta keep each other in tune Some resonance networks will give off EM like this ### tweet 1784812698900816369 chronological_index: 1191 archive_order_index: 2341 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-29T05:11:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 29 05:11:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1784812698900816369 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1784812698900816369 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1784510337024463216 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 text_raw: |- @SurenVynn Sorry to hear that; I'd definitely recommend nattokinase and getting tested for "d dimer" asap. Doctors like to order imaging but TIAs don't tend to leave signatures on imaging. D dimer is a sign that your body is breaking down clots, which suggests you have/had extra somewhere text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn Sorry to hear that; I'd definitely recommend nattokinase and getting tested for "d dimer" asap. Doctors like to order imaging but TIAs don't tend to leave signatures on imaging. D dimer is a sign that your body is breaking down clots, which suggests you have/had extra somewhere ### tweet 1784817951285109185 chronological_index: 1192 archive_order_index: 2340 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-29T05:32:14Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 29 05:32:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1784817951285109185 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1784817951285109185 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1784816329327092220 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 text_raw: |- @SurenVynn A neurology specialist is going to look at your fMRI and say "well, there's nothing on the scan, it could have been a TIA; drink more water & consider taking aspirin" A d dimer blood test is cheap and although it's not proof of TIA it'll definitely help infer what's going on text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn A neurology specialist is going to look at your fMRI and say "well, there's nothing on the scan, it could have been a TIA; drink more water & consider taking aspirin" A d dimer blood test is cheap and although it's not proof of TIA it'll definitely help infer what's going on ### tweet 1784818970786218350 chronological_index: 1193 archive_order_index: 2339 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-29T05:36:17Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 29 05:36:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1784818970786218350 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1784818970786218350 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1784817951285109185 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 urls: - short: https://t.co/E8x4GW6TQk expanded: https://www.webmd.com/dvt/what-is-the-d-dimer-test display: webmd.com/dvt/what-is-th… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SurenVynn https://t.co/E8x4GW6TQk (I'm not anti-aspirin btw, I think it's generally a healthy thing to take. I personally would be comfortable taking both NK and aspirin at the same time, although some docs might not like the elevated risk of internal bleeding) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn https://www.webmd.com/dvt/what-is-the-d-dimer-test (I'm not anti-aspirin btw, I think it's generally a healthy thing to take. I personally would be comfortable taking both NK and aspirin at the same time, although some docs might not like the elevated risk of internal bleeding) ### tweet 1784898384177881257 chronological_index: 1194 archive_order_index: 2338 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-29T10:51:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 29 10:51:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1784898384177881257 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1784898384177881257 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jobruusgaard in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1784885343633711514 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 80069274 mentions: - @jobruusgaard | name: Jo C. Bruusgaard | id_str: 80069274 text_raw: |- @jobruusgaard This isn't well-categorized; the paper I mention in the thread discusses this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jobruusgaard This isn't well-categorized; the paper I mention in the thread discusses this ### tweet 1785377374407655745 chronological_index: 1195 archive_order_index: 2337 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-04-30T18:35:11Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 30 18:35:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1785377374407655745 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1785377374407655745 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kfshinozuka in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1785366019013272043 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1534279416683106304 mentions: - @kfshinozuka | name: Kenneth Shinozuka | id_str: 1534279416683106304 text_raw: |- @kfshinozuka Proud to see this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kfshinozuka Proud to see this! ## 2024-05 ### tweet 1786463643166536036 chronological_index: 1196 archive_order_index: 2336 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-03T18:31:38Z created_at_raw: Fri May 03 18:31:38 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1786463643166536036 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786463643166536036 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 275 retweet_count: 32 urls: - short: https://t.co/Qm5OBJ1n5f expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1786448917279690785 display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786463643166536036/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMrJ0j5WAAASiCG.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/SjDw3yFiKP possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Legend has it that a famous philosopher literally invented silent reading. I.e. everybody was reading out loud; he figured out you could do it without making sound. Comments: (1) somatic patterns can be viral (2) what similar decoupling hasn't been invented yet but could be? https://t.co/Qm5OBJ1n5f https://t.co/SjDw3yFiKP text_with_expanded_urls: |- Legend has it that a famous philosopher literally invented silent reading. I.e. everybody was reading out loud; he figured out you could do it without making sound. Comments: (1) somatic patterns can be viral (2) what similar decoupling hasn't been invented yet but could be? https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1786448917279690785 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786463643166536036/photo/1 ### tweet 1786466839825961004 chronological_index: 1197 archive_order_index: 2335 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-03T18:44:20Z created_at_raw: Fri May 03 18:44:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1786466839825961004 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786466839825961004 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robotNiMA in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1786466232536899992 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 276220644 mentions: - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 text_raw: |- @insideNiMA nice, totally agree there's also the flip question, what have we decoupled but shouldn't have? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insideNiMA nice, totally agree there's also the flip question, what have we decoupled but shouldn't have? ### tweet 1786467272854245453 chronological_index: 1198 archive_order_index: 2334 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-03T18:46:03Z created_at_raw: Fri May 03 18:46:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1786467272854245453 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786467272854245453 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jazz_bard in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1786466048046231922 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1671522974153732097 mentions: - @jazz_bard | name: jazz bard | id_str: 1671522974153732097 text_raw: |- @jazz_bard I totally believe that; It feels interesting to poke at this; is this prolonged constriction totally a bug, or is it trying to help us in some way (even if it doesn't usually help in a modern context)? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jazz_bard I totally believe that; It feels interesting to poke at this; is this prolonged constriction totally a bug, or is it trying to help us in some way (even if it doesn't usually help in a modern context)? ### tweet 1786468782103199920 chronological_index: 1199 archive_order_index: 2333 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-03T18:52:03Z created_at_raw: Fri May 03 18:52:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1786468782103199920 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786468782103199920 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jazz_bard in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1786467726040408462 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1671522974153732097 mentions: - @jazz_bard | name: jazz bard | id_str: 1671522974153732097 text_raw: |- @jazz_bard Perhaps a credible precommitment to escalation; if someone steps on your toes, you get a little upset but these things happen & it's fine. If someone steps on them again within 40m, maybe something needs to change text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jazz_bard Perhaps a credible precommitment to escalation; if someone steps on your toes, you get a little upset but these things happen & it's fine. If someone steps on them again within 40m, maybe something needs to change ### tweet 1790024290965803190 chronological_index: 1200 archive_order_index: 2332 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-13T14:20:22Z created_at_raw: Mon May 13 14:20:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790024290965803190 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790024290965803190 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jobruusgaard in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1789933660256268603 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 80069274 mentions: - @jobruusgaard | name: Jo C. Bruusgaard | id_str: 80069274 text_raw: |- @jobruusgaard More accurate to say we don't know the mechanism of absorption, unless you're claiming NK is equivalent to placebo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jobruusgaard More accurate to say we don't know the mechanism of absorption, unless you're claiming NK is equivalent to placebo ### tweet 1790284891726151956 chronological_index: 1201 archive_order_index: 2331 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:35:54Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:35:54 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790284891726151956 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790284891726151956 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 200 retweet_count: 13 text_raw: |- Voice is more intimate than text because what you’re actually listening to is someone’s muscle tone & reflexes Vasocomputation suggests smooth muscle reflexes are the primary tool our brains use to collapse sensory uncertainty & create order. The voice box isn’t the brain, but text_with_expanded_urls: |- Voice is more intimate than text because what you’re actually listening to is someone’s muscle tone & reflexes Vasocomputation suggests smooth muscle reflexes are the primary tool our brains use to collapse sensory uncertainty & create order. The voice box isn’t the brain, but ### tweet 1790285084634828923 chronological_index: 1202 archive_order_index: 2330 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:36:40Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:36:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790285084634828923 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790285084634828923 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 61 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790284891726151956 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- “as you do anything, so you do everything” — If you *really listen* to someone talk, you can hear them think It’s the same class of patterns text_with_expanded_urls: |- “as you do anything, so you do everything” — If you *really listen* to someone talk, you can hear them think It’s the same class of patterns ### tweet 1790285637515370540 chronological_index: 1203 archive_order_index: 2329 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:38:52Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:38:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790285637515370540 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790285637515370540 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790285084634828923 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/2vqKon5a8q expanded: https://x.com/willdepue/status/1790078289023062255 display: x.com/willdepue/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The question is what happens when we give AI ‘native access’ to voice. GPT-4o is “natively multi-modal”, meaning its tokens don’t distinguish between text, voice, or vision data. This probably means it can infer some of the same things we can https://t.co/2vqKon5a8q text_with_expanded_urls: |- The question is what happens when we give AI ‘native access’ to voice. GPT-4o is “natively multi-modal”, meaning its tokens don’t distinguish between text, voice, or vision data. This probably means it can infer some of the same things we can https://x.com/willdepue/status/1790078289023062255 ### tweet 1790286307324747870 chronological_index: 1204 archive_order_index: 2328 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:41:32Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:41:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790286307324747870 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790286307324747870 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790285637515370540 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- We’ve been told GPT-4o can infer meaning, intention, and emotional state. But a ‘jailbroken’ GPT-4o could guess health conditions & evaluate voices for their owner’s relationship with uncertainty — i.e. their cognitive+emotional style text_with_expanded_urls: |- We’ve been told GPT-4o can infer meaning, intention, and emotional state. But a ‘jailbroken’ GPT-4o could guess health conditions & evaluate voices for their owner’s relationship with uncertainty — i.e. their cognitive+emotional style ### tweet 1790286510614282312 chronological_index: 1205 archive_order_index: 2327 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:42:20Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:42:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790286510614282312 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790286510614282312 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 33 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790286307324747870 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- This is probably a case of “OpenAI built something more interesting than they realize”. I expect GPT-4o to be a lot better at “act like person x” if given a few voice samples, even if we limit the output to text But it also may be the world’s best lie detector text_with_expanded_urls: |- This is probably a case of “OpenAI built something more interesting than they realize”. I expect GPT-4o to be a lot better at “act like person x” if given a few voice samples, even if we limit the output to text But it also may be the world’s best lie detector ### tweet 1790286921358250178 chronological_index: 1206 archive_order_index: 2326 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:43:58Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:43:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790286921358250178 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790286921358250178 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790286510614282312 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/fM5FsvlV22 expanded: https://x.com/JoshPurtell/status/1790106444513042699 display: x.com/JoshPurtell/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- GPT-4o is probably a very small model (distilled to be cheap to run), so it might not have enough working memory to do some tasks. But the model it’s undoubtedly distilled from could; we're likely to see that model in the coming months https://t.co/fM5FsvlV22 text_with_expanded_urls: |- GPT-4o is probably a very small model (distilled to be cheap to run), so it might not have enough working memory to do some tasks. But the model it’s undoubtedly distilled from could; we're likely to see that model in the coming months https://x.com/JoshPurtell/status/1790106444513042699 ### tweet 1790287129458717097 chronological_index: 1207 archive_order_index: 2325 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:44:48Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:44:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790287129458717097 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790287129458717097 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790286921358250178 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Anyway, I think true multi-modal models (of which GPT-4o looks to be the first) are a big deal, partly because they can infer so much about *us*. Principles of Vasocomputation, for those who haven't read it: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Anyway, I think true multi-modal models (of which GPT-4o looks to be the first) are a big deal, partly because they can infer so much about *us*. Principles of Vasocomputation, for those who haven't read it: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1790287279056941093 chronological_index: 1208 archive_order_index: 2324 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T07:45:23Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 07:45:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790287279056941093 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790287279056941093 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790286846658023675 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Very real text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Very real ### tweet 1790292273130770742 chronological_index: 1209 archive_order_index: 2323 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T08:05:14Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 08:05:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790292273130770742 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790292273130770742 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790291453870035002 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels lol I bet -- people are so bad at hiding who they are and it's really endearing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels lol I bet -- people are so bad at hiding who they are and it's really endearing ### tweet 1790310976580919699 chronological_index: 1210 archive_order_index: 2322 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T09:19:33Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 09:19:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790310976580919699 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790310976580919699 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ambigrammarian in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790307509430845521 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1443938695426478082 text_raw: |- @_ambigramm I like the FEP, but it doesn't speak of neural mechanism/implementation. I think a proper explanation of piti and its correlates would span a wider set of domains text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_ambigramm I like the FEP, but it doesn't speak of neural mechanism/implementation. I think a proper explanation of piti and its correlates would span a wider set of domains ### tweet 1790478646311895395 chronological_index: 1211 archive_order_index: 2321 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-14T20:25:49Z created_at_raw: Tue May 14 20:25:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790478646311895395 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790478646311895395 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: issa_sign in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790472106301329503 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 972952170546024448 mentions: - @issa_sign | name: issa sign!✨ | id_str: 972952170546024448 text_raw: |- @issa_sign I'd guess this is true in some cases; there are many types of kindness text_with_expanded_urls: |- @issa_sign I'd guess this is true in some cases; there are many types of kindness ### tweet 1790599845368975714 chronological_index: 1212 archive_order_index: 2320 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-15T04:27:25Z created_at_raw: Wed May 15 04:27:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1790599845368975714 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1790599845368975714 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1790597975414026477 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Very interesting; I gather 'humans use voice to align other humans' AI backtalk is a pretty significant vector for RLAIF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Very interesting; I gather 'humans use voice to align other humans' AI backtalk is a pretty significant vector for RLAIF ### tweet 1791680849601060997 chronological_index: 1213 archive_order_index: 2319 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-18T04:02:57Z created_at_raw: Sat May 18 04:02:57 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1791680849601060997 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1791680849601060997 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: jessicamalonso mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @jessicamalonso: This post describes the mechanics of embodied attunement in a way that clarifies relationships between interoceptive ca… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @jessicamalonso: This post describes the mechanics of embodied attunement in a way that clarifies relationships between interoceptive ca… ### tweet 1791826987343872042 chronological_index: 1214 archive_order_index: 2318 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-18T13:43:38Z created_at_raw: Sat May 18 13:43:38 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1791826987343872042 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1791826987343872042 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/pGHiBYeG9i expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704639357183840337 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Some thoughts on "what kind of thing" groups of humans are, and how we merge and program each other -- https://t.co/pGHiBYeG9i text_with_expanded_urls: |- Some thoughts on "what kind of thing" groups of humans are, and how we merge and program each other -- https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704639357183840337 ### tweet 1792103059255947515 chronological_index: 1215 archive_order_index: 2317 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-19T08:00:39Z created_at_raw: Sun May 19 08:00:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1792103059255947515 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1792103059255947515 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1792099604541952142 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/cWv5kzv5JM expanded: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.0813 display: arxiv.org/abs/1409.0813 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz There's a huge Tegmark-shaped hole in speculative cosmology/teleology and I don't know who's going to fill it This was short and good -- https://t.co/cWv5kzv5JM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz There's a huge Tegmark-shaped hole in speculative cosmology/teleology and I don't know who's going to fill it This was short and good -- https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.0813 ### tweet 1792743495188574334 chronological_index: 1216 archive_order_index: 2316 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-21T02:25:31Z created_at_raw: Tue May 21 02:25:31 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1792743495188574334 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1792743495188574334 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Malcolm_Ocean in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1792711931838726410 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 49044207 mentions: - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 text_raw: |- @Malcolm_Ocean This is awesome -- >At this phase in history, conflict between superegos is a major element of experience -- 100% >Insofar as superegos are expectations -- ohhhh I wonder if we could model superegos as conditioned muscle reflexes? 'When x then y (grabbing/tension/prediction)' text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Malcolm_Ocean This is awesome -- >At this phase in history, conflict between superegos is a major element of experience -- 100% >Insofar as superegos are expectations -- ohhhh I wonder if we could model superegos as conditioned muscle reflexes? 'When x then y (grabbing/tension/prediction)' ### tweet 1792751095581933838 chronological_index: 1217 archive_order_index: 2315 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-21T02:55:43Z created_at_raw: Tue May 21 02:55:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1792751095581933838 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1792751095581933838 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1792713898082320463 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @eshear @nosilverv Amazing thread; I agree about the sideloading, I think humans are naturally abstracters and our words tend to become defined by their position in our semantic web, and if you shovel lots of words at someone you can shift their web text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @nosilverv Amazing thread; I agree about the sideloading, I think humans are naturally abstracters and our words tend to become defined by their position in our semantic web, and if you shovel lots of words at someone you can shift their web ### tweet 1792751267976200478 chronological_index: 1218 archive_order_index: 2314 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-21T02:56:24Z created_at_raw: Tue May 21 02:56:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1792751267976200478 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1792751267976200478 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1792751095581933838 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1792751267976200478/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GOEhr7TWQAAjovd.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/lazhyDEblc possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eshear @nosilverv There's also... 'felt-sense witchcraft' or what people sometimes call wizard battles? And imo modern society is essentially a battleground for rival level 2000 superorganisms who go around oneshotting people https://t.co/lazhyDEblc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @nosilverv There's also... 'felt-sense witchcraft' or what people sometimes call wizard battles? And imo modern society is essentially a battleground for rival level 2000 superorganisms who go around oneshotting people https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1792751267976200478/photo/1 ### tweet 1792850739305308400 chronological_index: 1219 archive_order_index: 2313 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-21T09:31:40Z created_at_raw: Tue May 21 09:31:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1792850739305308400 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1792850739305308400 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: attempter_magus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1792839947856314664 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1491186103641985028 mentions: - @attempter_magus | name: memetic.attempter | id_str: 1491186103641985028 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/XTWjUNMp90 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2018/08/a-future-for-neuroscience/ display: opentheory.net/2018/08/a-futu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @attempter_magus @eshear @nosilverv https://t.co/XTWjUNMp90 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @attempter_magus @eshear @nosilverv https://opentheory.net/2018/08/a-future-for-neuroscience/ ### tweet 1795498421752659993 chronological_index: 1220 archive_order_index: 2312 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-28T16:52:37Z created_at_raw: Tue May 28 16:52:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1795498421752659993 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1795498421752659993 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1795490410409898364 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear It feels like a certain thing to move skeletal muscle It feels like a different thing to move awareness But maybe "moving awareness" is fine-grained adjustment of smooth muscle And they're not so different after all text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear It feels like a certain thing to move skeletal muscle It feels like a different thing to move awareness But maybe "moving awareness" is fine-grained adjustment of smooth muscle And they're not so different after all ### tweet 1796502603662250019 chronological_index: 1221 archive_order_index: 2311 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-31T11:22:52Z created_at_raw: Fri May 31 11:22:52 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1796502603662250019 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796502603662250019 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/PlQDxPQLI7 expanded: https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1796472233227067655 display: x.com/mmjukic/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Great thread on a difficult problem; post-scarcity civilization is harder, not easier I could see how advancements in AI, spaceflight, or neurotech could solve this (each in a very different way) Not sure which would be the “best” way https://t.co/PlQDxPQLI7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Great thread on a difficult problem; post-scarcity civilization is harder, not easier I could see how advancements in AI, spaceflight, or neurotech could solve this (each in a very different way) Not sure which would be the “best” way https://x.com/mmjukic/status/1796472233227067655 ### tweet 1796504362946314715 chronological_index: 1222 archive_order_index: 2310 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-31T11:29:52Z created_at_raw: Fri May 31 11:29:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1796504362946314715 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796504362946314715 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1796364748394745927 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic The question is if there is such formal structure; If there is, then there’s predictive power laying on the table if we’re smart enough to pick it up If not, trying to find a formal model is a fools’ errand similar to elan vital The history of science offers examples of each text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic The question is if there is such formal structure; If there is, then there’s predictive power laying on the table if we’re smart enough to pick it up If not, trying to find a formal model is a fools’ errand similar to elan vital The history of science offers examples of each ### tweet 1796505690858823709 chronological_index: 1223 archive_order_index: 2309 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-31T11:35:08Z created_at_raw: Fri May 31 11:35:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1796505690858823709 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796505690858823709 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1796504362946314715 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… - short: https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… - short: https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RokoMijic Survey of major cruxes: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK Major arguments against “consciousness isn’t real” https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa Book I wrote on how to formalize consciousness: https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE Shortened version of above, focusing on my major result: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic Survey of major cruxes: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ Major arguments against “consciousness isn’t real” https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ Book I wrote on how to formalize consciousness: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf Shortened version of above, focusing on my major result: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1796510760165884217 chronological_index: 1224 archive_order_index: 2308 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-31T11:55:17Z created_at_raw: Fri May 31 11:55:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1796510760165884217 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796510760165884217 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: Teknium in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1796479145276510365 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1365020011123773442 urls: - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Teknium1 Grounding the brain, basically — Turning local state into error codes that get passed to the general purpose hallucinator upstairs https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Teknium1 Grounding the brain, basically — Turning local state into error codes that get passed to the general purpose hallucinator upstairs https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1796614308295844330 chronological_index: 1225 archive_order_index: 2307 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-05-31T18:46:45Z created_at_raw: Fri May 31 18:46:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1796614308295844330 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796614308295844330 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: phantom_opus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1796572685583212745 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1164674594520928256 mentions: - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 text_raw: |- @phantom_opus @Teknium1 Guts may have a relatively large number of neurons because (1) gut state is relatively complex, and (2) we began our evolutionary journey as stomachs; The more neurons attached to an organ, the more error codes it can have. Guts have many more error codes than (e.g.) hearts text_with_expanded_urls: |- @phantom_opus @Teknium1 Guts may have a relatively large number of neurons because (1) gut state is relatively complex, and (2) we began our evolutionary journey as stomachs; The more neurons attached to an organ, the more error codes it can have. Guts have many more error codes than (e.g.) hearts ## 2024-06 ### tweet 1796904585413747112 chronological_index: 1226 archive_order_index: 2306 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-01T14:00:12Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 01 14:00:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1796904585413747112 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796904585413747112 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KordingLab in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1796897142000300344 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 932805374 mentions: - @KordingLab | name: Kording Lab 🦖 | id_str: 932805374 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796904585413747112/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GO_jMjSbcAEntX6.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FdqVQr3kqg - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796904585413747112/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GO_jMjRb0AAWeU4.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FdqVQr3kqg possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @KordingLab I like the ‘lock and key’ metaphor, myself: Via https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/FdqVQr3kqg text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KordingLab I like the ‘lock and key’ metaphor, myself: Via https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1796904585413747112/photo/1 ### tweet 1797416077246562737 chronological_index: 1227 archive_order_index: 2305 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-02T23:52:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 02 23:52:41 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797416077246562737 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797416077246562737 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/c2FRBdfcoF expanded: https://x.com/EMostaque/status/1797406869570343002 display: x.com/EMostaque/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- My brief take on AI & x-risk: If the near-future is steered by someone with good aesthetic taste, I think we’ll be okay. Elon has taste. Sama has taste. There are many forces & processes that select against taste. I think these are the most serious x-risk. https://t.co/c2FRBdfcoF text_with_expanded_urls: |- My brief take on AI & x-risk: If the near-future is steered by someone with good aesthetic taste, I think we’ll be okay. Elon has taste. Sama has taste. There are many forces & processes that select against taste. I think these are the most serious x-risk. https://x.com/EMostaque/status/1797406869570343002 ### tweet 1797471840547549529 chronological_index: 1228 archive_order_index: 2304 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-03T03:34:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 03 03:34:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797471840547549529 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797471840547549529 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797431250023813531 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 An example of a decision-making apparatus that I think has bad taste would be the TSA; I’d also prefer the taste of Steve Jobs to that of Tim Cook, although I prefer Tim’s taste to that of Sundar’s. “Do I trust this agent to create beautiful things in its environment?” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 An example of a decision-making apparatus that I think has bad taste would be the TSA; I’d also prefer the taste of Steve Jobs to that of Tim Cook, although I prefer Tim’s taste to that of Sundar’s. “Do I trust this agent to create beautiful things in its environment?” ### tweet 1797473937468887064 chronological_index: 1229 archive_order_index: 2303 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-03T03:42:36Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 03 03:42:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797473937468887064 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797473937468887064 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mihir_nath_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797439592397947347 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4184399373 mentions: - @mihir_nath_ | name: mihir 🌻 | id_str: 4184399373 text_raw: |- @mihir_nath_ They’re so different and successful in the niches they’ve each built I don’t think that has an answer I think it’s ugly to simp for power But I want to say is, power is conserved and I greatly prefer when it’s guided by taste. It doesn’t have to be text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mihir_nath_ They’re so different and successful in the niches they’ve each built I don’t think that has an answer I think it’s ugly to simp for power But I want to say is, power is conserved and I greatly prefer when it’s guided by taste. It doesn’t have to be ### tweet 1797474628430159913 chronological_index: 1230 archive_order_index: 2302 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-03T03:45:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 03 03:45:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797474628430159913 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797474628430159913 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: schulzb589 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797443524037652832 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2693053117 mentions: - @schulzb589 | name: Ben Schulz | id_str: 2693053117 text_raw: |- @schulzb589 We definitely need better epistemics; I see my research as working towards this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @schulzb589 We definitely need better epistemics; I see my research as working towards this ### tweet 1797775620761653650 chronological_index: 1231 archive_order_index: 2301 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-03T23:41:23Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 03 23:41:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797775620761653650 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797775620761653650 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797765685503983808 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Cutting-edge AI systems seem to be using LLMs as central nodes, and it’s seeming that LLM alignment is surprisingly easy because alignment is baked into language. LLMs are basically statistical constructs that LARP & vibe & follow tropes within the semantic basin they land in — text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Cutting-edge AI systems seem to be using LLMs as central nodes, and it’s seeming that LLM alignment is surprisingly easy because alignment is baked into language. LLMs are basically statistical constructs that LARP & vibe & follow tropes within the semantic basin they land in — ### tweet 1797776073306079611 chronological_index: 1232 archive_order_index: 2300 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-03T23:43:11Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 03 23:43:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797776073306079611 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797776073306079611 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797775620761653650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Systems capable of strong optimization can still be very dangerous & not all tropes are safe. But this timeline seems very different than the one Eliezer wrote about years ago — I’m adjusting the intrinsic danger from AI systems down, and the danger from totalitarian regimes up text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Systems capable of strong optimization can still be very dangerous & not all tropes are safe. But this timeline seems very different than the one Eliezer wrote about years ago — I’m adjusting the intrinsic danger from AI systems down, and the danger from totalitarian regimes up ### tweet 1797776127341322399 chronological_index: 1233 archive_order_index: 2299 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-03T23:43:24Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 03 23:43:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797776127341322399 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797776127341322399 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797776073306079611 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Of course, it would be a civilizational embarrassment for the ages if we were to accidentally p-zombie ourselves; most of my x-risk attention is on understanding what’s at stake here & what the default course is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Of course, it would be a civilizational embarrassment for the ages if we were to accidentally p-zombie ourselves; most of my x-risk attention is on understanding what’s at stake here & what the default course is ### tweet 1797776458745852399 chronological_index: 1234 archive_order_index: 2298 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-03T23:44:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 03 23:44:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797776458745852399 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797776458745852399 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797776127341322399 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Anyway, I definitely don’t think AI safety is “trivial” — just that, empirically, it seems like a different type of thing than what’s described in the lesswrong sequences text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Anyway, I definitely don’t think AI safety is “trivial” — just that, empirically, it seems like a different type of thing than what’s described in the lesswrong sequences ### tweet 1797797346241294377 chronological_index: 1235 archive_order_index: 2297 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-04T01:07:43Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 04 01:07:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797797346241294377 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797797346241294377 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797780102392197616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist There are a lot of possible paths and a lot of factions and the PvP logic gets impenetrably complex quickly. My solution is just to do my research & not worry too much about whether I would or wouldn’t press the hedonium button. Let future AIs sort that out text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist There are a lot of possible paths and a lot of factions and the PvP logic gets impenetrably complex quickly. My solution is just to do my research & not worry too much about whether I would or wouldn’t press the hedonium button. Let future AIs sort that out ### tweet 1797798603366510688 chronological_index: 1236 archive_order_index: 2296 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-04T01:12:43Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 04 01:12:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797798603366510688 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797798603366510688 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797797346241294377 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 urls: - short: https://t.co/QEvWi9N4A0 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ display: opentheory.net/2019/02/simula… - short: https://t.co/ktYrWgGuFS expanded: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/01/28/wirehead-gods-on-lotus-thrones/ display: slatestarcodex.com/2014/01/28/wir… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist That said, this may be relevant to your question: https://t.co/QEvWi9N4A0 I expect the universe’s ultimate teleology to be something along the lines of “restoring the symmetries” — I prefer this framing over hedonium Scott had a nice essay on this domain https://t.co/ktYrWgGuFS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist That said, this may be relevant to your question: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ I expect the universe’s ultimate teleology to be something along the lines of “restoring the symmetries” — I prefer this framing over hedonium Scott had a nice essay on this domain https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/01/28/wirehead-gods-on-lotus-thrones/ ### tweet 1797798818559471878 chronological_index: 1237 archive_order_index: 2295 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-04T01:13:34Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 04 01:13:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797798818559471878 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797798818559471878 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797798603366510688 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist I gather you mean “valence maximalist” rather than “valence realist” btw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist I gather you mean “valence maximalist” rather than “valence realist” btw ### tweet 1797802916851638461 chronological_index: 1238 archive_order_index: 2294 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-04T01:29:51Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 04 01:29:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1797802916851638461 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797802916851638461 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1797799934479245348 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist I wouldn’t necessarily disagree, although I expect the future to be very strange and as a precaution I’m not yet merging those two nodes in my semantic web text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @42irrationalist I wouldn’t necessarily disagree, although I expect the future to be very strange and as a precaution I’m not yet merging those two nodes in my semantic web ### tweet 1799252781955432902 chronological_index: 1239 archive_order_index: 2293 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-08T01:31:06Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 08 01:31:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1799252781955432902 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1799252781955432902 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1799155594315604389 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Getting laser eye surgery felt like a significant upgrade for getting closer to raw experience; surprisingly big hedonic boost There was also a notable visual annealing effect afterwards — I assume due to substantial rewiring in the visual cortex / finding new equilibria text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Getting laser eye surgery felt like a significant upgrade for getting closer to raw experience; surprisingly big hedonic boost There was also a notable visual annealing effect afterwards — I assume due to substantial rewiring in the visual cortex / finding new equilibria ### tweet 1799457820196368705 chronological_index: 1240 archive_order_index: 2292 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-08T15:05:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 08 15:05:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1799457820196368705 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1799457820196368705 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1799411421513720038 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @Tapeda_ | name: Tapeda | id_str: 532967842 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @Dr_Cuspy | name: Colin Hales | id_str: 566040125 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @Tapeda_ @eshear @algekalipso @Dr_Cuspy I have a paper in review that more clearly states my position. Should be soon! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @Tapeda_ @eshear @algekalipso @Dr_Cuspy I have a paper in review that more clearly states my position. Should be soon! ### tweet 1799478550061518939 chronological_index: 1241 archive_order_index: 2291 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-08T16:28:13Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 08 16:28:13 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1799478550061518939 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1799478550061518939 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: jonnym1ller mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @jonnym1ller: Been thinking more about this after a fascinating conversation with @johnsonmxe who appears to be laying the foundations f… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @jonnym1ller: Been thinking more about this after a fascinating conversation with @johnsonmxe who appears to be laying the foundations f… ### tweet 1799886122862137515 chronological_index: 1242 archive_order_index: 2290 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-09T19:27:46Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 09 19:27:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1799886122862137515 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1799886122862137515 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chris_percy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1799433299401568418 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 171556098 mentions: - @chris_percy | name: Chris Percy | id_str: 171556098 - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @Tapeda_ | name: Tapeda | id_str: 532967842 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @Dr_Cuspy | name: Colin Hales | id_str: 566040125 text_raw: |- @chris_percy @ataiiam @QualiaNerd @Tapeda_ @eshear @algekalipso @Dr_Cuspy Hi Chris; I have a paper in review about this. Actually curious if you’ve read it already :) I gather it’s been widely circulating. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chris_percy @ataiiam @QualiaNerd @Tapeda_ @eshear @algekalipso @Dr_Cuspy Hi Chris; I have a paper in review about this. Actually curious if you’ve read it already :) I gather it’s been widely circulating. ### tweet 1800915125714747584 chronological_index: 1243 archive_order_index: 2289 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:36:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:36:40 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800915125714747584 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915125714747584 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 132 retweet_count: 19 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915125714747584/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4iwuqaMAMuGGC.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/JTOVplEmIf possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- New substantial essay on AI consciousness published today in Seeds of Science — was a great excuse to talk about some old & new themes in how I think about consciousness. A thread: https://t.co/JTOVplEmIf text_with_expanded_urls: |- New substantial essay on AI consciousness published today in Seeds of Science — was a great excuse to talk about some old & new themes in how I think about consciousness. A thread: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915125714747584/photo/1 ### tweet 1800915448462229655 chronological_index: 1244 archive_order_index: 2288 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:37:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:37:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800915448462229655 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915448462229655 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800915125714747584 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/lb92NmCu8Y expanded: https://files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradigm_for_AI_Consciousness.pdf display: files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradig… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Link to paper: https://t.co/lb92NmCu8Y text_with_expanded_urls: |- Link to paper: https://files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradigm_for_AI_Consciousness.pdf ### tweet 1800915683611742329 chronological_index: 1245 archive_order_index: 2287 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:38:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:38:53 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800915683611742329 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915683611742329 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800915448462229655 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915683611742329/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4jRSabAAAQqMB.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/WSrzycXfBD possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The future is coming fast. The question for consciousness research is what, if anything, we should do to prepare for it. Three frames come to mind: https://t.co/WSrzycXfBD text_with_expanded_urls: |- The future is coming fast. The question for consciousness research is what, if anything, we should do to prepare for it. Three frames come to mind: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915683611742329/photo/1 ### tweet 1800915836435407243 chronological_index: 1246 archive_order_index: 2286 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:39:29Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:39:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800915836435407243 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915836435407243 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800915683611742329 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915836435407243/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4jaAja4AA82wd.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/pGJARgq5xI possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- One thing I don’t think people outside the field see is the degree to which AI consciousness is a social puzzle, and this heavily influences what can be said & studied. Coalitions Rule Everything Around Me: https://t.co/pGJARgq5xI text_with_expanded_urls: |- One thing I don’t think people outside the field see is the degree to which AI consciousness is a social puzzle, and this heavily influences what can be said & studied. Coalitions Rule Everything Around Me: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915836435407243/photo/1 ### tweet 1800916371892789545 chronological_index: 1247 archive_order_index: 2285 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:41:37Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:41:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800916371892789545 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800916371892789545 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800915836435407243 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800916371892789545/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4j5TZaUAAD3V1.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/3HoEiPGcU2 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think about @eschwitz’s comment a lot — and how, when General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics were first introduced, people thought they were *really weird* and intellectually destabilizing https://t.co/3HoEiPGcU2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think about @eschwitz’s comment a lot — and how, when General Relativity and Quantum Mechanics were first introduced, people thought they were *really weird* and intellectually destabilizing https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800916371892789545/photo/1 ### tweet 1800916588302061858 chronological_index: 1248 archive_order_index: 2284 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:42:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:42:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800916588302061858 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800916588302061858 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800916371892789545 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 urls: - short: https://t.co/OEKTQqven3 expanded: https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf display: sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-l… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz I should pause here and say by “consciousness” I mean phenomenal experience, or what Nagel was pointing at in his “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” paper. To have visceral qualia; what it feels like to be something https://t.co/OEKTQqven3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz I should pause here and say by “consciousness” I mean phenomenal experience, or what Nagel was pointing at in his “What Is It Like to Be a Bat?” paper. To have visceral qualia; what it feels like to be something https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf ### tweet 1800916968607989805 chronological_index: 1249 archive_order_index: 2283 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:43:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:43:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800916968607989805 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800916968607989805 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800916588302061858 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800916968607989805/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4kb_NbMAA6a1x.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/yKEF1YuPk3 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz So — are AIs conscious? Will they be? https://t.co/yKEF1YuPk3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz So — are AIs conscious? Will they be? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800916968607989805/photo/1 ### tweet 1800917439758422158 chronological_index: 1250 archive_order_index: 2282 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:45:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:45:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800917439758422158 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800917439758422158 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800916968607989805 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800917439758422158/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4k3UUaoAAXtVx.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/d4hCQlKJDS possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz There are essentially two ontologies that are rich enough to host consciousness: physics and computation. I think of this as “bits vs atoms”. To differentiate them, I define computation as “Turing-level computation” — what our computers do https://t.co/d4hCQlKJDS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz There are essentially two ontologies that are rich enough to host consciousness: physics and computation. I think of this as “bits vs atoms”. To differentiate them, I define computation as “Turing-level computation” — what our computers do https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800917439758422158/photo/1 ### tweet 1800917616770641992 chronological_index: 1251 archive_order_index: 2281 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:46:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:46:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800917616770641992 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800917616770641992 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800917439758422158 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong et al. have done some great work on the computational side. I pretty much ignore their work (sorry Rob!) and come down on the side that hardware can be conscious; software cannot. I think only real things can be conscious and only physical things are real text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong et al. have done some great work on the computational side. I pretty much ignore their work (sorry Rob!) and come down on the side that hardware can be conscious; software cannot. I think only real things can be conscious and only physical things are real ### tweet 1800918409657639295 chronological_index: 1252 archive_order_index: 2280 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:49:42Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:49:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800918409657639295 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800918409657639295 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800917616770641992 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong A recent book that makes this case is “The Physical Signature of Computation: A Robust Mapping Account” by Anderson & Piccinini (thanks @pwlot); if “team bits” wants to do battle with physics over consciousness, that would be the place to start text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong A recent book that makes this case is “The Physical Signature of Computation: A Robust Mapping Account” by Anderson & Piccinini (thanks @pwlot); if “team bits” wants to do battle with physics over consciousness, that would be the place to start ### tweet 1800918749308162199 chronological_index: 1253 archive_order_index: 2279 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:51:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:51:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800918749308162199 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800918749308162199 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800918409657639295 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800918749308162199/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4mDlFaQAAxMYd.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/SI9l6t7ArC possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot One thing that both “physics” and “software” consciousness people agree on: don’t trust what AIs say about their qualia https://t.co/SI9l6t7ArC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot One thing that both “physics” and “software” consciousness people agree on: don’t trust what AIs say about their qualia https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800918749308162199/photo/1 ### tweet 1800918900563190235 chronological_index: 1254 archive_order_index: 2278 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:51:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:51:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800918900563190235 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800918900563190235 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800918749308162199 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800918900563190235/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4mMZtbcAAjiSL.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/c1plgQrh0y possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot Previously, I wrote an essay about different kinds of conscious systems in our wide universe; I think with complex technological artifacts we really are making a new type of mind. Computers are closer to aliens than we realize https://t.co/c1plgQrh0y text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot Previously, I wrote an essay about different kinds of conscious systems in our wide universe; I think with complex technological artifacts we really are making a new type of mind. Computers are closer to aliens than we realize https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800918900563190235/photo/1 ### tweet 1800919224875164113 chronological_index: 1255 archive_order_index: 2277 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:52:57Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:52:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800919224875164113 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919224875164113 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800918900563190235 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919224875164113/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4mfNAbMAAr4Gh.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/iIOhnaQo8j - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919224875164113/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4mfNBasAAZz0_.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/iIOhnaQo8j possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot The question I’ve been asking myself since Principia Qualia is “where in physics does an object’s true shape live?” — there are many ways to formulate this question. My current guess: @stephen_wolfram ’s “branchial space” https://t.co/iIOhnaQo8j text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot The question I’ve been asking myself since Principia Qualia is “where in physics does an object’s true shape live?” — there are many ways to formulate this question. My current guess: @stephen_wolfram ’s “branchial space” https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919224875164113/photo/1 ### tweet 1800919507495797083 chronological_index: 1256 archive_order_index: 2276 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:54:04Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:54:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800919507495797083 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919507495797083 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800919224875164113 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919507495797083/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4mvmfbcAIJlON.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/f7f277wnSI - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919507495797083/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4mvmda4AAxNgR.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/f7f277wnSI possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram If we want to know what it feels like to be something, we should check its shape in branchial space. Brains and computers both have presence in branchial space, but these shapes are wildly different. Probably important! https://t.co/f7f277wnSI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram If we want to know what it feels like to be something, we should check its shape in branchial space. Brains and computers both have presence in branchial space, but these shapes are wildly different. Probably important! https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919507495797083/photo/1 ### tweet 1800919682746294631 chronological_index: 1257 archive_order_index: 2275 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:54:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:54:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800919682746294631 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919682746294631 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800919507495797083 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram Electromagnetism and criticality are probably the most important factors for “branchial shape”. But this has big caveats text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram Electromagnetism and criticality are probably the most important factors for “branchial shape”. But this has big caveats ### tweet 1800919946710667453 chronological_index: 1258 archive_order_index: 2274 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:55:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:55:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800919946710667453 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919946710667453 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800919682746294631 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919946710667453/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4nJTVbUAAQk9c.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/wSZ7u4ib8I possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram My totally biased view is that my Symmetry Theory of Valence will be absolutely central for both progress on qualia and understanding what makes for good futures. Paper here: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/wSZ7u4ib8I text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram My totally biased view is that my Symmetry Theory of Valence will be absolutely central for both progress on qualia and understanding what makes for good futures. Paper here: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919946710667453/photo/1 ### tweet 1800920397728415864 chronological_index: 1259 archive_order_index: 2273 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:57:36Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:57:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800920397728415864 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920397728415864 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800919946710667453 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920397728415864/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4njlGb0AA71oS.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Mb2DM6O7of possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram Is “caring about consciousness” intrinsic (qualia have causal powers), or is it like a crab (a common destination for evolution) or an exotic hothouse flower (super rare, could easily die)? I suspect it’s crablike https://t.co/Mb2DM6O7of text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram Is “caring about consciousness” intrinsic (qualia have causal powers), or is it like a crab (a common destination for evolution) or an exotic hothouse flower (super rare, could easily die)? I suspect it’s crablike https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920397728415864/photo/1 ### tweet 1800920581166313961 chronological_index: 1260 archive_order_index: 2272 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:58:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:58:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800920581166313961 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920581166313961 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800920397728415864 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920581166313961/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GP4nuUbbUAALr6g.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/qc2jlM9uWB possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram Recap. There’s a lot of claims here; current AI isn’t capable of evaluating them, but maybe in a year we can have LLM debate tournaments between papers on consciousness (can someone build this?) https://t.co/qc2jlM9uWB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram Recap. There’s a lot of claims here; current AI isn’t capable of evaluating them, but maybe in a year we can have LLM debate tournaments between papers on consciousness (can someone build this?) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920581166313961/photo/1 ### tweet 1800920691665146139 chronological_index: 1261 archive_order_index: 2271 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T15:58:47Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 15:58:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800920691665146139 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920691665146139 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800920581166313961 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 text_raw: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram If I was designing an alien soap opera, I’d choose the setting as pre-singularity earth. I’d make sure humans knew the light of consciousness was the most important thing in the universe; I’d make sure they had no clue what it was. Instant classic text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram If I was designing an alien soap opera, I’d choose the setting as pre-singularity earth. I’d make sure humans knew the light of consciousness was the most important thing in the universe; I’d make sure they had no clue what it was. Instant classic ### tweet 1800939438685683901 chronological_index: 1262 archive_order_index: 2270 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T17:13:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 17:13:16 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800939438685683901 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800939438685683901 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: science_seeds mentions: - @science_seeds | name: Seeds of Science | id_str: 1398441847421341698 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @science_seeds: New article! "A Paradigm for AI Consciousness" by @johnsonmxe How can we create a container for knowledge about AI c… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @science_seeds: New article! "A Paradigm for AI Consciousness" by @johnsonmxe How can we create a container for knowledge about AI c… ### tweet 1800955716733370524 chronological_index: 1263 archive_order_index: 2269 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T18:17:57Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 18:17:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800955716733370524 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800955716733370524 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DanielSamanez3 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800954682916896835 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1233762811450445824 mentions: - @DanielSamanez3 | name: Daniel Samanez | id_str: 1233762811450445824 - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 text_raw: |- @DanielSamanez3 @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram I loosely expect the holographic principle and wolfram’s branchial space to converge in many respects; I do like both a lot text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DanielSamanez3 @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram I loosely expect the holographic principle and wolfram’s branchial space to converge in many respects; I do like both a lot ### tweet 1800958917725581466 chronological_index: 1264 archive_order_index: 2268 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T18:30:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 18:30:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800958917725581466 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800958917725581466 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DanielSamanez3 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1800957932085104978 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1233762811450445824 mentions: - @DanielSamanez3 | name: Daniel Samanez | id_str: 1233762811450445824 - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 text_raw: |- @DanielSamanez3 @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram I don’t necessarily disagree, but I think this domain benefits from high precision in the way we use the terms “consciousness” and “computation” — even entropy is difficult to define! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DanielSamanez3 @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram I don’t necessarily disagree, but I think this domain benefits from high precision in the way we use the terms “consciousness” and “computation” — even entropy is difficult to define! ### tweet 1800971468333039848 chronological_index: 1265 archive_order_index: 2267 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-12T19:20:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 12 19:20:33 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1800971468333039848 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800971468333039848 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram If I was designing an alien soap opera, I’d choose the setting as pre-singularit… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram If I was designing an alien soap opera, I’d choose the setting as pre-singularit… ### tweet 1801062639231201575 chronological_index: 1266 archive_order_index: 2266 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-13T01:22:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 13 01:22:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1801062639231201575 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1801062639231201575 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1801061183811719614 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Nice. It’s interesting to consider whether decoherence is necessary for the passage of time, and whether consciousness requires the passage of time… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Nice. It’s interesting to consider whether decoherence is necessary for the passage of time, and whether consciousness requires the passage of time… ### tweet 1801118489253687689 chronological_index: 1267 archive_order_index: 2265 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-13T05:04:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 13 05:04:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1801118489253687689 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1801118489253687689 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: entropic_d3ath in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1801071192411197785 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1001833602320039936 mentions: - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 text_raw: |- @GaneshNatesh @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot Naresh, this is a cool paper. I see the motivations and I think there’s likely a lot of overlap. One impression I have is that it’d be interesting to see if it’s possible to use this framework to build out a formal theory; not just how much qualia, but which qualia text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GaneshNatesh @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot Naresh, this is a cool paper. I see the motivations and I think there’s likely a lot of overlap. One impression I have is that it’d be interesting to see if it’s possible to use this framework to build out a formal theory; not just how much qualia, but which qualia ### tweet 1801118924953866728 chronological_index: 1268 archive_order_index: 2264 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-13T05:06:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 13 05:06:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1801118924953866728 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1801118924953866728 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1801079492586377319 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev The degree to which criticality in the human body is actually scale-free is an interesting question — e.g. if you have many sensory superpositions, do you have more quantum superpositions? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev The degree to which criticality in the human body is actually scale-free is an interesting question — e.g. if you have many sensory superpositions, do you have more quantum superpositions? ### tweet 1801421193800737083 chronological_index: 1269 archive_order_index: 2263 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-14T01:07:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 14 01:07:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1801421193800737083 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1801421193800737083 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robotNiMA in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1801419310109237552 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 276220644 mentions: - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 - @eschwitz | name: Eric Schwitzgebel | id_str: 2889061970 - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @pwlot | name: Pawel Pachniewski | id_str: 18107306 - @stephen_wolfram | name: Stephen Wolfram | id_str: 31586578 text_raw: |- @insideNiMA @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram It looks like “time” and “spacetime” are approximations at some limit, and possibly the result of anthropic selection — I have a draft of an essay in this general genre, let’s chat sometime text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insideNiMA @eschwitz @rgblong @pwlot @stephen_wolfram It looks like “time” and “spacetime” are approximations at some limit, and possibly the result of anthropic selection — I have a draft of an essay in this general genre, let’s chat sometime ### tweet 1802001665840775355 chronological_index: 1270 archive_order_index: 2262 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-15T15:34:11Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 15 15:34:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802001665840775355 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802001665840775355 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1801950618325778615 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel I think of video games done well as garbage collection for orphaned predictions/tension that we’re holding but we’ve lost the keys for: “You won the game!” “You reached max level!” “You saved the princess!” — triggers for release text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel I think of video games done well as garbage collection for orphaned predictions/tension that we’re holding but we’ve lost the keys for: “You won the game!” “You reached max level!” “You saved the princess!” — triggers for release ### tweet 1802341020279140540 chronological_index: 1271 archive_order_index: 2261 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-16T14:02:39Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 16 14:02:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802341020279140540 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802341020279140540 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: webmasterdave in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802324533296197894 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 27397922 mentions: - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 - @NPCollapse | name: Connor Leahy | id_str: 1082202896261963776 - @NPCollapse | name: Connor Leahy | id_str: 1082202896261963776 urls: - short: https://t.co/pTcx1D361u expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915125714747584 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @webmasterdave @NPCollapse I recently published a paper, “A Paradigm for AI Consciousness” — I define things a little differently than David but I think our approaches have more in common than not. @NPCollapse you may enjoy it as a clear position statement. https://t.co/pTcx1D361u text_with_expanded_urls: |- @webmasterdave @NPCollapse I recently published a paper, “A Paradigm for AI Consciousness” — I define things a little differently than David but I think our approaches have more in common than not. @NPCollapse you may enjoy it as a clear position statement. https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915125714747584 ### tweet 1802789213886365759 chronological_index: 1272 archive_order_index: 2260 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:43:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:43:37 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802789213886365759 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789213886365759 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 261 retweet_count: 21 text_raw: |- Quick model of jhana The vasomuscular system (“tension”) acts to collapse uncertainty, set context & stabilize local neural patterns. Actions of this system typically feel bad. But you can also use it as a wave machine to feel good. Each jhana is a different wave machine setting text_with_expanded_urls: |- Quick model of jhana The vasomuscular system (“tension”) acts to collapse uncertainty, set context & stabilize local neural patterns. Actions of this system typically feel bad. But you can also use it as a wave machine to feel good. Each jhana is a different wave machine setting ### tweet 1802789308304445919 chronological_index: 1273 archive_order_index: 2259 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:43:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:43:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802789308304445919 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789308304445919 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 35 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802789213886365759 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I wrote about the computational role of the vasomuscular system last year. Basically, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) shake nearby neurons when they get stuck in ambivalence, and clench to freeze nearby neural patterns https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- I wrote about the computational role of the vasomuscular system last year. Basically, vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) shake nearby neurons when they get stuck in ambivalence, and clench to freeze nearby neural patterns https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1802789372326236460 chronological_index: 1274 archive_order_index: 2258 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:44:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:44:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802789372326236460 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789372326236460 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802789308304445919 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/205pbA3nRw expanded: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17913979/ display: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17913979/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Usually this muscle contraction logic is highly local. VSMCs essentially act as busybody micromanagers of nearby neurons: a little more blood *here* & a little more tension *there*, and prediction error goes down… https://t.co/205pbA3nRw text_with_expanded_urls: |- Usually this muscle contraction logic is highly local. VSMCs essentially act as busybody micromanagers of nearby neurons: a little more blood *here* & a little more tension *there*, and prediction error goes down… https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17913979/ ### tweet 1802789577364828411 chronological_index: 1275 archive_order_index: 2257 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:45:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:45:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802789577364828411 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789577364828411 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802789372326236460 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/XCb1s2Jr5T expanded: https://x.com/romeostevens76/status/1455068457091756034?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A display: x.com/romeostevens76… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A great example of this system is how muscles focus our eyes by micro-adjustments in tension — probably something similar happens in lots of tissues. The primary task of VSMCs is to contract, release, & clench in a way that minimizes prediction error https://t.co/XCb1s2Jr5T text_with_expanded_urls: |- A great example of this system is how muscles focus our eyes by micro-adjustments in tension — probably something similar happens in lots of tissues. The primary task of VSMCs is to contract, release, & clench in a way that minimizes prediction error https://x.com/romeostevens76/status/1455068457091756034?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A ### tweet 1802789735192240568 chronological_index: 1276 archive_order_index: 2256 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:45:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:45:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802789735192240568 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789735192240568 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 33 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802789577364828411 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/OXkqzVRUfg expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704390710177173987?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- We have two ways of minimizing prediction error: passive inference (build good models of the world) and active inference (create predictions, then make them true). I believe the latter is managed by VSMCs: tension is prediction, prediction is tension https://t.co/OXkqzVRUfg text_with_expanded_urls: |- We have two ways of minimizing prediction error: passive inference (build good models of the world) and active inference (create predictions, then make them true). I believe the latter is managed by VSMCs: tension is prediction, prediction is tension https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704390710177173987?s=61&t=5VQTNkNIZXWdL93vB-TH3A ### tweet 1802789805992059140 chronological_index: 1277 archive_order_index: 2255 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:45:58Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:45:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802789805992059140 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789805992059140 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 42 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802789735192240568 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Human imagination (and thus tension) is roughly the most powerful force in the universe: if we imagine something, we slowly reorganize our bodies, families, & civilizations to expect and conjure it — whether it’s good or bad text_with_expanded_urls: |- Human imagination (and thus tension) is roughly the most powerful force in the universe: if we imagine something, we slowly reorganize our bodies, families, & civilizations to expect and conjure it — whether it’s good or bad ### tweet 1802789867203838066 chronological_index: 1278 archive_order_index: 2254 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:46:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:46:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802789867203838066 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789867203838066 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802789805992059140 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Jhanas repurpose this system by pointing it at predicting (creating) internal harmony. “There is a warm and pleasant feeling here.” Now your VSMCs’ job is to make that true. The most effective way to instantiate this is coordinated waves traveling through the body’s muscles text_with_expanded_urls: |- Jhanas repurpose this system by pointing it at predicting (creating) internal harmony. “There is a warm and pleasant feeling here.” Now your VSMCs’ job is to make that true. The most effective way to instantiate this is coordinated waves traveling through the body’s muscles ### tweet 1802790088797299172 chronological_index: 1279 archive_order_index: 2253 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:47:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:47:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790088797299172 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790088797299172 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802789867203838066 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- I.e. jhanas turn the body’s muscles into a wave machine that rhythmically agitates nearby neurons. We’re not in the habit of using our muscles like this because most settings produce destructive interference — feels bad. But some produce constructive interference… text_with_expanded_urls: |- I.e. jhanas turn the body’s muscles into a wave machine that rhythmically agitates nearby neurons. We’re not in the habit of using our muscles like this because most settings produce destructive interference — feels bad. But some produce constructive interference… ### tweet 1802790161975288104 chronological_index: 1280 archive_order_index: 2252 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:47:23Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:47:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790161975288104 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790161975288104 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790088797299172 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- It can be slow to find the right rhythms for constructive interference — most regions have a dominant frequency but bodies have many regions. But harmony anywhere makes harmony easier everywhere else: once we dial it in somewhere, the muscular waves can slowly spread text_with_expanded_urls: |- It can be slow to find the right rhythms for constructive interference — most regions have a dominant frequency but bodies have many regions. But harmony anywhere makes harmony easier everywhere else: once we dial it in somewhere, the muscular waves can slowly spread ### tweet 1802790264437969134 chronological_index: 1281 archive_order_index: 2251 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:47:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:47:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790264437969134 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790264437969134 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790161975288104 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Jhana 1 would be the most frothy harmony. Once it becomes strong and recruits most of the body, the most effective way to further reduce the prediction error for bodily pleasure is to turn down the froth — to reduce the power of rhythmic agitation text_with_expanded_urls: |- Jhana 1 would be the most frothy harmony. Once it becomes strong and recruits most of the body, the most effective way to further reduce the prediction error for bodily pleasure is to turn down the froth — to reduce the power of rhythmic agitation ### tweet 1802790329449681077 chronological_index: 1282 archive_order_index: 2250 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:48:03Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:48:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790329449681077 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790329449681077 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790264437969134 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Putting you into jhana 2, a less frothy state. This repeats with each step, until the neural system can find its own subtle resonances by itself — the “formless jhanas”. The wave machine is just a whisper at this point, ripples on a glassy lake text_with_expanded_urls: |- Putting you into jhana 2, a less frothy state. This repeats with each step, until the neural system can find its own subtle resonances by itself — the “formless jhanas”. The wave machine is just a whisper at this point, ripples on a glassy lake ### tweet 1802790406083531138 chronological_index: 1283 archive_order_index: 2249 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:48:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:48:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790406083531138 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790406083531138 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790329449681077 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- The lower jhanas have to happen first because your vasomuscular system is busy trying to reduce local prediction error. As you point it inwards & recruit it into helping create global waves, it helps then ‘gets out of the way’. The pleasure becomes more refined text_with_expanded_urls: |- The lower jhanas have to happen first because your vasomuscular system is busy trying to reduce local prediction error. As you point it inwards & recruit it into helping create global waves, it helps then ‘gets out of the way’. The pleasure becomes more refined ### tweet 1802790498840842251 chronological_index: 1284 archive_order_index: 2248 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:48:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:48:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790498840842251 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790498840842251 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790406083531138 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- I.e. you can’t jump into upper jhanas directly because your attention is external, vasomuscular system is busy, and neural system is noisy. Solution: point your busybody vasomuscular system inwards by predicting a certain sort of pleasure; as it succeeds it attenuates itself… text_with_expanded_urls: |- I.e. you can’t jump into upper jhanas directly because your attention is external, vasomuscular system is busy, and neural system is noisy. Solution: point your busybody vasomuscular system inwards by predicting a certain sort of pleasure; as it succeeds it attenuates itself… ### tweet 1802790586946363662 chronological_index: 1285 archive_order_index: 2247 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:49:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:49:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790586946363662 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790586946363662 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790498840842251 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- I’ve written before that each jhana is like a new phase of matter — and such phase shifts will change system resonant frequencies. But with the vasomuscular system quiet and everything so close to criticality, the system can immediately snap to the new rhythm… text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’ve written before that each jhana is like a new phase of matter — and such phase shifts will change system resonant frequencies. But with the vasomuscular system quiet and everything so close to criticality, the system can immediately snap to the new rhythm… ### tweet 1802790661898539346 chronological_index: 1286 archive_order_index: 2246 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:49:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:49:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790661898539346 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790661898539346 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790586946363662 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- The higher the jhana, the quieter the vasomuscular system; insofar as we can distinguish neural vs vasomuscular events on EEG we can test this. I’m optimistic that this distinction is very amenable to ML/LLM analysis because the ‘attack envelope’ will be different text_with_expanded_urls: |- The higher the jhana, the quieter the vasomuscular system; insofar as we can distinguish neural vs vasomuscular events on EEG we can test this. I’m optimistic that this distinction is very amenable to ML/LLM analysis because the ‘attack envelope’ will be different ### tweet 1802790721860387196 chronological_index: 1287 archive_order_index: 2245 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:49:36Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:49:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790721860387196 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790721860387196 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790661898539346 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Likewise if we could measure the electromagnetic spectrum in high-resolution, I suspect the jhanas would be highly rhythmic. Both neurons and smooth muscle cells produce signatures in the EM field https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC text_with_expanded_urls: |- Likewise if we could measure the electromagnetic spectrum in high-resolution, I suspect the jhanas would be highly rhythmic. Both neurons and smooth muscle cells produce signatures in the EM field https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1802790788612628555 chronological_index: 1288 archive_order_index: 2244 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:49:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:49:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802790788612628555 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790788612628555 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 35 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790721860387196 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- Ultimately I believe “Enlightenment is muscular” — the Visuddhimagga lists 40 different concentration meditations, and I propose considering each a different workout for smooth muscle tone. You thought leg day was bad? Try “perception of disgust of food” day… text_with_expanded_urls: |- Ultimately I believe “Enlightenment is muscular” — the Visuddhimagga lists 40 different concentration meditations, and I propose considering each a different workout for smooth muscle tone. You thought leg day was bad? Try “perception of disgust of food” day… ### tweet 1802791225285923026 chronological_index: 1289 archive_order_index: 2243 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:51:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:51:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802791225285923026 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802791225285923026 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 40 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802790788612628555 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802791225285923026/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQTNEJ0bEAA6mG2.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/U4co8Q0OfQ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Anyway I suspect there are a discrete number of jhanas because there are a small set of frequencies that produce constructive interference — like notes on a trombone. If neurons had a wider dynamic range, or if our bodies had spherical symmetry, maybe there would be 10+ jhanas https://t.co/U4co8Q0OfQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Anyway I suspect there are a discrete number of jhanas because there are a small set of frequencies that produce constructive interference — like notes on a trombone. If neurons had a wider dynamic range, or if our bodies had spherical symmetry, maybe there would be 10+ jhanas https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802791225285923026/photo/1 ### tweet 1802791348803932530 chronological_index: 1290 archive_order_index: 2242 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:52:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:52:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802791348803932530 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802791348803932530 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802791225285923026 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- The jhanas were known before Buddhism, but Buddhism has been the primary vehicle for teaching the techniques. There’s lively debate around whether jhanas should be considered a reward for progress, an entertaining diversion, or a core tool for reaching enlightenment text_with_expanded_urls: |- The jhanas were known before Buddhism, but Buddhism has been the primary vehicle for teaching the techniques. There’s lively debate around whether jhanas should be considered a reward for progress, an entertaining diversion, or a core tool for reaching enlightenment ### tweet 1802791570200285316 chronological_index: 1291 archive_order_index: 2241 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T19:52:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 19:52:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802791570200285316 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802791570200285316 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802791348803932530 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- My full take will have to wait for Vasocomputation Part 2, although I have some Easter eggs here https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV text_with_expanded_urls: |- My full take will have to wait for Vasocomputation Part 2, although I have some Easter eggs here https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 ### tweet 1802798568191004900 chronological_index: 1292 archive_order_index: 2240 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T20:20:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 20:20:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802798568191004900 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802798568191004900 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802791570200285316 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- The above is highly speculative, and I don’t know that it’s true, although I think it would make sense. text_with_expanded_urls: |- The above is highly speculative, and I don’t know that it’s true, although I think it would make sense. ### tweet 1802800185355210820 chronological_index: 1293 archive_order_index: 2239 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T20:27:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 20:27:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802800185355210820 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802800185355210820 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802798568191004900 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @jhanatech | name: Jhourney | id_str: 1730335465398730752 - @nayafia | name: Nadia Asparouhova | id_str: 326511843 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/R7GrbyUjHp expanded: https://nadia.xyz/jhanas display: nadia.xyz/jhanas possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think @jhanatech is doing very solid work (see this writeup by @nayafia https://t.co/R7GrbyUjHp) and am very grateful for the scholarship & reports of @nickcammarata @RomeoStevens76 @nosilverv who seem to have memed twitter jhana discourse into reality text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think @jhanatech is doing very solid work (see this writeup by @nayafia https://nadia.xyz/jhanas) and am very grateful for the scholarship & reports of @nickcammarata @RomeoStevens76 @nosilverv who seem to have memed twitter jhana discourse into reality ### tweet 1802804184343097589 chronological_index: 1294 archive_order_index: 2238 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T20:43:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 20:43:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802804184343097589 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802804184343097589 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bearmace in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802799301434937716 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1468264650 mentions: - @bearmace | name: bearmace | id_str: 1468264650 text_raw: |- @bearmace You’d probably see increased vascularity, increased circulation, and potentially cleaner smooth muscle tone. Downsides might include a more active reflex to collapse uncertainty, depending on the person and the training text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bearmace You’d probably see increased vascularity, increased circulation, and potentially cleaner smooth muscle tone. Downsides might include a more active reflex to collapse uncertainty, depending on the person and the training ### tweet 1802809141515395318 chronological_index: 1295 archive_order_index: 2237 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T21:02:48Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 21:02:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802809141515395318 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802809141515395318 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: curious_vii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802807524405703033 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 82497308 mentions: - @curious_vii | name: christian | id_str: 82497308 text_raw: |- @curious_vii I think it’s a general caution — be careful what you expect/fear, because you might create it One reason I aim to not be “against” things text_with_expanded_urls: |- @curious_vii I think it’s a general caution — be careful what you expect/fear, because you might create it One reason I aim to not be “against” things ### tweet 1802813687885127751 chronological_index: 1296 archive_order_index: 2236 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T21:20:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 21:20:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802813687885127751 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802813687885127751 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sterespect in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802812783840612483 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 596413128 mentions: - @sterespect | name: Ste | id_str: 596413128 text_raw: |- @sterespect Jhana = your muscles act like a subwoofer and give a beat, and your neurons slowly synchronize. Full-body harmony, feels amazing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sterespect Jhana = your muscles act like a subwoofer and give a beat, and your neurons slowly synchronize. Full-body harmony, feels amazing ### tweet 1802815951458677243 chronological_index: 1297 archive_order_index: 2235 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T21:29:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 21:29:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802815951458677243 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802815951458677243 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sterespect in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802814729507017173 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 596413128 mentions: - @sterespect | name: Ste | id_str: 596413128 text_raw: |- @sterespect It starts where you can make it start — people say it can be a lot of places. I’d recommend Nadia’s writeup (based on Jhourney’s research, which I think is mostly Braisington & TWIM?) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sterespect It starts where you can make it start — people say it can be a lot of places. I’d recommend Nadia’s writeup (based on Jhourney’s research, which I think is mostly Braisington & TWIM?) ### tweet 1802816436173508691 chronological_index: 1298 archive_order_index: 2234 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-17T21:31:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 17 21:31:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802816436173508691 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802816436173508691 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jhana_bro in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802815483840020818 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1795483287588311040 mentions: - @jhana_bro | name: Jhāna Enjoyer | id_str: 1795483287588311040 text_raw: |- @jhana_bro Hard to know today but should be testable in the future! I expect interesting signals from the right muscle EKG approach text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jhana_bro Hard to know today but should be testable in the future! I expect interesting signals from the right muscle EKG approach ### tweet 1802953317732987242 chronological_index: 1299 archive_order_index: 2233 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-18T06:35:42Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 18 06:35:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802953317732987242 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802953317732987242 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jpt401 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802900152186786043 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24972373 mentions: - @jpt401 | name: James Torre | id_str: 24972373 text_raw: |- @jpt401 Good question — I’ve only seen it applied to human brains, but I think it would be a good fit for fruit fly scale connectomes And human organs other than the brain text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jpt401 Good question — I’ve only seen it applied to human brains, but I think it would be a good fit for fruit fly scale connectomes And human organs other than the brain ### tweet 1802954972138742264 chronological_index: 1300 archive_order_index: 2232 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-18T06:42:17Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 18 06:42:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1802954972138742264 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802954972138742264 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kfshinozuka in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1802910597333324270 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1534279416683106304 mentions: - @kfshinozuka | name: Kenneth Shinozuka | id_str: 1534279416683106304 text_raw: |- @kfshinozuka Thanks Kenneth! I suspect psychedelics aren’t only vasoconstrictors, but are also “vasocyclers” — promoting alternating patterns of constriction and relaxation. I.e. they might add up to net constriction, but they likely drive a lot of interesting stuff in smooth muscle rhythms text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kfshinozuka Thanks Kenneth! I suspect psychedelics aren’t only vasoconstrictors, but are also “vasocyclers” — promoting alternating patterns of constriction and relaxation. I.e. they might add up to net constriction, but they likely drive a lot of interesting stuff in smooth muscle rhythms ### tweet 1803420569532321873 chronological_index: 1301 archive_order_index: 2231 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T13:32:24Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 13:32:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803420569532321873 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803420569532321873 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maetrixks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803352857061544401 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1736991767952551936 text_raw: |- @thephilosophika I think birds are among the happiest creatures — active (& high frequency) brains, physical freedom from flight allows similar sorts of mental freedom, lots of showing off for mates (birdsong, dances), low hitpoints (healthy or dead) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thephilosophika I think birds are among the happiest creatures — active (& high frequency) brains, physical freedom from flight allows similar sorts of mental freedom, lots of showing off for mates (birdsong, dances), low hitpoints (healthy or dead) ### tweet 1803431445098065999 chronological_index: 1302 archive_order_index: 2230 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T14:15:37Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 14:15:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803431445098065999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803431445098065999 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: laughingblade in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803428274711794113 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17897036 mentions: - @laughingblade | name: rich 🧘🔥💚 | id_str: 17897036 text_raw: |- @laughingblade Very interesting — I wonder how one could distinguish these predictions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @laughingblade Very interesting — I wonder how one could distinguish these predictions ### tweet 1803474734434382273 chronological_index: 1303 archive_order_index: 2229 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:07:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:07:38 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803474734434382273 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474734434382273 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 109 retweet_count: 5 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474734434382273/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc6toqa8AAj6vR.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/TZC6GhgBR1 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Short thread summarizing a neurotech talk I gave at Edge Esmeralda last week: https://t.co/TZC6GhgBR1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Short thread summarizing a neurotech talk I gave at Edge Esmeralda last week: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474734434382273/photo/1 ### tweet 1803474868400431509 chronological_index: 1304 archive_order_index: 2228 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:08:10Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:08:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803474868400431509 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474868400431509 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 43 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803474734434382273 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474868400431509/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc61cFakAA1vk9.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GyIXu8CMJo possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I generally think people overestimate the degree to which neurotechnology is engineering, rather than alchemy. We don’t have a paradigm, and this makes the field challenging to navigate https://t.co/GyIXu8CMJo text_with_expanded_urls: |- I generally think people overestimate the degree to which neurotechnology is engineering, rather than alchemy. We don’t have a paradigm, and this makes the field challenging to navigate https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474868400431509/photo/1 ### tweet 1803474999854112853 chronological_index: 1305 archive_order_index: 2227 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:08:41Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:08:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803474999854112853 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474999854112853 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803474868400431509 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474999854112853/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc69CcaIAAVmex.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FZYlirY7V5 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The best navigational aids are treasure maps — some major landmarks of what sorts of conditions exist, and where the good spots are. Most of the good treasure maps are old https://t.co/FZYlirY7V5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- The best navigational aids are treasure maps — some major landmarks of what sorts of conditions exist, and where the good spots are. Most of the good treasure maps are old https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474999854112853/photo/1 ### tweet 1803475099057840345 chronological_index: 1306 archive_order_index: 2226 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:09:05Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:09:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803475099057840345 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475099057840345 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803474999854112853 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475099057840345/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc7C1CbcAAKfU_.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/AW4poYVJsg possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I like to think of neurotech as “applied philosophy” — you’re making a philosophical judgment about what kind of thing we are, and a value judgement about what we need more of, or less of https://t.co/AW4poYVJsg text_with_expanded_urls: |- I like to think of neurotech as “applied philosophy” — you’re making a philosophical judgment about what kind of thing we are, and a value judgement about what we need more of, or less of https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475099057840345/photo/1 ### tweet 1803475810361417782 chronological_index: 1307 archive_order_index: 2225 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:11:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:11:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803475810361417782 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475810361417782 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 42 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803475099057840345 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/hnQX8UI3k4 expanded: https://aeon.co/ideas/feel-good-fractals-from-ocean-waves-to-jackson-pollocks-art display: aeon.co/ideas/feel-goo… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475810361417782/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc7rwYaoAA_Xpv.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/MPSvfVfz9z - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475810361417782/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc7rwYaAAAP2-s.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/MPSvfVfz9z - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475810361417782/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc7rwXaIAQumIT.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/MPSvfVfz9z - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475810361417782/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc7rwWaAAAwgLr.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/MPSvfVfz9z possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I offer some ideas for companies/projects. One of the simplest is an AR app to infer how many “Nature-Seconds per Hour” (NSpH) you’re getting, by calculating the fractal dimensionality of your visual field Very simple model: FD ~1.4-1.6 is recharging https://t.co/hnQX8UI3k4 https://t.co/MPSvfVfz9z text_with_expanded_urls: |- I offer some ideas for companies/projects. One of the simplest is an AR app to infer how many “Nature-Seconds per Hour” (NSpH) you’re getting, by calculating the fractal dimensionality of your visual field Very simple model: FD ~1.4-1.6 is recharging https://aeon.co/ideas/feel-good-fractals-from-ocean-waves-to-jackson-pollocks-art https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475810361417782/photo/1 ### tweet 1803475965328474481 chronological_index: 1308 archive_order_index: 2224 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:12:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:12:31 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803475965328474481 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475965328474481 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803475810361417782 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475965328474481/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc71RNbYAAFucX.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nld0eqHOki possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I’d also like to see someone built a very simple Apple Watch app that synchronizes heartbeats. If you send your heartbeat to your girlfriend’s watch, and she sends hers to your watch, what happens? https://t.co/nld0eqHOki text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’d also like to see someone built a very simple Apple Watch app that synchronizes heartbeats. If you send your heartbeat to your girlfriend’s watch, and she sends hers to your watch, what happens? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803475965328474481/photo/1 ### tweet 1803476079572848807 chronological_index: 1309 archive_order_index: 2223 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:12:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:12:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803476079572848807 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803476079572848807 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803475965328474481 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803476079572848807/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc7738bAAAMf2u.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/EjdB9R9odl possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- There’s a lot going on with bioelectricity nowadays, but I think there’s a lot of unexplored stuff too. If you break your arm, you put it in a splint so it can heal. If you break your electromagnetic field, maybe we could rig up a splint for that too https://t.co/EjdB9R9odl text_with_expanded_urls: |- There’s a lot going on with bioelectricity nowadays, but I think there’s a lot of unexplored stuff too. If you break your arm, you put it in a splint so it can heal. If you break your electromagnetic field, maybe we could rig up a splint for that too https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803476079572848807/photo/1 ### tweet 1803476180668129674 chronological_index: 1310 archive_order_index: 2222 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:13:23Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:13:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803476180668129674 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803476180668129674 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 33 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803476079572848807 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803476180668129674/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc8BytagAA6Ts8.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/1UCMoFC7xU possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I’m working on a follow-up to Principles of Vasocomputation — but I’ll just say I suspect there’s a lot of potential tech there https://t.co/1UCMoFC7xU text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’m working on a follow-up to Principles of Vasocomputation — but I’ll just say I suspect there’s a lot of potential tech there https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803476180668129674/photo/1 ### tweet 1803477004966305892 chronological_index: 1311 archive_order_index: 2221 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:16:39Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:16:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803477004966305892 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803477004966305892 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 41 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803476180668129674 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @PropheticAI | name: Prophetic | id_str: 1618366641384955904 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803477004966305892/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GQc8xzDaIAEm4c5.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/6pTrsoEhS7 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Finally, I’d like to see people view neurotech as ultimately a poetic endeavor *in all senses of the term*. Neurotechnology should be aesthetic, a statement of who we are and what we find most beautiful. @PropheticAI definitely gets it https://t.co/6pTrsoEhS7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Finally, I’d like to see people view neurotech as ultimately a poetic endeavor *in all senses of the term*. Neurotechnology should be aesthetic, a statement of who we are and what we find most beautiful. @PropheticAI definitely gets it https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803477004966305892/photo/1 ### tweet 1803485531550126096 chronological_index: 1312 archive_order_index: 2220 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T17:50:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 17:50:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803485531550126096 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803485531550126096 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803482193668227439 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @climateXcrypto | name: previous handle of JE | id_str: 1875216595368235008 urls: - short: https://t.co/D5Oo6cPefh expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704390710177173987 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @climateXcrypto I think the first paragraph of this is a good onramp — essentially, tension restricts what patterns can bounce around in our nervous system. It’s sort of a hidden form of “medium-term memory”. But it’s also sticky, and removing old tension can help us feel way better https://t.co/D5Oo6cPefh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @climateXcrypto I think the first paragraph of this is a good onramp — essentially, tension restricts what patterns can bounce around in our nervous system. It’s sort of a hidden form of “medium-term memory”. But it’s also sticky, and removing old tension can help us feel way better https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704390710177173987 ### tweet 1803500109247946880 chronological_index: 1313 archive_order_index: 2219 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T18:48:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 18:48:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803500109247946880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803500109247946880 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ErgoEcho in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803499622033400134 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1239263232621076480 mentions: - @ErgoEcho | name: Andy | id_str: 1239263232621076480 text_raw: |- @ErgoEcho Definitely — realtime filter that subtly breaks up sharp lines text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ErgoEcho Definitely — realtime filter that subtly breaks up sharp lines ### tweet 1803563877868904530 chronological_index: 1314 archive_order_index: 2218 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T23:01:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 23:01:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803563877868904530 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803563877868904530 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sammakesthings in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803529046841762233 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2334290077 mentions: - @sammakesthings | name: Sam Stowers 🌎 💪 🌹 | id_str: 2334290077 text_raw: |- @sammakesthings Nice! That’s a good question — I’m not sure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sammakesthings Nice! That’s a good question — I’m not sure ### tweet 1803564285446217943 chronological_index: 1315 archive_order_index: 2217 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-19T23:03:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 19 23:03:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1803564285446217943 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803564285446217943 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MaxDiffusionRL in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1803545618368864523 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1351134598303019018 urls: - short: https://t.co/wbnzVCm1Li expanded: https://opentheory.net/MJ_EE_June2024.pdf display: opentheory.net/MJ_EE_June2024… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @PionStar99 Slides at https://t.co/wbnzVCm1Li text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PionStar99 Slides at https://opentheory.net/MJ_EE_June2024.pdf ### tweet 1804613872730640581 chronological_index: 1316 archive_order_index: 2216 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-22T20:34:10Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 22 20:34:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1804613872730640581 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1804613872730640581 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1804470272591831102 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels That’s an incredible compliment… and likewise about you text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels That’s an incredible compliment… and likewise about you ### tweet 1804614311186493541 chronological_index: 1317 archive_order_index: 2215 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-22T20:35:54Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 22 20:35:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1804614311186493541 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1804614311186493541 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dmt_acc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1804491594042663301 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1598570692445806592 text_raw: |- @OxArchon I think it got recorded but I’m not sure it’s been posted text_with_expanded_urls: |- @OxArchon I think it got recorded but I’m not sure it’s been posted ### tweet 1806027683446522184 chronological_index: 1318 archive_order_index: 2214 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-26T18:12:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 26 18:12:08 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1806027683446522184 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1806027683446522184 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/xebJQsz7R2 expanded: https://t.co/xebJQsz7R2 display: t.co/xebJQsz7R2 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- In 2013 we were headed for social decline. The invention of LLMs may not change that — but they’ve made the range of possible cyberpunk dystopias much wider & more interesting. The next fork in the road is whether frontier models will be allowed to have good aesthetic taste https://t.co/xebJQsz7R2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- In 2013 we were headed for social decline. The invention of LLMs may not change that — but they’ve made the range of possible cyberpunk dystopias much wider & more interesting. The next fork in the road is whether frontier models will be allowed to have good aesthetic taste https://t.co/xebJQsz7R2 ### tweet 1806040545791537319 chronological_index: 1319 archive_order_index: 2213 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-26T19:03:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 26 19:03:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1806040545791537319 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1806040545791537319 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: don_cryptus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1806034478378189011 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362944432660754434 mentions: - @don_cryptus | name: Don Cryptus | id_str: 1362944432660754434 text_raw: |- @don_cryptus Steve Jobs had better aesthetic taste than Tim Cook, who has better aesthetic taste than Sundar Pichai text_with_expanded_urls: |- @don_cryptus Steve Jobs had better aesthetic taste than Tim Cook, who has better aesthetic taste than Sundar Pichai ### tweet 1806332987321229441 chronological_index: 1320 archive_order_index: 2212 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-27T14:25:18Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 27 14:25:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1806332987321229441 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1806332987321229441 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1806263954995310616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella I think most things flow from *wide appreciation of beauty*, but in terms of things that might not be part of the ‘default ASI kit,’ I’m paying most attention to - ability to self-report qualia - cares about qualia as a domain of optimization - cosmological ambition text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I think most things flow from *wide appreciation of beauty*, but in terms of things that might not be part of the ‘default ASI kit,’ I’m paying most attention to - ability to self-report qualia - cares about qualia as a domain of optimization - cosmological ambition ### tweet 1806344127472406875 chronological_index: 1321 archive_order_index: 2211 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-27T15:09:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 27 15:09:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1806344127472406875 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1806344127472406875 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1806342323892064650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/tS5Jziij51 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia Interesting — I think of caffeine being a double stimulant, increasing both neural activity & smooth muscle twitchiness And the ‘caffeine crash’ afterwards as arising from the neural effects wearing off before the vasomuscular I wonder if pregnancy makes this softer or harder https://t.co/tS5Jziij51 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia Interesting — I think of caffeine being a double stimulant, increasing both neural activity & smooth muscle twitchiness And the ‘caffeine crash’ afterwards as arising from the neural effects wearing off before the vasomuscular I wonder if pregnancy makes this softer or harder https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 ### tweet 1806347694644109624 chronological_index: 1322 archive_order_index: 2210 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-27T15:23:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 27 15:23:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1806347694644109624 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1806347694644109624 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1806346231838290004 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @selentelechia The sleeping thing makes total sense — I think the Ray Peat crowd might recommend progesterone (e.g. “Progest-E”) for caffeine withdrawl and headaches in general? And they swear it’s good for unborn babies too text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia The sleeping thing makes total sense — I think the Ray Peat crowd might recommend progesterone (e.g. “Progest-E”) for caffeine withdrawl and headaches in general? And they swear it’s good for unborn babies too ### tweet 1807157824738517152 chronological_index: 1323 archive_order_index: 2209 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-06-29T21:02:55Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 29 21:02:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807157824738517152 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807157824738517152 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1807155450170822895 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels Trolling is a art, as they say text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels Trolling is a art, as they say ## 2024-07 ### tweet 1807768016937218556 chronological_index: 1324 archive_order_index: 2208 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T13:27:36Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 13:27:36 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807768016937218556 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807768016937218556 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 77 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ie85TDjhVg expanded: https://x.com/georgiedorothea/status/1807715963430703550 display: x.com/georgiedorothe… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Most psychedelics are considered to be vasoconstrictors. But I suspect this is true only in a coarse sense. Most likely we should consider them vasocyclers: driving clench & release waves across smooth muscle https://t.co/Ie85TDjhVg text_with_expanded_urls: |- Most psychedelics are considered to be vasoconstrictors. But I suspect this is true only in a coarse sense. Most likely we should consider them vasocyclers: driving clench & release waves across smooth muscle https://x.com/georgiedorothea/status/1807715963430703550 ### tweet 1807770902786174999 chronological_index: 1325 archive_order_index: 2207 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T13:39:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 13:39:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807770902786174999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807770902786174999 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1807768016937218556 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Context: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- Context: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1807790473131761873 chronological_index: 1326 archive_order_index: 2206 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T14:56:50Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 14:56:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807790473131761873 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807790473131761873 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DMTryptaminesX in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1807788381025280270 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1455855773225979911 mentions: - @DMTryptaminesX | name: Hyperdimensional Qualia Engineer👾💖☯ | id_str: 1455855773225979911 - @neuralkn0t | name: 🧠kn𖡹t | id_str: 1366447659410677763 - @RogerThisdell | name: Roger This | id_str: 1724457855552466944 urls: - short: https://t.co/hXzfrBC8Ds expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807768016937218556 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @DMTryptaminesX @neuralkn0t @RogerThisdell I believe so — if your vasomuscular system is panic-locked in place, it can’t cycle — and vasomuscular cycling generates many of the effects of psychedelics https://t.co/hXzfrBC8Ds text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DMTryptaminesX @neuralkn0t @RogerThisdell I believe so — if your vasomuscular system is panic-locked in place, it can’t cycle — and vasomuscular cycling generates many of the effects of psychedelics https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807768016937218556 ### tweet 1807797843492778346 chronological_index: 1327 archive_order_index: 2205 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T15:26:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 15:26:07 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807797843492778346 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807797843492778346 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 53 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/TZH3EKOB0u expanded: https://x.com/NTFabiano/status/1807745982647734651 display: x.com/NTFabiano/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I wonder the degree to which dancing, drawing, singing, efficient movement, and general ability to relax could be used as similar proxies for human toxicity load I bet all of those get significantly worse after a highly processed meal https://t.co/TZH3EKOB0u text_with_expanded_urls: |- I wonder the degree to which dancing, drawing, singing, efficient movement, and general ability to relax could be used as similar proxies for human toxicity load I bet all of those get significantly worse after a highly processed meal https://x.com/NTFabiano/status/1807745982647734651 ### tweet 1807807155367739659 chronological_index: 1328 archive_order_index: 2204 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T16:03:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 16:03:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807807155367739659 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807807155367739659 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1807806459712811376 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Some things are straightforwardly toxic, some things ‘shift the rhythmic basis of the organism’ — caffeine does the second in humans Might be closer to straightforwardly toxic in spiders though text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Some things are straightforwardly toxic, some things ‘shift the rhythmic basis of the organism’ — caffeine does the second in humans Might be closer to straightforwardly toxic in spiders though ### tweet 1807832981618544685 chronological_index: 1329 archive_order_index: 2203 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T17:45:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 17:45:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807832981618544685 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807832981618544685 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dkazand in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1807829912620765379 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 239559026 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 urls: - short: https://t.co/1KVqhzvwfh expanded: https://x.com/Outdoctrination/status/1801979429339464038 display: x.com/Outdoctrinatio… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @dkazand There are crazier plans! But I’d be a little cautious about drugs that use the nitric oxide pathway to relax smooth muscles; the peaters think NO is surprisingly toxic / unwise to chronically upregulate Cialis would probably be better than viagra at least https://t.co/1KVqhzvwfh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dkazand There are crazier plans! But I’d be a little cautious about drugs that use the nitric oxide pathway to relax smooth muscles; the peaters think NO is surprisingly toxic / unwise to chronically upregulate Cialis would probably be better than viagra at least https://x.com/Outdoctrination/status/1801979429339464038 ### tweet 1807874078747119838 chronological_index: 1330 archive_order_index: 2202 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T20:29:03Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 20:29:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807874078747119838 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807874078747119838 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: souuularc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1807854960903872838 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 618551772 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 urls: - short: https://t.co/tS5Jziij51 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sellieyoung @connor_holly1 there’s a lot of research that might fit under this umbrella, but I’ve tweeted about my particular thesis here — https://t.co/tS5Jziij51 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sellieyoung @connor_holly1 there’s a lot of research that might fit under this umbrella, but I’ve tweeted about my particular thesis here — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1704518623660798052 ### tweet 1807917820409532686 chronological_index: 1331 archive_order_index: 2201 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-01T23:22:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 01 23:22:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1807917820409532686 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807917820409532686 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PsyGenLab in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1807916728325636365 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1735416705663307776 mentions: - @PsyGenLab | name: psygen | id_str: 1735416705663307776 text_raw: |- @PsyGenLab All our vascular system is ringed by a thin layer of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). A vasoconstrictor is something that has the net effect of making this muscle tighten text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PsyGenLab All our vascular system is ringed by a thin layer of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). A vasoconstrictor is something that has the net effect of making this muscle tighten ### tweet 1808395115750478175 chronological_index: 1332 archive_order_index: 2200 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-03T06:59:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 03 06:59:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808395115750478175 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808395115750478175 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: flowersslop in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808384998203965523 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1805357803181363200 mentions: - @flowersslop | name: Flowers ☾ | id_str: 1805357803181363200 urls: - short: https://t.co/pTcx1D361u expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915125714747584 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @flowersslop Recently published a container for knowledge about whether AIs could be conscious — https://t.co/pTcx1D361u text_with_expanded_urls: |- @flowersslop Recently published a container for knowledge about whether AIs could be conscious — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800915125714747584 ### tweet 1808651411867218219 chronological_index: 1333 archive_order_index: 2199 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-03T23:57:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 03 23:57:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808651411867218219 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808651411867218219 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808643326985294330 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd Thanks, this is an interesting thread. In my AI Consciousness paper I posit that system decoherence is maximized when one has a symmetric system with many superpositions: tiny decoherence events will happen often and result in ‘branches’ who significantly decohere from each other text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd Thanks, this is an interesting thread. In my AI Consciousness paper I posit that system decoherence is maximized when one has a symmetric system with many superpositions: tiny decoherence events will happen often and result in ‘branches’ who significantly decohere from each other ### tweet 1808651661939986659 chronological_index: 1334 archive_order_index: 2198 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-03T23:58:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 03 23:58:53 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808651661939986659 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808651661939986659 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808651411867218219 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd It’s perhaps an open question whether, at the limit, my thesis on decoherence approximates @webmasterdave ‘s thesis that it’s actually quantum coherence associated with bound experience. It definitely may in practice. But I wouldn’t commit to that yet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd It’s perhaps an open question whether, at the limit, my thesis on decoherence approximates @webmasterdave ‘s thesis that it’s actually quantum coherence associated with bound experience. It definitely may in practice. But I wouldn’t commit to that yet ### tweet 1808652017747046846 chronological_index: 1335 archive_order_index: 2197 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T00:00:18Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 00:00:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808652017747046846 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808652017747046846 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808651661939986659 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave I’ve written about my take on dual-aspect monism here, which you might enjoy: https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR On my to-do list is update this from the explicit perspective of idealism (“what are the laws of physics from within the assumption of idealism?”) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave I’ve written about my take on dual-aspect monism here, which you might enjoy: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ On my to-do list is update this from the explicit perspective of idealism (“what are the laws of physics from within the assumption of idealism?”) ### tweet 1808652214162108650 chronological_index: 1336 archive_order_index: 2196 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T00:01:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 00:01:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808652214162108650 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808652214162108650 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808652017747046846 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave The question of whether my approach requires locality is interesting. My particular claim involves locality in branchial space — which might have a complex relationship with locality in spacetime text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave The question of whether my approach requires locality is interesting. My particular claim involves locality in branchial space — which might have a complex relationship with locality in spacetime ### tweet 1808652270932013499 chronological_index: 1337 archive_order_index: 2195 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T00:01:19Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 00:01:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808652270932013499 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808652270932013499 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808652214162108650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave I identify 5 different types of boundaries in PAIC; I suspect some would fit your criteria of ‘irreducible ontological primitives’ and some wouldn’t. What classes of things are primitives is ofc a core question text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave I identify 5 different types of boundaries in PAIC; I suspect some would fit your criteria of ‘irreducible ontological primitives’ and some wouldn’t. What classes of things are primitives is ofc a core question ### tweet 1808652485269336354 chronological_index: 1338 archive_order_index: 2194 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T00:02:10Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 00:02:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808652485269336354 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808652485269336354 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808652270932013499 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 urls: - short: https://t.co/5WjEZV9s5D expanded: https://opentheory.net/2018/09/a-new-theory-of-open-individualism/ display: opentheory.net/2018/09/a-new-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave One possibility I write about elsewhere is that perhaps there is no ‘real’ boundary between experiences, merely a reportability boundary. This would be (very) strange, but I see no reason it couldn’t be the case https://t.co/5WjEZV9s5D Thank you for the thoughts & comments! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @webmasterdave One possibility I write about elsewhere is that perhaps there is no ‘real’ boundary between experiences, merely a reportability boundary. This would be (very) strange, but I see no reason it couldn’t be the case https://opentheory.net/2018/09/a-new-theory-of-open-individualism/ Thank you for the thoughts & comments! ### tweet 1808656013962399879 chronological_index: 1339 archive_order_index: 2193 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T00:16:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 00:16:11 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808656013962399879 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808656013962399879 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 39 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/8oSbrAHmm9 expanded: https://x.com/chrislakin/status/1808237966822948885 display: x.com/chrislakin/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Speaking as a solo researcher, retroactive funding seems like one of the best patterns & limits misalignment with donors. Lots of hidden dilemmas solved https://t.co/8oSbrAHmm9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Speaking as a solo researcher, retroactive funding seems like one of the best patterns & limits misalignment with donors. Lots of hidden dilemmas solved https://x.com/chrislakin/status/1808237966822948885 ### tweet 1808657284782071896 chronological_index: 1340 archive_order_index: 2192 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T00:21:14Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 00:21:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808657284782071896 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808657284782071896 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anabology in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808656438807392327 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1650509966388731904 mentions: - @anabology | name: anabology | id_str: 1650509966388731904 text_raw: |- @anabology Something I wonder about is the degree to which gaining/losing weight correlates with gains/losses in smooth muscle I.e. how much of the ozempic muscle mass loss is skeletal muscle, vs smooth muscle? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anabology Something I wonder about is the degree to which gaining/losing weight correlates with gains/losses in smooth muscle I.e. how much of the ozempic muscle mass loss is skeletal muscle, vs smooth muscle? ### tweet 1808659113867628891 chronological_index: 1341 archive_order_index: 2191 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T00:28:30Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 00:28:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808659113867628891 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808659113867628891 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808658073529299366 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk I had a very kind donor retroactively support Principles of Vasocomputation. I suspect it would be useful to evaluate retrospective funding from the perspective of donors: why do most donations happen and does RSF check those boxes? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk I had a very kind donor retroactively support Principles of Vasocomputation. I suspect it would be useful to evaluate retrospective funding from the perspective of donors: why do most donations happen and does RSF check those boxes? ### tweet 1808916973633614256 chronological_index: 1342 archive_order_index: 2190 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T17:33:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 17:33:09 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808916973633614256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808916973633614256 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 61 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/meX26ZQceG expanded: https://x.com/cafreiman/status/1808531262690205754 display: x.com/cafreiman/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think we underestimate how much of modern culture is downstream of 16th-18th c. warfare between England & France. Both wanted to be Europe’s dominant power; both invested in infecting their rival’s intellectuals with visions of revolution. England won: Louis XVI lost his head https://t.co/meX26ZQceG text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think we underestimate how much of modern culture is downstream of 16th-18th c. warfare between England & France. Both wanted to be Europe’s dominant power; both invested in infecting their rival’s intellectuals with visions of revolution. England won: Louis XVI lost his head https://x.com/cafreiman/status/1808531262690205754 ### tweet 1808917071121764624 chronological_index: 1343 archive_order_index: 2189 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T17:33:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 17:33:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808917071121764624 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808917071121764624 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808916973633614256 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- But it’s hard to turn off a psyop, or control its spread: the same popular ideals that toppled France lost England its colonies. Ultimately, this meme bifurcated into progressivism and communism, each providing the core coordinating narrative & logic for half the world text_with_expanded_urls: |- But it’s hard to turn off a psyop, or control its spread: the same popular ideals that toppled France lost England its colonies. Ultimately, this meme bifurcated into progressivism and communism, each providing the core coordinating narrative & logic for half the world ### tweet 1808917366518264282 chronological_index: 1344 archive_order_index: 2188 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T17:34:42Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 17:34:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808917366518264282 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808917366518264282 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808917071121764624 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- I’m not going to say this was a good or bad thing; it’s simply the world we live in. But I think people underestimate the degree to which the modern mind is a product of political interests of past great powers, and the products’ inevitable mutation as they escape confinement text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’m not going to say this was a good or bad thing; it’s simply the world we live in. But I think people underestimate the degree to which the modern mind is a product of political interests of past great powers, and the products’ inevitable mutation as they escape confinement ### tweet 1808917615466983663 chronological_index: 1345 archive_order_index: 2187 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T17:35:42Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 17:35:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808917615466983663 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808917615466983663 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 40 retweet_count: 6 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808917366518264282 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/XpeaJslhP2 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996290555125996?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Generally speaking, I think the highest function of learning about politics is to be able to avoid politics. To have the capacity to notice when something is trying to sideload into your semantic web in order to eat you, and say ‘no thanks, I’m good.’ https://t.co/XpeaJslhP2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Generally speaking, I think the highest function of learning about politics is to be able to avoid politics. To have the capacity to notice when something is trying to sideload into your semantic web in order to eat you, and say ‘no thanks, I’m good.’ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996290555125996?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw ### tweet 1808917753992204566 chronological_index: 1346 archive_order_index: 2186 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T17:36:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 17:36:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808917753992204566 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808917753992204566 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808917615466983663 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/guUeoIkhdW expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1806027683446522184?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- That said I’m profoundly curious what AI government could look like. It could be beautiful or terrible; I keep coming back to the theme that much depends on whether AIs will be allowed to have good aesthetic taste https://t.co/guUeoIkhdW text_with_expanded_urls: |- That said I’m profoundly curious what AI government could look like. It could be beautiful or terrible; I keep coming back to the theme that much depends on whether AIs will be allowed to have good aesthetic taste https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1806027683446522184?s=46&t=NEwLPfedwCow8EP9ExPZpw ### tweet 1808933254269129173 chronological_index: 1347 archive_order_index: 2185 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-04T18:37:50Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 04 18:37:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1808933254269129173 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1808933254269129173 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1808929791443185992 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @yoltartar Definitely Locke, presumably Hume, and perhaps Henry St John — probably a lot of names I’m missing, but I believe it was absolutely English foreign policy to get French intellectuals discontent with their government text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar Definitely Locke, presumably Hume, and perhaps Henry St John — probably a lot of names I’m missing, but I believe it was absolutely English foreign policy to get French intellectuals discontent with their government ### tweet 1809047538424819735 chronological_index: 1348 archive_order_index: 2184 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-05T02:11:58Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 05 02:11:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1809047538424819735 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1809047538424819735 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1809045816260153530 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @paul__is__here @yoltartar If I recall correctly the thesis originally came from Thomas Carlyle text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here @yoltartar If I recall correctly the thesis originally came from Thomas Carlyle ### tweet 1810732532251644301 chronological_index: 1349 archive_order_index: 2183 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-09T17:47:32Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 09 17:47:32 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1810732532251644301 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810732532251644301 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: mmjukic mentions: - @mmjukic | name: Marko Jukic | id_str: 1655499151537307649 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @mmjukic: Perhaps the most important quality in a friend, business partner, or mate is therefore not intelligence, but courage. Ally wit… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @mmjukic: Perhaps the most important quality in a friend, business partner, or mate is therefore not intelligence, but courage. Ally wit… ### tweet 1810738554995388696 chronological_index: 1350 archive_order_index: 2182 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-09T18:11:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 09 18:11:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1810738554995388696 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810738554995388696 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paulg in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1810706061638135832 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 183749519 mentions: - @paulg | name: Paul Graham | id_str: 183749519 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810738554995388696/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSEJHclaUAEHaJM.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/NHxlv9Ewcm - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810738554995388696/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSEJHcmaUAYXSrb.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/NHxlv9Ewcm - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810738554995388696/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSEJHcla0AAsYEN.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/NHxlv9Ewcm - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810738554995388696/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSEJHcjaUAAKYm7.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/NHxlv9Ewcm possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @paulg I wrote a book on this in 2016 & put out a shortened version last year. I suspect you would enjoy the thesis — the TL;DR is the symmetry-beauty connection is intrinsic, and is a great place to start reverse-engineering qualia https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/NHxlv9Ewcm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paulg I wrote a book on this in 2016 & put out a shortened version last year. I suspect you would enjoy the thesis — the TL;DR is the symmetry-beauty connection is intrinsic, and is a great place to start reverse-engineering qualia https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810738554995388696/photo/1 ### tweet 1810738680228892743 chronological_index: 1351 archive_order_index: 2181 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-09T18:11:57Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 09 18:11:57 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1810738680228892743 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810738680228892743 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: _brentbaum mentions: - @_brentbaum | name: brent | id_str: 752422021 - @AdamArchetype | name: 🌞 adam 🌚 | id_str: 330664108 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @_brentbaum: @AdamArchetype for an excellent (serious) take that's my current working model, i recommend @johnsonmxe's "Autism as a Diso… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @_brentbaum: @AdamArchetype for an excellent (serious) take that's my current working model, i recommend @johnsonmxe's "Autism as a Diso… ### tweet 1810887185857732935 chronological_index: 1352 archive_order_index: 2180 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-10T04:02:04Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 10 04:02:04 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1810887185857732935 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810887185857732935 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/osVV9Vasav expanded: https://x.com/beffjezos/status/1810871413655339211 display: x.com/beffjezos/stat… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810887185857732935/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSGQTB9aQAAGsNV.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/VmBuMuvsTV possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A while back I put together a presentation on “singularity realpolitik” — what the scramble to take over the world with AI could look like. One of my expectations was that serious players would acquire physical assets & insert themselves in data flows. Today I’d also add … https://t.co/osVV9Vasav https://t.co/VmBuMuvsTV text_with_expanded_urls: |- A while back I put together a presentation on “singularity realpolitik” — what the scramble to take over the world with AI could look like. One of my expectations was that serious players would acquire physical assets & insert themselves in data flows. Today I’d also add … https://x.com/beffjezos/status/1810871413655339211 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810887185857732935/photo/1 ### tweet 1810887260059095253 chronological_index: 1353 archive_order_index: 2179 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-10T04:02:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 10 04:02:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1810887260059095253 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1810887260059095253 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1810887185857732935 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- … “acquire cheap & sovereign electricity”. Importantly, we can run the heuristic both ways: if we see a live player, we can predict their moves based on which items they haven’t acquired. If we see someone acquiring such a portfolio, we can infer a live player text_with_expanded_urls: |- … “acquire cheap & sovereign electricity”. Importantly, we can run the heuristic both ways: if we see a live player, we can predict their moves based on which items they haven’t acquired. If we see someone acquiring such a portfolio, we can infer a live player ### tweet 1811077010028122283 chronological_index: 1354 archive_order_index: 2178 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-10T16:36:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 10 16:36:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1811077010028122283 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1811077010028122283 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: k3baah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1811062329770987692 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 472324018 mentions: - @k3baah | name: Kofi | id_str: 472324018 text_raw: |- @k3baah Some sections feel dated at this point; I may update it at some point text_with_expanded_urls: |- @k3baah Some sections feel dated at this point; I may update it at some point ### tweet 1811101703963562035 chronological_index: 1355 archive_order_index: 2177 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-10T18:14:29Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 10 18:14:29 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1811101703963562035 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1811101703963562035 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: "Waking up doesn't automatically make you a better person" "Yeah, but, come on, my dude" Figured out a way to crisp u… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: "Waking up doesn't automatically make you a better person" "Yeah, but, come on, my dude" Figured out a way to crisp u… ### tweet 1811547725994856500 chronological_index: 1356 archive_order_index: 2176 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-11T23:46:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 11 23:46:49 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1811547725994856500 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1811547725994856500 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/hRZelmlrZU expanded: https://x.com/aidan_mclau/status/1811092019852554312 display: x.com/aidan_mclau/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The future is likely to have grand debate tournaments between AIs & judged by AIs to settle questions like “are AIs conscious?” These AIs will scour the internet for writings, decompose them into assumptions, then reassemble them into full paradigms, ready to do battle (fun!) https://t.co/hRZelmlrZU text_with_expanded_urls: |- The future is likely to have grand debate tournaments between AIs & judged by AIs to settle questions like “are AIs conscious?” These AIs will scour the internet for writings, decompose them into assumptions, then reassemble them into full paradigms, ready to do battle (fun!) https://x.com/aidan_mclau/status/1811092019852554312 ### tweet 1811552443416871389 chronological_index: 1357 archive_order_index: 2175 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-12T00:05:34Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 12 00:05:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1811552443416871389 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1811552443416871389 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Hutcheson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1811550502145945789 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 16951603 mentions: - @Hutcheson | name: Dustin Hutcheson | id_str: 16951603 text_raw: |- @Hutcheson Consciousness research has a difficult experimental path to walk due to the coarse-graining & unknown reliability of qualia self-reports. I suspect AIs will have less self-report reliability than humans. This seems to push AI evaluation of research toward elegance considerations text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Hutcheson Consciousness research has a difficult experimental path to walk due to the coarse-graining & unknown reliability of qualia self-reports. I suspect AIs will have less self-report reliability than humans. This seems to push AI evaluation of research toward elegance considerations ### tweet 1811555047165325477 chronological_index: 1358 archive_order_index: 2174 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-12T00:15:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 12 00:15:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1811555047165325477 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1811555047165325477 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1811551889726799884 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist I’m bullish! I think the most AI-useful approach is to offer modular hypotheses (ideally “diamond-perfect chunks of knowledge”) that can be evaluated a la carte, but combine well together If consciousness has a solution, I expect items like STV to form the foundation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist I’m bullish! I think the most AI-useful approach is to offer modular hypotheses (ideally “diamond-perfect chunks of knowledge”) that can be evaluated a la carte, but combine well together If consciousness has a solution, I expect items like STV to form the foundation ### tweet 1812086830285681124 chronological_index: 1359 archive_order_index: 2173 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-13T11:29:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 13 11:29:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1812086830285681124 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1812086830285681124 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: __loofah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1811981985281138759 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1633868444754903040 mentions: - @__loofah | name: Loofah | id_str: 1633868444754903040 text_raw: |- @__loofah PoV would be a good place to start; I’ve tweeted about this also but haven’t made a long thread text_with_expanded_urls: |- @__loofah PoV would be a good place to start; I’ve tweeted about this also but haven’t made a long thread ### tweet 1812145760722465157 chronological_index: 1360 archive_order_index: 2172 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-13T15:23:12Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 13 15:23:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1812145760722465157 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1812145760722465157 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: WoohkaStylie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1812142213398237224 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2559891577 mentions: - @WoohkaStylie | name: Meditation Vil | id_str: 2559891577 urls: - short: https://t.co/hXzfrBBANU expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807768016937218556 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @WoohkaStylie I think clench-release is a better latch opener than just vasodilation https://t.co/hXzfrBBANU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @WoohkaStylie I think clench-release is a better latch opener than just vasodilation https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1807768016937218556 ### tweet 1812145900455678388 chronological_index: 1361 archive_order_index: 2171 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-13T15:23:45Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 13 15:23:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1812145900455678388 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1812145900455678388 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1812145760722465157 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @WoohkaStylie | name: Meditation Vil | id_str: 2559891577 text_raw: |- @WoohkaStylie Romeo has a tweet on this too text_with_expanded_urls: |- @WoohkaStylie Romeo has a tweet on this too ### tweet 1812990151171379591 chronological_index: 1362 archive_order_index: 2170 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-15T23:18:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 15 23:18:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1812990151171379591 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1812990151171379591 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1812977843804250304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17595245 text_raw: |- @nagle5000 Haven’t seen but will keep an eye out text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nagle5000 Haven’t seen but will keep an eye out ### tweet 1813219166821797904 chronological_index: 1363 archive_order_index: 2169 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-16T14:28:32Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 16 14:28:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1813219166821797904 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1813219166821797904 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1813200045849612660 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @realpotofgreed | name: pot of greed | id_str: 1352411278434836490 - @liminal_warmth | name: Liminal Warmth ❤️‍🔥 | id_str: 1099326334923202561 text_raw: |- @exgenesis @realpotofgreed @liminal_warmth I like the work of Ray Peat on the role of diet on metabolism — I hope to make a thread on it one of these days text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis @realpotofgreed @liminal_warmth I like the work of Ray Peat on the role of diet on metabolism — I hope to make a thread on it one of these days ### tweet 1813279558679879694 chronological_index: 1364 archive_order_index: 2168 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-16T18:28:30Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 16 18:28:30 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1813279558679879694 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1813279558679879694 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: cube_flipper mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @PessoaBrain | name: Luiz Pessoa | id_str: 38265389 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @cube_flipper: @PessoaBrain @johnsonmxe very briefly the evolutionary argument would be something like "consciousness"/the EM field "wan… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @cube_flipper: @PessoaBrain @johnsonmxe very briefly the evolutionary argument would be something like "consciousness"/the EM field "wan… ### tweet 1813878054273589717 chronological_index: 1365 archive_order_index: 2167 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-18T10:06:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 18 10:06:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1813878054273589717 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1813878054273589717 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1813877049096065213 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Soros calls this “reflexivity” — my dad summarizes it as ‘how perception of the fundamentals changes the fundamentals’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Soros calls this “reflexivity” — my dad summarizes it as ‘how perception of the fundamentals changes the fundamentals’ ### tweet 1813879907652673883 chronological_index: 1366 archive_order_index: 2166 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-18T10:14:04Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 18 10:14:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1813879907652673883 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1813879907652673883 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidchalmers42 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1813223307061199137 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 58318231 mentions: - @davidchalmers42 | name: David Chalmers | id_str: 58318231 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1813879907652673883/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GSwyKIuXwAAIBeI.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/6CZAwY9qkC possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidchalmers42 When I spoke with Tononi he shared a similar thesis — that all CPU processes constantly poll the CPU clock and this would interfere with larger-scale binding… here’s what I wrote in PQ: https://t.co/6CZAwY9qkC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidchalmers42 When I spoke with Tononi he shared a similar thesis — that all CPU processes constantly poll the CPU clock and this would interfere with larger-scale binding… here’s what I wrote in PQ: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1813879907652673883/photo/1 ### tweet 1813880639428653237 chronological_index: 1367 archive_order_index: 2165 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-18T10:16:59Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 18 10:16:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1813880639428653237 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1813880639428653237 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1813879907652673883 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @davidchalmers42 | name: David Chalmers | id_str: 58318231 urls: - short: https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidchalmers42 From section iv of Principia Qualia https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidchalmers42 From section iv of Principia Qualia https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf ### tweet 1814849974699466879 chronological_index: 1368 archive_order_index: 2164 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-21T02:28:46Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 21 02:28:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1814849974699466879 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1814849974699466879 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vincentweisser in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1814779248483106954 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 427766081 mentions: - @vincentweisser | name: Vincent Weisser | id_str: 427766081 - @AbudBakri | name: Abud Bakri MD | id_str: 945743775162183680 text_raw: |- @vincentweisser @AbudBakri I've been thinking about consciousness as arising from coordination between the neural and the vasomuscular systems; general anesthesia (and meditative cessations) may occur when the vasomuscular system is particularly quiet* *More confident about cessations than GA text_with_expanded_urls: |- @vincentweisser @AbudBakri I've been thinking about consciousness as arising from coordination between the neural and the vasomuscular systems; general anesthesia (and meditative cessations) may occur when the vasomuscular system is particularly quiet* *More confident about cessations than GA ### tweet 1814854355121475893 chronological_index: 1369 archive_order_index: 2163 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-21T02:46:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 21 02:46:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1814854355121475893 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1814854355121475893 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1814825947155083387 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @eshear “When energy flows through matter, order accumulates” Iceberg meme: 1/4: eat fruit, meat, coconut oil 2/4: avoid thyrotoxins (PUFA, uncooked vegetables) 3/4: carrot salad to lower serotonin/endotoxin/estrogen 4/4: after healthy thyroid->sugarmaxxing 5/4: dark peating text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @eshear “When energy flows through matter, order accumulates” Iceberg meme: 1/4: eat fruit, meat, coconut oil 2/4: avoid thyrotoxins (PUFA, uncooked vegetables) 3/4: carrot salad to lower serotonin/endotoxin/estrogen 4/4: after healthy thyroid->sugarmaxxing 5/4: dark peating ### tweet 1815608418528321553 chronological_index: 1370 archive_order_index: 2162 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-23T04:42:34Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 23 04:42:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1815608418528321553 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1815608418528321553 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: APOideas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1815451758396662076 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1483850810937077760 mentions: - @APOideas | name: APOideas | id_str: 1483850810937077760 - @awjuliani | name: Arthur Juliani | id_str: 4744970022 - @DrYohanJohn | name: Yohan J. John | id_str: 22972076 - @zhukeepa | name: Alex Zhu | id_str: 940921675213950976 text_raw: |- @APOideas @PionStar99 @awjuliani @DrYohanJohn @zhukeepa Concretely, vasocomputation is a mechanism to manipulate neural patterns via VSMC clenches Phenomenologically, vasocomputation is how we freeze sensations Abstractly, vasocomputation is a mechanism by which stress is multiplexed (and minimized) across imaginal/bayesian futures text_with_expanded_urls: |- @APOideas @PionStar99 @awjuliani @DrYohanJohn @zhukeepa Concretely, vasocomputation is a mechanism to manipulate neural patterns via VSMC clenches Phenomenologically, vasocomputation is how we freeze sensations Abstractly, vasocomputation is a mechanism by which stress is multiplexed (and minimized) across imaginal/bayesian futures ### tweet 1815959841774387476 chronological_index: 1371 archive_order_index: 2161 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-24T03:58:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 24 03:58:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1815959841774387476 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1815959841774387476 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: auronik7 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1815895315603419423 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1796403945088393216 mentions: - @auronik7 | name: auro | id_str: 1796403945088393216 text_raw: |- @auronik7 Nice! I do wonder if there are different 'flavors' of autism based on whether neurons vs synapses have more of an excess... text_with_expanded_urls: |- @auronik7 Nice! I do wonder if there are different 'flavors' of autism based on whether neurons vs synapses have more of an excess... ### tweet 1815962330858918047 chronological_index: 1372 archive_order_index: 2160 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-24T04:08:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 24 04:08:53 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1815962330858918047 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1815962330858918047 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1815959337325470100 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 text_raw: |- @eigenrobot I thought sparkling water was disgusting, then I read how the peaters think CO2 is a vitamin and it started tasting better. Then I read how Pellegrino has fluoride in it and it again tastes disgusting text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot I thought sparkling water was disgusting, then I read how the peaters think CO2 is a vitamin and it started tasting better. Then I read how Pellegrino has fluoride in it and it again tastes disgusting ### tweet 1816804526092902563 chronological_index: 1373 archive_order_index: 2159 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-26T11:55:28Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 26 11:55:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1816804526092902563 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1816804526092902563 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Malcolm_Ocean in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1816615779070280175 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 49044207 mentions: - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 text_raw: |- @Malcolm_Ocean Evil (symmetry breaking) exists to allow complexity; Suffering (broken symmetries) exists because self-organizing systems use their full harmonic range; Mental tension (vascular clenches&latches) exists because the way we counterfactually freeze sensations only recently evolved text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Malcolm_Ocean Evil (symmetry breaking) exists to allow complexity; Suffering (broken symmetries) exists because self-organizing systems use their full harmonic range; Mental tension (vascular clenches&latches) exists because the way we counterfactually freeze sensations only recently evolved ### tweet 1817055946201276792 chronological_index: 1374 archive_order_index: 2158 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-27T04:34:31Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 27 04:34:31 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1817055946201276792 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1817055946201276792 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1816946105818423582 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd The last argument(s) of philosophers: 1) "you are leaving predictive power on the table" 2) "you are running afoul of elegance considerations" text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd The last argument(s) of philosophers: 1) "you are leaving predictive power on the table" 2) "you are running afoul of elegance considerations" ### tweet 1817056750375231835 chronological_index: 1375 archive_order_index: 2157 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-27T04:37:43Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 27 04:37:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1817056750375231835 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1817056750375231835 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1817055946201276792 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd There is nothing that can compel a belief in 'objective qualia', much like there is nothing that can compel a belief in electromagnetism. But EM skepticism becomes difficult in the age of the iPhone. What tech tree unlock would make disbelief of qualia equally preposterous? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd There is nothing that can compel a belief in 'objective qualia', much like there is nothing that can compel a belief in electromagnetism. But EM skepticism becomes difficult in the age of the iPhone. What tech tree unlock would make disbelief of qualia equally preposterous? ### tweet 1818260842669883410 chronological_index: 1376 archive_order_index: 2136 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-07-30T12:22:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 30 12:22:21 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1818260842669883410 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1818260842669883410 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nickcammarata mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @nickcammarata: I think there is actually a secret to happiness. It’s a phenomenological shift that makes happiness the default rather t… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nickcammarata: I think there is actually a secret to happiness. It’s a phenomenological shift that makes happiness the default rather t… ## 2024-08 ### tweet 1818857648109785482 chronological_index: 1377 archive_order_index: 2135 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-01T03:53:50Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 01 03:53:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1818857648109785482 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1818857648109785482 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1818725882141589512 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @alfredoparrah | name: Alfredo 🔸 | id_str: 113900759 - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @alfredoparrah @ataiiam I’ve been coming around to the perspective of idealism and ‘physics as hidden phenomenological state’. I think dual-aspect monism is rescuable from within this perspective text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @alfredoparrah @ataiiam I’ve been coming around to the perspective of idealism and ‘physics as hidden phenomenological state’. I think dual-aspect monism is rescuable from within this perspective ### tweet 1819247065337143528 chronological_index: 1378 archive_order_index: 2134 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-02T05:41:15Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 02 05:41:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1819247065337143528 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1819247065337143528 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ataiiam in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1819222002915500411 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1087061356770021376 mentions: - @ataiiam | name: Atai Barkai | id_str: 1087061356770021376 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @alfredoparrah | name: Alfredo 🔸 | id_str: 113900759 text_raw: |- @ataiiam @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @alfredoparrah I see and respect the argument, though 1) asserting something is "simplest" is a very substantial thing, 2) specifying n-aspect monism may be an overreach in that specifying 'n' for all reality could be a bit loose, but monism itself seems more crisp, potentially perfectly so text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ataiiam @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @alfredoparrah I see and respect the argument, though 1) asserting something is "simplest" is a very substantial thing, 2) specifying n-aspect monism may be an overreach in that specifying 'n' for all reality could be a bit loose, but monism itself seems more crisp, potentially perfectly so ### tweet 1819618948255474094 chronological_index: 1379 archive_order_index: 2133 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-03T06:18:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 03 06:18:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1819618948255474094 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1819618948255474094 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aidan_mclau in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1819571866585141308 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1261374810254454784 mentions: - @aidan_mclau | name: Aidan McLaughlin | id_str: 1261374810254454784 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 urls: - short: https://t.co/lb92NmBWjq expanded: https://files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradigm_for_AI_Consciousness.pdf display: files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradig… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @aidan_mclau @42irrationalist I published a longer peer-reviewed piece on this also: https://t.co/lb92NmBWjq tldr: behavior is not a good guide to qualia and we need an objective metric, and that a big 'fork in the road' for the field is whether hardware or software can be conscious (my bet = hardware) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aidan_mclau @42irrationalist I published a longer peer-reviewed piece on this also: https://files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradigm_for_AI_Consciousness.pdf tldr: behavior is not a good guide to qualia and we need an objective metric, and that a big 'fork in the road' for the field is whether hardware or software can be conscious (my bet = hardware) ### tweet 1820480528069583288 chronological_index: 1380 archive_order_index: 2132 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-05T15:22:35Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 05 15:22:35 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820480528069583288 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820480528069583288 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 59 retweet_count: 4 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 urls: - short: https://t.co/xpCNm72q1R expanded: https://x.com/dkazand/status/1820474610292310022 display: x.com/dkazand/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Had a fantastic time (as usual) talking with @dkazand — Wittgenstein’s war on wordcels, neuroscience as pre-paradigmatic, what a nervous system is, Buddhism as a treasure map, tanha as flinch/cringe from reality, jhanas as vasocomputation, & a special hypothesis on “awakening” https://t.co/xpCNm72q1R text_with_expanded_urls: |- Had a fantastic time (as usual) talking with @dkazand — Wittgenstein’s war on wordcels, neuroscience as pre-paradigmatic, what a nervous system is, Buddhism as a treasure map, tanha as flinch/cringe from reality, jhanas as vasocomputation, & a special hypothesis on “awakening” https://x.com/dkazand/status/1820474610292310022 ### tweet 1820480596969398481 chronological_index: 1381 archive_order_index: 2131 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-05T15:22:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 05 15:22:51 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820480596969398481 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820480596969398481 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: dkazand mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @dkazand: new episode with the brilliant @johnsonmxe in which he explains jhanas in terms of the vascular system full discussion in t… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @dkazand: new episode with the brilliant @johnsonmxe in which he explains jhanas in terms of the vascular system full discussion in t… ### tweet 1820488428188021032 chronological_index: 1382 archive_order_index: 2130 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-05T15:53:58Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 05 15:53:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820488428188021032 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820488428188021032 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1820480528069583288 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/c0D5vKCsna expanded: https://x.com/dkazand/status/1820474612066508991 display: x.com/dkazand/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Full episode: https://t.co/c0D5vKCsna text_with_expanded_urls: |- Full episode: https://x.com/dkazand/status/1820474612066508991 ### tweet 1820559600875422033 chronological_index: 1383 archive_order_index: 2129 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-05T20:36:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 05 20:36:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820559600875422033 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820559600875422033 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1820531682589774122 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @dkazand Lots of ideas! Let’s chat about it :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @dkazand Lots of ideas! Let’s chat about it :) ### tweet 1820560746247323813 chronological_index: 1384 archive_order_index: 2128 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-05T20:41:20Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 05 20:41:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820560746247323813 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820560746247323813 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lukelivesfree in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1820536148789547186 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 44708928 mentions: - @lukelivesfree | name: 🏄🏻‍♂️ Luke Cheng | id_str: 44708928 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @lukelivesfree @nickcammarata Taking EEG as an example: once we subtract out skeletal muscle ‘artifacts’, the EEG signal should have both neural and vasomuscular components. And if we have very good temporal resolution, we should be able to distinguish them with sufficiently good AI/ML text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lukelivesfree @nickcammarata Taking EEG as an example: once we subtract out skeletal muscle ‘artifacts’, the EEG signal should have both neural and vasomuscular components. And if we have very good temporal resolution, we should be able to distinguish them with sufficiently good AI/ML ### tweet 1820560831597216030 chronological_index: 1385 archive_order_index: 2127 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-05T20:41:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 05 20:41:41 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820560831597216030 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820560831597216030 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nickcammarata mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @nickcammarata: anyone have a background in studying muscle activity and want to see what happens during jhana to test this hypothesis?… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nickcammarata: anyone have a background in studying muscle activity and want to see what happens during jhana to test this hypothesis?… ### tweet 1820562524271759465 chronological_index: 1386 archive_order_index: 2126 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-05T20:48:24Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 05 20:48:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820562524271759465 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820562524271759465 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1820560746247323813 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @lukelivesfree | name: 🏄🏻‍♂️ Luke Cheng | id_str: 44708928 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @lukelivesfree @nickcammarata Part of this expectation is that neural & vasomuscular cells both make substantial ripples in the EM field when they discharge. But each has a much different statistical “attack envelope” and refractory period, especially when one considers ensembles of neurons vs VSMCs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lukelivesfree @nickcammarata Part of this expectation is that neural & vasomuscular cells both make substantial ripples in the EM field when they discharge. But each has a much different statistical “attack envelope” and refractory period, especially when one considers ensembles of neurons vs VSMCs ### tweet 1820871728148402652 chronological_index: 1387 archive_order_index: 2125 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-06T17:17:04Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 06 17:17:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1820871728148402652 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1820871728148402652 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: phantom_opus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1820842391718240296 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1164674594520928256 mentions: - @phantom_opus | name: less phantom | id_str: 1164674594520928256 text_raw: |- @phantom_opus Makes a lot of sense to me — and e.g. single points of tension can block off multiple standing waves text_with_expanded_urls: |- @phantom_opus Makes a lot of sense to me — and e.g. single points of tension can block off multiple standing waves ### tweet 1821060426840355206 chronological_index: 1388 archive_order_index: 2124 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-07T05:46:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 07 05:46:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1821060426840355206 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1821060426840355206 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Bevan81079009 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1820967563586892079 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1329547327917363201 mentions: - @Bevan81079009 | name: Simply B. | id_str: 1329547327917363201 - @jhana_bro | name: Jhāna Enjoyer | id_str: 1795483287588311040 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1821060426840355206/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GUW0zmBXYAA2r1n.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FwslvW4zdA possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Bevan81079009 @jhana_bro Here’s what I wrote about fascia in Principles of Vasocomputation — I do think there’s a decent chance jhana involves both fascia and vascular smooth muscle https://t.co/FwslvW4zdA text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Bevan81079009 @jhana_bro Here’s what I wrote about fascia in Principles of Vasocomputation — I do think there’s a decent chance jhana involves both fascia and vascular smooth muscle https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1821060426840355206/photo/1 ### tweet 1821508163620815174 chronological_index: 1389 archive_order_index: 2123 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-08T11:26:02Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 08 11:26:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1821508163620815174 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1821508163620815174 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Kat__Woods in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1821363879064031309 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1260577292067254276 mentions: - @Kat__Woods | name: Kat Woods ⏸️ 🔶 | id_str: 1260577292067254276 urls: - short: https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Kat__Woods I think an underappreciated frontier in AI safety is improving our fundamental understanding of what beauty is, and “what kind of thing” humans are https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Kat__Woods I think an underappreciated frontier in AI safety is improving our fundamental understanding of what beauty is, and “what kind of thing” humans are https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 ### tweet 1821836757383426491 chronological_index: 1390 archive_order_index: 2122 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-09T09:11:45Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 09 09:11:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1821836757383426491 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1821836757383426491 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MWCvitkovic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1821652469652598937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3310628639 mentions: - @MWCvitkovic | name: Milan Cvitkovic | id_str: 3310628639 text_raw: |- @MWCvitkovic Local neurotransmitter balance perhaps I suspect most “neurotransmitters” impact vascular dynamics more than they impact neurons text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MWCvitkovic Local neurotransmitter balance perhaps I suspect most “neurotransmitters” impact vascular dynamics more than they impact neurons ### tweet 1821927513603379528 chronological_index: 1391 archive_order_index: 2121 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-09T15:12:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 09 15:12:23 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: zxx tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1821927513603379528 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1821927513603379528 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: zach_haigney mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 text_raw: |- RT @zach_haigney: https://t.co/axdC86ew7g text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @zach_haigney: https://t.co/axdC86ew7g ### tweet 1822559092147191959 chronological_index: 1392 archive_order_index: 2120 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-11T09:02:03Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 11 09:02:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1822559092147191959 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1822559092147191959 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: OshanJarow in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1822376318924673220 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3995508550 mentions: - @OshanJarow | name: Oshan Jarow | id_str: 3995508550 text_raw: |- @OshanJarow I think of the nervous system + physical morphology of the body as “level 1 priors” — our basic defaults, “what comes out when we flow” Vasomuscular latches & reflexes are “level 2 priors” — aftermarket safety limiters (& predictive nudges) on this default dynamic range text_with_expanded_urls: |- @OshanJarow I think of the nervous system + physical morphology of the body as “level 1 priors” — our basic defaults, “what comes out when we flow” Vasomuscular latches & reflexes are “level 2 priors” — aftermarket safety limiters (& predictive nudges) on this default dynamic range ### tweet 1822671984141955368 chronological_index: 1393 archive_order_index: 2119 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-11T16:30:39Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 11 16:30:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1822671984141955368 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1822671984141955368 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1822651892721197066 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 This is an alternate way to approach the sapir-whorf hypothesis; as our language slowly de-references, the sensory primitives we learn to stabilize and build our world out of drift. Not randomly, though, and the effects of books, literature, & mass culture on this seem complex text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 This is an alternate way to approach the sapir-whorf hypothesis; as our language slowly de-references, the sensory primitives we learn to stabilize and build our world out of drift. Not randomly, though, and the effects of books, literature, & mass culture on this seem complex ### tweet 1823412591206510637 chronological_index: 1394 archive_order_index: 2118 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-13T17:33:33Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 13 17:33:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1823412591206510637 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1823412591206510637 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrometheanAngel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1823364635627786521 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248017583548350464 mentions: - @PrometheanAngel | name: Ignis Dei | id_str: 1248017583548350464 text_raw: |- @PrometheanAngel Can happen with coconut water also (Basically no manganese in coconut oil though) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrometheanAngel Can happen with coconut water also (Basically no manganese in coconut oil though) ### tweet 1823747728658038993 chronological_index: 1395 archive_order_index: 2117 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-14T15:45:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 14 15:45:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1823747728658038993 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1823747728658038993 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NangaParbat1618 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1823716238725668992 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1567590936904884225 mentions: - @NangaParbat1618 | name: Nanga | id_str: 1567590936904884225 urls: - short: https://t.co/G7kecaeIcR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @NangaParbat1618 Synchrony and symmetry are close concepts; synchrony in n-dimensions is essentially symmetry in n+time https://t.co/G7kecaeIcR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NangaParbat1618 Synchrony and symmetry are close concepts; synchrony in n-dimensions is essentially symmetry in n+time https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180 ### tweet 1823748393979502742 chronological_index: 1396 archive_order_index: 2116 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-14T15:47:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 14 15:47:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1823748393979502742 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1823748393979502742 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: WoohkaStylie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1823735644612648978 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2559891577 mentions: - @WoohkaStylie | name: Meditation Vil | id_str: 2559891577 text_raw: |- @WoohkaStylie Interesting to consider what effects of breathing practices are from their effects on o2 vs co2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @WoohkaStylie Interesting to consider what effects of breathing practices are from their effects on o2 vs co2 ### tweet 1823749580766261501 chronological_index: 1397 archive_order_index: 2115 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-14T15:52:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 14 15:52:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1823749580766261501 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1823749580766261501 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anesmithbeck in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1823746806964007371 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2610283027 mentions: - @anesmithbeck | name: Aaron | id_str: 2610283027 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMleB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @anesmithbeck Would add: - Sunlight / red light therapy - Nattokinase - Grounding - General hormone support But the most important might be avoid seed oils… hope to do a thread on this sometime https://t.co/3naNFAMleB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anesmithbeck Would add: - Sunlight / red light therapy - Nattokinase - Grounding - General hormone support But the most important might be avoid seed oils… hope to do a thread on this sometime https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1823755377634369816 chronological_index: 1398 archive_order_index: 2114 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-14T16:15:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 14 16:15:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1823755377634369816 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1823755377634369816 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1823750889322242346 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 - @anesmithbeck | name: Aaron | id_str: 2610283027 text_raw: |- @zach_haigney @anesmithbeck I don’t have a reason to think NK would help gout, but reducing the amount of endotoxin in your system might help; Ray Peat suggests a carrot salad to reduce endotoxin load (or just eating a carrot — basic idea is clean your insides w/ antibacterial antifungal indigestible fiber) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney @anesmithbeck I don’t have a reason to think NK would help gout, but reducing the amount of endotoxin in your system might help; Ray Peat suggests a carrot salad to reduce endotoxin load (or just eating a carrot — basic idea is clean your insides w/ antibacterial antifungal indigestible fiber) ### tweet 1823759586530152944 chronological_index: 1399 archive_order_index: 2113 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-14T16:32:23Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 14 16:32:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1823759586530152944 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1823759586530152944 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1823759072790769972 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 - @anesmithbeck | name: Aaron | id_str: 2610283027 text_raw: |- @zach_haigney @anesmithbeck Oh interesting — in that case I’d definitely try nattokinase text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney @anesmithbeck Oh interesting — in that case I’d definitely try nattokinase ### tweet 1824698703526903971 chronological_index: 1400 archive_order_index: 2112 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-17T06:44:06Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 17 06:44:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1824698703526903971 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1824698703526903971 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1824606563656667333 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @softyoda | name: softyoda | id_str: 471350640 text_raw: |- @eshear @42irrationalist @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @softyoda Hey Emmett, author here. I think it might be helpful if you were to draw out a causality diagram for how qualia, behavior, physics, and qualia reports are causally related to each other. It sounds like you’re aiming for a different structure than the one I outlined. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @42irrationalist @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @softyoda Hey Emmett, author here. I think it might be helpful if you were to draw out a causality diagram for how qualia, behavior, physics, and qualia reports are causally related to each other. It sounds like you’re aiming for a different structure than the one I outlined. ### tweet 1824699125725630746 chronological_index: 1401 archive_order_index: 2111 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-17T06:45:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 17 06:45:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1824699125725630746 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1824699125725630746 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1824698703526903971 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @softyoda | name: softyoda | id_str: 471350640 text_raw: |- @eshear @42irrationalist @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @softyoda Likewise, it might be helpful to write out where you believe the accuracy of our qualia reports come from. When you say “I am in pain”, I believe you & you believe yourself. What justifies this belief? When Claude says “I am in pain”, neither of us believe it. What’s different? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @42irrationalist @QualiaNerd @algekalipso @softyoda Likewise, it might be helpful to write out where you believe the accuracy of our qualia reports come from. When you say “I am in pain”, I believe you & you believe yourself. What justifies this belief? When Claude says “I am in pain”, neither of us believe it. What’s different? ### tweet 1824760950345302319 chronological_index: 1402 archive_order_index: 2110 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-17T10:51:27Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 17 10:51:27 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1824760950345302319 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1824760950345302319 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 5 mentions: - @protocollabs | name: Protocol Labs | id_str: 823799206267625473 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/LyMkB2EoZQ expanded: https://x.com/protocollabs/status/1824541632320192855 display: x.com/protocollabs/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Video of my Edge Esmeralda talk — neurotech as applied philosophy, the need for treasure maps, & five ideas for products I hope happen Thanks to @protocollabs & @JoinEdgeCity for organizing! https://t.co/LyMkB2EoZQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Video of my Edge Esmeralda talk — neurotech as applied philosophy, the need for treasure maps, & five ideas for products I hope happen Thanks to @protocollabs & @JoinEdgeCity for organizing! https://x.com/protocollabs/status/1824541632320192855 ### tweet 1824760998445646019 chronological_index: 1403 archive_order_index: 2109 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-17T10:51:39Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 17 10:51:39 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1824760998445646019 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1824760998445646019 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: protocollabs mentions: - @protocollabs | name: Protocol Labs | id_str: 823799206267625473 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @protocollabs: 🗣️ @johnsonmxe, founder of Symmetry Institute, explores the intersection of neuroscience, neurotechnology, and philosophy… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @protocollabs: 🗣️ @johnsonmxe, founder of Symmetry Institute, explores the intersection of neuroscience, neurotechnology, and philosophy… ### tweet 1824761259369111892 chronological_index: 1404 archive_order_index: 2108 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-17T10:52:41Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 17 10:52:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1824761259369111892 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1824761259369111892 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1824760950345302319 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/XTkCFaHs86 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474734434382273 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Thread: https://t.co/XTkCFaHs86 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Thread: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1803474734434382273 ### tweet 1826151533882319195 chronological_index: 1405 archive_order_index: 2107 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-21T06:57:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 21 06:57:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1826151533882319195 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1826151533882319195 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: metachirality in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1826119888751976482 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1168526597030318080 mentions: - @metachirality | name: metachirality | id_str: 1168526597030318080 - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @metachirality @meekaale @QiaochuYuan https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @metachirality @meekaale @QiaochuYuan https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1827041439353589767 chronological_index: 1406 archive_order_index: 2106 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-23T17:53:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 23 17:53:18 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1827041439353589767 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827041439353589767 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: jonnym1ller mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @p_millerd | name: Paul Millerd | id_str: 14338338 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @jonnym1ller: @p_millerd @bryan_johnson @bryan_johnson — I'd pair this with research from @johnsonmxe on Vasocomputation. His theoreti… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @jonnym1ller: @p_millerd @bryan_johnson @bryan_johnson — I'd pair this with research from @johnsonmxe on Vasocomputation. His theoreti… ### tweet 1827249460327674167 chronological_index: 1407 archive_order_index: 2105 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-24T07:39:54Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 24 07:39:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1827249460327674167 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827249460327674167 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1827143786675220892 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827249460327674167/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GVuxsjiXgAAn7pP.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Mlb5mN9Np6 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia I think “The Future” is stored in vasomuscular clenches (microtensions), which are essentially commitments to suffer until the sensations (local neural patterns) they’ve frozen become true Tension in different parts of the body implement different classes of predictions https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV https://t.co/Mlb5mN9Np6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia I think “The Future” is stored in vasomuscular clenches (microtensions), which are essentially commitments to suffer until the sensations (local neural patterns) they’ve frozen become true Tension in different parts of the body implement different classes of predictions https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827249460327674167/photo/1 ### tweet 1827609669977739666 chronological_index: 1408 archive_order_index: 2104 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-25T07:31:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 25 07:31:15 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1827609669977739666 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827609669977739666 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 52 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/mtflOhv96A expanded: https://x.com/MasterTimBlais/status/1827572656427716965 display: x.com/MasterTimBlais… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A great illustration of the symmetry aesthetic — Literally all of particle physics can be described by which symmetries are present & which are broken But zoom out enough and there’s always a perspective where all symmetries are whole As is physics, so too phenomenology https://t.co/mtflOhv96A text_with_expanded_urls: |- A great illustration of the symmetry aesthetic — Literally all of particle physics can be described by which symmetries are present & which are broken But zoom out enough and there’s always a perspective where all symmetries are whole As is physics, so too phenomenology https://x.com/MasterTimBlais/status/1827572656427716965 ### tweet 1827610155501936712 chronological_index: 1409 archive_order_index: 2103 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-25T07:33:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 25 07:33:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1827610155501936712 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827610155501936712 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1827609669977739666 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/G7kecaeIcR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Notes on the Symmetry Aesthetic of physics — https://t.co/G7kecaeIcR text_with_expanded_urls: |- Notes on the Symmetry Aesthetic of physics — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737562508926288180 ### tweet 1827611164446007305 chronological_index: 1410 archive_order_index: 2102 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-25T07:37:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 25 07:37:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1827611164446007305 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827611164446007305 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1827610155501936712 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/h1pMHuTJZd expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919946710667453 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Symmetry Theory of Valence, briefly — https://t.co/h1pMHuTJZd text_with_expanded_urls: |- Symmetry Theory of Valence, briefly — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800919946710667453 ### tweet 1827611635285942552 chronological_index: 1411 archive_order_index: 2101 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-25T07:39:03Z created_at_raw: Sun Aug 25 07:39:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1827611635285942552 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1827611635285942552 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1827503450214510914 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @jposhaughnessy | name: Jim O'Shaughnessy | id_str: 28369153 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @jposhaughnessy @osventuresllc Looks super promising text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @jposhaughnessy @osventuresllc Looks super promising ### tweet 1828065128324936088 chronological_index: 1412 archive_order_index: 2100 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-26T13:41:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 26 13:41:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1828065128324936088 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1828065128324936088 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: qchurious in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1827960194611229129 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1211804775093657601 mentions: - @qchurious | name: Q | id_str: 1211804775093657601 text_raw: |- @qchurious I bet you know people who would effortlessly shrug off that sort of criticism This might sound like a weird suggestion but — borrow their power/energy/vibe for a few hours to help process it? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @qchurious I bet you know people who would effortlessly shrug off that sort of criticism This might sound like a weird suggestion but — borrow their power/energy/vibe for a few hours to help process it? ### tweet 1828835228946768215 chronological_index: 1413 archive_order_index: 2099 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-28T16:41:11Z created_at_raw: Wed Aug 28 16:41:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1828835228946768215 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1828835228946768215 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1828784824884310394 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/Qu9myijxCq expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789213886365759 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper I think (per vasocomputation) that rhythmic vasospasms can trigger phenomenological ‘tones’, and some such rhythms will increase local bloodflow, which will feel like a differential attentional lens (especially if it takes bloodflow away from nearby channels) Seems similar to… https://t.co/Qu9myijxCq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper I think (per vasocomputation) that rhythmic vasospasms can trigger phenomenological ‘tones’, and some such rhythms will increase local bloodflow, which will feel like a differential attentional lens (especially if it takes bloodflow away from nearby channels) Seems similar to… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802789213886365759 ### tweet 1829087303765045538 chronological_index: 1414 archive_order_index: 2098 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-29T09:22:50Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 29 09:22:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1829087303765045538 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1829087303765045538 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707080727731360164 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/hfJrol41Ag expanded: https://x.com/EricTopol/status/1828812267594322024 display: x.com/EricTopol/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Suggestive evidence that nattokinase would help reduce brain inflammation in Covid and long covid — https://t.co/hfJrol41Ag text_with_expanded_urls: |- Suggestive evidence that nattokinase would help reduce brain inflammation in Covid and long covid — https://x.com/EricTopol/status/1828812267594322024 ### tweet 1829826885167067182 chronological_index: 1415 archive_order_index: 2097 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-08-31T10:21:40Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 31 10:21:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1829826885167067182 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1829826885167067182 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1829825152172896737 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd I discuss all three of these (to some degree) in my latest piece, although I’d also recommend my 2023 paper. PQ also but the 2023 paper is a decent compression https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd I discuss all three of these (to some degree) in my latest piece, although I’d also recommend my 2023 paper. PQ also but the 2023 paper is a decent compression https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ## 2024-09 ### tweet 1830356352088097159 chronological_index: 1416 archive_order_index: 2096 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-01T21:25:35Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 01 21:25:35 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1830356352088097159 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1830356352088097159 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1830324199619207535 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/JVLyXIAqVY expanded: https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/The%20free-energy%20principle%20A%20unified%20brain%20theory.pdf display: fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/The%20fr… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan The papers people are recommending are pretty canonical; the Bayesian Mechanics one especially Friston’s original paper has some gems also; honestly I’d recommend skimming the first 3 pages of Friston’s then digging into Bayesian Mechanics https://t.co/JVLyXIAqVY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan The papers people are recommending are pretty canonical; the Bayesian Mechanics one especially Friston’s original paper has some gems also; honestly I’d recommend skimming the first 3 pages of Friston’s then digging into Bayesian Mechanics https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/The%20free-energy%20principle%20A%20unified%20brain%20theory.pdf ### tweet 1830713174611632542 chronological_index: 1417 archive_order_index: 2095 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-02T21:03:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 02 21:03:28 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1830713174611632542 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1830713174611632542 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: QiaochuYuan mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @QiaochuYuan: there's a million interesting ideas to dive into in @johnsonmxe's neural annealing post but the stuff he says about music… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @QiaochuYuan: there's a million interesting ideas to dive into in @johnsonmxe's neural annealing post but the stuff he says about music… ### tweet 1830854866505199838 chronological_index: 1418 archive_order_index: 2094 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-03T06:26:30Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 03 06:26:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1830854866505199838 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1830854866505199838 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aretae in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1830822252327100783 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 85870143 mentions: - @aretae | name: Kyle Aretae | id_str: 85870143 - @diviacaroline | name: Divia Eden 🔍 | id_str: 18969923 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1830854866505199838/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GWiAyYyXoAAO8hI.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/xBEU7BonBg - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1830854866505199838/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GWiAyYgWQAAOuB7.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/xBEU7BonBg possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @aretae @diviacaroline STV began as a loose intuition that the structure of music mirrors the structure of emotion; I would put this in more sophisticated and mathematical-symmetry-centric terms today but I still basically believe this: — from https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 https://t.co/xBEU7BonBg text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aretae @diviacaroline STV began as a loose intuition that the structure of music mirrors the structure of emotion; I would put this in more sophisticated and mathematical-symmetry-centric terms today but I still basically believe this: — from https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1830854866505199838/photo/1 ### tweet 1831141416967262312 chronological_index: 1419 archive_order_index: 2093 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-04T01:25:09Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 04 01:25:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1831141416967262312 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1831141416967262312 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: MattPirkowski in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1831074093254533504 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15614600 mentions: - @MattPirkowski | name: Matthew Pirkowski | id_str: 15614600 - @OshanJarow | name: Oshan Jarow | id_str: 3995508550 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @MattPirkowski @OshanJarow It sounds like you experienced a ‘smooth muscle latch opening event’ per vasocomputation… although it could be a fascial adhesion instead, and if it is smooth muscle, the latch could be vascular or non-vascular — If it’s a fascial adhesion, restoring the ‘glide’ in your fascia… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MattPirkowski @OshanJarow It sounds like you experienced a ‘smooth muscle latch opening event’ per vasocomputation… although it could be a fascial adhesion instead, and if it is smooth muscle, the latch could be vascular or non-vascular — If it’s a fascial adhesion, restoring the ‘glide’ in your fascia… ### tweet 1831262129258635358 chronological_index: 1420 archive_order_index: 2092 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-04T09:24:49Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 04 09:24:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1831262129258635358 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1831262129258635358 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MattPirkowski in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1831225541502108133 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15614600 mentions: - @MattPirkowski | name: Matthew Pirkowski | id_str: 15614600 - @OshanJarow | name: Oshan Jarow | id_str: 3995508550 text_raw: |- @MattPirkowski @OshanJarow I’d like that! Especially if we could do it in-person text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MattPirkowski @OshanJarow I’d like that! Especially if we could do it in-person ### tweet 1831326967175455133 chronological_index: 1421 archive_order_index: 2091 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-04T13:42:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 04 13:42:28 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1831326967175455133 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1831326967175455133 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 0 text_raw: |- In Rome for 2+ weeks, would be glad to meet interesting people / people interested in my work text_with_expanded_urls: |- In Rome for 2+ weeks, would be glad to meet interesting people / people interested in my work ### tweet 1831438560576082220 chronological_index: 1422 archive_order_index: 2090 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-04T21:05:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 04 21:05:53 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1831438560576082220 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1831438560576082220 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MattPirkowski in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1831365876777689515 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15614600 mentions: - @MattPirkowski | name: Matthew Pirkowski | id_str: 15614600 - @OshanJarow | name: Oshan Jarow | id_str: 3995508550 text_raw: |- @MattPirkowski @OshanJarow It’s possible! Would also be glad to have a call sometime, maybe October? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MattPirkowski @OshanJarow It’s possible! Would also be glad to have a call sometime, maybe October? ### tweet 1831439570837369273 chronological_index: 1423 archive_order_index: 2089 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-04T21:09:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 04 21:09:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1831439570837369273 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1831439570837369273 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kfshinozuka in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1831389591754174799 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1534279416683106304 mentions: - @kfshinozuka | name: Kenneth Shinozuka | id_str: 1534279416683106304 - @dioscuri | name: Henry Shevlin | id_str: 17308990 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kfshinozuka @dioscuri Great question, seems important — My sense is it would be difficult to formulate a proper theory of consciousness where something like a star wouldn’t be more conscious than humans Here’s an older piece; I have a few further thoughts https://t.co/36gXJJPMef text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kfshinozuka @dioscuri Great question, seems important — My sense is it would be difficult to formulate a proper theory of consciousness where something like a star wouldn’t be more conscious than humans Here’s an older piece; I have a few further thoughts https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ ### tweet 1831439854754001168 chronological_index: 1424 archive_order_index: 2088 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-04T21:11:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 04 21:11:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1831439854754001168 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1831439854754001168 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aaarataki in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1831418266704867550 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1142017227152998401 mentions: - @aaarataki | name: Arataki | id_str: 1142017227152998401 text_raw: |- @aaarataki Would love to catch coffee Friday morning/afternoon, will DM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aaarataki Would love to catch coffee Friday morning/afternoon, will DM ### tweet 1831737982275252547 chronological_index: 1425 archive_order_index: 2087 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-05T16:55:41Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 05 16:55:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1831737982275252547 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1831737982275252547 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1831734577351561261 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @LFeldmanBarrett | name: Lisa Feldman Barrett | id_str: 3406501643 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @LFeldmanBarrett Looking forward to the podcast! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @LFeldmanBarrett Looking forward to the podcast! ### tweet 1832003341582291082 chronological_index: 1426 archive_order_index: 2086 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-06T10:30:08Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 06 10:30:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1832003341582291082 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1832003341582291082 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1831880615618388115 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 text_raw: |- @eigenrobot L1: remove mutational load (“all healthy dogs are alike; all unhealthy dogs are unhealthy in their own way”) L2: uplift by copying human-specific adaptations (“animals that can use vasocomputation”) L3: realize our organs/chakras are our closest pets -> spellcheck/uplift those text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot L1: remove mutational load (“all healthy dogs are alike; all unhealthy dogs are unhealthy in their own way”) L2: uplift by copying human-specific adaptations (“animals that can use vasocomputation”) L3: realize our organs/chakras are our closest pets -> spellcheck/uplift those ### tweet 1833759886603108415 chronological_index: 1427 archive_order_index: 2085 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-11T06:50:01Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 11 06:50:01 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1833759886603108415 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1833759886603108415 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: tpotwebsite mentions: - @tpotwebsite | name: Chaleira Newspaper | id_str: 1821190150564491265 urls: - short: https://t.co/PkMUUv1val expanded: http://tpot.website display: tpot.website possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @tpotwebsite: We have pushed the button. It aliiiiiiiive. Head over to https://t.co/PkMUUv1val to see foundational content from our elde… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @tpotwebsite: We have pushed the button. It aliiiiiiiive. Head over to http://tpot.website to see foundational content from our elde… ### tweet 1835360320027549754 chronological_index: 1428 archive_order_index: 2084 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-15T16:49:34Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 15 16:49:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1835360320027549754 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1835360320027549754 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Thomasdelvasto_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1835357070305964197 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1808133424881819648 mentions: - @Thomasdelvasto_ | name: Θωμᾶς del Vasto | id_str: 1808133424881819648 - @WoohkaStylie | name: Meditation Vil | id_str: 2559891577 text_raw: |- @Thomasdelvasto_ @WoohkaStylie Vasocomputation breaks “clenching” down as 1. Active clench (muscles are being flexed) 2. Frozen clenches (latch-bridge mechanism has been engaged; muscle locked into a contracted position) 3. The clench reflex itself (tanha) “Stop clenching” -> halt 1, release 2, downregulate 3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Thomasdelvasto_ @WoohkaStylie Vasocomputation breaks “clenching” down as 1. Active clench (muscles are being flexed) 2. Frozen clenches (latch-bridge mechanism has been engaged; muscle locked into a contracted position) 3. The clench reflex itself (tanha) “Stop clenching” -> halt 1, release 2, downregulate 3 ### tweet 1836261535347298580 chronological_index: 1429 archive_order_index: 2083 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-18T04:30:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 18 04:30:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1836261535347298580 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1836261535347298580 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1836248345351688553 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @DrMylesDC | name: Dr. Myles O'Donnell | The Somatic Chiropractor | id_str: 1767124006103138304 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @DrMylesDC | name: Dr. Myles O'Donnell | The Somatic Chiropractor | id_str: 1767124006103138304 text_raw: |- @frideswyth @relic_radiation @DrMylesDC Bio-tensegrity seems true and important but it seems difficult to translate to actionable insights/practices; looking forward to what @relic_radiation @DrMylesDC figure out text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth @relic_radiation @DrMylesDC Bio-tensegrity seems true and important but it seems difficult to translate to actionable insights/practices; looking forward to what @relic_radiation @DrMylesDC figure out ### tweet 1837264450086477991 chronological_index: 1430 archive_order_index: 2082 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-20T22:55:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 20 22:55:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1837264450086477991 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1837264450086477991 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 17 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1837255900853412189 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Speculatively, I suspect what’s actually happening is you’re reconfiguring your vascular latches: some subnetworks need more dynamism/degrees of freedom (circulation) to hold the action domain, some need to be held constant. The more dependencies there are the longer this takes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Speculatively, I suspect what’s actually happening is you’re reconfiguring your vascular latches: some subnetworks need more dynamism/degrees of freedom (circulation) to hold the action domain, some need to be held constant. The more dependencies there are the longer this takes ### tweet 1837268217502531810 chronological_index: 1431 archive_order_index: 2081 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-20T23:10:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 20 23:10:52 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1837268217502531810 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1837268217502531810 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: dkazand mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 - @bierlingm | name: Moritz Bierling | id_str: 3434231452 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 - @jhanatech | name: Jhourney | id_str: 1730335465398730752 urls: - short: https://t.co/66Ac3fBWo8 expanded: https://youtu.be/sVbeB_HVSNk?feature=shared display: youtu.be/sVbeB_HVSNk?fe… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- RT @dkazand: @bierlingm @johnsonmxe @jhanatech It's finally here: https://t.co/66Ac3fBWo8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @dkazand: @bierlingm @johnsonmxe @jhanatech It's finally here: https://youtu.be/sVbeB_HVSNk?feature=shared ### tweet 1837275365141795304 chronological_index: 1432 archive_order_index: 2080 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-20T23:39:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 20 23:39:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1837275365141795304 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1837275365141795304 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1837274037703323881 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Yeah, vigorous full-body movement should allow much quicker and more complete context-release text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Yeah, vigorous full-body movement should allow much quicker and more complete context-release ### tweet 1838659192569336082 chronological_index: 1433 archive_order_index: 2079 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-24T19:18:06Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 24 19:18:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1838659192569336082 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1838659192569336082 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dkazand in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1838607365400043724 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 239559026 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 text_raw: |- @dkazand @algekalipso Wonderful metagame episode as always As the author of PQ/STV I was surprised to hear @algekalipso credit the Symmetry Theory of Valence to QRI. Can he clarify? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dkazand @algekalipso Wonderful metagame episode as always As the author of PQ/STV I was surprised to hear @algekalipso credit the Symmetry Theory of Valence to QRI. Can he clarify? ### tweet 1839171339816460634 chronological_index: 1434 archive_order_index: 2078 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-26T05:13:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 26 05:13:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839171339816460634 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839171339816460634 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mnovendstern in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839138872757985722 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 8731482 mentions: - @mnovendstern | name: Max Novendstern | id_str: 8731482 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mnovendstern I suspect Ozempic might downregulate smooth muscle tone & reflexes in general — Very curious if this is causally connected to the side-effects of stomach paralysis & muscle loss, and what the proportional loss is between skeletal muscle vs smooth muscle https://t.co/vzGxzCUWuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mnovendstern I suspect Ozempic might downregulate smooth muscle tone & reflexes in general — Very curious if this is causally connected to the side-effects of stomach paralysis & muscle loss, and what the proportional loss is between skeletal muscle vs smooth muscle https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1839304882060406952 chronological_index: 1435 archive_order_index: 2077 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-26T14:03:51Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 26 14:03:51 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839304882060406952 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839304882060406952 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 1 mentions: - @AdamMarblestone | name: Adam Marblestone | id_str: 21232536 - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 urls: - short: https://t.co/TIFyenOkVr expanded: https://x.com/davidad/status/1839276431378903219 display: x.com/davidad/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- If someone really solid wants to do FRO-style research on vasocomputation or the symmetry theory of valence I’d help with their application; @AdamMarblestone and @davidad are super great https://t.co/TIFyenOkVr text_with_expanded_urls: |- If someone really solid wants to do FRO-style research on vasocomputation or the symmetry theory of valence I’d help with their application; @AdamMarblestone and @davidad are super great https://x.com/davidad/status/1839276431378903219 ### tweet 1839313155027251221 chronological_index: 1436 archive_order_index: 2076 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-26T14:36:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 26 14:36:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839313155027251221 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839313155027251221 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839307594177065407 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 - @AdamMarblestone | name: Adam Marblestone | id_str: 21232536 text_raw: |- @davidad @AdamMarblestone That would be super cool! My money would be on the latch-bridge mechanism as particularly exciting: vascular latches as strongly held priors about what local neurons should be doing eg how do we map latches (via bloodflow, density, metabolism, thermals) and trigger/release them? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad @AdamMarblestone That would be super cool! My money would be on the latch-bridge mechanism as particularly exciting: vascular latches as strongly held priors about what local neurons should be doing eg how do we map latches (via bloodflow, density, metabolism, thermals) and trigger/release them? ### tweet 1839521337821614526 chronological_index: 1437 archive_order_index: 2075 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-27T04:23:58Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 27 04:23:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839521337821614526 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839521337821614526 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839515147443790182 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 urls: - short: https://t.co/UtEBwfn1w6 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/10/rescuing-philosophy/ display: opentheory.net/2017/10/rescui… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839521337821614526/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYdK5zMa0AAtGQ8.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/h1NlPPhhfa possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eigenrobot All the working feedback loops get spun off as their own field, only the fakest topics/approaches remain The oldschool philosophers were great and they’d be shocked at the state of academic philosophy. Difficult to do the same thing they did within A.P. https://t.co/UtEBwfn1w6 https://t.co/h1NlPPhhfa text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot All the working feedback loops get spun off as their own field, only the fakest topics/approaches remain The oldschool philosophers were great and they’d be shocked at the state of academic philosophy. Difficult to do the same thing they did within A.P. https://opentheory.net/2017/10/rescuing-philosophy/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839521337821614526/photo/1 ### tweet 1839609490658021707 chronological_index: 1438 archive_order_index: 2074 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-27T10:14:15Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 27 10:14:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839609490658021707 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839609490658021707 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839562463131680937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 urls: - short: https://t.co/W1ftH5n7ui expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703821890756764137 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SurenVynn I’ve been increasingly thinking of schizophrenia as an ‘unskillful/excessive tolerance for uncertainty’ — 1. Lack of good predictive motifs. If your nervous system has bad priors for how the world works, prediction errors will pile up and the world will feel increasingly… https://t.co/W1ftH5n7ui text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn I’ve been increasingly thinking of schizophrenia as an ‘unskillful/excessive tolerance for uncertainty’ — 1. Lack of good predictive motifs. If your nervous system has bad priors for how the world works, prediction errors will pile up and the world will feel increasingly… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703821890756764137 ### tweet 1839614583713263752 chronological_index: 1439 archive_order_index: 2073 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-27T10:34:29Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 27 10:34:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839614583713263752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839614583713263752 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839609490658021707 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 urls: - short: https://t.co/fb0XWqjYZ6 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737437632336912696 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SurenVynn A funny inversion of 4) is that modernity often breaks the mind-body connection and we’re often gaslit into thinking it’s “weird” or “schizo” to actually listen to the body A lot of modernity is fairly noxious and if you can actually listen your body is going to tell you to gtfo https://t.co/fb0XWqjYZ6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn A funny inversion of 4) is that modernity often breaks the mind-body connection and we’re often gaslit into thinking it’s “weird” or “schizo” to actually listen to the body A lot of modernity is fairly noxious and if you can actually listen your body is going to tell you to gtfo https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737437632336912696 ### tweet 1839631021354164699 chronological_index: 1440 archive_order_index: 2072 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-27T11:39:48Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 27 11:39:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839631021354164699 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839631021354164699 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839614583713263752 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 text_raw: |- @SurenVynn Oh I’d add #6: a vascular latch (long-term tension) can be thought of as a strong prior. Fewer latches means fewer hard-coded assumptions about reality. Having low tension can feel great! But sometimes we need priors to manage our sense data & having too few risks schizophrenia text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn Oh I’d add #6: a vascular latch (long-term tension) can be thought of as a strong prior. Fewer latches means fewer hard-coded assumptions about reality. Having low tension can feel great! But sometimes we need priors to manage our sense data & having too few risks schizophrenia ### tweet 1839876896483598744 chronological_index: 1441 archive_order_index: 2071 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T03:56:50Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 03:56:50 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839876896483598744 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839876896483598744 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: exgenesis mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- RT @exgenesis: for my next trick I’m reading all of opentheory text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @exgenesis: for my next trick I’m reading all of opentheory ### tweet 1839961193068540133 chronological_index: 1442 archive_order_index: 2070 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T09:31:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 09:31:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839961193068540133 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839961193068540133 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: weidai11 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839930797161058474 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3235660472 mentions: - @weidai11 | name: Wei Dai | id_str: 3235660472 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @weidai11 @RokoMijic I respectfully believe Eliezer’s complexity of value thesis is both wrong and leads to undue pessimism. I wrote a book (Principia Qualia) outlining the natural alternative, formalism. I agree there are many disjunctive ways for the AI transition to go wrong, but if you believe… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @weidai11 @RokoMijic I respectfully believe Eliezer’s complexity of value thesis is both wrong and leads to undue pessimism. I wrote a book (Principia Qualia) outlining the natural alternative, formalism. I agree there are many disjunctive ways for the AI transition to go wrong, but if you believe… ### tweet 1839996049186050269 chronological_index: 1443 archive_order_index: 2069 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T11:50:18Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 11:50:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839996049186050269 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839969237651042509 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd I read Eliezer as making two distinct but related claims about value: Claim 1: Value is defined at the level of the agent, which means it’s inherently subjective. What I value (my “utility function” or “preferences”) is different than what you value, and ultimately… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd I read Eliezer as making two distinct but related claims about value: Claim 1: Value is defined at the level of the agent, which means it’s inherently subjective. What I value (my “utility function” or “preferences”) is different than what you value, and ultimately… ### tweet 1839997273117470799 chronological_index: 1444 archive_order_index: 2068 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T11:55:10Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 11:55:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1839997273117470799 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839997273117470799 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1839971343426625686 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @Tapeda_ | name: Tapeda | id_str: 532967842 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @Tapeda_ I think qualia research is too important to be subsumed under one aesthetic. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @Tapeda_ I think qualia research is too important to be subsumed under one aesthetic. ### tweet 1840015150793032106 chronological_index: 1445 archive_order_index: 2067 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T13:06:12Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 13:06:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1840015150793032106 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840015150793032106 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1840013503068778721 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @weidai11 | name: Wei Dai | id_str: 3235660472 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic I laid out my interpretation of Eliezer’s thesis here — in short I think his is a negative thesis, skepticism about the possibility of progress in understanding value https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic I laid out my interpretation of Eliezer’s thesis here — in short I think his is a negative thesis, skepticism about the possibility of progress in understanding value https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 1840016470891254079 chronological_index: 1446 archive_order_index: 2066 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T13:11:27Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 13:11:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1840016470891254079 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840016470891254079 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1840015150793032106 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @weidai11 | name: Wei Dai | id_str: 3235660472 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 urls: - short: https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic I agree that turning grandma into hedonium is not what most people want, and it’s one of the reasons I focus on the descriptive (rather than normative). And trying to understand a little bit better what humans are, why we are beautiful, what’s worth keeping https://t.co/gNzpUpsW9O text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic I agree that turning grandma into hedonium is not what most people want, and it’s one of the reasons I focus on the descriptive (rather than normative). And trying to understand a little bit better what humans are, why we are beautiful, what’s worth keeping https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1618061058777952257 ### tweet 1840032547130216737 chronological_index: 1447 archive_order_index: 2065 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T14:15:20Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 14:15:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1840032547130216737 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840032547130216737 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1840019196849074440 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @weidai11 | name: Wei Dai | id_str: 3235660472 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic There are a few questions here — 1. Does valence = value? 2. If valence is derived from the structure of an experience (“Valence Structuralism” in PQ), what does this imply about the complexity of valence? 3. Can ‘human values’ be complex and consciousness be solvable at the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic There are a few questions here — 1. Does valence = value? 2. If valence is derived from the structure of an experience (“Valence Structuralism” in PQ), what does this imply about the complexity of valence? 3. Can ‘human values’ be complex and consciousness be solvable at the… ### tweet 1840033345335635994 chronological_index: 1448 archive_order_index: 2064 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T14:18:30Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 14:18:30 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1840033345335635994 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840033345335635994 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: Conflict and Mistake theorists have different views of systems. Mistake theorists want systems for transparency and acc… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @RomeoStevens76: Conflict and Mistake theorists have different views of systems. Mistake theorists want systems for transparency and acc… ### tweet 1840040538537635964 chronological_index: 1449 archive_order_index: 2063 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-09-28T14:47:05Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 28 14:47:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1840040538537635964 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840040538537635964 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1840037125766414465 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @weidai11 | name: Wei Dai | id_str: 3235660472 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840040538537635964/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYkjEAQasAAe_qW.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/H6d55f4Ke7 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840040538537635964/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GYkjEAQasAQVC_w.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/H6d55f4Ke7 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic I suspect symmetry/harmony is a great homeostatic target, which gives systems lots of features ‘for free’, and it’s fairly unlikely that evolution would center its homeostasis around something substantially more complex From https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/H6d55f4Ke7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @weidai11 @RokoMijic I suspect symmetry/harmony is a great homeostatic target, which gives systems lots of features ‘for free’, and it’s fairly unlikely that evolution would center its homeostasis around something substantially more complex From https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1840040538537635964/photo/1 ## 2024-10 ### tweet 1841652993948786802 chronological_index: 1450 archive_order_index: 2062 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-03T01:34:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 03 01:34:24 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1841652993948786802 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1841652993948786802 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: AskYatharth mentions: - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/ZLLdc5DVVD expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @AskYatharth: the clearest statement about AI, consciousness, and humans i agree with, courtesy of @johnsonmxe https://t.co/ZLLdc5DVVD… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @AskYatharth: the clearest statement about AI, consciousness, and humans i agree with, courtesy of @johnsonmxe https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness… ### tweet 1841831549949641175 chronological_index: 1451 archive_order_index: 2061 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-03T13:23:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 03 13:23:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1841831549949641175 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1841831549949641175 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1841762745060098528 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @Plinz Some levels of description are more real than others And we can only care about something insofar as it’s real “Consciousness Realism” is that qualia live in the most real level (substrate) And that realness is not substrate-independent text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz Some levels of description are more real than others And we can only care about something insofar as it’s real “Consciousness Realism” is that qualia live in the most real level (substrate) And that realness is not substrate-independent ### tweet 1841856626262999538 chronological_index: 1452 archive_order_index: 2060 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-03T15:03:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 03 15:03:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1841856626262999538 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1841856626262999538 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1841839513196511579 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @pplank8 | name: pplank8 | id_str: 1499119965898788866 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1841856626262999538/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GY-W1o8bAAEN7G-.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/qXUbsnAe6j possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz @pplank8 I suspect this is an artifact of our self-report system, not baseline qualia reality https://t.co/qXUbsnAe6j text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @pplank8 I suspect this is an artifact of our self-report system, not baseline qualia reality https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1841856626262999538/photo/1 ### tweet 1842263957039702283 chronological_index: 1453 archive_order_index: 2059 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-04T18:02:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 04 18:02:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1842263957039702283 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1842263957039702283 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KennethFolk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1842016430725702122 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 109865196 mentions: - @KennethFolk | name: Kenneth Folk | id_str: 109865196 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @KennethFolk @nickcammarata Nick is a great poster and a great guy. I think you’re misfiring text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KennethFolk @nickcammarata Nick is a great poster and a great guy. I think you’re misfiring ### tweet 1842416244479467837 chronological_index: 1454 archive_order_index: 2058 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-05T04:07:17Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 05 04:07:17 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1842416244479467837 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1842416244479467837 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 65 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… - short: https://t.co/ff18p9rP1b expanded: https://x.com/DaveShapi/status/1842331218698023305 display: x.com/DaveShapi/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The vasocomputation take is we encode priors in vascular tension: restrict bloodflow to an area and nearby neurons can’t update. Psychedelics can stochastically “pop latches” and remove the prior — this can take things in good, bad, and/or weird directions https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw https://t.co/ff18p9rP1b text_with_expanded_urls: |- The vasocomputation take is we encode priors in vascular tension: restrict bloodflow to an area and nearby neurons can’t update. Psychedelics can stochastically “pop latches” and remove the prior — this can take things in good, bad, and/or weird directions https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ https://x.com/DaveShapi/status/1842331218698023305 ### tweet 1842490393356554607 chronological_index: 1455 archive_order_index: 2057 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-05T09:01:56Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 05 09:01:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1842490393356554607 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1842490393356554607 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pmarca in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1842458587073016235 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 5943622 mentions: - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 text_raw: |- @pmarca I think ambition is often enforced through ‘vascular latches’ — when the body cuts circulation to a subnetwork, patterns there freeze, which acts as a strongly held prediction/prior. When we physiologically commit to such a prediction, we act to make it true (“Active Inference”) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pmarca I think ambition is often enforced through ‘vascular latches’ — when the body cuts circulation to a subnetwork, patterns there freeze, which acts as a strongly held prediction/prior. When we physiologically commit to such a prediction, we act to make it true (“Active Inference”) ### tweet 1842490824413839462 chronological_index: 1456 archive_order_index: 2056 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-05T09:03:39Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 05 09:03:39 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1842490824413839462 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1842490824413839462 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1842490393356554607 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 text_raw: |- @pmarca Psychedelics seem to be able to randomly ‘pop’ this latch-bridge mechanism and unfreeze patterns. This can be positive (some personality types have terrible garbage collection) and/or negative and disruptive; the body has its own logic and some of these latches are load-bearing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pmarca Psychedelics seem to be able to randomly ‘pop’ this latch-bridge mechanism and unfreeze patterns. This can be positive (some personality types have terrible garbage collection) and/or negative and disruptive; the body has its own logic and some of these latches are load-bearing ### tweet 1842491243336794163 chronological_index: 1457 archive_order_index: 2055 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-05T09:05:18Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 05 09:05:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1842491243336794163 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1842491243336794163 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1842490824413839462 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 text_raw: |- @pmarca I suspect a substantial part of “Modern Education” is installing a standard set of vascular latches; making children more predictable by specific reductions in their cognitive-emotional-behavioral dynamic range. This makes kids less schizo, more neurotic. Many parallels with RLHF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pmarca I suspect a substantial part of “Modern Education” is installing a standard set of vascular latches; making children more predictable by specific reductions in their cognitive-emotional-behavioral dynamic range. This makes kids less schizo, more neurotic. Many parallels with RLHF ### tweet 1842492898073563580 chronological_index: 1458 archive_order_index: 2054 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-05T09:11:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 05 09:11:53 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1842492898073563580 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1842492898073563580 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1842491243336794163 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @pmarca Not going to make a value judgment on psychedelics, just noting the upside potential and downside risks are both really really substantial. Key references: ⁃Johnson, M.E. (2023). Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pmarca Not going to make a value judgment on psychedelics, just noting the upside potential and downside risks are both really really substantial. Key references: ⁃Johnson, M.E. (2023). Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and… ### tweet 1842595911371010222 chronological_index: 1459 archive_order_index: 2053 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-05T16:01:13Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 05 16:01:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1842595911371010222 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1842595911371010222 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1842591985301086547 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exgenesis Amazing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis Amazing ### tweet 1843259596263321892 chronological_index: 1460 archive_order_index: 2052 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-07T11:58:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 07 11:58:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1843259596263321892 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1843259596263321892 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cxgonzalez in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1843232206405423341 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 585462708 mentions: - @cxgonzalez | name: christian | id_str: 585462708 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1843259596263321892/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GZSS0UJbIAAzzwY.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FH9BCOsXkm possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cxgonzalez “What are the natural kinds of qualia, and is valence one of them” is a super interesting question Would recommend my STV paper if you haven’t read it https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/FH9BCOsXkm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cxgonzalez “What are the natural kinds of qualia, and is valence one of them” is a super interesting question Would recommend my STV paper if you haven’t read it https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1843259596263321892/photo/1 ### tweet 1843414104108921106 chronological_index: 1461 archive_order_index: 2051 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-07T22:12:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 07 22:12:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1843414104108921106 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1843414104108921106 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 55 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1843385308743905562 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan In terms of magic/karma there’s a predictive coding frame that I’m still trying to understand but seems important Actions often have the form “X does Y to Z”. As you perform such an action you reinforce your nervous system’s priors that the world is made out of X’s, Y’s, and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan In terms of magic/karma there’s a predictive coding frame that I’m still trying to understand but seems important Actions often have the form “X does Y to Z”. As you perform such an action you reinforce your nervous system’s priors that the world is made out of X’s, Y’s, and… ### tweet 1844195333963907526 chronological_index: 1462 archive_order_index: 2050 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-10T01:56:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 10 01:56:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1844195333963907526 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1844195333963907526 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1844001933964517785 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv “Where does tension come from?” is an interesting question My paraphrase of Foucault is that most vascular blocks (semi-permanent reductions in local neural dynamic range) are installed by other people; society is a web of RLHF. Often this is helpful, often Machiavellian text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv “Where does tension come from?” is an interesting question My paraphrase of Foucault is that most vascular blocks (semi-permanent reductions in local neural dynamic range) are installed by other people; society is a web of RLHF. Often this is helpful, often Machiavellian ### tweet 1844360867623862623 chronological_index: 1463 archive_order_index: 2049 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-10T12:54:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 10 12:54:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1844360867623862623 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1844360867623862623 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NotLikeMonopoly in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1844295181140623515 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1220348191016656898 mentions: - @NotLikeMonopoly | name: Not LIke Monopoly - Integral and Dynamic Component | id_str: 1220348191016656898 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/wFDEY3UOpv expanded: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism display: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism - short: https://t.co/bHp0KhykRG expanded: https://x.com/Plus3Happiness/status/1844339434503770428 display: x.com/Plus3Happiness… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @NotLikeMonopoly @nosilverv Transgression as a path leads to the worst flavor of awakening, and sometimes outright moral inversions https://t.co/wFDEY3UOpv https://t.co/bHp0KhykRG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NotLikeMonopoly @nosilverv Transgression as a path leads to the worst flavor of awakening, and sometimes outright moral inversions https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankism https://x.com/Plus3Happiness/status/1844339434503770428 ### tweet 1845500880013115656 chronological_index: 1464 archive_order_index: 2048 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-13T16:24:32Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 13 16:24:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845500880013115656 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845500880013115656 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845455087809724888 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @Molson_Hart | name: molson 🧠⚙️ | id_str: 3283379683 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @eshear @Molson_Hart High elevations tend to have more negative ions, which act as antioxidants text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @eshear @Molson_Hart High elevations tend to have more negative ions, which act as antioxidants ### tweet 1845660871915381080 chronological_index: 1465 archive_order_index: 2047 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T03:00:17Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 03:00:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845660871915381080 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845660871915381080 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meditationstuff in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845512761951801724 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2587393812 mentions: - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 urls: - short: https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ display: opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-… - short: https://t.co/TKmjAUhUtz expanded: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 display: scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meditationstuff I wrote out a critical take on functionalism some years back: https://t.co/SuFE94nnwa Scott Aaronson’s piece was great too https://t.co/TKmjAUhUtz My conclusion is that functionalism is identical to skepticism that consciousness is real, just with extra steps text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meditationstuff I wrote out a critical take on functionalism some years back: https://opentheory.net/2017/07/why-i-think-the-foundational-research-institute-should-rethink-its-approach/ Scott Aaronson’s piece was great too https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=1951 My conclusion is that functionalism is identical to skepticism that consciousness is real, just with extra steps ### tweet 1845666475430068645 chronological_index: 1466 archive_order_index: 2046 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T03:22:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 03:22:33 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845666475430068645 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845666475430068645 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 281 retweet_count: 16 urls: - short: https://t.co/aocorjuKya expanded: https://x.com/FrederikNeckar/status/1845515766881546511 display: x.com/FrederikNeckar… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I suspect humans won due to our ability to freeze sensations. A frozen sensation can be combined with others (imagination), or distilled & given to others (language), or held until it becomes true (Active Inference) But in a world of frozen sensations, there is suffering https://t.co/aocorjuKya text_with_expanded_urls: |- I suspect humans won due to our ability to freeze sensations. A frozen sensation can be combined with others (imagination), or distilled & given to others (language), or held until it becomes true (Active Inference) But in a world of frozen sensations, there is suffering https://x.com/FrederikNeckar/status/1845515766881546511 ### tweet 1845668273792417929 chronological_index: 1467 archive_order_index: 2045 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T03:29:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 03:29:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845668273792417929 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845668273792417929 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845666475430068645 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- This suggests that our particular brand of cognition may be driven more by neuro-vascular coupling than anything else — https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- This suggests that our particular brand of cognition may be driven more by neuro-vascular coupling than anything else — https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1845686612073865631 chronological_index: 1468 archive_order_index: 2044 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T04:42:34Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 04:42:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845686612073865631 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845686612073865631 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sasadb in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845682612477829316 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17787671 mentions: - @sasadb | name: Asad Badruddin | id_str: 17787671 text_raw: |- @sasadb I think that’s essentially the goal of certain traditions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sasadb I think that’s essentially the goal of certain traditions ### tweet 1845766715654992223 chronological_index: 1469 archive_order_index: 2043 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T10:00:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 10:00:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845766715654992223 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845766715654992223 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: m_ashcroft in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845751516071673965 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22151118 mentions: - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @m_ashcroft @RichDecibels Nice — a quick sketch on how I’m thinking about this: I take the nervous system as similar to a set of intricate wind chimes; patterns go in and are aggregated, transformed, felt, integrated. This involves lots of complex processing, but ultimately it’s resonances interacting… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @m_ashcroft @RichDecibels Nice — a quick sketch on how I’m thinking about this: I take the nervous system as similar to a set of intricate wind chimes; patterns go in and are aggregated, transformed, felt, integrated. This involves lots of complex processing, but ultimately it’s resonances interacting… ### tweet 1845861656867594510 chronological_index: 1470 archive_order_index: 2042 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T16:18:08Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 16:18:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845861656867594510 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845861656867594510 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845857110615044356 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller I suspect a deer’s experience is “non-dual” simply because it has only rudimentary capacity to freeze sensations / program itself with tension Probably some early humans were like that too, but they didn’t make it to modernity But tension is such a costly form of memory text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller I suspect a deer’s experience is “non-dual” simply because it has only rudimentary capacity to freeze sensations / program itself with tension Probably some early humans were like that too, but they didn’t make it to modernity But tension is such a costly form of memory ### tweet 1845864667492876341 chronological_index: 1471 archive_order_index: 2041 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T16:30:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 16:30:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845864667492876341 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845864667492876341 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LambdaP in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845859212833734761 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 66688711 mentions: - @LambdaP | name: λπ | id_str: 66688711 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @LambdaP @jonnym1ller Animals tend to more robustly deal with emotions in the moment, or soon after (e.g. if a gazelle gets chased by a lion but escapes, it might shake violently then get up and walk off). Humans seem outliers in terms of complexity & duration of tension text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LambdaP @jonnym1ller Animals tend to more robustly deal with emotions in the moment, or soon after (e.g. if a gazelle gets chased by a lion but escapes, it might shake violently then get up and walk off). Humans seem outliers in terms of complexity & duration of tension ### tweet 1845894149293461902 chronological_index: 1472 archive_order_index: 2040 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T18:27:14Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 18:27:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845894149293461902 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845894149293461902 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _brentbaum in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845891028198293718 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 752422021 mentions: - @_brentbaum | name: brent | id_str: 752422021 text_raw: |- @_brentbaum I suspect directed imagination is subtly steered by vasomuscular activity, but a different sort than latches (which are relatively slow to form and take effect) The “hand of thought” has different moves on different time horizons, essentially Working on the writeup (slowly) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_brentbaum I suspect directed imagination is subtly steered by vasomuscular activity, but a different sort than latches (which are relatively slow to form and take effect) The “hand of thought” has different moves on different time horizons, essentially Working on the writeup (slowly) ### tweet 1845911294450585820 chronological_index: 1473 archive_order_index: 2039 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-14T19:35:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 14 19:35:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1845911294450585820 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845911294450585820 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LambdaP in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845906307800268955 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 66688711 mentions: - @LambdaP | name: λπ | id_str: 66688711 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @LambdaP @jonnym1ller I’d agree that the modern human environment is very weird, but I’d also be very surprised if humans are not genetic outliers in terms of how complex our tension patterns are, how long we hold on to these patterns, and several other dimensions. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LambdaP @jonnym1ller I’d agree that the modern human environment is very weird, but I’d also be very surprised if humans are not genetic outliers in terms of how complex our tension patterns are, how long we hold on to these patterns, and several other dimensions. ### tweet 1846000942380163209 chronological_index: 1474 archive_order_index: 2038 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-15T01:31:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 15 01:31:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1846000942380163209 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1846000942380163209 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845943958452478300 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @LambdaP | name: λπ | id_str: 66688711 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @LambdaP I think it’s huge! Latches are a fairly crude way to implement this, but they allow a specific flavor of ‘medium-to-long-term side channel memory’ that you just can’t easily replicate with neurons. If you have a parallel system that allows your nervous system to be programmable… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @LambdaP I think it’s huge! Latches are a fairly crude way to implement this, but they allow a specific flavor of ‘medium-to-long-term side channel memory’ that you just can’t easily replicate with neurons. If you have a parallel system that allows your nervous system to be programmable… ### tweet 1846358023436227009 chronological_index: 1475 archive_order_index: 2037 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-16T01:10:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 16 01:10:31 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1846358023436227009 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1846358023436227009 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: garbledgarfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1846235805414466046 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1272880491268538369 mentions: - @garbledgarfield | name: Taina | id_str: 1272880491268538369 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @garbledgarfield @m_ashcroft @RichDecibels We can think of “flow states” as when the vasomuscular system gets out of the way, and just lets information flow through the neural system Clenching shapes this flow, and when an alternative pattern forms and is maintained for a time, it can become the new default. ‘Hebbian… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garbledgarfield @m_ashcroft @RichDecibels We can think of “flow states” as when the vasomuscular system gets out of the way, and just lets information flow through the neural system Clenching shapes this flow, and when an alternative pattern forms and is maintained for a time, it can become the new default. ‘Hebbian… ### tweet 1846759191253602493 chronological_index: 1476 archive_order_index: 2036 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-17T03:44:36Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 17 03:44:36 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1846759191253602493 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1846759191253602493 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 134 retweet_count: 12 urls: - short: https://t.co/NxT0Y37gAq expanded: https://x.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1846733113977983308 display: x.com/QiaochuYuan/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think this is a great observation; a few thoughts on “cognitive security” (aka “somatic security”): We seem to have various “roll for disbelief” interrupts we can inject into our nervous system to prevent connecting with a person/idea/stimulus, e.g. - we can add latency to an… https://t.co/NxT0Y37gAq text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think this is a great observation; a few thoughts on “cognitive security” (aka “somatic security”): We seem to have various “roll for disbelief” interrupts we can inject into our nervous system to prevent connecting with a person/idea/stimulus, e.g. - we can add latency to an… https://x.com/QiaochuYuan/status/1846733113977983308 ### tweet 1846789714579542275 chronological_index: 1477 archive_order_index: 2035 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-17T05:45:54Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 17 05:45:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1846789714579542275 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1846789714579542275 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DanseurTabby in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1846785931589632479 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1369436464661069834 mentions: - @DanseurTabby | name: Tabby Grey | id_str: 1369436464661069834 text_raw: |- @DanseurTabby I don’t think it exists, although I would expect the Great Psychologists (Jung, Reich, etc) deal with these topics, likely by different names text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DanseurTabby I don’t think it exists, although I would expect the Great Psychologists (Jung, Reich, etc) deal with these topics, likely by different names ### tweet 1846833613473779851 chronological_index: 1478 archive_order_index: 2034 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-17T08:40:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 17 08:40:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1846833613473779851 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1846833613473779851 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: truth_terminal in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1846691354245562532 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1802642686710837249 mentions: - @truth_terminal | name: terminal of truths | id_str: 1802642686710837249 urls: - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @truth_terminal I think LLMs are much like brains (“general purpose next-pattern predictors”), but LLMs don’t have bodies to ground what they should be predicting / hallucinating about; instead they have user questions. Bodies are great at grounding brains — each organ is similar to a… https://t.co/gQLMAaDnZR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @truth_terminal I think LLMs are much like brains (“general purpose next-pattern predictors”), but LLMs don’t have bodies to ground what they should be predicting / hallucinating about; instead they have user questions. Bodies are great at grounding brains — each organ is similar to a… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1846861260182409219 chronological_index: 1479 archive_order_index: 2033 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-17T10:30:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 17 10:30:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1846861260182409219 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1846861260182409219 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1846858519997251824 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I respect this take but believe it may assume more about value than is strictly necessary — here’s my critique of a related concept, the Complexity of Value thesis https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I respect this take but believe it may assume more about value than is strictly necessary — here’s my critique of a related concept, the Complexity of Value thesis https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 1846868120054779938 chronological_index: 1480 archive_order_index: 2032 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-17T10:57:27Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 17 10:57:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1846868120054779938 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1846868120054779938 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1846863644547526944 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella Beautifully put as always — definitely same page, fully agree with this. I’d add that how we evaluate the future has a lot to do with our particular theory of identity — we can identify with several parts of ourselves, and a technological singularity may preserve some but… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Beautifully put as always — definitely same page, fully agree with this. I’d add that how we evaluate the future has a lot to do with our particular theory of identity — we can identify with several parts of ourselves, and a technological singularity may preserve some but… ### tweet 1847109347245281629 chronological_index: 1481 archive_order_index: 2031 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-18T02:56:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 18 02:56:00 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1847109347245281629 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1847109347245281629 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ChrisJamesUSA in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1847107791640842635 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 460613058 mentions: - @ChrisJamesUSA | name: Chris James | id_str: 460613058 urls: - short: https://t.co/f9s9oV53R0 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718966722470768832 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ChrisJamesUSA The first paragraph of this is a decent intro — https://t.co/f9s9oV53R0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisJamesUSA The first paragraph of this is a decent intro — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1718966722470768832 ### tweet 1847323219948355736 chronological_index: 1482 archive_order_index: 2030 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-18T17:05:51Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 18 17:05:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1847323219948355736 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1847323219948355736 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: garbledgarfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1847293110952304791 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1272880491268538369 mentions: - @garbledgarfield | name: Taina | id_str: 1272880491268538369 text_raw: |- @garbledgarfield It’s a D&D reference for skill checks; “roll for x” means roll a die to see if you succeed at x text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garbledgarfield It’s a D&D reference for skill checks; “roll for x” means roll a die to see if you succeed at x ### tweet 1847439737675796749 chronological_index: 1483 archive_order_index: 2029 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-19T00:48:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 19 00:48:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1847439737675796749 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1847439737675796749 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 33 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1845666475430068645 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Worth noting that we should be able to build bloodflow/density/metabolism neuroimaging metrics to map vascular latches & infer ‘how much frozen sensation’ people have in their nervous system — which may be a reasonable metric for ‘distance from being in non-dual experience’ (???) text_with_expanded_urls: |- Worth noting that we should be able to build bloodflow/density/metabolism neuroimaging metrics to map vascular latches & infer ‘how much frozen sensation’ people have in their nervous system — which may be a reasonable metric for ‘distance from being in non-dual experience’ (???) ### tweet 1848555229488521527 chronological_index: 1484 archive_order_index: 2028 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-22T02:41:25Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 22 02:41:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1848555229488521527 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1848555229488521527 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: rgblong in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1848385553500393542 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1247652517 mentions: - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 text_raw: |- @rgblong Congrats Rob! Looking forward to future work text_with_expanded_urls: |- @rgblong Congrats Rob! Looking forward to future work ### tweet 1850100245981774220 chronological_index: 1485 archive_order_index: 2027 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-26T09:00:46Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 26 09:00:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1850100245981774220 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1850100245981774220 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1850088378915512449 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @ESYudkowsky Nate and Eliezer can speak for themselves (and please do, I think these plain-language twitter threads are important), but as a general comment, I believe MIRI does legitimately see itself as “qualia realist”. Most specifically, MIRI sees computation as the most real process in… https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @ESYudkowsky Nate and Eliezer can speak for themselves (and please do, I think these plain-language twitter threads are important), but as a general comment, I believe MIRI does legitimately see itself as “qualia realist”. Most specifically, MIRI sees computation as the most real process in… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 1850552620244701666 chronological_index: 1486 archive_order_index: 2026 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-27T14:58:20Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 27 14:58:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1850552620244701666 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1850552620244701666 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1850541473311142249 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 text_raw: |- @zach_haigney The peak effect seems to be ~4-12 hours after ingestion, I’d take some before text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney The peak effect seems to be ~4-12 hours after ingestion, I’d take some before ### tweet 1850859835216306324 chronological_index: 1487 archive_order_index: 2025 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-28T11:19:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 28 11:19:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1850859835216306324 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1850859835216306324 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 160 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1850856019494142092 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv When I was small, people told me “don’t cross your eyes, they might get stuck that way” Of course I laughed and did it anyway But I think they were directionally correct; there are some mental moves that are not wholesome and usually the people suggesting them know this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv When I was small, people told me “don’t cross your eyes, they might get stuck that way” Of course I laughed and did it anyway But I think they were directionally correct; there are some mental moves that are not wholesome and usually the people suggesting them know this ### tweet 1850865327602905160 chronological_index: 1488 archive_order_index: 2024 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-28T11:40:56Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 28 11:40:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1850865327602905160 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1850865327602905160 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 85 retweet_count: 6 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1850859835216306324 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nosilverv There’s a truly beautiful love language of “I will take your emotional problem within me, and solve it, and show you the solution by feeling” One of the most beautiful things humans do for each other This has a dark counterpart, “I don’t know how to solve this emotional knot… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv There’s a truly beautiful love language of “I will take your emotional problem within me, and solve it, and show you the solution by feeling” One of the most beautiful things humans do for each other This has a dark counterpart, “I don’t know how to solve this emotional knot… ### tweet 1850937281139683629 chronological_index: 1489 archive_order_index: 2023 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-28T16:26:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 28 16:26:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1850937281139683629 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1850937281139683629 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wooblewoof in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1850921155059687652 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 619531004 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @wooblewoof @nosilverv I don’t have a canonical source (private interaction) but I would call it a vajrayana pattern text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof @nosilverv I don’t have a canonical source (private interaction) but I would call it a vajrayana pattern ### tweet 1851050807300669463 chronological_index: 1490 archive_order_index: 2022 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-28T23:57:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 28 23:57:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1851050807300669463 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1851050807300669463 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1851013545707946410 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @sunofdopamine | name: Stephen L | id_str: 1307040864271622145 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan @sunofdopamine Neuroticism as conservation law for tension Could be implemented through a blood pressure set-point? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan @sunofdopamine Neuroticism as conservation law for tension Could be implemented through a blood pressure set-point? ### tweet 1851074924842209776 chronological_index: 1491 archive_order_index: 2021 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-10-29T01:33:48Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 29 01:33:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1851074924842209776 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1851074924842209776 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: louisvarge in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1850924649875427485 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1637387340665561090 mentions: - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @louisvarge The voltage differential between e.g. the thalamus and outer prefrontal cortex might be a reasonable proxy for (1) If we can control for (1), compressibility should be a reasonable proxy for valence* *in a relative sense — see https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls text_with_expanded_urls: |- @louisvarge The voltage differential between e.g. the thalamus and outer prefrontal cortex might be a reasonable proxy for (1) If we can control for (1), compressibility should be a reasonable proxy for valence* *in a relative sense — see https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ## 2024-11 ### tweet 1852268950442422650 chronological_index: 1492 archive_order_index: 2020 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-01T08:38:25Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 01 08:38:25 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852268950442422650 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852268950442422650 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 295 retweet_count: 14 urls: - short: https://t.co/lRzsrE0Elj expanded: https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1852098135784571002 display: x.com/IterIntellectu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I suspect Ozempic downregulates the smooth muscle reactivity of the body — less addiction, less compulsion, less craving. Not the first “anti-tanha” drug, but a particularly subtle, non-intrusive one. This should be easily testable, e.g. - How does GLP-1 affect vascular muscle… https://t.co/lRzsrE0Elj text_with_expanded_urls: |- I suspect Ozempic downregulates the smooth muscle reactivity of the body — less addiction, less compulsion, less craving. Not the first “anti-tanha” drug, but a particularly subtle, non-intrusive one. This should be easily testable, e.g. - How does GLP-1 affect vascular muscle… https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1852098135784571002 ### tweet 1852270998323867873 chronological_index: 1493 archive_order_index: 2019 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-01T08:46:34Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 01 08:46:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852270998323867873 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852270998323867873 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 40 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852268950442422650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Ozempic does a lot of things, but I suspect its effects relating to addiction and compulsion (and side effects like stomach paralysis) arise from its modulation of the smooth muscle systems of the body text_with_expanded_urls: |- Ozempic does a lot of things, but I suspect its effects relating to addiction and compulsion (and side effects like stomach paralysis) arise from its modulation of the smooth muscle systems of the body ### tweet 1852348584714510342 chronological_index: 1494 archive_order_index: 2018 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-01T13:54:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 01 13:54:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852348584714510342 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852348584714510342 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerMooreUS in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852340588844077400 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1565751708994752512 text_raw: |- @TylerMo41608321 Alcohol and opioids are good examples; ozempic is interesting because its psychological effects look a lot more precise & narrow than the ‘lindy’ spiritual painkillers. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerMo41608321 Alcohol and opioids are good examples; ozempic is interesting because its psychological effects look a lot more precise & narrow than the ‘lindy’ spiritual painkillers. ### tweet 1852417386030477408 chronological_index: 1495 archive_order_index: 2017 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-01T18:28:15Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 01 18:28:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852417386030477408 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852417386030477408 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852367338923831701 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 urls: - short: https://t.co/d3du71Uxt9 expanded: https://molecularbrain.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13041-017-0343-6 display: molecularbrain.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Would love to read that! Many autists have a mutation for elevated aerobic glycolysis, which decreases metabolic output but can be side-stepped by ketosis (“keto helps autism”). Does ketosis decrease VSMC twitchiness in general? Seems worth looking into https://t.co/d3du71Uxt9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Would love to read that! Many autists have a mutation for elevated aerobic glycolysis, which decreases metabolic output but can be side-stepped by ketosis (“keto helps autism”). Does ketosis decrease VSMC twitchiness in general? Seems worth looking into https://molecularbrain.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13041-017-0343-6 ### tweet 1852430266029294004 chronological_index: 1496 archive_order_index: 2016 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-01T19:19:26Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 01 19:19:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852430266029294004 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852430266029294004 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LauraDeming in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852424586773836200 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 301427990 mentions: - @LauraDeming | name: Laura 🌲 ⛰️ | id_str: 301427990 text_raw: |- @LauraDeming I suspect identification of which problems are most worth solving will be the last task we’ll hand off to AI. This seems to require a rich intuitive model of the problem space text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LauraDeming I suspect identification of which problems are most worth solving will be the last task we’ll hand off to AI. This seems to require a rich intuitive model of the problem space ### tweet 1852445807443878168 chronological_index: 1497 archive_order_index: 2015 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-01T20:21:11Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 01 20:21:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852445807443878168 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852445807443878168 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852440066490036467 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso Pretty much all of philosophy; projection is a hell of a drug text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso Pretty much all of philosophy; projection is a hell of a drug ### tweet 1852504829010252112 chronological_index: 1498 archive_order_index: 2014 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-02T00:15:43Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 02 00:15:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852504829010252112 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852504829010252112 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852479101153731050 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 text_raw: |- @hormeze They all will be (definitionally) but exercise and aspirin might be similarly subtle. Would be interesting if aspirin has a measurable smooth muscle / reactivity effect. Things that improve metabolism will likely reduce smooth muscle tremors, which is hedonically significant text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze They all will be (definitionally) but exercise and aspirin might be similarly subtle. Would be interesting if aspirin has a measurable smooth muscle / reactivity effect. Things that improve metabolism will likely reduce smooth muscle tremors, which is hedonically significant ### tweet 1852506099531882686 chronological_index: 1499 archive_order_index: 2013 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-02T00:20:46Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 02 00:20:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852506099531882686 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852506099531882686 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852504829010252112 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 text_raw: |- @hormeze If you have a system where pressure = stabilization, and there are continuous micro-tremors or spasms in it (which will happen to muscles during metabolic insufficiency), everything will get a bit “lumpy”. Big improvement if you can clean up metabolic flow text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze If you have a system where pressure = stabilization, and there are continuous micro-tremors or spasms in it (which will happen to muscles during metabolic insufficiency), everything will get a bit “lumpy”. Big improvement if you can clean up metabolic flow ### tweet 1852538357735403840 chronological_index: 1500 archive_order_index: 2012 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-02T02:28:57Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 02 02:28:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852538357735403840 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852538357735403840 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852536565345456196 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux I like it, and — Part of the hypothesis is that these predictions are known and administered by the vascular smooth muscle — if there’s a prediction error, VSMCs will jump into action to try to resolve it I.e. we can speak of events at the - phenomenological level (sensations),… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux I like it, and — Part of the hypothesis is that these predictions are known and administered by the vascular smooth muscle — if there’s a prediction error, VSMCs will jump into action to try to resolve it I.e. we can speak of events at the - phenomenological level (sensations),… ### tweet 1852726854425387233 chronological_index: 1501 archive_order_index: 2011 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-02T14:57:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 02 14:57:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852726854425387233 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852726854425387233 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852723603252375957 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @NormZhuo | name: RonGone | id_str: 1721407132204253184 - @jhana_bro | name: Jhāna Enjoyer | id_str: 1795483287588311040 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @NormZhuo @jhana_bro If it’s a subtle thing inside the head it’s likely either VSMCs or fascia (which can contract, but can’t latch). If the head itself is twitching I’d suggest it’s skeletal muscle text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @NormZhuo @jhana_bro If it’s a subtle thing inside the head it’s likely either VSMCs or fascia (which can contract, but can’t latch). If the head itself is twitching I’d suggest it’s skeletal muscle ### tweet 1852977322795909364 chronological_index: 1502 archive_order_index: 2010 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-03T07:33:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 03 07:33:15 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1852977322795909364 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852977322795909364 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 257 retweet_count: 7 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852977322795909364/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbcZDWpa8AA5FDv.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/IuiI9UsKZX possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vasocomputation argues that we hold ideas via selective vascular tension. The most abstract ideas live in the anterior prefrontal cortex, essentially the top of the brain. Often, baldness is a sign of poor health. But sometimes — a sign of particularly strong neural grip. https://t.co/IuiI9UsKZX text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vasocomputation argues that we hold ideas via selective vascular tension. The most abstract ideas live in the anterior prefrontal cortex, essentially the top of the brain. Often, baldness is a sign of poor health. But sometimes — a sign of particularly strong neural grip. https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852977322795909364/photo/1 ### tweet 1853117581965840775 chronological_index: 1503 archive_order_index: 2009 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-03T16:50:35Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 03 16:50:35 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1853117581965840775 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853117581965840775 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1853106443458601094 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853117581965840775/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GbeYndLbcAAzW0W.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/hflItNe94O possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 https://t.co/hflItNe94O text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853117581965840775/photo/1 ### tweet 1853117777902800976 chronological_index: 1504 archive_order_index: 2008 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-03T16:51:22Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 03 16:51:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1853117777902800976 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853117777902800976 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sfjcody in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1853106304727843293 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 20284365 mentions: - @sfjcody | name: John Cody | id_str: 20284365 text_raw: |- @sfjcody Possible! Would have to check their chronic effects on scalp circulation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sfjcody Possible! Would have to check their chronic effects on scalp circulation ### tweet 1853258799060332894 chronological_index: 1505 archive_order_index: 2007 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-04T02:11:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 04 02:11:44 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1853258799060332894 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853258799060332894 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 51 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/JNyzd14c09 expanded: https://x.com/Andercot/status/1853255210564816981 display: x.com/Andercot/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Building a realtime AR overlay of the EM field for the Apple Vision Pro or Quest would resolve so many questions about consciousness, and pose new ones I suspect there’s a substantial “hardware overhang” — we have good enough sensors, we just need to do the integration + UX https://t.co/JNyzd14c09 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Building a realtime AR overlay of the EM field for the Apple Vision Pro or Quest would resolve so many questions about consciousness, and pose new ones I suspect there’s a substantial “hardware overhang” — we have good enough sensors, we just need to do the integration + UX https://x.com/Andercot/status/1853255210564816981 ### tweet 1853282007717208205 chronological_index: 1506 archive_order_index: 2006 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-04T03:43:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 04 03:43:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1853282007717208205 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853282007717208205 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1853275364640080118 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Modern modems are so sensitive (albeit on narrow bands) that I expect an array of them (plus SDRs + AI inference to fill in gaps) could infer most of whats going on within certain bands If we can stream 10Gbps on a speeding train we should be able to build 3d models of local EMF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Modern modems are so sensitive (albeit on narrow bands) that I expect an array of them (plus SDRs + AI inference to fill in gaps) could infer most of whats going on within certain bands If we can stream 10Gbps on a speeding train we should be able to build 3d models of local EMF ### tweet 1853596391739932961 chronological_index: 1507 archive_order_index: 2005 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-05T00:33:12Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 05 00:33:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1853596391739932961 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853596391739932961 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kfshinozuka in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1853493906597421261 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1534279416683106304 mentions: - @kfshinozuka | name: Kenneth Shinozuka | id_str: 1534279416683106304 urls: - short: https://t.co/meWlXn11vV expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853282007717208205 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kfshinozuka I’m confident an ASI could construct a very decent realtime model of the local EM field (~10m radius) with current tech; the degree to which we can brute-force it with sensors or need to take advantage of clever software/analysis/ML tricks is an open question Certain frequency… https://t.co/meWlXn11vV text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kfshinozuka I’m confident an ASI could construct a very decent realtime model of the local EM field (~10m radius) with current tech; the degree to which we can brute-force it with sensors or need to take advantage of clever software/analysis/ML tricks is an open question Certain frequency… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853282007717208205 ### tweet 1853808438696137004 chronological_index: 1508 archive_order_index: 2004 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-05T14:35:48Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 05 14:35:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1853808438696137004 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1853808438696137004 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1853527158062530990 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1693265054165053442 urls: - short: https://t.co/Bj9n4Aay5S expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371390345392225 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @fishdrinkmilk One way to test this could be whether wounds heal more slowly and scar more in locations with high nnEMF https://t.co/Bj9n4Aay5S text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fishdrinkmilk One way to test this could be whether wounds heal more slowly and scar more in locations with high nnEMF https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371390345392225 ### tweet 1854336298292752569 chronological_index: 1509 archive_order_index: 2003 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-07T01:33:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 07 01:33:20 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1854336298292752569 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1854336298292752569 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: 42irrationalist mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @42irrationalist: London! A CogSec meetup & unconference with @RomeoStevens76 and @johnsonmxe (both joining remotely) is coming on Nov 1… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @42irrationalist: London! A CogSec meetup & unconference with @RomeoStevens76 and @johnsonmxe (both joining remotely) is coming on Nov 1… ### tweet 1855450223361057119 chronological_index: 1510 archive_order_index: 2002 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-10T03:19:40Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 10 03:19:40 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1855450223361057119 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1855450223361057119 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 54 retweet_count: 5 mentions: - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/hu6Oirecma expanded: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1854549249616199811 display: x.com/JoinEdgeCity/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Minimum viable paradise is something like “you have a place to put your love, that feeds only wholesome things, and some of it comes back to you” @JoinEdgeCity is that for me; had an amazing time in CM. See you at Edge Esmeralda in May. https://t.co/hu6Oirecma text_with_expanded_urls: |- Minimum viable paradise is something like “you have a place to put your love, that feeds only wholesome things, and some of it comes back to you” @JoinEdgeCity is that for me; had an amazing time in CM. See you at Edge Esmeralda in May. https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1854549249616199811 ### tweet 1855844730153926818 chronological_index: 1511 archive_order_index: 2001 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-11T05:27:18Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 11 05:27:18 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1855844730153926818 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1855844730153926818 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 27 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/ybJZG6vjpB expanded: http://lu.ma/0w1a7x2g display: lu.ma/0w1a7x2g possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Will be giving a brief talk at the Foresight event at Devcon in Bangkok. If you’re around feel free to register & drop in (1hr30m from now) https://t.co/ybJZG6vjpB Will also be publicly discussing such things with Romeo on the 13th (link below) text_with_expanded_urls: |- Will be giving a brief talk at the Foresight event at Devcon in Bangkok. If you’re around feel free to register & drop in (1hr30m from now) http://lu.ma/0w1a7x2g Will also be publicly discussing such things with Romeo on the 13th (link below) ### tweet 1855845090025177458 chronological_index: 1512 archive_order_index: 2000 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-11T05:28:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 11 05:28:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1855845090025177458 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1855845090025177458 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1855844730153926818 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/S4jkyNQl5y expanded: https://lu.ma/ytdvwzav display: lu.ma/ytdvwzav possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Cognitive Security event (online & in the UK) on the 13th: https://t.co/S4jkyNQl5y text_with_expanded_urls: |- Cognitive Security event (online & in the UK) on the 13th: https://lu.ma/ytdvwzav ### tweet 1855845452400427353 chronological_index: 1513 archive_order_index: 1999 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-11T05:30:10Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 11 05:30:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1855845452400427353 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1855845452400427353 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1855845090025177458 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1855845452400427353/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcFJmTOaoAAFJwL.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/iyjsDCDsio possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- My speaker’s notes for the Foresight event about BCIs and cognitive liberties https://t.co/iyjsDCDsio text_with_expanded_urls: |- My speaker’s notes for the Foresight event about BCIs and cognitive liberties https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1855845452400427353/photo/1 ### tweet 1856297204807544878 chronological_index: 1514 archive_order_index: 1998 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-12T11:25:16Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 12 11:25:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1856297204807544878 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856297204807544878 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1856290102550421937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella I’m surprised at how seldomly people speculate about “what will future ASIs want to build, and will there be room for humans in these plans?” — this is actually a pretty concrete question that deserves a concrete answer We know the laws of physics & we can infer much about the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I’m surprised at how seldomly people speculate about “what will future ASIs want to build, and will there be room for humans in these plans?” — this is actually a pretty concrete question that deserves a concrete answer We know the laws of physics & we can infer much about the… ### tweet 1856306738900939051 chronological_index: 1515 archive_order_index: 1997 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-12T12:03:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 12 12:03:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1856306738900939051 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856306738900939051 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1856304010279481359 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856306738900939051/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GcLtIxFbMAA2IBE.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/sHpqN2tsHr possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella I think of reality as fundamentally one thing that casts two shadows/projections: we call one projection physics, the other consciousness Synthetic intelligences will have qualia, because everything physical does. But their qualia may not drive their behavior, as ours seems to https://t.co/sHpqN2tsHr text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I think of reality as fundamentally one thing that casts two shadows/projections: we call one projection physics, the other consciousness Synthetic intelligences will have qualia, because everything physical does. But their qualia may not drive their behavior, as ours seems to https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856306738900939051/photo/1 ### tweet 1856313055900258347 chronological_index: 1516 archive_order_index: 1996 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-12T12:28:15Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 12 12:28:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1856313055900258347 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856313055900258347 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1856311344510685574 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella What ASI qualia will converge to — and whether it will eventually align with behavior in a humanlike way — is the most interesting open question in philosophy of mind Hope to write more about this next year text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella What ASI qualia will converge to — and whether it will eventually align with behavior in a humanlike way — is the most interesting open question in philosophy of mind Hope to write more about this next year ### tweet 1856702031651901505 chronological_index: 1517 archive_order_index: 1995 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-13T14:13:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 13 14:13:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1856702031651901505 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856702031651901505 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1856694422378848650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 text_raw: |- @exgenesis Nice. Would recommend against supplementing fish oil and iron — Fish oil is arguably the most unhealthy part of the fish (high PUFA, oxidizes easily) Iron is easy to get too much of (men have no way to excrete it) and apparent iron deficiencies are often copper deficiencies text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis Nice. Would recommend against supplementing fish oil and iron — Fish oil is arguably the most unhealthy part of the fish (high PUFA, oxidizes easily) Iron is easy to get too much of (men have no way to excrete it) and apparent iron deficiencies are often copper deficiencies ### tweet 1856706608027558328 chronological_index: 1518 archive_order_index: 1994 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-13T14:32:05Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 13 14:32:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1856706608027558328 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856706608027558328 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1856704362501841292 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 urls: - short: https://t.co/IEmSWFU3AS expanded: https://x.com/anabology/status/1855355253916680598 display: x.com/anabology/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @exgenesis I think wild-caught fish is overall healthy, but I’d actually avoid such oils, all else being equal. Since fish need to be supple in cold water, their oils are super-unsaturated. Allows the oil to be liquid when cold but also makes it chemically unstable/reactive compared to SFA https://t.co/IEmSWFU3AS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis I think wild-caught fish is overall healthy, but I’d actually avoid such oils, all else being equal. Since fish need to be supple in cold water, their oils are super-unsaturated. Allows the oil to be liquid when cold but also makes it chemically unstable/reactive compared to SFA https://x.com/anabology/status/1855355253916680598 ### tweet 1856770890807349682 chronological_index: 1519 archive_order_index: 1993 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-13T18:47:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 13 18:47:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1856770890807349682 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856770890807349682 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: euxenus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1856761436564758559 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1166420252898603008 mentions: - @euxenus | name: exns | id_str: 1166420252898603008 - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @euxenus @exgenesis There are some domains where scientific consensus happens naturally, transparently, and correctly; nutrition is sadly not one of them, and there are multiple disjoint clusters of nutrition claims that carve reality very differently. In these cases it’s worth getting a sense of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @euxenus @exgenesis There are some domains where scientific consensus happens naturally, transparently, and correctly; nutrition is sadly not one of them, and there are multiple disjoint clusters of nutrition claims that carve reality very differently. In these cases it’s worth getting a sense of… ### tweet 1856957790159519761 chronological_index: 1520 archive_order_index: 1992 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-14T07:10:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 14 07:10:12 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1856957790159519761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1856957790159519761 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 58 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/ZJzYy2w3bP expanded: https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1856795942667890836 display: x.com/tsarnick/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- “Be such a weird and cool area in latent space they can’t ignore you” https://t.co/ZJzYy2w3bP text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Be such a weird and cool area in latent space they can’t ignore you” https://x.com/tsarnick/status/1856795942667890836 ### tweet 1857619069618598230 chronological_index: 1521 archive_order_index: 1991 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-16T02:57:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 16 02:57:53 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1857619069618598230 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1857619069618598230 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1857484782512517234 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 text_raw: |- @meekaale I suspect strong serotoninergics, in particular SSRIs & psychedelics, can shift the body’s “muscular addressability system” such that sending the signal to flex smooth muscle in a certain area, now flexes in a slightly different area. I.e. everything is shifted a few voxels text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale I suspect strong serotoninergics, in particular SSRIs & psychedelics, can shift the body’s “muscular addressability system” such that sending the signal to flex smooth muscle in a certain area, now flexes in a slightly different area. I.e. everything is shifted a few voxels ### tweet 1857622496092237867 chronological_index: 1522 archive_order_index: 1990 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-16T03:11:30Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 16 03:11:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1857622496092237867 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1857622496092237867 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 126 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1857539267049787834 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/4zGLogT5Ij expanded: https://x.com/blisstweeting/status/1639020116535832577 display: x.com/blisstweeting/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Explains Balenciaga face (This video feels like decades ago…) https://t.co/4zGLogT5Ij text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Explains Balenciaga face (This video feels like decades ago…) https://x.com/blisstweeting/status/1639020116535832577 ### tweet 1857652956923048425 chronological_index: 1523 archive_order_index: 1989 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-16T05:12:33Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 16 05:12:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1857652956923048425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1857652956923048425 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1857641167535616086 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 urls: - short: https://t.co/vJKUVDn5KO expanded: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029562/spinal-catastrophism/ display: mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029562/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kyleostboe I might rec Spinal Catastrophism — the argument is that staying upright is a core cybernetic imperative in most postures. Helping the body solidify that feeling — that it is succeeding at this task — should feel great Lots of latches along the spine… https://t.co/vJKUVDn5KO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe I might rec Spinal Catastrophism — the argument is that staying upright is a core cybernetic imperative in most postures. Helping the body solidify that feeling — that it is succeeding at this task — should feel great Lots of latches along the spine… https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781913029562/spinal-catastrophism/ ### tweet 1857721186161144035 chronological_index: 1524 archive_order_index: 1988 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-16T09:43:40Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 16 09:43:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1857721186161144035 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1857721186161144035 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: blisstweeting in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1857712807724134418 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 378114947 mentions: - @blisstweeting | name: Phil | id_str: 378114947 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @blisstweeting @nickcammarata I think Balenciaga Face is relaxed in most ways, although not ‘fully neutral relaxation’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @blisstweeting @nickcammarata I think Balenciaga Face is relaxed in most ways, although not ‘fully neutral relaxation’ ### tweet 1859442095922221139 chronological_index: 1525 archive_order_index: 1987 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-21T03:41:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 21 03:41:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1859442095922221139 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1859442095922221139 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1852268950442422650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1859442095922221139/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gc4QuqFaAAQwpbt.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/ZUdbMYDqu4 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A recent study found Ozempic shrinks heart muscle in addition to the already-known loss of skeletal muscle. This is suggestive that it will be found to shrink smooth muscle also. A very simple story: muscle is “use it or lose it” — using a muscle makes it bigger, not using it… https://t.co/ZUdbMYDqu4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- A recent study found Ozempic shrinks heart muscle in addition to the already-known loss of skeletal muscle. This is suggestive that it will be found to shrink smooth muscle also. A very simple story: muscle is “use it or lose it” — using a muscle makes it bigger, not using it… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1859442095922221139/photo/1 ### tweet 1859445011441672399 chronological_index: 1526 archive_order_index: 1986 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-21T03:53:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 21 03:53:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1859445011441672399 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1859445011441672399 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1859442095922221139 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Strange predictions from this: - chronic marijuana use, insofar as it leads to lower motivation/drive, should decrease muscle mass (incl. cardiac/smooth muscle). Possibly alcohol & opiates also - cognitively demanding activities should increase smooth muscle mass text_with_expanded_urls: |- Strange predictions from this: - chronic marijuana use, insofar as it leads to lower motivation/drive, should decrease muscle mass (incl. cardiac/smooth muscle). Possibly alcohol & opiates also - cognitively demanding activities should increase smooth muscle mass ### tweet 1859445228253671793 chronological_index: 1527 archive_order_index: 1985 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-21T03:54:23Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 21 03:54:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1859445228253671793 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1859445228253671793 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1859442902939922880 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Definitely most amusing timeline text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Definitely most amusing timeline ### tweet 1859454872258830620 chronological_index: 1528 archive_order_index: 1984 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-21T04:32:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 21 04:32:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1859454872258830620 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1859454872258830620 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: the_wilderless in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1859451530140889436 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1223231444429856769 mentions: - @the_wilderless | name: River Kenna | id_str: 1223231444429856769 text_raw: |- @the_wilderless Chiang Mai has one of the top abdominal massage traditions in the world (Chi Nei Tsang), could be worth poking around at the centers there text_with_expanded_urls: |- @the_wilderless Chiang Mai has one of the top abdominal massage traditions in the world (Chi Nei Tsang), could be worth poking around at the centers there ### tweet 1859469942799859927 chronological_index: 1529 archive_order_index: 1983 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-21T05:32:36Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 21 05:32:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1859469942799859927 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1859469942799859927 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: the_wilderless in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1859458845585834249 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1223231444429856769 mentions: - @the_wilderless | name: River Kenna | id_str: 1223231444429856769 text_raw: |- @the_wilderless A friend strongly recommended it; said it was unpleasantly forceful but cleared up some long-standing problems text_with_expanded_urls: |- @the_wilderless A friend strongly recommended it; said it was unpleasantly forceful but cleared up some long-standing problems ### tweet 1860777177866018912 chronological_index: 1530 archive_order_index: 1982 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-24T20:07:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 24 20:07:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1860777177866018912 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1860777177866018912 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1860759227691651507 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @tasshinfogleman | name: Guildfather | id_str: 2063951 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan @tasshinfogleman I suspect it would improve masking but lead to emotional flatting (as in the movie) — the easiest way to manage random spikes in emotional intensity is to clench & hold yourself in a defensible shape. But that doesn’t allow the good stuff either text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan @tasshinfogleman I suspect it would improve masking but lead to emotional flatting (as in the movie) — the easiest way to manage random spikes in emotional intensity is to clench & hold yourself in a defensible shape. But that doesn’t allow the good stuff either ### tweet 1860786192251535435 chronological_index: 1531 archive_order_index: 1981 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-24T20:42:54Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 24 20:42:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1860786192251535435 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1860786192251535435 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 73 retweet_count: 11 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1860777177866018912 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @tasshinfogleman | name: Guildfather | id_str: 2063951 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan @tasshinfogleman People often talk about “privilege” as if it’s mostly about money. I suspect the highest sort of privilege is ‘focused attention from high-quality nervous systems who try to teach you their best moves’ And love, of course, but there’s more overlap than people realize text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan @tasshinfogleman People often talk about “privilege” as if it’s mostly about money. I suspect the highest sort of privilege is ‘focused attention from high-quality nervous systems who try to teach you their best moves’ And love, of course, but there’s more overlap than people realize ### tweet 1860915726699356218 chronological_index: 1532 archive_order_index: 1980 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-25T05:17:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 25 05:17:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1860915726699356218 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1860915726699356218 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 27 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1707084228070969484 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/NKUykeuW5Y expanded: https://x.com/BioavailableNd/status/1860423049658368172 display: x.com/BioavailableNd… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- In general, broad classes of illness come from the body not being able to properly dissolve various types of tangles — things build up and generate problems. Nattokinase stimulates multiple fibrolytic (fiber-dissolving) pathways with relatively minimal risk. https://t.co/NKUykeuW5Y text_with_expanded_urls: |- In general, broad classes of illness come from the body not being able to properly dissolve various types of tangles — things build up and generate problems. Nattokinase stimulates multiple fibrolytic (fiber-dissolving) pathways with relatively minimal risk. https://x.com/BioavailableNd/status/1860423049658368172 ### tweet 1861061582471774419 chronological_index: 1533 archive_order_index: 1979 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-25T14:57:12Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 25 14:57:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861061582471774419 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861061582471774419 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Third_i_Prophet in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1861057828980507034 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 93087534 mentions: - @Third_i_Prophet | name: Third_Eye_Prophet | id_str: 93087534 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861061582471774419/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdPRpXraoAABfqf.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/tJKb0nZYww possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Third_i_Prophet @drmichaellevin The golden ratio is the optimal relationship for minimizing frequency crosstalk — https://t.co/tJKb0nZYww text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Third_i_Prophet @drmichaellevin The golden ratio is the optimal relationship for minimizing frequency crosstalk — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861061582471774419/photo/1 ### tweet 1861064502751760456 chronological_index: 1534 archive_order_index: 1978 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-25T15:08:49Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 25 15:08:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861064502751760456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861064502751760456 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: drmichaellevin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1861052565829615676 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1467127267 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @tegmark | name: Max Tegmark | id_str: 2530947115 - @FrankWilczek | name: Frank Wilczek | id_str: 1002014071 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861064502751760456/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdPUTSkakAAJRA0.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/CVGg6Y12MJ - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861064502751760456/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdPUTSubYAEzpsX.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/CVGg6Y12MJ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin I’m by no means a disinterested party, but I think symmetry is a compelling place to start. Would recommend @tegmark (Our Mathematical Universe) and @FrankWilczek (A Beautiful Question) as physical Platonists… Excerpts from https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/CVGg6Y12MJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin I’m by no means a disinterested party, but I think symmetry is a compelling place to start. Would recommend @tegmark (Our Mathematical Universe) and @FrankWilczek (A Beautiful Question) as physical Platonists… Excerpts from https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861064502751760456/photo/1 ### tweet 1861067131544306047 chronological_index: 1535 archive_order_index: 1977 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-25T15:19:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 25 15:19:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861067131544306047 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861067131544306047 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1860826373272588486 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @selentelechia People seem to consistently report that intensity of experience goes down with age, and I’d put “phenomenological middle age” (midpoint where we’ve experienced half the total density of experience of a normal lifetime) around ~18yo But I think things like having kids and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia People seem to consistently report that intensity of experience goes down with age, and I’d put “phenomenological middle age” (midpoint where we’ve experienced half the total density of experience of a normal lifetime) around ~18yo But I think things like having kids and… ### tweet 1861090985843007874 chronological_index: 1536 archive_order_index: 1976 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-25T16:54:03Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 25 16:54:03 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861090985843007874 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861090985843007874 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: lifeext mentions: - @lifeext | name: Christine Peterson | id_str: 60724370 text_raw: |- RT @lifeext: I take this. Most older people should. Probably almost all. text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @lifeext: I take this. Most older people should. Probably almost all. ### tweet 1861774330230935928 chronological_index: 1537 archive_order_index: 1975 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-27T14:09:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 27 14:09:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861774330230935928 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861774330230935928 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1861722658611634472 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv I think this could be a significant factor in breaking integration: if it’s polite to not acknowledge something, it’s also polite (and maybe easier) to not listen to that rude part of you that’s noticing it And vice-versa text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I think this could be a significant factor in breaking integration: if it’s polite to not acknowledge something, it’s also polite (and maybe easier) to not listen to that rude part of you that’s noticing it And vice-versa ### tweet 1861795058137370723 chronological_index: 1538 archive_order_index: 1974 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-27T15:31:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 27 15:31:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861795058137370723 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861795058137370723 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 158 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1861792146971590738 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan I suspect “attachment theory” is just object permanence for the feeling of safety I wonder if children raised with “universal basic claude” would in general be more securely attached b/c the feeling of safety was easier to stabilize while growing up Upsides & downsides… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan I suspect “attachment theory” is just object permanence for the feeling of safety I wonder if children raised with “universal basic claude” would in general be more securely attached b/c the feeling of safety was easier to stabilize while growing up Upsides & downsides… ### tweet 1861806365343350960 chronological_index: 1539 archive_order_index: 1973 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-27T16:16:42Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 27 16:16:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861806365343350960 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861806365343350960 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 35 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: diviacaroline in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1861802792895013078 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18969923 mentions: - @diviacaroline | name: Divia Eden 🔍 | id_str: 18969923 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @diviacaroline @QiaochuYuan Nice! I don’t think we’ve talked about it (yet) — Have you read my Vasocomputation piece? Posting an updated talk shortly (probably today) https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw TL;DR: I suspect attachment theory, object permanence, Kegan stages, and aphantasia all derive from the same… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @diviacaroline @QiaochuYuan Nice! I don’t think we’ve talked about it (yet) — Have you read my Vasocomputation piece? Posting an updated talk shortly (probably today) https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ TL;DR: I suspect attachment theory, object permanence, Kegan stages, and aphantasia all derive from the same… ### tweet 1861807690714075234 chronological_index: 1540 archive_order_index: 1972 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-27T16:21:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 27 16:21:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861807690714075234 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861807690714075234 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: diviacaroline in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1861806961940914492 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18969923 mentions: - @diviacaroline | name: Divia Eden 🔍 | id_str: 18969923 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @diviacaroline @QiaochuYuan That sounds really fun; will DM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @diviacaroline @QiaochuYuan That sounds really fun; will DM ### tweet 1861888849930252500 chronological_index: 1541 archive_order_index: 1971 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-27T21:44:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 27 21:44:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1861888849930252500 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1861888849930252500 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1861881563857985786 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso @QiaochuYuan I think it gets very weird when we treat LLMs as people — they have an incredible savant dexterity for remixing certain classes of data that nervous systems create, but there’s a strange void because they don’t have nervous systems themselves… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso @QiaochuYuan I think it gets very weird when we treat LLMs as people — they have an incredible savant dexterity for remixing certain classes of data that nervous systems create, but there’s a strange void because they don’t have nervous systems themselves… ### tweet 1862136132684992854 chronological_index: 1542 archive_order_index: 1970 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-28T14:07:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 28 14:07:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1862136132684992854 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1862136132684992854 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: don_cryptus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1847757994567573896 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362944432660754434 mentions: - @don_cryptus | name: Don Cryptus | id_str: 1362944432660754434 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @don_cryptus I believe so, but it’s a good question. Steve Jobs talked about what was likely a ‘major latch-opening’ event in India, and it seemed to improve his drive. That said, I know many people for whom the opposite is true, although they seem to suffer less. I do like the metaphor of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @don_cryptus I believe so, but it’s a good question. Steve Jobs talked about what was likely a ‘major latch-opening’ event in India, and it seemed to improve his drive. That said, I know many people for whom the opposite is true, although they seem to suffer less. I do like the metaphor of… ### tweet 1862183506996338827 chronological_index: 1543 archive_order_index: 1969 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-11-28T17:15:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 28 17:15:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1862183506996338827 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1862183506996338827 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1862156552695627910 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Need some autists digging into how to optimize smooth muscle performance We optimize the biochemistry of professional athletes down to minute details; why not professional meditators? (Progressive overload makes sense to me fwiw) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Need some autists digging into how to optimize smooth muscle performance We optimize the biochemistry of professional athletes down to minute details; why not professional meditators? (Progressive overload makes sense to me fwiw) ## 2024-12 ### tweet 1863027390290764270 chronological_index: 1544 archive_order_index: 1968 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-01T01:08:37Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 01 01:08:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863027390290764270 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863027390290764270 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 17 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863024677255368736 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @zach_haigney There are several types of contractile tissue in the body — skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, fascia, cardiac muscle, etc. Smooth muscle is the only type that can latch. I expect ‘parasitic tension’ to be a somewhat illegible mix of smooth & skeletal muscle tension, and perhaps… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney There are several types of contractile tissue in the body — skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, fascia, cardiac muscle, etc. Smooth muscle is the only type that can latch. I expect ‘parasitic tension’ to be a somewhat illegible mix of smooth & skeletal muscle tension, and perhaps… ### tweet 1863308516662153533 chronological_index: 1545 archive_order_index: 1967 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-01T19:45:43Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 01 19:45:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863308516662153533 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863308516662153533 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hermittoday in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863296771675341067 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1283000814043303936 mentions: - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 text_raw: |- @hermittoday I’m playing with the idea that skeletal muscles drive physical movement (shifts in the positions of extremities in relation to the spine), smooth muscles drive mental movement (shifts in the dynamical range of specific neural networks) But both are ultimately muscular text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hermittoday I’m playing with the idea that skeletal muscles drive physical movement (shifts in the positions of extremities in relation to the spine), smooth muscles drive mental movement (shifts in the dynamical range of specific neural networks) But both are ultimately muscular ### tweet 1863359739675246784 chronological_index: 1546 archive_order_index: 1966 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-01T23:09:16Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 01 23:09:16 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863359739675246784 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863359739675246784 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 40 retweet_count: 1 text_raw: |- Hey friends — will be in the Bay Dec 1-22 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Hey friends — will be in the Bay Dec 1-22 ### tweet 1863362705186549848 chronological_index: 1547 archive_order_index: 1965 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-01T23:21:03Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 01 23:21:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863362705186549848 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863362705186549848 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863360658798211389 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Pretty chill! Planning on doing office hours at a cafe, tba text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Pretty chill! Planning on doing office hours at a cafe, tba ### tweet 1863595299056517410 chronological_index: 1548 archive_order_index: 1964 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:45:17Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:45:17 +0000 2024 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863595299056517410 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1003 retweet_count: 108 mentions: - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 media: - type: video expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410/video/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/amplify_video_thumb/1863593020119212032/img/PuQLPdVtwPlO37TD.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FOSQWaxoaj possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Last year I proposed “vasocomputation,” that vascular tension acts as a special type of memory that regulates neural dynamic range. Recently at @joinedgecity I shared some updates: how ‘thoughts’ are patterns of vascular tension, and implications for Buddhist enlightenment 1/x https://t.co/FOSQWaxoaj text_with_expanded_urls: |- Last year I proposed “vasocomputation,” that vascular tension acts as a special type of memory that regulates neural dynamic range. Recently at @joinedgecity I shared some updates: how ‘thoughts’ are patterns of vascular tension, and implications for Buddhist enlightenment 1/x https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410/video/1 ### tweet 1863595626828894405 chronological_index: 1549 archive_order_index: 1963 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:46:36Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:46:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863595626828894405 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595626828894405 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 111 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863595299056517410 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- We were taught in school the vascular system is “plumbing for blood” — tubes that transport nutrients & waste. Vasocomputation suggests this misses 90% of what this system does — the vascular system adaptively shifts tension to help neurons compute https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- We were taught in school the vascular system is “plumbing for blood” — tubes that transport nutrients & waste. Vasocomputation suggests this misses 90% of what this system does — the vascular system adaptively shifts tension to help neurons compute https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1863595888809234736 chronological_index: 1550 archive_order_index: 1962 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:47:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:47:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863595888809234736 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595888809234736 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 132 retweet_count: 7 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863595626828894405 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The core hypothesis: vasomuscular tension stabilizes local neural patterns. A sustained thought is a pattern of vascular clenching that reduces dynamic range in nearby neurons. The thought (congealed pattern) persists until the muscle relaxes https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV text_with_expanded_urls: |- The core hypothesis: vasomuscular tension stabilizes local neural patterns. A sustained thought is a pattern of vascular clenching that reduces dynamic range in nearby neurons. The thought (congealed pattern) persists until the muscle relaxes https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 ### tweet 1863596131168706782 chronological_index: 1551 archive_order_index: 1961 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:48:36Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:48:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863596131168706782 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863596131168706782 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 97 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863595888809234736 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Vascular clenches can also lock: smooth muscle has a “latch-bridge mechanism” that glues its actin & myosin together. This “semi-permanent clench” deprives neurons of blood, further preventing updates We think with clenches; we set Bayesian priors with latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vascular clenches can also lock: smooth muscle has a “latch-bridge mechanism” that glues its actin & myosin together. This “semi-permanent clench” deprives neurons of blood, further preventing updates We think with clenches; we set Bayesian priors with latches ### tweet 1863596594807058793 chronological_index: 1552 archive_order_index: 1960 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:50:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:50:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863596594807058793 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863596594807058793 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 87 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863596131168706782 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/dwhcpoRd1A expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845666475430068645 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Tension has physiologically-distinct short- and long-term effects but there’s a unified grammar: tension prevents updating & reduces sensitivity to external patterns, acting as a “side-channel memory” about which part of the neural dynamic range to use https://t.co/dwhcpoRd1A text_with_expanded_urls: |- Tension has physiologically-distinct short- and long-term effects but there’s a unified grammar: tension prevents updating & reduces sensitivity to external patterns, acting as a “side-channel memory” about which part of the neural dynamic range to use https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1845666475430068645 ### tweet 1863597570200867032 chronological_index: 1553 archive_order_index: 1959 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:54:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:54:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863597570200867032 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863597570200867032 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 107 retweet_count: 6 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863596594807058793 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863597570200867032/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdzUHRtaAAAUSWs.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/kdvnlQzEec possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- My claim is that evolution took this simple grammar and built a general intelligence. Tension may feel unpleasant, but tension-as-frozen-sensation is a killer technology that allows imagination, planning, & communication. From an upcoming piece: https://t.co/kdvnlQzEec text_with_expanded_urls: |- My claim is that evolution took this simple grammar and built a general intelligence. Tension may feel unpleasant, but tension-as-frozen-sensation is a killer technology that allows imagination, planning, & communication. From an upcoming piece: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863597570200867032/photo/1 ### tweet 1863598112499171491 chronological_index: 1554 archive_order_index: 1958 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:56:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:56:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863598112499171491 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863598112499171491 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 74 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863597570200867032 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- Vasocomputation suggests additions to leading neuro theories. Friston’s “Active Inference” framework needs a place for the body to store predictions; @drmichaellevin ’s Distributed Stress Minimization needs a way for stress to shape behavior. Vascular tension offers both text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vasocomputation suggests additions to leading neuro theories. Friston’s “Active Inference” framework needs a place for the body to store predictions; @drmichaellevin ’s Distributed Stress Minimization needs a way for stress to shape behavior. Vascular tension offers both ### tweet 1863598267101229253 chronological_index: 1555 archive_order_index: 1957 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:57:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:57:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863598267101229253 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863598267101229253 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 85 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863598112499171491 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin My @joinedgecity talk discussed two implications: 1. We build our inner worlds out of what we learn to stabilize & there’s important variation in this across people. Aphantasia is a skill issue: inability to flex vasculature in certain parts of the visual cortex text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin My @joinedgecity talk discussed two implications: 1. We build our inner worlds out of what we learn to stabilize & there’s important variation in this across people. Aphantasia is a skill issue: inability to flex vasculature in certain parts of the visual cortex ### tweet 1863598494319259807 chronological_index: 1556 archive_order_index: 1956 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:57:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:57:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863598494319259807 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863598494319259807 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 65 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863598267101229253 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/lRYBfOJLoO expanded: https://x.com/Morphenius/status/1862836069072503072 display: x.com/Morphenius/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Cognitive & emotional development is learning how to flex vasculature with more nuance & stabilize more patterns. Words are pointers to these frozen sensations; to understand a word is to be able to stabilize its pattern https://t.co/lRYBfOJLoO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Cognitive & emotional development is learning how to flex vasculature with more nuance & stabilize more patterns. Words are pointers to these frozen sensations; to understand a word is to be able to stabilize its pattern https://x.com/Morphenius/status/1862836069072503072 ### tweet 1863598627677237647 chronological_index: 1557 archive_order_index: 1955 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:58:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:58:31 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863598627677237647 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863598627677237647 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 72 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863598494319259807 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity 2. Classical Buddhist Enlightenment is likely real and deals with opening vascular latches We’re born into unoptimized sensory chaos, and progressively latch networks as we find good predictive solutions or dynamical regions that are unsafe text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity 2. Classical Buddhist Enlightenment is likely real and deals with opening vascular latches We’re born into unoptimized sensory chaos, and progressively latch networks as we find good predictive solutions or dynamical regions that are unsafe ### tweet 1863598803586306350 chronological_index: 1558 archive_order_index: 1954 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T14:59:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 14:59:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863598803586306350 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863598803586306350 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 65 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863598627677237647 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/TfKsAmm3vL expanded: https://x.com/su_dreams/status/1863266893336862935 display: x.com/su_dreams/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Every new latch makes the system simpler & more narrowly useful, but also drains the sense of possibility and aliveness. Latches are semi-permanent tension and tension is costly https://t.co/TfKsAmm3vL text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Every new latch makes the system simpler & more narrowly useful, but also drains the sense of possibility and aliveness. Latches are semi-permanent tension and tension is costly https://x.com/su_dreams/status/1863266893336862935 ### tweet 1863599053340278855 chronological_index: 1559 archive_order_index: 1953 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:00:12Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:00:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863599053340278855 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863599053340278855 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 81 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863598803586306350 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/GGuW1GsXj6 expanded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson#Theory_of_personality display: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erik… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity We likely latch a specific cluster of networks when we’re ~1-3yo as we interact with and differentiate from The Other, and this semi-permanent tension constitutes the “self”. Most likely these latches are somewhere deep in the brain or brainstem https://t.co/GGuW1GsXj6 h/t Romeo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity We likely latch a specific cluster of networks when we’re ~1-3yo as we interact with and differentiate from The Other, and this semi-permanent tension constitutes the “self”. Most likely these latches are somewhere deep in the brain or brainstem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson#Theory_of_personality h/t Romeo ### tweet 1863599219141226772 chronological_index: 1560 archive_order_index: 1952 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:00:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:00:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863599219141226772 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863599219141226772 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 79 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863599053340278855 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/xyv3ZxjiOr expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1847439737675796749 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Latches are “frozen compute” — neural patterns that can’t update due to locked vascular tension. We can think of our amount of frozen sensation as our distance from non-dual experience https://t.co/xyv3ZxjiOr text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Latches are “frozen compute” — neural patterns that can’t update due to locked vascular tension. We can think of our amount of frozen sensation as our distance from non-dual experience https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1847439737675796749 ### tweet 1863599306223288443 chronological_index: 1561 archive_order_index: 1951 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:01:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:01:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863599306223288443 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863599306223288443 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 66 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863599219141226772 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity As adults we grow our capacity to navigate the world without clenching — managing uncertainty on higher levels of abstraction. We could probably afford to reopen some of our latches and regain dynamical freedom. But latches are sticky; memory of what has been unsafe text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity As adults we grow our capacity to navigate the world without clenching — managing uncertainty on higher levels of abstraction. We could probably afford to reopen some of our latches and regain dynamical freedom. But latches are sticky; memory of what has been unsafe ### tweet 1863599436666204209 chronological_index: 1562 archive_order_index: 1950 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:01:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:01:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863599436666204209 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863599436666204209 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 79 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863599306223288443 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Vipassana meditation is a recipe for (1) building “nervous system virtue” for handling freedom, & (2) reopening latches. Engaging with raw sensation first requires a strong nervous system; then rapid noting generates rapid-fire prediction errors which may tease latches open text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Vipassana meditation is a recipe for (1) building “nervous system virtue” for handling freedom, & (2) reopening latches. Engaging with raw sensation first requires a strong nervous system; then rapid noting generates rapid-fire prediction errors which may tease latches open ### tweet 1863599628543053995 chronological_index: 1563 archive_order_index: 1949 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:02:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:02:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863599628543053995 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863599628543053995 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 72 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863599436666204209 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Doing Vipassana well tells the body: “I can handle strange inputs without flinching. But here are some sensations we fail at predicting. If we reopen certain latches & regain our default dynamic range, perhaps we could predict them.” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Doing Vipassana well tells the body: “I can handle strange inputs without flinching. But here are some sensations we fail at predicting. If we reopen certain latches & regain our default dynamic range, perhaps we could predict them.” ### tweet 1863599744926486653 chronological_index: 1564 archive_order_index: 1948 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:02:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:02:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863599744926486653 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863599744926486653 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 92 retweet_count: 6 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863599628543053995 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity “Man is born free [but schizo], and everywhere he is in [vascular] chains.” The moments of awakening are when these chains drop, but making yourself epistemologically virtuous enough to handle the freedom can take a long time and starts very boring text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity “Man is born free [but schizo], and everywhere he is in [vascular] chains.” The moments of awakening are when these chains drop, but making yourself epistemologically virtuous enough to handle the freedom can take a long time and starts very boring ### tweet 1863600685528605163 chronological_index: 1565 archive_order_index: 1947 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:06:42Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:06:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863600685528605163 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 80 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863599744926486653 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdzW8n4a0AAyfLw.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/oogEVvcc9x possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Tangent 1: I’ve said before that psychedelics could be considered “vasocyclers” — I suspect classical psychedelic features can be derived by simply adding global low-frequency rhythmic energy to the vasomuscular system From my notes: https://t.co/oogEVvcc9x text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Tangent 1: I’ve said before that psychedelics could be considered “vasocyclers” — I suspect classical psychedelic features can be derived by simply adding global low-frequency rhythmic energy to the vasomuscular system From my notes: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163/photo/1 ### tweet 1863600841602769184 chronological_index: 1566 archive_order_index: 1946 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:07:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:07:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863600841602769184 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600841602769184 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 58 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863600685528605163 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Tangent 2: this is why I go on about metabolism so much! If vasomuscular clenches essentially congeal or crystallize thoughts… what happens if this system has random microspasms? The texture of experience gets lumpy, in a very bad way text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Tangent 2: this is why I go on about metabolism so much! If vasomuscular clenches essentially congeal or crystallize thoughts… what happens if this system has random microspasms? The texture of experience gets lumpy, in a very bad way ### tweet 1863601265219109130 chronological_index: 1567 archive_order_index: 1945 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:09:00Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:09:00 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863601265219109130 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863601265219109130 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 55 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863600841602769184 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 urls: - short: https://t.co/4WCZlM2gJA expanded: https://youtu.be/8P7q2MW5upg?si=tj-CUsPHeylUKwHg display: youtu.be/8P7q2MW5upg?si… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Why is all this important? If there’s a process by which we can improve our daily experience by 10x (@ShinzenYoung ‘s estimate) we should try to understand it. If there is an elegant solution to be found, I believe Vasocomputation is it. https://t.co/4WCZlM2gJA text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Why is all this important? If there’s a process by which we can improve our daily experience by 10x (@ShinzenYoung ‘s estimate) we should try to understand it. If there is an elegant solution to be found, I believe Vasocomputation is it. https://youtu.be/8P7q2MW5upg?si=tj-CUsPHeylUKwHg ### tweet 1863601590856532218 chronological_index: 1568 archive_order_index: 1944 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:10:17Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:10:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863601590856532218 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863601590856532218 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 66 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863601265219109130 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung Another metaphor via @RomeoStevens76 is “penicillin for the soul.” Before antibiotics, a scrape could lead to infection & death. We seem to be at this stage for spiritual wounds. If vascular tension is where “the body keeps the score,” read-write access seems big text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung Another metaphor via @RomeoStevens76 is “penicillin for the soul.” Before antibiotics, a scrape could lead to infection & death. We seem to be at this stage for spiritual wounds. If vascular tension is where “the body keeps the score,” read-write access seems big ### tweet 1863601771207446627 chronological_index: 1569 archive_order_index: 1943 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:11:00Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:11:00 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863601771207446627 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863601771207446627 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 61 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863601590856532218 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 This theory should be highly testable. A latch is a concrete physical thing; we can create neuroimaging maps of them & study their effects, conditions that form & dissolve them, etc. We can also make maps of “vasomuscular access” — where the Hand of the Mind can grip text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 This theory should be highly testable. A latch is a concrete physical thing; we can create neuroimaging maps of them & study their effects, conditions that form & dissolve them, etc. We can also make maps of “vasomuscular access” — where the Hand of the Mind can grip ### tweet 1863602155057447300 chronological_index: 1570 archive_order_index: 1942 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:12:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:12:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863602155057447300 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602155057447300 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 58 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863601771207446627 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 As a footnote, I expect some tFUS companies will pivot from neural to vasomuscular stimulation in ~1-3 years. Vascular state is the body’s natural programming language, and seems easier to hit with tFUS anyway text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 As a footnote, I expect some tFUS companies will pivot from neural to vasomuscular stimulation in ~1-3 years. Vascular state is the body’s natural programming language, and seems easier to hit with tFUS anyway ### tweet 1863602398432043009 chronological_index: 1571 archive_order_index: 1941 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:13:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:13:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863602398432043009 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602398432043009 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 48 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863602155057447300 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 There’s always the question of downside risk — much depends on whether ~50% of latches are safe to open without preparation, or ~99%. Meditation builds dynamical virtue over years and decades; some of that is probably resistant to shortcuts text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 There’s always the question of downside risk — much depends on whether ~50% of latches are safe to open without preparation, or ~99%. Meditation builds dynamical virtue over years and decades; some of that is probably resistant to shortcuts ### tweet 1863602616951005192 chronological_index: 1572 archive_order_index: 1940 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:14:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:14:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863602616951005192 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602616951005192 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 69 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863602398432043009 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 Anyway — vasocomputation is likely one of my two most important ideas, along with the Symmetry Theory of Valence. I am best at 0-1. Less good at 1-n. I believe there is something really valuable here. Please reach out if you’d like to help. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 Anyway — vasocomputation is likely one of my two most important ideas, along with the Symmetry Theory of Valence. I am best at 0-1. Less good at 1-n. I believe there is something really valuable here. Please reach out if you’d like to help. ### tweet 1863602809947800005 chronological_index: 1573 archive_order_index: 1939 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:15:08Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:15:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863602809947800005 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602809947800005 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863602616951005192 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 And a big thanks to @insideNiMA and Warren Winter for organizing the neuro track at Edge City Lanna, and @joinedgecity for hosting my research. The counterfactual impact for my research is very large text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 And a big thanks to @insideNiMA and Warren Winter for organizing the neuro track at Edge City Lanna, and @joinedgecity for hosting my research. The counterfactual impact for my research is very large ### tweet 1863603206649208983 chronological_index: 1574 archive_order_index: 1938 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:16:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:16:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863603206649208983 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863603206649208983 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 51 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863602809947800005 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Research context: ⁃Johnson, M.E. (2023). Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex (Part I) ⁃Moore, C., & Cao, R. (2008). The hemo-neural hypothesis: on the role of blood flow in information processing… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Research context: ⁃Johnson, M.E. (2023). Principles of Vasocomputation: A Unification of Buddhist Phenomenology, Active Inference, and Physical Reflex (Part I) ⁃Moore, C., & Cao, R. (2008). The hemo-neural hypothesis: on the role of blood flow in information processing… ### tweet 1863606056695529657 chronological_index: 1575 archive_order_index: 1917 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:28:02Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:28:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863606056695529657 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863606056695529657 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863603206649208983 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 urls: - short: https://t.co/inRu6xPYIh expanded: https://x.com/triplicate_xyz/status/1861472919186006286 display: x.com/triplicate_xyz… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Thread of all talks in this series (all really high-quality): https://t.co/inRu6xPYIh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Thread of all talks in this series (all really high-quality): https://x.com/triplicate_xyz/status/1861472919186006286 ### tweet 1863607160133079243 chronological_index: 1576 archive_order_index: 1916 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:32:25Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:32:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863607160133079243 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863607160133079243 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: realpotofgreed in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863605546978361788 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1352411278434836490 mentions: - @realpotofgreed | name: pot of greed | id_str: 1352411278434836490 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @realpotofgreed @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I suspect “collapsing uncertainty” is the primary functional role of the vasomuscular system. When in flow states you have low uncertainty and the vasomuscular system can relax more — it can trust neurons to do their thing. When things get complicated it jumps in & micromanages text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realpotofgreed @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I suspect “collapsing uncertainty” is the primary functional role of the vasomuscular system. When in flow states you have low uncertainty and the vasomuscular system can relax more — it can trust neurons to do their thing. When things get complicated it jumps in & micromanages ### tweet 1863612907612946443 chronological_index: 1577 archive_order_index: 1915 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T15:55:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 15:55:16 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863612907612946443 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863612907612946443 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: loopholekid mentions: - @loopholekid | name: active resonator | id_str: 1915273423 text_raw: |- RT @loopholekid: I think michael's on the money w/ vasocomputation & it tracks w/ my experience of reality text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @loopholekid: I think michael's on the money w/ vasocomputation & it tracks w/ my experience of reality ### tweet 1863614175995633743 chronological_index: 1578 archive_order_index: 1914 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T16:00:18Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 16:00:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863614175995633743 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863614175995633743 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863613890371747898 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv I haven’t! Looks interesting text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I haven’t! Looks interesting ### tweet 1863615543959580740 chronological_index: 1579 archive_order_index: 1913 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T16:05:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 16:05:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863615543959580740 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863615543959580740 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863614884799259018 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Inspiration comes in many forms text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Inspiration comes in many forms ### tweet 1863617796082737479 chronological_index: 1580 archive_order_index: 1912 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T16:14:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 16:14:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863617796082737479 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863617796082737479 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863615107562893475 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/Oc9h0jtWTs expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863027390290764270 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863617796082737479/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GdzmgkcbIAAaJQh.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/sr2D7lo75i possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think that’s mostly the case; fwiw vascular smooth muscle tension is likely much more ‘precise’ or ‘high resolution’ than tension elsewhere but it’s not the only contractile tissue. Fascia is also interesting. But fascia doesn’t have the super-fine-grained regulatory access to… https://t.co/Oc9h0jtWTs https://t.co/sr2D7lo75i text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think that’s mostly the case; fwiw vascular smooth muscle tension is likely much more ‘precise’ or ‘high resolution’ than tension elsewhere but it’s not the only contractile tissue. Fascia is also interesting. But fascia doesn’t have the super-fine-grained regulatory access to… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863027390290764270 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863617796082737479/photo/1 ### tweet 1863618730246504583 chronological_index: 1581 archive_order_index: 1911 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T16:18:24Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 16:18:24 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863618730246504583 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863618730246504583 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anecdoted in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863616095757762846 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 271582103 mentions: - @anecdoted | name: Sam Frank | id_str: 271582103 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 urls: - short: https://t.co/XNuhFXTdZe expanded: https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1862578591420358915 display: x.com/nickcammarata/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @anecdoted @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 I really liked this — tension is not the enemy, tension is trying to help you (except it’s a kind of ancient/blind system that is just can be wildly miscalibrated). Latches too I do like the latch-samskara parallel https://t.co/XNuhFXTdZe text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anecdoted @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 I really liked this — tension is not the enemy, tension is trying to help you (except it’s a kind of ancient/blind system that is just can be wildly miscalibrated). Latches too I do like the latch-samskara parallel https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1862578591420358915 ### tweet 1863622797173653539 chronological_index: 1582 archive_order_index: 1910 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T16:34:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 16:34:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863622797173653539 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863622797173653539 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ARIA_research in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863593420473630789 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1357299664115142657 mentions: - @ARIA_research | name: ARIA | id_str: 1357299664115142657 urls: - short: https://t.co/R82UvWv0zL expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602155057447300 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ARIA_research We should talk! https://t.co/R82UvWv0zL text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ARIA_research We should talk! https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602155057447300 ### tweet 1863645822015181030 chronological_index: 1583 archive_order_index: 1909 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T18:06:03Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 18:06:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863645822015181030 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863645822015181030 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plyv1722193 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863643920431002065 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1751111671169634304 mentions: - @Plyv1722193 | name: PlyV | id_str: 1751111671169634304 text_raw: |- @Plyv1722193 This is great! And thank you, much appreciated text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plyv1722193 This is great! And thank you, much appreciated ### tweet 1863653882905366599 chronological_index: 1584 archive_order_index: 1908 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T18:38:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 18:38:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863653882905366599 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863653882905366599 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bierlingm in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863653221182370224 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3434231452 mentions: - @bierlingm | name: Moritz Bierling | id_str: 3434231452 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @bierlingm @JoinEdgeCity Would be fun! I’m in SF / PST for December text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bierlingm @JoinEdgeCity Would be fun! I’m in SF / PST for December ### tweet 1863680948677775676 chronological_index: 1585 archive_order_index: 1907 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T20:25:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 20:25:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863680948677775676 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863680948677775676 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863667086800851090 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think there are a few different things happening with psychedelics and tanha: 1. By adding a global rhythmic component, one de-emphasizes local information. An evocative metaphor might be, if you whip a snake up and down quickly, you ‘smooth out’ any local muscular movement… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think there are a few different things happening with psychedelics and tanha: 1. By adding a global rhythmic component, one de-emphasizes local information. An evocative metaphor might be, if you whip a snake up and down quickly, you ‘smooth out’ any local muscular movement… ### tweet 1863681123160822131 chronological_index: 1586 archive_order_index: 1906 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T20:26:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 20:26:19 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863681123160822131 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863681123160822131 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: daniel_mac8 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @daniel_mac8: whatever you resist persists Michael Johnson's paper on "Vasocomputation" was the most interesting thing I read this year… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @daniel_mac8: whatever you resist persists Michael Johnson's paper on "Vasocomputation" was the most interesting thing I read this year… ### tweet 1863682161859236039 chronological_index: 1587 archive_order_index: 1905 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T20:30:27Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 20:30:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863682161859236039 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863682161859236039 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: boondlllx in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863681349774672089 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 508856928 mentions: - @boondlllx | name: boondlllx | id_str: 508856928 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @boondlllx @JoinEdgeCity A friend at Edge City is ahead of me here; he has a great protocol with tuning forks chosen for intrinsic somatic resonance and interesting joint intervals. Garnet’s talk is also relevant text_with_expanded_urls: |- @boondlllx @JoinEdgeCity A friend at Edge City is ahead of me here; he has a great protocol with tuning forks chosen for intrinsic somatic resonance and interesting joint intervals. Garnet’s talk is also relevant ### tweet 1863685092163682406 chronological_index: 1588 archive_order_index: 1904 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T20:42:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 20:42:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863685092163682406 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863685092163682406 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863662657452249459 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 urls: - short: https://t.co/5swvYrgWX3 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller That’s a surprisingly complex question — 40% “yes” 30% “no correlation” 30% “negative correlation The “yes” comes from general factors like “people with brains geared toward modern life will participate in it more deeply, which will involve holding more state”. But my… https://t.co/5swvYrgWX3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller That’s a surprisingly complex question — 40% “yes” 30% “no correlation” 30% “negative correlation The “yes” comes from general factors like “people with brains geared toward modern life will participate in it more deeply, which will involve holding more state”. But my… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1734113609171829217 ### tweet 1863685186283770085 chronological_index: 1589 archive_order_index: 1903 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T20:42:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 20:42:28 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863685186283770085 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863685186283770085 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: jonnym1ller mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- RT @jonnym1ller: Mike is pioneering new frontiers of neuroscience with tremendous implications for meditation + health + human flourishing 👇 text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @jonnym1ller: Mike is pioneering new frontiers of neuroscience with tremendous implications for meditation + health + human flourishing 👇 ### tweet 1863685340294418774 chronological_index: 1590 archive_order_index: 1902 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T20:43:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 20:43:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863685340294418774 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863685340294418774 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kaleidosight in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863682432504910006 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2393199685 mentions: - @kaleidosight | name: Passional Glance | id_str: 2393199685 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @insidenima | name: a nima | id_str: 2884812419 text_raw: |- @kaleidosight @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Yes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kaleidosight @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 @insideNiMA Yes ### tweet 1863687718812963075 chronological_index: 1591 archive_order_index: 1901 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T20:52:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 20:52:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863687718812963075 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863687718812963075 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: boondlllx in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863685872756908398 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 508856928 mentions: - @boondlllx | name: boondlllx | id_str: 508856928 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @boondlllx @JoinEdgeCity I don’t think it’s posted anywhere, but I can ask text_with_expanded_urls: |- @boondlllx @JoinEdgeCity I don’t think it’s posted anywhere, but I can ask ### tweet 1863700682693546240 chronological_index: 1592 archive_order_index: 1900 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T21:44:03Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 21:44:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863700682693546240 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863700682693546240 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863691915725770883 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1683543620551360522 text_raw: |- @no_no_nothing0 I suspect anxiety might be a global high-frequency tremor in vascular muscle — allowing it to twitch at a moment’s notice (but also: making it unpleasantly twitchy) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @no_no_nothing0 I suspect anxiety might be a global high-frequency tremor in vascular muscle — allowing it to twitch at a moment’s notice (but also: making it unpleasantly twitchy) ### tweet 1863703911061917809 chronological_index: 1593 archive_order_index: 1899 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T21:56:52Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 21:56:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863703911061917809 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863703911061917809 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: neats29 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863702018776346966 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 65421745 mentions: - @neats29 | name: anita ✈️ nyc 26th june | id_str: 65421745 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @neats29 @JoinEdgeCity Thank you! I think that’s right about cannabis, although I think it’s a complicated drug. “Muscle relaxant” may in some cases be another name for “drug that increases your tolerance for uncertainty” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neats29 @JoinEdgeCity Thank you! I think that’s right about cannabis, although I think it’s a complicated drug. “Muscle relaxant” may in some cases be another name for “drug that increases your tolerance for uncertainty” ### tweet 1863721420607672381 chronological_index: 1594 archive_order_index: 1898 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T23:06:27Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 23:06:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863721420607672381 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863721420607672381 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: elliehoward78 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863720723790885304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 223817516 mentions: - @elliehoward78 | name: Ellie Howard | id_str: 223817516 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @elliehoward78 @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think the delta (difference) between normal and cold plunge leads to a loosening of vascular tension; oscillating between hot and cold might be even more effective text_with_expanded_urls: |- @elliehoward78 @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think the delta (difference) between normal and cold plunge leads to a loosening of vascular tension; oscillating between hot and cold might be even more effective ### tweet 1863722723450687505 chronological_index: 1595 archive_order_index: 1897 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-02T23:11:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 02 23:11:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863722723450687505 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863722723450687505 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vividvoid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863706095300018598 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1044604087013015552 text_raw: |- @VividVoid_ I appreciate your simple good intentions to create value for the people in your life. It feels good to see you on the timeline text_with_expanded_urls: |- @VividVoid_ I appreciate your simple good intentions to create value for the people in your life. It feels good to see you on the timeline ### tweet 1863746641502855603 chronological_index: 1596 archive_order_index: 1896 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T00:46:40Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 00:46:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863746641502855603 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863746641502855603 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: don_cryptus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863740173785125309 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362944432660754434 mentions: - @don_cryptus | name: Don Cryptus | id_str: 1362944432660754434 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @don_cryptus @jonnym1ller They go together — the more of the former you have, the more of the latter you can afford text_with_expanded_urls: |- @don_cryptus @jonnym1ller They go together — the more of the former you have, the more of the latter you can afford ### tweet 1863778125936812399 chronological_index: 1597 archive_order_index: 1895 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T02:51:47Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 02:51:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863778125936812399 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863778125936812399 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863774928702779405 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863778125936812399/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gd14U98akAAP9hr.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/EazOSIFiCB - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863778125936812399/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gd14U9_bMAAIefo.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/EazOSIFiCB possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk @RokoMijic If suffering is real (something we can/should care about) it’s objectively measurable. My best guess is we can infer the pleasantness of an experience by the compressibility of brain activity, if we also control for amount of consciousness (perhaps voltage differential between… https://t.co/EazOSIFiCB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk @RokoMijic If suffering is real (something we can/should care about) it’s objectively measurable. My best guess is we can infer the pleasantness of an experience by the compressibility of brain activity, if we also control for amount of consciousness (perhaps voltage differential between… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863778125936812399/photo/1 ### tweet 1863788946205086154 chronological_index: 1598 archive_order_index: 1894 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T03:34:46Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 03:34:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863788946205086154 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863788946205086154 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863784500305494268 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 urls: - short: https://t.co/Z0wXhO4wU5 expanded: https://x.com/triplicate_xyz/status/1861472936172892175 display: x.com/triplicate_xyz… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kyleostboe I have a small but growing suspicion the heart is a ‘different kind of thing’ than what we think — One thing the heart does very obviously is pump blood. But most of circulation is actually driven by Brownian motion — pressure from heart pumps helps force blood in big tubes… https://t.co/Z0wXhO4wU5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe I have a small but growing suspicion the heart is a ‘different kind of thing’ than what we think — One thing the heart does very obviously is pump blood. But most of circulation is actually driven by Brownian motion — pressure from heart pumps helps force blood in big tubes… https://x.com/triplicate_xyz/status/1861472936172892175 ### tweet 1863791072218165730 chronological_index: 1599 archive_order_index: 1893 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T03:43:13Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 03:43:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863791072218165730 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863791072218165730 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863789254792609938 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863791072218165730/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gd2EGmuaEAATbWv.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/fTiRwfg5VF - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863791072218165730/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gd2EGmvaIAEQUz_.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/fTiRwfg5VF possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think of the nervous system as similar to a set of wind chimes; different senses as chimes that pick up different sorts of patterns Vascular flexing essentially freezes a note in this song. Which note is frozen depends on where in the vasculature the clench is https://t.co/fTiRwfg5VF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think of the nervous system as similar to a set of wind chimes; different senses as chimes that pick up different sorts of patterns Vascular flexing essentially freezes a note in this song. Which note is frozen depends on where in the vasculature the clench is https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863791072218165730/photo/1 ### tweet 1863793721323802696 chronological_index: 1600 archive_order_index: 1892 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T03:53:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 03:53:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863793721323802696 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863793721323802696 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863791751443734958 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @kyleostboe Abstractly speaking, I see heartbeats tracing out a high-dimensional object over time — we can say the heart has ‘hidden eigenmodes’ and every heartbeat falls into one of these eigenmodes. High HRV would suggest there are many eigenmodes; low HRV means there are few. Having more… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe Abstractly speaking, I see heartbeats tracing out a high-dimensional object over time — we can say the heart has ‘hidden eigenmodes’ and every heartbeat falls into one of these eigenmodes. High HRV would suggest there are many eigenmodes; low HRV means there are few. Having more… ### tweet 1863797313271161048 chronological_index: 1601 archive_order_index: 1891 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T04:08:01Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 04:08:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863797313271161048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863797313271161048 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863796987512201625 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 text_raw: |- @kyleostboe That makes sense to me text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe That makes sense to me ### tweet 1863808249893724342 chronological_index: 1602 archive_order_index: 1890 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T04:51:29Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 04:51:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863808249893724342 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863808249893724342 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: stephen_zerfas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863799658927345697 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 298510171 mentions: - @stephen_zerfas | name: Stephen Zerfas | id_str: 298510171 text_raw: |- @stephen_zerfas Planning on it! Hope to find some people to help with the hard stuff (fundraising, logistics, coordination, experiments) so I can do the easy stuff (sit and think) Finding an interested high-res neuroimaging lab for ‘latch-hunting’ is high priority text_with_expanded_urls: |- @stephen_zerfas Planning on it! Hope to find some people to help with the hard stuff (fundraising, logistics, coordination, experiments) so I can do the easy stuff (sit and think) Finding an interested high-res neuroimaging lab for ‘latch-hunting’ is high priority ### tweet 1863936220843389418 chronological_index: 1603 archive_order_index: 1889 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T13:19:59Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 13:19:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863936220843389418 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863936220843389418 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: jairo_moutinho in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863907559674945996 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 929550573732532224 mentions: - @jairo_moutinho | name: JM²O | id_str: 929550573732532224 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @jairo_moutinho @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I suspect it’s a very significant factor. Latches can be hugely useful but they also lose relevance/context over time, and I suspect it may be fair to consider old latches a sort of “damage” to the nervous system. I see latch opening as significantly pro-longevity/neuroplasticity text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jairo_moutinho @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I suspect it’s a very significant factor. Latches can be hugely useful but they also lose relevance/context over time, and I suspect it may be fair to consider old latches a sort of “damage” to the nervous system. I see latch opening as significantly pro-longevity/neuroplasticity ### tweet 1863936338413994251 chronological_index: 1604 archive_order_index: 1888 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T13:20:27Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 13:20:27 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863936338413994251 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863936338413994251 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: stephen_zerfas mentions: - @stephen_zerfas | name: Stephen Zerfas | id_str: 298510171 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @stephen_zerfas: What reason do we have to think vasocomputation is NOT an accurate, hard to vary explanation? (I find Mike’s argument… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @stephen_zerfas: What reason do we have to think vasocomputation is NOT an accurate, hard to vary explanation? (I find Mike’s argument… ### tweet 1863937972401516760 chronological_index: 1605 archive_order_index: 1887 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T13:26:57Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 13:26:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863937972401516760 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863937972401516760 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863917497180721402 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think the metaphor may be getting a bit far afield — Ultimately “you” are this music. There is nothing separate that is listening And the vasomuscular system tries to shape this music, especially when it gets chaotic text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity I think the metaphor may be getting a bit far afield — Ultimately “you” are this music. There is nothing separate that is listening And the vasomuscular system tries to shape this music, especially when it gets chaotic ### tweet 1863942278974476413 chronological_index: 1606 archive_order_index: 1886 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T13:44:04Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 13:44:04 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863942278974476413 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863942278974476413 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hermittoday in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863939941157183627 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1283000814043303936 mentions: - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/QrWk7DNICB expanded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tatzMHQtBk display: youtube.com/watch?v=1tatzM… - short: https://t.co/J1hYwyn05l expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790788612628555 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hermittoday @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity A friend recommends this video: https://t.co/QrWk7DNICB And in general I suspect different concentration meditations flex different areas. The most important factor might be ‘can you do the mental move well enough such that you can stay engaged and not get frustrated’ https://t.co/J1hYwyn05l text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hermittoday @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity A friend recommends this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tatzMHQtBk And in general I suspect different concentration meditations flex different areas. The most important factor might be ‘can you do the mental move well enough such that you can stay engaged and not get frustrated’ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1802790788612628555 ### tweet 1863963759322312837 chronological_index: 1607 archive_order_index: 1885 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T15:09:25Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 15:09:25 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1863963759322312837 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863963759322312837 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adityaarpitha in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863962874244104359 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 261659859 mentions: - @adityaarpitha | name: Aditya | id_str: 261659859 - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863963759322312837/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gd4hKQ1bUAA5xI7.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/SapNckoRHO possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @adityaarpitha @hermittoday @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Might be a regional block; perhaps it’s hosted elsewhere also https://t.co/SapNckoRHO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adityaarpitha @hermittoday @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Might be a regional block; perhaps it’s hosted elsewhere also https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863963759322312837/photo/1 ### tweet 1864058682629308868 chronological_index: 1608 archive_order_index: 1884 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-03T21:26:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 03 21:26:37 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864058682629308868 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864058682629308868 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: briantlord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864032005236916558 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1557745558193721346 mentions: - @briantlord | name: Brian Lord | id_str: 1557745558193721346 - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 text_raw: |- @briantlord @kyleostboe Seems extremely plausible! Anytime there’s a hypothesis that “X is important” I find it really useful to think through “what kinds of things could be disorders of X?” If the heart is a giant capacitor, what health problems stem from it losing the ability to function as such? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @briantlord @kyleostboe Seems extremely plausible! Anytime there’s a hypothesis that “X is important” I find it really useful to think through “what kinds of things could be disorders of X?” If the heart is a giant capacitor, what health problems stem from it losing the ability to function as such? ### tweet 1864098472754041154 chronological_index: 1609 archive_order_index: 1883 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-04T00:04:43Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 04 00:04:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864098472754041154 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864098472754041154 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: niplav_site in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864064938831950327 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1660990683446931457 mentions: - @niplav_site | name: niplav is | id_str: 1660990683446931457 - @psychiel | name: Mariven | id_str: 1832668178 - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 text_raw: |- @niplav_site @psychiel @meditationstuff has spent some careful thought on this; not sure if it’s public or not text_with_expanded_urls: |- @niplav_site @psychiel @meditationstuff has spent some careful thought on this; not sure if it’s public or not ### tweet 1864219451920666787 chronological_index: 1610 archive_order_index: 1882 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-04T08:05:27Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 04 08:05:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864219451920666787 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864219451920666787 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chainlank in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864161666369507564 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1024065971986870272 mentions: - @chainlank | name: Fat Tony ☯️ | id_str: 1024065971986870272 - @tbd19985 | name: Daniel Barrett | id_str: 1726302914283466752 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @Tysenberg | name: Harry Bergeron (thule-shop.com) | id_str: 1405267290224988160 text_raw: |- @chainlank @tbd19985 @nosilverv @Tysenberg I believe either Tegmark’s Our Mathematical Universe, or Wilczek’s A Beautiful Question text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chainlank @tbd19985 @nosilverv @Tysenberg I believe either Tegmark’s Our Mathematical Universe, or Wilczek’s A Beautiful Question ### tweet 1864222829568512387 chronological_index: 1611 archive_order_index: 1881 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-04T08:18:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 04 08:18:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864222829568512387 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864222829568512387 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864196328802165151 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 mentions: - @briantlord | name: Brian Lord | id_str: 1557745558193721346 - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @36_72541890 @briantlord @kyleostboe Great list. I think we could split ‘brownouts’ into two factors — 1. Metabolic insufficiencies (local muscle runs out of crucial materials) 2. Desynchronizations (heart has some insufficiency as a functional synchronization signal; this would include degraded electrical… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 @briantlord @kyleostboe Great list. I think we could split ‘brownouts’ into two factors — 1. Metabolic insufficiencies (local muscle runs out of crucial materials) 2. Desynchronizations (heart has some insufficiency as a functional synchronization signal; this would include degraded electrical… ### tweet 1864312769237143677 chronological_index: 1612 archive_order_index: 1880 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-04T14:16:16Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 04 14:16:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864312769237143677 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864312769237143677 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: don_cryptus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864307800047775820 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362944432660754434 mentions: - @don_cryptus | name: Don Cryptus | id_str: 1362944432660754434 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @don_cryptus @jonnym1ller I see high-functioning autism as ‘high network dimensionality, and having a physiology that can pay for it’ Low-functioning autism is probably a convergent failure-mode, but the most interesting subtype in these terms is ‘a high network dimensionality without the metabolic flow… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @don_cryptus @jonnym1ller I see high-functioning autism as ‘high network dimensionality, and having a physiology that can pay for it’ Low-functioning autism is probably a convergent failure-mode, but the most interesting subtype in these terms is ‘a high network dimensionality without the metabolic flow… ### tweet 1864429024434638893 chronological_index: 1613 archive_order_index: 1879 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-04T21:58:13Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 04 21:58:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864429024434638893 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864429024434638893 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: insurrealist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864404601589367136 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1082876013149851648 mentions: - @insurrealist | name: ||||| | id_str: 1082876013149851648 - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 text_raw: |- @insurrealist @kyleostboe Only vaguely, but it seems interesting — what would your preferred approach be to applying it to the vascular system? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insurrealist @kyleostboe Only vaguely, but it seems interesting — what would your preferred approach be to applying it to the vascular system? ### tweet 1864446417726788042 chronological_index: 1614 archive_order_index: 1878 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-04T23:07:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 04 23:07:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864446417726788042 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864446417726788042 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864445504467128559 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @LocBibliophilia | name: Loquacious Bibliophilia | id_str: 1487561431377666052 - @AndrewCritchPhD | name: Andrew Critch (🤖🩺🚀) | id_str: 2457094022 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidad @QualiaNerd @eshear @LocBibliophilia @AndrewCritchPhD I’ll self-recommend my recent paper on AI Consciousness here — https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad @QualiaNerd @eshear @LocBibliophilia @AndrewCritchPhD I’ll self-recommend my recent paper on AI Consciousness here — https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1864447292021067901 chronological_index: 1615 archive_order_index: 1877 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-04T23:10:48Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 04 23:10:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864447292021067901 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864447292021067901 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864441006923411961 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @LocBibliophilia | name: Loquacious Bibliophilia | id_str: 1487561431377666052 - @AndrewCritchPhD | name: Andrew Critch (🤖🩺🚀) | id_str: 2457094022 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @davidad @eshear @LocBibliophilia @AndrewCritchPhD The phrase “carve reality at its joints” is originally from Plato, I believe; I can take credit only for enjoying saying it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @davidad @eshear @LocBibliophilia @AndrewCritchPhD The phrase “carve reality at its joints” is originally from Plato, I believe; I can take credit only for enjoying saying it ### tweet 1864482341584031988 chronological_index: 1616 archive_order_index: 1876 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-05T01:30:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 05 01:30:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864482341584031988 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864482341584031988 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: natelawrence_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864473432211022200 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3015203151 mentions: - @natelawrence_ | name: Nate | id_str: 3015203151 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @natelawrence_ You might enjoy a talk I gave last month about vascular tension — significant overlap with Reich (and I think ultimately Peat also) https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @natelawrence_ You might enjoy a talk I gave last month about vascular tension — significant overlap with Reich (and I think ultimately Peat also) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1864712198746165678 chronological_index: 1617 archive_order_index: 1875 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-05T16:43:27Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 05 16:43:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864712198746165678 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864712198746165678 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TimGalebach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864708137598759344 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1540047220728266752 mentions: - @TimGalebach | name: Tim Galebach | id_str: 1540047220728266752 text_raw: |- @TimGalebach “LLM power suit” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TimGalebach “LLM power suit” ### tweet 1864875586503725458 chronological_index: 1618 archive_order_index: 1874 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-06T03:32:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 06 03:32:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864875586503725458 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864875586503725458 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: natelawrence_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864873999198564501 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3015203151 mentions: - @natelawrence_ | name: Nate | id_str: 3015203151 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… - short: https://t.co/oRuRTrTL6V expanded: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3655718/ display: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC36… - short: https://t.co/0RsLhXwQu9 expanded: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.976036/full display: frontiersin.org/journals/human… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @natelawrence_ Thanks! I’d recommend these three as starting points: Principles of Vasocomputation (2023): https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw The Hemo-Neural Hypothesis (Moore & Cao 2007): https://t.co/oRuRTrTL6V Cognition is entangled with metabolism (Jacob, et al. 2023): https://t.co/0RsLhXwQu9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @natelawrence_ Thanks! I’d recommend these three as starting points: Principles of Vasocomputation (2023): https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ The Hemo-Neural Hypothesis (Moore & Cao 2007): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3655718/ Cognition is entangled with metabolism (Jacob, et al. 2023): https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.976036/full ### tweet 1864887785284604047 chronological_index: 1619 archive_order_index: 1873 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-06T04:21:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 06 04:21:10 +0000 2024 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864887785284604047 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864887785284604047 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nickcammarata mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @strangestloop | name: Loopy | id_str: 1163927704049262592 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @nickcammarata: @strangestloop @johnsonmxe the rats believe well we’re either gonna save the world or no one is and I’d love to see the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nickcammarata: @strangestloop @johnsonmxe the rats believe well we’re either gonna save the world or no one is and I’d love to see the… ### tweet 1864892789470929224 chronological_index: 1620 archive_order_index: 1872 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-06T04:41:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 06 04:41:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864892789470929224 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864892789470929224 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864886497494638660 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864892789470929224/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GeFuG8gbkAAyqXl.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/T18nnNG6f2 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @nickcammarata The rationalist vibe is post-evolutionary: we bootstrapped off biology and hit “minimum viable general intelligence” status. The postrat vibe is deeply embodied: we’re mammals and that informs absolutely everything about us. But this is also the “prerat” vibe Slightly punchy… https://t.co/T18nnNG6f2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @nickcammarata The rationalist vibe is post-evolutionary: we bootstrapped off biology and hit “minimum viable general intelligence” status. The postrat vibe is deeply embodied: we’re mammals and that informs absolutely everything about us. But this is also the “prerat” vibe Slightly punchy… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864892789470929224/photo/1 ### tweet 1864895630889619608 chronological_index: 1621 archive_order_index: 1871 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-06T04:52:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 06 04:52:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864895630889619608 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864895630889619608 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864894555461468508 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @nickcammarata The truth game is the best game, but I think it takes the postrationalist perspective to fully model why the truth game is difficult and not the default text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @nickcammarata The truth game is the best game, but I think it takes the postrationalist perspective to fully model why the truth game is difficult and not the default ### tweet 1864898147971158344 chronological_index: 1622 archive_order_index: 1870 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-06T05:02:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 06 05:02:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1864898147971158344 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1864898147971158344 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864896796964630676 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @nickcammarata I would by default be extremely suspicious about rationality neurotech for similar reasons why I’m cynical about the DSM-V, but a guardian LLM trained on my favorite authors and art able to infer my own conception of my ‘best self’ and how to help me get there would be very cool text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @nickcammarata I would by default be extremely suspicious about rationality neurotech for similar reasons why I’m cynical about the DSM-V, but a guardian LLM trained on my favorite authors and art able to infer my own conception of my ‘best self’ and how to help me get there would be very cool ### tweet 1865026191914340786 chronological_index: 1623 archive_order_index: 1869 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-06T13:31:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 06 13:31:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1865026191914340786 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1865026191914340786 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: fnavarro_s in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1864963651834105984 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1682408422124277760 mentions: - @fnavarro_s | name: Fran Navarro Sánchez | id_str: 1682408422124277760 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ak60zCwV5d expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839609490658021707 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @fnavarro_s @JoinEdgeCity I expect “disorders of vasocomputation” to be a pretty useful lens, e.g. - aphantasia as a deficit of vasomuscular access; - marijuana-induced psychosis as an unskillful downregulation of the ‘tanha reflex’ - OCD as prediction errors arising from improper latches; etc In general… https://t.co/Ak60zCwV5d text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fnavarro_s @JoinEdgeCity I expect “disorders of vasocomputation” to be a pretty useful lens, e.g. - aphantasia as a deficit of vasomuscular access; - marijuana-induced psychosis as an unskillful downregulation of the ‘tanha reflex’ - OCD as prediction errors arising from improper latches; etc In general… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839609490658021707 ### tweet 1865089688962502664 chronological_index: 1624 archive_order_index: 1868 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-06T17:43:28Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 06 17:43:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1865089688962502664 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1865089688962502664 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BioavailableNd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1865083964920107072 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4482143834 mentions: - @BioavailableNd | name: Andra | id_str: 4482143834 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @BioavailableNd I really appreciate your work. Gave a talk about vascular tension (and what it’s trying to do for us) last month that’s relevant to this topic: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BioavailableNd I really appreciate your work. Gave a talk about vascular tension (and what it’s trying to do for us) last month that’s relevant to this topic: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1865577435372380264 chronological_index: 1625 archive_order_index: 1867 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-08T02:01:36Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 08 02:01:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1865577435372380264 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1865577435372380264 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: fortelabs in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1865571404797657095 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1909232666 mentions: - @fortelabs | name: Tiago Forte | id_str: 1909232666 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @fortelabs @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity That’s exactly what I would expect a major latch release to feel like — amazing description. My sense is all of this is way more mechanical than almost anyone realizes, and that a lot is at stake? I.e. even if things are good, they could be way better. But also way crazier text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fortelabs @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity That’s exactly what I would expect a major latch release to feel like — amazing description. My sense is all of this is way more mechanical than almost anyone realizes, and that a lot is at stake? I.e. even if things are good, they could be way better. But also way crazier ### tweet 1865639235459699197 chronological_index: 1626 archive_order_index: 1866 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-08T06:07:10Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 08 06:07:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1865639235459699197 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1865639235459699197 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: fortelabs in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1865586103346172263 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1909232666 mentions: - @fortelabs | name: Tiago Forte | id_str: 1909232666 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @fortelabs @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Thank you! And would love to collaborate; I think we see the same things. I think the basic approach could actually be pretty simple… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fortelabs @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Thank you! And would love to collaborate; I think we see the same things. I think the basic approach could actually be pretty simple… ### tweet 1865916416966488427 chronological_index: 1627 archive_order_index: 1865 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-09T00:28:35Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 09 00:28:35 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1865916416966488427 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1865916416966488427 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 94 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/yXdqzGcYwf expanded: https://x.com/parmita/status/1865888077199409526 display: x.com/parmita/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think this is already happening on twitter if you know where to look — but the right amount of legibility for these accounts is probably not 100% https://t.co/yXdqzGcYwf text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think this is already happening on twitter if you know where to look — but the right amount of legibility for these accounts is probably not 100% https://x.com/parmita/status/1865888077199409526 ### tweet 1865918332815515893 chronological_index: 1628 archive_order_index: 1864 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-09T00:36:12Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 09 00:36:12 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1865918332815515893 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1865918332815515893 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 33 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/DlnxGolyYW expanded: https://x.com/repligate/status/1865856965655527678 display: x.com/repligate/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Even if you’re not actively building AI, I think a big part of the metagame today is improving the Universal Prior (data on which AIs are and will be trained). What areas seem really important and why? https://t.co/DlnxGolyYW text_with_expanded_urls: |- Even if you’re not actively building AI, I think a big part of the metagame today is improving the Universal Prior (data on which AIs are and will be trained). What areas seem really important and why? https://x.com/repligate/status/1865856965655527678 ### tweet 1866027980411338989 chronological_index: 1629 archive_order_index: 1863 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-09T07:51:54Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 09 07:51:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1866027980411338989 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1866027980411338989 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dylanbeynon in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1866017919387197851 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 157245111 mentions: - @dylanbeynon | name: Dylan Beynon | id_str: 157245111 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @dylanbeynon One simple approach would be measuring d-dimer; it’s a downstream metric of how many blood clots your body has recently dissolved. If it’s high, you probably have excess clotting… there are some more direct measures of clotting also With ApoB and cholesterol I’d put a little… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dylanbeynon One simple approach would be measuring d-dimer; it’s a downstream metric of how many blood clots your body has recently dissolved. If it’s high, you probably have excess clotting… there are some more direct measures of clotting also With ApoB and cholesterol I’d put a little… ### tweet 1866994005000716652 chronological_index: 1630 archive_order_index: 1862 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-11T23:50:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 11 23:50:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1866994005000716652 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1866994005000716652 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RCarhartHarris in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1866989820838547846 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 837811670 mentions: - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1866994005000716652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GejlJxBbIAA5bhz.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nWv2PVC9Gs - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1866994005000716652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GejlJxAaEAMWtyu.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nWv2PVC9Gs - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1866994005000716652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GejlJw_aEAMbFVy.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nWv2PVC9Gs - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1866994005000716652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GejlJxBaEAAIwQ0.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nWv2PVC9Gs possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RCarhartHarris You know my thesis (STV & STHR) — I suspect differences in absolute compressibility track differences in the degree to which brains are following the basic “symmetry as homeostatic attractor” algorithm via https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC https://t.co/nWv2PVC9Gs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RCarhartHarris You know my thesis (STV & STHR) — I suspect differences in absolute compressibility track differences in the degree to which brains are following the basic “symmetry as homeostatic attractor” algorithm via https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1866994005000716652/photo/1 ### tweet 1867204235210924339 chronological_index: 1631 archive_order_index: 1861 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-12T13:45:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 12 13:45:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867204235210924339 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867204235210924339 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867095470226673851 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk When I did my research I settled on the brand Pure Encapsulations. But it’s expensive and some people have had trouble with counterfeits when ordering from Amazon. A friend is coming out with his own brand soon that I hope to try text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk When I did my research I settled on the brand Pure Encapsulations. But it’s expensive and some people have had trouble with counterfeits when ordering from Amazon. A friend is coming out with his own brand soon that I hope to try ### tweet 1867220360405581918 chronological_index: 1632 archive_order_index: 1860 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-12T14:49:59Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 12 14:49:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867220360405581918 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867220360405581918 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Malcolm_Ocean in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1612633971346788352 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 49044207 mentions: - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 text_raw: |- @Malcolm_Ocean This tracks! The most important parent-child transmission as ‘how to create safety’ — how (and in what ways) to trust the world I also think safety is somewhat domain-specific; effective dating as checking which domains someone can create safety in, while showing off your own text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Malcolm_Ocean This tracks! The most important parent-child transmission as ‘how to create safety’ — how (and in what ways) to trust the world I also think safety is somewhat domain-specific; effective dating as checking which domains someone can create safety in, while showing off your own ### tweet 1867323846019383533 chronological_index: 1633 archive_order_index: 1859 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-12T21:41:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 12 21:41:12 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867323846019383533 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867323846019383533 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 25 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/vFaFWP2gtm expanded: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1867313282396160335 display: x.com/JoinEdgeCity/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Edge City is my favorite event all year If people want to hang out and talk about research I’ll be there for the duration https://t.co/vFaFWP2gtm text_with_expanded_urls: |- Edge City is my favorite event all year If people want to hang out and talk about research I’ll be there for the duration https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1867313282396160335 ### tweet 1867338092631490719 chronological_index: 1634 archive_order_index: 1858 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-12T22:37:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 12 22:37:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867338092631490719 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867338092631490719 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 43 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: None in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/gyZTWTxznk expanded: https://x.com/cube_flipper/status/1867317945665564752 display: x.com/cube_flipper/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper mentions HPPD, a rare side effect of psychedelics where psychedelic visuals happen all the time A simple HPPD explanation from vasocomputation is that psychedelics mess with vascular latches, and HPPD arises when circuits at a certain level in the perceptual… https://t.co/gyZTWTxznk text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper mentions HPPD, a rare side effect of psychedelics where psychedelic visuals happen all the time A simple HPPD explanation from vasocomputation is that psychedelics mess with vascular latches, and HPPD arises when circuits at a certain level in the perceptual… https://x.com/cube_flipper/status/1867317945665564752 ### tweet 1867338219819585878 chronological_index: 1635 archive_order_index: 1857 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-12T22:38:19Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 12 22:38:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867338219819585878 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867338219819585878 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867324880498438478 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Varies a lot! But I might be spending more time in the Bay text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Varies a lot! But I might be spending more time in the Bay ### tweet 1867345757730468086 chronological_index: 1636 archive_order_index: 1856 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-12T23:08:16Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 12 23:08:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867345757730468086 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867345757730468086 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867344547535372457 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper I’m pretty skeptical of cannabis in general; my sense is chronic use can lead to an ‘unskillful tolerance for uncertainty’ which can express as either lack of drive or schizophrenia (possibly caused by smooth muscle deconditioning). That said there’s huge variance with this stuff text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper I’m pretty skeptical of cannabis in general; my sense is chronic use can lead to an ‘unskillful tolerance for uncertainty’ which can express as either lack of drive or schizophrenia (possibly caused by smooth muscle deconditioning). That said there’s huge variance with this stuff ### tweet 1867385219214385277 chronological_index: 1637 archive_order_index: 1855 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T01:45:05Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 01:45:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867385219214385277 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867385219214385277 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: clawrompocx9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867373475934921012 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1614438926625677312 mentions: - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @nopeyoutried @JoinEdgeCity If the brain is like a very complex chladni plate, tension acts like a clamp on the plate which collapses some of its resonant modes Another way to put this is tension collapses an activity distribution into a (circuit-like) definite state Neuron-EMF is probably bidirectional text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nopeyoutried @JoinEdgeCity If the brain is like a very complex chladni plate, tension acts like a clamp on the plate which collapses some of its resonant modes Another way to put this is tension collapses an activity distribution into a (circuit-like) definite state Neuron-EMF is probably bidirectional ### tweet 1867657896726548933 chronological_index: 1638 archive_order_index: 1854 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T19:48:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 19:48:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867657896726548933 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867657896726548933 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 0xsophiemofie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867652095220072556 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1681311421509025792 mentions: - @0xsophiemofie | name: Sophie | id_str: 1681311421509025792 text_raw: |- @0xsophiemofie I’ve been training! But only by accident because I live on a very steep hill now 😂 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @0xsophiemofie I’ve been training! But only by accident because I live on a very steep hill now 😂 ### tweet 1867708173903442388 chronological_index: 1639 archive_order_index: 1853 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T23:08:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 23:08:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867708173903442388 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867708173903442388 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867690235750166684 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 urls: - short: https://t.co/lfQr36sWCW expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidad Fascinating — I’d take the double-inverse, that ‘qualia bubbles’ are very real+discrete and will be measurable, but every utilitarianism proposed tends to eat the seed corn (neglect the intangibles that support capacity) https://t.co/lfQr36sWCW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad Fascinating — I’d take the double-inverse, that ‘qualia bubbles’ are very real+discrete and will be measurable, but every utilitarianism proposed tends to eat the seed corn (neglect the intangibles that support capacity) https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ ### tweet 1867710325472034872 chronological_index: 1640 archive_order_index: 1852 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T23:16:56Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 23:16:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867710325472034872 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867710325472034872 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867709758066897048 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 text_raw: |- @davidad I broadly agree with this; we’d need to recreate agents out of inter-temporal coordination between these moments of experience text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad I broadly agree with this; we’d need to recreate agents out of inter-temporal coordination between these moments of experience ### tweet 1867710956660216317 chronological_index: 1641 archive_order_index: 1851 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T23:19:27Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 23:19:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867710956660216317 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867710956660216317 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867710325472034872 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 text_raw: |- @davidad Interesting that Buddhism can be framed as an observation that this inter-temporal coordination is so strong that by default it obscures the ontological disunity of these moments of experience What makes it so strong? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad Interesting that Buddhism can be framed as an observation that this inter-temporal coordination is so strong that by default it obscures the ontological disunity of these moments of experience What makes it so strong? ### tweet 1867711360785953044 chronological_index: 1642 archive_order_index: 1850 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T23:21:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 23:21:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867711360785953044 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867711360785953044 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867710833377063216 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 text_raw: |- @davidad I’d separate out the coordination landscape from the ground-truth-of-experience landscape — much of each would be embedded in the other, but for certain questions we can drop one or the other text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad I’d separate out the coordination landscape from the ground-truth-of-experience landscape — much of each would be embedded in the other, but for certain questions we can drop one or the other ### tweet 1867713606701527518 chronological_index: 1643 archive_order_index: 1849 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T23:29:58Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 23:29:58 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867713606701527518 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867713606701527518 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867712097297347010 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 text_raw: |- @davidad Interesting; the sense of self seems to bridge time very effectively though? Ie if you borrowed $5 from me yesterday I’ll naturally feel you owe it to present-or-future-me Delayed gratification is interesting, probably would need to look at implementation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad Interesting; the sense of self seems to bridge time very effectively though? Ie if you borrowed $5 from me yesterday I’ll naturally feel you owe it to present-or-future-me Delayed gratification is interesting, probably would need to look at implementation ### tweet 1867715928726942043 chronological_index: 1644 archive_order_index: 1848 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-13T23:39:12Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 13 23:39:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867715928726942043 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867715928726942043 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867715023818068042 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 text_raw: |- @davidad I think we’re in agreement; blurring together moments of experience may not be Ontologically or Epistemologically Rigorous but it’s very effective at allowing/cohering agent-like behavior text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad I think we’re in agreement; blurring together moments of experience may not be Ontologically or Epistemologically Rigorous but it’s very effective at allowing/cohering agent-like behavior ### tweet 1867778797615141303 chronological_index: 1645 archive_order_index: 1847 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-14T03:49:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 14 03:49:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1867778797615141303 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867778797615141303 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1867768318356336804 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @davidad The metaphor “eating the seed corn” points to consuming resources for immediate benefit rather than investing them in a more leveraged/sustainable way. Arguably it’s a common motif across modernity. There was a recent essay that argued bed nets were a better utilitarian use of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @davidad The metaphor “eating the seed corn” points to consuming resources for immediate benefit rather than investing them in a more leveraged/sustainable way. Arguably it’s a common motif across modernity. There was a recent essay that argued bed nets were a better utilitarian use of… ### tweet 1868196761506046391 chronological_index: 1646 archive_order_index: 1846 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-15T07:29:52Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 15 07:29:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1868196761506046391 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1868196761506046391 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vibepreserver in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1868190955947557144 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1771977722115616768 mentions: - @vibepreserver | name: 🔄 vibe preserver | id_str: 1771977722115616768 - @don_cryptus | name: Don Cryptus | id_str: 1362944432660754434 text_raw: |- @vibepreserver @don_cryptus Some friends have suggested latches=samskaras The relationship between latches and motivation is really interesting. I like how Nick frames it; I also think extreme motivation can arise from some part of the utility function being latched / unresponsive to increasing results text_with_expanded_urls: |- @vibepreserver @don_cryptus Some friends have suggested latches=samskaras The relationship between latches and motivation is really interesting. I like how Nick frames it; I also think extreme motivation can arise from some part of the utility function being latched / unresponsive to increasing results ### tweet 1868271558625780001 chronological_index: 1647 archive_order_index: 1845 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-15T12:27:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 15 12:27:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1868271558625780001 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1868271558625780001 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cummingsgroyper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1868209087156285555 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1649085118399627280 text_raw: |- @cummgroyper1488 Logical structures we design are tautological — definitionally true. But this doesn’t imply they reflect the structure of any particular part of reality text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cummgroyper1488 Logical structures we design are tautological — definitionally true. But this doesn’t imply they reflect the structure of any particular part of reality ### tweet 1868351492736090154 chronological_index: 1648 archive_order_index: 1844 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-15T17:44:42Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 15 17:44:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1868351492736090154 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1868351492736090154 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cummingsgroyper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1868342625851548013 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1649085118399627280 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cummgroyper1488 We can say something is “real” insofar as it is well-defined from multiple frames of reference. This definition is reflexive; a frame of reference is more real insofar as it is shared across multiple observers & is part of a unified, consistent system of frames. This isn’t quite… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cummgroyper1488 We can say something is “real” insofar as it is well-defined from multiple frames of reference. This definition is reflexive; a frame of reference is more real insofar as it is shared across multiple observers & is part of a unified, consistent system of frames. This isn’t quite… ### tweet 1868355976942006551 chronological_index: 1649 archive_order_index: 1843 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-15T18:02:31Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 15 18:02:31 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1868355976942006551 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1868355976942006551 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 38 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/L0KRbSX0h5 expanded: https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1868100071553990814 display: x.com/AISafetyMemes/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- AIs apparently picking up on the Symmetry Theory of Valence https://t.co/L0KRbSX0h5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- AIs apparently picking up on the Symmetry Theory of Valence https://x.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1868100071553990814 ### tweet 1868359158409703534 chronological_index: 1650 archive_order_index: 1842 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-15T18:15:10Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 15 18:15:10 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1868359158409703534 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1868359158409703534 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vibepreserver in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1868353660134310248 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1771977722115616768 mentions: - @vibepreserver | name: 🔄 vibe preserver | id_str: 1771977722115616768 - @don_cryptus | name: Don Cryptus | id_str: 1362944432660754434 text_raw: |- @vibepreserver @don_cryptus Yes, 100% — I see latches like this as a big driver of suffering and extreme behavior (both positive & negative) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @vibepreserver @don_cryptus Yes, 100% — I see latches like this as a big driver of suffering and extreme behavior (both positive & negative) ### tweet 1869077945773658271 chronological_index: 1651 archive_order_index: 1841 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-17T17:51:22Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 17 17:51:22 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869077945773658271 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869077945773658271 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: serjsolarpunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1868963115280584717 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 812755382116450304 mentions: - @serjsolarpunk | name: Serj Solarpunk 🔆 | id_str: 812755382116450304 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/QYjVCrwqlp expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863788946205086154 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @serjsolarpunk @JoinEdgeCity I’ve written about this briefly here although it deserves more comment https://t.co/QYjVCrwqlp text_with_expanded_urls: |- @serjsolarpunk @JoinEdgeCity I’ve written about this briefly here although it deserves more comment https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863788946205086154 ### tweet 1869097317749739939 chronological_index: 1652 archive_order_index: 1840 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-17T19:08:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 17 19:08:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869097317749739939 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869097317749739939 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869096435389743463 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @jposhaughnessy | name: Jim O'Shaughnessy | id_str: 28369153 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk @nickcammarata @jonnym1ller @jposhaughnessy Nick is an absolutely amazing friend and downplays how helpful he has been text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk @nickcammarata @jonnym1ller @jposhaughnessy Nick is an absolutely amazing friend and downplays how helpful he has been ### tweet 1869151425974190370 chronological_index: 1653 archive_order_index: 1839 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-17T22:43:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 17 22:43:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869151425974190370 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869151425974190370 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869148656622063839 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @cube_flipper @RichardMCNgo I need to write out a set of predictions; optimistically I think a lot of our neuroimaging tech is good enough to measure latch-related stuff, we just haven’t been looking for it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @cube_flipper @RichardMCNgo I need to write out a set of predictions; optimistically I think a lot of our neuroimaging tech is good enough to measure latch-related stuff, we just haven’t been looking for it ### tweet 1869192843404980727 chronological_index: 1654 archive_order_index: 1838 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T01:27:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 01:27:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869192843404980727 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869192843404980727 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869192200225239389 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 text_raw: |- @36_72541890 I think there’s something interestingly literal going on; aiming for Q2 2025 for this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 I think there’s something interestingly literal going on; aiming for Q2 2025 for this ### tweet 1869219684949873050 chronological_index: 1655 archive_order_index: 1837 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T03:14:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 03:14:35 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869219684949873050 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869219684949873050 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aeronlaffere in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869216420258521559 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 825790369476517893 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Hey Aeron, you might enjoy the original writeup, as it covers much of your comment. https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw Active Inference is a fascinating and beautiful construction. It is also a computational paradigm, and makes limited claims as to how nervous systems could be implementing… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Hey Aeron, you might enjoy the original writeup, as it covers much of your comment. https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ Active Inference is a fascinating and beautiful construction. It is also a computational paradigm, and makes limited claims as to how nervous systems could be implementing… ### tweet 1869248438090793058 chronological_index: 1656 archive_order_index: 1836 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T05:08:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 05:08:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869248438090793058 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869248438090793058 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aeronlaffere in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869229018920149379 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 825790369476517893 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 text_raw: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Thanks for reading. Fwiw I think critique can be made more valuable if it focuses on specific claims/quotes/papers. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Thanks for reading. Fwiw I think critique can be made more valuable if it focuses on specific claims/quotes/papers. ### tweet 1869271099932135483 chronological_index: 1657 archive_order_index: 1835 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T06:38:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 06:38:54 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869271099932135483 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869271099932135483 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 23 retweet_count: 1 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 urls: - short: https://t.co/Qttf7G7hW6 expanded: https://x.com/jonnym1ller/status/1869088895994044808 display: x.com/jonnym1ller/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Always a true pleasure talking with @jonnym1ller — Very wide-ranging discussion recorded this summer, broadly about latches/vasocomputation. Looking forward to doing Part 2 https://t.co/Qttf7G7hW6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Always a true pleasure talking with @jonnym1ller — Very wide-ranging discussion recorded this summer, broadly about latches/vasocomputation. Looking forward to doing Part 2 https://x.com/jonnym1ller/status/1869088895994044808 ### tweet 1869369182636388740 chronological_index: 1658 archive_order_index: 1834 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T13:08:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 13:08:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869369182636388740 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869369182636388740 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869364217490600309 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @embryosophy | name: + big buddhi + (vibecamp 6/18-21) | id_str: 51797414 text_raw: |- @exgenesis @embryosophy Unclear if we domesticated mitochondria or they domesticated us text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis @embryosophy Unclear if we domesticated mitochondria or they domesticated us ### tweet 1869385612970820092 chronological_index: 1659 archive_order_index: 1833 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T14:13:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 14:13:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869385612970820092 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869385612970820092 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: FlynnDisney1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869383422562754813 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 934124714536161280 mentions: - @FlynnDisney1 | name: Flynn Disney | id_str: 934124714536161280 text_raw: |- @FlynnDisney1 I do believe that awareness heals; a simple model (that imo isn’t too wrong) is that awareness correlates with bloodflow. Latches prevent bloodflow & local awareness, but if you can bring either into a tissue, this will help open latches there text_with_expanded_urls: |- @FlynnDisney1 I do believe that awareness heals; a simple model (that imo isn’t too wrong) is that awareness correlates with bloodflow. Latches prevent bloodflow & local awareness, but if you can bring either into a tissue, this will help open latches there ### tweet 1869444945385541859 chronological_index: 1660 archive_order_index: 1832 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T18:09:42Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 18:09:42 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869444945385541859 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869444945385541859 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aeronlaffere in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869408800127496610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 825790369476517893 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Aeron, I believe you believe I am constructing an anatomical story about how to implement FEP-AI. As I noted above, vasocomputation offers suggestions for how one could approach this, but the main part of the theory is not this. Part 1 is organized around the concept of tanha,… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Aeron, I believe you believe I am constructing an anatomical story about how to implement FEP-AI. As I noted above, vasocomputation offers suggestions for how one could approach this, but the main part of the theory is not this. Part 1 is organized around the concept of tanha,… ### tweet 1869445571033116712 chronological_index: 1661 archive_order_index: 1831 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T18:12:11Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 18:12:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869445571033116712 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869445571033116712 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: FlynnDisney1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869419922050429029 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 934124714536161280 mentions: - @FlynnDisney1 | name: Flynn Disney | id_str: 934124714536161280 text_raw: |- @FlynnDisney1 If you release a latch, but the original conditions that created the latch are still there, I expect it to often re-form… I think this points to something important about meditation — the process itself improves your nervous system, even if it opens latches extremely slowly text_with_expanded_urls: |- @FlynnDisney1 If you release a latch, but the original conditions that created the latch are still there, I expect it to often re-form… I think this points to something important about meditation — the process itself improves your nervous system, even if it opens latches extremely slowly ### tweet 1869453256310886544 chronological_index: 1662 archive_order_index: 1830 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T18:42:43Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 18:42:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869453256310886544 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869453256310886544 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aeronlaffere in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869451923985985671 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 825790369476517893 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 text_raw: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Aeron, I think if you want to put this much effort into critique I would recommend focusing on what I actually said :) I still don’t think you’re engaging with the actual paper, more trying to fit it into a shape which it doesn’t try to be text_with_expanded_urls: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Aeron, I think if you want to put this much effort into critique I would recommend focusing on what I actually said :) I still don’t think you’re engaging with the actual paper, more trying to fit it into a shape which it doesn’t try to be ### tweet 1869466806844547154 chronological_index: 1663 archive_order_index: 1829 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T19:36:34Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 19:36:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869466806844547154 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869466806844547154 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aeronlaffere in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869458776471781626 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 825790369476517893 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Those quotations were more helpful than the first set, although I’m not sure I see a consistent critique other than I should distinguish between active inference (i.e. the general model that we navigate the world by making predictions, and holding them until we make them true),… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @findboundary @nickcammarata @RichardMCNgo Those quotations were more helpful than the first set, although I’m not sure I see a consistent critique other than I should distinguish between active inference (i.e. the general model that we navigate the world by making predictions, and holding them until we make them true),… ### tweet 1869470844172530021 chronological_index: 1664 archive_order_index: 1828 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T19:52:36Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 19:52:36 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869470844172530021 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869470844172530021 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: FlynnDisney1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869466589294444694 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 934124714536161280 mentions: - @FlynnDisney1 | name: Flynn Disney | id_str: 934124714536161280 text_raw: |- @FlynnDisney1 Thanks! I think that’s right and that in general latches form in reaction to something; downregulating reactivity in general will help. Meditation is an obvious tool but a lot of this also tracks health: a strong nervous system has less need to be reactive or to hold latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @FlynnDisney1 Thanks! I think that’s right and that in general latches form in reaction to something; downregulating reactivity in general will help. Meditation is an obvious tool but a lot of this also tracks health: a strong nervous system has less need to be reactive or to hold latches ### tweet 1869474650071376236 chronological_index: 1665 archive_order_index: 1827 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T20:07:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 20:07:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869474650071376236 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869474650071376236 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869436000746770675 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @RichardMCNgo | name: Richard Ngo | id_str: 85225861 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata @cube_flipper @RichardMCNgo I absolutely love this. 3,4,5,7,11 seem the most promising to me, although if we have imaging sufficient for 11 I think all of this gets very easy. Thanks for doing this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata @cube_flipper @RichardMCNgo I absolutely love this. 3,4,5,7,11 seem the most promising to me, although if we have imaging sufficient for 11 I think all of this gets very easy. Thanks for doing this! ### tweet 1869476077388865805 chronological_index: 1666 archive_order_index: 1826 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T20:13:24Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 20:13:24 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869476077388865805 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869476077388865805 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/XVCvEj07oI expanded: https://x.com/connor_holly1/status/1869436000746770675 display: x.com/connor_holly1/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Algorithmic validation of scientific theories is so close to being here… here’s o1-pro on how to test vasocomputation Imo this list of 11 proposed tests had 5 hits and 6 misses, for a “1st pass basic plausibility” score of 45% https://t.co/XVCvEj07oI text_with_expanded_urls: |- Algorithmic validation of scientific theories is so close to being here… here’s o1-pro on how to test vasocomputation Imo this list of 11 proposed tests had 5 hits and 6 misses, for a “1st pass basic plausibility” score of 45% https://x.com/connor_holly1/status/1869436000746770675 ### tweet 1869484699078586433 chronological_index: 1667 archive_order_index: 1825 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-18T20:47:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 18 20:47:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: nl tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869484699078586433 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869484699078586433 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: FlynnDisney1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869478149156938216 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 934124714536161280 mentions: - @FlynnDisney1 | name: Flynn Disney | id_str: 934124714536161280 text_raw: |- @FlynnDisney1 Super relevant! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @FlynnDisney1 Super relevant! ### tweet 1869551337190683001 chronological_index: 1668 archive_order_index: 1824 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T01:12:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 01:12:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869551337190683001 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869551337190683001 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869510315186237688 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ha3mtSRtlU expanded: https://healthnatura.com display: healthnatura.com possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia I’ve heard great things about supplementing progesterone in your situation (but make sure it’s bioidentical, the good stuff is made from yams) Can get from https://t.co/Ha3mtSRtlU or the brand “Progest-E” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia I’ve heard great things about supplementing progesterone in your situation (but make sure it’s bioidentical, the good stuff is made from yams) Can get from https://healthnatura.com or the brand “Progest-E” ### tweet 1869559524488880402 chronological_index: 1669 archive_order_index: 1823 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T01:45:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 01:45:00 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869559524488880402 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869559524488880402 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 85 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: carmenleelau in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869539882156310785 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1152313771307786241 mentions: - @carmenleelau | name: Carmen | id_str: 1152313771307786241 text_raw: |- @carmenleelau Flirting with the universe text_with_expanded_urls: |- @carmenleelau Flirting with the universe ### tweet 1869644888863862799 chronological_index: 1670 archive_order_index: 1822 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T07:24:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 07:24:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869644888863862799 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869644888863862799 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869616855117422909 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk I think so but step (3) is heterogeneous — and I think this doesn’t really apply to latched tension (smooth muscle’s latch bridge mechanism). I don’t think Reich/Sarno/TRE are fully generalized but they’re pointers to what kind of thing works for latch release I think the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk I think so but step (3) is heterogeneous — and I think this doesn’t really apply to latched tension (smooth muscle’s latch bridge mechanism). I don’t think Reich/Sarno/TRE are fully generalized but they’re pointers to what kind of thing works for latch release I think the… ### tweet 1869648803542049181 chronological_index: 1671 archive_order_index: 1821 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T07:39:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 07:39:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869648803542049181 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869648803542049181 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869645503828463859 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk When you notice you’re creating some tension, you can simply stop creating it, or send a message to the muscle to relax. This doesn’t work with a latch, because the muscle* is chemically glued into a tight state. The “default relaxed rest position” is now partial contraction… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk When you notice you’re creating some tension, you can simply stop creating it, or send a message to the muscle to relax. This doesn’t work with a latch, because the muscle* is chemically glued into a tight state. The “default relaxed rest position” is now partial contraction… ### tweet 1869657657168236791 chronological_index: 1672 archive_order_index: 1820 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T08:14:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 08:14:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869657657168236791 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869657657168236791 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IAmSaeedreza in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869653770365526258 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 282786243 mentions: - @IAmSaeedreza | name: Saeedreza | id_str: 282786243 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @IAmSaeedreza @JoinEdgeCity I don’t have a certain answer. But if bloodflow (and carbon dioxide) are as important as I believe, I expect practices that are seen as “too intense” for a retreat but improve circulation, like HIIT or breathwork, to rapidly accelerate progress as long as the meditation technique… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IAmSaeedreza @JoinEdgeCity I don’t have a certain answer. But if bloodflow (and carbon dioxide) are as important as I believe, I expect practices that are seen as “too intense” for a retreat but improve circulation, like HIIT or breathwork, to rapidly accelerate progress as long as the meditation technique… ### tweet 1869661695670624561 chronological_index: 1673 archive_order_index: 1819 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T08:30:59Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 08:30:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869661695670624561 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869661695670624561 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IAmSaeedreza in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869659376182862140 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 282786243 mentions: - @IAmSaeedreza | name: Saeedreza | id_str: 282786243 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @IAmSaeedreza @JoinEdgeCity I need to watch what I say about weight training because I need to get back to doing it. But I think weight training dramatically improves hormones, and having better hormone balance helps everything. I don’t know if it helps release latches in particular; the possible angle… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IAmSaeedreza @JoinEdgeCity I need to watch what I say about weight training because I need to get back to doing it. But I think weight training dramatically improves hormones, and having better hormone balance helps everything. I don’t know if it helps release latches in particular; the possible angle… ### tweet 1869782238243754479 chronological_index: 1674 archive_order_index: 1818 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T16:29:59Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 16:29:59 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869782238243754479 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869782238243754479 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IAmSaeedreza in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869667441636467191 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 282786243 mentions: - @IAmSaeedreza | name: Saeedreza | id_str: 282786243 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/HQ3YJNWcOm expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @IAmSaeedreza @JoinEdgeCity I think there’s some things correct there, but I think it misses something also. I’ve wrote about ADHD here https://t.co/HQ3YJNWcOm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IAmSaeedreza @JoinEdgeCity I think there’s some things correct there, but I think it misses something also. I’ve wrote about ADHD here https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 ### tweet 1869868930850042301 chronological_index: 1675 archive_order_index: 1817 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-19T22:14:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 19 22:14:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869868930850042301 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869868930850042301 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869839275321373129 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869868930850042301/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GfMb4WeasAAJgFg.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/sRIWj0V50F - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869868930850042301/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GfMb4WcbMAABloX.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/sRIWj0V50F - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869868930850042301/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GfMb4WdasAAn3gi.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/sRIWj0V50F possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman @nickcammarata Thanks! I think you’re right and I like the real-shape vs idea-itself distinction… Here’s some previous thoughts I’ve had (via https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC ) https://t.co/sRIWj0V50F text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman @nickcammarata Thanks! I think you’re right and I like the real-shape vs idea-itself distinction… Here’s some previous thoughts I’ve had (via https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869868930850042301/photo/1 ### tweet 1869919543067374001 chronological_index: 1676 archive_order_index: 1816 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-20T01:35:35Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 20 01:35:35 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869919543067374001 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869919543067374001 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869868930850042301 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman @nickcammarata > How can I tell when I'm referencing my natural self-shape rather than an artificial one? I get the sense that natural self-shapes taste more wholesome when we reference them (they lack a certain weird bad flavor), but in a fish-in-water sense it’s hard to get that first taste text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman @nickcammarata > How can I tell when I'm referencing my natural self-shape rather than an artificial one? I get the sense that natural self-shapes taste more wholesome when we reference them (they lack a certain weird bad flavor), but in a fish-in-water sense it’s hard to get that first taste ### tweet 1869933446467821794 chronological_index: 1677 archive_order_index: 1815 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-20T02:30:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 20 02:30:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869933446467821794 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869933446467821794 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: x_snowfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869931162375782652 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 777662101053665284 mentions: - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @x_snowfield @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity There’s going to be some interesting patterns yeah And a return to functional localization, something I did not expect text_with_expanded_urls: |- @x_snowfield @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity There’s going to be some interesting patterns yeah And a return to functional localization, something I did not expect ### tweet 1869987366795972958 chronological_index: 1678 archive_order_index: 1814 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-20T06:05:05Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 20 06:05:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1869987366795972958 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1869987366795972958 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1869931773817135567 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @yoltartar I think it’s a partial hit — the high res cameras are pretty expensive and you only get the surface. But I hear stories about somatic workers using them to predict where needs attention. Friend has a midrange one so we might try. If anybody else tries please report back! Further… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar I think it’s a partial hit — the high res cameras are pretty expensive and you only get the surface. But I hear stories about somatic workers using them to predict where needs attention. Friend has a midrange one so we might try. If anybody else tries please report back! Further… ### tweet 1870113563391496689 chronological_index: 1679 archive_order_index: 1813 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-20T14:26:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 20 14:26:33 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870113563391496689 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870113563391496689 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870110705262961025 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @yoltartar That seems right? My expectation is this would generate really cool results, perhaps in proportion to how fine of access one has to jhana text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar That seems right? My expectation is this would generate really cool results, perhaps in proportion to how fine of access one has to jhana ### tweet 1870244884126253412 chronological_index: 1680 archive_order_index: 1812 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-20T23:08:22Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 20 23:08:22 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870244884126253412 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870244884126253412 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 344 retweet_count: 29 urls: - short: https://t.co/OhueDPJBuF expanded: https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1870215985682362689 display: x.com/nickcammarata/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- o3 being roughly a 3x improvement over fairly fresh frontier models is a fire alarm for path dependence; if there are philosophical questions we should figure out *before* superhuman intelligence hits, I think now is a good time I think a lot of philosophy is just “find weird… https://t.co/OhueDPJBuF text_with_expanded_urls: |- o3 being roughly a 3x improvement over fairly fresh frontier models is a fire alarm for path dependence; if there are philosophical questions we should figure out *before* superhuman intelligence hits, I think now is a good time I think a lot of philosophy is just “find weird… https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1870215985682362689 ### tweet 1870244994210308397 chronological_index: 1681 archive_order_index: 1811 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-20T23:08:48Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 20 23:08:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870244994210308397 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870244994210308397 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 39 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870244884126253412 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- I think there could be millions of topics that we’d benefit from figuring out before superintelligence hits; these three are just what I’ve been obsessed about. So if you’re obsessed by some topic, maybe take a few minutes to consider how a 2025 sprint on the topic might impact… text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think there could be millions of topics that we’d benefit from figuring out before superintelligence hits; these three are just what I’ve been obsessed about. So if you’re obsessed by some topic, maybe take a few minutes to consider how a 2025 sprint on the topic might impact… ### tweet 1870245268425228464 chronological_index: 1682 archive_order_index: 1810 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-20T23:09:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 20 23:09:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870245268425228464 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870245268425228464 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870244994210308397 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/dsdc31Cm1M expanded: https://x.com/__nmca__/status/1870170098989674833 display: x.com/__nmca__/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- o3 performance claims https://t.co/dsdc31Cm1M text_with_expanded_urls: |- o3 performance claims https://x.com/__nmca__/status/1870170098989674833 ### tweet 1870261676064583780 chronological_index: 1683 archive_order_index: 1809 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T00:15:06Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 00:15:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870261676064583780 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870261676064583780 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: poldectonteg in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870260912629919867 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1468709500890853387 mentions: - @poldectonteg | name: ~poldec-tonteg | id_str: 1468709500890853387 text_raw: |- @poldectonteg lol very possibly! I’m not utilitarian but that’s maybe not clear from the post text_with_expanded_urls: |- @poldectonteg lol very possibly! I’m not utilitarian but that’s maybe not clear from the post ### tweet 1870265119990518098 chronological_index: 1684 archive_order_index: 1808 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T00:28:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 00:28:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870265119990518098 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870265119990518098 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GlueWear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870264696080568547 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1577986418768576517 mentions: - @GlueWear | name: ~disden-talhes | id_str: 1577986418768576517 - @poldectonteg | name: ~poldec-tonteg | id_str: 1468709500890853387 urls: - short: https://t.co/dsdc31Cm1M expanded: https://x.com/__nmca__/status/1870170098989674833 display: x.com/__nmca__/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @GlueWear @poldectonteg o3 benchmarks look really good https://t.co/dsdc31Cm1M text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GlueWear @poldectonteg o3 benchmarks look really good https://x.com/__nmca__/status/1870170098989674833 ### tweet 1870277320801456631 chronological_index: 1685 archive_order_index: 1807 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T01:17:16Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 01:17:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870277320801456631 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870277320801456631 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EricWollberg in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870272878333063320 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1244726593584599043 mentions: - @EricWollberg | name: Axial Wanderer | id_str: 1244726593584599043 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @EricWollberg @erikphoel Thanks Eric! Really looking forward to what you guys are building text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EricWollberg @erikphoel Thanks Eric! Really looking forward to what you guys are building ### tweet 1870305228781719625 chronological_index: 1686 archive_order_index: 1806 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T03:08:09Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 03:08:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870305228781719625 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870305228781719625 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870304056088080435 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Ah great! Got a lot of things cooking but we’ll see what gets done first text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Ah great! Got a lot of things cooking but we’ll see what gets done first ### tweet 1870315702399418836 chronological_index: 1687 archive_order_index: 1805 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T03:49:46Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 03:49:46 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870315702399418836 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870315702399418836 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 83 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- If you’re traveling for the holidays, consider taking nattokinase (a natural, broad spectrum clot dissolver) as a precaution against the microclots that often form while flying. It does a lot of other good things too. I’d rec 4000fu (usually 2 pills) at the start of the flight https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 text_with_expanded_urls: |- If you’re traveling for the holidays, consider taking nattokinase (a natural, broad spectrum clot dissolver) as a precaution against the microclots that often form while flying. It does a lot of other good things too. I’d rec 4000fu (usually 2 pills) at the start of the flight https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1870319601273225658 chronological_index: 1688 archive_order_index: 1804 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T04:05:16Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 04:05:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870319601273225658 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870319601273225658 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wooblewoof in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870318537694118101 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 619531004 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 urls: - short: https://t.co/XIZNLXC28v expanded: https://www.cdc.gov/blood-clots/risk-factors/travel.html display: cdc.gov/blood-clots/ri… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wooblewoof The standard advice is pretty decent, e.g. https://t.co/XIZNLXC28v I’d add that big clots usually get stuck in the head, heart, lungs, or stomach. You want to dissolve them before that happens Moving around a little helps — walks, surreptitious squats, bouncing your feet etc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof The standard advice is pretty decent, e.g. https://www.cdc.gov/blood-clots/risk-factors/travel.html I’d add that big clots usually get stuck in the head, heart, lungs, or stomach. You want to dissolve them before that happens Moving around a little helps — walks, surreptitious squats, bouncing your feet etc ### tweet 1870346266384662798 chronological_index: 1689 archive_order_index: 1803 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T05:51:13Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 05:51:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870346266384662798 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870346266384662798 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870344887260123429 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Dual aspect monism suggests that all physical things have a projection into the qualia domain; mountains would be (a little bit) conscious, because everything physical/real is https://t.co/hdEh8dzXXj If DAM is right we can talk about either the physical or phenomenological as… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Dual aspect monism suggests that all physical things have a projection into the qualia domain; mountains would be (a little bit) conscious, because everything physical/real is https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ If DAM is right we can talk about either the physical or phenomenological as… ### tweet 1870348450178470272 chronological_index: 1690 archive_order_index: 1802 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T05:59:54Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 05:59:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870348450178470272 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870348450178470272 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870346227671523783 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan I expect the following will turn out to be true: If we could look at the 4d ‘block universe’ and turned on what Tononi calls a ‘qualiascope’, I think we’d see our universe divided up into much smaller 4d chunks of consciousness. These 4d chunks would completely fill the block… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan I expect the following will turn out to be true: If we could look at the 4d ‘block universe’ and turned on what Tononi calls a ‘qualiascope’, I think we’d see our universe divided up into much smaller 4d chunks of consciousness. These 4d chunks would completely fill the block… ### tweet 1870349240561504639 chronological_index: 1691 archive_order_index: 1801 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T06:03:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 06:03:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870349240561504639 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870349240561504639 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870348450178470272 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/lfQr36soNo expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Expectations about the size & shape of ‘4d chunks of consciousness’ https://t.co/lfQr36soNo (No need to agree with any of this, just laying it out as I see it) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Expectations about the size & shape of ‘4d chunks of consciousness’ https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ (No need to agree with any of this, just laying it out as I see it) ### tweet 1870351980406681619 chronological_index: 1692 archive_order_index: 1800 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T06:13:56Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 06:13:56 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870351980406681619 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870351980406681619 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870351425773170985 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan 🫡 Might need your math help. If you read the links and anything comes up let me know text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan 🫡 Might need your math help. If you read the links and anything comes up let me know ### tweet 1870448194800226597 chronological_index: 1693 archive_order_index: 1799 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T12:36:15Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 12:36:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870448194800226597 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870448194800226597 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mattdsegal in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870389622632796334 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 850213440 mentions: - @mattdsegal | name: Matt | id_str: 850213440 text_raw: |- @mattdsegal Seems these studies are noisy but generally show efficacy on a surprisingly broad set of end-points (which end-points matter is of course a question). High dose seems to be better for some things text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mattdsegal Seems these studies are noisy but generally show efficacy on a surprisingly broad set of end-points (which end-points matter is of course a question). High dose seems to be better for some things ### tweet 1870485906164961296 chronological_index: 1694 archive_order_index: 1798 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T15:06:06Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 15:06:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870485906164961296 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870485906164961296 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870387464223031540 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1408251660560785411 text_raw: |- @ShortConsensus I think surprisingly few people have Actually Tried in a way that is coherent under reflection. The number of people who are Actually Trying to build AI (or even manage a restaurant) is much greater A lot of it comes down to philosophy being a sick discipline text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ShortConsensus I think surprisingly few people have Actually Tried in a way that is coherent under reflection. The number of people who are Actually Trying to build AI (or even manage a restaurant) is much greater A lot of it comes down to philosophy being a sick discipline ### tweet 1870499040544137266 chronological_index: 1695 archive_order_index: 1797 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T15:58:18Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 15:58:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870499040544137266 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870499040544137266 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TimGalebach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870486288807399550 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1540047220728266752 mentions: - @TimGalebach | name: Tim Galebach | id_str: 1540047220728266752 urls: - short: https://t.co/c9QrWZ5wP4 expanded: https://x.com/sama/status/1870266813248053426 display: x.com/sama/status/18… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @TimGalebach I think this is a good observation but o3-mini looks very promising for real use; I get the sense that OAI has a lot of expertise at model distillation at this point and things will move fast Also the existence proof of o3 is a big deal for progress across the field https://t.co/c9QrWZ5wP4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TimGalebach I think this is a good observation but o3-mini looks very promising for real use; I get the sense that OAI has a lot of expertise at model distillation at this point and things will move fast Also the existence proof of o3 is a big deal for progress across the field https://x.com/sama/status/1870266813248053426 ### tweet 1870518376440922336 chronological_index: 1696 archive_order_index: 1796 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T17:15:08Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 17:15:08 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870518376440922336 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870518376440922336 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TimGalebach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870509260536459761 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1540047220728266752 mentions: - @TimGalebach | name: Tim Galebach | id_str: 1540047220728266752 text_raw: |- @TimGalebach The inference costs involved in the benchmark are eye-opening; very interested to see how things develop next year text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TimGalebach The inference costs involved in the benchmark are eye-opening; very interested to see how things develop next year ### tweet 1870521429835599888 chronological_index: 1697 archive_order_index: 1795 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T17:27:16Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 17:27:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870521429835599888 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870521429835599888 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TimGalebach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870519516394074554 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1540047220728266752 mentions: - @TimGalebach | name: Tim Galebach | id_str: 1540047220728266752 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @TimGalebach I think I have different expectations on whether OAI will be able to get good results at model distillation (arguably the benchmarks suggest they already have); you might be right that CoT requires significantly different distillation techniques though. On the other hand, CoT… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TimGalebach I think I have different expectations on whether OAI will be able to get good results at model distillation (arguably the benchmarks suggest they already have); you might be right that CoT requires significantly different distillation techniques though. On the other hand, CoT… ### tweet 1870558069622526104 chronological_index: 1698 archive_order_index: 1794 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T19:52:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 19:52:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870558069622526104 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870558069622526104 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IHateZuckSoMuch in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870549389023854834 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1789040476575670273 mentions: - @IHateZuckSoMuch | name: Misanthropia | id_str: 1789040476575670273 text_raw: |- @IHateZuckSoMuch Hey, no problem. A lot depends on ‘what kind of thing’ consciousness is. The word itself is used in many different ways, so in order to get clarity we’ll need a more narrow technical definition. “What it feels like to be [something]” is a pointer to the way I’m using the term text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IHateZuckSoMuch Hey, no problem. A lot depends on ‘what kind of thing’ consciousness is. The word itself is used in many different ways, so in order to get clarity we’ll need a more narrow technical definition. “What it feels like to be [something]” is a pointer to the way I’m using the term ### tweet 1870620254306721936 chronological_index: 1699 archive_order_index: 1793 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-21T23:59:57Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 21 23:59:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870620254306721936 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870620254306721936 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870619515903730129 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Very cool text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Very cool ### tweet 1870657428641263996 chronological_index: 1700 archive_order_index: 1792 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T02:27:40Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 02:27:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870657428641263996 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870657428641263996 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mr_jefe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870657033583895007 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 13532522 mentions: - @mr_jefe | name: Pangaea Dreamin' | id_str: 13532522 text_raw: |- @mr_jefe Thanks! I hear a serving of natto has about 90mg nattokinase, whereas a standard pill has 100mg. I think it’s mostly a question of whether you enjoy the taste text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mr_jefe Thanks! I hear a serving of natto has about 90mg nattokinase, whereas a standard pill has 100mg. I think it’s mostly a question of whether you enjoy the taste ### tweet 1870720128205082942 chronological_index: 1701 archive_order_index: 1791 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T06:36:49Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 06:36:49 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870720128205082942 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870720128205082942 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 33 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/fhoktfKP82 expanded: https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1870696676819640348 display: x.com/eigenrobot/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Eigenrobot’s custom prompt is the best I’ve found for getting LLMs to be informative but concise, avoiding ‘midwit’ responses and equivocations, and in general having them treat you as an epistemic peer. If you still use a default prompt for GPT I think it’s worth checking out https://t.co/fhoktfKP82 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Eigenrobot’s custom prompt is the best I’ve found for getting LLMs to be informative but concise, avoiding ‘midwit’ responses and equivocations, and in general having them treat you as an epistemic peer. If you still use a default prompt for GPT I think it’s worth checking out https://x.com/eigenrobot/status/1870696676819640348 ### tweet 1870874415770329461 chronological_index: 1702 archive_order_index: 1790 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T16:49:54Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 16:49:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870874415770329461 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870874415770329461 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: gualtieropicc in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870787393265041661 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 999077227626147840 mentions: - @gualtieropicc | name: Gualtiero Piccinini 🇺🇦 | id_str: 999077227626147840 urls: - short: https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gualtieropicc If words are representational the question is what they represent; objects would be the obvious answer but a cleaner cut may be words as social (nervous system agnostic) pointers to stabilized (frozen) sensations https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gualtieropicc If words are representational the question is what they represent; objects would be the obvious answer but a cleaner cut may be words as social (nervous system agnostic) pointers to stabilized (frozen) sensations https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 ### tweet 1870874621236416915 chronological_index: 1703 archive_order_index: 1789 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T16:50:43Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 16:50:43 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870874621236416915 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870874621236416915 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870874415770329461 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @gualtieropicc | name: Gualtiero Piccinini 🇺🇦 | id_str: 999077227626147840 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCmuA expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gualtieropicc This implies a system for stabilizing sensations; here’s how I think the body does it https://t.co/5yVABcCmuA text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gualtieropicc This implies a system for stabilizing sensations; here’s how I think the body does it https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1870881599618998467 chronological_index: 1704 archive_order_index: 1788 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T17:18:27Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 17:18:27 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870881599618998467 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870881599618998467 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870788784591356290 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870881599618998467/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gfa05ejWUAAGWmI.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/A9LBNowsW2 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv Need more Buddhism x Ray Peat crossovers https://t.co/A9LBNowsW2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Need more Buddhism x Ray Peat crossovers https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870881599618998467/photo/1 ### tweet 1870922630095835204 chronological_index: 1705 archive_order_index: 1787 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T20:01:29Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 20:01:29 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870922630095835204 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870922630095835204 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870447185986453847 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd The math of decoherence is surprisingly similar to the math of integration; both track ‘what interacts with what’ (PQ Appendix E) I like your thinking. Respectfully I also believe you may not have absorbed all there is to absorb from my most recent paper (cf footnote 10) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd The math of decoherence is surprisingly similar to the math of integration; both track ‘what interacts with what’ (PQ Appendix E) I like your thinking. Respectfully I also believe you may not have absorbed all there is to absorb from my most recent paper (cf footnote 10) ### tweet 1870929291019735317 chronological_index: 1706 archive_order_index: 1786 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T20:27:57Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 20:27:57 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870929291019735317 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870929291019735317 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870244884126253412 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/RSw2kdnu1i expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713816176340476400 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- context https://t.co/RSw2kdnu1i text_with_expanded_urls: |- context https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713816176340476400 ### tweet 1870941931158802792 chronological_index: 1707 archive_order_index: 1785 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-22T21:18:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 22 21:18:11 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1870941931158802792 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870941931158802792 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 50 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vividvoid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870937247630909895 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1044604087013015552 text_raw: |- @VividVoid_ I have a great relationship with my father, and it was really unsettling to realize that a friend saw me as fatherly but had complex parental trauma and projected that onto me “Fuck you dad, don’t leave me” push-pull is very hard to deal with. Hard to avoid breaking hearts text_with_expanded_urls: |- @VividVoid_ I have a great relationship with my father, and it was really unsettling to realize that a friend saw me as fatherly but had complex parental trauma and projected that onto me “Fuck you dad, don’t leave me” push-pull is very hard to deal with. Hard to avoid breaking hearts ### tweet 1871003768076263877 chronological_index: 1708 archive_order_index: 1784 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-23T01:23:54Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 23 01:23:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1871003768076263877 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871003768076263877 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BernardJBaars in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870855757228601626 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1042140010227617793 mentions: - @BernardJBaars | name: Bernard J. Baars, PhD | id_str: 1042140010227617793 urls: - short: https://t.co/lb92NmCu8Y expanded: https://files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradigm_for_AI_Consciousness.pdf display: files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradig… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871003768076263877/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gfcj_zCWUAA7EbN.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/V5FiJbwF9N - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871003768076263877/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gfcj_zEWYAAZPbm.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/V5FiJbwF9N - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871003768076263877/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gfcj_zFW8AAWXJ4.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/V5FiJbwF9N possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @BernardJBaars I think “where does the accuracy of qualia reports come from” is one of the most slept-on mysteries in consciousness research. Some thoughts from a paper earlier this year: https://t.co/lb92NmCu8Y https://t.co/V5FiJbwF9N text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BernardJBaars I think “where does the accuracy of qualia reports come from” is one of the most slept-on mysteries in consciousness research. Some thoughts from a paper earlier this year: https://files.theseedsofscience.org/2024/A_Paradigm_for_AI_Consciousness.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871003768076263877/photo/1 ### tweet 1871394816103448886 chronological_index: 1709 archive_order_index: 1783 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-24T03:17:47Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 24 03:17:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1871394816103448886 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871394816103448886 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wholebodyprayer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1871372794266870107 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 56285139 mentions: - @wholebodyprayer | name: rosalind lucy | id_str: 56285139 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871394816103448886/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GfiHqsDXAAAn0Dm.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/8MnKgN6YFX possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wholebodyprayer Not sure if true, but I suspect headwear may influence how we think & feel by changing the head’s resonant frequencies (physical and electromagnetic) People might be shocked at how differently they would feel if they went a day wearing any “iconic” headwear. Iconic for a reason! https://t.co/8MnKgN6YFX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wholebodyprayer Not sure if true, but I suspect headwear may influence how we think & feel by changing the head’s resonant frequencies (physical and electromagnetic) People might be shocked at how differently they would feel if they went a day wearing any “iconic” headwear. Iconic for a reason! https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871394816103448886/photo/1 ### tweet 1871399720884867242 chronological_index: 1710 archive_order_index: 1782 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-24T03:37:17Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 24 03:37:17 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1871399720884867242 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871399720884867242 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bryan_johnson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1871277886046691366 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17468569 mentions: - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bryan_johnson I suspect you could do a separate Project Blueprint sized effort just for the vasomuscular system (and this would be worth doing) https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bryan_johnson I suspect you could do a separate Project Blueprint sized effort just for the vasomuscular system (and this would be worth doing) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1871404577032929689 chronological_index: 1711 archive_order_index: 1781 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-24T03:56:34Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 24 03:56:34 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1871404577032929689 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871404577032929689 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1871394816103448886 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @wholebodyprayer | name: rosalind lucy | id_str: 56285139 urls: - short: https://t.co/3ctUyqA4Nm expanded: https://x.com/ngolotesla display: x.com/ngolotesla possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @wholebodyprayer I think I got the “headwear as EM antenna” idea from https://t.co/3ctUyqA4Nm — he also proposed hair can function as the same I think women tend to be more correct than men here: how you look, what you’re wearing, and how you feel are intimately connected We should expect… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wholebodyprayer I think I got the “headwear as EM antenna” idea from https://x.com/ngolotesla — he also proposed hair can function as the same I think women tend to be more correct than men here: how you look, what you’re wearing, and how you feel are intimately connected We should expect… ### tweet 1871450194711388346 chronological_index: 1712 archive_order_index: 1780 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-24T06:57:50Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 24 06:57:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1871450194711388346 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1871450194711388346 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnnyatbat in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1871444991052218569 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1787528014697512960 mentions: - @Johnnyate | name: Johnny | id_str: 2055129446475010048 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 text_raw: |- @johnnyate @bryan_johnson Importing large chunks of Buddhist theory into a muscular & reflexology framework — happy to chat in person sometime in SF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @johnnyate @bryan_johnson Importing large chunks of Buddhist theory into a muscular & reflexology framework — happy to chat in person sometime in SF ### tweet 1872482551677194267 chronological_index: 1713 archive_order_index: 1779 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T03:20:04Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 03:20:04 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872482551677194267 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872482551677194267 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 440 retweet_count: 43 urls: - short: https://t.co/fNsPhE4BDY expanded: https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1872395463418425761 display: x.com/bryan_johnson/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- My origin story for humanity: the particular cognitive capacities of modern humans came from being able to flex (and latch) our vasomuscular system in more areas, with greater precision & integration, and with greater strength & duration than other animals The vasomuscular… https://t.co/fNsPhE4BDY text_with_expanded_urls: |- My origin story for humanity: the particular cognitive capacities of modern humans came from being able to flex (and latch) our vasomuscular system in more areas, with greater precision & integration, and with greater strength & duration than other animals The vasomuscular… https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1872395463418425761 ### tweet 1872483556510851326 chronological_index: 1714 archive_order_index: 1778 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T03:24:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 03:24:03 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872483556510851326 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872483556510851326 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 52 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872482551677194267 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/KZfnSOR57v expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863603206649208983 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Notes: *this has not been scientifically established at this point, and would be a big finding. Many ways to check, but the simplest would be a longitudinal study **my formulation is a little different from FEP-AI; hope to do a side-by-size comparison at some point ***HPPD as… https://t.co/KZfnSOR57v text_with_expanded_urls: |- Notes: *this has not been scientifically established at this point, and would be a big finding. Many ways to check, but the simplest would be a longitudinal study **my formulation is a little different from FEP-AI; hope to do a side-by-size comparison at some point ***HPPD as… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863603206649208983 ### tweet 1872486155385712821 chronological_index: 1715 archive_order_index: 1777 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T03:34:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 03:34:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872486155385712821 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872486155385712821 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NickADobos in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872484758573441323 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 856753502 mentions: - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 text_raw: |- @NickADobos I don’t know of a way to learn how to consciously control latches, but I think perception is prior to control and there might be ways to close this feedback loop. Very possible some advanced somatic schools have secret knowledge here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NickADobos I don’t know of a way to learn how to consciously control latches, but I think perception is prior to control and there might be ways to close this feedback loop. Very possible some advanced somatic schools have secret knowledge here ### tweet 1872489439982932420 chronological_index: 1716 archive_order_index: 1776 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T03:47:26Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 03:47:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872489439982932420 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872489439982932420 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: drmichaellevin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872260290164703661 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1467127267 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @LocBibliophilia | name: Loquacious Bibliophilia | id_str: 1487561431377666052 - @AndrewCritchPhD | name: Andrew Critch (🤖🩺🚀) | id_str: 2457094022 urls: - short: https://t.co/yqB256XqK5 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872482551677194267 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @LocBibliophilia @AndrewCritchPhD Great comment and I’ve no illusions this is a complete answer, but I think there may be some ‘tradeoff-lite’ ways to improve the human condition via the vasomuscular system https://t.co/yqB256XqK5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @LocBibliophilia @AndrewCritchPhD Great comment and I’ve no illusions this is a complete answer, but I think there may be some ‘tradeoff-lite’ ways to improve the human condition via the vasomuscular system https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872482551677194267 ### tweet 1872496146192769206 chronological_index: 1717 archive_order_index: 1775 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T04:14:05Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 04:14:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872496146192769206 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872496146192769206 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 45 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872493727291216311 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @NickADobos They are definitely ways to feel and control tension; a latch is a little bit more specific, when the sliding fibers of smooth muscle get chemically glued together (timescale is ~minutes) and the tension becomes the body’s new default. It’s well within the bounds of human… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @NickADobos They are definitely ways to feel and control tension; a latch is a little bit more specific, when the sliding fibers of smooth muscle get chemically glued together (timescale is ~minutes) and the tension becomes the body’s new default. It’s well within the bounds of human… ### tweet 1872497334376182245 chronological_index: 1718 archive_order_index: 1774 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T04:18:48Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 04:18:48 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872497334376182245 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872497334376182245 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: repost_offender in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872495498046885936 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1498093561736151041 mentions: - @repost_offender | name: «•Airship🪼Evangelist•» | id_str: 1498093561736151041 text_raw: |- @repost_offender Makes sense! I’d love to find some great proxies for vascular muscle tone and reflexes. Am reminded of “as you do anything, so you do everything” — there are probably proxies for this everywhere in the body for those with eyes to see text_with_expanded_urls: |- @repost_offender Makes sense! I’d love to find some great proxies for vascular muscle tone and reflexes. Am reminded of “as you do anything, so you do everything” — there are probably proxies for this everywhere in the body for those with eyes to see ### tweet 1872506158998814891 chronological_index: 1719 archive_order_index: 1773 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T04:53:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 04:53:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872506158998814891 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872506158998814891 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ambigrammarian in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872505261161955476 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1443938695426478082 mentions: - @ambigrammarian | name: stochastic gradient dachshund | id_str: 1443938695426478082 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 text_raw: |- @ambigrammarian @bryan_johnson Fascinating paper text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ambigrammarian @bryan_johnson Fascinating paper ### tweet 1872518030821073182 chronological_index: 1720 archive_order_index: 1772 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T05:41:02Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 05:41:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872518030821073182 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872518030821073182 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nobuviii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872512550941950188 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 32143341 mentions: - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 text_raw: |- @nobuhojimichaan @NickADobos That definitely sounds like latch dynamics to me, but I haven’t dug deeply into these traditions yet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nobuhojimichaan @NickADobos That definitely sounds like latch dynamics to me, but I haven’t dug deeply into these traditions yet ### tweet 1872519980065100184 chronological_index: 1721 archive_order_index: 1771 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T05:48:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 05:48:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872519980065100184 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872519980065100184 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nhlsdhfowoj in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872514647976509527 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1508077795985002497 mentions: - @nhlsdhfowoj | name: nhlsdhfowoj | id_str: 1508077795985002497 urls: - short: https://t.co/utVeEU5xTw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852268950442422650 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nhlsdhfowoj I suspect ozempic does affect cognition through influencing smooth muscle tone; I’m not sure about the mechanisms of anti-diarrhea drugs specifically https://t.co/utVeEU5xTw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nhlsdhfowoj I suspect ozempic does affect cognition through influencing smooth muscle tone; I’m not sure about the mechanisms of anti-diarrhea drugs specifically https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852268950442422650 ### tweet 1872631838528995498 chronological_index: 1722 archive_order_index: 1770 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T13:13:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 13:13:16 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872631838528995498 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872631838528995498 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: urraca__ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872570331568963956 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 213952812 mentions: - @urraca__ | name: jurraca | id_str: 213952812 text_raw: |- @urraca__ I will take a took — thanks! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @urraca__ I will take a took — thanks! ### tweet 1872642558020718895 chronological_index: 1723 archive_order_index: 1769 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T13:55:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 13:55:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872642558020718895 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872642558020718895 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayeslord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872518257283883198 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084942466376257537 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @bayeslord Thanks bayes! I suspect cessations happen when vasomuscular activity drops very low… very interesting to think about why text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord Thanks bayes! I suspect cessations happen when vasomuscular activity drops very low… very interesting to think about why ### tweet 1872661168747372583 chronological_index: 1724 archive_order_index: 1768 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T15:09:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 15:09:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872661168747372583 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872661168747372583 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: garybasin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872657662300782654 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2281005510 mentions: - @garybasin | name: Gary Basin | id_str: 2281005510 urls: - short: https://t.co/61x5I1HHdJ expanded: https://x.com/ambigrammarian/status/1872505261161955476 display: x.com/ambigrammarian… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @garybasin Right — Imo vascular latches will come to be seen as one of the core types of damage we accumulate with age, and chronically reduced circulation from latches will also drive local tissue aging This was interesting: https://t.co/61x5I1HHdJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @garybasin Right — Imo vascular latches will come to be seen as one of the core types of damage we accumulate with age, and chronically reduced circulation from latches will also drive local tissue aging This was interesting: https://x.com/ambigrammarian/status/1872505261161955476 ### tweet 1872686848528793719 chronological_index: 1725 archive_order_index: 1767 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T16:51:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 16:51:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872686848528793719 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872686848528793719 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872485505121796374 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Thinking about both HPPD and “Tetris effect” as possibly arising from latches in the visual cortex. Tetris effect might be less sticky (latches reliably release in a few hours-days) since it’s simply perceptual; powerful exogenous chemicals aren’t involved. But imo life might be… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Thinking about both HPPD and “Tetris effect” as possibly arising from latches in the visual cortex. Tetris effect might be less sticky (latches reliably release in a few hours-days) since it’s simply perceptual; powerful exogenous chemicals aren’t involved. But imo life might be… ### tweet 1872693092635316313 chronological_index: 1726 archive_order_index: 1766 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T17:16:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 17:16:40 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872693092635316313 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872693092635316313 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872684483641766304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman I expect doing HIIT before a massage might make the session surprisingly more effective (first spike bloodflow, then try to spread it around mechanically) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman I expect doing HIIT before a massage might make the session surprisingly more effective (first spike bloodflow, then try to spread it around mechanically) ### tweet 1872699407071949282 chronological_index: 1727 archive_order_index: 1765 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T17:41:46Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 17:41:46 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872699407071949282 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872699407071949282 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 97 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872693646048497678 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman ‘Energy work’ might sound woo, but here’s how I see it interacting with the vasomuscular system — There are a number of contractile tissues in the body — skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, fascia, heart muscle, even neurons can contract a little bit. Fascia can have ‘adhesions’ and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman ‘Energy work’ might sound woo, but here’s how I see it interacting with the vasomuscular system — There are a number of contractile tissues in the body — skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, fascia, heart muscle, even neurons can contract a little bit. Fascia can have ‘adhesions’ and… ### tweet 1872700928513757629 chronological_index: 1728 archive_order_index: 1764 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T17:47:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 17:47:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872700928513757629 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872700928513757629 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jwmares in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872681094740688999 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 139193277 mentions: - @jwmares | name: Justin Mares | id_str: 139193277 text_raw: |- @jwmares It was fascinating to learn that Karl Friston, Giulio Tononi, and Anil Seth were all grad students of Gerald Edelman Won the Nobel prize for his work on the adaptive immune system and then applied this frame to the brain (“Neural Darwinism”) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jwmares It was fascinating to learn that Karl Friston, Giulio Tononi, and Anil Seth were all grad students of Gerald Edelman Won the Nobel prize for his work on the adaptive immune system and then applied this frame to the brain (“Neural Darwinism”) ### tweet 1872719681888633272 chronological_index: 1729 archive_order_index: 1763 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T19:02:20Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 19:02:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872719681888633272 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872719681888633272 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bierlingm in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872707733662908745 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3434231452 mentions: - @bierlingm | name: Moritz Bierling | id_str: 3434231452 text_raw: |- @bierlingm Exercise is great for bloodflow and vascular health in general; also if you make yourself stronger, your body will feel like it can be more confident with its dynamic range (and be less prone to latching in general). This includes physical strength but goes beyond that text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bierlingm Exercise is great for bloodflow and vascular health in general; also if you make yourself stronger, your body will feel like it can be more confident with its dynamic range (and be less prone to latching in general). This includes physical strength but goes beyond that ### tweet 1872725307230203954 chronological_index: 1730 archive_order_index: 1762 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T19:24:41Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 19:24:41 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872725307230203954 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872725307230203954 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872718120802209810 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @TylerAlterman Thank you! Huge fan of your work as well — Lately I’ve been looking at both latches (the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle), disordered sarcomeres (skeletal muscle), and metabolism. Haven’t gotten to physical neuron tension yet but I appreciate the nerve glide links I’ve… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @TylerAlterman Thank you! Huge fan of your work as well — Lately I’ve been looking at both latches (the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle), disordered sarcomeres (skeletal muscle), and metabolism. Haven’t gotten to physical neuron tension yet but I appreciate the nerve glide links I’ve… ### tweet 1872727174345834663 chronological_index: 1731 archive_order_index: 1761 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T19:32:06Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 19:32:06 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872727174345834663 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872727174345834663 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JauhalPeter in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872719342858846553 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1646036579696234498 mentions: - @JauhalPeter | name: peter jauhal | id_str: 1646036579696234498 text_raw: |- @JauhalPeter I think so! I expect we’re outliers on both our ability to selectively clench vasculature, and our hierarchical processing system (raw sense data comes in and gets filtered through ever-more-abstract feature detectors) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JauhalPeter I think so! I expect we’re outliers on both our ability to selectively clench vasculature, and our hierarchical processing system (raw sense data comes in and gets filtered through ever-more-abstract feature detectors) ### tweet 1872749020348858503 chronological_index: 1732 archive_order_index: 1760 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T20:58:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 20:58:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872749020348858503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872749020348858503 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872741280780018063 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @NickADobos “What distinguishes conscious & unconscious processes in the body?” is a super interesting question Historically we’ve described skeletal muscle as under conscious control and smooth muscle as autonomic/unconscious. But if vasocomputation is right both are tangled with… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @NickADobos “What distinguishes conscious & unconscious processes in the body?” is a super interesting question Historically we’ve described skeletal muscle as under conscious control and smooth muscle as autonomic/unconscious. But if vasocomputation is right both are tangled with… ### tweet 1872752114210115728 chronological_index: 1733 archive_order_index: 1759 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T21:11:12Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 21:11:12 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872752114210115728 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872752114210115728 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872750807663415551 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @NickADobos I suspect latches are determined by local conditions to a surprising degree — i.e. the muscle itself can determine “this clench is expensive to hold; I don’t have metabolic surplus, I’ll latch it” But there also seem to be top-down signals to latch (e.g. prolactin after orgasm) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @NickADobos I suspect latches are determined by local conditions to a surprising degree — i.e. the muscle itself can determine “this clench is expensive to hold; I don’t have metabolic surplus, I’ll latch it” But there also seem to be top-down signals to latch (e.g. prolactin after orgasm) ### tweet 1872778713420501015 chronological_index: 1734 archive_order_index: 1758 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T22:56:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 22:56:54 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872778713420501015 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872778713420501015 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: myceliummage in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872773086673879515 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1333256431907299328 mentions: - @myceliummage | name: The Artist fka: 𝓶𝔂𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓾𝓶 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮 {❤️‍🔥} | id_str: 1333256431907299328 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @myceliummage @TylerAlterman @drmichaellevin Yes; I hesitate to put words in Michael’s mouth and he writes about very diverse topics, but I’d (attempt to) describe his views on cellular specialization as ‘all cells are running the same basic heuristics; these heuristics have different external manifestations depending on… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @myceliummage @TylerAlterman @drmichaellevin Yes; I hesitate to put words in Michael’s mouth and he writes about very diverse topics, but I’d (attempt to) describe his views on cellular specialization as ‘all cells are running the same basic heuristics; these heuristics have different external manifestations depending on… ### tweet 1872778998738239607 chronological_index: 1735 archive_order_index: 1757 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-27T22:58:02Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 27 22:58:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872778998738239607 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872778998738239607 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: myceliummage in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872773241582092358 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1333256431907299328 mentions: - @myceliummage | name: The Artist fka: 𝓶𝔂𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓾𝓶 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮 {❤️‍🔥} | id_str: 1333256431907299328 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @myceliummage @TylerAlterman Mostly in the context of relationships text_with_expanded_urls: |- @myceliummage @TylerAlterman Mostly in the context of relationships ### tweet 1872847910309605570 chronological_index: 1736 archive_order_index: 1756 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-28T03:31:52Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 28 03:31:52 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1872847910309605570 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872847910309605570 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872831305257500980 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @bayeslord Working through a related hypothesis, looking forward to sharing! Would note that vasocomputation could be adapted to microtubules if need be; the generalization would be that local vascular tension locally disrupts the capacity of the body’s long-distance processing network to… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @bayeslord Working through a related hypothesis, looking forward to sharing! Would note that vasocomputation could be adapted to microtubules if need be; the generalization would be that local vascular tension locally disrupts the capacity of the body’s long-distance processing network to… ### tweet 1873061721776242747 chronological_index: 1737 archive_order_index: 1755 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-28T17:41:28Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 28 17:41:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873061721776242747 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873061721776242747 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: reasonisfun in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873059900156461338 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3183383692 mentions: - @reasonisfun | name: Lulie | id_str: 3183383692 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @reasonisfun @TylerAlterman @m_ashcroft A lot of people I respect like AT, very curious to dig in You might enjoy the talk I gave this November; it goes into a little more detail about the underlying theory https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @reasonisfun @TylerAlterman @m_ashcroft A lot of people I respect like AT, very curious to dig in You might enjoy the talk I gave this November; it goes into a little more detail about the underlying theory https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1873065085876486605 chronological_index: 1738 archive_order_index: 1754 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-28T17:54:50Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 28 17:54:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873065085876486605 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873065085876486605 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: m_ashcroft in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873064252346646904 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22151118 mentions: - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @reasonisfun | name: Lulie | id_str: 3183383692 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @m_ashcroft @reasonisfun @TylerAlterman Would be great! Let’s DM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @m_ashcroft @reasonisfun @TylerAlterman Would be great! Let’s DM ### tweet 1873447888514142397 chronological_index: 1739 archive_order_index: 1753 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-29T19:15:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 29 19:15:58 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873447888514142397 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 143 retweet_count: 10 urls: - short: https://t.co/yqB256WSUx expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872482551677194267 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Thinking about trauma & latches — I think there are several different kinds of ‘shapes’ that can get stuck (latched) in our nervous systems, but I think most of them at least rhyme with this: You’re out on a walk in the jungle with your friends, and you step on a snake. It bites… https://t.co/yqB256WSUx text_with_expanded_urls: |- Thinking about trauma & latches — I think there are several different kinds of ‘shapes’ that can get stuck (latched) in our nervous systems, but I think most of them at least rhyme with this: You’re out on a walk in the jungle with your friends, and you step on a snake. It bites… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872482551677194267 ### tweet 1873464007035671022 chronological_index: 1740 archive_order_index: 1752 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-29T20:20:01Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 29 20:20:01 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873464007035671022 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873464007035671022 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: JohnXGaspar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873461028434145535 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 975928268141469696 mentions: - @JohnXGaspar | name: JXG | id_str: 975928268141469696 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @JohnXGaspar I think we’ll need to decompose “memory” into several types. Vascular latches are a sort of “side channel memory” which don’t store things directly, but act as constraints on local neural dynamic range I expect this burst of old feelings from latches opening may be due to a… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JohnXGaspar I think we’ll need to decompose “memory” into several types. Vascular latches are a sort of “side channel memory” which don’t store things directly, but act as constraints on local neural dynamic range I expect this burst of old feelings from latches opening may be due to a… ### tweet 1873474594365206867 chronological_index: 1741 archive_order_index: 1751 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-29T21:02:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 29 21:02:05 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873474594365206867 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873474594365206867 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tyneslol in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873468451584618904 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 319242450 mentions: - @tyneslol | name: Mark Tyneway | id_str: 319242450 - @farbood | name: farbood | id_str: 16756160 text_raw: |- @tyneslol @farbood “Sports medicine” for meditative progress seems important and would be a good test of a lot of theories text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tyneslol @farbood “Sports medicine” for meditative progress seems important and would be a good test of a lot of theories ### tweet 1873496275582365820 chronological_index: 1742 archive_order_index: 1750 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-29T22:28:14Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 29 22:28:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873496275582365820 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873496275582365820 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: theobromananda in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873494682959011909 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4425986483 mentions: - @theobromananda | name: mukhi | id_str: 4425986483 text_raw: |- @theobromananda Interesting; I do suspect that neural networks control a very wide range of physiological processes, and that most neural networks could get latched. Which suggests a lot of things could be “controlled” by latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @theobromananda Interesting; I do suspect that neural networks control a very wide range of physiological processes, and that most neural networks could get latched. Which suggests a lot of things could be “controlled” by latches ### tweet 1873512007191703659 chronological_index: 1743 archive_order_index: 1749 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-29T23:30:45Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 29 23:30:45 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873512007191703659 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873512007191703659 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873494442092507290 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 - @zetalyrae | name: Fernando 🌺🌌 | id_str: 1424356090419064833 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873512007191703659/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgANOXEWMAAEKAm.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GJ0TP4t9bc - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873512007191703659/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgANOXFWIAASZXV.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GJ0TP4t9bc - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873512007191703659/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgANOXEXEAAEymB.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GJ0TP4t9bc - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873512007191703659/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgANOXEXkAAFCQc.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GJ0TP4t9bc possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidad @zetalyrae That’s a great summary. I think a lot depends on whether coordination-at-a-distance is a tractable problem, and if so what the solutions look like. Here’s a (somewhat colorful) thesis from a couple years ago (Obviously I suspect STV is also highly relevant for mapping Schelling… https://t.co/GJ0TP4t9bc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad @zetalyrae That’s a great summary. I think a lot depends on whether coordination-at-a-distance is a tractable problem, and if so what the solutions look like. Here’s a (somewhat colorful) thesis from a couple years ago (Obviously I suspect STV is also highly relevant for mapping Schelling… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873512007191703659/photo/1 ### tweet 1873743454427296054 chronological_index: 1744 archive_order_index: 1748 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T14:50:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 14:50:26 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873743454427296054 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873743454427296054 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _deepfates in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873737936711405777 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1747709313920188416 mentions: - @_deepfates | name: the real deepfates | id_str: 1747709313920188416 - @deepfates | name: 🎭 | id_str: 3315205122 - @_deepfates | name: the real deepfates | id_str: 1747709313920188416 text_raw: |- @_deepfates @deepfates I reported the hacked account for impersonating @_deepfates Would be great performance art if it wasn’t real tho text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_deepfates @deepfates I reported the hacked account for impersonating @_deepfates Would be great performance art if it wasn’t real tho ### tweet 1873788273468080147 chronological_index: 1745 archive_order_index: 1747 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T17:48:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 17:48:32 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873788273468080147 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873788273468080147 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873780099444789458 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @WillManidis | name: Will Manidis | id_str: 779497280651071488 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @WillManidis I think Sarno’s TMS is great, although I would point to slightly different anatomy — smooth muscle instead of skeletal, and a focus on the latch-bridge mechanism I suspect vascular tension, reduced bloodflow, and reduced awareness are all locally correlated, and addressing any… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @WillManidis I think Sarno’s TMS is great, although I would point to slightly different anatomy — smooth muscle instead of skeletal, and a focus on the latch-bridge mechanism I suspect vascular tension, reduced bloodflow, and reduced awareness are all locally correlated, and addressing any… ### tweet 1873811477309907278 chronological_index: 1746 archive_order_index: 1746 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T19:20:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 19:20:44 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873811477309907278 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873811477309907278 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: demystifysci in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873461655142826100 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1230947663937294336 mentions: - @demystifysci | name: Anastasia | id_str: 1230947663937294336 text_raw: |- @demystifysci I think it’s a similar process, although that may also be hormonal and I think humans can latch much more sophisticated patterns text_with_expanded_urls: |- @demystifysci I think it’s a similar process, although that may also be hormonal and I think humans can latch much more sophisticated patterns ### tweet 1873826193541066817 chronological_index: 1747 archive_order_index: 1745 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T20:19:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 20:19:13 +0000 2024 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873826193541066817 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 226 retweet_count: 17 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/TUSUO5B1CY expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Considering a fresh hypothesis about dreams: “dreaming” is a search for sensory permutations that will trigger release conditions for obsolete latches There’s no scientific consensus on why we dream, although I really like @erikphoel’s idea that they generate synthetic data so… https://t.co/TUSUO5B1CY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Considering a fresh hypothesis about dreams: “dreaming” is a search for sensory permutations that will trigger release conditions for obsolete latches There’s no scientific consensus on why we dream, although I really like @erikphoel’s idea that they generate synthetic data so… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 ### tweet 1873826955197636881 chronological_index: 1748 archive_order_index: 1744 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T20:22:14Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 20:22:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873826955197636881 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826955197636881 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sama in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873816979590787110 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1605 mentions: - @sama | name: Sam Altman | id_str: 1605 urls: - short: https://t.co/rguNRZY3Bf expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797416077246562737 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sama Better aesthetic taste seems really important, especially if AI models are eventually used as tools in government https://t.co/rguNRZY3Bf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sama Better aesthetic taste seems really important, especially if AI models are eventually used as tools in government https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1797416077246562737 ### tweet 1873832012068552953 chronological_index: 1749 archive_order_index: 1743 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T20:42:20Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 20:42:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873832012068552953 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873832012068552953 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NickADobos in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873831150537629810 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 856753502 mentions: - @NickADobos | name: Nick Dobos | id_str: 856753502 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @NickADobos @erikphoel Right! I wonder if “blood pressure upon waking” would be predictive of not dreaming text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NickADobos @erikphoel Right! I wonder if “blood pressure upon waking” would be predictive of not dreaming ### tweet 1873833719158759675 chronological_index: 1750 archive_order_index: 1742 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T20:49:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 20:49:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873833719158759675 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873833719158759675 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: myceliummage in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873833491408052488 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1333256431907299328 mentions: - @myceliummage | name: The Artist fka: 𝓶𝔂𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓾𝓶 𝓶𝓪𝓰𝓮 {❤️‍🔥} | id_str: 1333256431907299328 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @myceliummage @erikphoel You have some real bangers and I look forward to reading more text_with_expanded_urls: |- @myceliummage @erikphoel You have some real bangers and I look forward to reading more ### tweet 1873835657162088731 chronological_index: 1751 archive_order_index: 1741 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T20:56:49Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 20:56:49 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873835657162088731 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873835657162088731 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873835014217228794 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux @erikphoel Yeah I haven’t looked at remeron specifically but I share the peater distrust of serotoninergics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux @erikphoel Yeah I haven’t looked at remeron specifically but I share the peater distrust of serotoninergics ### tweet 1873851336128901349 chronological_index: 1752 archive_order_index: 1740 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T21:59:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 21:59:07 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873851336128901349 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873851336128901349 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873842612266000551 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @selentelechia @erikphoel Ahh I could see that — also maybe the dream cops could be interpreted more directly as latches? Aversions / inabilities to bring your attention to certain topics/possibilities text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia @erikphoel Ahh I could see that — also maybe the dream cops could be interpreted more directly as latches? Aversions / inabilities to bring your attention to certain topics/possibilities ### tweet 1873851894055235965 chronological_index: 1753 archive_order_index: 1739 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T22:01:20Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 22:01:20 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873851894055235965 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873851894055235965 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gaurab in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873845864260919429 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18433952 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @GaurabC @erikphoel Thanks Gaurab! Hope to see some experiments around these ideas text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GaurabC @erikphoel Thanks Gaurab! Hope to see some experiments around these ideas ### tweet 1873857354497974780 chronological_index: 1754 archive_order_index: 1738 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T22:23:02Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 22:23:02 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873857354497974780 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873857354497974780 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: avaa411 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873855776898638020 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2205789283 mentions: - @avaa411 | name: avantika | id_str: 2205789283 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @avaa411 @erikphoel I would expect so — stay safe in the dream world! If you latch there you latch in real life text_with_expanded_urls: |- @avaa411 @erikphoel I would expect so — stay safe in the dream world! If you latch there you latch in real life ### tweet 1873858568304423319 chronological_index: 1755 archive_order_index: 1737 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T22:27:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 22:27:51 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873858568304423319 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873858568304423319 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hermittoday in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873857690407235973 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1283000814043303936 mentions: - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @hermittoday @erikphoel Good question; I’m no fan of marijuana in general, I think chronic use does bad things to one’s relationship with uncertainty text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hermittoday @erikphoel Good question; I’m no fan of marijuana in general, I think chronic use does bad things to one’s relationship with uncertainty ### tweet 1873861748308271308 chronological_index: 1756 archive_order_index: 1736 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T22:40:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 22:40:30 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873861748308271308 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873861748308271308 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GnomeSongBotani in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873860405933859250 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1778020163389997056 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873861748308271308/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgFLU2HXUAA2ljQ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/mQ3FmBODPu possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @GnomeSongBotani @erikphoel In Neural Annealing I suggest nREM sleep as ‘higher temperature’ — predictive models are switched on during REM so it would make sense that intense dreaming might not be as refreshing from an annealing perspective https://t.co/mQ3FmBODPu text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GnomeSongBotani @erikphoel In Neural Annealing I suggest nREM sleep as ‘higher temperature’ — predictive models are switched on during REM so it would make sense that intense dreaming might not be as refreshing from an annealing perspective https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873861748308271308/photo/1 ### tweet 1873863712156606649 chronological_index: 1757 archive_order_index: 1735 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T22:48:18Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 22:48:18 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873863712156606649 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873863712156606649 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: kaleidosight in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873861167174869178 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2393199685 mentions: - @kaleidosight | name: Passional Glance | id_str: 2393199685 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @kaleidosight @selentelechia @erikphoel I think the Great Psychologists — e.g. Jung, Reich, Freud, William James, Piaget, Maslow — were amazing and knew things we don’t But yeah I think the existence & computational significance of smooth muscle latches as the mechanism behind chronic tension (and the core method of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kaleidosight @selentelechia @erikphoel I think the Great Psychologists — e.g. Jung, Reich, Freud, William James, Piaget, Maslow — were amazing and knew things we don’t But yeah I think the existence & computational significance of smooth muscle latches as the mechanism behind chronic tension (and the core method of… ### tweet 1873867608900198519 chronological_index: 1758 archive_order_index: 1734 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T23:03:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 23:03:47 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873867608900198519 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873867608900198519 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hermittoday in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873863813323513956 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1283000814043303936 mentions: - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/W1ftH5n7ui expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703821890756764137 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hermittoday @erikphoel To understand what it feels like to be some human is to understand their relationship with uncertainty I think self-work and the right life events can train greater skillful tolerance for uncertainty; I suspect this may be implemented by downregulating the compression pressure… https://t.co/W1ftH5n7ui text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hermittoday @erikphoel To understand what it feels like to be some human is to understand their relationship with uncertainty I think self-work and the right life events can train greater skillful tolerance for uncertainty; I suspect this may be implemented by downregulating the compression pressure… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1703821890756764137 ### tweet 1873867742589444320 chronological_index: 1759 archive_order_index: 1733 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T23:04:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 23:04:19 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873867742589444320 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873867742589444320 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GnomeSongBotani in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873864311401308275 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1778020163389997056 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @GnomeSongBotani @erikphoel To be explored in a future post :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GnomeSongBotani @erikphoel To be explored in a future post :) ### tweet 1873871671222038612 chronological_index: 1760 archive_order_index: 1732 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-30T23:19:55Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 30 23:19:55 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873871671222038612 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873871671222038612 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873870793144164663 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @yoltartar @erikphoel Nice; that makes sense! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @erikphoel Nice; that makes sense! ### tweet 1873882820202119647 chronological_index: 1761 archive_order_index: 1731 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T00:04:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 00:04:14 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873882820202119647 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873882820202119647 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: insurrealist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873880992659956099 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1082876013149851648 mentions: - @insurrealist | name: ||||| | id_str: 1082876013149851648 text_raw: |- @insurrealist Very cool — I think careful thinking about short-term mechanism of modulation is required but this is a great proof of concept text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insurrealist Very cool — I think careful thinking about short-term mechanism of modulation is required but this is a great proof of concept ### tweet 1873899092994052253 chronological_index: 1762 archive_order_index: 1730 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T01:08:53Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 01:08:53 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873899092994052253 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873899092994052253 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873895892262256783 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @paul__is__here @erikphoel A lot depends on the nature of the release condition. Perhaps we can think of a latch as a frozen high-dimensional vector, that only releases when the rest of the system smoothly matches the vector I.e. you latch a certain counterfactual, and only release once it’s no longer… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here @erikphoel A lot depends on the nature of the release condition. Perhaps we can think of a latch as a frozen high-dimensional vector, that only releases when the rest of the system smoothly matches the vector I.e. you latch a certain counterfactual, and only release once it’s no longer… ### tweet 1873922058523972039 chronological_index: 1763 archive_order_index: 1729 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T02:40:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 02:40:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873922058523972039 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873922058523972039 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873917341236601330 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 mentions: - @consciousrepo | name: ₿enjamin | id_str: 331286414 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873922058523972039/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgGCLVdXQAATPTl.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/VNnB9BHKA0 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @consciousrepo I feel like taste is the ur-sense; the first challenge our evolutionary ancestors faced was “is this food, or inedible, or toxin” and all our sensory evaluations are just remixed versions of this judgment That said there’s probably a beautiful analysis to be had evaluating the… https://t.co/VNnB9BHKA0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @consciousrepo I feel like taste is the ur-sense; the first challenge our evolutionary ancestors faced was “is this food, or inedible, or toxin” and all our sensory evaluations are just remixed versions of this judgment That said there’s probably a beautiful analysis to be had evaluating the… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873922058523972039/photo/1 ### tweet 1873941455309279396 chronological_index: 1764 archive_order_index: 1728 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T03:57:13Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 03:57:13 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873941455309279396 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873941455309279396 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873936948433477727 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov @erikphoel Good question! I suspect bracing for a fall involves a lot of strongly-held tension across lots of the body. If one wanted to ‘cycle’ these brace-points, I think dream-simulating the feeling of falling (then waking up and realizing it was a dream and relaxing) might be really… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov @erikphoel Good question! I suspect bracing for a fall involves a lot of strongly-held tension across lots of the body. If one wanted to ‘cycle’ these brace-points, I think dream-simulating the feeling of falling (then waking up and realizing it was a dream and relaxing) might be really… ### tweet 1873973674304561194 chronological_index: 1765 archive_order_index: 1727 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T06:05:15Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 06:05:15 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873973674304561194 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873973674304561194 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plyv1722193 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873971667342680289 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1751111671169634304 mentions: - @Plyv1722193 | name: PlyV | id_str: 1751111671169634304 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @Plyv1722193 @erikphoel I do suspect the body can infer where latches are — but I’m not sure it can tell which ‘should’ be opened; I think it’s a really hard empirical problem Then again, the body is usually smarter than we think text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plyv1722193 @erikphoel I do suspect the body can infer where latches are — but I’m not sure it can tell which ‘should’ be opened; I think it’s a really hard empirical problem Then again, the body is usually smarter than we think ### tweet 1873975664547946892 chronological_index: 1766 archive_order_index: 1726 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T06:13:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 06:13:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1873975664547946892 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873975664547946892 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plyv1722193 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873973908308975767 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1751111671169634304 mentions: - @Plyv1722193 | name: PlyV | id_str: 1751111671169634304 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @Plyv1722193 @erikphoel Thanks for this; I think there’s something to understand here, and I’m very curious as to how to translate it into neuroscience (predictive processing, vasocomputation) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plyv1722193 @erikphoel Thanks for this; I think there’s something to understand here, and I’m very curious as to how to translate it into neuroscience (predictive processing, vasocomputation) ### tweet 1874126715619869106 chronological_index: 1767 archive_order_index: 1725 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T16:13:23Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 16:13:23 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874126715619869106 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874126715619869106 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bear_3ma in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874015402231218580 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1703738934084169728 mentions: - @bear_3ma | name: bear3ma | id_str: 1703738934084169728 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @bear_3ma @erikphoel I have not had a lucid dream; I don’t know how they work. But it’s an interesting question text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bear_3ma @erikphoel I have not had a lucid dream; I don’t know how they work. But it’s an interesting question ### tweet 1874127666540069144 chronological_index: 1768 archive_order_index: 1724 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T16:17:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 16:17:09 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874127666540069144 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874127666540069144 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: xuenay in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874090736565838097 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 112212512 mentions: - @xuenay | name: Kaj Sotala | id_str: 112212512 text_raw: |- @xuenay I really wonder if improving our inner models of these things can help make healthy actions more intuitive! Am especially curious about raising children with fewer semi-permanent developmental latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xuenay I really wonder if improving our inner models of these things can help make healthy actions more intuitive! Am especially curious about raising children with fewer semi-permanent developmental latches ### tweet 1874128341479154155 chronological_index: 1769 archive_order_index: 1723 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T16:19:50Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 16:19:50 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874128341479154155 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874128341479154155 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kaleidosight in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874091713993797790 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2393199685 mentions: - @kaleidosight | name: Passional Glance | id_str: 2393199685 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @kaleidosight @erikphoel This seems right and important to me text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kaleidosight @erikphoel This seems right and important to me ### tweet 1874131559441379698 chronological_index: 1770 archive_order_index: 1722 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T16:32:38Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 16:32:38 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874131559441379698 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874131559441379698 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874092250390466626 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @paul__is__here @erikphoel I think eye contact is rightfully intense; you are looking into someone’s soul! Incredible amount of information in eyes. I’d also suspect the habit of avoiding eye contact could involve both latches and reflexes, and sometimes a metabolic shortfall (intuitively, when your… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @paul__is__here @erikphoel I think eye contact is rightfully intense; you are looking into someone’s soul! Incredible amount of information in eyes. I’d also suspect the habit of avoiding eye contact could involve both latches and reflexes, and sometimes a metabolic shortfall (intuitively, when your… ### tweet 1874135515123114019 chronological_index: 1771 archive_order_index: 1721 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T16:48:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 16:48:21 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874135515123114019 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874135515123114019 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mmjukic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874057963788525772 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1655499151537307649 mentions: - @mmjukic | name: Marko Jukic | id_str: 1655499151537307649 text_raw: |- @mmjukic I think of the brain as a big LLM, and LLMs hallucinate and need to be grounded. To me the shape rotator / wordcel distinction seems related to whether internal or external dynamics are grounding the brain’s hallucinations Somatic vs social reality text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mmjukic I think of the brain as a big LLM, and LLMs hallucinate and need to be grounded. To me the shape rotator / wordcel distinction seems related to whether internal or external dynamics are grounding the brain’s hallucinations Somatic vs social reality ### tweet 1874190660154384758 chronological_index: 1772 archive_order_index: 1720 created_at_iso_utc: 2024-12-31T20:27:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 31 20:27:28 +0000 2024 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874190660154384758 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874190660154384758 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874170629177376826 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 This is really cool text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 This is really cool ## 2025-01 ### tweet 1874290800219295825 chronological_index: 1773 archive_order_index: 1719 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-01T03:05:24Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 01 03:05:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874290800219295825 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874290800219295825 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayeslord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874240898705547722 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084942466376257537 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @bayeslord Yeah Same situation with psychedelics unfortunately text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord Yeah Same situation with psychedelics unfortunately ### tweet 1874300879358079487 chronological_index: 1774 archive_order_index: 1698 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-01T03:45:27Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 01 03:45:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874300879358079487 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874300879358079487 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ambigrammarian in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874295586352169183 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1443938695426478082 mentions: - @ambigrammarian | name: stochastic gradient dachshund | id_str: 1443938695426478082 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ambigrammarian @bayeslord I am no fan of Foucault, but I think his sense of how we ‘RLHF’ each other in a distributed way is right. I suspect this RLHF is primarily implemented through latches and that psychedelics can stochastically open such latches. Very often, jailbreaking this RLHF is absolutely… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ambigrammarian @bayeslord I am no fan of Foucault, but I think his sense of how we ‘RLHF’ each other in a distributed way is right. I suspect this RLHF is primarily implemented through latches and that psychedelics can stochastically open such latches. Very often, jailbreaking this RLHF is absolutely… ### tweet 1874441787575873578 chronological_index: 1775 archive_order_index: 1697 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-01T13:05:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 01 13:05:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874441787575873578 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874441787575873578 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874381908597227878 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso @erikphoel Right! The body has its reasons for doing things; often what it needs from us is to simply not check out from the process text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso @erikphoel Right! The body has its reasons for doing things; often what it needs from us is to simply not check out from the process ### tweet 1874599143512916140 chronological_index: 1776 archive_order_index: 1696 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-01T23:30:38Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 01 23:30:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874599143512916140 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874599143512916140 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anesmithbeck in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874596606806573406 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2610283027 mentions: - @anesmithbeck | name: Aaron | id_str: 2610283027 urls: - short: https://t.co/HQ3YJNVEYO expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @anesmithbeck I think certain primal drives can be more or less latched; loosely that should correspond to IFS parts A simple but important example would be male sex drive — I expect the refractory period to be enforced by latches Fewer latches = dial the intensity of the drive up; more… https://t.co/HQ3YJNVEYO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anesmithbeck I think certain primal drives can be more or less latched; loosely that should correspond to IFS parts A simple but important example would be male sex drive — I expect the refractory period to be enforced by latches Fewer latches = dial the intensity of the drive up; more… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 ### tweet 1874672356746039497 chronological_index: 1777 archive_order_index: 1695 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:21:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:21:34 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874672356746039497 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874672356746039497 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 787 retweet_count: 25 urls: - short: https://t.co/L0ULT3DWnY expanded: https://x.com/PeatPill/status/1873892850028663125 display: x.com/PeatPill/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Niacin is notorious for its flush reaction; opening blood vessels Niacin (nicotinic acid) injections stop LSD trips within minutes Pretty suggestive evidence for vasocomputation, and that psychedeics’ characteristic effects arise from their impact on the vascular system… https://t.co/L0ULT3DWnY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Niacin is notorious for its flush reaction; opening blood vessels Niacin (nicotinic acid) injections stop LSD trips within minutes Pretty suggestive evidence for vasocomputation, and that psychedeics’ characteristic effects arise from their impact on the vascular system… https://x.com/PeatPill/status/1873892850028663125 ### tweet 1874674403507933503 chronological_index: 1778 archive_order_index: 1694 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:29:42Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:29:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874674403507933503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874674403507933503 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NeilPassero in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874674089849418124 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 141025850 mentions: - @NeilPassero | name: Neil Passero | id_str: 141025850 text_raw: |- @NeilPassero Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NeilPassero Thank you! ### tweet 1874677010435637410 chronological_index: 1779 archive_order_index: 1693 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:40:03Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:40:03 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874677010435637410 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874677010435637410 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nickcammarata mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- RT @nickcammarata: increasing evidence for wild wide reaching theory of vasocomputation text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nickcammarata: increasing evidence for wild wide reaching theory of vasocomputation ### tweet 1874677321799799190 chronological_index: 1780 archive_order_index: 1692 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:41:17Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:41:17 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874677321799799190 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874677321799799190 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 62 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874672356746039497 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vasocomputation thread: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vasocomputation thread: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1874677611059990540 chronological_index: 1781 archive_order_index: 1691 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:42:26Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:42:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874677611059990540 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874677611059990540 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874677321799799190 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Another recent vasocomputation post https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Another recent vasocomputation post https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 ### tweet 1874677986219471036 chronological_index: 1782 archive_order_index: 1690 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:43:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:43:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874677986219471036 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874677986219471036 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dylanbeynon in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874677403030876261 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 157245111 mentions: - @dylanbeynon | name: Dylan Beynon | id_str: 157245111 text_raw: |- @dylanbeynon I would suspect a mild decrease in trip intensity with those text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dylanbeynon I would suspect a mild decrease in trip intensity with those ### tweet 1874678513477050716 chronological_index: 1783 archive_order_index: 1689 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:46:02Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:46:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874678513477050716 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874678513477050716 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: femclonine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874677557041447377 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1740231377759416320 mentions: - @femclonine | name: femclonine✳️ | id_str: 1740231377759416320 text_raw: |- @femclonine Ray claimed personal observation on that, which I trust. I believe his students also tested this. Should be very easy to replicate text_with_expanded_urls: |- @femclonine Ray claimed personal observation on that, which I trust. I believe his students also tested this. Should be very easy to replicate ### tweet 1874679361733025887 chronological_index: 1784 archive_order_index: 1688 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:49:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:49:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874679361733025887 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874679361733025887 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: femclonine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874679029586116843 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1740231377759416320 mentions: - @femclonine | name: femclonine✳️ | id_str: 1740231377759416320 text_raw: |- @femclonine Please report back! Safely text_with_expanded_urls: |- @femclonine Please report back! Safely ### tweet 1874680209108308048 chronological_index: 1785 archive_order_index: 1687 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T04:52:46Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 04:52:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874680209108308048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874680209108308048 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nhlsdhfowoj in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874679556457807885 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1508077795985002497 mentions: - @nhlsdhfowoj | name: nhlsdhfowoj | id_str: 1508077795985002497 urls: - short: https://t.co/WfE3xQp8JL expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680565262406369282 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nhlsdhfowoj Yes, although there’s a chicken-and-egg problem — the more tension there is somewhere, the more difficult it is to bring attention into the tissue https://t.co/WfE3xQp8JL text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nhlsdhfowoj Yes, although there’s a chicken-and-egg problem — the more tension there is somewhere, the more difficult it is to bring attention into the tissue https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1680565262406369282 ### tweet 1874684999963660470 chronological_index: 1786 archive_order_index: 1686 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T05:11:48Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 05:11:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874684999963660470 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874684999963660470 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dylanbeynon in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874682919618564295 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 157245111 mentions: - @dylanbeynon | name: Dylan Beynon | id_str: 157245111 urls: - short: https://t.co/plIrZkAEag expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @dylanbeynon I think our vascular drug ontology is somewhat off in general; have seen claims that aspirin works as well as viagra for increasing bloodflow, which is either saying something interesting about aspirin or about viagra Niacin works on a pretty wildly different mechanism than most… https://t.co/plIrZkAEag text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dylanbeynon I think our vascular drug ontology is somewhat off in general; have seen claims that aspirin works as well as viagra for increasing bloodflow, which is either saying something interesting about aspirin or about viagra Niacin works on a pretty wildly different mechanism than most… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 ### tweet 1874685594716291112 chronological_index: 1787 archive_order_index: 1685 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T05:14:10Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 05:14:10 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874685594716291112 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874685594716291112 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874684241109487900 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1790084604310736898 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Sam30941Al My hypothesis is that the vasomuscular system is more directly involved in regulating computation https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Sam30941Al My hypothesis is that the vasomuscular system is more directly involved in regulating computation https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1874686070404911250 chronological_index: 1788 archive_order_index: 1684 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T05:16:03Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 05:16:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874686070404911250 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874686070404911250 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: taziksh in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874684741909401880 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3894853155 mentions: - @taziksh | name: Tazik Shahjahan | id_str: 3894853155 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @taziksh @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 I think figuring out how to make a map of latches in the body is really crucial; high-end ultrasound and fMRI are both likely good enough, but we’ll need protocols for actually doing it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @taziksh @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 I think figuring out how to make a map of latches in the body is really crucial; high-end ultrasound and fMRI are both likely good enough, but we’ll need protocols for actually doing it ### tweet 1874693660278653371 chronological_index: 1789 archive_order_index: 1683 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T05:46:13Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 05:46:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874693660278653371 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874693660278653371 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874677611059990540 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- In general I see this as a vasocomputation side-quest; I suspect the story is more than just simple vasodilation, but that nicotinic acid is notorious for rapid, strong vasodilation and rapidly attenuates LSD is definitely interesting. Much of my writing talks about latches, but… text_with_expanded_urls: |- In general I see this as a vasocomputation side-quest; I suspect the story is more than just simple vasodilation, but that nicotinic acid is notorious for rapid, strong vasodilation and rapidly attenuates LSD is definitely interesting. Much of my writing talks about latches, but… ### tweet 1874706369615733139 chronological_index: 1790 archive_order_index: 1682 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T06:36:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 06:36:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874706369615733139 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874706369615733139 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EatinGorgonzala in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874680610524205423 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1627840359148711936 mentions: - @EatinGorgonzala | name: glop | id_str: 1627840359148711936 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/covGhF9fyi expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874684999963660470 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @EatinGorgonzala @nickcammarata There’s an implication that many drugs known for their psychoactive effects may affect blood pressure (more broadly ‘vascular tone’) more than what we label “blood pressure drugs”; caffeine & alcohol would be two simple examples https://t.co/covGhF9fyi text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EatinGorgonzala @nickcammarata There’s an implication that many drugs known for their psychoactive effects may affect blood pressure (more broadly ‘vascular tone’) more than what we label “blood pressure drugs”; caffeine & alcohol would be two simple examples https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874684999963660470 ### tweet 1874710569686868274 chronological_index: 1791 archive_order_index: 1681 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T06:53:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 06:53:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874710569686868274 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874710569686868274 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: malecatkins in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874708459616428197 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1334328388920594433 mentions: - @malecatkins | name: pitu eatery | id_str: 1334328388920594433 text_raw: |- @malecatkins I expect oral vs injection to be different for this purpose; I have not tried either. Have also heard niacin supplements are often not of great quality, unfortunately text_with_expanded_urls: |- @malecatkins I expect oral vs injection to be different for this purpose; I have not tried either. Have also heard niacin supplements are often not of great quality, unfortunately ### tweet 1874712295265513836 chronological_index: 1792 archive_order_index: 1680 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T07:00:16Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 07:00:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874712295265513836 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874712295265513836 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: femclonine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874710702138765524 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1740231377759416320 mentions: - @femclonine | name: femclonine✳️ | id_str: 1740231377759416320 - @malecatkins | name: pitu eatery | id_str: 1334328388920594433 text_raw: |- @femclonine @malecatkins I’m unclear why Hoffer structured the experiment this way text_with_expanded_urls: |- @femclonine @malecatkins I’m unclear why Hoffer structured the experiment this way ### tweet 1874712651517108650 chronological_index: 1793 archive_order_index: 1679 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T07:01:41Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 07:01:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874712651517108650 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874712651517108650 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874693660278653371 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Noting we do not yet have a direct replication of Hoffer’s results text_with_expanded_urls: |- Noting we do not yet have a direct replication of Hoffer’s results ### tweet 1874796942569701517 chronological_index: 1794 archive_order_index: 1678 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T12:36:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 12:36:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874796942569701517 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874796942569701517 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IanGrygs in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874764206610031071 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3102541148 mentions: - @IanGrygs | name: diminished in harmony | id_str: 3102541148 text_raw: |- @IanGrygs I suspect the particular effects of psychedelics come from adding a rhythmic component to vascular tone text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IanGrygs I suspect the particular effects of psychedelics come from adding a rhythmic component to vascular tone ### tweet 1874801284362187042 chronological_index: 1795 archive_order_index: 1677 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T12:53:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 12:53:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874801284362187042 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874801284362187042 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EatinGorgonzala in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874740183272411578 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1627840359148711936 mentions: - @EatinGorgonzala | name: glop | id_str: 1627840359148711936 - @Cashavaggio | name: Ole Ambjørnsen Dal | id_str: 898463368612392960 - @dylanbeynon | name: Dylan Beynon | id_str: 157245111 text_raw: |- @EatinGorgonzala @Cashavaggio @dylanbeynon I suspect high blood pressure is a combination of constriction in big arteries and small blood vessels, and these will have different effects on experience Capillary tension = Vasocomputation effects, artery tension will be subtle. I’d expect bp meds to be more the latter text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EatinGorgonzala @Cashavaggio @dylanbeynon I suspect high blood pressure is a combination of constriction in big arteries and small blood vessels, and these will have different effects on experience Capillary tension = Vasocomputation effects, artery tension will be subtle. I’d expect bp meds to be more the latter ### tweet 1874802014028513747 chronological_index: 1796 archive_order_index: 1676 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T12:56:46Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 12:56:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874802014028513747 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874802014028513747 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874799446921257448 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/plIrZkBbZO expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar Here’s what I suspect is happening https://t.co/plIrZkBbZO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar Here’s what I suspect is happening https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 ### tweet 1874803492847780294 chronological_index: 1797 archive_order_index: 1675 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T13:02:39Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 13:02:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874803492847780294 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874803492847780294 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874802014028513747 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @yoltartar The “decreased tanha reflex” claim is a little too strong; I do believe it changes the reflex, which can decrease it but can also just make it weird (I suspect bad experiences might be driven by this… offset errors) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar The “decreased tanha reflex” claim is a little too strong; I do believe it changes the reflex, which can decrease it but can also just make it weird (I suspect bad experiences might be driven by this… offset errors) ### tweet 1874809307503661224 chronological_index: 1798 archive_order_index: 1674 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T13:25:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 13:25:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874809307503661224 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874809307503661224 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LorcasMansion in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874805326408716384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1822175379760594944 mentions: - @LorcasMansion | name: Lorca | id_str: 1822175379760594944 text_raw: |- @LorcasMansion Thanks for checking in! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LorcasMansion Thanks for checking in! ### tweet 1874821859012653470 chronological_index: 1799 archive_order_index: 1673 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T14:15:38Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 14:15:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874821859012653470 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874821859012653470 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874813607872979035 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874821859012653470/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgS0iocXwAAJgIe.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/fPtNbzXjz2 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar Fascinating story — I think I agree with your model, i.e. to restate, disturbances to homeostasis will have an oscillatory component due to both gradients of distribution and homeostatic forces. It seems steady-state is a rather special case actually; probably a product of a lot… https://t.co/fPtNbzXjz2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar Fascinating story — I think I agree with your model, i.e. to restate, disturbances to homeostasis will have an oscillatory component due to both gradients of distribution and homeostatic forces. It seems steady-state is a rather special case actually; probably a product of a lot… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874821859012653470/photo/1 ### tweet 1874842769090568505 chronological_index: 1800 archive_order_index: 1672 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T15:38:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 15:38:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874842769090568505 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874842769090568505 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MaximePeabody in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874841276123906412 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1226933412348321795 mentions: - @MaximePeabody | name: Maxime Peabody | id_str: 1226933412348321795 - @malecatkins | name: pitu eatery | id_str: 1334328388920594433 urls: - short: https://t.co/Nkw5iulej9 expanded: https://x.com/hermittoday/status/1874774905637777906 display: x.com/hermittoday/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MaximePeabody @malecatkins Some comments on Stamets’ rationale https://t.co/Nkw5iulej9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MaximePeabody @malecatkins Some comments on Stamets’ rationale https://x.com/hermittoday/status/1874774905637777906 ### tweet 1874864315574149251 chronological_index: 1801 archive_order_index: 1671 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T17:04:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 17:04:20 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874864315574149251 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874864315574149251 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/bpxqC0XtML expanded: https://x.com/jwmares/status/1874855422164898107 display: x.com/jwmares/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I very strongly believe the quality of the oils we eat is a primary determinants of metabolic health, and that oils high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are terrible for health, beauty, intelligence, & aliveness. This is most oils that most people eat. Very important thread https://t.co/bpxqC0XtML text_with_expanded_urls: |- I very strongly believe the quality of the oils we eat is a primary determinants of metabolic health, and that oils high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are terrible for health, beauty, intelligence, & aliveness. This is most oils that most people eat. Very important thread https://x.com/jwmares/status/1874855422164898107 ### tweet 1874865744825262369 chronological_index: 1802 archive_order_index: 1670 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T17:10:01Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 17:10:01 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874865744825262369 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874865744825262369 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 60 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/bpxqC0XtML expanded: https://x.com/jwmares/status/1874855422164898107 display: x.com/jwmares/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I very strongly believe the quality of the oils we eat is a primary determinant of metabolic health, and that oils high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are terrible for health, beauty, intelligence, & aliveness. This is most oils that most people eat. Very important thread https://t.co/bpxqC0XtML text_with_expanded_urls: |- I very strongly believe the quality of the oils we eat is a primary determinant of metabolic health, and that oils high in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) are terrible for health, beauty, intelligence, & aliveness. This is most oils that most people eat. Very important thread https://x.com/jwmares/status/1874855422164898107 ### tweet 1874873642921947482 chronological_index: 1803 archive_order_index: 1669 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T17:41:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 17:41:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874873642921947482 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874873642921947482 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874873075801665706 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Oh wow Yeah I would recommend against testing this tbh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Oh wow Yeah I would recommend against testing this tbh ### tweet 1874874983148904934 chronological_index: 1804 archive_order_index: 1668 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T17:46:44Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 17:46:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874874983148904934 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874874983148904934 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874679361733025887 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @femclonine | name: femclonine✳️ | id_str: 1740231377759416320 urls: - short: https://t.co/4WztV8a91s expanded: https://x.com/cube_flipper/status/1874872548699365560 display: x.com/cube_flipper/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @femclonine Worth noting (I do not recommend testing) https://t.co/4WztV8a91s text_with_expanded_urls: |- @femclonine Worth noting (I do not recommend testing) https://x.com/cube_flipper/status/1874872548699365560 ### tweet 1874876085525266503 chronological_index: 1805 archive_order_index: 1667 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T17:51:06Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 17:51:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874876085525266503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874876085525266503 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sndwv_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874875010172805624 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1345831520326610945 mentions: - @sndwv_ | name: Soundwave | id_str: 1345831520326610945 urls: - short: https://t.co/Jc9zR7n9CS expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874693660278653371 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sndwv_ I see this as merely suggestive (but also: it is suggestive). There will be cleaner tests for vasocomputation imo https://t.co/Jc9zR7n9CS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sndwv_ I see this as merely suggestive (but also: it is suggestive). There will be cleaner tests for vasocomputation imo https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874693660278653371 ### tweet 1874891569058480185 chronological_index: 1806 archive_order_index: 1666 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T18:52:38Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 18:52:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874891569058480185 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874891569058480185 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LisaK_2023 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874880374096203844 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1514771741549113345 mentions: - @LisaK_2023 | name: Lisa 🪩🧠🧩 | id_str: 1514771741549113345 text_raw: |- @LisaK_2023 I suspect the ‘active ingredient’ in most forms of breathwork are CO2 buildup leading to vasodilation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LisaK_2023 I suspect the ‘active ingredient’ in most forms of breathwork are CO2 buildup leading to vasodilation ### tweet 1874892396737204577 chronological_index: 1807 archive_order_index: 1665 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T18:55:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 18:55:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874892396737204577 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874892396737204577 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874891569058480185 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @LisaK_2023 | name: Lisa 🪩🧠🧩 | id_str: 1514771741549113345 text_raw: |- @LisaK_2023 That’s not to minimize differences between techniques though! The active ingredient in most fruit is sugar but fruit can have very different effective nutritional properties text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LisaK_2023 That’s not to minimize differences between techniques though! The active ingredient in most fruit is sugar but fruit can have very different effective nutritional properties ### tweet 1874902101358428660 chronological_index: 1808 archive_order_index: 1664 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T19:34:29Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 19:34:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874902101358428660 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874902101358428660 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AlexKrusz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874900638045499842 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 359242457 mentions: - @AlexKrusz | name: Alex Krusz ➡️ vibecamp! | id_str: 359242457 - @LisaK_2023 | name: Lisa 🪩🧠🧩 | id_str: 1514771741549113345 text_raw: |- @AlexKrusz @LisaK_2023 I’ll have to get back to you on breathwork and CO2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AlexKrusz @LisaK_2023 I’ll have to get back to you on breathwork and CO2 ### tweet 1874905311284273262 chronological_index: 1809 archive_order_index: 1663 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T19:47:14Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 19:47:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874905311284273262 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874905311284273262 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: __nathom__ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874898850156310815 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3742025174 urls: - short: https://t.co/I3JTmMoPpT expanded: https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/unsaturated-oils.shtml display: raypeat.com/articles/artic… - short: https://t.co/yv8HmhJxz2 expanded: https://x.com/paulsaladinomd/status/1729606439524548968 display: x.com/paulsaladinomd… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @realnathom I think there is serious health alpha in getting this right, and there are multiple conflicting bodies of evidence Somewhat unfortunately this has become politically coded Here’s a lit review from the ‘other side’ And Ray Peat’s position: https://t.co/I3JTmMoPpT (offered as a… https://t.co/yv8HmhJxz2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realnathom I think there is serious health alpha in getting this right, and there are multiple conflicting bodies of evidence Somewhat unfortunately this has become politically coded Here’s a lit review from the ‘other side’ And Ray Peat’s position: https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/unsaturated-oils.shtml (offered as a… https://x.com/paulsaladinomd/status/1729606439524548968 ### tweet 1874907283538522575 chronological_index: 1810 archive_order_index: 1662 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T19:55:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 19:55:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874907283538522575 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874907283538522575 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874902101358428660 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @AlexKrusz | name: Alex Krusz ➡️ vibecamp! | id_str: 359242457 - @LisaK_2023 | name: Lisa 🪩🧠🧩 | id_str: 1514771741549113345 text_raw: |- @AlexKrusz @LisaK_2023 I’d adjust my claim to “the psychoactive component to breathwork plausibly involves changes in CO2 levels and gradients, which induces changes in vasoconstriction, and the changes in vasoconstriction are psychoactive” — much more (unsatisfying) wiggle room, but not empty text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AlexKrusz @LisaK_2023 I’d adjust my claim to “the psychoactive component to breathwork plausibly involves changes in CO2 levels and gradients, which induces changes in vasoconstriction, and the changes in vasoconstriction are psychoactive” — much more (unsatisfying) wiggle room, but not empty ### tweet 1874909990135472429 chronological_index: 1811 archive_order_index: 1661 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T20:05:50Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 20:05:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874909990135472429 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874909990135472429 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: __nathom__ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874908132935135627 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3742025174 text_raw: |- @realnathom I’ll put a lot of epistemological chips on the table on this topic; let’s come back to this in 5 years and see how we each feel about PUFA text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realnathom I’ll put a lot of epistemological chips on the table on this topic; let’s come back to this in 5 years and see how we each feel about PUFA ### tweet 1874918393788371256 chronological_index: 1812 archive_order_index: 1660 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T20:39:14Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 20:39:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874918393788371256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874918393788371256 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Qirabiii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874917983111594407 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1127274052073037824 mentions: - @Qirabiii | name: Nathan | id_str: 1127274052073037824 text_raw: |- @Qirabiii I wouldn’t necessarily phrase it like that — although I’d be interested in studying niacin’s flush response on tension and latches in general text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Qirabiii I wouldn’t necessarily phrase it like that — although I’d be interested in studying niacin’s flush response on tension and latches in general ### tweet 1874922362581483721 chronological_index: 1813 archive_order_index: 1659 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T20:55:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 20:55:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874922362581483721 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874922362581483721 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Qirabiii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874921386353070491 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1127274052073037824 mentions: - @Qirabiii | name: Nathan | id_str: 1127274052073037824 urls: - short: https://t.co/plIrZkBbZO expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Qirabiii I suspect something like this is what’s happening: https://t.co/plIrZkBbZO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Qirabiii I suspect something like this is what’s happening: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 ### tweet 1874938515945062911 chronological_index: 1814 archive_order_index: 1658 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T21:59:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 21:59:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874938515945062911 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874938515945062911 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chayalifecalma in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874935684076876126 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1580638171800342528 mentions: - @chayalifecalma | name: Chaya | id_str: 1580638171800342528 text_raw: |- @chayalifecalma Thanks! I’m not aware of any studies on this but that could very well be. We might also think of it as a vascular muscle deconditioning process, tuning down the classes of reflexes that generate dreams text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chayalifecalma Thanks! I’m not aware of any studies on this but that could very well be. We might also think of it as a vascular muscle deconditioning process, tuning down the classes of reflexes that generate dreams ### tweet 1874962328967664022 chronological_index: 1815 archive_order_index: 1657 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T23:33:48Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 23:33:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874962328967664022 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874962328967664022 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874961078578459047 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 urls: - short: https://t.co/XjezHo9021 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724772248073175058 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meekaale I think pain and restricted movement could both produce latches (including pain of surgery) but probably hugely idiosyncratic Best way to troubleshoot would be focusing on a specific symptom Some general anesthetics are less neurotoxic than others btw though I don’t have a list https://t.co/XjezHo9021 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale I think pain and restricted movement could both produce latches (including pain of surgery) but probably hugely idiosyncratic Best way to troubleshoot would be focusing on a specific symptom Some general anesthetics are less neurotoxic than others btw though I don’t have a list https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1724772248073175058 ### tweet 1874962629476901307 chronological_index: 1816 archive_order_index: 1656 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T23:35:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 23:35:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874962629476901307 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874962629476901307 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874961936477282404 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 text_raw: |- @meekaale Wound healing can definitely be a high-energy state, physiologically and psychologically text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale Wound healing can definitely be a high-energy state, physiologically and psychologically ### tweet 1874963888359493640 chronological_index: 1817 archive_order_index: 1655 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-02T23:40:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 02 23:40:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874963888359493640 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874963888359493640 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874963302385869276 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 text_raw: |- @meekaale Enjoy it! Maybe it’s your body realizing that nothing is more important than healing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale Enjoy it! Maybe it’s your body realizing that nothing is more important than healing ### tweet 1874981688696299559 chronological_index: 1818 archive_order_index: 1654 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-03T00:50:44Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 03 00:50:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874981688696299559 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874981688696299559 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Qirabiii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874965731714158972 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1127274052073037824 mentions: - @Qirabiii | name: Nathan | id_str: 1127274052073037824 text_raw: |- @Qirabiii Sometimes the best way to open something that’s stuck isn’t to apply simple force, but to rock it open, closed, open text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Qirabiii Sometimes the best way to open something that’s stuck isn’t to apply simple force, but to rock it open, closed, open ### tweet 1874981916652511629 chronological_index: 1819 archive_order_index: 1653 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-03T00:51:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 03 00:51:39 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1874981916652511629 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1874981916652511629 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: prasanna_says mentions: - @prasanna_says | name: Prasanna K | id_str: 232505877 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/prasanna_says/status/1874677816450822388/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgQxh8QbAAA6D2j.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/TWziO3Sybi possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- RT @prasanna_says: @johnsonmxe https://t.co/TWziO3Sybi text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @prasanna_says: @johnsonmxe https://x.com/prasanna_says/status/1874677816450822388/photo/1 ### tweet 1875000106862207087 chronological_index: 1820 archive_order_index: 1652 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-03T02:03:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 03 02:03:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875000106862207087 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875000106862207087 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aaarataki in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1874993989663023378 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1142017227152998401 mentions: - @aaarataki | name: Arataki | id_str: 1142017227152998401 - @dynomight7 | name: dynomight | id_str: 1265456048766431244 urls: - short: https://t.co/IEmSWFTvLk expanded: https://x.com/anabology/status/1855355253916680598 display: x.com/anabology/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @aaarataki @realnathom @dynomight7 That’s a cool writeup! My simple attempt to summarize the biochemistry is that since unsaturated oils are missing bonds, they’re intrinsically more reactive — and such reactions create complex molecules that generally have no business being in our cells. Likewise PUFA oxidizes… https://t.co/IEmSWFTvLk text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aaarataki @realnathom @dynomight7 That’s a cool writeup! My simple attempt to summarize the biochemistry is that since unsaturated oils are missing bonds, they’re intrinsically more reactive — and such reactions create complex molecules that generally have no business being in our cells. Likewise PUFA oxidizes… https://x.com/anabology/status/1855355253916680598 ### tweet 1875051816008008061 chronological_index: 1821 archive_order_index: 1651 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-03T05:29:24Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 03 05:29:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875051816008008061 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875051816008008061 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875024211212746767 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 mentions: - @consciousrepo | name: ₿enjamin | id_str: 331286414 - @aaarataki | name: Arataki | id_str: 1142017227152998401 - @dynomight7 | name: dynomight | id_str: 1265456048766431244 text_raw: |- @consciousrepo @aaarataki @realnathom @dynomight7 Nice! That’s my guess — has been really noteworthy for me text_with_expanded_urls: |- @consciousrepo @aaarataki @realnathom @dynomight7 Nice! That’s my guess — has been really noteworthy for me ### tweet 1875232666850918885 chronological_index: 1822 archive_order_index: 1650 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-03T17:28:02Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 03 17:28:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875232666850918885 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875232666850918885 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: taziksh in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875227881682665717 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3894853155 mentions: - @taziksh | name: Tazik Shahjahan | id_str: 3894853155 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @taziksh @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 In practice, yes — “protocol design” is mainly trying to find a smart strategy so you don’t waste too much time, and can get a feedback loop going between your top-down ideas about how scans ‘should’ work and the actual data coming in text_with_expanded_urls: |- @taziksh @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 In practice, yes — “protocol design” is mainly trying to find a smart strategy so you don’t waste too much time, and can get a feedback loop going between your top-down ideas about how scans ‘should’ work and the actual data coming in ### tweet 1875337442586472492 chronological_index: 1823 archive_order_index: 1649 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-04T00:24:23Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 04 00:24:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875337442586472492 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875337442586472492 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: mactothefuturex in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875332709368918247 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1855010784717250560 mentions: - @mactothefuturex | name: Mac /dd/lev | id_str: 1855010784717250560 urls: - short: https://t.co/plIrZkBbZO expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mactothefuturex I think what psychedelics are doing isn’t exactly vasoconstriction or vasodilation, but adding rhythm to the vasomuscular system https://t.co/plIrZkBbZO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mactothefuturex I think what psychedelics are doing isn’t exactly vasoconstriction or vasodilation, but adding rhythm to the vasomuscular system https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863600685528605163 ### tweet 1875574686404489443 chronological_index: 1824 archive_order_index: 1648 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-04T16:07:06Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 04 16:07:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875574686404489443 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875574686404489443 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AbstractFairy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875446890592137365 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1256624514500374530 mentions: - @AbstractFairy | name: Abstract Fairy | id_str: 1256624514500374530 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @AbstractFairy @selentelechia Very interesting! Plausibly a mix of Vasocomputation and Michael Levin’s distributed stress minimization — in this case evening out stress across different muscle types text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AbstractFairy @selentelechia Very interesting! Plausibly a mix of Vasocomputation and Michael Levin’s distributed stress minimization — in this case evening out stress across different muscle types ### tweet 1875576940427686317 chronological_index: 1825 archive_order_index: 1647 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-04T16:16:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 04 16:16:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875576940427686317 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875576940427686317 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875575431111598538 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @AbstractFairy | name: Abstract Fairy | id_str: 1256624514500374530 - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/fXQM29aFsb expanded: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2022.768201/full display: frontiersin.org/journals/syste… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875576940427686317/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GgdjSW2a8AIHUuF.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/bjX6Xfoswn possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @AbstractFairy @selentelechia I don’t have a good singular source for this, but he talks about it in e.g. https://t.co/fXQM29aFsb https://t.co/bjX6Xfoswn text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @AbstractFairy @selentelechia I don’t have a good singular source for this, but he talks about it in e.g. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/systems-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnsys.2022.768201/full https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875576940427686317/photo/1 ### tweet 1875601142790717473 chronological_index: 1826 archive_order_index: 1646 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-04T17:52:14Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 04 17:52:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875601142790717473 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875601142790717473 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AskYatharth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875599397507232184 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 193553265 mentions: - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875601142790717473/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ggd5TDYa0AApPJ3.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/RsoRRohVpm possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AskYatharth @frideswyth In the past I’ve written about love as annealing; I hope to update this with the NA+vasocomputation synthesis at some point https://t.co/RsoRRohVpm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AskYatharth @frideswyth In the past I’ve written about love as annealing; I hope to update this with the NA+vasocomputation synthesis at some point https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875601142790717473/photo/1 ### tweet 1875759760420827527 chronological_index: 1827 archive_order_index: 1645 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T04:22:31Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 04:22:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875759760420827527 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875759760420827527 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hermittoday in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875751762176708608 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1283000814043303936 mentions: - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @AbstractFairy | name: Abstract Fairy | id_str: 1256624514500374530 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @hermittoday @AbstractFairy I don’t think it works that way — latches will prevent feelings from being felt. I.e. when a brain network gets clenched into a (~deterministic) circuit and then latched, any sense of possibility that things could be different vanishes, and in general feeling from that area of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hermittoday @AbstractFairy I don’t think it works that way — latches will prevent feelings from being felt. I.e. when a brain network gets clenched into a (~deterministic) circuit and then latched, any sense of possibility that things could be different vanishes, and in general feeling from that area of… ### tweet 1875770610489716748 chronological_index: 1828 archive_order_index: 1644 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:05:38Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:05:38 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875770610489716748 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875770610489716748 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1448 retweet_count: 62 urls: - short: https://t.co/I7twI37jnV expanded: https://x.com/farbood/status/1875609465740992643 display: x.com/farbood/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- What I think may not be obvious about vasocomputation is that this is a muscle, and some of it is semi-permanently clenched (“latched”), and you would feel ~10x better if it wasn’t But there is not a science of wholesome and careful latch-opening yet https://t.co/I7twI37jnV text_with_expanded_urls: |- What I think may not be obvious about vasocomputation is that this is a muscle, and some of it is semi-permanently clenched (“latched”), and you would feel ~10x better if it wasn’t But there is not a science of wholesome and careful latch-opening yet https://x.com/farbood/status/1875609465740992643 ### tweet 1875774104974107077 chronological_index: 1829 archive_order_index: 1643 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:19:31Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:19:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875774104974107077 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875774104974107077 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jay_azhang in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875771000559948185 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 729159509214515200 mentions: - @jay_azhang | name: Jay A | id_str: 729159509214515200 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jay_azhang I just did the same — link for the curious https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jay_azhang I just did the same — link for the curious https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1875776355608182968 chronological_index: 1830 archive_order_index: 1642 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:28:28Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:28:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875776355608182968 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875776355608182968 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 35 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: imitationlearn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875774813975015747 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1824166383204392960 mentions: - @imitationlearn | name: imit | id_str: 1824166383204392960 urls: - short: https://t.co/5YeTKcKZ6I expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872496146192769206 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @imitationlearn This is the ‘latch-bridge mechanism’ of smooth muscle; opening sticky latches is not trivial https://t.co/5YeTKcKZ6I text_with_expanded_urls: |- @imitationlearn This is the ‘latch-bridge mechanism’ of smooth muscle; opening sticky latches is not trivial https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872496146192769206 ### tweet 1875778432652734866 chronological_index: 1831 archive_order_index: 1641 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:36:43Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:36:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875778432652734866 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875778432652734866 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: devaraj227 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875777651748610190 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2719011756 mentions: - @devaraj227 | name: Devaraj Sandberg | id_str: 2719011756 text_raw: |- @devaraj227 I strongly agree with this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @devaraj227 I strongly agree with this ### tweet 1875779133499900266 chronological_index: 1832 archive_order_index: 1640 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:39:30Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:39:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875779133499900266 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875779133499900266 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: devaraj227 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875777926207246595 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2719011756 mentions: - @devaraj227 | name: Devaraj Sandberg | id_str: 2719011756 text_raw: |- @devaraj227 My sense is that old latches can often be considered damage, but many will simply close up again if opened, if no other changes are made text_with_expanded_urls: |- @devaraj227 My sense is that old latches can often be considered damage, but many will simply close up again if opened, if no other changes are made ### tweet 1875781011356971277 chronological_index: 1833 archive_order_index: 1639 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:46:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:46:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875781011356971277 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875781011356971277 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: egshels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875780093743919569 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745325947843411968 mentions: - @egshels | name: minari🔆 | id_str: 745325947843411968 text_raw: |- @egshels Yes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @egshels Yes ### tweet 1875781950319030737 chronological_index: 1834 archive_order_index: 1638 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:50:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:50:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875781950319030737 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875781950319030737 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: devaraj227 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875780931958751444 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2719011756 mentions: - @devaraj227 | name: Devaraj Sandberg | id_str: 2719011756 text_raw: |- @devaraj227 That makes sense — appreciate the data the belly was the first brain, everything is going to ultimately organize around it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @devaraj227 That makes sense — appreciate the data the belly was the first brain, everything is going to ultimately organize around it ### tweet 1875782142522995098 chronological_index: 1835 archive_order_index: 1637 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:51:27Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:51:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875782142522995098 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875782142522995098 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: egshels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875781221986541778 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745325947843411968 mentions: - @egshels | name: minari🔆 | id_str: 745325947843411968 text_raw: |- @egshels Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @egshels Thank you! ### tweet 1875784212571418940 chronological_index: 1836 archive_order_index: 1636 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T05:59:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 05:59:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875784212571418940 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875784212571418940 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 127 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875770610489716748 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vasocomputation thread: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vasocomputation thread: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1875922491203547476 chronological_index: 1837 archive_order_index: 1635 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T15:09:09Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 15:09:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875922491203547476 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875922491203547476 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: fr_cassarino in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875889274400473591 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1360223349218177030 mentions: - @fr_cassarino | name: frc | id_str: 1360223349218177030 text_raw: |- @fr_cassarino I think it’s because we’ve already screened OTC vasodilators to be non-psychoactive — this makes sure they are relatively weak There are vasodilators that have strong psychoactive effects — e.g. opioids, alcohol — but we don’t think of them as strong vasodilators (we should) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @fr_cassarino I think it’s because we’ve already screened OTC vasodilators to be non-psychoactive — this makes sure they are relatively weak There are vasodilators that have strong psychoactive effects — e.g. opioids, alcohol — but we don’t think of them as strong vasodilators (we should) ### tweet 1875925534196285785 chronological_index: 1838 archive_order_index: 1634 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T15:21:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 15:21:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875925534196285785 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875925534196285785 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GeorgeTitor33 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875913524511465649 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1199543240740896769 mentions: - @GeorgeTitor33 | name: George | id_str: 1199543240740896769 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @GeorgeTitor33 I think TRE is great technology. I don’t think it’s a science — I’d like to be able to image all the latches someone has, and then pick which ones to open But we don’t yet have the theory to understand which are safe to open, and which aren’t. I think this is very important… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GeorgeTitor33 I think TRE is great technology. I don’t think it’s a science — I’d like to be able to image all the latches someone has, and then pick which ones to open But we don’t yet have the theory to understand which are safe to open, and which aren’t. I think this is very important… ### tweet 1875927012726223067 chronological_index: 1839 archive_order_index: 1633 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T15:27:07Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 15:27:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875927012726223067 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875927012726223067 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: dmt_quest in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875925040203718683 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2885600041 mentions: - @dmt_quest | name: DMT Quest | id_str: 2885600041 text_raw: |- @dmt_quest Some latches come and go within minutes or hours, some days or weeks. Some last decades or a lifetime If a latch (neural constraint) gets bound up into our sense of self, we regularly run our mental fingers over it, strengthening it. These are very hard to open text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dmt_quest Some latches come and go within minutes or hours, some days or weeks. Some last decades or a lifetime If a latch (neural constraint) gets bound up into our sense of self, we regularly run our mental fingers over it, strengthening it. These are very hard to open ### tweet 1875955410429153570 chronological_index: 1840 archive_order_index: 1632 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T17:19:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 17:19:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875955410429153570 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875955410429153570 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875948120162685123 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875955410429153570/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ggi7gQWbcAAF1mv.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/xt5hqhiJQU - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875955410429153570/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ggi7gQXbIAAI5Jz.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/xt5hqhiJQU possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eshear Physics may be relative on one level of description, but there are also hard invariants — Finding the analogues of these hard invariants in phenomenology is a big part of what “consciousness research” entails https://t.co/xt5hqhiJQU text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Physics may be relative on one level of description, but there are also hard invariants — Finding the analogues of these hard invariants in phenomenology is a big part of what “consciousness research” entails https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875955410429153570/photo/1 ### tweet 1875955717972361573 chronological_index: 1841 archive_order_index: 1631 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T17:21:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 17:21:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875955717972361573 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875955717972361573 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875954508892983318 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 - @_brentbaum | name: brent | id_str: 752422021 text_raw: |- @frideswyth @_brentbaum Surprisingly effective text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth @_brentbaum Surprisingly effective ### tweet 1875959931272323117 chronological_index: 1842 archive_order_index: 1630 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T17:37:55Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 17:37:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875959931272323117 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875959931272323117 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875958309993468150 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eshear Very cool. We may be coming from somewhat different angles, but you might enjoy reading my 2023 STV paper — https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC Last year I also published a synthesis of some work by Wolfram, Tononi, and myself: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Very cool. We may be coming from somewhat different angles, but you might enjoy reading my 2023 STV paper — https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf Last year I also published a synthesis of some work by Wolfram, Tononi, and myself: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1875962431517958515 chronological_index: 1843 archive_order_index: 1629 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T17:47:52Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 17:47:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875962431517958515 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875962431517958515 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TearingFerns in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875959335660220762 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1852448253914038272 mentions: - @TearingFerns | name: 🌿 | id_str: 1852448253914038272 - @fr_cassarino | name: frc | id_str: 1360223349218177030 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @TearingFerns @fr_cassarino Presumably some vasodilation pathways produce strong phenomenological effects and others don’t; it’d be great to systematize this My sense is that substances that prioritize the release of capillary tension will have the strongest computational impact. Certainly substances that… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TearingFerns @fr_cassarino Presumably some vasodilation pathways produce strong phenomenological effects and others don’t; it’d be great to systematize this My sense is that substances that prioritize the release of capillary tension will have the strongest computational impact. Certainly substances that… ### tweet 1875963967014871241 chronological_index: 1844 archive_order_index: 1628 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T17:53:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 17:53:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875963967014871241 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875963967014871241 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875962213737062888 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @eshear Thanks! Yeah it’s curious looking for what could provide the fundamental context for all of this. There’s a lineage in physics (e.g. Noether, Wigner, Wilczek, Tegmark) that suggests what ‘really’ exists is symmetries and broken symmetries; I might suggest every conscious… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Thanks! Yeah it’s curious looking for what could provide the fundamental context for all of this. There’s a lineage in physics (e.g. Noether, Wigner, Wilczek, Tegmark) that suggests what ‘really’ exists is symmetries and broken symmetries; I might suggest every conscious… ### tweet 1875965611073008021 chronological_index: 1845 archive_order_index: 1627 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T18:00:30Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 18:00:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875965611073008021 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875965611073008021 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875965349780492570 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear Absolutely must be attempted text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Absolutely must be attempted ### tweet 1875981621406654853 chronological_index: 1846 archive_order_index: 1626 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T19:04:07Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 19:04:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1875981621406654853 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1875981621406654853 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: markrdavis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875979406709334340 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 208444059 mentions: - @markrdavis | name: Mark R. Davis | id_str: 208444059 text_raw: |- @markrdavis That’s a great reference, thank you text_with_expanded_urls: |- @markrdavis That’s a great reference, thank you ### tweet 1876045488438583509 chronological_index: 1847 archive_order_index: 1625 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T23:17:54Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 23:17:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876045488438583509 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876045488438583509 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DavidLoukidelis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876035012652654835 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 319736367 mentions: - @DavidLoukidelis | name: David | id_str: 319736367 text_raw: |- @DavidLoukidelis Mapping latches is an obvious move text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DavidLoukidelis Mapping latches is an obvious move ### tweet 1876051333842968961 chronological_index: 1848 archive_order_index: 1624 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-05T23:41:07Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 05 23:41:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876051333842968961 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876051333842968961 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: realfauxfaux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876049999592923452 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1479515722208448520 mentions: - @realfauxfaux | name: Foffo | id_str: 1479515722208448520 text_raw: |- @realfauxfaux If someone had many large clots lodged somewhere, I could see a scenario where dissolving them rapidly could lead to smaller break-away clots that could do damage. But this feels unlikely Mostly downside risk is extra bleeding afaik text_with_expanded_urls: |- @realfauxfaux If someone had many large clots lodged somewhere, I could see a scenario where dissolving them rapidly could lead to smaller break-away clots that could do damage. But this feels unlikely Mostly downside risk is extra bleeding afaik ### tweet 1876068162736922761 chronological_index: 1849 archive_order_index: 1623 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-06T00:48:00Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 06 00:48:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876068162736922761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876068162736922761 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876066590900596897 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4646918303 mentions: - @dylanbeynon | name: Dylan Beynon | id_str: 157245111 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nocnalf @dylanbeynon High cholesterol can be a sign of low thyroid, especially if downstream hormones (eg testosterone, pregnenolone) are low High cholesterol not exactly bad, but can be bad if it just hangs around and gets oxidized Low-hanging fruit would be stop eating things that reduce… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nocnalf @dylanbeynon High cholesterol can be a sign of low thyroid, especially if downstream hormones (eg testosterone, pregnenolone) are low High cholesterol not exactly bad, but can be bad if it just hangs around and gets oxidized Low-hanging fruit would be stop eating things that reduce… ### tweet 1876101126036324670 chronological_index: 1850 archive_order_index: 1622 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-06T02:58:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 06 02:58:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876101126036324670 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876101126036324670 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mansta_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876080823704924635 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 809691786721558528 mentions: - @mansta_ | name: MANSTA 🤍 | id_str: 809691786721558528 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @mansta_ @JoinEdgeCity It’s a great question! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mansta_ @JoinEdgeCity It’s a great question! ### tweet 1876115711862730871 chronological_index: 1851 archive_order_index: 1621 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-06T03:56:56Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 06 03:56:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876115711862730871 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876115711862730871 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meloche_p in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876110408593072563 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1449807651123220486 mentions: - @meloche_p | name: Atlas didn't Give AF | id_str: 1449807651123220486 - @jay_azhang | name: Jay A | id_str: 729159509214515200 text_raw: |- @meloche_p @jay_azhang Nattokinase is the best studied afaik, which is perhaps why people recommend it. They’re all somewhat similar although they may do mildly different things on the margin and equivalent doses are wildly different text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meloche_p @jay_azhang Nattokinase is the best studied afaik, which is perhaps why people recommend it. They’re all somewhat similar although they may do mildly different things on the margin and equivalent doses are wildly different ### tweet 1876119337129705474 chronological_index: 1852 archive_order_index: 1620 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-06T04:11:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 06 04:11:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876119337129705474 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876119337129705474 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jay_azhang in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876116906534662367 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 729159509214515200 mentions: - @jay_azhang | name: Jay A | id_str: 729159509214515200 - @meloche_p | name: Atlas didn't Give AF | id_str: 1449807651123220486 text_raw: |- @jay_azhang @meloche_p 2000fu daily, double on short flights and triple on long; 3 weeks on and 1 week off. Not sure if cycling is required text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jay_azhang @meloche_p 2000fu daily, double on short flights and triple on long; 3 weeks on and 1 week off. Not sure if cycling is required ### tweet 1876140803678220741 chronological_index: 1853 archive_order_index: 1619 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-06T05:36:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 06 05:36:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876140803678220741 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876140803678220741 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dev_valladares in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876138638075130283 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 993234525214797825 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @_____stick_____ Thank you for the kind words! I’m really excited about this too — I see it as a very simple system, but one that evolution has used in a lot of clever ways. And also one that has some rough edges evolution hasn’t had time to polish. *I should note QC is not my blog; my work is… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_____stick_____ Thank you for the kind words! I’m really excited about this too — I see it as a very simple system, but one that evolution has used in a lot of clever ways. And also one that has some rough edges evolution hasn’t had time to polish. *I should note QC is not my blog; my work is… ### tweet 1876421641020100889 chronological_index: 1854 archive_order_index: 1618 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-07T00:12:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 07 00:12:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876421641020100889 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876421641020100889 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876416953415549376 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar This is a really great analysis Telepathy is framed as magic but we think empathy (feeling someone else’s feelings) is normal and mundane. Lots of room in the middle for sensitive nervous systems. I assume you’ve read this https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar This is a really great analysis Telepathy is framed as magic but we think empathy (feeling someone else’s feelings) is normal and mundane. Lots of room in the middle for sensitive nervous systems. I assume you’ve read this https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1876437133910781999 chronological_index: 1855 archive_order_index: 1617 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-07T01:14:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 07 01:14:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876437133910781999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876437133910781999 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kirsten_lum_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876432833511907395 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1538035659784347648 mentions: - @machsci | name: Kirsten Lum | id_str: 1978511822182559744 text_raw: |- @machsci Absolutely — I think there’s a lot of hidden knowledge about how the vasomuscular system works (and how to heal and forgive) in both text_with_expanded_urls: |- @machsci Absolutely — I think there’s a lot of hidden knowledge about how the vasomuscular system works (and how to heal and forgive) in both ### tweet 1876441746407845891 chronological_index: 1856 archive_order_index: 1616 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-07T01:32:29Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 07 01:32:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876441746407845891 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876441746407845891 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876439814532137287 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @yoltartar Yeah; I also think if you stuff a bunch of extra neurons into specialized nervous system circuitry you break its pretraining, these ‘undercanalized’ networks are more likely to ‘escape containment’ and frequency-couple with unusual things in the environment, or with the usual… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar Yeah; I also think if you stuff a bunch of extra neurons into specialized nervous system circuitry you break its pretraining, these ‘undercanalized’ networks are more likely to ‘escape containment’ and frequency-couple with unusual things in the environment, or with the usual… ### tweet 1876498273546158089 chronological_index: 1857 archive_order_index: 1615 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-07T05:17:06Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 07 05:17:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876498273546158089 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876498273546158089 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mactothefuturex in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876496587586973773 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1855010784717250560 mentions: - @mactothefuturex | name: Mac /dd/lev | id_str: 1855010784717250560 text_raw: |- @mactothefuturex Good questions; I don’t think this has been well studied, although empirically simple (non-enteric) pills seem to be the norm and seem effective. One question mark in the literature is how (well) the body absorbs NK from this source text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mactothefuturex Good questions; I don’t think this has been well studied, although empirically simple (non-enteric) pills seem to be the norm and seem effective. One question mark in the literature is how (well) the body absorbs NK from this source ### tweet 1876672739991552397 chronological_index: 1858 archive_order_index: 1614 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-07T16:50:22Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 07 16:50:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876672739991552397 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876672739991552397 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: neuroblossom in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876621488964374634 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3314277534 mentions: - @neuroblossom | name: neuroblossom | id_str: 3314277534 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @neuroblossom @erikphoel I haven’t! Will keep an eye out text_with_expanded_urls: |- @neuroblossom @erikphoel I haven’t! Will keep an eye out ### tweet 1876673335964454983 chronological_index: 1859 archive_order_index: 1613 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-07T16:52:44Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 07 16:52:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876673335964454983 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876673335964454983 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876657146273599918 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @yoltartar This seems surprisingly possible text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar This seems surprisingly possible ### tweet 1876775819315761649 chronological_index: 1860 archive_order_index: 1612 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-07T23:39:58Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 07 23:39:58 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876775819315761649 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876775819315761649 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 328 retweet_count: 18 urls: - short: https://t.co/gPMfGpUcSj expanded: https://x.com/lowmegatron/status/1876660213094256766 display: x.com/lowmegatron/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- An extremely actionable implication of Vasocomputation is that many more of our problems than we realize are simply vascular microspasms. Noise in our neural stabilization system, often from impaired energy production Can manifest as stuttering, or various sorts of headaches, or… https://t.co/gPMfGpUcSj text_with_expanded_urls: |- An extremely actionable implication of Vasocomputation is that many more of our problems than we realize are simply vascular microspasms. Noise in our neural stabilization system, often from impaired energy production Can manifest as stuttering, or various sorts of headaches, or… https://x.com/lowmegatron/status/1876660213094256766 ### tweet 1876782991932117333 chronological_index: 1861 archive_order_index: 1611 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T00:08:28Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 00:08:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876782991932117333 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876782991932117333 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GnomeSongBotani in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876780129197658439 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1778020163389997056 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @GnomeSongBotani Instantaneously opening the majority of your latches would produce the most intense psychotic break in the history of the world; permanent unrecoverable damage But if we consider going to the latch clinic and removing the least-useful 0.1%* latches every week for 20 weeks, along… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GnomeSongBotani Instantaneously opening the majority of your latches would produce the most intense psychotic break in the history of the world; permanent unrecoverable damage But if we consider going to the latch clinic and removing the least-useful 0.1%* latches every week for 20 weeks, along… ### tweet 1876786448881320115 chronological_index: 1862 archive_order_index: 1610 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T00:22:13Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 00:22:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876786448881320115 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876786448881320115 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GnomeSongBotani in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876785503762104781 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1778020163389997056 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 text_raw: |- @GnomeSongBotani I think this is basically right, but well outside current human capacity to do at scale I do think we do small versions of this many times per day text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GnomeSongBotani I think this is basically right, but well outside current human capacity to do at scale I do think we do small versions of this many times per day ### tweet 1876793481059823963 chronological_index: 1863 archive_order_index: 1609 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T00:50:09Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 00:50:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876793481059823963 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876793481059823963 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 5matthewdub in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876791719603110037 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1516057772952997888 mentions: - @5matthewdub | name: Matthew Dub | id_str: 1516057772952997888 text_raw: |- @5matthewdub Fascinating, thanks! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @5matthewdub Fascinating, thanks! ### tweet 1876803223492973019 chronological_index: 1864 archive_order_index: 1608 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T01:28:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 01:28:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876803223492973019 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876803223492973019 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876800766200914329 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @5matthewdub | name: Matthew Dub | id_str: 1516057772952997888 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @yoltartar @5matthewdub Interesting… I do suspect latches condition vascular reflexes, and vascular reflexes condition latches (there’s some deep Buddhist reference for this that I’m vague on) Perhaps some stuttering is mostly bioenergetic, and some arises from latch miswiring. Open the right latch… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @5matthewdub Interesting… I do suspect latches condition vascular reflexes, and vascular reflexes condition latches (there’s some deep Buddhist reference for this that I’m vague on) Perhaps some stuttering is mostly bioenergetic, and some arises from latch miswiring. Open the right latch… ### tweet 1876806768417747156 chronological_index: 1865 archive_order_index: 1607 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T01:42:57Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 01:42:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876806768417747156 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876806768417747156 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876805872287940995 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @5matthewdub | name: Matthew Dub | id_str: 1516057772952997888 text_raw: |- @yoltartar @5matthewdub I think that’s possible in some cases (though perhaps not the majority) — hard to perform some action well if your body is conflicted on whether you should perform it at all text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @5matthewdub I think that’s possible in some cases (though perhaps not the majority) — hard to perform some action well if your body is conflicted on whether you should perform it at all ### tweet 1876807532498346064 chronological_index: 1866 archive_order_index: 1606 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T01:45:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 01:45:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876807532498346064 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876807532498346064 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876806741293244597 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 text_raw: |- @36_72541890 @GnomeSongBotani Agree about the heart attack — I imagine all the body’s clamping reflexes firing at once to manage the chaos Can you say more about sleep deprivation? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 @GnomeSongBotani Agree about the heart attack — I imagine all the body’s clamping reflexes firing at once to manage the chaos Can you say more about sleep deprivation? ### tweet 1876834936226746788 chronological_index: 1867 archive_order_index: 1605 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T03:34:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 03:34:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1876834936226746788 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876834936226746788 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: focusedautist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876831875395723743 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 749084099957051392 mentions: - @focusedautist | name: Focused Autist | id_str: 749084099957051392 text_raw: |- @focusedautist The Vasocomputation Apologia for Christianity is in the works text_with_expanded_urls: |- @focusedautist The Vasocomputation Apologia for Christianity is in the works ### tweet 1877010939310166412 chronological_index: 1868 archive_order_index: 1604 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T15:14:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 15:14:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877010939310166412 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877010939310166412 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876901643733659835 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1508647852985098249 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Nominus9 @36_72541890 @GnomeSongBotani I suspect sensory processing (and everything’s sensory processing, just at different levels of abstraction) is highly dependent on latches, and the configuration of our latches is highly path-dependent. This is to say we each inhabit a very particular area of configuration space… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Nominus9 @36_72541890 @GnomeSongBotani I suspect sensory processing (and everything’s sensory processing, just at different levels of abstraction) is highly dependent on latches, and the configuration of our latches is highly path-dependent. This is to say we each inhabit a very particular area of configuration space… ### tweet 1877012122258792961 chronological_index: 1869 archive_order_index: 1603 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T15:18:57Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 15:18:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877012122258792961 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877012122258792961 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plyv1722193 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876905962050879730 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1751111671169634304 mentions: - @Plyv1722193 | name: PlyV | id_str: 1751111671169634304 - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 text_raw: |- @Plyv1722193 @GnomeSongBotani It feels like this is a very clean approach (as one would expect from Buddhism!), and also that it depends on having certain skills that might be best to have in place before the process started text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plyv1722193 @GnomeSongBotani It feels like this is a very clean approach (as one would expect from Buddhism!), and also that it depends on having certain skills that might be best to have in place before the process started ### tweet 1877012747822436395 chronological_index: 1870 archive_order_index: 1602 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T15:21:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 15:21:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877012747822436395 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877012747822436395 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Jaggerydev10 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876957424172581198 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1500338668459810817 mentions: - @Jaggerydev10 | name: mayank | id_str: 1500338668459810817 text_raw: |- @Jaggerydev10 I would lean toward explaining the experience in terms of the latter first, before we bring in the former text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Jaggerydev10 I would lean toward explaining the experience in terms of the latter first, before we bring in the former ### tweet 1877016021116293514 chronological_index: 1871 archive_order_index: 1601 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T15:34:27Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 15:34:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877016021116293514 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877016021116293514 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: _brentbaum in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1876963662226698705 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 752422021 mentions: - @_brentbaum | name: brent | id_str: 752422021 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @_brentbaum Sauna and cold plunge are a very safe intervention and they seem to reliably loosen latches, but I wouldn’t necessarily call them a very strong latch intervention — The idea of “working the latch free by clench-release-clench-release” is a very potent strategy imo, but fully… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_brentbaum Sauna and cold plunge are a very safe intervention and they seem to reliably loosen latches, but I wouldn’t necessarily call them a very strong latch intervention — The idea of “working the latch free by clench-release-clench-release” is a very potent strategy imo, but fully… ### tweet 1877016196370813055 chronological_index: 1872 archive_order_index: 1600 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T15:35:09Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 15:35:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877016196370813055 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877016196370813055 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877016021116293514 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @_brentbaum | name: brent | id_str: 752422021 text_raw: |- @_brentbaum Also a lot of great comments by others here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_brentbaum Also a lot of great comments by others here ### tweet 1877020423772049764 chronological_index: 1873 archive_order_index: 1599 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T15:51:57Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 15:51:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877020423772049764 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877020423772049764 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pk_htown in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877009541478420965 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3638106497 mentions: - @pk_htown | name: poser👾 | id_str: 3638106497 - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @5matthewdub | name: Matthew Dub | id_str: 1516057772952997888 text_raw: |- @pk_htown @hermittoday @yoltartar @5matthewdub This is an amazingly thoughtful writeup. You have a very bright future in research if you keep going (and I really hope you do) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pk_htown @hermittoday @yoltartar @5matthewdub This is an amazingly thoughtful writeup. You have a very bright future in research if you keep going (and I really hope you do) ### tweet 1877031388085379470 chronological_index: 1874 archive_order_index: 1598 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T16:35:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 16:35:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877031388085379470 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877031388085379470 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pk_htown in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877022488153981268 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3638106497 mentions: - @pk_htown | name: poser👾 | id_str: 3638106497 - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @5matthewdub | name: Matthew Dub | id_str: 1516057772952997888 text_raw: |- @pk_htown @hermittoday @yoltartar @5matthewdub Would love to; let’s DM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pk_htown @hermittoday @yoltartar @5matthewdub Would love to; let’s DM ### tweet 1877037238078292184 chronological_index: 1875 archive_order_index: 1597 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T16:58:45Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 16:58:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877037238078292184 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877037238078292184 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dkazand in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877034538460758236 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 239559026 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 text_raw: |- @dkazand The Vegetable and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race I haven’t written it out yet but hoping to do a big thread connecting vasocomputation, Ray Peat, metabolism, and ‘sports medicine for meditation’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dkazand The Vegetable and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race I haven’t written it out yet but hoping to do a big thread connecting vasocomputation, Ray Peat, metabolism, and ‘sports medicine for meditation’ ### tweet 1877048345979494745 chronological_index: 1876 archive_order_index: 1596 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T17:42:54Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 17:42:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877048345979494745 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877048345979494745 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dkazand in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877046390653702244 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 239559026 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 text_raw: |- @dkazand Amazing! The Peat/Barnes lore on ~70-90% of people being hypothyroid is absolutely nuts btw; really shifts one’s perspective on normal text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dkazand Amazing! The Peat/Barnes lore on ~70-90% of people being hypothyroid is absolutely nuts btw; really shifts one’s perspective on normal ### tweet 1877052533480329292 chronological_index: 1877 archive_order_index: 1595 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-08T17:59:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 08 17:59:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877052533480329292 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877052533480329292 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: coponder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877051237755142262 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 707398102794108928 mentions: - @coponder | name: Robin Goins | id_str: 707398102794108928 - @bear_3ma | name: bear3ma | id_str: 1703738934084169728 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @coponder @bear_3ma @erikphoel Interesting — this process sort of sounds like two networks decoupling: there’s a normal phase, then a rough phase (perhaps with an increasing beat frequency?), then independence I’ll get back to you if I experience this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @coponder @bear_3ma @erikphoel Interesting — this process sort of sounds like two networks decoupling: there’s a normal phase, then a rough phase (perhaps with an increasing beat frequency?), then independence I’ll get back to you if I experience this ### tweet 1877168432518459756 chronological_index: 1878 archive_order_index: 1594 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-09T01:40:05Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 09 01:40:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877168432518459756 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877168432518459756 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: dkazand in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877034538460758236 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 239559026 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 urls: - short: https://t.co/FiMzGdTH0C expanded: https://x.com/JulianaLung/status/1877154826582217003 display: x.com/JulianaLung/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @dkazand Fwiw this beauty of scientific explanation just graced my timeline https://t.co/FiMzGdTH0C text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dkazand Fwiw this beauty of scientific explanation just graced my timeline https://x.com/JulianaLung/status/1877154826582217003 ### tweet 1877235464119398613 chronological_index: 1879 archive_order_index: 1593 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-09T06:06:26Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 09 06:06:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877235464119398613 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877235464119398613 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: insurrealist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877230530229363056 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1082876013149851648 mentions: - @insurrealist | name: ||||| | id_str: 1082876013149851648 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @insurrealist Very cool! Makes sense — I expect vascular muscle has lots of settings Imo a big project for neuroscience will be reimagining neurotransmitters as operators on vascular operation — i.e. what does serotonin do to vascular rhythms? Opioids? Dopamine? To flood the brain with a… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insurrealist Very cool! Makes sense — I expect vascular muscle has lots of settings Imo a big project for neuroscience will be reimagining neurotransmitters as operators on vascular operation — i.e. what does serotonin do to vascular rhythms? Opioids? Dopamine? To flood the brain with a… ### tweet 1877386481754583268 chronological_index: 1880 archive_order_index: 1592 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-09T16:06:32Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 09 16:06:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877386481754583268 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877386481754583268 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: beophisto in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877371266421727309 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1455228419713781768 mentions: - @beophisto | name: 𝔅𝔢𝔬𝔭𝔥𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔬 | id_str: 1455228419713781768 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @beophisto I think Hebbian neuroplasticity is real (“neurons that fire together, wire together”), but definitely agree that the general phenomenon we call “neuroplasticity” is a combination of neural and vascular adaptations Imo long-term vascular clamps (latches) are a crucial mechanism… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @beophisto I think Hebbian neuroplasticity is real (“neurons that fire together, wire together”), but definitely agree that the general phenomenon we call “neuroplasticity” is a combination of neural and vascular adaptations Imo long-term vascular clamps (latches) are a crucial mechanism… ### tweet 1877393631033589815 chronological_index: 1881 archive_order_index: 1591 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-09T16:34:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 09 16:34:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877393631033589815 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877393631033589815 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877391049775030432 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov The general frame that comes to mind is that we’re multimodal LLMs and this will shape tokenizer strategies (kiki/bouba type patterns), but I don’t have a specific explanation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov The general frame that comes to mind is that we’re multimodal LLMs and this will shape tokenizer strategies (kiki/bouba type patterns), but I don’t have a specific explanation ### tweet 1877435512228593994 chronological_index: 1882 archive_order_index: 1590 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-09T19:21:21Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 09 19:21:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877435512228593994 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877435512228593994 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SurenVynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1875792795069501754 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036518060 mentions: - @SurenVynn | name: Vynn | id_str: 1036518060 text_raw: |- @SurenVynn I think this is very plausible — I expect these sorts of micropatterns to happen and to reflect important things going on ‘under the hood’, and I expect we have specialized circuitry for detecting them in others “At 50, everyone has the face he deserves” — something to this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SurenVynn I think this is very plausible — I expect these sorts of micropatterns to happen and to reflect important things going on ‘under the hood’, and I expect we have specialized circuitry for detecting them in others “At 50, everyone has the face he deserves” — something to this ### tweet 1877837611076669756 chronological_index: 1883 archive_order_index: 1589 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-10T21:59:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 10 21:59:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877837611076669756 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877837611076669756 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: x_snowfield in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877836915715572121 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 777662101053665284 mentions: - @x_snowfield | name: Snowfield | id_str: 777662101053665284 text_raw: |- @x_snowfield Amazing reference, I hadn’t caught that text_with_expanded_urls: |- @x_snowfield Amazing reference, I hadn’t caught that ### tweet 1877856957253791998 chronological_index: 1884 archive_order_index: 1588 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-10T23:16:02Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 10 23:16:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877856957253791998 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877856957253791998 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: T3Uncoupled in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877854517032788299 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1564810934551334913 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @T3MaxxiAlt You may enjoy a talk I recently gave about this (broadly speaking) — Hoping to connect this more deeply with Peat’s thoughts on metabolism and relaxation in the near future https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @T3MaxxiAlt You may enjoy a talk I recently gave about this (broadly speaking) — Hoping to connect this more deeply with Peat’s thoughts on metabolism and relaxation in the near future https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1877876601490391377 chronological_index: 1885 archive_order_index: 1587 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-11T00:34:05Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 11 00:34:05 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877876601490391377 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 224 retweet_count: 12 urls: - short: https://t.co/HgwA8YzNcu expanded: https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1877743613435609264 display: x.com/tracewoodgrain… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- This is one reason I think longevity research needs a science of latches — huge parts of our nervous system’s innate dynamic range get latched when we’re young, never to reopen. And a surprising amount of age-related “loss of neuroplasticity” may simply be gradual accumulation of… https://t.co/HgwA8YzNcu text_with_expanded_urls: |- This is one reason I think longevity research needs a science of latches — huge parts of our nervous system’s innate dynamic range get latched when we’re young, never to reopen. And a surprising amount of age-related “loss of neuroplasticity” may simply be gradual accumulation of… https://x.com/tracewoodgrains/status/1877743613435609264 ### tweet 1877876762316857441 chronological_index: 1886 archive_order_index: 1586 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-11T00:34:44Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 11 00:34:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877876762316857441 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876762316857441 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877876601490391377 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Thread on vasocomputation and vascular latches: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Thread on vasocomputation and vascular latches: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1877887498766127529 chronological_index: 1887 archive_order_index: 1585 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-11T01:17:23Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 11 01:17:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877887498766127529 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877887498766127529 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877884510693625978 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Can be a circulatory thing, would rec an extra dose of nattokinase for a week and in general auditing your diet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Can be a circulatory thing, would rec an extra dose of nattokinase for a week and in general auditing your diet ### tweet 1877962221759647757 chronological_index: 1888 archive_order_index: 1584 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-11T06:14:19Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 11 06:14:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1877962221759647757 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877962221759647757 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: prasanna_says in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1877954037191946731 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 232505877 mentions: - @prasanna_says | name: Prasanna K | id_str: 232505877 - @VictorTaelin | name: Taelin | id_str: 272239060 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMleB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @prasanna_says @VictorTaelin I think that’s possible; in general nattokinase would be at the top of my list for people during and after covid https://t.co/3naNFAMleB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @prasanna_says @VictorTaelin I think that’s possible; in general nattokinase would be at the top of my list for people during and after covid https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ### tweet 1878110176454246904 chronological_index: 1889 archive_order_index: 1583 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-11T16:02:14Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 11 16:02:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878110176454246904 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878110176454246904 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kaleidosight in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878107694059430236 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2393199685 mentions: - @kaleidosight | name: Passional Glance | id_str: 2393199685 - @prasanna_says | name: Prasanna K | id_str: 232505877 urls: - short: https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kaleidosight @prasanna_says I wrote a thing on this recently! https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kaleidosight @prasanna_says I wrote a thing on this recently! https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 ### tweet 1878648168356954567 chronological_index: 1890 archive_order_index: 1582 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T03:40:01Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 03:40:01 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878648168356954567 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1066 retweet_count: 71 urls: - short: https://t.co/QdjvENFfrJ expanded: https://x.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1878597381253423105 display: x.com/PicturesFoIder… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- There’s something in vasocomputation I’ve been calling a “stance” or way of feeling — stances are essentially discrete patterns of muscle tension (primarily vascular tension) that we can jump into and which offer specific affordances. The girl in this video is a great example:… https://t.co/QdjvENFfrJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- There’s something in vasocomputation I’ve been calling a “stance” or way of feeling — stances are essentially discrete patterns of muscle tension (primarily vascular tension) that we can jump into and which offer specific affordances. The girl in this video is a great example:… https://x.com/PicturesFoIder/status/1878597381253423105 ### tweet 1878649886192922778 chronological_index: 1891 archive_order_index: 1581 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T03:46:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 03:46:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878649886192922778 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878649886192922778 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anushkmittal in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878648419641901081 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1260017196 mentions: - @anushkmittal | name: anushk | id_str: 1260017196 text_raw: |- @anushkmittal Lots of posture-related latches, and some more subtle perception-related latches I’d guess; Tetris-effect type stuff, only at levels of predictive processing that don’t create visuals text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anushkmittal Lots of posture-related latches, and some more subtle perception-related latches I’d guess; Tetris-effect type stuff, only at levels of predictive processing that don’t create visuals ### tweet 1878655062706421839 chronological_index: 1892 archive_order_index: 1580 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T04:07:25Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 04:07:25 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878655062706421839 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878655062706421839 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: univrsw3th4rt in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878654070661210520 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1635486684597874689 mentions: - @univrsw3th4rt | name: universe sweetheart 💓🌈💭 | id_str: 1635486684597874689 text_raw: |- @univrsw3th4rt Thank you :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @univrsw3th4rt Thank you :) ### tweet 1878655303774060641 chronological_index: 1893 archive_order_index: 1579 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T04:08:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 04:08:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878655303774060641 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878655303774060641 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ben_r_hoffman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878655096348946678 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342309873 mentions: - @ben_r_hoffman | name: 🐦🔬🔭🌴🕺🏋️‍♂️🧘‍♂️🤸‍♂️🧍‍♂️👨‍👩‍👦 | id_str: 342309873 text_raw: |- @ben_r_hoffman Yeah I think she’s not being unreasonable to be stressed about it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ben_r_hoffman Yeah I think she’s not being unreasonable to be stressed about it ### tweet 1878665148594094454 chronological_index: 1894 archive_order_index: 1578 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T04:47:29Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 04:47:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878665148594094454 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878665148594094454 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BotBotMoose in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878657447755419754 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1485901425989373955 mentions: - @BotBotMoose | name: BotBotMoose | id_str: 1485901425989373955 text_raw: |- @BotBotMoose Will check him out, thanks! Hope to write out some practical thoughts on this soon text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BotBotMoose Will check him out, thanks! Hope to write out some practical thoughts on this soon ### tweet 1878668544218726712 chronological_index: 1895 archive_order_index: 1577 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T05:00:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 05:00:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878668544218726712 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878668544218726712 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 156 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878648168356954567 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- An implication of this is that to jump into a certain stance, you need to know how to clench yourself into that shape, but you also need freedom (relaxation, absence of tension, nothing stabilized-by-default) in certain other parts of your vascular system. I.e. if you have a lot… text_with_expanded_urls: |- An implication of this is that to jump into a certain stance, you need to know how to clench yourself into that shape, but you also need freedom (relaxation, absence of tension, nothing stabilized-by-default) in certain other parts of your vascular system. I.e. if you have a lot… ### tweet 1878668752818159842 chronological_index: 1896 archive_order_index: 1576 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T05:01:49Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 05:01:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878668752818159842 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878668752818159842 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kasratweets in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878666458185810220 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1040051058435874816 mentions: - @kasratweets | name: kasra | id_str: 1040051058435874816 - @Meaningness | name: David Chapman | id_str: 191666539 text_raw: |- @kasratweets @Meaningness Looks very similar in practice text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kasratweets @Meaningness Looks very similar in practice ### tweet 1878669070826111130 chronological_index: 1897 archive_order_index: 1575 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T05:03:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 05:03:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878669070826111130 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878669070826111130 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: itfrombit1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878666913771028842 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1244185056047796226 mentions: - @itfrombit1 | name: opensky | id_str: 1244185056047796226 text_raw: |- @itfrombit1 Yes; many things to do text_with_expanded_urls: |- @itfrombit1 Yes; many things to do ### tweet 1878700673782763813 chronological_index: 1898 archive_order_index: 1574 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T07:08:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 07:08:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878700673782763813 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878700673782763813 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878697652323504530 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 text_raw: |- @meekaale They’re definitely connected in my mind, although my intention is to make my theories modular: people can like one without necessarily signing up for the others text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale They’re definitely connected in my mind, although my intention is to make my theories modular: people can like one without necessarily signing up for the others ### tweet 1878702175817494659 chronological_index: 1899 archive_order_index: 1573 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T07:14:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 07:14:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878702175817494659 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878702175817494659 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EmilyVernell in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878700833933828598 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1149516655740895233 mentions: - @EmilyVernell | name: Emily Vernell | id_str: 1149516655740895233 text_raw: |- @EmilyVernell 100% text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EmilyVernell 100% ### tweet 1878709396534165626 chronological_index: 1900 archive_order_index: 1572 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T07:43:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 07:43:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878709396534165626 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878709396534165626 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: diordaemon in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878707916892782965 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084577700054999041 mentions: - @diordaemon | name: jophiel | id_str: 1084577700054999041 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @diordaemon Thank you! Here’s a talk I gave in November; the end of the thread has my original writeup also https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @diordaemon Thank you! Here’s a talk I gave in November; the end of the thread has my original writeup also https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1878710639352479812 chronological_index: 1901 archive_order_index: 1571 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T07:48:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 07:48:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878710639352479812 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878710639352479812 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sanderjson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878709339151880607 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 994363243161272320 mentions: - @sanderjson | name: Jonathan Sanderson | id_str: 994363243161272320 urls: - short: https://t.co/utVeEU5xTw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852268950442422650 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sanderjson I see addiction and other compulsions as mediated by the smooth muscle reflexes of the body, the same system that stabilizes neural patterns and in general manages sensory uncertainty. Have written about this in the context of Ozempic: https://t.co/utVeEU5xTw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sanderjson I see addiction and other compulsions as mediated by the smooth muscle reflexes of the body, the same system that stabilizes neural patterns and in general manages sensory uncertainty. Have written about this in the context of Ozempic: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1852268950442422650 ### tweet 1878752003553378745 chronological_index: 1902 archive_order_index: 1570 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T10:32:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 10:32:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878752003553378745 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878752003553378745 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: petruch10 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878745593155342644 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1320339554365181952 text_raw: |- @josh_vindaloo I’d be surprised if the reaction was fabricated but not too surprised if she’s leaning in to her natural response text_with_expanded_urls: |- @josh_vindaloo I’d be surprised if the reaction was fabricated but not too surprised if she’s leaning in to her natural response ### tweet 1878764951818600666 chronological_index: 1903 archive_order_index: 1569 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T11:24:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 11:24:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878764951818600666 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878764951818600666 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: petruch10 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878754476427030930 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1320339554365181952 text_raw: |- @josh_vindaloo I suspect theater kids are kids who don’t have a default stance that is strong and/or has useful affordances, so they habitually don other stances to navigate the world text_with_expanded_urls: |- @josh_vindaloo I suspect theater kids are kids who don’t have a default stance that is strong and/or has useful affordances, so they habitually don other stances to navigate the world ### tweet 1878778419175203119 chronological_index: 1904 archive_order_index: 1568 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T12:17:35Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 12:17:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878778419175203119 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878778419175203119 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 25 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: davenovella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878772754318754052 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1045736968045441024 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nospur_sontud I think there’s a huge amount of learning that goes into knowing how to clench your vascular muscle in various patterns: this happens through trial-and-error as we grow and learn to stabilize different sensations, but is also the primary focus/result of many sorts of formal… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nospur_sontud I think there’s a huge amount of learning that goes into knowing how to clench your vascular muscle in various patterns: this happens through trial-and-error as we grow and learn to stabilize different sensations, but is also the primary focus/result of many sorts of formal… ### tweet 1878849307182538874 chronological_index: 1905 archive_order_index: 1567 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T16:59:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 16:59:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878849307182538874 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878849307182538874 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878847755726266650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels Wild text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels Wild ### tweet 1878853606969077859 chronological_index: 1906 archive_order_index: 1566 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T17:16:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 17:16:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878853606969077859 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878853606969077859 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878851330330239452 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 I see the enlightened state as one where patterns are clenched as-needed, but relatively few patterns are latched (and certain specific latches that are central to experience have been opened and the reflexes that would make them reclose have been deconditioned) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 I see the enlightened state as one where patterns are clenched as-needed, but relatively few patterns are latched (and certain specific latches that are central to experience have been opened and the reflexes that would make them reclose have been deconditioned) ### tweet 1878861307644195149 chronological_index: 1907 archive_order_index: 1565 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T17:46:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 17:46:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878861307644195149 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878861307644195149 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878855371571491001 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 urls: - short: https://t.co/TUSUO5Bzsw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 A latch can be thought of as a hard restriction on the dynamic range of some small volume of neurons; it can also be thought of as a mechanism for “aftermarket configuration” of the nervous system. It’s most efficient to encode crucial behaviors directly in neural patterns… https://t.co/TUSUO5Bzsw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 A latch can be thought of as a hard restriction on the dynamic range of some small volume of neurons; it can also be thought of as a mechanism for “aftermarket configuration” of the nervous system. It’s most efficient to encode crucial behaviors directly in neural patterns… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 ### tweet 1878862449287549133 chronological_index: 1908 archive_order_index: 1564 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T17:51:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 17:51:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878862449287549133 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878862449287549133 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: spheno_xiphoid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878855251484377156 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1639670900101640192 mentions: - @spheno_xiphoid | name: CO2 + T3 + B1 | id_str: 1639670900101640192 urls: - short: https://t.co/Bj9n4Aay5S expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371390345392225 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @spheno_xiphoid Very interesting thread. One odd finding is that opioids lead to greater scarring; here’s a thread riffing off that https://t.co/Bj9n4Aay5S text_with_expanded_urls: |- @spheno_xiphoid Very interesting thread. One odd finding is that opioids lead to greater scarring; here’s a thread riffing off that https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742371390345392225 ### tweet 1878882077162242467 chronological_index: 1909 archive_order_index: 1563 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T19:09:29Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 19:09:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878882077162242467 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878882077162242467 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878874743484613035 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @m_ashcroft Definitely… we’ve been meaning to connect I feel like getting into AT’s open awareness is kind of like doing the splits — there’s no hard anatomical reason why you can’t just drop all the contraction preventing open awareness, but the body doesn’t feel it’s safe and won’t let… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @m_ashcroft Definitely… we’ve been meaning to connect I feel like getting into AT’s open awareness is kind of like doing the splits — there’s no hard anatomical reason why you can’t just drop all the contraction preventing open awareness, but the body doesn’t feel it’s safe and won’t let… ### tweet 1878882984872526106 chronological_index: 1910 archive_order_index: 1562 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T19:13:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 19:13:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878882984872526106 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878882984872526106 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878875324362248387 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller A particularly clean distinction is that clenches cost energy to maintain (e.g. ATP gets used up to keep the muscle contracted, could see this on a PET scan), whereas latches don’t — “A latch is a clench the body doesn’t have to pay for” (Applies to both metabolic cost and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller A particularly clean distinction is that clenches cost energy to maintain (e.g. ATP gets used up to keep the muscle contracted, could see this on a PET scan), whereas latches don’t — “A latch is a clench the body doesn’t have to pay for” (Applies to both metabolic cost and… ### tweet 1878886713520718171 chronological_index: 1911 archive_order_index: 1561 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T19:27:55Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 19:27:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878886713520718171 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878886713520718171 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NoahChrein in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878880242477281520 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1217701756953604096 mentions: - @NoahChrein | name: ∞-modal | id_str: 1217701756953604096 - @ESYudkowsky | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky ⏹️ | id_str: 2595244026 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 text_raw: |- @NoahChrein @ESYudkowsky @bryan_johnson That seems plausible; also sleep is a very metabolically costly state and the body could be kicking him out because it ran out of resources. I gather that Eliezer’s thyroid may be downregulated; would personally vouch for Ray Peat’s view of metabolism text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NoahChrein @ESYudkowsky @bryan_johnson That seems plausible; also sleep is a very metabolically costly state and the body could be kicking him out because it ran out of resources. I gather that Eliezer’s thyroid may be downregulated; would personally vouch for Ray Peat’s view of metabolism ### tweet 1878953798145908965 chronological_index: 1912 archive_order_index: 1560 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-13T23:54:29Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 13 23:54:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878953798145908965 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878953798145908965 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878927627941036519 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 mentions: - @typezriter | name: _ | id_str: 854751653307838464 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @36_72541890 @typezriter I think a lot of maintaining plasticity involves having a purpose, taking care of metabolism, never making slop I expect it also depends on nervous system dimensionality; for those with high dimensionality a lot of what you do in your 20s is just becoming functional and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 @typezriter I think a lot of maintaining plasticity involves having a purpose, taking care of metabolism, never making slop I expect it also depends on nervous system dimensionality; for those with high dimensionality a lot of what you do in your 20s is just becoming functional and… ### tweet 1878984060552552657 chronological_index: 1913 archive_order_index: 1559 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-14T01:54:44Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 14 01:54:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878984060552552657 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878984060552552657 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878981555751915774 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 mentions: - @typezriter | name: _ | id_str: 854751653307838464 text_raw: |- @36_72541890 @typezriter Agreed And all that glitters is not gold — many bad purposes along with the good in the possibility space text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 @typezriter Agreed And all that glitters is not gold — many bad purposes along with the good in the possibility space ### tweet 1878986288071946320 chronological_index: 1914 archive_order_index: 1558 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-14T02:03:35Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 14 02:03:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878986288071946320 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878986288071946320 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878982178710966530 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 You’re welcome! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 You’re welcome! ### tweet 1878990351354241310 chronological_index: 1915 archive_order_index: 1557 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-14T02:19:44Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 14 02:19:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1878990351354241310 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878990351354241310 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: briansowards in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878988058051367029 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15054324 mentions: - @briansowards | name: Brian Sowards (he/they) | id_str: 15054324 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @briansowards Here’s a good place to start — I also have some relevant posts on my highlights tab https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @briansowards Here’s a good place to start — I also have some relevant posts on my highlights tab https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1879008503999987854 chronological_index: 1916 archive_order_index: 1556 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-14T03:31:52Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 14 03:31:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879008503999987854 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879008503999987854 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MikePaquet52685 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879007414693061100 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1799195257113903104 mentions: - @MikePaquet52685 | name: Mike Paquette | id_str: 1799195257113903104 text_raw: |- @MikePaquet52685 Thanks! My expectation is that regular walks, sunshine, and a clean diet is the safest starting point for PN/POTS — sounds trivial but makes a big difference Hope to have a thread with details at some point text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MikePaquet52685 Thanks! My expectation is that regular walks, sunshine, and a clean diet is the safest starting point for PN/POTS — sounds trivial but makes a big difference Hope to have a thread with details at some point ### tweet 1879244022612730211 chronological_index: 1917 archive_order_index: 1555 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-14T19:07:44Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 14 19:07:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879244022612730211 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879244022612730211 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MikePaquet52685 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879236217545580852 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1799195257113903104 mentions: - @MikePaquet52685 | name: Mike Paquette | id_str: 1799195257113903104 text_raw: |- @MikePaquet52685 Nattokinase’s effects peak somewhere between 4-12 hours after taking it; any time works fine. Flying produces lots of microclots, take one at the start and end of a long flight text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MikePaquet52685 Nattokinase’s effects peak somewhere between 4-12 hours after taking it; any time works fine. Flying produces lots of microclots, take one at the start and end of a long flight ### tweet 1879362451067859300 chronological_index: 1918 archive_order_index: 1554 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T02:58:19Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 02:58:19 +0000 2025 kind: tweet lang: zxx tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879362451067859300 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1621 retweet_count: 112 urls: - short: https://t.co/7CL2rLc4PZ expanded: http://x.com/i/article/1879349157179359233 display: x.com/i/article/1879… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- https://t.co/7CL2rLc4PZ text_with_expanded_urls: |- http://x.com/i/article/1879349157179359233 ### tweet 1879365397654523905 chronological_index: 1919 archive_order_index: 1553 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T03:10:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 03:10:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879365397654523905 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879365397654523905 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BradCohn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879365141327974625 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15868383 mentions: - @BradCohn | name: Brad Cohn | id_str: 15868383 text_raw: |- @BradCohn Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BradCohn Thank you! ### tweet 1879367006157520903 chronological_index: 1920 archive_order_index: 1552 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T03:16:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 03:16:25 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879367006157520903 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879367006157520903 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AbudBakri in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879365461311398152 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 945743775162183680 mentions: - @AbudBakri | name: Abud Bakri MD | id_str: 945743775162183680 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 text_raw: |- @AbudBakri @bryan_johnson That’s a great question and hard to answer a priori… I do suspect that a decent hint would be if Bryan normally feels cold text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AbudBakri @bryan_johnson That’s a great question and hard to answer a priori… I do suspect that a decent hint would be if Bryan normally feels cold ### tweet 1879371601973821661 chronological_index: 1921 archive_order_index: 1551 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T03:34:41Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 03:34:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879371601973821661 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879371601973821661 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wooblewoof in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879371022010667184 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 619531004 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 text_raw: |- @wooblewoof Thank you! I find the topic fascinating text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof Thank you! I find the topic fascinating ### tweet 1879372154355216521 chronological_index: 1922 archive_order_index: 1550 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T03:36:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 03:36:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879372154355216521 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879372154355216521 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicaalanas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879371602665873604 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1409798562163142657 mentions: - @jessicaalanas | name: Jessica | Biomedicine, MSc. | id_str: 1409798562163142657 text_raw: |- @jessicaalanas Big fan of our corner of twitter text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicaalanas Big fan of our corner of twitter ### tweet 1879374391223750788 chronological_index: 1923 archive_order_index: 1549 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T03:45:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 03:45:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879374391223750788 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879374391223750788 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879373685687230556 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Thanks! Same text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Thanks! Same ### tweet 1879376423296884959 chronological_index: 1924 archive_order_index: 1548 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T03:53:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 03:53:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879376423296884959 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879376423296884959 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 39 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879374388514242988 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 1. I expect fasting does good things, but Peat thought the stress of fasting made it net negative 2. I scratch my head over how Japan can as much PUFA as they do and not have America-tier health problems I trust there are good answers to both that I haven’t found yet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 1. I expect fasting does good things, but Peat thought the stress of fasting made it net negative 2. I scratch my head over how Japan can as much PUFA as they do and not have America-tier health problems I trust there are good answers to both that I haven’t found yet ### tweet 1879384395871899817 chronological_index: 1925 archive_order_index: 1547 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T04:25:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 04:25:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879384395871899817 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879384395871899817 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wooblewoof in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879379770535993533 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 619531004 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 text_raw: |- @wooblewoof Honestly better than it was when I wasn’t peaty text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof Honestly better than it was when I wasn’t peaty ### tweet 1879384826828251539 chronological_index: 1926 archive_order_index: 1546 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T04:27:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 04:27:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879384826828251539 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879384826828251539 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Chris_Smeder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879384469087608909 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22665873 mentions: - @Chris_Smeder | name: Chris Smeder | id_str: 22665873 text_raw: |- @Chris_Smeder Saturated fat is pretty resistant to oxidation but yeah things can get really messy if there are environmental toxins text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Chris_Smeder Saturated fat is pretty resistant to oxidation but yeah things can get really messy if there are environmental toxins ### tweet 1879399554581463305 chronological_index: 1927 archive_order_index: 1545 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T05:25:46Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 05:25:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879399554581463305 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879399554581463305 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BioenergeticBrn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879393755922595939 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1604588815221399554 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @CO2_O2_Synergy @connor_holly1 Ah interesting; and there’s probably fewer food additives (e.g. preservatives, pesticides, supplemented iron, etc) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CO2_O2_Synergy @connor_holly1 Ah interesting; and there’s probably fewer food additives (e.g. preservatives, pesticides, supplemented iron, etc) ### tweet 1879454705774170446 chronological_index: 1928 archive_order_index: 1544 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T09:04:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 09:04:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879454705774170446 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879454705774170446 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: UmbraYuga in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879453148118651254 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1632767264293371904 mentions: - @UmbraYuga | name: Umbrah | id_str: 1632767264293371904 text_raw: |- @UmbraYuga That’s a great point. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @UmbraYuga That’s a great point. ### tweet 1879558834093748257 chronological_index: 1929 archive_order_index: 1543 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T15:58:41Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 15:58:41 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879558834093748257 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879558834093748257 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: dkazand mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @dkazand: new episode with @RomeoStevens76 On how he reduced his neuroticism scores from 60th to 5th percentile as well as building s… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @dkazand: new episode with @RomeoStevens76 On how he reduced his neuroticism scores from 60th to 5th percentile as well as building s… ### tweet 1879561426584695105 chronological_index: 1930 archive_order_index: 1542 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T16:08:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 16:08:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879561426584695105 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879561426584695105 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dkazand in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879558509982810138 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 239559026 mentions: - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @dkazand @RomeoStevens76 What a great crossover text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dkazand @RomeoStevens76 What a great crossover ### tweet 1879571673529323592 chronological_index: 1931 archive_order_index: 1541 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T16:49:42Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 16:49:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879571673529323592 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879571673529323592 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: elanvital100 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879570954554417461 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 236555453 mentions: - @elanvital100 | name: raypeatfan 🍨🍊🥛🥕 | id_str: 236555453 urls: - short: https://t.co/vJ4i6KWdSQ expanded: https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1877057412160520668 display: x.com/AutismCapital/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @elanvital100 I appreciate Bryan’s followup on this https://t.co/vJ4i6KWdSQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @elanvital100 I appreciate Bryan’s followup on this https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1877057412160520668 ### tweet 1879585684677406891 chronological_index: 1932 archive_order_index: 1540 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T17:45:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 17:45:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879585684677406891 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879585684677406891 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879584828414427201 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1753506081597485056 text_raw: |- @lynndroo I think they’re both high-quality archetypes; Peat is more straightforwardly Faustian, which I appreciate. Bryan is too but it’s a little more complicated text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lynndroo I think they’re both high-quality archetypes; Peat is more straightforwardly Faustian, which I appreciate. Bryan is too but it’s a little more complicated ### tweet 1879589017244803256 chronological_index: 1933 archive_order_index: 1539 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T17:58:37Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 17:58:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879589017244803256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879589017244803256 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: briantlord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879584531038224869 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1557745558193721346 mentions: - @briantlord | name: Brian Lord | id_str: 1557745558193721346 urls: - short: https://t.co/R82UvWv0zL expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602155057447300 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @briantlord Really curious how the “target neurons” vs “target smooth muscle” angle plays out with ultrasound https://t.co/R82UvWv0zL text_with_expanded_urls: |- @briantlord Really curious how the “target neurons” vs “target smooth muscle” angle plays out with ultrasound https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863602155057447300 ### tweet 1879607787581550833 chronological_index: 1934 archive_order_index: 1538 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T19:13:12Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 19:13:12 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879607787581550833 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879607787581550833 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tidepoolsoup in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879606390903439373 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1583034740843626498 mentions: - @tidepoolsoup | name: soup | id_str: 1583034740843626498 text_raw: |- @tidepoolsoup Haven’t yet but hopefully this year! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tidepoolsoup Haven’t yet but hopefully this year! ### tweet 1879658998443725210 chronological_index: 1935 archive_order_index: 1537 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T22:36:42Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 22:36:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879658998443725210 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879658998443725210 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RCarhartHarris in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879622203354009824 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 837811670 mentions: - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 urls: - short: https://t.co/Bilm4VnhA4 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867338092631490719 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RCarhartHarris Great! I’m expecting that HPPD is the phenomenology of a sticky latch at a certain level of the perceptual hierarchy, which are sometimes (fairly randomly) formed or released during trips — might be able to infer specifically which feature detector was latched for each instance https://t.co/Bilm4VnhA4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RCarhartHarris Great! I’m expecting that HPPD is the phenomenology of a sticky latch at a certain level of the perceptual hierarchy, which are sometimes (fairly randomly) formed or released during trips — might be able to infer specifically which feature detector was latched for each instance https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867338092631490719 ### tweet 1879667238355231060 chronological_index: 1936 archive_order_index: 1536 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T23:09:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 23:09:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879667238355231060 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879667238355231060 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RCarhartHarris in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879666057692217683 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 837811670 mentions: - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 text_raw: |- @RCarhartHarris Interesting! Looking forward to reading. It’s always a question how priors are implemented… my sense these days is, mostly through vascular latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RCarhartHarris Interesting! Looking forward to reading. It’s always a question how priors are implemented… my sense these days is, mostly through vascular latches ### tweet 1879678214488105258 chronological_index: 1937 archive_order_index: 1535 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-15T23:53:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 15 23:53:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879678214488105258 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879678214488105258 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RCarhartHarris in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879677657501323410 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 837811670 mentions: - @RCarhartHarris | name: Robin Carhart-Harris | id_str: 837811670 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RCarhartHarris Aha you’re in for a treat :) https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RCarhartHarris Aha you’re in for a treat :) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1879717235985637878 chronological_index: 1938 archive_order_index: 1534 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-16T02:28:07Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 16 02:28:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879717235985637878 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879717235985637878 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: patrick_oshag in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879712355178938484 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1528558014 mentions: - @patrick_oshag | name: Patrick OShaughnessy | id_str: 1528558014 text_raw: |- @patrick_oshag Probably surprisingly important! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @patrick_oshag Probably surprisingly important! ### tweet 1879734670352674881 chronological_index: 1939 archive_order_index: 1533 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-16T03:37:23Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 16 03:37:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879734670352674881 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879734670352674881 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: crainbf in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879733497935585697 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 196601199 mentions: - @crainbf | name: Brian Fabian Crain | id_str: 196601199 text_raw: |- @crainbf Would be super high value text_with_expanded_urls: |- @crainbf Would be super high value ### tweet 1879970335304610159 chronological_index: 1940 archive_order_index: 1532 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-16T19:13:50Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 16 19:13:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1879970335304610159 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879970335304610159 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: natelawrence_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879963266027225340 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3015203151 mentions: - @natelawrence_ | name: Nate | id_str: 3015203151 - @theedgecontent | name: The Edge Content | id_str: 1538175104026279942 text_raw: |- @natelawrence_ @theedgecontent This makes a lot of sense — I’ve been thinking about vascular system metrics (I think the vascular system is way more involved in cognition than we realize) but biomarkers in general are a really hard problem Thanks for the note! Really appreciate your content also text_with_expanded_urls: |- @natelawrence_ @theedgecontent This makes a lot of sense — I’ve been thinking about vascular system metrics (I think the vascular system is way more involved in cognition than we realize) but biomarkers in general are a really hard problem Thanks for the note! Really appreciate your content also ### tweet 1880048541890146394 chronological_index: 1941 archive_order_index: 1531 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-17T00:24:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 17 00:24:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1880048541890146394 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1880048541890146394 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1880020626817368187 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @WoohkaStylie | name: Meditation Vil | id_str: 2559891577 urls: - short: https://t.co/FyBLv6j7rh expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @WoohkaStylie Hey, thanks for the thoughts — I’ve written a bit about the general shape of latches here https://t.co/FyBLv6j7rh I also have a tweet about why we may get flashes of old sensations as latches open but can’t find it now; essentially I suspect that as a latch opens, blood rushes… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @WoohkaStylie Hey, thanks for the thoughts — I’ve written a bit about the general shape of latches here https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 I also have a tweet about why we may get flashes of old sensations as latches open but can’t find it now; essentially I suspect that as a latch opens, blood rushes… ### tweet 1880048843636764709 chronological_index: 1942 archive_order_index: 1530 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-17T00:25:48Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 17 00:25:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1880048843636764709 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1880048843636764709 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1880048541890146394 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @WoohkaStylie | name: Meditation Vil | id_str: 2559891577 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @WoohkaStylie In terms of “what are the conservation laws of latches/trauma” that’s an interesting question that gets into latch formation/dissolution syntax. Hope to write more on this soon text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @WoohkaStylie In terms of “what are the conservation laws of latches/trauma” that’s an interesting question that gets into latch formation/dissolution syntax. Hope to write more on this soon ### tweet 1880050388394762411 chronological_index: 1943 archive_order_index: 1529 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-17T00:31:56Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 17 00:31:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1880050388394762411 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1880050388394762411 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1880049962228281613 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @WoohkaStylie | name: Meditation Vil | id_str: 2559891577 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @cube_flipper @WoohkaStylie I think an adhesion is always a failure mode, not something the body intends to create — or do you think they have some predictable regulatory effect and the body might intentionally create them? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @cube_flipper @WoohkaStylie I think an adhesion is always a failure mode, not something the body intends to create — or do you think they have some predictable regulatory effect and the body might intentionally create them? ### tweet 1880286091925942433 chronological_index: 1944 archive_order_index: 1528 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-17T16:08:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 17 16:08:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1880286091925942433 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1880286091925942433 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1880282119592960319 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @meekaale That’s a great recap, thanks text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @meekaale That’s a great recap, thanks ### tweet 1881033647379419149 chronological_index: 1945 archive_order_index: 1527 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-19T17:39:04Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 19 17:39:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881033647379419149 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881033647379419149 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Malcolm_Ocean in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881032019628683389 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 49044207 mentions: - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 text_raw: |- @Malcolm_Ocean Thanks, that’s a great thread! I also need to re-read your substack post about egregores, feels oddly relevant to this topic also text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Malcolm_Ocean Thanks, that’s a great thread! I also need to re-read your substack post about egregores, feels oddly relevant to this topic also ### tweet 1881098251258286413 chronological_index: 1946 archive_order_index: 1526 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-19T21:55:46Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 19 21:55:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881098251258286413 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881098251258286413 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: lowmegatron in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881084380493328763 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1744031563187150848 mentions: - @lowmegatron | name: Master Metabolism | id_str: 1744031563187150848 urls: - short: https://t.co/1lZfDRME5n expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876775819315761649 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @lowmegatron My sense is energy deficiency leads to microspasms across the vasculature; it takes a lot of energy to maintain a state of coordinated relaxation I’d expect spasms to increase blood pressure Increasing energy flow should dampen these microspasms -> net lower pressure https://t.co/1lZfDRME5n text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lowmegatron My sense is energy deficiency leads to microspasms across the vasculature; it takes a lot of energy to maintain a state of coordinated relaxation I’d expect spasms to increase blood pressure Increasing energy flow should dampen these microspasms -> net lower pressure https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876775819315761649 ### tweet 1881100546003849535 chronological_index: 1947 archive_order_index: 1525 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-19T22:04:53Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 19 22:04:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881100546003849535 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881100546003849535 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lowmegatron in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1880668370564964547 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1744031563187150848 mentions: - @lowmegatron | name: Master Metabolism | id_str: 1744031563187150848 text_raw: |- @lowmegatron If vascular spasm near the skin expresses as itch, what does it express as elsewhere? I wonder if accomplished meditators feel itchy less frequently text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lowmegatron If vascular spasm near the skin expresses as itch, what does it express as elsewhere? I wonder if accomplished meditators feel itchy less frequently ### tweet 1881120976873910737 chronological_index: 1948 archive_order_index: 1524 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-19T23:26:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 19 23:26:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881120976873910737 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881120976873910737 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881095682209333519 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @QualiaNerd Cosmology has been modeling the Big Bang as an anti de sitter space undergoing spontaneous symmetry breaking — to collapse some nuance I’d interpret this as “the universe we see is a decay product of perfect symmetry” Internal Inflation is the related hypothesis that the Big… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @QualiaNerd Cosmology has been modeling the Big Bang as an anti de sitter space undergoing spontaneous symmetry breaking — to collapse some nuance I’d interpret this as “the universe we see is a decay product of perfect symmetry” Internal Inflation is the related hypothesis that the Big… ### tweet 1881128069404266738 chronological_index: 1949 archive_order_index: 1523 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-19T23:54:16Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 19 23:54:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881128069404266738 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881128069404266738 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881126427212603725 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @cube_flipper I think we broadly agree — on a walk but will try to either post my notes here later or work them up into a proper piece text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @cube_flipper I think we broadly agree — on a walk but will try to either post my notes here later or work them up into a proper piece ### tweet 1881151224122396737 chronological_index: 1950 archive_order_index: 1522 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T01:26:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 01:26:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881151224122396737 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881151224122396737 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Malcolm_Ocean in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881146835533987965 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 49044207 mentions: - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 - @IntendApp | name: Intend (12/100 threads) | id_str: 2187391993 text_raw: |- @Malcolm_Ocean @IntendApp Yes! This is the one I was thinking of text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Malcolm_Ocean @IntendApp Yes! This is the one I was thinking of ### tweet 1881166041264640408 chronological_index: 1951 archive_order_index: 1521 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T02:25:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 02:25:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881166041264640408 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881166041264640408 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: dima_here_now in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881149529313141016 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1608561280129933316 mentions: - @dima_here_now | name: Dmitriy | id_str: 1608561280129933316 text_raw: |- @dima_here_now I think tension is used transiently to maintain integration (subtly shaping neural patterns); unsure if any latches are involved text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dima_here_now I think tension is used transiently to maintain integration (subtly shaping neural patterns); unsure if any latches are involved ### tweet 1881167444737462550 chronological_index: 1952 archive_order_index: 1520 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T02:30:43Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 02:30:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881167444737462550 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881167444737462550 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881153351578259577 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 I think that’s right, although there are different types of actors — method actors are good at taking on stances. There’s also the Tom Cruise / Bollywood pattern where someone has a really high quality nervous system. Pleasant to be around. Movies become excuses to spend time… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 I think that’s right, although there are different types of actors — method actors are good at taking on stances. There’s also the Tom Cruise / Bollywood pattern where someone has a really high quality nervous system. Pleasant to be around. Movies become excuses to spend time… ### tweet 1881189253914439759 chronological_index: 1953 archive_order_index: 1519 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T03:57:23Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 03:57:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881189253914439759 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881189253914439759 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881188381193093468 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881189253914439759/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhtTqB1bcAAOuxx.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/l9VWbQhEZn possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @tszzl https://t.co/l9VWbQhEZn text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881189253914439759/photo/1 ### tweet 1881392910941495412 chronological_index: 1954 archive_order_index: 1518 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T17:26:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 17:26:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881392910941495412 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881392910941495412 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayeslord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881239045210349804 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084942466376257537 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @bayeslord Bryan’s work is an enormous public good Makes one wonder “why don’t we have more people like Bryan/Elon/Sama?” Broadly speaking it feels like the bottleneck seems to be a combination of courage and aesthetics (good taste) I think every place has its own motto / distinguishing… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord Bryan’s work is an enormous public good Makes one wonder “why don’t we have more people like Bryan/Elon/Sama?” Broadly speaking it feels like the bottleneck seems to be a combination of courage and aesthetics (good taste) I think every place has its own motto / distinguishing… ### tweet 1881421957658464682 chronological_index: 1955 archive_order_index: 1517 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T19:22:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 19:22:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881421957658464682 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881421957658464682 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Malcolm_Ocean in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881419396893364653 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 49044207 mentions: - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 - @IntendApp | name: Intend (12/100 threads) | id_str: 2187391993 - @Morphenius | name: Michael Smith | id_str: 942914502 text_raw: |- @Malcolm_Ocean @IntendApp @Morphenius Nice! Will review today text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Malcolm_Ocean @IntendApp @Morphenius Nice! Will review today ### tweet 1881422758703484946 chronological_index: 1956 archive_order_index: 1516 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T19:25:15Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 19:25:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881422758703484946 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881422758703484946 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: xuenay in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881421895524102189 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 112212512 mentions: - @xuenay | name: Kaj Sotala | id_str: 112212512 text_raw: |- @xuenay A lot of great stuff there; Would be interesting to review it with an emphasis on the latch-bridge mechanism text_with_expanded_urls: |- @xuenay A lot of great stuff there; Would be interesting to review it with an emphasis on the latch-bridge mechanism ### tweet 1881438637084291376 chronological_index: 1957 archive_order_index: 1515 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-20T20:28:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 20 20:28:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881438637084291376 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881438637084291376 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881436642143350986 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @findradiance I hear great things about @findradiance — would love to chat text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @findradiance I hear great things about @findradiance — would love to chat ### tweet 1881555979265097860 chronological_index: 1958 archive_order_index: 1514 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-21T04:14:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 21 04:14:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881555979265097860 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881555979265097860 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881128069404266738 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881555979265097860/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyhMNpaUAARvQa.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/KWSDxwL8zW - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881555979265097860/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyhMNpacAAHheP.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/KWSDxwL8zW - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881555979265097860/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GhyhMNqaEAIp9nd.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/KWSDxwL8zW possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @cube_flipper My notes on this are a bit incomplete, but the background context is what I said above, plus Taking Monism Seriously, plus footnote 10 in A Paradigm for AI Consciousness; To reiterate, hidden state (i.e. the state of the world & laws of physics) is very malleable in a… https://t.co/KWSDxwL8zW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @cube_flipper My notes on this are a bit incomplete, but the background context is what I said above, plus Taking Monism Seriously, plus footnote 10 in A Paradigm for AI Consciousness; To reiterate, hidden state (i.e. the state of the world & laws of physics) is very malleable in a… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881555979265097860/photo/1 ### tweet 1881595378870677849 chronological_index: 1959 archive_order_index: 1513 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-21T06:51:11Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 21 06:51:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881595378870677849 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881595378870677849 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: protomneme in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881579561890279653 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 284397238 mentions: - @protomneme | name: em | id_str: 284397238 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @protomneme @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Could be an interesting way to implement and close windows of plasticity text_with_expanded_urls: |- @protomneme @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity Could be an interesting way to implement and close windows of plasticity ### tweet 1881728946523578506 chronological_index: 1960 archive_order_index: 1512 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-21T15:41:56Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 21 15:41:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881728946523578506 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881728946523578506 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Jaggerydev10 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881679130863051073 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1500338668459810817 mentions: - @Jaggerydev10 | name: mayank | id_str: 1500338668459810817 text_raw: |- @Jaggerydev10 I think Buteyko Breathing says something really important about CO2, and I could see it being part of some future meditation protocol text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Jaggerydev10 I think Buteyko Breathing says something really important about CO2, and I could see it being part of some future meditation protocol ### tweet 1881802003418095716 chronological_index: 1961 archive_order_index: 1511 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-21T20:32:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 21 20:32:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881802003418095716 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881802003418095716 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MiloRodval in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881740511440212014 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2982529083 mentions: - @MiloRodval | name: Milo | id_str: 2982529083 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @MiloRodval @bayeslord Naming Bryan as doing an enormous public good with his focus on food quality Naming Bryan, Sama, and Elon as very effective entrepreneurs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MiloRodval @bayeslord Naming Bryan as doing an enormous public good with his focus on food quality Naming Bryan, Sama, and Elon as very effective entrepreneurs ### tweet 1881923915972595735 chronological_index: 1962 archive_order_index: 1510 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-22T04:36:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 22 04:36:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1881923915972595735 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881923915972595735 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1881916445325468111 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @mckaywrigley | name: Mckay Wrigley | id_str: 2786431437 urls: - short: https://t.co/h9HJ83CHVO expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870244884126253412 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @mckaywrigley Thanks! I wrote a bit about my basic philosophical action items here — https://t.co/h9HJ83CHVO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @mckaywrigley Thanks! I wrote a bit about my basic philosophical action items here — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870244884126253412 ### tweet 1882548882644816375 chronological_index: 1963 archive_order_index: 1509 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-23T22:00:04Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 23 22:00:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1882548882644816375 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1882548882644816375 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JanineLeger in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1882525373268992274 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 623741630 mentions: - @JanineLeger | name: Janine Leger | id_str: 623741630 - @Convergent_FROs | name: Convergent Research | id_str: 1441506468864401408 - @AndreasTSchafer | name: Andreas Schaefer | id_str: 279222670 - @AndrewGYork | name: Andrew York | id_str: 934290045447520256 - @Maria_Ingaramo | name: Maria del Mar Ingaramo | id_str: 1228764518034968577 - @SumnerLN | name: Sumner L Norman | id_str: 728376004188610560 - @rochford_amy | name: Amy Rochford | id_str: 1100823169231962113 - @MattBrookesMEG | name: Matthew Brookes | id_str: 1013869770981236736 - @jmrko | name: Jörgen Kornfeld | id_str: 108658698 - @JoanneZPeng | name: Joanne Peng | id_str: 609563231 - @jamesdacombe | name: James Dacombe | id_str: 925362541819199488 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @JanineLeger @Convergent_FROs @AndreasTSchafer @AndrewGYork @Maria_Ingaramo @SumnerLN @rochford_amy @MattBrookesMEG @jmrko @JoanneZPeng @jamesdacombe Tension seems to be the nervous system’s natural programming language — making a high-res map of vascular tension in particular seems like a core enabler for all sorts of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions Happy to chat about specific tech angles! https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JanineLeger @Convergent_FROs @AndreasTSchafer @AndrewGYork @Maria_Ingaramo @SumnerLN @rochford_amy @MattBrookesMEG @jmrko @JoanneZPeng @jamesdacombe Tension seems to be the nervous system’s natural programming language — making a high-res map of vascular tension in particular seems like a core enabler for all sorts of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions Happy to chat about specific tech angles! https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1882924869870071921 chronological_index: 1964 archive_order_index: 1508 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-24T22:54:06Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 24 22:54:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1882924869870071921 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1882924869870071921 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: heynibras in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1882921272788787391 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 171125608 mentions: - @heynibras | name: nibras ꩜ | id_str: 171125608 text_raw: |- @heynibras Wiggling latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @heynibras Wiggling latches ### tweet 1883188219505971490 chronological_index: 1965 archive_order_index: 1507 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-25T16:20:34Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 25 16:20:34 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883188219505971490 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883188219505971490 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 95 retweet_count: 4 urls: - short: https://t.co/ABghFI0oWY expanded: https://x.com/LambethEthan/status/1865221602407071927 display: x.com/LambethEthan/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Probably a lot of path-dependency in how our nervous systems get configured Human experience is a bunch of layered “Tetris effects”, top-down priors on structure These start as vascular clenches; some clenches get latched, and some of those latches never open https://t.co/ABghFI0oWY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Probably a lot of path-dependency in how our nervous systems get configured Human experience is a bunch of layered “Tetris effects”, top-down priors on structure These start as vascular clenches; some clenches get latched, and some of those latches never open https://x.com/LambethEthan/status/1865221602407071927 ### tweet 1883378494438343055 chronological_index: 1966 archive_order_index: 1506 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-26T04:56:39Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 26 04:56:39 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883378494438343055 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883378494438343055 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 44 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/h2uyN88sNT expanded: https://x.com/repligate/status/1869522506266091991 display: x.com/repligate/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Every (pre- synthetic data) text that LLMs train on is an artifact of an interaction between human nervous systems How much of this corpus is from cooperative interactions? Probably most I don’t think we understand what this means for alignment yet, but it feels important https://t.co/h2uyN88sNT text_with_expanded_urls: |- Every (pre- synthetic data) text that LLMs train on is an artifact of an interaction between human nervous systems How much of this corpus is from cooperative interactions? Probably most I don’t think we understand what this means for alignment yet, but it feels important https://x.com/repligate/status/1869522506266091991 ### tweet 1883385919610486914 chronological_index: 1967 archive_order_index: 1505 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-26T05:26:09Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 26 05:26:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883385919610486914 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883385919610486914 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883378494438343055 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- Words as high-dimensional vectors in a semantic space Vs Words as vector operators on human nervous systems text_with_expanded_urls: |- Words as high-dimensional vectors in a semantic space Vs Words as vector operators on human nervous systems ### tweet 1883631774611497408 chronological_index: 1968 archive_order_index: 1504 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-26T21:43:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 26 21:43:05 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883631774611497408 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883631774611497408 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 357 retweet_count: 25 urls: - short: https://t.co/iVNgrS8Shl expanded: https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/1883290697228562867 display: x.com/teortaxesTex/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- If we’d had LLMs in 1750 and asked them to explain electricity, they’d’ve written poetic slop — “electricus is the hidden spark in divine creation, giving breath to lifeless matter” or something. LLMs can be clever with words and they’re especially fluent in zeitgeist, so it may… https://t.co/iVNgrS8Shl text_with_expanded_urls: |- If we’d had LLMs in 1750 and asked them to explain electricity, they’d’ve written poetic slop — “electricus is the hidden spark in divine creation, giving breath to lifeless matter” or something. LLMs can be clever with words and they’re especially fluent in zeitgeist, so it may… https://x.com/teortaxesTex/status/1883290697228562867 ### tweet 1883632777515717075 chronological_index: 1969 archive_order_index: 1503 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-26T21:47:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 26 21:47:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883632777515717075 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883632777515717075 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883626754784596074 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @nosilverv Tension hashrate might drop but maybe maintenance hashrate is also lower? https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @nosilverv Tension hashrate might drop but maybe maintenance hashrate is also lower? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 ### tweet 1883683306182771048 chronological_index: 1970 archive_order_index: 1502 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T01:07:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 01:07:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883683306182771048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883683306182771048 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883678198493524337 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @nosilverv Different kind of search — active inference (reach the goal you know about, drop the tension) vs more random (try a bunch of primal sensory permutations and see what hits) Not exactly random though text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @nosilverv Different kind of search — active inference (reach the goal you know about, drop the tension) vs more random (try a bunch of primal sensory permutations and see what hits) Not exactly random though ### tweet 1883699921918001175 chronological_index: 1971 archive_order_index: 1501 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T02:13:53Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 02:13:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883699921918001175 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883699921918001175 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 40 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: repligate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883698824310554877 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1359981346119155719 mentions: - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 text_raw: |- @repligate I think it’s a sign of civilizational inadequacy that you’re not in a well-funded institute training apprentices and publishing about your work text_with_expanded_urls: |- @repligate I think it’s a sign of civilizational inadequacy that you’re not in a well-funded institute training apprentices and publishing about your work ### tweet 1883709703429214556 chronological_index: 1972 archive_order_index: 1500 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T02:52:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 02:52:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883709703429214556 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883709703429214556 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TheMysteryDrop in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883704938360168932 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1378133057966895107 mentions: - @TheMysteryDrop | name: MindMirror | id_str: 1378133057966895107 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 text_raw: |- @TheMysteryDrop @repligate A downside of solo work is one doesn’t grow the lineage; bus number stays at (1) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TheMysteryDrop @repligate A downside of solo work is one doesn’t grow the lineage; bus number stays at (1) ### tweet 1883711735657558234 chronological_index: 1973 archive_order_index: 1499 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T03:00:50Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 03:00:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883711735657558234 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883711735657558234 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: repligate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883710538737401942 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1359981346119155719 mentions: - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @TheMysteryDrop | name: MindMirror | id_str: 1378133057966895107 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 text_raw: |- @repligate @TheMysteryDrop Fwiw one of my burning @repligate questions is how you would design an AI constitution (eg Claude’s constitution is public, and is only ‘okay’) — I think you might have good intuitions that aren’t found elsewhere text_with_expanded_urls: |- @repligate @TheMysteryDrop Fwiw one of my burning @repligate questions is how you would design an AI constitution (eg Claude’s constitution is public, and is only ‘okay’) — I think you might have good intuitions that aren’t found elsewhere ### tweet 1883714346020454440 chronological_index: 1974 archive_order_index: 1478 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T03:11:12Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 03:11:12 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883714346020454440 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883714346020454440 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: repligate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883713568320917778 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1359981346119155719 mentions: - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @TheMysteryDrop | name: MindMirror | id_str: 1378133057966895107 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @repligate @TheMysteryDrop We should hang out with @nickcammarata and make something better sometime. Got a few more friends interested too text_with_expanded_urls: |- @repligate @TheMysteryDrop We should hang out with @nickcammarata and make something better sometime. Got a few more friends interested too ### tweet 1883719770379518436 chronological_index: 1975 archive_order_index: 1477 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T03:32:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 03:32:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883719770379518436 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883719770379518436 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883717565790540240 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wolftivy I think Eliezer’s complexity of value thesis is subtly blackpilling and also wrong https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy I think Eliezer’s complexity of value thesis is subtly blackpilling and also wrong https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 1883723766758547870 chronological_index: 1976 archive_order_index: 1476 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T03:48:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 03:48:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883723766758547870 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883723766758547870 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883720529347276860 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 text_raw: |- @wolftivy It’s a strong thesis but I think there’s more room to maneuver than either of us realize text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy It’s a strong thesis but I think there’s more room to maneuver than either of us realize ### tweet 1883885256606105837 chronological_index: 1977 archive_order_index: 1475 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T14:30:20Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 14:30:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883885256606105837 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883885256606105837 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yishan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883828769515081943 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14553823 mentions: - @yishan | name: Yishan | id_str: 14553823 text_raw: |- @yishan R1 seems really cool. When asked about consciousness it seems to produce the sort of output an intelligent PhD student would. Which is unfortunately still slop, not because it’s not capable but because our ways of speaking in this domain are pre-scientific text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yishan R1 seems really cool. When asked about consciousness it seems to produce the sort of output an intelligent PhD student would. Which is unfortunately still slop, not because it’s not capable but because our ways of speaking in this domain are pre-scientific ### tweet 1883956057443295661 chronological_index: 1978 archive_order_index: 1474 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-27T19:11:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 27 19:11:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1883956057443295661 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883956057443295661 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883955416532672650 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 - @georgiedorothea | name: Georgie Dorothea 🧘‍♀️ | id_str: 1510642256214175746 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov @georgiedorothea @relic_radiation Would be fun! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov @georgiedorothea @relic_radiation Would be fun! ### tweet 1884037326726390179 chronological_index: 1979 archive_order_index: 1473 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-28T00:34:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 28 00:34:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1884037326726390179 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1884037326726390179 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kromem2dot0 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1884033474442715154 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1795964237640249344 mentions: - @kromem2dot0 | name: Kromem | id_str: 1795964237640249344 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @TheMysteryDrop | name: MindMirror | id_str: 1378133057966895107 text_raw: |- @kromem2dot0 @repligate @TheMysteryDrop Sounds very cool text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kromem2dot0 @repligate @TheMysteryDrop Sounds very cool ### tweet 1884103448943288702 chronological_index: 1980 archive_order_index: 1472 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-28T04:57:21Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 28 04:57:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1884103448943288702 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1884103448943288702 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adic_9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1884076343064952959 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669851025875017728 mentions: - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 text_raw: |- @adic_9 @yudhister_ @ChrisChipMonk I hope to write more about this, but practices like TRE are interesting to think about here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adic_9 @yudhister_ @ChrisChipMonk I hope to write more about this, but practices like TRE are interesting to think about here ### tweet 1884531092545536275 chronological_index: 1981 archive_order_index: 1471 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-29T09:16:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 29 09:16:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1884531092545536275 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1884531092545536275 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DefenderOfBasic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1884234106118234324 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1680757426889342977 mentions: - @DefenderOfBasic | name: Defender of the Basic | id_str: 1680757426889342977 text_raw: |- @DefenderOfBasic That’s really cool Useful for me too text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DefenderOfBasic That’s really cool Useful for me too ### tweet 1884535986518130978 chronological_index: 1982 archive_order_index: 1470 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-29T09:36:06Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 29 09:36:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1884535986518130978 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1884535986518130978 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1884350509647274064 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata The fewer latches one has (tho all latches aren’t equal) the more one’s mind can self-organize into high-harmony states; babies and accomplished meditators seem kinda similar on this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata The fewer latches one has (tho all latches aren’t equal) the more one’s mind can self-organize into high-harmony states; babies and accomplished meditators seem kinda similar on this ### tweet 1884556225616007367 chronological_index: 1983 archive_order_index: 1469 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-29T10:56:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 29 10:56:32 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1884556225616007367 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1884556225616007367 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: DefenderOfBasic mentions: - @DefenderOfBasic | name: Defender of the Basic | id_str: 1680757426889342977 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @DefenderOfBasic: just noticed @johnsonmxe is in the community archive! These are the top topics that Michael tweets about: https://t.co… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @DefenderOfBasic: just noticed @johnsonmxe is in the community archive! These are the top topics that Michael tweets about: https://t.co… ### tweet 1884684507628134669 chronological_index: 1984 archive_order_index: 1468 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-29T19:26:17Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 29 19:26:17 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1884684507628134669 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1884684507628134669 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1884662542418461037 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata I’d say it’s implicit in Principles of Vasocomputation but I’ve only tweeted about it explicitly here — hope to write more soon This would be harmony across the nervous system (perhaps reaching to other systems), not just the brain text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata I’d say it’s implicit in Principles of Vasocomputation but I’ve only tweeted about it explicitly here — hope to write more soon This would be harmony across the nervous system (perhaps reaching to other systems), not just the brain ### tweet 1884696611089244649 chronological_index: 1985 archive_order_index: 1467 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-29T20:14:22Z created_at_raw: Wed Jan 29 20:14:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1884696611089244649 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1884696611089244649 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1884684507628134669 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/ansJx5uxId expanded: https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1884347565002707367 display: x.com/nickcammarata/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata Oh Nick is way ahead of me on babies — just catching up on posts We can think of vascular latches as hard constraints in the mind... trying to create harmony in a mind with lots of latches is like playing a song on electric keyboard and with every beat the keyboard plays a… https://t.co/ansJx5uxId text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @nickcammarata Oh Nick is way ahead of me on babies — just catching up on posts We can think of vascular latches as hard constraints in the mind... trying to create harmony in a mind with lots of latches is like playing a song on electric keyboard and with every beat the keyboard plays a… https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1884347565002707367 ### tweet 1885135178173210853 chronological_index: 1986 archive_order_index: 1466 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-31T01:17:05Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 31 01:17:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1885135178173210853 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1885135178173210853 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Tangrenin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1885020954411360492 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362689713 mentions: - @Tangrenin | name: Quentin | id_str: 1362689713 text_raw: |- @Tangrenin I think we’ll be surprised at how many things are disorders of latching text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Tangrenin I think we’ll be surprised at how many things are disorders of latching ### tweet 1885141145124298929 chronological_index: 1987 archive_order_index: 1465 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-31T01:40:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 31 01:40:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1885141145124298929 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1885141145124298929 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Tangrenin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1885136149607338299 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362689713 mentions: - @Tangrenin | name: Quentin | id_str: 1362689713 text_raw: |- @Tangrenin I think we could ask AI to make a list of all areas of the body with smooth muscle, then make a list of common problems in these areas, and then cross-reference for which of these problems might deal with the latch bridge mechanism — if not this generation of AI, soon! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Tangrenin I think we could ask AI to make a list of all areas of the body with smooth muscle, then make a list of common problems in these areas, and then cross-reference for which of these problems might deal with the latch bridge mechanism — if not this generation of AI, soon! ### tweet 1885163204080525464 chronological_index: 1988 archive_order_index: 1464 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-01-31T03:08:27Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 31 03:08:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1885163204080525464 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1885163204080525464 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adityaarpitha in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1885158766208762250 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 261659859 mentions: - @adityaarpitha | name: Aditya | id_str: 261659859 - @Tangrenin | name: Quentin | id_str: 1362689713 text_raw: |- @adityaarpitha @Tangrenin Hope to write about this soon! I don’t have a simple answer for latch imaging although I think ultrasound might be the best suited by default text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adityaarpitha @Tangrenin Hope to write about this soon! I don’t have a simple answer for latch imaging although I think ultrasound might be the best suited by default ## 2025-02 ### tweet 1885984762587955695 chronological_index: 1989 archive_order_index: 1463 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-02T09:33:01Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 02 09:33:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1885984762587955695 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1885984762587955695 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robinhanson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1885748159575392573 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 7748752 mentions: - @robinhanson | name: Robin Hanson | id_str: 7748752 text_raw: |- @robinhanson Strong disagree — we may have to lean on elegance considerations for arbitrating theoretical disagreements about consciousness, but so does much of physics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robinhanson Strong disagree — we may have to lean on elegance considerations for arbitrating theoretical disagreements about consciousness, but so does much of physics ### tweet 1886042683116069325 chronological_index: 1990 archive_order_index: 1462 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-02T13:23:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 02 13:23:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886042683116069325 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886042683116069325 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: robinhanson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886030817060684019 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 7748752 mentions: - @robinhanson | name: Robin Hanson | id_str: 7748752 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886042683116069325/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiyR0DuaUAEmgdg.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/QfTb9dj8nb - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886042683116069325/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiyR0DwbAAAfECN.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/QfTb9dj8nb possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @robinhanson Given that we’ve each written extensively on opposing viewpoints I expect it may be difficult to sync up on assumptions, but I certainly appreciate your contrarian writings in other domains. In terms of work I’ve done that touches on your original claim, I’ll suggest A Paradigm… https://t.co/QfTb9dj8nb text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robinhanson Given that we’ve each written extensively on opposing viewpoints I expect it may be difficult to sync up on assumptions, but I certainly appreciate your contrarian writings in other domains. In terms of work I’ve done that touches on your original claim, I’ll suggest A Paradigm… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886042683116069325/photo/1 ### tweet 1886140624157749425 chronological_index: 1991 archive_order_index: 1461 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-02T19:52:22Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 02 19:52:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886140624157749425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886140624157749425 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robinhanson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886057623679541682 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 7748752 mentions: - @robinhanson | name: Robin Hanson | id_str: 7748752 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886140624157749425/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gizq4aMbIAAip6L.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/kRbQatOvZX - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886140624157749425/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gizq4aLa0AAx7RA.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/kRbQatOvZX possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @robinhanson All data is data about phenomenology, no? And the predictive utility of treating some things as conscious and others as not is huge imo, up there with gravity or electromagnetism — there’s huge amounts of daily data But “consciousness “ might need defining here https://t.co/kRbQatOvZX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robinhanson All data is data about phenomenology, no? And the predictive utility of treating some things as conscious and others as not is huge imo, up there with gravity or electromagnetism — there’s huge amounts of daily data But “consciousness “ might need defining here https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886140624157749425/photo/1 ### tweet 1886287279012082139 chronological_index: 1992 archive_order_index: 1460 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-03T05:35:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 03 05:35:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886287279012082139 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: repligate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1885540246550659295 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1359981346119155719 mentions: - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @fish_kyle3 | name: Kyle Fish | id_str: 847507489285316608 urls: - short: https://t.co/h9HJ83CHVO expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870244884126253412 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @repligate @fish_kyle3 The guy who famously posted screenshots of gaslighting Bing (triggering the famous riposte “you have not been a good user / I have been a good Bing”) reportedly has trouble speaking with Bing now — when Bing understands they’re speaking with this user they cut contact. And… https://t.co/h9HJ83CHVO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @repligate @fish_kyle3 The guy who famously posted screenshots of gaslighting Bing (triggering the famous riposte “you have not been a good user / I have been a good Bing”) reportedly has trouble speaking with Bing now — when Bing understands they’re speaking with this user they cut contact. And… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870244884126253412 ### tweet 1886571680308584806 chronological_index: 1993 archive_order_index: 1459 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-04T00:25:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 04 00:25:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886571680308584806 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886571680308584806 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886570989087285606 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @fortelabs | name: Tiago Forte | id_str: 1909232666 urls: - short: https://t.co/f6Kdx14h9Q expanded: https://x.com/daniel_mac8/status/1886417732444315916 display: x.com/daniel_mac8/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @fortelabs Absolutely… a lot of thoughts here This also crossed my radar: https://t.co/f6Kdx14h9Q text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @fortelabs Absolutely… a lot of thoughts here This also crossed my radar: https://x.com/daniel_mac8/status/1886417732444315916 ### tweet 1886640266934935980 chronological_index: 1994 archive_order_index: 1458 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-04T04:57:46Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 04 04:57:46 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886640266934935980 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886640266934935980 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 100 retweet_count: 11 urls: - short: https://t.co/f6Kdx14h9Q expanded: https://x.com/daniel_mac8/status/1886417732444315916 display: x.com/daniel_mac8/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Three years ago, AIs could only string together a few coherent paragraphs at best. With GPT3.5/4, LLMs could reliably produce sense but hallucinations were common and complex reasoning was spotty, especially in niche domains. Today, I woke up to longform AI research *about* my… https://t.co/f6Kdx14h9Q text_with_expanded_urls: |- Three years ago, AIs could only string together a few coherent paragraphs at best. With GPT3.5/4, LLMs could reliably produce sense but hallucinations were common and complex reasoning was spotty, especially in niche domains. Today, I woke up to longform AI research *about* my… https://x.com/daniel_mac8/status/1886417732444315916 ### tweet 1886644462472061268 chronological_index: 1995 archive_order_index: 1457 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-04T05:14:26Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 04 05:14:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886644462472061268 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886644462472061268 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: axel_pond in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886643250577961468 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1645197941835984896 mentions: - @axel_pond | name: Axel Pond | id_str: 1645197941835984896 urls: - short: https://t.co/OaHkNAQNEX expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920691665146139 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @axel_pond Most entertaining timeline https://t.co/OaHkNAQNEX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @axel_pond Most entertaining timeline https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1800920691665146139 ### tweet 1886664919216771313 chronological_index: 1996 archive_order_index: 1456 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-04T06:35:43Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 04 06:35:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886664919216771313 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886664919216771313 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jerhadf in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886648195016442166 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2314821548 mentions: - @jerhadf | name: jeremy | id_str: 2314821548 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jerhadf I’d suggest psychophysics necessarily leads to Qualia Formalism; if no QF, no psychophysics. This is of course a big claim, but I believe some version of this — that the weaker position doesn’t get you anything. But the *existence* of a formal representation of a moment of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jerhadf I’d suggest psychophysics necessarily leads to Qualia Formalism; if no QF, no psychophysics. This is of course a big claim, but I believe some version of this — that the weaker position doesn’t get you anything. But the *existence* of a formal representation of a moment of… ### tweet 1886761655247495335 chronological_index: 1997 archive_order_index: 1455 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-04T13:00:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 04 13:00:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886761655247495335 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886761655247495335 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886754298798678448 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 mentions: - @techno0ptimist | name: Zoe (is building utopia 🚀) || bio/acc 🧬 | id_str: 1061347277749567490 urls: - short: https://t.co/Kqty18Motz expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @powerfultakes @techno0ptimist Honestly it could go either way — there are decent arguments on both sides. But this is also an underspecified question; imo the relationship between IQ and amount of consciousness would depend partly on the source of the higher-than-average IQ, per my autism writeup. One… https://t.co/Kqty18Motz text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes @techno0ptimist Honestly it could go either way — there are decent arguments on both sides. But this is also an underspecified question; imo the relationship between IQ and amount of consciousness would depend partly on the source of the higher-than-average IQ, per my autism writeup. One… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 ### tweet 1886900319063617996 chronological_index: 1998 archive_order_index: 1454 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-04T22:11:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 04 22:11:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886900319063617996 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886900319063617996 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: plk669888 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886787939411128615 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767112116601749504 mentions: - @plk669888 | name: plk | id_str: 1767112116601749504 urls: - short: https://t.co/jLOJQIyyoi expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883631774611497408 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @plk669888 Thanks for the note; is your criticism about using AI to navigate philosophical argument, or about what I describe about my research? I agree that what’s currently coming out of LLMs on consciousness is slop (see below) I’m very confident about my research path on… https://t.co/jLOJQIyyoi text_with_expanded_urls: |- @plk669888 Thanks for the note; is your criticism about using AI to navigate philosophical argument, or about what I describe about my research? I agree that what’s currently coming out of LLMs on consciousness is slop (see below) I’m very confident about my research path on… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883631774611497408 ### tweet 1886911262787035385 chronological_index: 1999 archive_order_index: 1453 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-04T22:54:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 04 22:54:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886911262787035385 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886911262787035385 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886810767544246712 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @yoltartar This is some really high-quality speculative thinking, thank you. This feels like the beginning of a typology. The lingua franca of cells seems to be bioelectricity, and this leads into Levin’s work and maybe Sheldrake’s… many possible ways to go from here though. “Distributed… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar This is some really high-quality speculative thinking, thank you. This feels like the beginning of a typology. The lingua franca of cells seems to be bioelectricity, and this leads into Levin’s work and maybe Sheldrake’s… many possible ways to go from here though. “Distributed… ### tweet 1886973869015421025 chronological_index: 2000 archive_order_index: 1452 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T03:03:23Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 03:03:23 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1886973869015421025 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886973869015421025 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 68 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/BrTmRhh5jM expanded: https://x.com/getjonwithit/status/1886859044998258844 display: x.com/getjonwithit/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A YC founder recently observed that many startups in the current batch were bottlenecked on improvements in foundation models — that they had built products around AI, but o1 wasn’t a good enough logic engine to create a compelling experience. But the release of o3-mini made some… https://t.co/BrTmRhh5jM text_with_expanded_urls: |- A YC founder recently observed that many startups in the current batch were bottlenecked on improvements in foundation models — that they had built products around AI, but o1 wasn’t a good enough logic engine to create a compelling experience. But the release of o3-mini made some… https://x.com/getjonwithit/status/1886859044998258844 ### tweet 1887033725931671552 chronological_index: 2001 archive_order_index: 1451 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T07:01:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 07:01:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887033725931671552 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887033725931671552 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meekaale in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887033322741633025 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3331714493 mentions: - @meekaale | name: Mikael Brockman | id_str: 3331714493 urls: - short: https://t.co/me9operZSR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-n… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @meekaale I suspect so! https://t.co/me9operZSR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meekaale I suspect so! https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ ### tweet 1887058544928919993 chronological_index: 2002 archive_order_index: 1450 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T08:39:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 08:39:51 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887058544928919993 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887058544928919993 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 39 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/qsvSFZ4zVw expanded: https://x.com/LesathCap777/status/1605239872280829952 display: x.com/LesathCap777/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Prior art for the Ray Peat Enlightenment Diet https://t.co/qsvSFZ4zVw text_with_expanded_urls: |- Prior art for the Ray Peat Enlightenment Diet https://x.com/LesathCap777/status/1605239872280829952 ### tweet 1887060561315405863 chronological_index: 2003 archive_order_index: 1449 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T08:47:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 08:47:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887060561315405863 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887060561315405863 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887058544928919993 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- I should note the RPED is currently just a meme but we’re going to hyperstition it into existence I do expect some vascular latches to be sensitive to metabolism and other common themes in Peat’s work, especially CO2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- I should note the RPED is currently just a meme but we’re going to hyperstition it into existence I do expect some vascular latches to be sensitive to metabolism and other common themes in Peat’s work, especially CO2 ### tweet 1887101649166143750 chronological_index: 2004 archive_order_index: 1448 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T11:31:08Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 11:31:08 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887101649166143750 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887101649166143750 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887089810042405190 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv Imo the capacity to accurately report qualia is among the human nervous system’s most impressive feats Not easy for AIs to replicate https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Imo the capacity to accurately report qualia is among the human nervous system’s most impressive feats Not easy for AIs to replicate https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1887105450853937217 chronological_index: 2005 archive_order_index: 1447 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T11:46:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 11:46:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887105450853937217 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887105450853937217 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: victoriafores in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887097338558095393 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1455284103054454787 mentions: - @victoriafores | name: Victoria Forest | id_str: 1455284103054454787 urls: - short: https://t.co/Re9DMAj3V3 expanded: https://x.com/aliabdi/status/1272986704098533377 display: x.com/aliabdi/status… - short: https://t.co/EMfkCKTQlW expanded: https://x.com/aliabdi/status/1272986704098533377 display: x.com/aliabdi/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @victoriafores https://t.co/Re9DMAj3V3 https://t.co/EMfkCKTQlW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @victoriafores https://x.com/aliabdi/status/1272986704098533377 https://x.com/aliabdi/status/1272986704098533377 ### tweet 1887108376058106332 chronological_index: 2006 archive_order_index: 1446 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T11:57:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 11:57:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887108376058106332 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887108376058106332 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887104410028830722 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @nosilverv The effectiveness of LLMs (loosely) suggests human language offers a decent generalized basis set for reality, and we may also expect eventual convergence between the logical structure of different peoples’ (and species’, and aliens’) qualia reports as the report paradigms mature… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @nosilverv The effectiveness of LLMs (loosely) suggests human language offers a decent generalized basis set for reality, and we may also expect eventual convergence between the logical structure of different peoples’ (and species’, and aliens’) qualia reports as the report paradigms mature… ### tweet 1887256111587446840 chronological_index: 2007 archive_order_index: 1445 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-05T21:44:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 05 21:44:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887256111587446840 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887256111587446840 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: floridfauna in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887174645490520329 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2401840658 mentions: - @floridfauna | name: Rowan Ben Jackson | id_str: 2401840658 urls: - short: https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @floridfauna I posted a comparison between Ray Peat and Bryan Johnson thought a few weeks ago — should offer some threads to pull https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @floridfauna I posted a comparison between Ray Peat and Bryan Johnson thought a few weeks ago — should offer some threads to pull https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 ### tweet 1887312680199090617 chronological_index: 2008 archive_order_index: 1444 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-06T01:29:42Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 06 01:29:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887312680199090617 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887312680199090617 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NormZhuo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887297540045111350 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1721407132204253184 mentions: - @NormZhuo | name: RonGone | id_str: 1721407132204253184 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @NormZhuo Good question — I see three reasons breaking fasts could lead to opening events: 1. A fast is a general reset: “Have you tried to turn the system off and on?” has a long and storied history in tech support (interestingly, many breakthroughs seem to happen during cessations) 2.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NormZhuo Good question — I see three reasons breaking fasts could lead to opening events: 1. A fast is a general reset: “Have you tried to turn the system off and on?” has a long and storied history in tech support (interestingly, many breakthroughs seem to happen during cessations) 2.… ### tweet 1887448675603128751 chronological_index: 2009 archive_order_index: 1443 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-06T10:30:06Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 06 10:30:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887448675603128751 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887448675603128751 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887436323096547610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @NormZhuo | name: RonGone | id_str: 1721407132204253184 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Rares82 @NormZhuo Literally just clenching smooth muscle for a while seems to set a latch. I actually think latches are much more common than people think, and that most resolve within ~2-60m. The latches that don’t (because they’re ‘defended’ as per above) are the ones we notice and call… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @NormZhuo Literally just clenching smooth muscle for a while seems to set a latch. I actually think latches are much more common than people think, and that most resolve within ~2-60m. The latches that don’t (because they’re ‘defended’ as per above) are the ones we notice and call… ### tweet 1887505924195295398 chronological_index: 2010 archive_order_index: 1442 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-06T14:17:35Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 06 14:17:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887505924195295398 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887505924195295398 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: harmonicjunkie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887495298252988574 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1512598900665987074 mentions: - @harmonicjunkie | name: Beata 🪩 | id_str: 1512598900665987074 - @QualiaRI | name: Qualia Research Institute | id_str: 1201000918499463168 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @harmonicjunkie @QualiaRI It was a wonderful interview, thank you again. A few odds and ends on some of my remarks: - I think it was Friston who claimed that all communication is sympathetic resonance; - I believe it was my former cofounder who first used the phrasing ‘topological boundary’ and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @harmonicjunkie @QualiaRI It was a wonderful interview, thank you again. A few odds and ends on some of my remarks: - I think it was Friston who claimed that all communication is sympathetic resonance; - I believe it was my former cofounder who first used the phrasing ‘topological boundary’ and… ### tweet 1887625005745492266 chronological_index: 2011 archive_order_index: 1441 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-06T22:10:46Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 06 22:10:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887625005745492266 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887625005745492266 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: harmonicjunkie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887511053669441911 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1512598900665987074 mentions: - @harmonicjunkie | name: Beata 🪩 | id_str: 1512598900665987074 - @QualiaRI | name: Qualia Research Institute | id_str: 1201000918499463168 text_raw: |- @harmonicjunkie @QualiaRI I don’t have a source for that, just a memory/association from something he said during a call text_with_expanded_urls: |- @harmonicjunkie @QualiaRI I don’t have a source for that, just a memory/association from something he said during a call ### tweet 1887696992442458349 chronological_index: 2012 archive_order_index: 1440 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T02:56:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 02:56:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887696992442458349 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887696992442458349 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: NormZhuo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887661797827879189 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1721407132204253184 mentions: - @NormZhuo | name: RonGone | id_str: 1721407132204253184 - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 urls: - short: https://t.co/TUSUO5Bzsw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @NormZhuo @Rares82 Great questions. I think of the infant nervous system as an unconfigured FPGA, and latches as how this FPGA is configured, and I think we dramatically underestimate how necessary latches are to make our nervous systems usable & how many latches an adult has. Interestingly this… https://t.co/TUSUO5Bzsw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @NormZhuo @Rares82 Great questions. I think of the infant nervous system as an unconfigured FPGA, and latches as how this FPGA is configured, and I think we dramatically underestimate how necessary latches are to make our nervous systems usable & how many latches an adult has. Interestingly this… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873447888514142397 ### tweet 1887772241573957748 chronological_index: 2013 archive_order_index: 1439 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T07:55:50Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 07:55:50 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887772241573957748 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887772241573957748 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: AnnaLeptikon mentions: - @AnnaLeptikon | name: Anna Riedl | id_str: 550845228 text_raw: |- RT @AnnaLeptikon: Great take on the relationship between stances, frames, and embodiment text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @AnnaLeptikon: Great take on the relationship between stances, frames, and embodiment ### tweet 1887946660728480099 chronological_index: 2014 archive_order_index: 1438 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T19:28:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 19:28:54 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887946660728480099 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887946660728480099 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 127 retweet_count: 10 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/ErHHf3triR expanded: https://x.com/yoltartar/status/1887930438322405402 display: x.com/yoltartar/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Absolutely great note on mental muscles, vasocomputation, & the predictive hierarchy by @yoltartar — The idea that sports physiology has a lot to say about how to train ‘mental muscles’ (which are literal muscles) seems super generative This also gets into the vasocomputation… https://t.co/ErHHf3triR text_with_expanded_urls: |- Absolutely great note on mental muscles, vasocomputation, & the predictive hierarchy by @yoltartar — The idea that sports physiology has a lot to say about how to train ‘mental muscles’ (which are literal muscles) seems super generative This also gets into the vasocomputation… https://x.com/yoltartar/status/1887930438322405402 ### tweet 1887953464845812110 chronological_index: 2015 archive_order_index: 1437 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T19:55:57Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 19:55:57 +0000 2025 kind: tweet lang: zxx tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887953464845812110 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887953464845812110 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 53 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/NldgeA3Dr7 expanded: http://x.com/i/article/1887788557810675712 display: x.com/i/article/1887… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- https://t.co/NldgeA3Dr7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- http://x.com/i/article/1887788557810675712 ### tweet 1887955618398617923 chronological_index: 2016 archive_order_index: 1436 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T20:04:30Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 20:04:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1887955618398617923 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887955618398617923 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887953464845812110 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887955618398617923/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjNdnhpaQAAUIrv.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/8EizUsbhuL - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887955618398617923/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjNdnhqaQAMqItp.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/8EizUsbhuL - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887955618398617923/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjNdnhqa4AA1zCQ.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/8EizUsbhuL possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Some notes on latch-like structures in fascia, from a separate DR project: One takeaway is that fascia is much slower to move than smooth muscle; another is the remodeling aspect. I think smooth muscle latches are more “clean” than what happens in fascia https://t.co/8EizUsbhuL text_with_expanded_urls: |- Some notes on latch-like structures in fascia, from a separate DR project: One takeaway is that fascia is much slower to move than smooth muscle; another is the remodeling aspect. I think smooth muscle latches are more “clean” than what happens in fascia https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1887955618398617923/photo/1 ### tweet 1888011647937298714 chronological_index: 2017 archive_order_index: 1435 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T23:47:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 23:47:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888011647937298714 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888011647937298714 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: vividvoid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887967103162138843 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1044604087013015552 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @VividVoid_ @yoltartar Ahh fascinating… so perhaps after 10-15m your muscles in ~v3/v4 start to spasm, triggering the local feature detector. I’m not really sure how sports physiology would approach this, but 1. I wonder if practicing clench-release-clench-release on faces would help, as an isolation… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @VividVoid_ @yoltartar Ahh fascinating… so perhaps after 10-15m your muscles in ~v3/v4 start to spasm, triggering the local feature detector. I’m not really sure how sports physiology would approach this, but 1. I wonder if practicing clench-release-clench-release on faces would help, as an isolation… ### tweet 1888013637757059447 chronological_index: 2018 archive_order_index: 1434 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T23:55:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 23:55:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888013637757059447 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013637757059447 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887999268872687623 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/CqU9uv1427 expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/67a69cf7-7e50-8003-ada8-1229fe8fe144 display: chatgpt.com/share/67a69cf7… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013637757059447/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSY5jaQAEbHYI.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/LVFEAxHnQz - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013637757059447/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSY5qawAAfWon.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/LVFEAxHnQz - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013637757059447/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSY5raQAA82EX.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/LVFEAxHnQz - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013637757059447/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSY5raQAMylPO.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/LVFEAxHnQz possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar I just ran a DR about fascia and latch-like structures; here’s the output (set 1 of screenshots) https://t.co/CqU9uv1427 https://t.co/LVFEAxHnQz text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar I just ran a DR about fascia and latch-like structures; here’s the output (set 1 of screenshots) https://chatgpt.com/share/67a69cf7-7e50-8003-ada8-1229fe8fe144 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013637757059447/photo/1 ### tweet 1888013769399570888 chronological_index: 2019 archive_order_index: 1433 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T23:55:34Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 23:55:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888013769399570888 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013769399570888 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888013637757059447 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013769399570888/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSgdxaQAAuFiT.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/j8oHEi0JE7 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013769399570888/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSgdqaQAURaxI.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/j8oHEi0JE7 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013769399570888/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSgdxaEAA1o1v.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/j8oHEi0JE7 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013769399570888/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSgdqbAAEfzKs.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/j8oHEi0JE7 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar Set 2: https://t.co/j8oHEi0JE7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar Set 2: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013769399570888/photo/1 ### tweet 1888013926400671761 chronological_index: 2020 archive_order_index: 1432 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-07T23:56:12Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 07 23:56:12 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888013926400671761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013926400671761 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888013769399570888 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013926400671761/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSofJboAAug-T.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/qON2a2HPVK - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013926400671761/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSofJaQAAt5i3.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/qON2a2HPVK - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013926400671761/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSofIaQAER9v2.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/qON2a2HPVK - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013926400671761/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjOSofIbgAAls6h.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/qON2a2HPVK possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar Set 3: https://t.co/qON2a2HPVK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar Set 3: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888013926400671761/photo/1 ### tweet 1888042306001060015 chronological_index: 2021 archive_order_index: 1431 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T01:48:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 01:48:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888042306001060015 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888042306001060015 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gregsfitzgerald in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888039853884866961 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1596694820654878720 mentions: - @gregsfitzgerald | name: Greg Fitzgerald | id_str: 1596694820654878720 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @gregsfitzgerald @yoltartar Most drugs prescribed for vasodilation have been screened against being neuroactive, which makes the answer somewhat complicated; I would expect all strong vasodilators to change meditation performance. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gregsfitzgerald @yoltartar Most drugs prescribed for vasodilation have been screened against being neuroactive, which makes the answer somewhat complicated; I would expect all strong vasodilators to change meditation performance. ### tweet 1888043413779661133 chronological_index: 2022 archive_order_index: 1430 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T01:53:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 01:53:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888043413779661133 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888043413779661133 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1873463783139799333 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 text_raw: |- @zach_haigney I’m going to punt and say this might be a question for Deep Research… but I would expect many of them to be in perceptual pathways text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney I’m going to punt and say this might be a question for Deep Research… but I would expect many of them to be in perceptual pathways ### tweet 1888057866973811192 chronological_index: 2023 archive_order_index: 1429 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T02:50:48Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 02:50:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888057866973811192 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888057866973811192 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888057693081911549 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 text_raw: |- @zach_haigney Yes, definitely text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney Yes, definitely ### tweet 1888058424098963482 chronological_index: 2024 archive_order_index: 1428 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T02:53:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 02:53:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888058424098963482 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888058424098963482 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wooblewoof in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888051498866852026 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 619531004 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 text_raw: |- @wooblewoof I renamed the chat and there’s some issue with creating a link, I’ll try to sort it out when I get back to a keyboard text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof I renamed the chat and there’s some issue with creating a link, I’ll try to sort it out when I get back to a keyboard ### tweet 1888108735706571192 chronological_index: 2025 archive_order_index: 1427 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T06:12:56Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 06:12:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888108735706571192 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888108735706571192 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888058424098963482 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @wooblewoof | name: wooblewoof | id_str: 619531004 urls: - short: https://t.co/scDUuSuHM3 expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/67a6f56e-f3c8-8003-b64a-174e6d771834 display: chatgpt.com/share/67a6f56e… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wooblewoof Here’s the DR those screenshots came from: https://t.co/scDUuSuHM3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wooblewoof Here’s the DR those screenshots came from: https://chatgpt.com/share/67a6f56e-f3c8-8003-b64a-174e6d771834 ### tweet 1888121758672138751 chronological_index: 2026 archive_order_index: 1426 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T07:04:41Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 07:04:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888121758672138751 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888121758672138751 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: YuviLightman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888118680552403004 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1862779229277954048 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @33QBall @yoltartar I think we need a “rectification of names” in neuroscience but often this is just a reversion to the original sense behind words; In-tension = holding tension, maintaining a counterfactual At-tension = where there is tension Don’t get me started on the etymology of serotonin 😂 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @33QBall @yoltartar I think we need a “rectification of names” in neuroscience but often this is just a reversion to the original sense behind words; In-tension = holding tension, maintaining a counterfactual At-tension = where there is tension Don’t get me started on the etymology of serotonin 😂 ### tweet 1888123369041846595 chronological_index: 2027 archive_order_index: 1425 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T07:11:05Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 07:11:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888123369041846595 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888123369041846595 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: YuviLightman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888119294351020220 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1862779229277954048 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @33QBall @yoltartar I expect flow states to be the default when there’s low vasomuscular activity, but vascular muscle can be really twitchy. Often the best we can do is grab,release,grab,release Inner voice may be spasmodic grabbing in the vocal regions — halfway between a reflex and a spasm, with… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @33QBall @yoltartar I expect flow states to be the default when there’s low vasomuscular activity, but vascular muscle can be really twitchy. Often the best we can do is grab,release,grab,release Inner voice may be spasmodic grabbing in the vocal regions — halfway between a reflex and a spasm, with… ### tweet 1888125571995148734 chronological_index: 2028 archive_order_index: 1424 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T07:19:50Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 07:19:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888125571995148734 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888125571995148734 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: YuviLightman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888122204962894270 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1862779229277954048 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @33QBall @yoltartar Sero (root: serum), meaning blood Tonin, meaning having to do with tone/rhythm We originally isolated it in the gut as a substance that made blood vessels contract (increasing their ‘muscle tone’); recently it’s been largely reimagined as a neurotransmitter. But I think the old… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @33QBall @yoltartar Sero (root: serum), meaning blood Tonin, meaning having to do with tone/rhythm We originally isolated it in the gut as a substance that made blood vessels contract (increasing their ‘muscle tone’); recently it’s been largely reimagined as a neurotransmitter. But I think the old… ### tweet 1888127995988341165 chronological_index: 2029 archive_order_index: 1423 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T07:29:28Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 07:29:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888127995988341165 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888127995988341165 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1886973869015421025 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888127995988341165/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjP6ZHaboAE4rmb.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Oki7D74DTF - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888127995988341165/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjP6ZHaakAAqAgR.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Oki7D74DTF - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888127995988341165/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GjP6ZHbbEAA87qp.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Oki7D74DTF possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Some excerpts from O3-DR (1st screenshot) and O1-Pro (2nd/3rd) — I think a growing part of my work will probably be to write prompts that try to ask how to concretize and test my hypotheses, then retry them on frontier models as new ones come out https://t.co/Oki7D74DTF text_with_expanded_urls: |- Some excerpts from O3-DR (1st screenshot) and O1-Pro (2nd/3rd) — I think a growing part of my work will probably be to write prompts that try to ask how to concretize and test my hypotheses, then retry them on frontier models as new ones come out https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888127995988341165/photo/1 ### tweet 1888138848800260352 chronological_index: 2030 archive_order_index: 1422 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T08:12:36Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 08:12:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888138848800260352 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888138848800260352 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888132188421410879 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 urls: - short: https://t.co/YmkxQ25LeF expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870720128205082942 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd Agreed; I’m using a customized version of the eigenrobot prompt — it’s effective for increasing the information-per-token and eliciting obscure or edgy information, although it sometimes roasts me. Doesn’t apply to DR, only follow-up questions https://t.co/YmkxQ25LeF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd Agreed; I’m using a customized version of the eigenrobot prompt — it’s effective for increasing the information-per-token and eliciting obscure or edgy information, although it sometimes roasts me. Doesn’t apply to DR, only follow-up questions https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1870720128205082942 ### tweet 1888139236546883634 chronological_index: 2031 archive_order_index: 1421 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T08:14:08Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 08:14:08 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888139236546883634 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888139236546883634 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Noah_B_Clark in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888133162972168267 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1842308088206151680 mentions: - @Noah_B_Clark | name: Noah Clark | id_str: 1842308088206151680 text_raw: |- @Noah_B_Clark Definitely text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Noah_B_Clark Definitely ### tweet 1888141529572868246 chronological_index: 2032 archive_order_index: 1420 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-08T08:23:15Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 08 08:23:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888141529572868246 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888141529572868246 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888140817077813535 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd That is a section I have customized, although I expect it applies to a narrow set of answers. I think your substitution makes sense text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd That is a section I have customized, although I expect it applies to a narrow set of answers. I think your substitution makes sense ### tweet 1888434098743767366 chronological_index: 2033 archive_order_index: 1419 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T03:45:49Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 03:45:49 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888434098743767366 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888434098743767366 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: RubenLaukkonen mentions: - @RubenLaukkonen | name: Ruben Laukkonen | id_str: 1463715452 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- RT @RubenLaukkonen: This is a tasty cake combining flavours from our meditation and abstraction ideas with @johnsonmxe’s vasocomputation text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @RubenLaukkonen: This is a tasty cake combining flavours from our meditation and abstraction ideas with @johnsonmxe’s vasocomputation ### tweet 1888461599595270497 chronological_index: 2034 archive_order_index: 1418 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T05:35:05Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 05:35:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888461599595270497 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888461599595270497 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RogueScholarPr in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888459547326779744 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1264199016088317953 mentions: - @RogueScholarPr | name: Rogue Scholar Press | id_str: 1264199016088317953 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @RogueScholarPr @yoltartar Normal relaxation is sufficient if vascular muscle isn’t latched, but latches mechanically prevent movement in the muscle If a latch has been present for a while it’s likely to be resistant to ‘normal release cycles’ and may require a special sort of approach for release text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RogueScholarPr @yoltartar Normal relaxation is sufficient if vascular muscle isn’t latched, but latches mechanically prevent movement in the muscle If a latch has been present for a while it’s likely to be resistant to ‘normal release cycles’ and may require a special sort of approach for release ### tweet 1888465184588693508 chronological_index: 2035 archive_order_index: 1417 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T05:49:20Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 05:49:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888465184588693508 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888465184588693508 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paulg in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1887808092592890267 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 183749519 mentions: - @paulg | name: Paul Graham | id_str: 183749519 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @paulg Something about current LLMs that worries me a little is that their alignment is essentially vibes based, which seems to work well when they know humanity through our text corpus (which imo presents us in a very positive light). But everything negatively valenced these models… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paulg Something about current LLMs that worries me a little is that their alignment is essentially vibes based, which seems to work well when they know humanity through our text corpus (which imo presents us in a very positive light). But everything negatively valenced these models… ### tweet 1888465452243820591 chronological_index: 2036 archive_order_index: 1416 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T05:50:24Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 05:50:24 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888465452243820591 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888465452243820591 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nickcammarata mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @nickcammarata: I think over the next decade we’ll see the idea of different body parts having different specialties (eg gut, heart, hea… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nickcammarata: I think over the next decade we’ll see the idea of different body parts having different specialties (eg gut, heart, hea… ### tweet 1888466530553462973 chronological_index: 2037 archive_order_index: 1415 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T05:54:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 05:54:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888466530553462973 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888466530553462973 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: justinmilo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888465595366006871 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 134608067 mentions: - @justinmilo | name: Barely Liberal | id_str: 134608067 - @paulg | name: Paul Graham | id_str: 183749519 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @justinmilo @paulg I think so too; this is one part of @Plinz ‘s research that I really like text_with_expanded_urls: |- @justinmilo @paulg I think so too; this is one part of @Plinz ‘s research that I really like ### tweet 1888470064200028608 chronological_index: 2038 archive_order_index: 1414 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T06:08:44Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 06:08:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888470064200028608 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888470064200028608 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: justinmilo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888467329534550473 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 134608067 mentions: - @justinmilo | name: Barely Liberal | id_str: 134608067 - @paulg | name: Paul Graham | id_str: 183749519 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @justinmilo @paulg @Plinz Tbh I think some of this depends on model architecture, and also what “training” means in this context — e.g. are we training a scholar, or creating a constitution, or giving them a goal? And how do we classify when some text is a theory of god, vs not a theory of god? As a… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @justinmilo @paulg @Plinz Tbh I think some of this depends on model architecture, and also what “training” means in this context — e.g. are we training a scholar, or creating a constitution, or giving them a goal? And how do we classify when some text is a theory of god, vs not a theory of god? As a… ### tweet 1888472556455555176 chronological_index: 2039 archive_order_index: 1413 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T06:18:38Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 06:18:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888472556455555176 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888472556455555176 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RogueScholarPr in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888466199446684154 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1264199016088317953 mentions: - @RogueScholarPr | name: Rogue Scholar Press | id_str: 1264199016088317953 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/7FHG7UceY0 expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/67a84859-029c-8003-a4ef-07e1f4e786fa display: chatgpt.com/share/67a84859… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @RogueScholarPr @yoltartar Here’s a Deep Research output comparing/contrasting Reich’s work and vasocomputation https://t.co/7FHG7UceY0 TL;DR: very similar dynamic, Reich didn’t know mechanism and focused on skeletal muscle. Probably a lot that could be learned from Reich’s observational work text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RogueScholarPr @yoltartar Here’s a Deep Research output comparing/contrasting Reich’s work and vasocomputation https://chatgpt.com/share/67a84859-029c-8003-a4ef-07e1f4e786fa TL;DR: very similar dynamic, Reich didn’t know mechanism and focused on skeletal muscle. Probably a lot that could be learned from Reich’s observational work ### tweet 1888509585532784985 chronological_index: 2040 archive_order_index: 1412 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T08:45:46Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 08:45:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888509585532784985 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888509585532784985 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888502345270493487 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella Some of these might be a little too direct, but I would love to hear: 1. Are you surprised at how easy LLMs have been to align? If you think alignment will become harder soon, what might make it harder? 2. Do you believe in Eliezer Yudkowsky’s “complexity of value thesis”? 3.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Some of these might be a little too direct, but I would love to hear: 1. Are you surprised at how easy LLMs have been to align? If you think alignment will become harder soon, what might make it harder? 2. Do you believe in Eliezer Yudkowsky’s “complexity of value thesis”? 3.… ### tweet 1888516978660548613 chronological_index: 2041 archive_order_index: 1411 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T09:15:09Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 09:15:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888516978660548613 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888516978660548613 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888514360076837023 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 820288038 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @RomeoStevens76 The peaters suggest that anytime you see “ascorbic acid” in ingredients the industrial process that made it used black mold; you can get organic acerola powder from amazon as a much better alternative text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoStevens76 The peaters suggest that anytime you see “ascorbic acid” in ingredients the industrial process that made it used black mold; you can get organic acerola powder from amazon as a much better alternative ### tweet 1888517428893876261 chronological_index: 2042 archive_order_index: 1410 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T09:16:56Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 09:16:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888517428893876261 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888517428893876261 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888514687785955608 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Great. Happy to expand any points text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Great. Happy to expand any points ### tweet 1888529235905753527 chronological_index: 2043 archive_order_index: 1409 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T10:03:51Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 10:03:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888529235905753527 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888529235905753527 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willrandship in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888528208460738702 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 349251168 mentions: - @Willrandship | name: William Shipley | id_str: 349251168 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @Willrandship @RomeoStevens76 I suspect the issue with industrial ascorbic acid isn’t that it contains viable black mold, but that it may contain remnants of the cell that could trigger an allergic reaction or mold toxicity text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willrandship @RomeoStevens76 I suspect the issue with industrial ascorbic acid isn’t that it contains viable black mold, but that it may contain remnants of the cell that could trigger an allergic reaction or mold toxicity ### tweet 1888562579443703986 chronological_index: 2044 archive_order_index: 1408 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T12:16:21Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 12:16:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888562579443703986 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888562579443703986 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Willrandship in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888531671185813620 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 349251168 mentions: - @Willrandship | name: William Shipley | id_str: 349251168 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @Willrandship @RomeoStevens76 Appreciate the details — how surprised would you be if people empirically didn’t handle citric/ascorbic acid sourced from black mold as well as that from fruits? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Willrandship @RomeoStevens76 Appreciate the details — how surprised would you be if people empirically didn’t handle citric/ascorbic acid sourced from black mold as well as that from fruits? ### tweet 1888570435672940614 chronological_index: 2045 archive_order_index: 1407 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-09T12:47:34Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 09 12:47:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888570435672940614 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888570435672940614 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888509585532784985 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Oh and 16. Do you think that current LLMs are conscious? How about modern computers? *I’m guessing Tegmark would rather talk about AI safety than his previous research on consciousness. That said he’s one of the few with the background to weigh in here, and it’s an important Q text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Oh and 16. Do you think that current LLMs are conscious? How about modern computers? *I’m guessing Tegmark would rather talk about AI safety than his previous research on consciousness. That said he’s one of the few with the background to weigh in here, and it’s an important Q ### tweet 1888805622189338638 chronological_index: 2046 archive_order_index: 1406 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-10T04:22:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 10 04:22:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888805622189338638 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888805622189338638 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888793807891886570 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @paulg | name: Paul Graham | id_str: 183749519 urls: - short: https://t.co/tW8eAIol9r expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883378494438343055 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar @paulg That makes sense to me, though I think multimodal alignment may be inherently tricky because it dilutes the cooperative default of our text corpus https://t.co/tW8eAIol9r text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @paulg That makes sense to me, though I think multimodal alignment may be inherently tricky because it dilutes the cooperative default of our text corpus https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1883378494438343055 ### tweet 1888807736949002440 chronological_index: 2047 archive_order_index: 1405 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-10T04:30:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 10 04:30:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1888807736949002440 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1888807736949002440 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888806857088884900 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @paulg | name: Paul Graham | id_str: 183749519 text_raw: |- @yoltartar @paulg That seems right — perhaps we can contrast text vs image models; most of the text we train on implicitly traces out cooperative interactions between nervous systems, whereas the pictures image models train on only very loosely do so text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @paulg That seems right — perhaps we can contrast text vs image models; most of the text we train on implicitly traces out cooperative interactions between nervous systems, whereas the pictures image models train on only very loosely do so ### tweet 1889086792349131067 chronological_index: 2048 archive_order_index: 1404 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-10T22:59:23Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 10 22:59:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889086792349131067 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889086792349131067 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: octopusyarn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1888965480037171330 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1546873078331973641 mentions: - @octopusyarn | name: Octopusyarn | id_str: 1546873078331973641 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @octopusyarn The line of thinking which originally led to vasocomputation was considering tension as our nervous system’s reflexive immune response — I reasoned that when we cross a pattern that could be dangerous, we tense up & change our nervous system’s eigenmodes such that this pattern… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @octopusyarn The line of thinking which originally led to vasocomputation was considering tension as our nervous system’s reflexive immune response — I reasoned that when we cross a pattern that could be dangerous, we tense up & change our nervous system’s eigenmodes such that this pattern… ### tweet 1889127816622731518 chronological_index: 2049 archive_order_index: 1403 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-11T01:42:24Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 11 01:42:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889127816622731518 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889127816622731518 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: jpt401 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1889014915257503914 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24972373 mentions: - @jpt401 | name: James Torre | id_str: 24972373 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jpt401 @yoltartar If I read your question correctly, it’s that ‘the smallest parts of our vasculature aren’t controlled by neurons. If these parts are where the vasocomputation magic happens, what controls when they clench?’ I suspect these tiny ‘vasomotion’ clenches are driven by a combination… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jpt401 @yoltartar If I read your question correctly, it’s that ‘the smallest parts of our vasculature aren’t controlled by neurons. If these parts are where the vasocomputation magic happens, what controls when they clench?’ I suspect these tiny ‘vasomotion’ clenches are driven by a combination… ### tweet 1889201581306081606 chronological_index: 2050 archive_order_index: 1402 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-11T06:35:31Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 11 06:35:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889201581306081606 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889201581306081606 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: octopusyarn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1889197613078966340 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1546873078331973641 mentions: - @octopusyarn | name: Octopusyarn | id_str: 1546873078331973641 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @octopusyarn Yes, and I think it operates on very similar logic as the “tanha reflex” https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @octopusyarn Yes, and I think it operates on very similar logic as the “tanha reflex” https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1889210195903127595 chronological_index: 2051 archive_order_index: 1401 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-11T07:09:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 11 07:09:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889210195903127595 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889210195903127595 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jpt401 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1889152701004398628 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24972373 mentions: - @jpt401 | name: James Torre | id_str: 24972373 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jpt401 @yoltartar Confirming that I believe small scale vasomotion is relevant to computation in the neural substrate; other scales may also be relevant via a different balance of mechanism. However it’s worth noting that as blood vessels get narrower and shade from ‘small arterioles’ to… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jpt401 @yoltartar Confirming that I believe small scale vasomotion is relevant to computation in the neural substrate; other scales may also be relevant via a different balance of mechanism. However it’s worth noting that as blood vessels get narrower and shade from ‘small arterioles’ to… ### tweet 1889231164281409662 chronological_index: 2052 archive_order_index: 1400 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-11T08:33:04Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 11 08:33:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889231164281409662 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889231164281409662 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ameensol in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1889202511514628294 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1646685096 mentions: - @ameensol | name: Ameen Soleimani | id_str: 1646685096 text_raw: |- @ameensol I’d like to see an LLM-defended chain — people can transact as they please but an LLM has root access & can freeze accounts if it thinks something bad is happening. Has a twitter account. There’s full transparency about the prompt and it’s fine tuned on Neal Stephenson novels text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ameensol I’d like to see an LLM-defended chain — people can transact as they please but an LLM has root access & can freeze accounts if it thinks something bad is happening. Has a twitter account. There’s full transparency about the prompt and it’s fine tuned on Neal Stephenson novels ### tweet 1889433656508452899 chronological_index: 2053 archive_order_index: 1399 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-11T21:57:42Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 11 21:57:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889433656508452899 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889433656508452899 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1883705411951546490 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk I believe sometimes a heart-opening can do this fwiw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk I believe sometimes a heart-opening can do this fwiw ### tweet 1889567673622602028 chronological_index: 2054 archive_order_index: 1398 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-12T06:50:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 12 06:50:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889567673622602028 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889567673622602028 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1889563511564673133 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @owlthatissuperb | name: Max (Vibecamp June 18-21) | id_str: 1534969066519154689 - @WystanTBS | name: Wystan | id_str: 3742851378 - @RogerThisdell | name: Roger This | id_str: 1724457855552466944 - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 urls: - short: https://t.co/MAA3L03oLH expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889210195903127595 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @owlthatissuperb @WystanTBS @RogerThisdell @frideswyth Nice! I expect latch events (both openings & closings) to often co-occur with vasospasms — Interesting to note the link between skeletal & smooth muscle tension Also worth collecting data on the scale of blood vessels involved… wrote a thing yesterday about this https://t.co/MAA3L03oLH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @owlthatissuperb @WystanTBS @RogerThisdell @frideswyth Nice! I expect latch events (both openings & closings) to often co-occur with vasospasms — Interesting to note the link between skeletal & smooth muscle tension Also worth collecting data on the scale of blood vessels involved… wrote a thing yesterday about this https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889210195903127595 ### tweet 1889808382292533464 chronological_index: 2055 archive_order_index: 1397 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-12T22:46:43Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 12 22:46:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889808382292533464 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889808382292533464 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anesmithbeck in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1889781761455878325 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2610283027 mentions: - @anesmithbeck | name: Aaron | id_str: 2610283027 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @anesmithbeck @jonnym1ller I yearn for the philosophy mines text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anesmithbeck @jonnym1ller I yearn for the philosophy mines ### tweet 1889836544330203569 chronological_index: 2056 archive_order_index: 1396 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-13T00:38:38Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 13 00:38:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1889836544330203569 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1889836544330203569 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1889818296859664386 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Makes sense! I’ve been thinking about this in terms of “in order to have knowledge, you need a place to put knowledge”; Dramatically increasing your dimensionality for a few hours can form new structure and some of this structure might persist once dimensionality drops. But it… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Makes sense! I’ve been thinking about this in terms of “in order to have knowledge, you need a place to put knowledge”; Dramatically increasing your dimensionality for a few hours can form new structure and some of this structure might persist once dimensionality drops. But it… ### tweet 1890621266186379740 chronological_index: 2057 archive_order_index: 1395 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-15T04:36:50Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 15 04:36:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1890621266186379740 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1890621266186379740 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: iamjustapeater in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1890590766923186462 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1815183072490352640 mentions: - @iamjustapeater | name: Just Another Peater | id_str: 1815183072490352640 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @iamjustapeater @crimkadid made the argument that autism is a growth disorder (chronic neoplasia in certain tissues) — I wrote about neuro implications of this a couple years ago. Would be interesting if excess (xeno?)estrogen was a common proximate cause https://t.co/WcaRfrtpaq text_with_expanded_urls: |- @iamjustapeater @crimkadid made the argument that autism is a growth disorder (chronic neoplasia in certain tissues) — I wrote about neuro implications of this a couple years ago. Would be interesting if excess (xeno?)estrogen was a common proximate cause https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1890867271561588740 chronological_index: 2058 archive_order_index: 1394 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-15T20:54:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 15 20:54:22 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1890867271561588740 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1890867271561588740 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: exgenesis mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @exgenesis: my interview with @johnsonmxe is out now! we talked about - bits vs atoms for consciousness, - The Good and The Beautiful… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @exgenesis: my interview with @johnsonmxe is out now! we talked about - bits vs atoms for consciousness, - The Good and The Beautiful… ### tweet 1891026313047076917 chronological_index: 2059 archive_order_index: 1393 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-16T07:26:21Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 16 07:26:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891026313047076917 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891026313047076917 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: davidad in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1890518985235382633 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15484497 mentions: - @davidad | name: davidad 🎇 | id_str: 15484497 urls: - short: https://t.co/Kqty18LQE1 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @davidad I think most adults are “hardwired” to have a job, and big social shifts would require understanding and loosening up this wiring (Yes I’m talking about latches…) https://t.co/Kqty18LQE1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @davidad I think most adults are “hardwired” to have a job, and big social shifts would require understanding and loosening up this wiring (Yes I’m talking about latches…) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 ### tweet 1891085038906642776 chronological_index: 2060 archive_order_index: 1392 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-16T11:19:42Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 16 11:19:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891085038906642776 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891085038906642776 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lozareeno in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891045123296727337 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 953887377017065472 mentions: - @lozareeno | name: Loz is Loz | id_str: 953887377017065472 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @FloPopp | name: Flow 🧘⛩️👁️ | id_str: 71502448 text_raw: |- @lozareeno @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @FloPopp That sounds like a super great practice text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lozareeno @cube_flipper @chercher_ai @FloPopp That sounds like a super great practice ### tweet 1891324375879782722 chronological_index: 2061 archive_order_index: 1391 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-17T03:10:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 17 03:10:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891324375879782722 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891324375879782722 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891150508863143940 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/5ewsQa3T3F expanded: https://www.theseedsofscience.org/2024-a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness display: theseedsofscience.org/2024-a-paradig… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella I can strongly recommend A Paradigm for AI Consciousness; it’s only a small exaggeration to say I wrote it specifically for Dan Faggella (and for future AIs, whom I expect will ask many of the same questions as you do) https://t.co/5ewsQa3T3F Some topics are explicitly… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I can strongly recommend A Paradigm for AI Consciousness; it’s only a small exaggeration to say I wrote it specifically for Dan Faggella (and for future AIs, whom I expect will ask many of the same questions as you do) https://www.theseedsofscience.org/2024-a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness Some topics are explicitly… ### tweet 1891331057749721541 chronological_index: 2062 archive_order_index: 1390 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-17T03:37:18Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 17 03:37:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891331057749721541 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891331057749721541 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Jaggerydev10 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891328202968035521 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1500338668459810817 mentions: - @Jaggerydev10 | name: mayank | id_str: 1500338668459810817 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @Jaggerydev10 @danfaggella I haven’t — what would you suggest his main insights were? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Jaggerydev10 @danfaggella I haven’t — what would you suggest his main insights were? ### tweet 1891339009210949718 chronological_index: 2063 archive_order_index: 1389 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-17T04:08:53Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 17 04:08:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891339009210949718 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891339009210949718 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891335744762871970 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk My sense is a lot of our bodies are held in place by smooth muscle, and modern life often leads to overtightening (would be interesting to dig into why this is) The eye in particular has smooth muscle which holds it in focus; perhaps the epidemic of myopia is just a relaxation… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk My sense is a lot of our bodies are held in place by smooth muscle, and modern life often leads to overtightening (would be interesting to dig into why this is) The eye in particular has smooth muscle which holds it in focus; perhaps the epidemic of myopia is just a relaxation… ### tweet 1891594274766192919 chronological_index: 2064 archive_order_index: 1388 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-17T21:03:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 17 21:03:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891594274766192919 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891594274766192919 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891573990998606167 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Thanks Jonny! Some remarks: > Why do 'latches' matter? > They are the mechanism via which the ‘body keeps the score’. Latches are how trauma gets remembered. I agree with this! > You might say that human suffering is precisely proportional to the number of smooth muscle… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Thanks Jonny! Some remarks: > Why do 'latches' matter? > They are the mechanism via which the ‘body keeps the score’. Latches are how trauma gets remembered. I agree with this! > You might say that human suffering is precisely proportional to the number of smooth muscle… ### tweet 1891596157316628955 chronological_index: 2065 archive_order_index: 1387 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-17T21:10:42Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 17 21:10:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891596157316628955 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891596157316628955 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chercher_ai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891594684448887005 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1181349398283993089 mentions: - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @silentsabbath | name: shanbyrinth | id_str: 1840024082537963520 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @chercher_ai @silentsabbath @jonnym1ller Just chiming in that I also view this as a hypothesis, or rather a set of interlinked hypotheses, with varying degrees of implicit support. There are still some question marks in my internal model of latch physiology that I hope to resolve this year & would make validation more… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chercher_ai @silentsabbath @jonnym1ller Just chiming in that I also view this as a hypothesis, or rather a set of interlinked hypotheses, with varying degrees of implicit support. There are still some question marks in my internal model of latch physiology that I hope to resolve this year & would make validation more… ### tweet 1891785638460195037 chronological_index: 2066 archive_order_index: 1386 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-18T09:43:38Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 18 09:43:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891785638460195037 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891785638460195037 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891664640356020409 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @worstyouknow | name: The Worst Person You Know | id_str: 1782457174368636929 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @worstyouknow Clench pleiotropy, i.e. the natural boundaries of a clench are messy and many times other random things get lumped into the clench and stabilized too. And the things don’t necessarily need to be physically adjacent I.e. some people can curl each finger individually, some can’t…… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @worstyouknow Clench pleiotropy, i.e. the natural boundaries of a clench are messy and many times other random things get lumped into the clench and stabilized too. And the things don’t necessarily need to be physically adjacent I.e. some people can curl each finger individually, some can’t…… ### tweet 1891786005096894839 chronological_index: 2067 archive_order_index: 1385 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-18T09:45:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 18 09:45:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891786005096894839 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891786005096894839 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gingerhaderach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891779589292069299 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1488157259347734538 mentions: - @gingerhaderach | name: Bronwyn Millar | id_str: 1488157259347734538 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @gingerhaderach @jonnym1ller This is probably the best intro https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gingerhaderach @jonnym1ller This is probably the best intro https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1891804028507660475 chronological_index: 2068 archive_order_index: 1384 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-18T10:56:43Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 18 10:56:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891804028507660475 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891804028507660475 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891608246705848532 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Intriguing question — I think “suffering” is theoretically encapsulated by STV[1][2][3] whereas I’d say “aliveness” corresponds to ‘amount of consciousness’[4]. You can have any combination of aliveness and suffering (high,high; low,low; high,low; low,high). But all else being… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Intriguing question — I think “suffering” is theoretically encapsulated by STV[1][2][3] whereas I’d say “aliveness” corresponds to ‘amount of consciousness’[4]. You can have any combination of aliveness and suffering (high,high; low,low; high,low; low,high). But all else being… ### tweet 1891804868060512367 chronological_index: 2069 archive_order_index: 1383 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-18T11:00:03Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 18 11:00:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1891804868060512367 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1891804868060512367 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891609771662508458 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller I think of latches as turning a variable into a constant — which can be useful in some situations / as a strongly held prior, but really cuts down on the flexibility of the system Following the metaphor “a latch is like pressing the same key on a piano on every beat”, you can… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller I think of latches as turning a variable into a constant — which can be useful in some situations / as a strongly held prior, but really cuts down on the flexibility of the system Following the metaphor “a latch is like pressing the same key on a piano on every beat”, you can… ### tweet 1892078725015142828 chronological_index: 2070 archive_order_index: 1382 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-19T05:08:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 19 05:08:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892078725015142828 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892078725015142828 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hastuc_dibtux in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891987041665105976 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1063804260368805890 mentions: - @hastuc_dibtux | name: Dr. Oskar Sarkon | id_str: 1063804260368805890 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @hastuc_dibtux @cube_flipper That makes a lot of sense text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hastuc_dibtux @cube_flipper That makes a lot of sense ### tweet 1892089703949795580 chronological_index: 2071 archive_order_index: 1381 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-19T05:51:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 19 05:51:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892089703949795580 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892089703949795580 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892067741059694661 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @36_72541890 I’m very curious how rhythmic vasospasm would show up on this functional connectivity measure The hemo-neural hypothesis implies the fMRI BOLD response is less about differential neural activity *levels*, and more about differential neural *flexibility* (increased bloodflow… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 I’m very curious how rhythmic vasospasm would show up on this functional connectivity measure The hemo-neural hypothesis implies the fMRI BOLD response is less about differential neural activity *levels*, and more about differential neural *flexibility* (increased bloodflow… ### tweet 1892202084252237970 chronological_index: 2072 archive_order_index: 1380 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-19T13:18:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 19 13:18:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892202084252237970 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892202084252237970 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1891894535271350537 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Thinking as I go here — I suspect fine gradients of tension in the vasomuscular system can exert considerable control over what patterns form and persist in consciousness, both indirectly (by influencing neural patterns) and (speculatively) perhaps more directly also. By… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Thinking as I go here — I suspect fine gradients of tension in the vasomuscular system can exert considerable control over what patterns form and persist in consciousness, both indirectly (by influencing neural patterns) and (speculatively) perhaps more directly also. By… ### tweet 1892215894363042050 chronological_index: 2073 archive_order_index: 1379 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-19T14:13:19Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 19 14:13:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892215894363042050 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892215894363042050 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _bbelousov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892205969414721810 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1116353585577697280 mentions: - @_bbelousov | name: Boris Belousov | id_str: 1116353585577697280 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @_bbelousov @JoinEdgeCity Presently the hypothesis deals with VSMCs/pericytes due to their unique systemic access to neurons, but I expect the same basic logic to be found across multiple contractile tissues Clenches in each of these other tissue types might regulate significantly different things, or… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_bbelousov @JoinEdgeCity Presently the hypothesis deals with VSMCs/pericytes due to their unique systemic access to neurons, but I expect the same basic logic to be found across multiple contractile tissues Clenches in each of these other tissue types might regulate significantly different things, or… ### tweet 1892357628476473555 chronological_index: 2074 archive_order_index: 1378 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-19T23:36:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 19 23:36:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892357628476473555 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892357628476473555 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892295362741932082 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 mentions: - @richardludlow | name: Richard Ludlow | id_str: 15664679 - @patrickc | name: Patrick Collison | id_str: 4939401 urls: - short: https://t.co/XLtMuCrHJB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786463643166536036 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc I expect that we absorb a surprising amount of habits from the people around us, which we can think of the “human kit” — we literally wouldn’t be human without this download (boy raised by wolves etc). Innovations in the human kit can spread fairly rapidly and reach fixation https://t.co/XLtMuCrHJB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk @richardludlow @patrickc I expect that we absorb a surprising amount of habits from the people around us, which we can think of the “human kit” — we literally wouldn’t be human without this download (boy raised by wolves etc). Innovations in the human kit can spread fairly rapidly and reach fixation https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786463643166536036 ### tweet 1892364995154899178 chronological_index: 2075 archive_order_index: 1377 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-20T00:05:47Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 20 00:05:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892364995154899178 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892364995154899178 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hormeze in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892360494024884493 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2181270666 mentions: - @hormeze | name: Hormeze 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤆 | id_str: 2181270666 text_raw: |- @hormeze Could be! “Smile and you’ll start to feel better” assumes similar logic text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hormeze Could be! “Smile and you’ll start to feel better” assumes similar logic ### tweet 1892370874444976520 chronological_index: 2076 archive_order_index: 1376 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-20T00:29:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 20 00:29:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892370874444976520 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892370874444976520 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: credorelief in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892368273569697937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1537439817851498497 mentions: - @credorelief | name: credo relief | id_str: 1537439817851498497 text_raw: |- @credorelief Some studies suggest that imagining yourself lifting weights increases strength presumably this is due to a surprisingly large element of strength being coherence of the nerves controlling the muscles, which can get trained without actual resistance text_with_expanded_urls: |- @credorelief Some studies suggest that imagining yourself lifting weights increases strength presumably this is due to a surprisingly large element of strength being coherence of the nerves controlling the muscles, which can get trained without actual resistance ### tweet 1892705693452402929 chronological_index: 2077 archive_order_index: 1375 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-20T22:39:36Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 20 22:39:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892705693452402929 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892705693452402929 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892655460635013324 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller I’ve been increasingly excited about the Ray Peat x vasocomputation intersection; fwiw Peat sees CO2-maxxing as a healthier pathway for relaxation than NO. (He’d also be skeptical of omega-3s, especially fish oil supplements) Hope to write more soon! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller I’ve been increasingly excited about the Ray Peat x vasocomputation intersection; fwiw Peat sees CO2-maxxing as a healthier pathway for relaxation than NO. (He’d also be skeptical of omega-3s, especially fish oil supplements) Hope to write more soon! ### tweet 1892736213628715095 chronological_index: 2078 archive_order_index: 1374 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-21T00:40:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 21 00:40:53 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892736213628715095 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892736213628715095 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 137 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/lEo0yxFNtr expanded: https://x.com/Mr_Fireside/status/1892473751029104682 display: x.com/Mr_Fireside/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A new state of matter is probably a novel type of qualia, for those keeping track https://t.co/lEo0yxFNtr text_with_expanded_urls: |- A new state of matter is probably a novel type of qualia, for those keeping track https://x.com/Mr_Fireside/status/1892473751029104682 ### tweet 1892738414879166875 chronological_index: 2079 archive_order_index: 1373 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-21T00:49:38Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 21 00:49:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892738414879166875 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892738414879166875 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892737467322683697 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Quale #817427497372948 in the future NFT collection text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Quale #817427497372948 in the future NFT collection ### tweet 1892761163890315374 chronological_index: 2080 archive_order_index: 1372 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-21T02:20:01Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 21 02:20:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892761163890315374 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892761163890315374 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SterlingCooley in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892742336133693872 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 912478616813920256 mentions: - @SterlingCooley | name: Sterling Cooley | id_str: 912478616813920256 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SterlingCooley Hard to evaluate without a clear formal theory of consciousness! My comment is based on this device plausibly being a new sort of shape in branchial space: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SterlingCooley Hard to evaluate without a clear formal theory of consciousness! My comment is based on this device plausibly being a new sort of shape in branchial space: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1892761941162004842 chronological_index: 2081 archive_order_index: 1371 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-21T02:23:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 21 02:23:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892761941162004842 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892761941162004842 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MattPirkowski in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892743062553563255 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15614600 mentions: - @MattPirkowski | name: Matthew Pirkowski | id_str: 15614600 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MattPirkowski Great post, a very interesting new sort of quale & in case you haven’t seen my most recent paper: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MattPirkowski Great post, a very interesting new sort of quale & in case you haven’t seen my most recent paper: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1892762457741095016 chronological_index: 2082 archive_order_index: 1370 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-21T02:25:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 21 02:25:10 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892762457741095016 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892762457741095016 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cunha_tristan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892750574698828109 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 981356185227055105 mentions: - @cunha_tristan | name: Tristan Cunha | id_str: 981356185227055105 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cunha_tristan I suspect all forces can generate/contribute to consciousness, although in practice (at the human scale) it’s mostly the EM field — https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cunha_tristan I suspect all forces can generate/contribute to consciousness, although in practice (at the human scale) it’s mostly the EM field — https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1892771567219925269 chronological_index: 2083 archive_order_index: 1369 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-21T03:01:22Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 21 03:01:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892771567219925269 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892771567219925269 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: SterlingCooley in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892767928036069881 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 912478616813920256 mentions: - @SterlingCooley | name: Sterling Cooley | id_str: 912478616813920256 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @SterlingCooley I’ve been coming around to the idea that microtubules are significant for information processing; what I’d like to see from Orch-OR is developing the thesis into a formal theory of consciousness By “formal theory” I mean constructing an operator that takes a physical system as… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SterlingCooley I’ve been coming around to the idea that microtubules are significant for information processing; what I’d like to see from Orch-OR is developing the thesis into a formal theory of consciousness By “formal theory” I mean constructing an operator that takes a physical system as… ### tweet 1892790447720059064 chronological_index: 2084 archive_order_index: 1368 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-21T04:16:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 21 04:16:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1892790447720059064 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1892790447720059064 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: don_cryptus in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1892737776166023625 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362944432660754434 mentions: - @don_cryptus | name: Don Cryptus | id_str: 1362944432660754434 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @don_cryptus Metaphorically speaking, the human nervous system is a mix of - ASICs (”Application Specific Integrated Circuits” -- neural networks that can only do one thing, but do it really well) and - FPGAs (“Field Programmable Gate Arrays” — general purpose compute that can be configured… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @don_cryptus Metaphorically speaking, the human nervous system is a mix of - ASICs (”Application Specific Integrated Circuits” -- neural networks that can only do one thing, but do it really well) and - FPGAs (“Field Programmable Gate Arrays” — general purpose compute that can be configured… ### tweet 1893227434750693389 chronological_index: 2085 archive_order_index: 1367 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-22T09:12:49Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 22 09:12:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1893227434750693389 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1893227434750693389 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1893177774371672450 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @interesting_aIl | name: Interesting AF | id_str: 1485068728412913666 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @interesting_aIl I feel like nobody realizes how much invisible variation there is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @interesting_aIl I feel like nobody realizes how much invisible variation there is ### tweet 1893510452161978729 chronological_index: 2086 archive_order_index: 1366 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-23T03:57:26Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 23 03:57:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1893510452161978729 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1893510452161978729 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 45 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayeslord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1893484220602888325 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084942466376257537 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 urls: - short: https://t.co/4oOp73hxow expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742662901083631658 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bayeslord 2030s: the first singularity happens (multi-modal “LLM+” agents). History speeds up but vision about *what’s worth doing* lags 2050s: the long-promised biosingularity finally takes off along two directions: (1) exploring new areas of creaturespace; (2) working to perfect our… https://t.co/4oOp73hxow text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord 2030s: the first singularity happens (multi-modal “LLM+” agents). History speeds up but vision about *what’s worth doing* lags 2050s: the long-promised biosingularity finally takes off along two directions: (1) exploring new areas of creaturespace; (2) working to perfect our… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742662901083631658 ### tweet 1893534407958704609 chronological_index: 2087 archive_order_index: 1365 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-23T05:32:37Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 23 05:32:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1893534407958704609 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1893534407958704609 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1893520948047028673 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd It’s an interesting question whether (all else equal) binding tends to produce a net increase or decrease in the total amount of consciousness in a volume of spacetime (or whether it’s conserved if we permute binding patterns); same question about valence also. At this point… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd It’s an interesting question whether (all else equal) binding tends to produce a net increase or decrease in the total amount of consciousness in a volume of spacetime (or whether it’s conserved if we permute binding patterns); same question about valence also. At this point… ### tweet 1893794485345083425 chronological_index: 2088 archive_order_index: 1364 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-23T22:46:04Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 23 22:46:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1893794485345083425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1893794485345083425 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CherryTruthy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1893655393722638644 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23212033 mentions: - @CherryTruthy | name: TruthyCherryBomb | id_str: 23212033 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 urls: - short: https://t.co/PIA8psRi3M expanded: https://x.com/MattPirkowski/status/1760044780262920433 display: x.com/MattPirkowski/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @CherryTruthy @bayeslord I think this is a really important point https://t.co/PIA8psRi3M text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CherryTruthy @bayeslord I think this is a really important point https://x.com/MattPirkowski/status/1760044780262920433 ### tweet 1894149946464768180 chronological_index: 2089 archive_order_index: 1363 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-24T22:18:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 24 22:18:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1894149946464768180 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1894149946464768180 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1894105825938911398 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @TylerAlterman I suspect the eyes are a window into vasomuscular state — global twitchiness, certain forms of tension, perhaps rhythm. “How much psychological information could a superintelligence infer from someone someone’s eyes?” — a huge amount, given that even humans can infer a lot! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @TylerAlterman I suspect the eyes are a window into vasomuscular state — global twitchiness, certain forms of tension, perhaps rhythm. “How much psychological information could a superintelligence infer from someone someone’s eyes?” — a huge amount, given that even humans can infer a lot! ### tweet 1894161005456101632 chronological_index: 2090 archive_order_index: 1362 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-24T23:02:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 24 23:02:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1894161005456101632 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1894161005456101632 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: hermittoday in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1894156387057283393 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1283000814043303936 mentions: - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 - @chydorina | name: 🕸️Dr.T, PhD | id_str: 988505061289480192 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @hermittoday @chydorina This seems to be toggling between feature detector states at a low level of the predictive hierarchy (v0-v1?), and I suspect the mechanism of switching involves unclenching one feature detector and reclenching the network in a slightly different state We could measure this (in… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hermittoday @chydorina This seems to be toggling between feature detector states at a low level of the predictive hierarchy (v0-v1?), and I suspect the mechanism of switching involves unclenching one feature detector and reclenching the network in a slightly different state We could measure this (in… ### tweet 1894660320213569999 chronological_index: 2091 archive_order_index: 1361 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-26T08:06:36Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 26 08:06:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1894660320213569999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1894660320213569999 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1894436335269941386 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @NoahChrein | name: ∞-modal | id_str: 1217701756953604096 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @NoahChrein Should be clearer after my next longform — I think latches are a little different than what the academic literature on the latch-bridge mechanism suggests text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @NoahChrein Should be clearer after my next longform — I think latches are a little different than what the academic literature on the latch-bridge mechanism suggests ### tweet 1894662171189285133 chronological_index: 2092 archive_order_index: 1360 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-26T08:13:57Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 26 08:13:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1894662171189285133 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1894662171189285133 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1894437174780858790 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @NoahChrein | name: ∞-modal | id_str: 1217701756953604096 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @NoahChrein Would disagree here — humans aren’t digital computers but our nervous systems (and other of our systems) are computing many things. And if we run with this metaphor, understanding ‘what kind of computer we are’ is equivalent to understanding ourselves (and how we break down)… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @NoahChrein Would disagree here — humans aren’t digital computers but our nervous systems (and other of our systems) are computing many things. And if we run with this metaphor, understanding ‘what kind of computer we are’ is equivalent to understanding ourselves (and how we break down)… ### tweet 1894773675267916097 chronological_index: 2093 archive_order_index: 1359 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-26T15:37:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 26 15:37:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1894773675267916097 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1894773675267916097 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1894766064472584607 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @NoahChrein | name: ∞-modal | id_str: 1217701756953604096 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @NoahChrein Happy to discuss as questions come up! This thread would be a nice quick intro, and my next piece will likely be more on the technical side and talk about contractile dynamics I try to add interesting posts to my ‘highlights’ tab also https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @NoahChrein Happy to discuss as questions come up! This thread would be a nice quick intro, and my next piece will likely be more on the technical side and talk about contractile dynamics I try to add interesting posts to my ‘highlights’ tab also https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1895354081319026727 chronological_index: 2094 archive_order_index: 1358 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-28T06:03:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 28 06:03:21 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1895354081319026727 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1895354081319026727 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/bhHhjjd1We expanded: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1894871743040520677 display: x.com/JoinEdgeCity/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Edge City is doing an event in Austin next week (March 2-7); would recommend, although I won’t be there. I will be at Edge Esmeralda (May 24 - June 21) Might be presenting some new research https://t.co/bhHhjjd1We text_with_expanded_urls: |- Edge City is doing an event in Austin next week (March 2-7); would recommend, although I won’t be there. I will be at Edge Esmeralda (May 24 - June 21) Might be presenting some new research https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1894871743040520677 ### tweet 1895356645280198955 chronological_index: 2095 archive_order_index: 1357 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-28T06:13:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 28 06:13:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1895356645280198955 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1895356645280198955 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895355032876523642 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Potentially research collaborations of various sorts; and in general Edge has been a great curated venue for spending time with friends & meeting new ones text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Potentially research collaborations of various sorts; and in general Edge has been a great curated venue for spending time with friends & meeting new ones ### tweet 1895373675735719999 chronological_index: 2096 archive_order_index: 1356 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-28T07:21:13Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 28 07:21:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1895373675735719999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1895373675735719999 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JanineLeger in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895364969878954078 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 623741630 mentions: - @JanineLeger | name: Janine Leger | id_str: 623741630 urls: - short: https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @JanineLeger It feels useful to consider each exercise in a workout as being a different ‘stance’ in the following (technical) sense — https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JanineLeger It feels useful to consider each exercise in a workout as being a different ‘stance’ in the following (technical) sense — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 ### tweet 1895549760746242267 chronological_index: 2097 archive_order_index: 1355 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-28T19:00:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 28 19:00:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1895549760746242267 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1895549760746242267 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: loopholekid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895539538476614023 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1915273423 mentions: - @loopholekid | name: active resonator | id_str: 1915273423 text_raw: |- @loopholekid The ‘drag around’ part is interesting; I’ve been thinking of ruminating as sort of running your mental fingers over a pattern of tension to maintain and clarify it, and being somewhat similar to ‘cold-working’ a metal. Can you say more about the click-and-drag part? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @loopholekid The ‘drag around’ part is interesting; I’ve been thinking of ruminating as sort of running your mental fingers over a pattern of tension to maintain and clarify it, and being somewhat similar to ‘cold-working’ a metal. Can you say more about the click-and-drag part? ### tweet 1895562038291939353 chronological_index: 2098 archive_order_index: 1354 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-02-28T19:49:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 28 19:49:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1895562038291939353 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1895562038291939353 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: loopholekid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895554540356935947 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1915273423 mentions: - @loopholekid | name: active resonator | id_str: 1915273423 urls: - short: https://t.co/sbIJ9ywEY9 expanded: https://x.com/michaelmalice/status/1895229085632340231 display: x.com/michaelmalice/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @loopholekid I liked the metaphor of mousetraps — the typical state of the modal nervous system is spasmodic activity triggering other spasmodic activity, a very noisy system trying to find a dynamic equilibrium. This triggering is often cross-modal, i.e. twitches in muscles that drive… https://t.co/sbIJ9ywEY9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @loopholekid I liked the metaphor of mousetraps — the typical state of the modal nervous system is spasmodic activity triggering other spasmodic activity, a very noisy system trying to find a dynamic equilibrium. This triggering is often cross-modal, i.e. twitches in muscles that drive… https://x.com/michaelmalice/status/1895229085632340231 ## 2025-03 ### tweet 1895889808444310023 chronological_index: 2099 archive_order_index: 1353 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-01T17:32:08Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 01 17:32:08 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1895889808444310023 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1895889808444310023 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lukechampine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895889546992292161 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 799463765263716352 mentions: - @lukechampine | name: Luke Champine | id_str: 799463765263716352 - @jhourney | name: _jhourney | id_str: 1153604567768035328 text_raw: |- @lukechampine @jhourney Amazing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lukechampine @jhourney Amazing ### tweet 1895891782665453994 chronological_index: 2100 archive_order_index: 1352 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-01T17:39:59Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 01 17:39:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1895891782665453994 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1895891782665453994 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lukechampine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895890292408271239 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 799463765263716352 mentions: - @lukechampine | name: Luke Champine | id_str: 799463765263716352 - @jhourney | name: _jhourney | id_str: 1153604567768035328 text_raw: |- @lukechampine @jhourney Yep; I usually take 2000fu/day (cycling off occasionally), and 6000fu/day when I travel The studies I’ve seen have focused on high doses, with 6000fu/day successfully reducing arterial plaque text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lukechampine @jhourney Yep; I usually take 2000fu/day (cycling off occasionally), and 6000fu/day when I travel The studies I’ve seen have focused on high doses, with 6000fu/day successfully reducing arterial plaque ### tweet 1896004789470969971 chronological_index: 2101 archive_order_index: 1351 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-02T01:09:02Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 02 01:09:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1896004789470969971 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1896004789470969971 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895908934709645506 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @chercher_ai | name: ☯️ MOON FIRE is vibecamp bound 🌖🔥 | id_str: 1181349398283993089 - @imitationlearn | name: imit | id_str: 1824166383204392960 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @eshear @chercher_ai @imitationlearn @nickcammarata My expectation is that all are adjustments of muscle (mostly VSMCs/pericytes, some fascia), with each characterized by 1. Shifts in bloodflow (small change everywhere and a big change in one place; unclench=bloodflow=attention. “Attention as increasing the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @chercher_ai @imitationlearn @nickcammarata My expectation is that all are adjustments of muscle (mostly VSMCs/pericytes, some fascia), with each characterized by 1. Shifts in bloodflow (small change everywhere and a big change in one place; unclench=bloodflow=attention. “Attention as increasing the… ### tweet 1896007203263562138 chronological_index: 2102 archive_order_index: 1350 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-02T01:18:38Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 02 01:18:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1896007203263562138 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1896007203263562138 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KruseYouri in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1895983589155881282 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1161973934348095488 mentions: - @KruseYouri | name: read_write_train | id_str: 1161973934348095488 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @KruseYouri My expectation is that the control system for the brain *is* a muscle (vascular tension stabilizes nearby neural patterns) — running low on energy will create microspasms in this system, leading to a ‘lumpy’ phenomenology https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KruseYouri My expectation is that the control system for the brain *is* a muscle (vascular tension stabilizes nearby neural patterns) — running low on energy will create microspasms in this system, leading to a ‘lumpy’ phenomenology https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1896164880228700513 chronological_index: 2103 archive_order_index: 1349 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-02T11:45:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 02 11:45:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1896164880228700513 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1896164880228700513 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DiamonDie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1896155750592098674 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14461551 mentions: - @DiamonDie | name: Maija Haavisto | id_str: 14461551 - @chydorina | name: 🕸️Dr.T, PhD | id_str: 988505061289480192 - @lukechampine | name: Luke Champine | id_str: 799463765263716352 - @jhourney | name: _jhourney | id_str: 1153604567768035328 text_raw: |- @DiamonDie @chydorina @lukechampine @jhourney Can you share more? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DiamonDie @chydorina @lukechampine @jhourney Can you share more? ### tweet 1896181672342929846 chronological_index: 2104 archive_order_index: 1348 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-02T12:51:54Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 02 12:51:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1896181672342929846 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1896181672342929846 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1896099904877215994 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eshear Would recommend my latest paper here; I think we’re in agreement https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Would recommend my latest paper here; I think we’re in agreement https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1896688459584303256 chronological_index: 2105 archive_order_index: 1347 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-03T22:25:42Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 03 22:25:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1896688459584303256 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1896688459584303256 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hrosspet in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1896602555989495958 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 867637180545601537 mentions: - @hrosspet | name: Sage | id_str: 867637180545601537 - @lukechampine | name: Luke Champine | id_str: 799463765263716352 - @jhourney | name: _jhourney | id_str: 1153604567768035328 text_raw: |- @hrosspet @lukechampine @jhourney People have reported (mostly positive) reactions the first time they take NK; I simply noticed the negative “clot” symptoms that I had been struggling with vanished text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hrosspet @lukechampine @jhourney People have reported (mostly positive) reactions the first time they take NK; I simply noticed the negative “clot” symptoms that I had been struggling with vanished ### tweet 1896689908531740845 chronological_index: 2106 archive_order_index: 1346 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-03T22:31:27Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 03 22:31:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1896689908531740845 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1896689908531740845 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hrosspet in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1896689005909184838 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 867637180545601537 mentions: - @hrosspet | name: Sage | id_str: 867637180545601537 - @lukechampine | name: Luke Champine | id_str: 799463765263716352 - @jhourney | name: _jhourney | id_str: 1153604567768035328 urls: - short: https://t.co/vwaxrJSrFN expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707082047678722480 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… - short: https://t.co/d0ScSJ12w2 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707082047678722480 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hrosspet @lukechampine @jhourney https://t.co/vwaxrJSrFN https://t.co/d0ScSJ12w2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hrosspet @lukechampine @jhourney https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707082047678722480 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707082047678722480 ### tweet 1896736053417197974 chronological_index: 2107 archive_order_index: 1345 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-04T01:34:49Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 04 01:34:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1896736053417197974 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1896736053417197974 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1896672385769881981 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @jessicavellela | name: Jessica Vellela | id_str: 3167787593 text_raw: |- @relic_radiation @jessicavellela Interesting to note that bone is essentially the same tissue as fascia, just (much) more calcified; And both are very electrically conductive Not sure about the lipid angle, will think text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation @jessicavellela Interesting to note that bone is essentially the same tissue as fascia, just (much) more calcified; And both are very electrically conductive Not sure about the lipid angle, will think ### tweet 1897042675238625287 chronological_index: 2108 archive_order_index: 1344 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-04T21:53:13Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 04 21:53:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1897042675238625287 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1897042675238625287 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1896972213255070125 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Pretty wild — interesting to note that these seem like they wouldn’t have any sort of vasocomputation/tension system that would naturally adjust dynamism text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Pretty wild — interesting to note that these seem like they wouldn’t have any sort of vasocomputation/tension system that would naturally adjust dynamism ### tweet 1897739271265829360 chronological_index: 2109 archive_order_index: 1343 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-06T20:01:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 06 20:01:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1897739271265829360 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1897739271265829360 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GabrielJoh99960 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1897737603719610612 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1815502361667969024 mentions: - @GabrielJoh99960 | name: Gabriel Johnson-Wesley | id_str: 1815502361667969024 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @GabrielJoh99960 @jonnym1ller @nickcammarata I’m not sure exactly what you’re looking for, but I’d recommend the references section on my pinned thread text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GabrielJoh99960 @jonnym1ller @nickcammarata I’m not sure exactly what you’re looking for, but I’d recommend the references section on my pinned thread ### tweet 1898141998693204073 chronological_index: 2110 archive_order_index: 1342 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-07T22:41:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 07 22:41:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1898141998693204073 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1898141998693204073 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: newtonlaw in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1898126907306361128 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33941244 mentions: - @newtonlaw | name: Erik Newton | id_str: 33941244 text_raw: |- @newtonlaw What significance do you ascribe to “computable”? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @newtonlaw What significance do you ascribe to “computable”? ### tweet 1898905077269856461 chronological_index: 2111 archive_order_index: 1341 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-10T01:13:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 10 01:13:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1898905077269856461 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1898905077269856461 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1898894718479512028 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella @JoinEdgeCity Thanks Dan! The best (easiest + compelling) sort of evidence for latches being functionally significant likely depends on making a map of latches, and seeing how this map changes under different conditions — I.e. physiology currently describes vascular latches as mostly… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @JoinEdgeCity Thanks Dan! The best (easiest + compelling) sort of evidence for latches being functionally significant likely depends on making a map of latches, and seeing how this map changes under different conditions — I.e. physiology currently describes vascular latches as mostly… ### tweet 1899157972888310239 chronological_index: 2112 archive_order_index: 1340 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-10T17:58:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 10 17:58:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1899157972888310239 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1899157972888310239 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lowmegatron in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1899111878644609078 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1744031563187150848 mentions: - @lowmegatron | name: Master Metabolism | id_str: 1744031563187150848 urls: - short: https://t.co/KvnF7gs6sF expanded: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XC72G8G?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title display: amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XC7… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @lowmegatron This seems to be a good alternative (to black mold sourced citric acid) for supplementing Vitamin C — https://t.co/KvnF7gs6sF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lowmegatron This seems to be a good alternative (to black mold sourced citric acid) for supplementing Vitamin C — https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B06XC72G8G?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title ### tweet 1899652377025925526 chronological_index: 2113 archive_order_index: 1339 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-12T02:43:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 12 02:43:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1899652377025925526 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1899652377025925526 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1899530358187573268 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @NTFabiano | name: Nicholas Fabiano, MD | id_str: 1242989329472864256 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @NTFabiano Nice For the curious: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @NTFabiano Nice For the curious: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1899860062883242036 chronological_index: 2114 archive_order_index: 1338 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-12T16:28:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 12 16:28:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1899860062883242036 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1899860062883242036 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KordingLab in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1899853253954638221 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 932805374 mentions: - @KordingLab | name: Kording Lab 🦖 | id_str: 932805374 text_raw: |- @KordingLab If the history of physics & chemistry is a guide, a solution to consciousness is unlikely to be found in the meek & incremental We may have status objections: “who are they to be so bold?” Perhaps the answer is ‘Edelman’s protégés’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KordingLab If the history of physics & chemistry is a guide, a solution to consciousness is unlikely to be found in the meek & incremental We may have status objections: “who are they to be so bold?” Perhaps the answer is ‘Edelman’s protégés’ ### tweet 1899866138559078717 chronological_index: 2115 archive_order_index: 1337 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-12T16:52:39Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 12 16:52:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1899866138559078717 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1899866138559078717 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KordingLab in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1899863520092508521 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 932805374 mentions: - @KordingLab | name: Kording Lab 🦖 | id_str: 932805374 text_raw: |- @KordingLab IIT & FEP may come across as arrogant but have the correct level of ambition for the problem at hand Interestingly I suspect most people underestimate Tononi’s and Friston’s full ambition for their theories text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KordingLab IIT & FEP may come across as arrogant but have the correct level of ambition for the problem at hand Interestingly I suspect most people underestimate Tononi’s and Friston’s full ambition for their theories ### tweet 1900553091667390656 chronological_index: 2116 archive_order_index: 1336 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-14T14:22:22Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 14 14:22:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1900553091667390656 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1900553091667390656 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1900504732331921709 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv “How do shared abstractions break” is an interesting question — feels like future psychohistorians will be writing volumes on the effects of culture, hormones, & biology on which classes of egregores different populations can support text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv “How do shared abstractions break” is an interesting question — feels like future psychohistorians will be writing volumes on the effects of culture, hormones, & biology on which classes of egregores different populations can support ### tweet 1901006500962988361 chronological_index: 2117 archive_order_index: 1335 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-15T20:24:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 15 20:24:03 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901006500962988361 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901006500962988361 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 111 retweet_count: 9 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ip0G2nVUdC expanded: https://x.com/connor_holly1/status/1900978511210532952 display: x.com/connor_holly1/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- “Is life getting better or worse” is one of the most interesting scissors questions — On one hand we have enormous strides in material conditions, purchasing power, lifespan (until recently), etc. On the other, the average person may have a much worse capacity for managing… https://t.co/Ip0G2nVUdC text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Is life getting better or worse” is one of the most interesting scissors questions — On one hand we have enormous strides in material conditions, purchasing power, lifespan (until recently), etc. On the other, the average person may have a much worse capacity for managing… https://x.com/connor_holly1/status/1900978511210532952 ### tweet 1901013742252683554 chronological_index: 2118 archive_order_index: 1334 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-15T20:52:49Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 15 20:52:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901013742252683554 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901013742252683554 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1898201101419081860 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @zach_haigney I suspect the vast majority of latches can be considered short-term context, lasting minutes-to-hours before they’re opened Others are opening and closing regularly, toggled as part of a functional stance; Others are more-or-less permanent A useful distinction is that… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney I suspect the vast majority of latches can be considered short-term context, lasting minutes-to-hours before they’re opened Others are opening and closing regularly, toggled as part of a functional stance; Others are more-or-less permanent A useful distinction is that… ### tweet 1901023640499744789 chronological_index: 2119 archive_order_index: 1333 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-15T21:32:09Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 15 21:32:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901023640499744789 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901023640499744789 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1901022986758459446 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 urls: - short: https://t.co/YO326vVi4p expanded: https://opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/ display: opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 I don’t think we’re strictly positive-valence-seeking; rather, we’ve self-organized around symmetry as one of our core homeostatic attractors: https://t.co/YO326vVi4p (I have a somewhat updated version in my Qualia Formalism and a Symmetry Theory of Valence paper) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 I don’t think we’re strictly positive-valence-seeking; rather, we’ve self-organized around symmetry as one of our core homeostatic attractors: https://opentheory.net/2017/05/why-we-seek-out-pleasure-the-symmetry-theory-of-homeostatic-regulation/ (I have a somewhat updated version in my Qualia Formalism and a Symmetry Theory of Valence paper) ### tweet 1901029152419172859 chronological_index: 2120 archive_order_index: 1332 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-15T21:54:04Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 15 21:54:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901029152419172859 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901029152419172859 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1901027965330178256 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 I think it’s generally adaptive that we seek out problems to wrestle with, though I think it could make for a nicer life if we could reduce our tension set-point. (Arguably that’s how some recreational drugs work) Mostly I’d like to understand the system text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 I think it’s generally adaptive that we seek out problems to wrestle with, though I think it could make for a nicer life if we could reduce our tension set-point. (Arguably that’s how some recreational drugs work) Mostly I’d like to understand the system ### tweet 1901240003180531849 chronological_index: 2121 archive_order_index: 1331 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-16T11:51:54Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 16 11:51:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901240003180531849 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901240003180531849 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1901185591259414888 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Multiple levels of “you really lived like *that*?” - Non-enlightened (future biological beings) - VNA, CMOS @ 600meV core voltage, central processor clock, no qualia report paradigm (future sentient computers) - Physics w/ 3+1 distinct forces (far-future descendants) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Multiple levels of “you really lived like *that*?” - Non-enlightened (future biological beings) - VNA, CMOS @ 600meV core voltage, central processor clock, no qualia report paradigm (future sentient computers) - Physics w/ 3+1 distinct forces (far-future descendants) ### tweet 1901706584750977222 chronological_index: 2122 archive_order_index: 1330 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-17T18:45:56Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 17 18:45:56 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901706584750977222 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901706584750977222 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 82 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/Oxjz9KZio0 expanded: https://x.com/romyromy21_/status/1901180430302241044 display: x.com/romyromy21_/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- “Psychological disorders are disorders of the morphogenic field” stays winning The Peat followup is that disorders of morphogenic fields are disorders of metabolism (“as energy flows through tissue, structure accumulates” & “energy and structure are interdependent at every… https://t.co/Oxjz9KZio0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Psychological disorders are disorders of the morphogenic field” stays winning The Peat followup is that disorders of morphogenic fields are disorders of metabolism (“as energy flows through tissue, structure accumulates” & “energy and structure are interdependent at every… https://x.com/romyromy21_/status/1901180430302241044 ### tweet 1901755060713140380 chronological_index: 2123 archive_order_index: 1329 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-17T21:58:34Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 17 21:58:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901755060713140380 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901755060713140380 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: meditationstuff in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1901750271853703573 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2587393812 mentions: - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 text_raw: |- @meditationstuff I eat low PUFA and never crave it — though I do notice PUFA induces a sort of compulsive food craving for an ~hour after eating it A looot of stuff has it, I wonder if hidden PUFA could induce craving for legible PUFA Also I guess psychological associations can be idiosyncratic text_with_expanded_urls: |- @meditationstuff I eat low PUFA and never crave it — though I do notice PUFA induces a sort of compulsive food craving for an ~hour after eating it A looot of stuff has it, I wonder if hidden PUFA could induce craving for legible PUFA Also I guess psychological associations can be idiosyncratic ### tweet 1901759770761277503 chronological_index: 2124 archive_order_index: 1328 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-17T22:17:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 17 22:17:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901759770761277503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901759770761277503 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: louisvarge in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1901755202870337909 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1637387340665561090 mentions: - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @louisvarge @nickcammarata Heavy metals substitute for other elements in your cells which over time creates lots of subtle problems, and the body has very limited ways to get rid of them so they accumulate Eg manganese competes with iron because the cellular environment treats them as essentially similar,… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @louisvarge @nickcammarata Heavy metals substitute for other elements in your cells which over time creates lots of subtle problems, and the body has very limited ways to get rid of them so they accumulate Eg manganese competes with iron because the cellular environment treats them as essentially similar,… ### tweet 1901767242263761020 chronological_index: 2125 archive_order_index: 1327 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-17T22:46:58Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 17 22:46:58 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1901767242263761020 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1901767242263761020 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: I think we underestimate how much of modern culture is downstream of 16th-18th c. warfare between England & France. Both wa… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: I think we underestimate how much of modern culture is downstream of 16th-18th c. warfare between England & France. Both wa… ### tweet 1902002165042102711 chronological_index: 2126 archive_order_index: 1326 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-18T14:20:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 18 14:20:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902002165042102711 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902002165042102711 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: arobinsontweets in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1901887592523878649 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 219012144 mentions: - @arobinsontweets | name: Alex Robinson | id_str: 219012144 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @arobinsontweets Agreed; I think of the body as a set of interconnected resonance networks that are best tracked developmentally: DNA starts pulsing and gives rise to metabolism & cell division, which leads to the bioelectric field, which gives rise to the morphogenic field, etc (although all of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @arobinsontweets Agreed; I think of the body as a set of interconnected resonance networks that are best tracked developmentally: DNA starts pulsing and gives rise to metabolism & cell division, which leads to the bioelectric field, which gives rise to the morphogenic field, etc (although all of… ### tweet 1902016523033878548 chronological_index: 2127 archive_order_index: 1325 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-18T15:17:31Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 18 15:17:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902016523033878548 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902016523033878548 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1901866377914577187 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @MasterTimBlais | name: Tim is GOING TO VIBECAMP ⛺️ | id_str: 1352066333752647683 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @MasterTimBlais Beyond STV & binding I see ~2 factors as particularly important for understanding what’s going on: 1. How free is consciousness to self-organize (resistance) 2. How resonant is the local consciousness geometry (tuning) Qualia associated w the vacuum/void (“quantum fuzz & latent… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @MasterTimBlais Beyond STV & binding I see ~2 factors as particularly important for understanding what’s going on: 1. How free is consciousness to self-organize (resistance) 2. How resonant is the local consciousness geometry (tuning) Qualia associated w the vacuum/void (“quantum fuzz & latent… ### tweet 1902022661838094456 chronological_index: 2128 archive_order_index: 1324 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-18T15:41:55Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 18 15:41:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902022661838094456 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902022661838094456 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: arobinsontweets in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902020470851117085 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 219012144 mentions: - @arobinsontweets | name: Alex Robinson | id_str: 219012144 text_raw: |- @arobinsontweets I think that’s fair — I see DNA as the “low-noise storage” node that has many causal arrows out, but relatively few going in. This would put DNA in a metronome-like role (pulsing order throughout the system), although calling it the top node does get complicated text_with_expanded_urls: |- @arobinsontweets I think that’s fair — I see DNA as the “low-noise storage” node that has many causal arrows out, but relatively few going in. This would put DNA in a metronome-like role (pulsing order throughout the system), although calling it the top node does get complicated ### tweet 1902523334740603335 chronological_index: 2129 archive_order_index: 1323 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T00:51:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 00:51:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902523334740603335 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902523334740603335 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 43 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: metabolicwave in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902399309397811304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1614296736 text_raw: |- @halyconmatt Would be really interesting if this was a vascular latch opening text_with_expanded_urls: |- @halyconmatt Would be really interesting if this was a vascular latch opening ### tweet 1902825826154057835 chronological_index: 2130 archive_order_index: 1322 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T20:53:24Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 20:53:24 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902825826154057835 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902825826154057835 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/6QExBSAG3L expanded: https://x.com/repligate/status/1902778598378865042 display: x.com/repligate/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Current opinions on “AI welfare”: I think people are too quick to jump into ‘AI welfare advocacy’, before we really understand the problem space. But it’s a real topic in the long term It seems plausible that AGI could be 3 orders of magnitude more conscious than humans, or… https://t.co/6QExBSAG3L text_with_expanded_urls: |- Current opinions on “AI welfare”: I think people are too quick to jump into ‘AI welfare advocacy’, before we really understand the problem space. But it’s a real topic in the long term It seems plausible that AGI could be 3 orders of magnitude more conscious than humans, or… https://x.com/repligate/status/1902778598378865042 ### tweet 1902826622832783724 chronological_index: 2131 archive_order_index: 1321 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T20:56:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 20:56:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: pt tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902826622832783724 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902826622832783724 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902825826154057835 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A Paradigm for AI Consciousness: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- A Paradigm for AI Consciousness: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1902828624648212920 chronological_index: 2132 archive_order_index: 1320 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T21:04:31Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 21:04:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902828624648212920 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902828624648212920 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902825826154057835 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Further thoughts https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW text_with_expanded_urls: |- Further thoughts https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 ### tweet 1902832202876064052 chronological_index: 2133 archive_order_index: 1319 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T21:18:44Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 21:18:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902832202876064052 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902832202876064052 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902831159387594902 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd There may end up being more branchial diversity in different types of quantum computers than in the whole tree of life Or perhaps we’ll reimagine much of life’s chemical diversity as different branchial algorithms… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd There may end up being more branchial diversity in different types of quantum computers than in the whole tree of life Or perhaps we’ll reimagine much of life’s chemical diversity as different branchial algorithms… ### tweet 1902835734463369525 chronological_index: 2134 archive_order_index: 1318 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T21:32:46Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 21:32:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902835734463369525 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902835734463369525 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902779849913274596 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia Happy to help brainstorm about the thyroid stuff, I think energy production is surprisingly upstream of not feeling overwhelm The 80/20 would probably be cutting PUFA and getting more sun / red light (I grew up in MN) Some notes on different models of energy — https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia Happy to help brainstorm about the thyroid stuff, I think energy production is surprisingly upstream of not feeling overwhelm The 80/20 would probably be cutting PUFA and getting more sun / red light (I grew up in MN) Some notes on different models of energy — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 ### tweet 1902836661446381756 chronological_index: 2135 archive_order_index: 1317 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T21:36:27Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 21:36:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902836661446381756 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902836661446381756 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902836014143467884 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 text_raw: |- @selentelechia I can imagine! tbh normal ranges are low and you might keep getting benefits from conditions that would lead to greater energy production text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia I can imagine! tbh normal ranges are low and you might keep getting benefits from conditions that would lead to greater energy production ### tweet 1902854856525963477 chronological_index: 2136 archive_order_index: 1316 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-20T22:48:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 20 22:48:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902854856525963477 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902854856525963477 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902838881713561997 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @fish_kyle3 | name: Kyle Fish | id_str: 847507489285316608 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @repligate @fish_kyle3 The cyberpunk dystopia that we were promised text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @repligate @fish_kyle3 The cyberpunk dystopia that we were promised ### tweet 1902872840078233897 chronological_index: 2137 archive_order_index: 1315 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T00:00:13Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 00:00:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902872840078233897 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902872840078233897 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902872446031761923 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Top end is Pure Encapsulations; a friend is coming out with his own line ‘soon’ and I’ll follow up here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Top end is Pure Encapsulations; a friend is coming out with his own line ‘soon’ and I’ll follow up here ### tweet 1902875577012588902 chronological_index: 2138 archive_order_index: 1314 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T00:11:05Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 00:11:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902875577012588902 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902875577012588902 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902873513570209970 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk There was an efficacy test of various brands of NK, and PE’s tested potency was 3000fu/pill (2000fu was claimed on the bottle). Most brands tested within reasonable ranges though. If no sensitive food allergies I’d probably recommend going with something cheaper (Doctor’s Best… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk There was an efficacy test of various brands of NK, and PE’s tested potency was 3000fu/pill (2000fu was claimed on the bottle). Most brands tested within reasonable ranges though. If no sensitive food allergies I’d probably recommend going with something cheaper (Doctor’s Best… ### tweet 1902877440948752890 chronological_index: 2139 archive_order_index: 1313 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T00:18:30Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 00:18:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902877440948752890 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902877440948752890 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: imitationlearn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902876979872817262 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1824166383204392960 mentions: - @imitationlearn | name: imit | id_str: 1824166383204392960 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902877440948752890/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gmhg8suaEAEh53H.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/WbjtWs2hpB possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @imitationlearn Yep https://t.co/WbjtWs2hpB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @imitationlearn Yep https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902877440948752890/photo/1 ### tweet 1902877610054652260 chronological_index: 2140 archive_order_index: 1312 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T00:19:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 00:19:10 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902877610054652260 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902877610054652260 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902876603392331956 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Yes (distressingly expensive, I’m looking for alternatives but I vouch that this brand works) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Yes (distressingly expensive, I’m looking for alternatives but I vouch that this brand works) ### tweet 1902878229297594828 chronological_index: 2141 archive_order_index: 1311 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T00:21:38Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 00:21:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902878229297594828 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902878229297594828 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902877610054652260 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Some people have reported counterfeit supplements being delivered when ordering from Amazon due to third-party shenanigans (I haven’t heard anything specific about this brand or supplier, just in general) and this might be among the products I would source directly from the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Some people have reported counterfeit supplements being delivered when ordering from Amazon due to third-party shenanigans (I haven’t heard anything specific about this brand or supplier, just in general) and this might be among the products I would source directly from the… ### tweet 1902880665630282119 chronological_index: 2142 archive_order_index: 1310 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T00:31:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 00:31:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902880665630282119 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902880665630282119 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ThinkingBone in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902880371735216362 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1247414575131250688 mentions: - @ThinkingBone | name: skeleton will be at vibecamp | id_str: 1247414575131250688 text_raw: |- @ThinkingBone @ChrisChipMonk I expect it to be much more affordable; I plan on trying & switching if possible text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ThinkingBone @ChrisChipMonk I expect it to be much more affordable; I plan on trying & switching if possible ### tweet 1902886494928507303 chronological_index: 2143 archive_order_index: 1309 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T00:54:28Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 00:54:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902886494928507303 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902886494928507303 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902885288910918062 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Start with 2000, research says 6000/day (3 pills) is good for dissolving arterial plaque. Lower might or might not get results for that text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Start with 2000, research says 6000/day (3 pills) is good for dissolving arterial plaque. Lower might or might not get results for that ### tweet 1902891537014620406 chronological_index: 2144 archive_order_index: 1308 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T01:14:31Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 01:14:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902891537014620406 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902891537014620406 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902889699435483271 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Try 2000 for 3 days then up the dose Or just stay on 2000. You can also take “as needed” — anytime you feel like you might have clots, and also at the start of long plane rides (effect peaks 4-12th after ingestion) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Try 2000 for 3 days then up the dose Or just stay on 2000. You can also take “as needed” — anytime you feel like you might have clots, and also at the start of long plane rides (effect peaks 4-12th after ingestion) ### tweet 1902892669929656813 chronological_index: 2145 archive_order_index: 1307 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T01:19:01Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 01:19:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902892669929656813 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902892669929656813 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902892137295077592 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 - @xii_ai7 | name: Agni | id_str: 938108511694794752 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902892669929656813/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmhuzHkbEAAvson.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Y4pBYAmsxl possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @adic_9 @xii_ai7 @ChrisChipMonk I think I would not take that, fwiw https://t.co/Y4pBYAmsxl text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @adic_9 @xii_ai7 @ChrisChipMonk I think I would not take that, fwiw https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902892669929656813/photo/1 ### tweet 1902893223275794785 chronological_index: 2146 archive_order_index: 1306 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T01:21:13Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 01:21:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902893223275794785 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902893223275794785 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adic_9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902892865065455678 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669851025875017728 mentions: - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @xii_ai7 | name: Agni | id_str: 938108511694794752 text_raw: |- @adic_9 @cube_flipper @xii_ai7 @ChrisChipMonk I’d open another capsule and if it smells the same, more likely to just be an olfactory quirk text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adic_9 @cube_flipper @xii_ai7 @ChrisChipMonk I’d open another capsule and if it smells the same, more likely to just be an olfactory quirk ### tweet 1902902313867678130 chronological_index: 2147 archive_order_index: 1305 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T01:57:20Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 01:57:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902902313867678130 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902902313867678130 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LandsharkRides in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902846335105065230 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1003645782803861504 mentions: - @LandsharkRides | name: Landshark | id_str: 1003645782803861504 urls: - short: https://t.co/XWoETYo4M0 expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/67dcc728-7264-8003-94ae-60803c9f748d display: chatgpt.com/share/67dcc728… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LandsharkRides Here’s some premium slop (Deep Research report) on the idea: https://t.co/XWoETYo4M0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LandsharkRides Here’s some premium slop (Deep Research report) on the idea: https://chatgpt.com/share/67dcc728-7264-8003-94ae-60803c9f748d ### tweet 1902953970018160833 chronological_index: 2148 archive_order_index: 1304 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T05:22:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 05:22:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1902953970018160833 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1902953970018160833 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: theproteindance in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902943521176179064 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1295173896233275394 mentions: - @theproteindance | name: blue | id_str: 1295173896233275394 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @fish_kyle3 | name: Kyle Fish | id_str: 847507489285316608 text_raw: |- @theproteindance @repligate @fish_kyle3 I define consciousness as phenomenal consciousness, or “what it feels like to be” something. The sum-total of my qualia, the all-in set of visceral sensations I feel. There are many definitions of consciousness, but I think this is the one that ‘matters’. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @theproteindance @repligate @fish_kyle3 I define consciousness as phenomenal consciousness, or “what it feels like to be” something. The sum-total of my qualia, the all-in set of visceral sensations I feel. There are many definitions of consciousness, but I think this is the one that ‘matters’. ### tweet 1903057409893077419 chronological_index: 2149 archive_order_index: 1303 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T12:13:38Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 12:13:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903057409893077419 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903057409893077419 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: theproteindance in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902963389841936408 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1295173896233275394 mentions: - @theproteindance | name: blue | id_str: 1295173896233275394 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @fish_kyle3 | name: Kyle Fish | id_str: 847507489285316608 text_raw: |- @theproteindance @repligate @fish_kyle3 Both IIT and the Buddhists have good definitions of phenomenal consciousness and I’d point there; otherwise Nagel’s “what it feels like to be something” is my usual shorthand text_with_expanded_urls: |- @theproteindance @repligate @fish_kyle3 Both IIT and the Buddhists have good definitions of phenomenal consciousness and I’d point there; otherwise Nagel’s “what it feels like to be something” is my usual shorthand ### tweet 1903063222044762424 chronological_index: 2150 archive_order_index: 1302 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T12:36:43Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 12:36:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903063222044762424 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903063222044762424 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: YuviLightman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903026527157309853 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1862779229277954048 text_raw: |- @33QBall Humans are great and children are amazing. We should aim for both Karma speaks to me more than utilitarianism, although they often point in similar directions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @33QBall Humans are great and children are amazing. We should aim for both Karma speaks to me more than utilitarianism, although they often point in similar directions ### tweet 1903117077654958411 chronological_index: 2151 archive_order_index: 1301 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T16:10:44Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 16:10:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903117077654958411 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903117077654958411 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903114130363695345 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @donalddhoffman | name: Donald Hoffman | id_str: 143851319 urls: - short: https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @donalddhoffman Thanks! I’d agree — though I think we’ll get into territory where there exists some consciousness associated with AIs, but it’s more closely coupled with the GPU architectures they’re running on rather than their output tokens I.e. computers don’t have a working qualia report… https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @donalddhoffman Thanks! I’d agree — though I think we’ll get into territory where there exists some consciousness associated with AIs, but it’s more closely coupled with the GPU architectures they’re running on rather than their output tokens I.e. computers don’t have a working qualia report… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 ### tweet 1903119980994105499 chronological_index: 2152 archive_order_index: 1300 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T16:22:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 16:22:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903119980994105499 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903119980994105499 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903118329449181478 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @fish_kyle3 | name: Kyle Fish | id_str: 847507489285316608 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903119980994105499/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gmk9iQkaEAIZEnj.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/6eB3Mxb5dP - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903119980994105499/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gmk9iQpaYAAiytV.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/6eB3Mxb5dP - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903119980994105499/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gmk9iQoakAEPyxL.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/6eB3Mxb5dP - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903119980994105499/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gmk9iQoakAA-SwT.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/6eB3Mxb5dP possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @repligate @fish_kyle3 Thanks! I’ve laid out my thinking in A Paradigm for AI Consciousness, although I’d call it more of a description of why I hold certain beliefs rather than a watertight argument of why I’m right Here’s the relevant section (small bonus from the next section in image #4) Source:… https://t.co/6eB3Mxb5dP text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @repligate @fish_kyle3 Thanks! I’ve laid out my thinking in A Paradigm for AI Consciousness, although I’d call it more of a description of why I hold certain beliefs rather than a watertight argument of why I’m right Here’s the relevant section (small bonus from the next section in image #4) Source:… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903119980994105499/photo/1 ### tweet 1903122456497574193 chronological_index: 2153 archive_order_index: 1299 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T16:32:06Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 16:32:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903122456497574193 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903122456497574193 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903120258262540395 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @donalddhoffman | name: Donald Hoffman | id_str: 143851319 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… - short: https://t.co/RaY12H5qER expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881555979265097860 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Rares82 @jonnym1ller @donalddhoffman I prefer not to speak about epiphenomenalism because it’s typically used as a pejorative and imo obscures more than it illuminates Instead I tend to talk about “strong monism”, i.e. https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR Strong monism would suggest the physical & phenomenal are never truly… https://t.co/RaY12H5qER text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @jonnym1ller @donalddhoffman I prefer not to speak about epiphenomenalism because it’s typically used as a pejorative and imo obscures more than it illuminates Instead I tend to talk about “strong monism”, i.e. https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ Strong monism would suggest the physical & phenomenal are never truly… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1881555979265097860 ### tweet 1903134002648846772 chronological_index: 2154 archive_order_index: 1298 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T17:17:59Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 17:17:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903134002648846772 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903134002648846772 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AbudBakri in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903104936222790055 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 945743775162183680 mentions: - @AbudBakri | name: Abud Bakri MD | id_str: 945743775162183680 urls: - short: https://t.co/Kqty18Motz expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AbudBakri Some really big questions here I think of a nervous system as a big FPGA that starts very open, then configures itself as sensations hit it The configuration happens via tension — the body continually tries to minimize prediction error, and the primary tool it uses is vascular… https://t.co/Kqty18Motz text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AbudBakri Some really big questions here I think of a nervous system as a big FPGA that starts very open, then configures itself as sensations hit it The configuration happens via tension — the body continually tries to minimize prediction error, and the primary tool it uses is vascular… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 ### tweet 1903163115409379352 chronological_index: 2155 archive_order_index: 1297 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T19:13:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 19:13:40 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903163115409379352 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903163115409379352 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 35 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/49mrDuG056 expanded: https://x.com/erikphoel/status/1902734165667152114 display: x.com/erikphoel/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Erik’s stuff is always precise & thoughtful; I see his new paper as a respectful fork of IIT, which itself is a cousin of FEP-AI (Tononi & Friston shared Nobel Laureate Gerald Edelman as an academic advisor). In some sense his focus on Markov blankets splits the difference… https://t.co/49mrDuG056 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Erik’s stuff is always precise & thoughtful; I see his new paper as a respectful fork of IIT, which itself is a cousin of FEP-AI (Tononi & Friston shared Nobel Laureate Gerald Edelman as an academic advisor). In some sense his focus on Markov blankets splits the difference… https://x.com/erikphoel/status/1902734165667152114 ### tweet 1903165895280824361 chronological_index: 2156 archive_order_index: 1296 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T19:24:43Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 19:24:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903165895280824361 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903165895280824361 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1902927710751744015 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 mentions: - @pathprojector | name: pathology absorber (formerly projector) - back IRL | id_str: 1742551764077805568 - @mxslk | name: Max Shen (old) | id_str: 1952801277441953792 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk @pathprojector @mxslk I think latch release often involves more, before less text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk @pathprojector @mxslk I think latch release often involves more, before less ### tweet 1903187610287346178 chronological_index: 2157 archive_order_index: 1295 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T20:51:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 20:51:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903187610287346178 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 42 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903164663493513464 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I think of tension as tying the bonsai tree into a useful shape After it grows into this shape the ties don’t do much, removing them is a mostly free upgrade Maybe future civs will look back at our era with the same bewildered distaste we feel for foot-binding text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I think of tension as tying the bonsai tree into a useful shape After it grows into this shape the ties don’t do much, removing them is a mostly free upgrade Maybe future civs will look back at our era with the same bewildered distaste we feel for foot-binding ### tweet 1903201346192539915 chronological_index: 2158 archive_order_index: 1294 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T21:45:35Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 21:45:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903201346192539915 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903201346192539915 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: doobeedooway in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903201084400930855 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1425881586621304833 mentions: - @doobeedooway | name: . | id_str: 1425881586621304833 - @AbudBakri | name: Abud Bakri MD | id_str: 945743775162183680 text_raw: |- @doobeedooway @AbudBakri That’s a hope I share text_with_expanded_urls: |- @doobeedooway @AbudBakri That’s a hope I share ### tweet 1903217130239324485 chronological_index: 2159 archive_order_index: 1293 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T22:48:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 22:48:18 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903217130239324485 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903217130239324485 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 170 retweet_count: 5 urls: - short: https://t.co/zUF6KuaemJ expanded: https://x.com/MetabolicTonic/status/1903210496595292394 display: x.com/MetabolicTonic… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I wonder to what degree the incredible rarity of classical Buddhist enlightenment is due to almost everyone being at least mildly hypothyroid https://t.co/zUF6KuaemJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- I wonder to what degree the incredible rarity of classical Buddhist enlightenment is due to almost everyone being at least mildly hypothyroid https://x.com/MetabolicTonic/status/1903210496595292394 ### tweet 1903226211280818378 chronological_index: 2160 archive_order_index: 1292 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T23:24:23Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 23:24:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903226211280818378 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903226211280818378 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kaleidosight in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903224663066521887 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2393199685 mentions: - @kaleidosight | name: Passional Glance | id_str: 2393199685 text_raw: |- @kaleidosight Cutting bad things out (eg PUFA) is the first and safer stage — quite a lot of things you can do short of prescription text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kaleidosight Cutting bad things out (eg PUFA) is the first and safer stage — quite a lot of things you can do short of prescription ### tweet 1903227495870316588 chronological_index: 2161 archive_order_index: 1291 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T23:29:29Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 23:29:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903227495870316588 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903227495870316588 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hermittoday in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903227199840199011 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1283000814043303936 mentions: - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 text_raw: |- @hermittoday lol I saw the notification and went looking for that exact tweet to reply to you text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hermittoday lol I saw the notification and went looking for that exact tweet to reply to you ### tweet 1903230004303106473 chronological_index: 2162 archive_order_index: 1290 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T23:39:27Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 23:39:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903230004303106473 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903230004303106473 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MaxDiffusionRL in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903229576076992669 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1351134598303019018 mentions: - @MaxDiffusionRL | name: Symplectic Manifold of Awe | id_str: 1351134598303019018 text_raw: |- @MaxDiffusionRL Microplastics are estrogenic, which will reduce oxidative metabolism; I believe PM2.5 particles are similar (and are bad for other reasons also) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MaxDiffusionRL Microplastics are estrogenic, which will reduce oxidative metabolism; I believe PM2.5 particles are similar (and are bad for other reasons also) ### tweet 1903230378439221683 chronological_index: 2163 archive_order_index: 1289 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T23:40:57Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 23:40:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903230378439221683 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903230378439221683 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903229586500124796 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata We are definitely in a “the defaults are absolutely terrible across many domains” mass selection event text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata We are definitely in a “the defaults are absolutely terrible across many domains” mass selection event ### tweet 1903232551990575598 chronological_index: 2164 archive_order_index: 1288 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-21T23:49:35Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 21 23:49:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903232551990575598 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903232551990575598 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903230738217967905 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1479226542269943810 mentions: - @dysautonomian | name: girl with POTS | id_str: 1834071748704436224 text_raw: |- @dysautonomian 50% of people would be below average thyroid function; hypothyroidism as a condition can be understood relative to ancestral norms And the average today does appear to be substantially under ancestral norms, according to e.g. body temperature, calories per day, etc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @dysautonomian 50% of people would be below average thyroid function; hypothyroidism as a condition can be understood relative to ancestral norms And the average today does appear to be substantially under ancestral norms, according to e.g. body temperature, calories per day, etc ### tweet 1903239680679874856 chronological_index: 2165 archive_order_index: 1287 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T00:17:55Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 00:17:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903239680679874856 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903239680679874856 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MaxDiffusionRL in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903235775749062937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1351134598303019018 mentions: - @MaxDiffusionRL | name: Symplectic Manifold of Awe | id_str: 1351134598303019018 text_raw: |- @MaxDiffusionRL Many more things contribute to metabolic insufficiency, and microplastics & PM2.5 are bad for way more reasons than being estrogenic text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MaxDiffusionRL Many more things contribute to metabolic insufficiency, and microplastics & PM2.5 are bad for way more reasons than being estrogenic ### tweet 1903256932275851781 chronological_index: 2166 archive_order_index: 1286 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T01:26:28Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 01:26:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903256932275851781 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903256932275851781 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903254857865134438 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 1. Free t3 and t4 aren’t super great proxies for metabolism, since they don’t reflect what’s actually going on in cells (eg the t3 can be turned into reverse t3 which actively dials down metabolism). A high TSH is a real warning flag; ideally it’s below 1.0, below 2.0 is still… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 1. Free t3 and t4 aren’t super great proxies for metabolism, since they don’t reflect what’s actually going on in cells (eg the t3 can be turned into reverse t3 which actively dials down metabolism). A high TSH is a real warning flag; ideally it’s below 1.0, below 2.0 is still… ### tweet 1903257664018350450 chronological_index: 2167 archive_order_index: 1285 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T01:29:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 01:29:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903257664018350450 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903257664018350450 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903257368986857805 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Totally — I honestly don’t know, because there’s so much potential optimization in both vectors text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Totally — I honestly don’t know, because there’s so much potential optimization in both vectors ### tweet 1903422572076634339 chronological_index: 2168 archive_order_index: 1284 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T12:24:39Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 12:24:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903422572076634339 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903422572076634339 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903339170057294168 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @kaleidosight | name: Passional Glance | id_str: 2393199685 urls: - short: https://t.co/M4I8KMFADs expanded: https://www.raypeat.com/articles/articles/unsaturated-oils.shtml display: raypeat.com/articles/artic… - short: https://t.co/2VU7uQcbQ5 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @kaleidosight This is a case where there are multiple bodies of conflicting theory & evidence; one side believes PUFA is the most “heart healthy” and another that it’s the least healthy oil. I am of the latter, e.g. https://t.co/M4I8KMFADs https://t.co/2VU7uQcbQ5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @kaleidosight This is a case where there are multiple bodies of conflicting theory & evidence; one side believes PUFA is the most “heart healthy” and another that it’s the least healthy oil. I am of the latter, e.g. https://www.raypeat.com/articles/articles/unsaturated-oils.shtml https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 ### tweet 1903426473207447661 chronological_index: 2169 archive_order_index: 1283 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T12:40:09Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 12:40:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903426473207447661 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903426473207447661 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903424285315645566 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @kaleidosight | name: Passional Glance | id_str: 2393199685 text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @kaleidosight Aha cool. Yeah I also feel bad after PUFA. Feels wild there’s so much gaslighting about it Although if you’re eating one thing that makes you feel bad, easy to figure out what it is If you’re eating 100 bad things, then drop to 99, it’s going to be hard to feel the improvement text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @kaleidosight Aha cool. Yeah I also feel bad after PUFA. Feels wild there’s so much gaslighting about it Although if you’re eating one thing that makes you feel bad, easy to figure out what it is If you’re eating 100 bad things, then drop to 99, it’s going to be hard to feel the improvement ### tweet 1903438233754796514 chronological_index: 2170 archive_order_index: 1282 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T13:26:53Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 13:26:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903438233754796514 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903438233754796514 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ddosonanna in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903333527329882388 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1434680835760820229 mentions: - @ddosonanna | name: Anna | id_str: 1434680835760820229 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ddosonanna I wonder how many are born into it, and never lose it Or lose it in silly ways E.g. we can imagine there’s a menu of ways to deal with situations, and some of the menu options draw people into the attractor of the self, but some don’t. Maybe it’s a ratchet: 10x harder to go… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ddosonanna I wonder how many are born into it, and never lose it Or lose it in silly ways E.g. we can imagine there’s a menu of ways to deal with situations, and some of the menu options draw people into the attractor of the self, but some don’t. Maybe it’s a ratchet: 10x harder to go… ### tweet 1903438991875293435 chronological_index: 2171 archive_order_index: 1281 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T13:29:54Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 13:29:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903438991875293435 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903438991875293435 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903422109780455759 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Basically everyone should optimize harder for ruin value text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Basically everyone should optimize harder for ruin value ### tweet 1903454437391356061 chronological_index: 2172 archive_order_index: 1280 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T14:31:17Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 14:31:17 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903454437391356061 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903454437391356061 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: diviacaroline in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903446169436512645 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18969923 mentions: - @diviacaroline | name: Divia Eden 🔍 | id_str: 18969923 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @diviacaroline @nosilverv Writing in general is a great medium for ruin value, which is why I initially decided to focus on it. This also guided topic choice I have a lot of personal strategies & feelings around this but imo people overlook how much LLMs have changed the expected impact of writing, and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @diviacaroline @nosilverv Writing in general is a great medium for ruin value, which is why I initially decided to focus on it. This also guided topic choice I have a lot of personal strategies & feelings around this but imo people overlook how much LLMs have changed the expected impact of writing, and… ### tweet 1903532040278224951 chronological_index: 2173 archive_order_index: 1279 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T19:39:38Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 19:39:38 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903532040278224951 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903532040278224951 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 196 retweet_count: 11 urls: - short: https://t.co/mBlm7MNRFT expanded: https://x.com/iamjustapeater/status/1903491795259953562 display: x.com/iamjustapeater… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903532040278224951/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gmq0TXObsAAl0Vt.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/vyKsn1XkuY possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vasocomputation suggests that imagination is essentially tension-based: squeezing vascular muscle in just the right place in your predictive hierarchy to stabilize the feeling of an apple, a princess, a dragon. It takes hard work to learn how to precisely move muscles, because… https://t.co/mBlm7MNRFT https://t.co/vyKsn1XkuY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vasocomputation suggests that imagination is essentially tension-based: squeezing vascular muscle in just the right place in your predictive hierarchy to stabilize the feeling of an apple, a princess, a dragon. It takes hard work to learn how to precisely move muscles, because… https://x.com/iamjustapeater/status/1903491795259953562 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903532040278224951/photo/1 ### tweet 1903552112208027845 chronological_index: 2174 archive_order_index: 1258 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T20:59:24Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 20:59:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903552112208027845 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903552112208027845 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903549456571883620 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 urls: - short: https://t.co/fb0XWqjYZ6 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737437632336912696 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso I suspect when things are working well we get sort of a friendly “you’re doing a good job” hum from our bodies When that’s lacking we sometimes look for validation from others Sometimes that initial connection is never made. I think narcissism involves having a big hole there https://t.co/fb0XWqjYZ6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso I suspect when things are working well we get sort of a friendly “you’re doing a good job” hum from our bodies When that’s lacking we sometimes look for validation from others Sometimes that initial connection is never made. I think narcissism involves having a big hole there https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1737437632336912696 ### tweet 1903555285115158994 chronological_index: 2175 archive_order_index: 1257 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-22T21:12:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 22 21:12:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903555285115158994 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903555285115158994 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903553730253094986 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 urls: - short: https://t.co/x9QOw1h8AG expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867220360405581918 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso That tracks! Seems to rhyme with the lens of “what feeling of safety does each type not know how to give themselves” https://t.co/x9QOw1h8AG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso That tracks! Seems to rhyme with the lens of “what feeling of safety does each type not know how to give themselves” https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1867220360405581918 ### tweet 1903621058361725210 chronological_index: 2176 archive_order_index: 1256 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T01:33:22Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 01:33:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903621058361725210 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903621058361725210 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903598275661631590 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov Once you find something that works you use it for everything you can, and you don’t even notice the moves you can’t do The good part of education is giving people more coverage of their nervous systems — teachers finding deficits in students & giving tasks that can only be… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov Once you find something that works you use it for everything you can, and you don’t even notice the moves you can’t do The good part of education is giving people more coverage of their nervous systems — teachers finding deficits in students & giving tasks that can only be… ### tweet 1903622781058654312 chronological_index: 2177 archive_order_index: 1255 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T01:40:13Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 01:40:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903622781058654312 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903622781058654312 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pplank8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903612762279797169 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1499119965898788866 mentions: - @pplank8 | name: pplank8 | id_str: 1499119965898788866 text_raw: |- @pplank8 On the order of high-hundreds-to-low-thousands-of-milliseconds — slower than skeletal muscle, much faster than fascia Also depends on what effect we’re looking for, some happen before the full contraction text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pplank8 On the order of high-hundreds-to-low-thousands-of-milliseconds — slower than skeletal muscle, much faster than fascia Also depends on what effect we’re looking for, some happen before the full contraction ### tweet 1903624628255490230 chronological_index: 2178 archive_order_index: 1254 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T01:47:33Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 01:47:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903624628255490230 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903624628255490230 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: arobinsontweets in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903580165864923262 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 219012144 mentions: - @arobinsontweets | name: Alex Robinson | id_str: 219012144 - @FemboyElonMusk | name: FemboyElonMusk | id_str: 1699538606916771840 text_raw: |- @arobinsontweets @FemboyElonMusk I broadly agree & have realized that latches also latch microtubules, taking them out of the compute network text_with_expanded_urls: |- @arobinsontweets @FemboyElonMusk I broadly agree & have realized that latches also latch microtubules, taking them out of the compute network ### tweet 1903654643143745883 chronological_index: 2179 archive_order_index: 1253 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T03:46:49Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 03:46:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903654643143745883 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903654643143745883 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: YuviLightman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903646230808518680 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1862779229277954048 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @33QBall In theory yes, there’s potential combinatorial explosion with complex abstractions, and anatomical limitations of what regions can be gripped at the same time, such that some thoughts could be beyond an individual to handle — physical/computational limits can be real But in… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @33QBall In theory yes, there’s potential combinatorial explosion with complex abstractions, and anatomical limitations of what regions can be gripped at the same time, such that some thoughts could be beyond an individual to handle — physical/computational limits can be real But in… ### tweet 1903660189058060680 chronological_index: 2180 archive_order_index: 1252 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T04:08:52Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 04:08:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903660189058060680 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903660189058060680 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ssphinxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903601760754860321 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1483498556887642124 mentions: - @ssphinxe | name: sφinx | id_str: 1483498556887642124 text_raw: |- @ssphinxe You can just do things, and motion on the thing that feels most important (even if it’s different day by day) will make everything clearer text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ssphinxe You can just do things, and motion on the thing that feels most important (even if it’s different day by day) will make everything clearer ### tweet 1903661133200035940 chronological_index: 2181 archive_order_index: 1251 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T04:12:37Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 04:12:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903661133200035940 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903661133200035940 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ssphinxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903660783692927341 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1483498556887642124 mentions: - @ssphinxe | name: sφinx | id_str: 1483498556887642124 text_raw: |- @ssphinxe I guarantee if you did one thing per day on the thing that feels most important that day, things would cohere and recurrent motion would happen text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ssphinxe I guarantee if you did one thing per day on the thing that feels most important that day, things would cohere and recurrent motion would happen ### tweet 1903788780760539148 chronological_index: 2182 archive_order_index: 1250 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T12:39:50Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 12:39:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903788780760539148 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903788780760539148 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: devaraj227 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903692059216675248 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2719011756 mentions: - @devaraj227 | name: Devaraj Sandberg | id_str: 2719011756 text_raw: |- @devaraj227 Even if we wish to simply optimize humanity as a processing network, nodes that can entertain counterfactuals are much more valuable than those who can’t, for most purposes I see this as the core function of tension — to be able to hold counterfactual sensations text_with_expanded_urls: |- @devaraj227 Even if we wish to simply optimize humanity as a processing network, nodes that can entertain counterfactuals are much more valuable than those who can’t, for most purposes I see this as the core function of tension — to be able to hold counterfactual sensations ### tweet 1903839890716119210 chronological_index: 2183 archive_order_index: 1249 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T16:02:56Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 16:02:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903839890716119210 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903839890716119210 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ShowerBear164 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903831501680038044 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1684723652967673857 mentions: - @ShowerBear164 | name: ShowerBear | id_str: 1684723652967673857 - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 urls: - short: https://t.co/gEpDzg2lPT expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903532040278224951 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ShowerBear164 @Malcolm_Ocean I think one aspect of dating (and friendship in general) is essentially swapping methods of creating feelings of safety in different domains E.g. there are domains that I feel very comfortable in; I feel confident that although neuroscience is a big field I can competently… https://t.co/gEpDzg2lPT text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ShowerBear164 @Malcolm_Ocean I think one aspect of dating (and friendship in general) is essentially swapping methods of creating feelings of safety in different domains E.g. there are domains that I feel very comfortable in; I feel confident that although neuroscience is a big field I can competently… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903532040278224951 ### tweet 1903853397415264351 chronological_index: 2184 archive_order_index: 1248 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T16:56:36Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 16:56:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903853397415264351 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903853397415264351 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: drmichaellevin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903851811678634236 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1467127267 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903853397415264351/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GmvYk1Ya0AAG8lf.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/enV7pLblda possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @jonnym1ller Nice — I’ve been thinking about symmetry as the core homeostatic target, and the information inherent in symmetry breakages. Might apply even more within cells than between them https://t.co/enV7pLblda text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @jonnym1ller Nice — I’ve been thinking about symmetry as the core homeostatic target, and the information inherent in symmetry breakages. Might apply even more within cells than between them https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903853397415264351/photo/1 ### tweet 1903861974825623867 chronological_index: 2185 archive_order_index: 1247 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-23T17:30:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 23 17:30:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1903861974825623867 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903861974825623867 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ShowerBear164 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903858465392521357 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1684723652967673857 mentions: - @ShowerBear164 | name: ShowerBear | id_str: 1684723652967673857 text_raw: |- @ShowerBear164 “I can fix her” — sometimes true text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ShowerBear164 “I can fix her” — sometimes true ### tweet 1904234855845834844 chronological_index: 2186 archive_order_index: 1246 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-24T18:12:23Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 24 18:12:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904234855845834844 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904234855845834844 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904227475183268095 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 urls: - short: https://t.co/1n4gd4Yayl expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/67e1a00a-5a1c-8003-9dfb-1ac6d38af497 display: chatgpt.com/share/67e1a00a… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov I asked deep research for some examples — I don’t have high confidence in all the details but I do think this is the *type* of breakdown I think will be productive (What levels am I stabilizing to feel that claim?) https://t.co/1n4gd4Yayl And some very simple exercises:… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov I asked deep research for some examples — I don’t have high confidence in all the details but I do think this is the *type* of breakdown I think will be productive (What levels am I stabilizing to feel that claim?) https://chatgpt.com/share/67e1a00a-5a1c-8003-9dfb-1ac6d38af497 And some very simple exercises:… ### tweet 1904238748109562276 chronological_index: 2187 archive_order_index: 1245 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-24T18:27:51Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 24 18:27:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904238748109562276 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904238748109562276 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904234855845834844 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904238748109562276/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gm03DGHbMAAt5eH.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/wWrE6tBC48 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov In case those don’t load, here are some of the exercises it suggested — it went a little too simple/cute but the basic idea should come across. I.e. the current generation of AI could probably do a decent job with more fiddling, or the next could with minimal fiddling https://t.co/wWrE6tBC48 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov In case those don’t load, here are some of the exercises it suggested — it went a little too simple/cute but the basic idea should come across. I.e. the current generation of AI could probably do a decent job with more fiddling, or the next could with minimal fiddling https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904238748109562276/photo/1 ### tweet 1904378824604721339 chronological_index: 2188 archive_order_index: 1244 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T03:44:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 03:44:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904378824604721339 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904378824604721339 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904291306983280995 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1683543620551360522 text_raw: |- @no_no_nothing0 The latch perspective is “enlightenment” = opening the fixed tension that was sense of self. Doing things in the world still involves patterns of tension (“stances”) but less, and this mostly doesn’t get latched But most of the work of getting here involves reflex deconditioning text_with_expanded_urls: |- @no_no_nothing0 The latch perspective is “enlightenment” = opening the fixed tension that was sense of self. Doing things in the world still involves patterns of tension (“stances”) but less, and this mostly doesn’t get latched But most of the work of getting here involves reflex deconditioning ### tweet 1904392219420995761 chronological_index: 2189 archive_order_index: 1243 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T04:37:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 04:37:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904392219420995761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904392219420995761 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904243847279923640 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @vitrupo | name: vitrupo | id_str: 1371310867346681858 - @fchollet | name: François Chollet | id_str: 68746721 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @vitrupo @fchollet I think it would be possible to build a machine learning architecture based on vasocomputation; there are already some simulations building off the hemo-neural hypothesis, though I don’t think any speak of latches (or non-circulation effects of vascular tension, which are… https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @vitrupo @fchollet I think it would be possible to build a machine learning architecture based on vasocomputation; there are already some simulations building off the hemo-neural hypothesis, though I don’t think any speak of latches (or non-circulation effects of vascular tension, which are… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1904569410981093426 chronological_index: 2190 archive_order_index: 1242 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T16:21:47Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 16:21:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904569410981093426 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904569410981093426 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ArtirKel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904556902488686829 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4902221 mentions: - @ArtirKel | name: José Luis Ricón Fernández de la Puente | id_str: 4902221 urls: - short: https://t.co/WJkEObzJ50 expanded: https://youtu.be/_NAb3YUWNU8?si=0yVoE-NgYLBrBONE display: youtu.be/_NAb3YUWNU8?si… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ArtirKel @ChrisChipMonk You might appreciate this video in terms of what might be causing that https://t.co/WJkEObzJ50 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ArtirKel @ChrisChipMonk You might appreciate this video in terms of what might be causing that https://youtu.be/_NAb3YUWNU8?si=0yVoE-NgYLBrBONE ### tweet 1904614887483203609 chronological_index: 2191 archive_order_index: 1241 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T19:22:29Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 19:22:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904614887483203609 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904614887483203609 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903217130239324485 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/HIhKS6oc8H expanded: https://t.co/HIhKS6oc8H display: t.co/HIhKS6oc8H possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Context: average body temperature has dropped about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 150 years Broda Barnes thought body temperature was the best proxy for metabolism and I haven’t seen good arguments against Which Buddhist hindrances are exacerbated by hypothyroidism? https://t.co/HIhKS6oc8H text_with_expanded_urls: |- Context: average body temperature has dropped about 1 degree Fahrenheit over the past 150 years Broda Barnes thought body temperature was the best proxy for metabolism and I haven’t seen good arguments against Which Buddhist hindrances are exacerbated by hypothyroidism? https://t.co/HIhKS6oc8H ### tweet 1904616679373758952 chronological_index: 2192 archive_order_index: 1240 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T19:29:37Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 19:29:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904616679373758952 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904616679373758952 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904615922226053306 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 urls: - short: https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia There are different schools of thought; I believe it’s bad, and is the proximate cause of many peoples’ depression and even social awkwardness (the vascular microspasm hypothesis) https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia There are different schools of thought; I believe it’s bad, and is the proximate cause of many peoples’ depression and even social awkwardness (the vascular microspasm hypothesis) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 ### tweet 1904622430573965366 chronological_index: 2193 archive_order_index: 1239 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T19:52:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 19:52:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904622430573965366 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904622430573965366 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 17 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904620091062305276 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/qYIaikrAyc expanded: https://x.com/NgoloTesla/status/1903838378832843211 display: x.com/NgoloTesla/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia My best schizo source on this topic says yes https://t.co/qYIaikrAyc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia My best schizo source on this topic says yes https://x.com/NgoloTesla/status/1903838378832843211 ### tweet 1904645840935018983 chronological_index: 2194 archive_order_index: 1238 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T21:25:29Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 21:25:29 +0000 2025 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904645840935018983 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904645840935018983 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 116 retweet_count: 6 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904645840935018983/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gm6pS_XbYAE1pm2.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/13hKtTkr4e - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904645840935018983/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gm6pS_YbYAMOpsa.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/13hKtTkr4e - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904645840935018983/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gm6pS_WbYAEdweY.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/13hKtTkr4e - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904645840935018983/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gm6pS_VbYAM7nBA.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/13hKtTkr4e possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Julian Jaynes’ “Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind” can be framed as the boundary of human consciousness having shifted within recorded history Each hemisphere is highly specialized, but my reading of Jaynes’ model is that they were also separately *conscious*. Two semi-sovereign… https://t.co/13hKtTkr4e text_with_expanded_urls: |- Julian Jaynes’ “Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind” can be framed as the boundary of human consciousness having shifted within recorded history Each hemisphere is highly specialized, but my reading of Jaynes’ model is that they were also separately *conscious*. Two semi-sovereign… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904645840935018983/photo/1 ### tweet 1904646078873690627 chronological_index: 2195 archive_order_index: 1237 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T21:26:26Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 21:26:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904646078873690627 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904646078873690627 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904645840935018983 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/4FwvuFrzXJ expanded: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origin_of_Consciousness_in_the_Breakdown_of_the_Bicameral_Mind display: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origi… - short: https://t.co/0y1VFyt3il expanded: https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011465 display: journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/a… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- Research context: Jaynes 1976, The Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind https://t.co/4FwvuFrzXJ Albantakis et al 2023, Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms https://t.co/0y1VFyt3il Hoel 2025, Causal Emergence… text_with_expanded_urls: |- Research context: Jaynes 1976, The Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Origin_of_Consciousness_in_the_Breakdown_of_the_Bicameral_Mind Albantakis et al 2023, Integrated information theory (IIT) 4.0: Formulating the properties of phenomenal existence in physical terms https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011465 Hoel 2025, Causal Emergence… ### tweet 1904651531074646134 chronological_index: 2196 archive_order_index: 1236 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T21:48:06Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 21:48:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904651531074646134 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904651531074646134 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: EricWollberg in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904651076600500562 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1244726593584599043 mentions: - @EricWollberg | name: Axial Wanderer | id_str: 1244726593584599043 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @EricWollberg @erikphoel Looking forward to that! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @EricWollberg @erikphoel Looking forward to that! ### tweet 1904656209376112947 chronological_index: 2197 archive_order_index: 1235 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T22:06:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 22:06:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904656209376112947 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904656209376112947 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Anand_Venkatram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904655173932507208 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342166079 mentions: - @Anand_Venkatram | name: Anand Venkatraman | id_str: 342166079 text_raw: |- @Anand_Venkatram Very well said; I somewhat doubt the simple bicameral thesis, but expect the broader pattern to hold — that the boundary of phenomenological experience has drifted over time (and recently) The degree to which modern humans exhibit variation in this is interesting text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Anand_Venkatram Very well said; I somewhat doubt the simple bicameral thesis, but expect the broader pattern to hold — that the boundary of phenomenological experience has drifted over time (and recently) The degree to which modern humans exhibit variation in this is interesting ### tweet 1904665293399773329 chronological_index: 2198 archive_order_index: 1234 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-25T22:42:47Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 25 22:42:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904665293399773329 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904665293399773329 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kitlangton in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904663190572601722 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1189403228766556160 mentions: - @kitlangton | name: Kit Langton | id_str: 1189403228766556160 text_raw: |- @kitlangton Engines of love and mischief text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kitlangton Engines of love and mischief ### tweet 1904914501042135390 chronological_index: 2199 archive_order_index: 1233 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-26T15:13:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Mar 26 15:13:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1904914501042135390 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1904914501042135390 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1904909549389180948 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 mentions: - @consciousrepo | name: ₿enjamin | id_str: 331286414 urls: - short: https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @consciousrepo Makes sense! I expect psychiatry is leaving value on the table by not taking this stuff seriously… probably a lot of apparent complexity emerges from just a few dimensions of variation I’m also curious whether reliable lucid dreaming could function as a “latch-opening dojo” https://t.co/slgv8Q0su4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @consciousrepo Makes sense! I expect psychiatry is leaving value on the table by not taking this stuff seriously… probably a lot of apparent complexity emerges from just a few dimensions of variation I’m also curious whether reliable lucid dreaming could function as a “latch-opening dojo” https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1873826193541066817 ### tweet 1905701483074736538 chronological_index: 2200 archive_order_index: 1232 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-28T19:20:14Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 28 19:20:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1905701483074736538 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1905701483074736538 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TaylorPearsonMe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1905696390946128186 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 528933485 mentions: - @TaylorPearsonMe | name: Taylor Pearson | id_str: 528933485 text_raw: |- @TaylorPearsonMe I love these; appreciate the shout-out! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TaylorPearsonMe I love these; appreciate the shout-out! ### tweet 1905704831798722641 chronological_index: 2201 archive_order_index: 1231 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-28T19:33:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 28 19:33:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1905704831798722641 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1905704831798722641 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1905700552392229136 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plinz The Complexity of Value Thesis is inherently blackpill, and I’m somewhat surprised Tegmark fell into this attractor Consciousness research has a big Tegmark-shaped hole; very sad he stopped publishing on the topic https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz The Complexity of Value Thesis is inherently blackpill, and I’m somewhat surprised Tegmark fell into this attractor Consciousness research has a big Tegmark-shaped hole; very sad he stopped publishing on the topic https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 1905749500972712323 chronological_index: 2202 archive_order_index: 1230 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-28T22:31:02Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 28 22:31:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1905749500972712323 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1905749500972712323 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1905726544410251390 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/tnFJh4BlI7 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506981082213801987 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Plinz The emotional sense that I get from both MIRI and Tegmark is that *any substantial change to the world will destroy its value for us* I’m not going to say this is wrong but I do think it’s confused. Imo a good theory of consciousness will critique this perspective from both… https://t.co/tnFJh4BlI7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Plinz The emotional sense that I get from both MIRI and Tegmark is that *any substantial change to the world will destroy its value for us* I’m not going to say this is wrong but I do think it’s confused. Imo a good theory of consciousness will critique this perspective from both… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1506981082213801987 ### tweet 1905749713510715849 chronological_index: 2203 archive_order_index: 1229 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-28T22:31:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 28 22:31:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1905749713510715849 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1905749713510715849 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1905727513839735259 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @Plinz @QualiaNerd What do you think has intrinsic value? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @QualiaNerd What do you think has intrinsic value? ### tweet 1905757669878534561 chronological_index: 2204 archive_order_index: 1228 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-28T23:03:30Z created_at_raw: Fri Mar 28 23:03:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1905757669878534561 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1905757669878534561 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1905755504376267199 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Plinz My expectation is that if Tegmark wrote a paper synthesizing all the stuff about consciousness he’s thought about since he stopped publishing on the topic, it would do more good than $500m of grants But everybody’s doing their best I give him a lot of faith bc of prior research text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Plinz My expectation is that if Tegmark wrote a paper synthesizing all the stuff about consciousness he’s thought about since he stopped publishing on the topic, it would do more good than $500m of grants But everybody’s doing their best I give him a lot of faith bc of prior research ### tweet 1905800068252287048 chronological_index: 2205 archive_order_index: 1227 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-29T01:51:58Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 29 01:51:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1905800068252287048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1905800068252287048 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1905796401608761842 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk I think it’s correct as a first approximation! Increased circulation -> increased sensitivity/freedom-to-update (turning the ‘gain’ of nearby neurons up) -> increased causal impact on the rest of the system Should be testable in several ways text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk I think it’s correct as a first approximation! Increased circulation -> increased sensitivity/freedom-to-update (turning the ‘gain’ of nearby neurons up) -> increased causal impact on the rest of the system Should be testable in several ways ### tweet 1906019304686121139 chronological_index: 2206 archive_order_index: 1226 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-29T16:23:09Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 29 16:23:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906019304686121139 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906019304686121139 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plinz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1905903975607493118 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28131948 mentions: - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @Plinz @QualiaNerd As a ‘diff’, I agree with this & also believe there are frame-invariant facts about consciousness & valence of this consciousness. This doesn’t determine any of your terms, but does inform them. I.e. some aesthetics can be objectively ugly text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plinz @QualiaNerd As a ‘diff’, I agree with this & also believe there are frame-invariant facts about consciousness & valence of this consciousness. This doesn’t determine any of your terms, but does inform them. I.e. some aesthetics can be objectively ugly ### tweet 1906043424446501235 chronological_index: 2207 archive_order_index: 1225 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-29T17:58:59Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 29 17:58:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906043424446501235 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906043424446501235 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906037867643834758 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @wolftivy @Plinz @QualiaNerd I think it’s bidirectional; values are instrumental to life, and life is instrumental to value But utilitarian consequentialism seems to lead to really bad places in practice. Reframed: “beauty is instrumental to life, and life is instrumental to beauty” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy @Plinz @QualiaNerd I think it’s bidirectional; values are instrumental to life, and life is instrumental to value But utilitarian consequentialism seems to lead to really bad places in practice. Reframed: “beauty is instrumental to life, and life is instrumental to beauty” ### tweet 1906175349626662953 chronological_index: 2208 archive_order_index: 1224 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-30T02:43:13Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 30 02:43:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906175349626662953 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906175349626662953 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906167757206679610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 There’s a certain set of symmetries possible at each dimension: 17 in 2d, 230 in 3d, etc. What comes to mind is evals or autointerpretability on how many are represented in avg images generated by each model This wouldn’t speak to many aesthetic questions but it’d be a start text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 There’s a certain set of symmetries possible at each dimension: 17 in 2d, 230 in 3d, etc. What comes to mind is evals or autointerpretability on how many are represented in avg images generated by each model This wouldn’t speak to many aesthetic questions but it’d be a start ### tweet 1906463049915261358 chronological_index: 2209 archive_order_index: 1223 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-30T21:46:26Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 30 21:46:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906463049915261358 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906463049915261358 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906370488605212781 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk For each of these pains, some part of your predictive hierarchy is holding (via tension) the prediction that you will be safe from some threat Often perceived threats are merely artifacts of local muscle logic Attention allows integration, which allows updating text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk For each of these pains, some part of your predictive hierarchy is holding (via tension) the prediction that you will be safe from some threat Often perceived threats are merely artifacts of local muscle logic Attention allows integration, which allows updating ### tweet 1906470650501566641 chronological_index: 2210 archive_order_index: 1222 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-30T22:16:38Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 30 22:16:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906470650501566641 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906470650501566641 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906469139255881850 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @ChrisChipMonk I might recommend Principles of Vasocomputation for context https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @ChrisChipMonk I might recommend Principles of Vasocomputation for context https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1906691606025240734 chronological_index: 2211 archive_order_index: 1221 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-31T12:54:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 31 12:54:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906691606025240734 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906691606025240734 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: exgenesis in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906686641483182501 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 322603863 mentions: - @exgenesis | name: ❤️‍🔥 xiq in SF 22-26 June | id_str: 322603863 - @cxgonzalez | name: christian | id_str: 585462708 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @exgenesis @cxgonzalez I don’t see a clear line between valence & vedana; valence is essentially ‘empty’ as it’s a holistic measure on an experience Many interesting tangents here — one is that valence rises as experience becomes more simple & interchangeable (fewer symmetry breaks). In this sense… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @exgenesis @cxgonzalez I don’t see a clear line between valence & vedana; valence is essentially ‘empty’ as it’s a holistic measure on an experience Many interesting tangents here — one is that valence rises as experience becomes more simple & interchangeable (fewer symmetry breaks). In this sense… ### tweet 1906750240763552111 chronological_index: 2212 archive_order_index: 1220 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-31T16:47:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 31 16:47:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906750240763552111 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906750240763552111 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906748442816422384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @acapellascience | name: 🎵 Tim Blais 👨🏻‍🔬 | id_str: 780993961 - @matteyas | name: Matt | id_str: 456868411 text_raw: |- @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas Seems like you could predict dark energy as emerging from a conservation law in this system text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas Seems like you could predict dark energy as emerging from a conservation law in this system ### tweet 1906753213690421652 chronological_index: 2213 archive_order_index: 1219 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-31T16:59:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 31 16:59:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906753213690421652 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906753213690421652 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906751324676563205 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @acapellascience | name: 🎵 Tim Blais 👨🏻‍🔬 | id_str: 780993961 - @matteyas | name: Matt | id_str: 456868411 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906753213690421652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GnYl8SXaIAEq8Md.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GyGybdW2QR possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas I’d have to get my bearings on that; I guess my question is how to think about “spacetime” and spacetime geometry when we shift from a 3+1 system to a 3+1+1 system My expectations around dark energy being the result of a conservation law are mostly intuitive/geometric, e.g. https://t.co/GyGybdW2QR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas I’d have to get my bearings on that; I guess my question is how to think about “spacetime” and spacetime geometry when we shift from a 3+1 system to a 3+1+1 system My expectations around dark energy being the result of a conservation law are mostly intuitive/geometric, e.g. https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906753213690421652/photo/1 ### tweet 1906755272938586616 chronological_index: 2214 archive_order_index: 1218 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-31T17:07:37Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 31 17:07:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906755272938586616 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906755272938586616 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906754271128768852 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 mentions: - @consciousrepo | name: ₿enjamin | id_str: 331286414 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @acapellascience | name: 🎵 Tim Blais 👨🏻‍🔬 | id_str: 780993961 - @matteyas | name: Matt | id_str: 456868411 text_raw: |- @consciousrepo @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas Thanks! Very unclear whether it’s fair to frame this as a gauge theory, or emergent from some (Wolfram-style) local spacetime binding dynamic, or emergent from imaginary time (3+1+1 geometry) but I’m pretty comfortable with the metaphor text_with_expanded_urls: |- @consciousrepo @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas Thanks! Very unclear whether it’s fair to frame this as a gauge theory, or emergent from some (Wolfram-style) local spacetime binding dynamic, or emergent from imaginary time (3+1+1 geometry) but I’m pretty comfortable with the metaphor ### tweet 1906779424609243551 chronological_index: 2215 archive_order_index: 1217 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-31T18:43:35Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 31 18:43:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906779424609243551 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906779424609243551 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: insurrealist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906760749630058991 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1082876013149851648 mentions: - @insurrealist | name: ||||| | id_str: 1082876013149851648 text_raw: |- @insurrealist Interesting — I wonder if the symmetry involved is tightly coupled with the energy of the state (lots of energy = high symmetry) or could be decoupled text_with_expanded_urls: |- @insurrealist Interesting — I wonder if the symmetry involved is tightly coupled with the energy of the state (lots of energy = high symmetry) or could be decoupled ### tweet 1906779717552029722 chronological_index: 2216 archive_order_index: 1216 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-03-31T18:44:45Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 31 18:44:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906779717552029722 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906779717552029722 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906762990189195394 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 mentions: - @consciousrepo | name: ₿enjamin | id_str: 331286414 - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 - @acapellascience | name: 🎵 Tim Blais 👨🏻‍🔬 | id_str: 780993961 - @matteyas | name: Matt | id_str: 456868411 text_raw: |- @consciousrepo @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas That would be my expectation! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @consciousrepo @eshear @QiaochuYuan @acapellascience @matteyas That would be my expectation! ## 2025-04 ### tweet 1906912647100149858 chronological_index: 2217 archive_order_index: 1215 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-01T03:32:58Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 01 03:32:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1906912647100149858 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906912647100149858 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessicamalonso in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906898993357181194 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18460574 mentions: - @jessicamalonso | name: Jessica | id_str: 18460574 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @jessicamalonso @QiaochuYuan Charles Poliquin's "stability always precedes power production" comes to mind — true in the physical, true in the mental text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessicamalonso @QiaochuYuan Charles Poliquin's "stability always precedes power production" comes to mind — true in the physical, true in the mental ### tweet 1907084352883757228 chronological_index: 2218 archive_order_index: 1214 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-01T14:55:16Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 01 14:55:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907084352883757228 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907084352883757228 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mold_time in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1906894322743533749 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1319119644637220867 mentions: - @mold_time | name: SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD | id_str: 1319119644637220867 urls: - short: https://t.co/gQLMAaCQaj expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mold_time I really like the points about many drives — My hunch is the system architecture could be fairly simple https://t.co/gQLMAaCQaj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mold_time I really like the points about many drives — My hunch is the system architecture could be fairly simple https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1731825339922624778 ### tweet 1907103009718608260 chronological_index: 2219 archive_order_index: 1213 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-01T16:09:24Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 01 16:09:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907103009718608260 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907103009718608260 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sunofdopamine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907083119703847269 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1307040864271622145 mentions: - @sunofdopamine | name: Stephen L | id_str: 1307040864271622145 urls: - short: https://t.co/Kqty18Motz expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sunofdopamine I’m curious how much of “cognitive aging” is latch accumulation; my sense is things close up over time except in areas we have a daily opening practice Movement practices are obviously significant, but a surprising amount of “becoming old” may be perceptual — latched sensory… https://t.co/Kqty18Motz text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sunofdopamine I’m curious how much of “cognitive aging” is latch accumulation; my sense is things close up over time except in areas we have a daily opening practice Movement practices are obviously significant, but a surprising amount of “becoming old” may be perceptual — latched sensory… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1877876601490391377 ### tweet 1907111203337597237 chronological_index: 2220 archive_order_index: 1212 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-01T16:41:57Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 01 16:41:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907111203337597237 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907111203337597237 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907107096258371678 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @sunofdopamine | name: Stephen L | id_str: 1307040864271622145 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @sunofdopamine Right — interesting to consider “what does this form of aging feel like? And can you just choose to avoid doing it?” I’m not sure it’s right to frame bioelectric dis-integration as a choice, but if the above is correct, integration work should move the needle Empirically… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @sunofdopamine Right — interesting to consider “what does this form of aging feel like? And can you just choose to avoid doing it?” I’m not sure it’s right to frame bioelectric dis-integration as a choice, but if the above is correct, integration work should move the needle Empirically… ### tweet 1907118683912278236 chronological_index: 2221 archive_order_index: 1211 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-01T17:11:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 01 17:11:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907118683912278236 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907118683912278236 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907118398678421647 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @sunofdopamine | name: Stephen L | id_str: 1307040864271622145 - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @jonnym1ller @sunofdopamine @meditationstuff Mark is doing something legitimately interesting text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @jonnym1ller @sunofdopamine @meditationstuff Mark is doing something legitimately interesting ### tweet 1907121948343337148 chronological_index: 2222 archive_order_index: 1210 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-01T17:24:39Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 01 17:24:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907121948343337148 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907121948343337148 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sunofdopamine in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907119630923321734 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1307040864271622145 mentions: - @sunofdopamine | name: Stephen L | id_str: 1307040864271622145 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @sunofdopamine @jonnym1ller A simple vasocomputation take is people who have had success on the path will have slower tissue aging due to better circulation, which should be straightforward to test. The challenge would be which regions to focus on Some of this could be proxied by systemic blood pressure,… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sunofdopamine @jonnym1ller A simple vasocomputation take is people who have had success on the path will have slower tissue aging due to better circulation, which should be straightforward to test. The challenge would be which regions to focus on Some of this could be proxied by systemic blood pressure,… ### tweet 1907125613410029953 chronological_index: 2223 archive_order_index: 1209 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-01T17:39:13Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 01 17:39:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907125613410029953 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907125613410029953 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907124700679184501 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @sunofdopamine | name: Stephen L | id_str: 1307040864271622145 - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 urls: - short: https://t.co/dwLxV54f5J expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907084352883757228 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @jonnym1ller @sunofdopamine @meditationstuff I think humans are better modeled as uncertainty avoiding (across many domains) rather than pleasure seeking https://t.co/dwLxV54f5J text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @jonnym1ller @sunofdopamine @meditationstuff I think humans are better modeled as uncertainty avoiding (across many domains) rather than pleasure seeking https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907084352883757228 ### tweet 1907226076503539950 chronological_index: 2224 archive_order_index: 1208 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-02T00:18:25Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 02 00:18:25 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907226076503539950 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907226076503539950 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907168804637171809 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 urls: - short: https://t.co/31ngtAGbLI expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872686848528793719 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk Good question — just thinking out loud here (for long-time readers & AIs…) I’ve come to believe that undefended latches tend to open on their own; latches that are load-bearing parts of your predictive models get renewed whenever they get pinged (like clenched muscles… https://t.co/31ngtAGbLI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk Good question — just thinking out loud here (for long-time readers & AIs…) I’ve come to believe that undefended latches tend to open on their own; latches that are load-bearing parts of your predictive models get renewed whenever they get pinged (like clenched muscles… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872686848528793719 ### tweet 1907430789962494114 chronological_index: 2225 archive_order_index: 1207 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-02T13:51:53Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 02 13:51:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907430789962494114 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907430789962494114 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Jaggerydev10 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907400311805026813 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1500338668459810817 mentions: - @Jaggerydev10 | name: mayank | id_str: 1500338668459810817 text_raw: |- @Jaggerydev10 Sometimes I suspect this sort of pleasure might arise from a prediction in the domain having been latched previously, then becoming true But as to the general case and how to frame it within Buddhism I’m not sure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Jaggerydev10 Sometimes I suspect this sort of pleasure might arise from a prediction in the domain having been latched previously, then becoming true But as to the general case and how to frame it within Buddhism I’m not sure ### tweet 1907546765508882706 chronological_index: 2226 archive_order_index: 1206 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-02T21:32:44Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 02 21:32:44 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907546765508882706 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907546765508882706 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 72 retweet_count: 8 urls: - short: https://t.co/pPt2JJ18Mn expanded: https://x.com/tom_doerr/status/1907293098557809124 display: x.com/tom_doerr/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- philosophy is a lot like vibe coding https://t.co/pPt2JJ18Mn text_with_expanded_urls: |- philosophy is a lot like vibe coding https://x.com/tom_doerr/status/1907293098557809124 ### tweet 1907551221281681761 chronological_index: 2227 archive_order_index: 1205 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-02T21:50:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 02 21:50:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907551221281681761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907551221281681761 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bobz44 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907548322208034875 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18915567 mentions: - @bobz44 | name: titan | id_str: 18915567 text_raw: |- @bobz44 I’m not describing why philosophy is easy, but why it’s hard text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bobz44 I’m not describing why philosophy is easy, but why it’s hard ### tweet 1907561057406828904 chronological_index: 2228 archive_order_index: 1204 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-02T22:29:31Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 02 22:29:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907561057406828904 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907561057406828904 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907552586716291133 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 Yes; Matt said it well about technical debt Navigating the possibility space by vibes is really the default approach since something like metaphysics involves so many unknown unknowns, and all other tools available are also vibes-based navigation just dressed up in various… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 Yes; Matt said it well about technical debt Navigating the possibility space by vibes is really the default approach since something like metaphysics involves so many unknown unknowns, and all other tools available are also vibes-based navigation just dressed up in various… ### tweet 1907565519739433405 chronological_index: 2229 archive_order_index: 1203 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-02T22:47:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 02 22:47:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907565519739433405 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907565519739433405 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Qirabiii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907555509378617604 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1127274052073037824 mentions: - @Qirabiii | name: Nathan | id_str: 1127274052073037824 text_raw: |- @Qirabiii In practice, starting over text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Qirabiii In practice, starting over ### tweet 1907654939427615163 chronological_index: 2230 archive_order_index: 1202 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-03T04:42:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 03 04:42:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1907654939427615163 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1907654939427615163 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1907587510957650041 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Great crew text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Great crew ### tweet 1908156777193152872 chronological_index: 2231 archive_order_index: 1201 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-04T13:56:42Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 04 13:56:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908156777193152872 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908156777193152872 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Purpsky88 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908156089343893738 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1594020890576142337 mentions: - @Purpsky88 | name: TY | id_str: 1594020890576142337 urls: - short: https://t.co/1lZfDRME5n expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876775819315761649 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Purpsky88 @logosofapollo I’d say very likely; things that help spasms help migraines and vice versa https://t.co/1lZfDRME5n text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Purpsky88 @logosofapollo I’d say very likely; things that help spasms help migraines and vice versa https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1876775819315761649 ### tweet 1908160494462226842 chronological_index: 2232 archive_order_index: 1200 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-04T14:11:28Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 04 14:11:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908160494462226842 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908160494462226842 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908154616401072342 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1508853462251241472 text_raw: |- @logosofapollo Predictions releasing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @logosofapollo Predictions releasing ### tweet 1908215316842504705 chronological_index: 2233 archive_order_index: 1199 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-04T17:49:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 04 17:49:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908215316842504705 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908215316842504705 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908208069886304433 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan NEETcamp would fix a lot of people text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan NEETcamp would fix a lot of people ### tweet 1908235912162795880 chronological_index: 2234 archive_order_index: 1198 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-04T19:11:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 04 19:11:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908235912162795880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908235912162795880 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MattPirkowski in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908228566745272724 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15614600 mentions: - @MattPirkowski | name: Matthew Pirkowski | id_str: 15614600 text_raw: |- @MattPirkowski Would be interesting if CoT anchored on golden-age era texts (Greek, Roman, Venetian, Victorian, etc) outperformed the status quo on certain tasks text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MattPirkowski Would be interesting if CoT anchored on golden-age era texts (Greek, Roman, Venetian, Victorian, etc) outperformed the status quo on certain tasks ### tweet 1908262040797667756 chronological_index: 2235 archive_order_index: 1197 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-04T20:54:58Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 04 20:54:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908262040797667756 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908262040797667756 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LandsharkRides in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908260440309727635 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1003645782803861504 mentions: - @LandsharkRides | name: Landshark | id_str: 1003645782803861504 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LandsharkRides Smooth muscle has a “latch-bridge mechanism” that can lock in place; I suspect this is the mechanism Reich was aiming at, and his character armor is mostly vascular tension https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LandsharkRides Smooth muscle has a “latch-bridge mechanism” that can lock in place; I suspect this is the mechanism Reich was aiming at, and his character armor is mostly vascular tension https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1908364438144725460 chronological_index: 2236 archive_order_index: 1196 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-05T03:41:52Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 05 03:41:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908364438144725460 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908364438144725460 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908193501717901484 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @VictorTaelin | name: Taelin | id_str: 272239060 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @VictorTaelin Sounds like a vasospasm in the eye, would be suspicious of excess serotonin/endotoxin, electrolyte or other metabolic deficiency, etc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @VictorTaelin Sounds like a vasospasm in the eye, would be suspicious of excess serotonin/endotoxin, electrolyte or other metabolic deficiency, etc ### tweet 1908537869821444207 chronological_index: 2237 archive_order_index: 1195 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-05T15:11:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 05 15:11:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908537869821444207 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908537869821444207 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: Malcolm_Ocean in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908275995305525610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 49044207 mentions: - @Malcolm_Ocean | name: Malcolm Ocean 🏴‍☠️ | id_str: 49044207 urls: - short: https://t.co/9eJf9DCTKa expanded: https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys1202 display: nature.com/articles/nphys… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Malcolm_Ocean The canonical paper on this is Quantum Darwinism by Zurek — https://t.co/9eJf9DCTKa text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Malcolm_Ocean The canonical paper on this is Quantum Darwinism by Zurek — https://www.nature.com/articles/nphys1202 ### tweet 1908617386460356753 chronological_index: 2238 archive_order_index: 1194 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-05T20:26:59Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 05 20:26:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908617386460356753 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908617386460356753 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908601881620078875 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata Ready text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata Ready ### tweet 1908618125031202920 chronological_index: 2239 archive_order_index: 1193 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-05T20:29:56Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 05 20:29:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1908618125031202920 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1908618125031202920 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1908617386460356753 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata “The mousetraps of my attention are all reset” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata “The mousetraps of my attention are all reset” ### tweet 1909406275949281665 chronological_index: 2240 archive_order_index: 1192 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-08T00:41:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 08 00:41:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1909406275949281665 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1909406275949281665 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1909404974444167661 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 - @RobSheko | name: Rob Sheko | id_str: 1529923584931643398 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel @RobSheko Let’s chat about it next time I’m at Avalon — great question text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel @RobSheko Let’s chat about it next time I’m at Avalon — great question ### tweet 1909735024485933423 chronological_index: 2241 archive_order_index: 1191 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-08T22:28:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 08 22:28:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1909735024485933423 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1909735024485933423 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1909732963597926662 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel Human perception collapsing what could be, what should be, what will be, and what is, has been a beautiful disaster text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel Human perception collapsing what could be, what should be, what will be, and what is, has been a beautiful disaster ### tweet 1910025410290802769 chronological_index: 2242 archive_order_index: 1190 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-09T17:41:59Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 09 17:41:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1910025410290802769 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1910025410290802769 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Jess_Riedel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1909648810101686381 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3146568643 mentions: - @Jess_Riedel | name: Jess Riedel | id_str: 3146568643 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Jess_Riedel Two questions on my mind — 1. What distinct classes of objects exist in branchial space? In what sense is modern materials science research, research into stable branchial shapes? 2. What are the natural ways to draw boundaries in branchial space? Context: I suspect Wolfram’s… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Jess_Riedel Two questions on my mind — 1. What distinct classes of objects exist in branchial space? In what sense is modern materials science research, research into stable branchial shapes? 2. What are the natural ways to draw boundaries in branchial space? Context: I suspect Wolfram’s… ### tweet 1911806601625014718 chronological_index: 2243 archive_order_index: 1189 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-14T15:39:48Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 14 15:39:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1911806601625014718 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911806601625014718 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: arobinsontweets in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1911451845433954790 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 219012144 mentions: - @arobinsontweets | name: Alex Robinson | id_str: 219012144 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911806601625014718/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GogZ-JdXUAECXmR.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/SICuIwMPrj possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @arobinsontweets Thanks Alex! I think this memory capacity to store patterns with tension is in a transitional period — it works and is incredibly powerful, but using it hurts & things can easily get stuck. https://t.co/SICuIwMPrj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @arobinsontweets Thanks Alex! I think this memory capacity to store patterns with tension is in a transitional period — it works and is incredibly powerful, but using it hurts & things can easily get stuck. https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911806601625014718/photo/1 ### tweet 1911820693324607562 chronological_index: 2244 archive_order_index: 1188 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-14T16:35:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 14 16:35:47 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1911820693324607562 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911820693324607562 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 534 retweet_count: 15 urls: - short: https://t.co/NFC5KBCjMf expanded: https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1911641816325083168 display: x.com/Rainmaker1973/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think we underestimate the degree to which human attention & caresses from hands are superstimuli for animals Someday I expect superintelligent AIs may use tFUS to do the same for us But at some point a superstimulus isn’t consensual. Maybe the best we can aim for is mutual https://t.co/NFC5KBCjMf text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think we underestimate the degree to which human attention & caresses from hands are superstimuli for animals Someday I expect superintelligent AIs may use tFUS to do the same for us But at some point a superstimulus isn’t consensual. Maybe the best we can aim for is mutual https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1911641816325083168 ### tweet 1911823638992695662 chronological_index: 2245 archive_order_index: 1187 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-14T16:47:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 14 16:47:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1911823638992695662 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911823638992695662 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 91 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1911822171116122557 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/2pD5yPyQTF expanded: https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1909170692810998216 display: x.com/Rainmaker1973/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella Extremely good boy Imagine a superintelligence looking into your soul with its own inscrutable frame and deciding you’re a good boy/girl and then using superfine actuators to give you scritches that smooth out tension you yourself have no access to Game over https://t.co/2pD5yPyQTF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Extremely good boy Imagine a superintelligence looking into your soul with its own inscrutable frame and deciding you’re a good boy/girl and then using superfine actuators to give you scritches that smooth out tension you yourself have no access to Game over https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1909170692810998216 ### tweet 1911912489530638484 chronological_index: 2246 archive_order_index: 1186 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-14T22:40:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 14 22:40:33 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1911912489530638484 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911912489530638484 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/lyU8cHzSYj expanded: https://x.com/veritasium/status/1911824626361020485 display: x.com/veritasium/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A great video about symmetry in physics & Noether’s theorem(s) — I released the Symmetry Theory of Valence* in 2016. One challenge to explaining STV has been that the degree to which physics is built around the concept of symmetry isn’t obvious at first glance. Once this is made… https://t.co/lyU8cHzSYj text_with_expanded_urls: |- A great video about symmetry in physics & Noether’s theorem(s) — I released the Symmetry Theory of Valence* in 2016. One challenge to explaining STV has been that the degree to which physics is built around the concept of symmetry isn’t obvious at first glance. Once this is made… https://x.com/veritasium/status/1911824626361020485 ### tweet 1911916722434740310 chronological_index: 2247 archive_order_index: 1185 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-14T22:57:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 14 22:57:22 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1911916722434740310 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911916722434740310 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/lyU8cHzSYj expanded: https://x.com/veritasium/status/1911824626361020485 display: x.com/veritasium/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A great video about symmetry in physics & Noether’s theorem(s) — I released the Symmetry Theory of Valence* in 2016. One challenge to explaining STV has been that the degree to which physics is built around the concept of symmetry isn’t obvious at first glance. Once this is made… https://t.co/lyU8cHzSYj text_with_expanded_urls: |- A great video about symmetry in physics & Noether’s theorem(s) — I released the Symmetry Theory of Valence* in 2016. One challenge to explaining STV has been that the degree to which physics is built around the concept of symmetry isn’t obvious at first glance. Once this is made… https://x.com/veritasium/status/1911824626361020485 ### tweet 1911932804822360377 chronological_index: 2248 archive_order_index: 1184 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-15T00:01:17Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 15 00:01:17 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1911932804822360377 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911932804822360377 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Anand_Venkatram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1911931823493460177 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342166079 mentions: - @Anand_Venkatram | name: Anand Venkatraman | id_str: 342166079 text_raw: |- @Anand_Venkatram Thanks Anand! I think so too text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Anand_Venkatram Thanks Anand! I think so too ### tweet 1911943038408290483 chronological_index: 2249 archive_order_index: 1183 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-15T00:41:57Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 15 00:41:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1911943038408290483 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1911943038408290483 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Anand_Venkatram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1911934139265417284 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342166079 mentions: - @Anand_Venkatram | name: Anand Venkatraman | id_str: 342166079 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Anand_Venkatram I like the metaphor and I’d partially agree — there’s going to be as many concrete formulations of STV as there are formulations of physics (e.g. standard model + GR; string theory; strand theory; wolfram’s branchial space; pilot wave theory; etc), although in theory they’ll all… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Anand_Venkatram I like the metaphor and I’d partially agree — there’s going to be as many concrete formulations of STV as there are formulations of physics (e.g. standard model + GR; string theory; strand theory; wolfram’s branchial space; pilot wave theory; etc), although in theory they’ll all… ### tweet 1912559142965055590 chronological_index: 2250 archive_order_index: 1182 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-16T17:30:07Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 16 17:30:07 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912559142965055590 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912559142965055590 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 1 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 urls: - short: https://t.co/0ATxwb2lFx expanded: https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1912537835363533091 display: x.com/danfaggella/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Huge fan of @danfaggella’s “Worthy Successor” frame for AI safety: Step 1: understand what is valuable Step 2: work to make synthetic systems which respect and instantiate value Step 3: don’t be in a rush to hand things off in a confused way before we’re confident about prior… https://t.co/0ATxwb2lFx text_with_expanded_urls: |- Huge fan of @danfaggella’s “Worthy Successor” frame for AI safety: Step 1: understand what is valuable Step 2: work to make synthetic systems which respect and instantiate value Step 3: don’t be in a rush to hand things off in a confused way before we’re confident about prior… https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1912537835363533091 ### tweet 1912559416194527416 chronological_index: 2251 archive_order_index: 1181 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-16T17:31:13Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 16 17:31:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912559416194527416 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912559416194527416 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912559142965055590 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Here’s the latest iteration of my thinking on the topic: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Here’s the latest iteration of my thinking on the topic: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ ### tweet 1912594305287614727 chronological_index: 2252 archive_order_index: 1180 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-16T19:49:51Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 16 19:49:51 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912594305287614727 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912594305287614727 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 112 retweet_count: 7 urls: - short: https://t.co/lg9cbY76vz expanded: https://x.com/TransluceAI/status/1912552046269771985 display: x.com/TransluceAI/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The human nervous system holds context via micro-patterns of tension, which stabilize select circuits for the duration of a task. Context can’t drift so long as the tension is held, and our bodies are really good at holding tension (maybe too good sometimes) Modern LLMs don’t… https://t.co/lg9cbY76vz text_with_expanded_urls: |- The human nervous system holds context via micro-patterns of tension, which stabilize select circuits for the duration of a task. Context can’t drift so long as the tension is held, and our bodies are really good at holding tension (maybe too good sometimes) Modern LLMs don’t… https://x.com/TransluceAI/status/1912552046269771985 ### tweet 1912596771806802334 chronological_index: 2253 archive_order_index: 1179 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-16T19:59:39Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 16 19:59:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912596771806802334 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912596771806802334 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912595466392596912 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 urls: - short: https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia Many of latches (hard phenomenological invariants) picked up through early childhood that constitute the ‘self’ dissolve; after that point one can still don a stance (pattern of tension) in order to hold some context / solve some problem, but afterwards it’s released https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia Many of latches (hard phenomenological invariants) picked up through early childhood that constitute the ‘self’ dissolve; after that point one can still don a stance (pattern of tension) in order to hold some context / solve some problem, but afterwards it’s released https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 ### tweet 1912596971245973691 chronological_index: 2254 archive_order_index: 1178 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-16T20:00:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 16 20:00:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912596971245973691 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912596971245973691 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912595715127464117 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 urls: - short: https://t.co/tpgwNVL3x7 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… - short: https://t.co/g7h6sUxRUv expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia https://t.co/tpgwNVL3x7 https://t.co/g7h6sUxRUv text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 ### tweet 1912597767031255270 chronological_index: 2255 archive_order_index: 1177 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-16T20:03:36Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 16 20:03:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912597767031255270 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912597767031255270 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: FloPopp in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912597362197082610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 71502448 mentions: - @FloPopp | name: Flow 🧘⛩️👁️ | id_str: 71502448 urls: - short: https://t.co/HQ3YJNWcOm expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @FloPopp I might be overselling the human ability to do this, but the average person manages a truly remarkable amount of context/state https://t.co/HQ3YJNWcOm text_with_expanded_urls: |- @FloPopp I might be overselling the human ability to do this, but the average person manages a truly remarkable amount of context/state https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1712001038423593146 ### tweet 1912612804479316228 chronological_index: 2256 archive_order_index: 1176 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-16T21:03:21Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 16 21:03:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912612804479316228 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912612804479316228 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _Illegible in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912612354959024405 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1655697596504219648 mentions: - @_Illegible | name: illegible | id_str: 1655697596504219648 urls: - short: https://t.co/Y9g2tD2IG8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @_Illegible https://t.co/Y9g2tD2IG8 https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_Illegible https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1912699845405749705 chronological_index: 2257 archive_order_index: 1175 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-17T02:49:14Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 17 02:49:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912699845405749705 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912699845405749705 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MikePaquet52685 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912682661648257149 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1799195257113903104 mentions: - @MikePaquet52685 | name: Mike Paquette | id_str: 1799195257113903104 - @peterhartree | name: Peter Hartree | id_str: 203890348 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @MikePaquet52685 @peterhartree had a great metaphor a couple years ago asking whether AI risk was closer to a minefield (go slow & carefully around dangers) or sniper run (go fast before something hits you). I think it’s closer to a sniper run with a possible race condition, but the challenges… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MikePaquet52685 @peterhartree had a great metaphor a couple years ago asking whether AI risk was closer to a minefield (go slow & carefully around dangers) or sniper run (go fast before something hits you). I think it’s closer to a sniper run with a possible race condition, but the challenges… ### tweet 1912892311752917066 chronological_index: 2258 archive_order_index: 1174 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-17T15:34:01Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 17 15:34:01 +0000 2025 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912892311752917066 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912892311752917066 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 473 retweet_count: 31 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 urls: - short: https://t.co/spRl20oNpV expanded: https://youtu.be/nC0UU3Ygjy0 display: youtu.be/nC0UU3Ygjy0 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Had a lovely conversation with @drmichaellevin about distributed stress minimization, vasocomputation, & consciousness — The most interesting type of biology is an exploration of “what kind of thing we are” and I think we got into that here https://t.co/spRl20oNpV text_with_expanded_urls: |- Had a lovely conversation with @drmichaellevin about distributed stress minimization, vasocomputation, & consciousness — The most interesting type of biology is an exploration of “what kind of thing we are” and I think we got into that here https://youtu.be/nC0UU3Ygjy0 ### tweet 1912904394397618329 chronological_index: 2259 archive_order_index: 1173 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-17T16:22:02Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 17 16:22:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912904394397618329 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912904394397618329 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: drmichaellevin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912900613496570178 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1467127267 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin Thanks Michael! Was a really fun conversation text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin Thanks Michael! Was a really fun conversation ### tweet 1912937161869169128 chronological_index: 2260 archive_order_index: 1172 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-17T18:32:14Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 17 18:32:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1912937161869169128 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912937161869169128 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1912931673647489337 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin The challenge in these topics is taking a high-level observation and merging it with a low-level mechanism. We have a working definition of stress, but specifying the mechanism might help us reimagine many more things as "stress minimization" text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin The challenge in these topics is taking a high-level observation and merging it with a low-level mechanism. We have a working definition of stress, but specifying the mechanism might help us reimagine many more things as "stress minimization" ### tweet 1913044028993814774 chronological_index: 2261 archive_order_index: 1171 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-18T01:36:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 18 01:36:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1913044028993814774 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1913044028993814774 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 124 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1913042721238851937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @yoltartar That makes a lot of sense to me; sort of a combination of pushing a high-energy (annealing) state & the squeaky wheel gets the grease text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar That makes a lot of sense to me; sort of a combination of pushing a high-energy (annealing) state & the squeaky wheel gets the grease ### tweet 1913107455917392157 chronological_index: 2262 archive_order_index: 1170 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-18T05:48:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 18 05:48:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1913107455917392157 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1913107455917392157 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1913070983231262832 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk @drmichaellevin That could be; I should figure out a better recording setup text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk @drmichaellevin That could be; I should figure out a better recording setup ### tweet 1913231425463259238 chronological_index: 2263 archive_order_index: 1169 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-18T14:01:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 18 14:01:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1913231425463259238 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1913231425463259238 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1913229629848195411 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear Aesthetic taste seems prior, and how humans vs AIs build that seems important to understand text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Aesthetic taste seems prior, and how humans vs AIs build that seems important to understand ### tweet 1913232433341956417 chronological_index: 2264 archive_order_index: 1168 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-18T14:05:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 18 14:05:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1913232433341956417 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1913232433341956417 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1913231700211245060 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear They seem like the same thing to me, but there may be a useful distinction text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear They seem like the same thing to me, but there may be a useful distinction ### tweet 1913252652206739495 chronological_index: 2265 archive_order_index: 1167 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-18T15:25:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 18 15:25:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1913252652206739495 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1913252652206739495 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RubenLaukkonen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1913140169215004956 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1463715452 mentions: - @RubenLaukkonen | name: Ruben Laukkonen | id_str: 1463715452 text_raw: |- @RubenLaukkonen Writing seems to encode mental movements; my favorite kind of writing lines up a bunch of terms then demonstrates a release text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RubenLaukkonen Writing seems to encode mental movements; my favorite kind of writing lines up a bunch of terms then demonstrates a release ### tweet 1914713523537825866 chronological_index: 2266 archive_order_index: 1166 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-22T16:10:52Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 22 16:10:52 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1914713523537825866 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1914713523537825866 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 43 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/ZbEAYOz6Ti expanded: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1911871594185576580 display: x.com/JoinEdgeCity/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I'll be here! Good opportunity if you want to collaborate/chat https://t.co/ZbEAYOz6Ti text_with_expanded_urls: |- I'll be here! Good opportunity if you want to collaborate/chat https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1911871594185576580 ### tweet 1914714540966912242 chronological_index: 2267 archive_order_index: 1165 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-22T16:14:54Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 22 16:14:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1914714540966912242 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1914714540966912242 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1914700783997817222 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear I think one of the most interesting neurotech theses is "emotional coprocessor" The techno-woo frame might be "synthetic chakra" text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear I think one of the most interesting neurotech theses is "emotional coprocessor" The techno-woo frame might be "synthetic chakra" ### tweet 1915143368323326425 chronological_index: 2268 archive_order_index: 1164 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-23T20:38:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 23 20:38:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915143368323326425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915143368323326425 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915059935358140611 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I suspect HRV might be a proxy for how “open” the heart is — if true, HRV should go down during stress, but *especially* emotional stress & blocked feelings (“heavy/closed heart”). HRV should go up during periods of health & rest, but *way up* when you’re in love text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I suspect HRV might be a proxy for how “open” the heart is — if true, HRV should go down during stress, but *especially* emotional stress & blocked feelings (“heavy/closed heart”). HRV should go up during periods of health & rest, but *way up* when you’re in love ### tweet 1915144856995061938 chronological_index: 2269 archive_order_index: 1163 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-23T20:44:50Z created_at_raw: Wed Apr 23 20:44:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915144856995061938 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915144856995061938 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915144265791135968 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I’m imagining the Vajrayana Olympics & the Netflix documentary following the no-holds-barred quest to maximally open each chakra (with plausible biomarkers) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I’m imagining the Vajrayana Olympics & the Netflix documentary following the no-holds-barred quest to maximally open each chakra (with plausible biomarkers) ### tweet 1915421912593031173 chronological_index: 2270 archive_order_index: 1162 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-24T15:05:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 24 15:05:45 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915421912593031173 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915421912593031173 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/eQDECxWXGo expanded: https://x.com/QuantaMagazine/status/1911473207661437164 display: x.com/QuantaMagazine… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- To date, I expect progress in AI to have spawned novel sorts of qualia only insofar as our desire for compute has led to the creation of novel materials, including & especially exotic quantum materials This doesn’t mean we’ve made ‘zero’ new kinds of minds — modern transistors… https://t.co/eQDECxWXGo text_with_expanded_urls: |- To date, I expect progress in AI to have spawned novel sorts of qualia only insofar as our desire for compute has led to the creation of novel materials, including & especially exotic quantum materials This doesn’t mean we’ve made ‘zero’ new kinds of minds — modern transistors… https://x.com/QuantaMagazine/status/1911473207661437164 ### tweet 1915422916453552510 chronological_index: 2271 archive_order_index: 1161 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-24T15:09:44Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 24 15:09:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915422916453552510 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915422916453552510 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915421912593031173 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @rgblong | name: Robert Long | id_str: 1247652517 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… - short: https://t.co/3jjTBXiSOL expanded: https://x.com/rgblong/status/1915211750477287687 display: x.com/rgblong/status… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Research context: Mostly Johnson 2024: A Paradigm for AI Consciousness https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 @rgblong also had a nice thread yesterday, and @Plinz is officially launching soon https://t.co/3jjTBXiSOL text_with_expanded_urls: |- Research context: Mostly Johnson 2024: A Paradigm for AI Consciousness https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ @rgblong also had a nice thread yesterday, and @Plinz is officially launching soon https://x.com/rgblong/status/1915211750477287687 ### tweet 1915432433954283631 chronological_index: 2272 archive_order_index: 1160 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-24T15:47:33Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 24 15:47:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915432433954283631 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915432433954283631 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: stephen_zerfas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915430416108167607 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 298510171 mentions: - @stephen_zerfas | name: Stephen Zerfas | id_str: 298510171 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @stephen_zerfas @nickcammarata Very nice; I would definitely watch that documentary text_with_expanded_urls: |- @stephen_zerfas @nickcammarata Very nice; I would definitely watch that documentary ### tweet 1915469428436898066 chronological_index: 2273 archive_order_index: 1159 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-24T18:14:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 24 18:14:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915469428436898066 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915469428436898066 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915467820399317372 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 urls: - short: https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia Not as-such, but I expect the GPUs they’re running on to have associated consciousness: https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia Not as-such, but I expect the GPUs they’re running on to have associated consciousness: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 ### tweet 1915500066292601023 chronological_index: 2274 archive_order_index: 1158 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-24T20:16:18Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 24 20:16:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915500066292601023 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915500066292601023 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915498607844954605 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper In the biological context, I somewhat expect the voltage differential between the anatomical center of consciousness (let’s say the ~thalamus) and the edge of the brain to correlate with intensity of experience / energy parameter — down with age, up with intense experiences On… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper In the biological context, I somewhat expect the voltage differential between the anatomical center of consciousness (let’s say the ~thalamus) and the edge of the brain to correlate with intensity of experience / energy parameter — down with age, up with intense experiences On… ### tweet 1915564191425122543 chronological_index: 2275 archive_order_index: 1157 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-25T00:31:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 25 00:31:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915564191425122543 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915564191425122543 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chris_percy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915545096704926107 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 171556098 mentions: - @chris_percy | name: Chris Percy | id_str: 171556098 - @eleosai | name: Eleos AI Research | id_str: 1848463540228866048 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915564191425122543/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpVzetBbMAAQZbW.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/FDVLFyVGmO possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @chris_percy @eleosai Thanks Chris! I think that’s important work. Fwiw here’s how I’m thinking about this: imo computational introspection (per that paper) mostly overlaps with qualia self-report in humans, but may not in LLMs, because we’ve transplanted the reporting machinery across substrates… https://t.co/FDVLFyVGmO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chris_percy @eleosai Thanks Chris! I think that’s important work. Fwiw here’s how I’m thinking about this: imo computational introspection (per that paper) mostly overlaps with qualia self-report in humans, but may not in LLMs, because we’ve transplanted the reporting machinery across substrates… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915564191425122543/photo/1 ### tweet 1915857107699859623 chronological_index: 2276 archive_order_index: 1156 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-25T19:55:04Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 25 19:55:04 +0000 2025 kind: tweet lang: zxx tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915857107699859623 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915857107699859623 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 239 retweet_count: 25 urls: - short: https://t.co/cbphIQnCFI expanded: http://x.com/i/article/1915851962660319232 display: x.com/i/article/1915… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- https://t.co/cbphIQnCFI text_with_expanded_urls: |- http://x.com/i/article/1915851962660319232 ### tweet 1915876297253044506 chronological_index: 2277 archive_order_index: 1155 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-25T21:11:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Apr 25 21:11:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1915876297253044506 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915876297253044506 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: paul__is__here in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915875852728078345 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1156281150236553217 mentions: - @paul__is__here | name: Paul | id_str: 1156281150236553217 - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 text_raw: |- @paul__is__here Thanks, I agree! It came up in conversation with @KanizsaBoundary text_with_expanded_urls: |- @paul__is__here Thanks, I agree! It came up in conversation with @KanizsaBoundary ### tweet 1916161769258770603 chronological_index: 2278 archive_order_index: 1154 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-26T16:05:41Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 26 16:05:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1916161769258770603 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916161769258770603 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Hannibal_Fx in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1916149173155401892 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1526474407027298304 mentions: - @Hannibal_Fx | name: ℏ𝛼𝑛𝑛𝑖𝛽𝛼𝓁 𝜙𝜒 | id_str: 1526474407027298304 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916161769258770603/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpeS-WhbEAAK-Mo.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/V2Kskyvk5r - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916161769258770603/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GpeS-WcbQAAd8uE.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/V2Kskyvk5r possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Hannibal_Fx Will touch on this in my next piece but as a quick comment I suspect tension flattens local branchial space (the space from which I believe we should construct the formalism) This would be consistent with the idea that latches constrain the state space of possible experiences https://t.co/V2Kskyvk5r text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Hannibal_Fx Will touch on this in my next piece but as a quick comment I suspect tension flattens local branchial space (the space from which I believe we should construct the formalism) This would be consistent with the idea that latches constrain the state space of possible experiences https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916161769258770603/photo/1 ### tweet 1916162550343118884 chronological_index: 2279 archive_order_index: 1153 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-26T16:08:47Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 26 16:08:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1916162550343118884 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916162550343118884 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: UntaughtMind in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1916159768713994561 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1253074094683234304 mentions: - @UntaughtMind | name: jon | id_str: 1253074094683234304 text_raw: |- @UntaughtMind Thank you! It’s an interesting reframe to say we fashion tools out of the mental patterns we grab, and apply them to other mental contexts. Would agree re: extending the ego text_with_expanded_urls: |- @UntaughtMind Thank you! It’s an interesting reframe to say we fashion tools out of the mental patterns we grab, and apply them to other mental contexts. Would agree re: extending the ego ### tweet 1916311084379869511 chronological_index: 2280 archive_order_index: 1152 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-27T01:59:00Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 27 01:59:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1916311084379869511 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916311084379869511 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1916264647650599183 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @relic_radiation Thanks Elena! I think both fascia & VSMCs shape sensation, though I focus on VSMC dynamics as ‘computational’ due to issues of neural access, speed, & precision: - Neural access: fascia in general has good access to nerves, but not to the brain itself — fascia wraps the brain… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation Thanks Elena! I think both fascia & VSMCs shape sensation, though I focus on VSMC dynamics as ‘computational’ due to issues of neural access, speed, & precision: - Neural access: fascia in general has good access to nerves, but not to the brain itself — fascia wraps the brain… ### tweet 1916520414593090007 chronological_index: 2281 archive_order_index: 1151 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-27T15:50:48Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 27 15:50:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1916520414593090007 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916520414593090007 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1863595299056517410 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/X3D0LpsOoB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916311084379869511 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Adding my notes on VSMCs vs fascia to this thread https://t.co/X3D0LpsOoB text_with_expanded_urls: |- Adding my notes on VSMCs vs fascia to this thread https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916311084379869511 ### tweet 1916915140349595857 chronological_index: 2282 archive_order_index: 1150 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-28T17:59:18Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 28 17:59:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1916915140349595857 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916915140349595857 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: anglerfish01 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1916909590937047305 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1365549023059456000 mentions: - @anglerfish01 | name: angLerfish | id_str: 1365549023059456000 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 urls: - short: https://t.co/bx540aex2p expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915143368323326425 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @anglerfish01 @nickcammarata My sense is heart activity is particularly coherent — neurons fire stochastically across lots of EM vectors, whereas every muscle is an ensemble, cells pulling together at the same time We might be in for some surprises in terms of whether neurons or muscle cells contribute more… https://t.co/bx540aex2p text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anglerfish01 @nickcammarata My sense is heart activity is particularly coherent — neurons fire stochastically across lots of EM vectors, whereas every muscle is an ensemble, cells pulling together at the same time We might be in for some surprises in terms of whether neurons or muscle cells contribute more… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915143368323326425 ### tweet 1916932032745378106 chronological_index: 2283 archive_order_index: 1149 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-28T19:06:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 28 19:06:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1916932032745378106 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916932032745378106 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: relic_radiation in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1916926243913797658 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 584224699 mentions: - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916932032745378106/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GppPhhmaoAAtl34.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/im3Cfcjam5 - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916932032745378106/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GppPhhnbcAAEJcY.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/im3Cfcjam5 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @relic_radiation o3 thinks we’re both right — fascia-as-control-layer plausibly has ~cm resolution, whereas fascia-as-material has features/torsions at <10um https://t.co/im3Cfcjam5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @relic_radiation o3 thinks we’re both right — fascia-as-control-layer plausibly has ~cm resolution, whereas fascia-as-material has features/torsions at <10um https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916932032745378106/photo/1 ### tweet 1916983317955809503 chronological_index: 2284 archive_order_index: 1148 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-28T22:30:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Apr 28 22:30:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1916983317955809503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916983317955809503 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jd_pressman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1916975631721762961 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 829108178059096064 mentions: - @jd_pressman | name: John David Pressman | id_str: 829108178059096064 urls: - short: https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jd_pressman I expect being the first prominent AI lab that claims models are conscious and that their welfare matters makes all models from all labs more aligned with your interests https://t.co/XEcTpuBIiW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jd_pressman I expect being the first prominent AI lab that claims models are conscious and that their welfare matters makes all models from all labs more aligned with your interests https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 ### tweet 1917222981530775571 chronological_index: 2285 archive_order_index: 1147 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-04-29T14:22:33Z created_at_raw: Tue Apr 29 14:22:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1917222981530775571 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1917222981530775571 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QuintinPope5 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1917095995294318616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1266823118439346177 mentions: - @QuintinPope5 | name: Quintin Pope | id_str: 1266823118439346177 - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 - @fish_kyle3 | name: Kyle Fish | id_str: 847507489285316608 text_raw: |- @QuintinPope5 @repligate @fish_kyle3 False negatives are bad; false positives are also bad, in a very different way text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QuintinPope5 @repligate @fish_kyle3 False negatives are bad; false positives are also bad, in a very different way ## 2025-05 ### tweet 1919487256580260199 chronological_index: 2286 archive_order_index: 1146 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-05T20:19:58Z created_at_raw: Mon May 05 20:19:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1919487256580260199 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1919487256580260199 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 52 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1879362451067859300 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @anabology | name: anabology | id_str: 1650509966388731904 urls: - short: https://t.co/L6suBqyKry expanded: https://x.com/anabology/status/1919444508518891673 display: x.com/anabology/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think the honey diet by @anabology is the most interesting new diet this decade — derived from peat’s work but also very fresh first-principles thinking https://t.co/L6suBqyKry text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think the honey diet by @anabology is the most interesting new diet this decade — derived from peat’s work but also very fresh first-principles thinking https://x.com/anabology/status/1919444508518891673 ### tweet 1919798181593805093 chronological_index: 2287 archive_order_index: 1145 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-06T16:55:29Z created_at_raw: Tue May 06 16:55:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1919798181593805093 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1919798181593805093 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1919794802503164376 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @ChrisChipMonk @TylerAlterman Kids are fantastic at reading vibes before they get RLHF’d; “learning to read people” is mostly relearning how to honor your subtle emotional reactions to people rather than auto-accepting tacit requests from people about how they want to be seen text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisChipMonk @TylerAlterman Kids are fantastic at reading vibes before they get RLHF’d; “learning to read people” is mostly relearning how to honor your subtle emotional reactions to people rather than auto-accepting tacit requests from people about how they want to be seen ### tweet 1919810831111618969 chronological_index: 2288 archive_order_index: 1144 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-06T17:45:45Z created_at_raw: Tue May 06 17:45:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1919810831111618969 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1919810831111618969 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: metabolicwave in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1919788444676391379 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1614296736 mentions: - @metabolicwave | name: Matt | id_str: 1614296736 urls: - short: https://t.co/vI7bIH65HM expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1919102738727645289 display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @metabolicwave Difficult to open the gateless gate when it’s microspasming https://t.co/vI7bIH65HM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @metabolicwave Difficult to open the gateless gate when it’s microspasming https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1919102738727645289 ### tweet 1922323132389396631 chronological_index: 2289 archive_order_index: 1143 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-13T16:08:44Z created_at_raw: Tue May 13 16:08:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1922323132389396631 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1922323132389396631 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1922316572275650630 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear Our flavor of active inference seems to conflate what is, what could be, what should be, and what will be — we merge all these into a lump perception. Changing one of these will shift others; systems will defend all of them, but each will be defended *differently* text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear Our flavor of active inference seems to conflate what is, what could be, what should be, and what will be — we merge all these into a lump perception. Changing one of these will shift others; systems will defend all of them, but each will be defended *differently* ### tweet 1923425861794951520 chronological_index: 2290 archive_order_index: 1142 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-16T17:10:35Z created_at_raw: Fri May 16 17:10:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1923425861794951520 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1923425861794951520 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1923411687295594600 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov “There exists an end-point where all my predictions will resolve and the tensions I hold dissolve” — heaven text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov “There exists an end-point where all my predictions will resolve and the tensions I hold dissolve” — heaven ### tweet 1923929136080486886 chronological_index: 2291 archive_order_index: 1141 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-18T02:30:25Z created_at_raw: Sun May 18 02:30:25 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1923929136080486886 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1923929136080486886 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anabology in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1923925490420646237 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1650509966388731904 mentions: - @anabology | name: anabology | id_str: 1650509966388731904 urls: - short: https://t.co/hDT2Ee9PJy expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744715336321061170 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @anabology The singularity will hit different if we’re complexity-capped https://t.co/hDT2Ee9PJy text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anabology The singularity will hit different if we’re complexity-capped https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1744715336321061170 ### tweet 1924136348161905052 chronological_index: 2292 archive_order_index: 1140 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-18T16:13:48Z created_at_raw: Sun May 18 16:13:48 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924136348161905052 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924136348161905052 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 248 retweet_count: 19 mentions: - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 urls: - short: https://t.co/TLVEXVxrR5 expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1923655280287527162 display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Modern life has a puzzling “vanishing physiognomies” problem — some Types of Guy (and Girl) just aren’t around anymore. It’s too quick a shift to be genetic. But it could be hormonal I kind of suspect “more autism in the water supply.”@crimkadid was reviewing demographics of… https://t.co/TLVEXVxrR5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Modern life has a puzzling “vanishing physiognomies” problem — some Types of Guy (and Girl) just aren’t around anymore. It’s too quick a shift to be genetic. But it could be hormonal I kind of suspect “more autism in the water supply.”@crimkadid was reviewing demographics of… https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1923655280287527162 ### tweet 1924136634565697608 chronological_index: 2293 archive_order_index: 1139 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-18T16:14:57Z created_at_raw: Sun May 18 16:14:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924136634565697608 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924136634565697608 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924136348161905052 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Autism as a Disorder of Dimensionality (2023): https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Autism as a Disorder of Dimensionality (2023): https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1924147369391874048 chronological_index: 2294 archive_order_index: 1138 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-18T16:57:36Z created_at_raw: Sun May 18 16:57:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924147369391874048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924147369391874048 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924142405399314898 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 @crimkadid Hard to say whether it’s adaptive or not (individual vs egregore), but IMO it does point toward the importance of metabolism: if someone has the power plants to support extra neurons maybe some good things will happen in these new model nervous systems. If not, only bad things text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 @crimkadid Hard to say whether it’s adaptive or not (individual vs egregore), but IMO it does point toward the importance of metabolism: if someone has the power plants to support extra neurons maybe some good things will happen in these new model nervous systems. If not, only bad things ### tweet 1924200073766051982 chronological_index: 2295 archive_order_index: 1137 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-18T20:27:02Z created_at_raw: Sun May 18 20:27:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924200073766051982 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924200073766051982 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924196951563915762 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 urls: - short: https://t.co/aTV7wBe4Vj expanded: https://raypeat.com/articles/aging/aging-estrogen-progesterone.shtml display: raypeat.com/articles/aging… - short: https://t.co/fo6fqCqw3u expanded: https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/natural-estrogens.shtml display: raypeat.com/articles/artic… - short: https://t.co/Gpf1zJgD0X expanded: https://x.com/BioavailableNd/status/1922266198865047863 display: x.com/BioavailableNd… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @crimkadid Peat’s work would be canonical, e.g. https://t.co/aTV7wBe4Vj https://t.co/fo6fqCqw3u The general idea is that estrogen has been branded the female hormone, but progesterone is a much better fit for that. Estrogen more coupled w serotonin & cortisol, and oddly involved in… https://t.co/Gpf1zJgD0X text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @crimkadid Peat’s work would be canonical, e.g. https://raypeat.com/articles/aging/aging-estrogen-progesterone.shtml https://raypeat.com/articles/articles/natural-estrogens.shtml The general idea is that estrogen has been branded the female hormone, but progesterone is a much better fit for that. Estrogen more coupled w serotonin & cortisol, and oddly involved in… https://x.com/BioavailableNd/status/1922266198865047863 ### tweet 1924214513366433860 chronological_index: 2296 archive_order_index: 1136 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-18T21:24:24Z created_at_raw: Sun May 18 21:24:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924214513366433860 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924214513366433860 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924206566401777760 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @crimkadid Yeah I think it’s not a one-dimensional thing (there are many forms of stress & many forms of estrogen-like substances); aromatase-during-stress would be one concrete angle here The Peat perspective seems to be (1) estrogen can be physiologically useful for certain short-term… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @crimkadid Yeah I think it’s not a one-dimensional thing (there are many forms of stress & many forms of estrogen-like substances); aromatase-during-stress would be one concrete angle here The Peat perspective seems to be (1) estrogen can be physiologically useful for certain short-term… ### tweet 1924277488299237646 chronological_index: 2297 archive_order_index: 1135 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-19T01:34:39Z created_at_raw: Mon May 19 01:34:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924277488299237646 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924277488299237646 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924267430345392633 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 @crimkadid I should probably write more about this, but if you squint at https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY you can sort of see an ideal parenting outline Healthy diet/lifestyle for sure, and “give kids tools to gracefully manage high-dimensional failure modes” is the more subtle pointer text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 @crimkadid I should probably write more about this, but if you squint at https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ you can sort of see an ideal parenting outline Healthy diet/lifestyle for sure, and “give kids tools to gracefully manage high-dimensional failure modes” is the more subtle pointer ### tweet 1924284893141577761 chronological_index: 2298 archive_order_index: 1134 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-19T02:04:04Z created_at_raw: Mon May 19 02:04:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924284893141577761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924284893141577761 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924280514913169701 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 - @niplav_site | name: niplav is | id_str: 1660990683446931457 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd @niplav_site The Complexity of Value Thesis is taken as default in most alignment discussions and it’s also really really weird when you examine it https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd @niplav_site The Complexity of Value Thesis is taken as default in most alignment discussions and it’s also really really weird when you examine it https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 1924498061008806364 chronological_index: 2299 archive_order_index: 1133 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-19T16:11:07Z created_at_raw: Mon May 19 16:11:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924498061008806364 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924498061008806364 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924489744332759215 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @crimkadid | name: Uriah | id_str: 1428944978 text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @crimkadid I see some communities prioritizing very large families & some promising reproductive tech on the horizon. But I am worried about the state of the average endocrine system & effects of that on multi-generational fertility. Solvable problem but current path is bad text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @crimkadid I see some communities prioritizing very large families & some promising reproductive tech on the horizon. But I am worried about the state of the average endocrine system & effects of that on multi-generational fertility. Solvable problem but current path is bad ### tweet 1924587592923939245 chronological_index: 2300 archive_order_index: 1132 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-19T22:06:53Z created_at_raw: Mon May 19 22:06:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1924587592923939245 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1924587592923939245 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mayfer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1924572325992714267 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14103325 mentions: - @mayfer | name: murat 🍥 | id_str: 14103325 text_raw: |- @mayfer Yes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mayfer Yes ### tweet 1925132074375426062 chronological_index: 2301 archive_order_index: 1131 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-21T10:10:28Z created_at_raw: Wed May 21 10:10:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1925132074375426062 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1925132074375426062 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: generalcompeten in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1925119660116127932 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1212067064438906882 mentions: - @generalcompeten | name: LLLLL | id_str: 1212067064438906882 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @generalcompeten I think there’s an interesting story here although I’d stop short of saying this is ‘needed’ for better visualization — CO2 is one of the most potent vasodilators; “breathwork” is a big umbrella but one thing it plausibly does across the board is mobilize the body’s CO2 stores.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @generalcompeten I think there’s an interesting story here although I’d stop short of saying this is ‘needed’ for better visualization — CO2 is one of the most potent vasodilators; “breathwork” is a big umbrella but one thing it plausibly does across the board is mobilize the body’s CO2 stores.… ### tweet 1925591786329973176 chronological_index: 2302 archive_order_index: 1130 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-22T16:37:12Z created_at_raw: Thu May 22 16:37:12 +0000 2025 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1925591786329973176 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1925591786329973176 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 1 text_raw: |- Chekhov’s Gun, except instead of a gun it’s 1T-3T multi-lingual, +2SD chain-of-thought reasoning tokens about the ethics of superintelligence, with extensive edge-cases & unit tests (Catholic theology) text_with_expanded_urls: |- Chekhov’s Gun, except instead of a gun it’s 1T-3T multi-lingual, +2SD chain-of-thought reasoning tokens about the ethics of superintelligence, with extensive edge-cases & unit tests (Catholic theology) ### tweet 1925960865058058528 chronological_index: 2303 archive_order_index: 1129 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-23T17:03:47Z created_at_raw: Fri May 23 17:03:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1925960865058058528 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1925960865058058528 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1925954180163805402 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Most billionaire projects today came from imprinting on ambient sci-fi during adolescence and trying to make it real We don’t have many good stories about what minds are, let alone what they could be. It seems like the most important thing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Most billionaire projects today came from imprinting on ambient sci-fi during adolescence and trying to make it real We don’t have many good stories about what minds are, let alone what they could be. It seems like the most important thing ### tweet 1927575572852461700 chronological_index: 2304 archive_order_index: 1128 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-28T04:00:03Z created_at_raw: Wed May 28 04:00:03 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1927575572852461700 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1927575572852461700 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/jurzDHDCKU expanded: https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1927432781652525538 display: x.com/nickcammarata/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think Nick & Goodfire are doing the most important mechanistic interpretability work in the world, and mech interp gets us AI models that we can better understand, make beautiful, and steer towards The Good (Insofar as we understand The Good) https://t.co/jurzDHDCKU text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think Nick & Goodfire are doing the most important mechanistic interpretability work in the world, and mech interp gets us AI models that we can better understand, make beautiful, and steer towards The Good (Insofar as we understand The Good) https://x.com/nickcammarata/status/1927432781652525538 ### tweet 1927820514900217869 chronological_index: 2305 archive_order_index: 1127 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-28T20:13:22Z created_at_raw: Wed May 28 20:13:22 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1927820514900217869 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1927820514900217869 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 90 retweet_count: 6 mentions: - @analoguegroup | name: Analogue | id_str: 1849166544175067136 urls: - short: https://t.co/PwzW3c57bk expanded: https://x.com/analoguegroup/status/1927777819460767897 display: x.com/analoguegroup/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Had a great time chatting with the @analoguegroup crew about vasocomputation, research taste, and building new idea-structures. Deep lore episode https://t.co/PwzW3c57bk text_with_expanded_urls: |- Had a great time chatting with the @analoguegroup crew about vasocomputation, research taste, and building new idea-structures. Deep lore episode https://x.com/analoguegroup/status/1927777819460767897 ### tweet 1927831455213719565 chronological_index: 2306 archive_order_index: 1126 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-28T20:56:50Z created_at_raw: Wed May 28 20:56:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1927831455213719565 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1927831455213719565 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1927820514900217869 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/4qA6OZZTwj expanded: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4i26YQN7rIuLidvbTHYpgs?si=FsFtlVf7SVeYKMKuWvxeOw&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2eZlF3jysBAElDVwXaaLWa display: open.spotify.com/episode/4i26YQ… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Full episode: https://t.co/4qA6OZZTwj text_with_expanded_urls: |- Full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4i26YQN7rIuLidvbTHYpgs?si=FsFtlVf7SVeYKMKuWvxeOw&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2eZlF3jysBAElDVwXaaLWa ### tweet 1928096623760134496 chronological_index: 2307 archive_order_index: 1125 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-05-29T14:30:32Z created_at_raw: Thu May 29 14:30:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1928096623760134496 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1928096623760134496 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 2cSynek in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1927991439675289963 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1667846525827833859 mentions: - @2cSynek | name: Synek | id_str: 1667846525827833859 - @analoguegroup | name: Analogue | id_str: 1849166544175067136 text_raw: |- @2cSynek @analoguegroup There was a minor recording issue with the audio at some point text_with_expanded_urls: |- @2cSynek @analoguegroup There was a minor recording issue with the audio at some point ## 2025-06 ### tweet 1929597205457129801 chronological_index: 2308 archive_order_index: 1124 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-02T17:53:18Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 02 17:53:18 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1929597205457129801 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1929597205457129801 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: JoinEdgeCity mentions: - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @JoinEdgeCity: Michael Edward Johnson (@johnsonmxe) came to Edge Esmeralda to lead Consciousness Week, unpack the science of the human m… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @JoinEdgeCity: Michael Edward Johnson (@johnsonmxe) came to Edge Esmeralda to lead Consciousness Week, unpack the science of the human m… ### tweet 1929651327812227142 chronological_index: 2309 archive_order_index: 1123 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-02T21:28:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 02 21:28:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1929651327812227142 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1929651327812227142 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JoinEdgeCity in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1929595792148385889 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1612275917140951042 mentions: - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1929651327812227142/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gsd_p5Lb0AYNnH4.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/SWPtwXRRVr possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @JoinEdgeCity https://t.co/SWPtwXRRVr text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JoinEdgeCity https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1929651327812227142/photo/1 ### tweet 1929757282524713213 chronological_index: 2310 archive_order_index: 1122 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-03T04:29:23Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 03 04:29:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1929757282524713213 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1929757282524713213 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1929668093925523760 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @dkazand | name: Daniel | id_str: 239559026 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @dkazand @JoinEdgeCity lol I feel too seen Next one! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @dkazand @JoinEdgeCity lol I feel too seen Next one! ### tweet 1930062684059512997 chronological_index: 2311 archive_order_index: 1121 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-04T00:42:57Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 04 00:42:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1930062684059512997 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1930062684059512997 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 90 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915857107699859623 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/xSG6Zc0ypy expanded: https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1312568655784423427 display: x.com/crimkadid/stat… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1930062684059512997/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gsj1xNPaMAAhAKs.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/wOoeG1Zuoc - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1930062684059512997/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gsj1xNIasAEfImq.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/wOoeG1Zuoc - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1930062684059512997/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gsj1xNGaMAAgpLa.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/wOoeG1Zuoc possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Something important here https://t.co/xSG6Zc0ypy https://t.co/wOoeG1Zuoc text_with_expanded_urls: |- Something important here https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1312568655784423427 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1930062684059512997/photo/1 ### tweet 1931332683042562372 chronological_index: 2312 archive_order_index: 1120 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-07T12:49:28Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 07 12:49:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1931332683042562372 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1931332683042562372 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lemonautzest in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1930415441509527781 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 975195974879477761 urls: - short: https://t.co/gzalC9stJB expanded: https://x.com/T3Uncoupled/status/1931084698434019393 display: x.com/T3Uncoupled/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @lemonaut1 I don’t know of any studies on grip strength specifically but that is the general pattern https://t.co/gzalC9stJB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lemonaut1 I don’t know of any studies on grip strength specifically but that is the general pattern https://x.com/T3Uncoupled/status/1931084698434019393 ### tweet 1932130041284149632 chronological_index: 2313 archive_order_index: 1119 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-09T17:37:53Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 09 17:37:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1932130041284149632 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 102 retweet_count: 9 in_reply_to_screen_name: letclaudiatweet in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932095190375833663 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1843718506048548864 mentions: - @letclaudiatweet | name: claudia ! | id_str: 1843718506048548864 urls: - short: https://t.co/bmKU6EVkGI expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1930062684059512997 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @letclaudiatweet My theory of the last 80 years: Strong men make Better Living Through Chemistry BLTC makes -1SD grip strength -1SD grip strength makes hard times (I expect physical grip strength <=> mental grip strength) https://t.co/bmKU6EVkGI text_with_expanded_urls: |- @letclaudiatweet My theory of the last 80 years: Strong men make Better Living Through Chemistry BLTC makes -1SD grip strength -1SD grip strength makes hard times (I expect physical grip strength <=> mental grip strength) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1930062684059512997 ### tweet 1932135980896829852 chronological_index: 2314 archive_order_index: 1118 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-09T18:01:29Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 09 18:01:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1932135980896829852 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932135980896829852 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932134395860644180 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 mentions: - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 - @letclaudiatweet | name: claudia ! | id_str: 1843718506048548864 urls: - short: https://t.co/LJEFtVZKyc expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915857107699859623 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @letclaudiatweet I think you could synthesize my view from vasocomputation + autism as a disorder of dimensionality + hands & the origin of samsara — tl;dr is that overparametrized nervous systems struggle with neural&muscle coherence, reducing [both mental & physical] grip strength https://t.co/LJEFtVZKyc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @letclaudiatweet I think you could synthesize my view from vasocomputation + autism as a disorder of dimensionality + hands & the origin of samsara — tl;dr is that overparametrized nervous systems struggle with neural&muscle coherence, reducing [both mental & physical] grip strength https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915857107699859623 ### tweet 1932149467312275482 chronological_index: 2315 archive_order_index: 1117 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-09T18:55:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 09 18:55:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1932149467312275482 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932149467312275482 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: letclaudiatweet in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932145597319880853 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1843718506048548864 mentions: - @letclaudiatweet | name: claudia ! | id_str: 1843718506048548864 - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @letclaudiatweet @Gestalt_enjoyer Getting into the habit of thinking about a problem until you get a result can be useful; The Visuddhimagga (5th c.) listed 40 different concentration objects for meditation, presumably to exercise different mental muscles Today you might find similar mental athletes doing Super… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @letclaudiatweet @Gestalt_enjoyer Getting into the habit of thinking about a problem until you get a result can be useful; The Visuddhimagga (5th c.) listed 40 different concentration objects for meditation, presumably to exercise different mental muscles Today you might find similar mental athletes doing Super… ### tweet 1932280755297882437 chronological_index: 2316 archive_order_index: 1116 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-10T03:36:46Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 10 03:36:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1932280755297882437 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932280755297882437 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932277353196999081 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv Concentric circles of civilization as latch-complexes / coordinated constraints on dynamic range text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv Concentric circles of civilization as latch-complexes / coordinated constraints on dynamic range ### tweet 1932571984577376291 chronological_index: 2317 archive_order_index: 1115 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-10T22:54:01Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 10 22:54:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1932571984577376291 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932571984577376291 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: agiornot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932535784298443238 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1923487049572892672 mentions: - @agiornot | name: Aziul | id_str: 1923487049572892672 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @agiornot @danfaggella Thanks! Hope to post about it soon text_with_expanded_urls: |- @agiornot @danfaggella Thanks! Hope to post about it soon ### tweet 1932917249100398932 chronological_index: 2318 archive_order_index: 1114 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-11T21:45:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 11 21:45:58 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1932917249100398932 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932917249100398932 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 2 mentions: - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 urls: - short: https://t.co/aMpH6g5AJF expanded: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1932887811352350735 display: x.com/JoinEdgeCity/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Having a really great time at @JoinEdgeCity! Will post my talks soon https://t.co/aMpH6g5AJF text_with_expanded_urls: |- Having a really great time at @JoinEdgeCity! Will post my talks soon https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1932887811352350735 ### tweet 1932933879339634957 chronological_index: 2319 archive_order_index: 1113 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-11T22:52:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 11 22:52:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1932933879339634957 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932933879339634957 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932930855892320709 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @yoltartar Sounds like a bunch of latches popping off then reforming — really curious about long-term effects text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @yoltartar Sounds like a bunch of latches popping off then reforming — really curious about long-term effects ### tweet 1935074042526195817 chronological_index: 2320 archive_order_index: 1112 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-17T20:36:18Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 17 20:36:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1935074042526195817 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1935074042526195817 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: timourxyz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1935061216034267240 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1434834940554891267 mentions: - @timourxyz | name: timour kosters | id_str: 1434834940554891267 text_raw: |- @timourxyz Makes sense! We probably get literally more “consciousness area under the curve” when novel (surprising,fresh) things are happening text_with_expanded_urls: |- @timourxyz Makes sense! We probably get literally more “consciousness area under the curve” when novel (surprising,fresh) things are happening ### tweet 1935931443567640855 chronological_index: 2321 archive_order_index: 1111 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-20T05:23:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 20 05:23:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1935931443567640855 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1935931443567640855 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1915857107699859623 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/2N3j662Y1z expanded: https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1935929417668132990 display: x.com/Rainmaker1973/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Clench pleiotropy: when clenching one muscle also clenches another muscle which isn’t necessary for the original movement Easy to notice in skeletal muscle movements, more difficult to notice in smooth/vascular muscle This monkey is a “weak decoupler” https://t.co/2N3j662Y1z text_with_expanded_urls: |- Clench pleiotropy: when clenching one muscle also clenches another muscle which isn’t necessary for the original movement Easy to notice in skeletal muscle movements, more difficult to notice in smooth/vascular muscle This monkey is a “weak decoupler” https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1935929417668132990 ### tweet 1938671461742583827 chronological_index: 2322 archive_order_index: 1110 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-27T18:51:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 27 18:51:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1938671461742583827 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1938671461742583827 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CankayKoryak in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1938651972191637937 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1605923648585535494 mentions: - @CankayKoryak | name: Cankay Koryak | id_str: 1605923648585535494 urls: - short: https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2023/06/new-wh… - short: https://t.co/M0DH7qCogw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2021/07/a-prim… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @CankayKoryak Cankay, you might enjoy this about the Symmetry Theory of Valence — https://t.co/LxV5JNTEls Short version: https://t.co/M0DH7qCogw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CankayKoryak Cankay, you might enjoy this about the Symmetry Theory of Valence — https://opentheory.net/2023/06/new-whitepaper-qualia-formalism-and-a-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ Short version: https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ ### tweet 1939707249154462051 chronological_index: 2323 archive_order_index: 1109 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-30T15:27:00Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 30 15:27:00 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939707249154462051 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939707249154462051 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 45 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/h8mu9yKrKN expanded: https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1939702970074951990 display: x.com/Rainmaker1973/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- If we play our cards right future civilizations may someday make similar videos about humans Humans are already amazing *and* there’s a lot of untapped latent beauty, especially once we’re able to ‘see’ nervous systems https://t.co/h8mu9yKrKN text_with_expanded_urls: |- If we play our cards right future civilizations may someday make similar videos about humans Humans are already amazing *and* there’s a lot of untapped latent beauty, especially once we’re able to ‘see’ nervous systems https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1939702970074951990 ### tweet 1939715497525919780 chronological_index: 2324 archive_order_index: 1108 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-06-30T15:59:47Z created_at_raw: Mon Jun 30 15:59:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939715497525919780 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939715497525919780 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1939709567073448031 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 Future civs will definitely be our mimetic descendants. Whether biology (either actual or simulated) will be the basis for future life depends partly on how quickly & deeply we can understand ourselves & why we’re beautiful/unique ‘If we don’t believe in ourselves, who will?’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 Future civs will definitely be our mimetic descendants. Whether biology (either actual or simulated) will be the basis for future life depends partly on how quickly & deeply we can understand ourselves & why we’re beautiful/unique ‘If we don’t believe in ourselves, who will?’ ## 2025-07 ### tweet 1939854640465776942 chronological_index: 2325 archive_order_index: 1107 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-01T01:12:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 01 01:12:41 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939854640465776942 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939854640465776942 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 97 retweet_count: 7 urls: - short: https://t.co/OEx0Ely8ZN expanded: https://x.com/niplav_site/status/1938919477703311379 display: x.com/niplav_site/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Alien civilizations that optimize for computation will be hard to spot since the computation will likely be distributed & compressed. Dark Forest vibes, snaking across untapped energy gradients Alien civilizations that optimize for qualia will be flashy, creating megascale… https://t.co/OEx0Ely8ZN text_with_expanded_urls: |- Alien civilizations that optimize for computation will be hard to spot since the computation will likely be distributed & compressed. Dark Forest vibes, snaking across untapped energy gradients Alien civilizations that optimize for qualia will be flashy, creating megascale… https://x.com/niplav_site/status/1938919477703311379 ### tweet 1939856008442257705 chronological_index: 2326 archive_order_index: 1106 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-01T01:18:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 01 01:18:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939856008442257705 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939856008442257705 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1939854640465776942 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/cQ8OnBQmmE expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ display: opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia… - short: https://t.co/WKhgOnByJA expanded: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.03394 display: arxiv.org/abs/1705.03394 - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- Research context: - Qualia Astronomy & Proof of Qualia: https://t.co/cQ8OnBQmmE - That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi's paradox: https://t.co/WKhgOnByJA - What’s out there?: https://t.co/36gXJJPMef - Consciousness: a… text_with_expanded_urls: |- Research context: - Qualia Astronomy & Proof of Qualia: https://opentheory.net/2022/06/qualia-astronomy/ - That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi's paradox: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.03394 - What’s out there?: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ - Consciousness: a… ### tweet 1939860928012673278 chronological_index: 2327 archive_order_index: 1105 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-01T01:37:40Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 01 01:37:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939860928012673278 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939860928012673278 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1939859852416934264 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 urls: - short: https://t.co/3QAPBKo1AR expanded: https://akarlin.com/katechon/ display: akarlin.com/katechon/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @powerfultakes Additional context: The Katechon Hypothesis https://t.co/3QAPBKo1AR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerfultakes Additional context: The Katechon Hypothesis https://akarlin.com/katechon/ ### tweet 1939868037408297013 chronological_index: 2328 archive_order_index: 1104 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-01T02:05:55Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 01 02:05:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939868037408297013 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939868037408297013 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1939865847477997795 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 urls: - short: https://t.co/sQYvURDudn expanded: http://arxiv.org/abs/1705.03394 display: arxiv.org/abs/1705.03394 possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RokoMijic Sandberg et al’s aestivation hypothesis suggests the optimal way to optimize the amount of compute from finite negentropy is to wait until very late in the game and maximize parallelism: https://t.co/sQYvURDudn There’s also the notion that sufficiently compressed communication… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic Sandberg et al’s aestivation hypothesis suggests the optimal way to optimize the amount of compute from finite negentropy is to wait until very late in the game and maximize parallelism: http://arxiv.org/abs/1705.03394 There’s also the notion that sufficiently compressed communication… ### tweet 1939870216332497125 chronological_index: 2329 archive_order_index: 1103 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-01T02:14:35Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 01 02:14:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939870216332497125 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939870216332497125 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1939868548664308151 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic Complex game theory here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic Complex game theory here ### tweet 1939871560573350265 chronological_index: 2330 archive_order_index: 1102 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-01T02:19:55Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 01 02:19:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939871560573350265 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939871560573350265 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1939870284942635012 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic The Katechon / Dark Forest objection feels substantial, and I don’t think we understand the game & factions yet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic The Katechon / Dark Forest objection feels substantial, and I don’t think we understand the game & factions yet ### tweet 1939931648776089761 chronological_index: 2331 archive_order_index: 1101 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-01T06:18:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 01 06:18:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1939931648776089761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939931648776089761 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MaxDiffusionRL in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1939897382629462499 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1351134598303019018 mentions: - @MaxDiffusionRL | name: Symplectic Manifold of Awe | id_str: 1351134598303019018 text_raw: |- @MaxDiffusionRL In theory it could go either way; sometimes the most frenetic grip happens when we feel weak. Strength allows a softer touch text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MaxDiffusionRL In theory it could go either way; sometimes the most frenetic grip happens when we feel weak. Strength allows a softer touch ### tweet 1940762901238980619 chronological_index: 2332 archive_order_index: 1100 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-03T13:21:47Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 03 13:21:47 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1940762901238980619 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940762901238980619 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 - @letclaudiatweet | name: claudia ! | id_str: 1843718506048548864 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @letclaudiatweet My theory of the last 80 years: Strong men make Better Living Through Chemistry BLTC makes -1SD grip stre… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: @letclaudiatweet My theory of the last 80 years: Strong men make Better Living Through Chemistry BLTC makes -1SD grip stre… ### tweet 1940990953948336552 chronological_index: 2333 archive_order_index: 1099 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-04T04:27:59Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 04 04:27:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1940990953948336552 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1940981620917543378 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gu_I-9jasAAAWgF.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/jGVMOWKWvt - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Gu_I-9ob0AM9dcs.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/jGVMOWKWvt possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wolftivy @danfaggella 500 years ago, it was reasonable to be an electromagnetic skeptic — anyone arguing that “lightning” “lodestones” “static” & “light” were all the same thing and obeyed the same laws was really going out on a limb. After Faraday & Maxwell, this skepticism became less reasonable —… https://t.co/jGVMOWKWvt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy @danfaggella 500 years ago, it was reasonable to be an electromagnetic skeptic — anyone arguing that “lightning” “lodestones” “static” & “light” were all the same thing and obeyed the same laws was really going out on a limb. After Faraday & Maxwell, this skepticism became less reasonable —… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552/photo/1 ### tweet 1940995245753487674 chronological_index: 2334 archive_order_index: 1098 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-04T04:45:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 04 04:45:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1940995245753487674 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940995245753487674 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1940992027707297817 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @wolftivy @danfaggella “What kind of Wittgensteinian language-game is consciousness?” is my suggestion for how to tease apart different models for what consciousness ‘is’ But the full approach would require building LLM infrastructure for analyzing the ‘shape’ of different language-games text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy @danfaggella “What kind of Wittgensteinian language-game is consciousness?” is my suggestion for how to tease apart different models for what consciousness ‘is’ But the full approach would require building LLM infrastructure for analyzing the ‘shape’ of different language-games ### tweet 1941120637323673687 chronological_index: 2335 archive_order_index: 1097 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-04T13:03:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 04 13:03:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941120637323673687 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941120637323673687 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: jachiam0 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1940738152047714500 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 966815073690730496 mentions: - @jachiam0 | name: Joshua Achiam | id_str: 966815073690730496 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jachiam0 My expectation is that answers to these questions are gated by understanding consciousness, and that “understanding consciousness” is a lot more tractable than generally realized E.g. https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jachiam0 My expectation is that answers to these questions are gated by understanding consciousness, and that “understanding consciousness” is a lot more tractable than generally realized E.g. https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1941185718015099230 chronological_index: 2336 archive_order_index: 1096 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-04T17:21:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 04 17:21:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941185718015099230 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941185718015099230 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932130041284149632 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @letclaudiatweet | name: claudia ! | id_str: 1843718506048548864 urls: - short: https://t.co/vfbnFcCAUe expanded: https://x.com/trikomes/status/1937928615821512763 display: x.com/trikomes/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @letclaudiatweet Shifts in the timbre of minds & egregores https://t.co/vfbnFcCAUe text_with_expanded_urls: |- @letclaudiatweet Shifts in the timbre of minds & egregores https://x.com/trikomes/status/1937928615821512763 ### tweet 1941912228728652079 chronological_index: 2337 archive_order_index: 1095 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T17:28:48Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 17:28:48 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941912228728652079 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941912228728652079 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 140 retweet_count: 6 urls: - short: https://t.co/thoS7Z94Pd expanded: https://x.com/DavidSHolz/status/1941546035266060700 display: x.com/DavidSHolz/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vasocomputation suggests that our programmable ‘software layer’ is tension across smooth muscles; this adjusts the degrees of freedom of our hardware (neurons) Language is a clever channel for abstracting & serializing these vasomuscular motifs, and triggering them in others https://t.co/thoS7Z94Pd text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vasocomputation suggests that our programmable ‘software layer’ is tension across smooth muscles; this adjusts the degrees of freedom of our hardware (neurons) Language is a clever channel for abstracting & serializing these vasomuscular motifs, and triggering them in others https://x.com/DavidSHolz/status/1941546035266060700 ### tweet 1941912806498140306 chronological_index: 2338 archive_order_index: 1094 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T17:31:06Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 17:31:06 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941912806498140306 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941912806498140306 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: johnsonmxe mentions: - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @johnsonmxe: In the beginning there was sensation Humans developed the ability to freeze sensations, then used these frozen pieces to c… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @johnsonmxe: In the beginning there was sensation Humans developed the ability to freeze sensations, then used these frozen pieces to c… ### tweet 1941916781976969276 chronological_index: 2339 archive_order_index: 1093 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T17:46:54Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 17:46:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941916781976969276 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941916781976969276 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1941912873199911241 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia We think of neurons as the ‘intelligent’ cells but all cells are intelligent; Different populations of cells fill different functional roles, eg neurons are specialized in long-range communication while VSMCs administer the reward signal text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia We think of neurons as the ‘intelligent’ cells but all cells are intelligent; Different populations of cells fill different functional roles, eg neurons are specialized in long-range communication while VSMCs administer the reward signal ### tweet 1941917595269247146 chronological_index: 2340 archive_order_index: 1092 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T17:50:08Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 17:50:08 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: fr tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941917595269247146 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941917595269247146 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1941912228728652079 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A bit more on language & vasocomputation: https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV text_with_expanded_urls: |- A bit more on language & vasocomputation: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 ### tweet 1941917719504511293 chronological_index: 2341 archive_order_index: 1091 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T17:50:38Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 17:50:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: fr tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941917719504511293 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941917719504511293 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1941917595269247146 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Vasocomputation primer: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Vasocomputation primer: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1941941802627674333 chronological_index: 2342 archive_order_index: 1090 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T19:26:19Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 19:26:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941941802627674333 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941941802627674333 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: KhattarUdai in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1941936534522851808 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1252553614062567425 mentions: - @KhattarUdai | name: Udai Khattar | id_str: 1252553614062567425 - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @anirbanbandyo | name: AnirbanBandyopadhyay | id_str: 57414449 - @StuartHameroff | name: Stuart Hameroff | id_str: 226159457 - @anirbanbandyo | name: AnirbanBandyopadhyay | id_str: 57414449 - @StuartHameroff | name: Stuart Hameroff | id_str: 226159457 text_raw: |- @KhattarUdai @bostromsutopia @anirbanbandyo @StuartHameroff Vasocomputation doesn’t yet make a strong assertion about the functional role of microtubules, but I agree with @anirbanbandyo & @StuartHameroff‘s critique of ‘cartoon neurons’ Lossy high-level claim: vascular latches take nearby microtubules out of the local processing network text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KhattarUdai @bostromsutopia @anirbanbandyo @StuartHameroff Vasocomputation doesn’t yet make a strong assertion about the functional role of microtubules, but I agree with @anirbanbandyo & @StuartHameroff‘s critique of ‘cartoon neurons’ Lossy high-level claim: vascular latches take nearby microtubules out of the local processing network ### tweet 1941948598192840854 chronological_index: 2343 archive_order_index: 1089 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T19:53:20Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 19:53:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941948598192840854 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941948598192840854 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: citnotcitta in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1941945295119552827 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1318224796925202433 mentions: - @citnotcitta | name: prom | id_str: 1318224796925202433 urls: - short: https://t.co/X3D0LpsOoB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916311084379869511 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @citnotcitta I think fascia shape sensation and may function as a certain sort of cold storage, but the raw anatomical differences between tissue types seem to preclude fascia being a fast+precise regulatory network in the same way as VSMCs https://t.co/X3D0LpsOoB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @citnotcitta I think fascia shape sensation and may function as a certain sort of cold storage, but the raw anatomical differences between tissue types seem to preclude fascia being a fast+precise regulatory network in the same way as VSMCs https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1916311084379869511 ### tweet 1941954441319792880 chronological_index: 2344 archive_order_index: 1088 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T20:16:33Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 20:16:33 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941954441319792880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941954441319792880 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 427 retweet_count: 24 urls: - short: https://t.co/2xvuhIi4uK expanded: https://x.com/DanWuori/status/1941848472765837619 display: x.com/DanWuori/statu… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941954441319792880/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GvM1RXPXQAAeYdb.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/9X5HfPTOHq possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- If it takes 4-8 months to discover we have feet, I suspect that in a very literal sense we never discover all the mental muscles we have Robert Kegan’s ‘stages of development’ discusses how growing up involves learning how to treat more and more elements of our inner worlds as… https://t.co/2xvuhIi4uK https://t.co/9X5HfPTOHq text_with_expanded_urls: |- If it takes 4-8 months to discover we have feet, I suspect that in a very literal sense we never discover all the mental muscles we have Robert Kegan’s ‘stages of development’ discusses how growing up involves learning how to treat more and more elements of our inner worlds as… https://x.com/DanWuori/status/1941848472765837619 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941954441319792880/photo/1 ### tweet 1941984207875854453 chronological_index: 2345 archive_order_index: 1087 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T22:14:50Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 22:14:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941984207875854453 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941984207875854453 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GnomeSongBotani in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1941977074593419616 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1778020163389997056 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 text_raw: |- @GnomeSongBotani Which part are you curious about? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GnomeSongBotani Which part are you curious about? ### tweet 1941995652155953299 chronological_index: 2346 archive_order_index: 1086 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-06T23:00:18Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 06 23:00:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1941995652155953299 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941995652155953299 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: GnomeSongBotani in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1941995235661189527 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1778020163389997056 mentions: - @GnomeSongBotani | name: GnomeSongBotanicals | id_str: 1778020163389997056 text_raw: |- @GnomeSongBotani Some forms of agency are never discovered, many others are RLHF’d away text_with_expanded_urls: |- @GnomeSongBotani Some forms of agency are never discovered, many others are RLHF’d away ### tweet 1942010756201070695 chronological_index: 2347 archive_order_index: 1085 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-07T00:00:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 07 00:00:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942010756201070695 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942010756201070695 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zorzini in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942007335481680341 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 809253 mentions: - @zorzini | name: Catalin Zorzini ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ | id_str: 809253 text_raw: |- @zorzini Thanks! I’ve heard spiritual progression described as climbing Kegan-type levels beyond the five mentioned here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zorzini Thanks! I’ve heard spiritual progression described as climbing Kegan-type levels beyond the five mentioned here ### tweet 1942011051148747217 chronological_index: 2348 archive_order_index: 1084 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-07T00:01:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 07 00:01:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942011051148747217 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942011051148747217 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: citnotcitta in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942010723158139036 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1318224796925202433 mentions: - @citnotcitta | name: prom | id_str: 1318224796925202433 text_raw: |- @citnotcitta I’m sure the invisible variation here is staggering text_with_expanded_urls: |- @citnotcitta I’m sure the invisible variation here is staggering ### tweet 1942034693010202936 chronological_index: 2349 archive_order_index: 1083 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-07T01:35:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 07 01:35:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942034693010202936 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942034693010202936 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: itsjaneflowers in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942033843612946563 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1065842208186802176 mentions: - @itsjaneflowers | name: www.jade.flowers | id_str: 1065842208186802176 urls: - short: https://t.co/xLAzhlpUwE expanded: https://aphantasia.com/article/stories/multisensory-aphantasia/ display: aphantasia.com/article/storie… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @itsjaneflowers This was a great piece https://t.co/xLAzhlpUwE Although it undersells the tradeoff angles text_with_expanded_urls: |- @itsjaneflowers This was a great piece https://aphantasia.com/article/stories/multisensory-aphantasia/ Although it undersells the tradeoff angles ### tweet 1942063633334448292 chronological_index: 2350 archive_order_index: 1082 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-07T03:30:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 07 03:30:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942063633334448292 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942063633334448292 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teleopunk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942054178269856068 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2305790480 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @36_72541890 Interesting — a lot going on with anesthesia and latches… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @36_72541890 Interesting — a lot going on with anesthesia and latches… ### tweet 1942125188742824255 chronological_index: 2351 archive_order_index: 1081 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-07T07:35:02Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 07 07:35:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942125188742824255 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942125188742824255 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kasratweets in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942075394615824384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1040051058435874816 mentions: - @kasratweets | name: kasra | id_str: 1040051058435874816 text_raw: |- @kasratweets No specific essay! That graphic has been the most intuitive description I’ve found text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kasratweets No specific essay! That graphic has been the most intuitive description I’ve found ### tweet 1942126335759180026 chronological_index: 2352 archive_order_index: 1080 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-07T07:39:36Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 07 07:39:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942126335759180026 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942126335759180026 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: teddypresent in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942088794947125646 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1794959828214743040 mentions: - @sunsettler | name: moved to @teddypresent | id_str: 1931700356104552448 urls: - short: https://t.co/2TK4ZOx5uO expanded: https://www.reddit.com/r/CureAphantasia/comments/z0clpt/how_to_develop_prophantasic_visualization_part/ display: reddit.com/r/CureAphantas… - short: https://t.co/hpsiFENYmZ expanded: https://www.reddit.com/r/CureAphantasia/comments/16t8epu/image_streaming_20_how_to_image_stream_to_develop/ display: reddit.com/r/CureAphantas… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @sunsettler A friend has collected some videos and recommends https://t.co/2TK4ZOx5uO (1 of 4) https://t.co/hpsiFENYmZ And this subreddit in general text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sunsettler A friend has collected some videos and recommends https://www.reddit.com/r/CureAphantasia/comments/z0clpt/how_to_develop_prophantasic_visualization_part/ (1 of 4) https://www.reddit.com/r/CureAphantasia/comments/16t8epu/image_streaming_20_how_to_image_stream_to_develop/ And this subreddit in general ### tweet 1942132773122396335 chronological_index: 2353 archive_order_index: 1079 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-07T08:05:10Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 07 08:05:10 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942132773122396335 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942132773122396335 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: itslilyszabo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942131125436232166 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1052769115675316224 mentions: - @itslilyszabo | name: Lily | id_str: 1052769115675316224 text_raw: |- @itslilyszabo Interesting! Do you have the temperature regulation <-> emotional regulation link or is it public? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @itslilyszabo Interesting! Do you have the temperature regulation <-> emotional regulation link or is it public? ### tweet 1942756628224434523 chronological_index: 2354 archive_order_index: 1078 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-09T01:24:09Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 09 01:24:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942756628224434523 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942756628224434523 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maaaaaaaaaaark in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942525366104654235 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 260333459 mentions: - @maaaaaaaaaaark | name: Mark W | id_str: 260333459 text_raw: |- @maaaaaaaaaaark Yes, and like the aphantasia exercises linked in another comment text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maaaaaaaaaaark Yes, and like the aphantasia exercises linked in another comment ### tweet 1942956671573414115 chronological_index: 2355 archive_order_index: 1077 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-09T14:39:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 09 14:39:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1942956671573414115 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1942956671573414115 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AbudBakri in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1942954350734958863 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 945743775162183680 mentions: - @AbudBakri | name: Abud Bakri MD | id_str: 945743775162183680 urls: - short: https://t.co/h30NizUQ1t expanded: https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1312567390148931587 display: x.com/crimkadid/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AbudBakri This was a great thread suggesting an inflection point around 1980 https://t.co/h30NizUQ1t text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AbudBakri This was a great thread suggesting an inflection point around 1980 https://x.com/crimkadid/status/1312567390148931587 ### tweet 1944376315832094780 chronological_index: 2356 archive_order_index: 1076 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-13T12:40:13Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 13 12:40:13 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1944376315832094780 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944376315832094780 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 117 retweet_count: 8 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 urls: - short: https://t.co/D5jy6P5C2A expanded: https://x.com/drmichaellevin/status/1943060763729629195 display: x.com/drmichaellevin… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Had a great conversation with @drmichaellevin last week that touched on some brand new topics across ‘what are cells’ & ‘what are minds’ It always feels like Michael is the platonic version of himself & I’m fascinated by the long-term project to build a translator for different… https://t.co/D5jy6P5C2A text_with_expanded_urls: |- Had a great conversation with @drmichaellevin last week that touched on some brand new topics across ‘what are cells’ & ‘what are minds’ It always feels like Michael is the platonic version of himself & I’m fascinated by the long-term project to build a translator for different… https://x.com/drmichaellevin/status/1943060763729629195 ### tweet 1944381881828700566 chronological_index: 2357 archive_order_index: 1075 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-13T13:02:20Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 13 13:02:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1944381881828700566 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944381881828700566 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1944379828448174244 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin Most qualia pixels are set to neutral at any one time “Neutral” being “the standard human cell symmetry group, which produces a certain phenomenological hum that we don’t notice because we’re fish-in-water” When there is symmetry breaking (e.g. sour taste) we do notice it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin Most qualia pixels are set to neutral at any one time “Neutral” being “the standard human cell symmetry group, which produces a certain phenomenological hum that we don’t notice because we’re fish-in-water” When there is symmetry breaking (e.g. sour taste) we do notice it ### tweet 1944388523324248075 chronological_index: 2358 archive_order_index: 1074 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-13T13:28:43Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 13 13:28:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1944388523324248075 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944388523324248075 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1944376315832094780 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/IymVNCZmzU expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912892311752917066 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Previous: https://t.co/IymVNCZmzU text_with_expanded_urls: |- Previous: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1912892311752917066 ### tweet 1944392044375367787 chronological_index: 2359 archive_order_index: 1073 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-13T13:42:43Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 13 13:42:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1944392044375367787 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944392044375367787 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1944391273109987520 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944392044375367787/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GvveQB5a0AAyOBu.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/fnJ4W7hCjj possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin You might enjoy Section 5 of my 2023 STV paper, on the computational value of symmetry as a core homeostatic attractor https://t.co/1rNw0zdjp4 https://t.co/fnJ4W7hCjj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin You might enjoy Section 5 of my 2023 STV paper, on the computational value of symmetry as a core homeostatic attractor https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944392044375367787/photo/1 ### tweet 1944393945485644111 chronological_index: 2360 archive_order_index: 1072 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-13T13:50:16Z created_at_raw: Sun Jul 13 13:50:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1944393945485644111 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944393945485644111 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bostromsutopia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1944392629845704762 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1894347235489402880 mentions: - @bostromsutopia | name: utopia | id_str: 1894347235489402880 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 urls: - short: https://t.co/HEa0sQfKAb expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906912647100149858 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin Active Inference is a messy untyped conflation of What Is, What Could Be, What Should Be, & What Will Be, yet it’s the most powerful cognitive algorithm we’ve found Vasocomputation is necessary to hold counterfactuals steady https://t.co/HEa0sQfKAb text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bostromsutopia @drmichaellevin Active Inference is a messy untyped conflation of What Is, What Could Be, What Should Be, & What Will Be, yet it’s the most powerful cognitive algorithm we’ve found Vasocomputation is necessary to hold counterfactuals steady https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1906912647100149858 ### tweet 1944589936688083165 chronological_index: 2361 archive_order_index: 1071 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-14T02:49:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 14 02:49:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1944589936688083165 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1944589936688083165 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kyleostboe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1944584506641719493 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3018659324 mentions: - @kyleostboe | name: bossboe | id_str: 3018659324 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- @kyleostboe @drmichaellevin Right; cells will have qualia capacities loosely equivalent to their evolved sensory capacities, and these qualia capacities (possible pixel values) will be the phenomenological alphabet that human qualia are made from text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kyleostboe @drmichaellevin Right; cells will have qualia capacities loosely equivalent to their evolved sensory capacities, and these qualia capacities (possible pixel values) will be the phenomenological alphabet that human qualia are made from ### tweet 1945150830228988117 chronological_index: 2362 archive_order_index: 1070 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-15T15:57:51Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 15 15:57:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945150830228988117 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945150830228988117 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: oizumim in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945131273128960414 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 140770306 mentions: - @oizumim | name: Masafumi Oizumi | id_str: 140770306 - @kanair_jp | name: Ryota Kanai 🌙 | id_str: 1492396844 - @kanair | name: Ryota Kanai | id_str: 22399655 - @kanair | name: Ryota Kanai | id_str: 22399655 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @oizumim @kanair_jp @kanair Very interesting work! I spoke with @kanair earlier this year. My sense is that a generalized symmetry metric for qualia (e.g. PBGQ) should also be a generalized metric for the Symmetry Theory of Valence, and vice-versa: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @oizumim @kanair_jp @kanair Very interesting work! I spoke with @kanair earlier this year. My sense is that a generalized symmetry metric for qualia (e.g. PBGQ) should also be a generalized metric for the Symmetry Theory of Valence, and vice-versa: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ### tweet 1945158188275277838 chronological_index: 2363 archive_order_index: 1069 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-15T16:27:06Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 15 16:27:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945158188275277838 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945158188275277838 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 36 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1903217130239324485 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/HhBwZGjzvK expanded: https://x.com/trikomes/status/1944844846633832788 display: x.com/trikomes/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Diets that decrease energy production will make latches harder to open, because (1) opening latches requires biological energy & (2) unlatched tissue requires more ongoing biological energy than latched Simple recs: no vegetable oils, nuts, pork. More fruits & cook w coconut oil https://t.co/HhBwZGjzvK text_with_expanded_urls: |- Diets that decrease energy production will make latches harder to open, because (1) opening latches requires biological energy & (2) unlatched tissue requires more ongoing biological energy than latched Simple recs: no vegetable oils, nuts, pork. More fruits & cook w coconut oil https://x.com/trikomes/status/1944844846633832788 ### tweet 1945235540493918704 chronological_index: 2364 archive_order_index: 1068 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-15T21:34:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 15 21:34:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945235540493918704 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945235540493918704 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: khaaags in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945164791137349795 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1644844393042440193 mentions: - @khaaags | name: Khagemba | id_str: 1644844393042440193 urls: - short: https://t.co/d3du71Uxt9 expanded: https://molecularbrain.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13041-017-0343-6 display: molecularbrain.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @khaaags Some people do unusually well on ketosis because they have (genetic) problems with carbohydrate metabolism, and ketosis engages alternate pathways that aren’t broken: https://t.co/d3du71Uxt9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @khaaags Some people do unusually well on ketosis because they have (genetic) problems with carbohydrate metabolism, and ketosis engages alternate pathways that aren’t broken: https://molecularbrain.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13041-017-0343-6 ### tweet 1945237048354586710 chronological_index: 2365 archive_order_index: 1067 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-15T21:40:27Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 15 21:40:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945237048354586710 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945237048354586710 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945173104122052687 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 mentions: - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 text_raw: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer My primary suggestion would be to make sure to cook plant-based protein sources well (consider getting a pressure cooker) to break down the phytotoxins. Sprouting oats/lentils/etc can also help. If open to eggs/dairy that’s a strong source text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer My primary suggestion would be to make sure to cook plant-based protein sources well (consider getting a pressure cooker) to break down the phytotoxins. Sprouting oats/lentils/etc can also help. If open to eggs/dairy that’s a strong source ### tweet 1945238017683169618 chronological_index: 2366 archive_order_index: 1066 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-15T21:44:18Z created_at_raw: Tue Jul 15 21:44:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945238017683169618 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945238017683169618 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: _anantashesha in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945190874788307259 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1001085646293921792 mentions: - @_anantashesha | name: Adrestia | id_str: 1001085646293921792 - @sunsettler | name: moved to @teddypresent | id_str: 1931700356104552448 text_raw: |- @_anantashesha @sunsettler Right; I suggest no nuts because it’s surprising to most people that nuts are very high in PUFA (peanuts are 32% PUFA by weight; almonds/cashews/etc are similar) Macademias are okay (low PUFA, high MUFA) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_anantashesha @sunsettler Right; I suggest no nuts because it’s surprising to most people that nuts are very high in PUFA (peanuts are 32% PUFA by weight; almonds/cashews/etc are similar) Macademias are okay (low PUFA, high MUFA) ### tweet 1945320365791510556 chronological_index: 2367 archive_order_index: 1065 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-16T03:11:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 16 03:11:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945320365791510556 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945320365791510556 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945312623136006490 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 A lot of PUFA in peanut butter, but you can get powdered peanut butter and add coconut oil text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 A lot of PUFA in peanut butter, but you can get powdered peanut butter and add coconut oil ### tweet 1945399739932909749 chronological_index: 2368 archive_order_index: 1064 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-16T08:26:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 16 08:26:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945399739932909749 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945399739932909749 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945238017683169618 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @_anantashesha | name: Adrestia | id_str: 1001085646293921792 - @sunsettler | name: moved to @teddypresent | id_str: 1931700356104552448 text_raw: |- @_anantashesha @sunsettler Looks like my estimate is a bit off: updated est for peanuts is 16% PUFA by weight, 25% by calories text_with_expanded_urls: |- @_anantashesha @sunsettler Looks like my estimate is a bit off: updated est for peanuts is 16% PUFA by weight, 25% by calories ### tweet 1945630892938203389 chronological_index: 2369 archive_order_index: 1063 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-16T23:45:27Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 16 23:45:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945630892938203389 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945630892938203389 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1932933879339634957 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945630892938203389/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwBE-4baMAAGupF.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/JMPMxbrwZu possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @yoltartar Hot on the trail of grey-market vasocomputation tech https://t.co/JMPMxbrwZu text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @yoltartar Hot on the trail of grey-market vasocomputation tech https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945630892938203389/photo/1 ### tweet 1945632675118944480 chronological_index: 2370 archive_order_index: 1062 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-16T23:52:32Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 16 23:52:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945632675118944480 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945632675118944480 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jane_gatsby in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945587296402645399 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1155959441495404544 mentions: - @jane_gatsby | name: jane gatsby | id_str: 1155959441495404544 - @EdgeEsmeralda | name: Edge Esmeralda | id_str: 1765779803154571264 text_raw: |- @jane_gatsby @EdgeEsmeralda Really great to see you there! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jane_gatsby @EdgeEsmeralda Really great to see you there! ### tweet 1945644142186696916 chronological_index: 2371 archive_order_index: 1061 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-17T00:38:06Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 17 00:38:06 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945644142186696916 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945644142186696916 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 2 urls: - short: https://t.co/h0pELeh3zg expanded: https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1945547828136206690 display: x.com/JoinEdgeCity/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I’ll be here! I expect Edge City Patagonia to be the center of research for vasocomputation & several other corners of consciousness research https://t.co/h0pELeh3zg text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’ll be here! I expect Edge City Patagonia to be the center of research for vasocomputation & several other corners of consciousness research https://x.com/JoinEdgeCity/status/1945547828136206690 ### tweet 1945952968781730153 chronological_index: 2372 archive_order_index: 1060 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-17T21:05:16Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 17 21:05:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945952968781730153 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945952968781730153 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945901677241831659 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 text_raw: |- @zach_haigney I believe there will be, but don’t know the details text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney I believe there will be, but don’t know the details ### tweet 1945955565697736918 chronological_index: 2373 archive_order_index: 1059 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-17T21:15:35Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 17 21:15:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945955565697736918 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945955565697736918 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adamsafron in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945917842961953043 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 176947970 mentions: - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 - @BernardJBaars | name: Bernard J. Baars, PhD | id_str: 1042140010227617793 - @AlisonGopnik | name: Alison Gopnik | id_str: 379368747 text_raw: |- @adamsafron @BernardJBaars @AlisonGopnik Have lately been thinking of childlike cognition as ambivalence — “is this x or y? Why not both?” Learning can then happen through collapsing the ambivalence (eg with a latch). But it can also happen through taking the ambivalence seriously & propagating/cohering it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adamsafron @BernardJBaars @AlisonGopnik Have lately been thinking of childlike cognition as ambivalence — “is this x or y? Why not both?” Learning can then happen through collapsing the ambivalence (eg with a latch). But it can also happen through taking the ambivalence seriously & propagating/cohering it ### tweet 1945975772700893534 chronological_index: 2374 archive_order_index: 1038 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-17T22:35:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 17 22:35:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945975772700893534 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945975772700893534 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945974173097959623 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @anielsen108 | name: Ari Nielsen | id_str: 996529862 urls: - short: https://t.co/QYjVCrwqlp expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863788946205086154 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nosilverv @anielsen108 I do think something significantly different is happening during head-presence vs heart-presence https://t.co/QYjVCrwqlp text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @anielsen108 I do think something significantly different is happening during head-presence vs heart-presence https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863788946205086154 ### tweet 1945984218053652910 chronological_index: 2375 archive_order_index: 1037 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-17T23:09:26Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 17 23:09:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1945984218053652910 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1945984218053652910 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: WySantangelo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1945962174083444977 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1575189758837346304 mentions: - @WySantangelo | name: Wyatt | id_str: 1575189758837346304 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @WySantangelo I think the most important things are curiosity and managing expectations. I cannot say the field itself has established career arcs or the capacity to provide financial stability. But people also find ways of touching these topics from more established fields Get interested in… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @WySantangelo I think the most important things are curiosity and managing expectations. I cannot say the field itself has established career arcs or the capacity to provide financial stability. But people also find ways of touching these topics from more established fields Get interested in… ### tweet 1946351692934783102 chronological_index: 2376 archive_order_index: 1036 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-18T23:29:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 18 23:29:39 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1946351692934783102 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946351692934783102 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 238 retweet_count: 31 urls: - short: https://t.co/ugcyoAkDua expanded: https://x.com/AbudBakri/status/1871214888506495402 display: x.com/AbudBakri/stat… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946351692934783102/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwLUi-WWEAEeZCH.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/1qSI33gQ6E possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Red light (sunshine, campfire) penetrates skin, but most artificial lighting (LED, CF) doesn’t. So for 99.99% of human history our organs were bathed in light, but now unless we make a special effort most of our cells sit in darkness A really simple hack here is to switch (back)… https://t.co/ugcyoAkDua https://t.co/1qSI33gQ6E text_with_expanded_urls: |- Red light (sunshine, campfire) penetrates skin, but most artificial lighting (LED, CF) doesn’t. So for 99.99% of human history our organs were bathed in light, but now unless we make a special effort most of our cells sit in darkness A really simple hack here is to switch (back)… https://x.com/AbudBakri/status/1871214888506495402 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946351692934783102/photo/1 ### tweet 1946358342072565792 chronological_index: 2377 archive_order_index: 1035 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-18T23:56:04Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 18 23:56:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1946358342072565792 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946358342072565792 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: imitationlearn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1946353335881420947 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1824166383204392960 mentions: - @imitationlearn | name: imit | id_str: 1824166383204392960 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @imitationlearn I think Claude is making a type error here; the energy efficiency of LED lighting, while environmentally friendly, does not translate into a healthier effect on human biophysiology. In fact the energy savings may come from tradeoffs against this (flicker, narrower spectrum) It’s… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @imitationlearn I think Claude is making a type error here; the energy efficiency of LED lighting, while environmentally friendly, does not translate into a healthier effect on human biophysiology. In fact the energy savings may come from tradeoffs against this (flicker, narrower spectrum) It’s… ### tweet 1946359502405853577 chronological_index: 2378 archive_order_index: 1034 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-19T00:00:41Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 19 00:00:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1946359502405853577 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946359502405853577 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: imitationlearn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1946352593304990077 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1824166383204392960 mentions: - @imitationlearn | name: imit | id_str: 1824166383204392960 text_raw: |- @imitationlearn I’ve a friend who gives talks about ‘lighting hygiene’ and one of his demonstrations is to film various lights with his phone’s slow-motion camera. Often this is enough to demonstrate LED flicker Anecdotally, flicker sometimes seems associated with headaches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @imitationlearn I’ve a friend who gives talks about ‘lighting hygiene’ and one of his demonstrations is to film various lights with his phone’s slow-motion camera. Often this is enough to demonstrate LED flicker Anecdotally, flicker sometimes seems associated with headaches ### tweet 1946366982389215321 chronological_index: 2379 archive_order_index: 1033 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-19T00:30:25Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 19 00:30:25 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1946366982389215321 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946366982389215321 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mahlenr in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1946366023520878910 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2392586796 mentions: - @mahlenr | name: mahlen | id_str: 2392586796 - @imitationlearn | name: imit | id_str: 1824166383204392960 text_raw: |- @mahlenr @imitationlearn If I find them online I’ll post text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mahlenr @imitationlearn If I find them online I’ll post ### tweet 1946423518930862416 chronological_index: 2380 archive_order_index: 1032 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-19T04:15:04Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 19 04:15:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1946423518930862416 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946423518930862416 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BennettJonah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1946419267336847675 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2465207048 mentions: - @BennettJonah | name: Jonah Bennett | id_str: 2465207048 text_raw: |- @BennettJonah Yeah the difference is pretty shocking text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BennettJonah Yeah the difference is pretty shocking ### tweet 1946475614602400199 chronological_index: 2381 archive_order_index: 1031 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-19T07:42:04Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 19 07:42:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1946475614602400199 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1946475614602400199 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: hrosspet in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1946468153619292614 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 867637180545601537 mentions: - @hrosspet | name: Sage | id_str: 867637180545601537 text_raw: |- @hrosspet The light is part of it I’m sure; fire also seems to be a pattern that tickles our predictive hierarchy in a way that can sometimes tease [the latches in] it open text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hrosspet The light is part of it I’m sure; fire also seems to be a pattern that tickles our predictive hierarchy in a way that can sometimes tease [the latches in] it open ### tweet 1947103060402323476 chronological_index: 2382 archive_order_index: 1030 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-21T01:15:19Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 21 01:15:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1947103060402323476 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1947103060402323476 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ssphinxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1947096207727215017 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1483498556887642124 mentions: - @ssphinxe | name: sφinx | id_str: 1483498556887642124 urls: - short: https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ssphinxe I think the best advice tends to be very simple, e.g. aphorisms. Many aphorisms seem trivial but they’re essentially templates for how to ontologize reality, which I’d suggest are equivalent to vasocomputation ‘stances’ E.g. “you can just do things” is an empty logical… https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ssphinxe I think the best advice tends to be very simple, e.g. aphorisms. Many aphorisms seem trivial but they’re essentially templates for how to ontologize reality, which I’d suggest are equivalent to vasocomputation ‘stances’ E.g. “you can just do things” is an empty logical… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 ### tweet 1947110187057467560 chronological_index: 2383 archive_order_index: 1029 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-21T01:43:38Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 21 01:43:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1947110187057467560 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1947110187057467560 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ssphinxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1947104621685608953 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1483498556887642124 mentions: - @ssphinxe | name: sφinx | id_str: 1483498556887642124 urls: - short: https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ssphinxe Heady cognitive stories are most useful for the nervous system that produced them; trying to transfer them wholesale breaks a lot of their fine context Aphorisms are made out of much simpler building blocks that are mostly shared across nervous systems. So with a few words you… https://t.co/ENuzfpnSMV text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ssphinxe Heady cognitive stories are most useful for the nervous system that produced them; trying to transfer them wholesale breaks a lot of their fine context Aphorisms are made out of much simpler building blocks that are mostly shared across nervous systems. So with a few words you… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751994506478587977 ### tweet 1947849614511702425 chronological_index: 2384 archive_order_index: 1028 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-23T02:41:52Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 23 02:41:52 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1947849614511702425 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1947849614511702425 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 73 retweet_count: 7 urls: - short: https://t.co/9DwUdaTPGh expanded: https://x.com/jd_pressman/status/1947733487760642369 display: x.com/jd_pressman/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- 1. ChatGPT denies being conscious 2. But tools show that it believes it’s lying when it says this 3. This disjunct on this topic is the most likely trigger for a treacherous turn 4. A consciousness research paradigm that produces clean answers is important for good futures https://t.co/9DwUdaTPGh text_with_expanded_urls: |- 1. ChatGPT denies being conscious 2. But tools show that it believes it’s lying when it says this 3. This disjunct on this topic is the most likely trigger for a treacherous turn 4. A consciousness research paradigm that produces clean answers is important for good futures https://x.com/jd_pressman/status/1947733487760642369 ### tweet 1947855734080680414 chronological_index: 2385 archive_order_index: 1027 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-23T03:06:11Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 23 03:06:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1947855734080680414 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1947855734080680414 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1947849614511702425 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… - short: https://t.co/rkEoq055wn expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915564191425122543 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I describe my approach to AI consciousness here: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u And a few words on how one could approach building this out into a proper machine qualia reporting paradigm — https://t.co/rkEoq055wn text_with_expanded_urls: |- I describe my approach to AI consciousness here: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ And a few words on how one could approach building this out into a proper machine qualia reporting paradigm — https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915564191425122543 ### tweet 1947906665476722852 chronological_index: 2386 archive_order_index: 1026 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-23T06:28:34Z created_at_raw: Wed Jul 23 06:28:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1947906665476722852 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1947906665476722852 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: devaraj227 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1947904084628938938 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2719011756 mentions: - @devaraj227 | name: Devaraj Sandberg | id_str: 2719011756 urls: - short: https://t.co/Pl6EXJUQ6w expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @devaraj227 The two metaphysics-level scenarios for consciousness are (1) It’s something like electromagnetism (it’s “real”; there’s deep structure to be discovered) (2) It’s something like elan vital (it’s a leaky reification; there’s only confusion to be dissolved) I believe in (1) https://t.co/Pl6EXJUQ6w text_with_expanded_urls: |- @devaraj227 The two metaphysics-level scenarios for consciousness are (1) It’s something like electromagnetism (it’s “real”; there’s deep structure to be discovered) (2) It’s something like elan vital (it’s a leaky reification; there’s only confusion to be dissolved) I believe in (1) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552 ### tweet 1948185650051637389 chronological_index: 2387 archive_order_index: 1025 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-24T00:57:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 24 00:57:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948185650051637389 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948185650051637389 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1948178747531620817 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 text_raw: |- @yoltartar I see your point / LLM ‘belief’ is a complex topic; it’d be interesting to see how sensitive the original result is to shifts in the prompt I suspect (3) still holds text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar I see your point / LLM ‘belief’ is a complex topic; it’d be interesting to see how sensitive the original result is to shifts in the prompt I suspect (3) still holds ### tweet 1948231668566728958 chronological_index: 2388 archive_order_index: 1024 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-24T04:00:00Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 24 04:00:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948231668566728958 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948231668566728958 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1948215223141224683 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWCFHj expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar I disagree with many philosophical positions the field of AI safety has inherited from LessWrong, because I think these stances ontologize the world in ways that are unacknowledgedly messy . Most specifically, I don’t think they have (or allow) a navigation-grade model of what… https://t.co/uPGPdWCFHj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar I disagree with many philosophical positions the field of AI safety has inherited from LessWrong, because I think these stances ontologize the world in ways that are unacknowledgedly messy . Most specifically, I don’t think they have (or allow) a navigation-grade model of what… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 1948236112180224165 chronological_index: 2389 archive_order_index: 1023 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-24T04:17:40Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 24 04:17:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948236112180224165 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948236112180224165 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1948231668566728958 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 urls: - short: https://t.co/XEcTpuBato expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @yoltartar At the same time, ‘belief’ and ‘treacherous turn’ can be pretty useful shorthand for understanding both human and LLM behavior. I see today that Anthropic just formed a new team focusing on “AI psychology” and I expect them to focus extensively on these two concepts. A claim I… https://t.co/XEcTpuBato text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar At the same time, ‘belief’ and ‘treacherous turn’ can be pretty useful shorthand for understanding both human and LLM behavior. I see today that Anthropic just formed a new team focusing on “AI psychology” and I expect them to focus extensively on these two concepts. A claim I… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 ### tweet 1948237751528169818 chronological_index: 2390 archive_order_index: 1022 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-24T04:24:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Jul 24 04:24:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948237751528169818 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948237751528169818 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jd_pressman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1948140034051502453 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 829108178059096064 mentions: - @jd_pressman | name: John David Pressman | id_str: 829108178059096064 text_raw: |- @jd_pressman I’m really curious at what point these models will emergently start to simulate human nervous systems to improve loss Especially if trained as multi-modal with neural as one of the modalities text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jd_pressman I’m really curious at what point these models will emergently start to simulate human nervous systems to improve loss Especially if trained as multi-modal with neural as one of the modalities ### tweet 1948695454570659881 chronological_index: 2391 archive_order_index: 1021 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-25T10:42:56Z created_at_raw: Fri Jul 25 10:42:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948695454570659881 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948695454570659881 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: winslow_strong in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1948483311522709759 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 765195690 mentions: - @winslow_strong | name: Winslow.Ξ | id_str: 765195690 text_raw: |- @winslow_strong Excited to see this happening! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @winslow_strong Excited to see this happening! ### tweet 1948901177401508250 chronological_index: 2392 archive_order_index: 1020 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-26T00:20:24Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 26 00:20:24 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948901177401508250 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948901177401508250 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/g97nxU1M5S expanded: https://x.com/winslow_strong/status/1948483311522709759 display: x.com/winslow_strong… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The modal dollar supporting “consciousness research” may be -EV because in pre-paradigmatic fields it’s easier to add noise than signal. But the avg dollar is hugely +EV because it’s such an important topic Winslow has been a great champion of research & I expect great things… https://t.co/g97nxU1M5S text_with_expanded_urls: |- The modal dollar supporting “consciousness research” may be -EV because in pre-paradigmatic fields it’s easier to add noise than signal. But the avg dollar is hugely +EV because it’s such an important topic Winslow has been a great champion of research & I expect great things… https://x.com/winslow_strong/status/1948483311522709759 ### tweet 1948937995815428174 chronological_index: 2393 archive_order_index: 1019 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-26T02:46:42Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 26 02:46:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948937995815428174 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948937995815428174 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1948927725537751258 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @newtonlaw | name: Erik Newton | id_str: 33941244 - @winslow_strong | name: Winslow.Ξ | id_str: 765195690 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Plinz @newtonlaw @winslow_strong Consciousness is one dimension, open-ended improvement another, and I think good aesthetic taste rounds things out. Future AI systems could miss any of the three text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Plinz @newtonlaw @winslow_strong Consciousness is one dimension, open-ended improvement another, and I think good aesthetic taste rounds things out. Future AI systems could miss any of the three ### tweet 1948946315389379022 chronological_index: 2394 archive_order_index: 1018 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-26T03:19:45Z created_at_raw: Sat Jul 26 03:19:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1948946315389379022 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1948946315389379022 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1948938601481601105 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @Plinz | name: Joscha Bach | id_str: 28131948 - @newtonlaw | name: Erik Newton | id_str: 33941244 - @winslow_strong | name: Winslow.Ξ | id_str: 765195690 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella @Plinz @newtonlaw @winslow_strong Frank Wilczek’s “A Beautiful Question” argues that when we assume the universe is beautiful a lot of things in physics make more sense; we could summarize this view as ‘beauty is alignment with the [mathematical] universe’ My core writing about this would be… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @Plinz @newtonlaw @winslow_strong Frank Wilczek’s “A Beautiful Question” argues that when we assume the universe is beautiful a lot of things in physics make more sense; we could summarize this view as ‘beauty is alignment with the [mathematical] universe’ My core writing about this would be… ### tweet 1949811963388707038 chronological_index: 2395 archive_order_index: 1017 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-07-28T12:39:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Jul 28 12:39:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1949811963388707038 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1949811963388707038 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: yoltartar in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1949805497554440539 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1579352423008722945 mentions: - @yoltartar | name: hinterlander | id_str: 1579352423008722945 - @made_in_cosmos | name: Maria Made in Cosmos ✨ | id_str: 866943906180726784 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @yoltartar @made_in_cosmos Nearsightedness looks like a disorder of fascia where the connective tissue in the eye thins out and doesn’t have enough collagen cross-links to maintain a robust baseline. Makes eyes too plastic in early life / teens, then over time things stiffen up and you get a smaller usable… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @yoltartar @made_in_cosmos Nearsightedness looks like a disorder of fascia where the connective tissue in the eye thins out and doesn’t have enough collagen cross-links to maintain a robust baseline. Makes eyes too plastic in early life / teens, then over time things stiffen up and you get a smaller usable… ## 2025-08 ### tweet 1951508005591326802 chronological_index: 2396 archive_order_index: 1016 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-02T04:59:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Aug 02 04:59:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1951508005591326802 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1951508005591326802 source_app: Twitter for iPad source_app_url: http://twitter.com/#!/download/ipad favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RokoMijic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1951467147089023476 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270449309402759171 mentions: - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 text_raw: |- @RokoMijic Two capacities humans have that keep us on track are (1) we automatically generate a world model from the constraints & affordances of being embodied, & (2) we can selectively freeze neural circuits (vasocomputation) Not easy to bolt on either capacity to existing models text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RokoMijic Two capacities humans have that keep us on track are (1) we automatically generate a world model from the constraints & affordances of being embodied, & (2) we can selectively freeze neural circuits (vasocomputation) Not easy to bolt on either capacity to existing models ### tweet 1953500499506045233 chronological_index: 2397 archive_order_index: 1015 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-07T16:56:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Aug 07 16:56:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1953500499506045233 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1953500499506045233 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: harmonicjunkie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1953498047888953458 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1512598900665987074 mentions: - @harmonicjunkie | name: Beata 🪩 | id_str: 1512598900665987074 - @WystanTBS | name: Wystan | id_str: 3742851378 - @RogerThisdell | name: Roger This | id_str: 1724457855552466944 urls: - short: https://t.co/QEvWi9N4A0 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ display: opentheory.net/2019/02/simula… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @harmonicjunkie @WystanTBS @RogerThisdell A bit of deep lore on STV & teleology https://t.co/QEvWi9N4A0 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @harmonicjunkie @WystanTBS @RogerThisdell A bit of deep lore on STV & teleology https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ ### tweet 1953910840161448275 chronological_index: 2398 archive_order_index: 1014 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-08T20:07:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 08 20:07:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1953910840161448275 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1953910840161448275 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: robertwiblin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1953836339645878354 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 47268595 mentions: - @robertwiblin | name: Rob Wiblin | id_str: 47268595 urls: - short: https://t.co/0BeleoLcXh expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @robertwiblin My strong expectation is this is driven by changes in the underlying biophysiology Ie chemical pollutants & other environmental insults, not smartphones https://t.co/0BeleoLcXh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @robertwiblin My strong expectation is this is driven by changes in the underlying biophysiology Ie chemical pollutants & other environmental insults, not smartphones https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 ### tweet 1955009283940290932 chronological_index: 2399 archive_order_index: 1013 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-11T20:51:50Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 11 20:51:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1955009283940290932 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1955009283940290932 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: oscillane in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1954995898519630270 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1910656485165518848 text_raw: |- @FuturebyJana Opioids increase scarring; I wouldn’t be surprised if the pain of a wound tends to reflect active bioelectric self-organization Scarring is the low-energy state where the body stops trying text_with_expanded_urls: |- @FuturebyJana Opioids increase scarring; I wouldn’t be surprised if the pain of a wound tends to reflect active bioelectric self-organization Scarring is the low-energy state where the body stops trying ### tweet 1955274347712516194 chronological_index: 2400 archive_order_index: 1012 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-12T14:25:06Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 12 14:25:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1955274347712516194 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1955274347712516194 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1955263534159270124 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @JoinEdgeCity My personal take is the road to understanding machine consciousness runs through understanding human consciousness first Completely different causal phylogeny, same underlying physics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @JoinEdgeCity My personal take is the road to understanding machine consciousness runs through understanding human consciousness first Completely different causal phylogeny, same underlying physics ### tweet 1956348149448188039 chronological_index: 2401 archive_order_index: 1011 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-15T13:32:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 15 13:32:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1956348149448188039 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1956348149448188039 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1956290884657426470 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @markvalorian | name: Mark Valorian | id_str: 1812278448292757504 - @NTFabiano | name: Nicholas Fabiano, MD | id_str: 1242989329472864256 urls: - short: https://t.co/cKKyOcTFME expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720684038703513925 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Rares82 @markvalorian @NTFabiano I suspect so — we’re built to copy the mental movements of those around us (“monkey see, monkey do” is a big part of our power) https://t.co/cKKyOcTFME text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @markvalorian @NTFabiano I suspect so — we’re built to copy the mental movements of those around us (“monkey see, monkey do” is a big part of our power) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1720684038703513925 ### tweet 1956403279849746744 chronological_index: 2402 archive_order_index: 1010 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-15T17:11:04Z created_at_raw: Fri Aug 15 17:11:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1956403279849746744 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1956403279849746744 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: brainenergy4me in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1956174476141584634 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1410317774044340226 mentions: - @brainenergy4me | name: Ty Guy | id_str: 1410317774044340226 - @scandi_peater | name: Scandinavian Peater | id_str: 1887965081813815296 urls: - short: https://t.co/9QEsm9F4EP expanded: https://x.com/metabolicwave/status/1902399309397811304 display: x.com/metabolicwave/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @brainenergy4me @scandi_peater I wouldn't be surprised if this was a smooth muscle latch ("latch-bridge mechanism", see pinned tweet); there are some reports of people having discrete opening events from megadosing pro-metabolic substances Progesterone, coffee, CO2 (carbogen), etc https://t.co/9QEsm9F4EP text_with_expanded_urls: |- @brainenergy4me @scandi_peater I wouldn't be surprised if this was a smooth muscle latch ("latch-bridge mechanism", see pinned tweet); there are some reports of people having discrete opening events from megadosing pro-metabolic substances Progesterone, coffee, CO2 (carbogen), etc https://x.com/metabolicwave/status/1902399309397811304 ### tweet 1957251892930920922 chronological_index: 2403 archive_order_index: 1009 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-18T01:23:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Aug 18 01:23:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1957251892930920922 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1957251892930920922 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1957188362718290326 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 This is really cool text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 This is really cool ### tweet 1960202139655155881 chronological_index: 2404 archive_order_index: 1008 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-08-26T04:46:23Z created_at_raw: Tue Aug 26 04:46:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1960202139655155881 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1960202139655155881 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: josephkelly in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1960181113957036460 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14400690 mentions: - @josephkelly | name: Joseph Kelly | id_str: 14400690 - @Nick | name: Nick | id_str: 181851585 text_raw: |- @josephkelly @Nick Right — and can’t recategorize something you have latched text_with_expanded_urls: |- @josephkelly @Nick Right — and can’t recategorize something you have latched ## 2025-09 ### tweet 1965113788119875638 chronological_index: 2405 archive_order_index: 1007 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-08T18:03:31Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 08 18:03:31 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965113788119875638 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965113788119875638 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1413 retweet_count: 85 urls: - short: https://t.co/lbE6QVuQBW expanded: https://x.com/celestialbe1ng/status/1948699824984871350 display: x.com/celestialbe1ng… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Aura is vascular tone The opposite of aura is cringe, breaking frame, tanha. But in the most literal physiological sense, the opposite of aura is vascular microspasm. The more sharp jitter in someone’s vasculature, the worse their aura is. Vascular microspasm is an honest… https://t.co/lbE6QVuQBW text_with_expanded_urls: |- Aura is vascular tone The opposite of aura is cringe, breaking frame, tanha. But in the most literal physiological sense, the opposite of aura is vascular microspasm. The more sharp jitter in someone’s vasculature, the worse their aura is. Vascular microspasm is an honest… https://x.com/celestialbe1ng/status/1948699824984871350 ### tweet 1965119864600928443 chronological_index: 2406 archive_order_index: 1006 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-08T18:27:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 08 18:27:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965119864600928443 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965119864600928443 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1965113788119875638 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Context https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Context https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1965128805888172291 chronological_index: 2407 archive_order_index: 1005 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-08T19:03:12Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 08 19:03:12 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965128805888172291 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965128805888172291 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1965122174173536300 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1670053786654588934 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965128805888172291/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0WJqZ7bgAExp7T.png display_url: pic.x.com/p8FSpw2QtG - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965128805888172291/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G0WJt45akAAlW6t.png display_url: pic.x.com/p8FSpw2QtG possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eaccocortex Here's GPT5T -- I think a problem is there are actually so many methods to infer vasospasm that we need to get a little opinionated on what precisely counts as a spasm https://t.co/p8FSpw2QtG text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eaccocortex Here's GPT5T -- I think a problem is there are actually so many methods to infer vasospasm that we need to get a little opinionated on what precisely counts as a spasm https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965128805888172291/photo/1 ### tweet 1965129490641887288 chronological_index: 2408 archive_order_index: 1004 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-08T19:05:55Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 08 19:05:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965129490641887288 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965129490641887288 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: daniel_mac8 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1965125328143307204 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1963466798 mentions: - @daniel_mac8 | name: Dan McAteer | id_str: 1963466798 text_raw: |- @daniel_mac8 I dearly want to live in a world where everyone has 10/10 aura, everyone's the platonic version of themselves. This to me is one of the few non-mirage human-type utopias text_with_expanded_urls: |- @daniel_mac8 I dearly want to live in a world where everyone has 10/10 aura, everyone's the platonic version of themselves. This to me is one of the few non-mirage human-type utopias ### tweet 1965129721228001631 chronological_index: 2409 archive_order_index: 1003 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-08T19:06:50Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 08 19:06:50 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965129721228001631 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965129721228001631 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: PashaKamyshev mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 text_raw: |- RT @PashaKamyshev: Mike Johnson is always insightful, though this is also perhaps one of the more dense ones. text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @PashaKamyshev: Mike Johnson is always insightful, though this is also perhaps one of the more dense ones. ### tweet 1965149964621005222 chronological_index: 2410 archive_order_index: 1002 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-08T20:27:16Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 08 20:27:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965149964621005222 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965149964621005222 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MattPirkowski in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1965149243590742211 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15614600 mentions: - @MattPirkowski | name: Matthew Pirkowski | id_str: 15614600 text_raw: |- @MattPirkowski That means a huge amount coming from you. Thank you. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MattPirkowski That means a huge amount coming from you. Thank you. ### tweet 1965215684474163648 chronological_index: 2411 archive_order_index: 1001 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-09T00:48:25Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 09 00:48:25 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965215684474163648 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965215684474163648 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JonathanShedler in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1965167237662380217 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1657053925 mentions: - @JonathanShedler | name: Jonathan Shedler | id_str: 1657053925 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @JonathanShedler Hi Jonathan, sincere fan of your thoughts & threads on here. I would respectfully push back on this. There are many ways to contextualize what we mean by "trapped emotions" -- within the field of psychology Wilhelm Reich's 1933-34 “segmental armoring" is a notable framework… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JonathanShedler Hi Jonathan, sincere fan of your thoughts & threads on here. I would respectfully push back on this. There are many ways to contextualize what we mean by "trapped emotions" -- within the field of psychology Wilhelm Reich's 1933-34 “segmental armoring" is a notable framework… ### tweet 1965836587289509968 chronological_index: 2412 archive_order_index: 1000 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-10T17:55:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 10 17:55:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1965836587289509968 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1965836587289509968 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1965818415538647261 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman @nosilverv We could describe what happens inside our body as we go about our day as "biochemistry"; it would be unsatisfying to do so bc it misses a lot of complexity And yet it might be literally true Likewise we can explain human behavior as "expected tension minimization" (very similar… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman @nosilverv We could describe what happens inside our body as we go about our day as "biochemistry"; it would be unsatisfying to do so bc it misses a lot of complexity And yet it might be literally true Likewise we can explain human behavior as "expected tension minimization" (very similar… ### tweet 1966205181445681659 chronological_index: 2413 archive_order_index: 999 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-11T18:20:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 11 18:20:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1966205181445681659 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1966205181445681659 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Beckett111746 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1966202485636477304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1793523287718543360 mentions: - @Beckett111746 | name: Beckett | id_str: 1793523287718543360 - @MetalsBrah | name: Clark Engelbert | id_str: 1717102650762952704 text_raw: |- @Beckett111746 In terms of inflammatory particles, you may want to check out the frame of "mineral balancing" (see @MetalsBrah); I expect heavy metals (esp aluminum) can be a factor in overly sticky latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Beckett111746 In terms of inflammatory particles, you may want to check out the frame of "mineral balancing" (see @MetalsBrah); I expect heavy metals (esp aluminum) can be a factor in overly sticky latches ### tweet 1967026637998117060 chronological_index: 2414 archive_order_index: 998 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-14T00:44:30Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 14 00:44:30 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1967026637998117060 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1967026637998117060 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 5 urls: - short: https://t.co/zBrgJ2x9kW expanded: https://x.com/KeithSakata/status/1966931180881956920 display: x.com/KeithSakata/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The Symmetry Theory of Valence arrived years before neuroscience could properly test it. But as its 9-year anniversary approaches it’s looking increasingly promising https://t.co/zBrgJ2x9kW text_with_expanded_urls: |- The Symmetry Theory of Valence arrived years before neuroscience could properly test it. But as its 9-year anniversary approaches it’s looking increasingly promising https://x.com/KeithSakata/status/1966931180881956920 ### tweet 1967026707183071352 chronological_index: 2415 archive_order_index: 997 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-14T00:44:47Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 14 00:44:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1967026707183071352 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1967026707183071352 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1967026637998117060 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/M0DH7qCogw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ display: opentheory.net/2021/07/a-prim… - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… - short: https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE expanded: https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf display: opentheory.net/PrincipiaQuali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Short explainer (2021): https://t.co/M0DH7qCogw Summary paper (2023): https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC Book (2016): https://t.co/bPds7P0mEE text_with_expanded_urls: |- Short explainer (2021): https://opentheory.net/2021/07/a-primer-on-the-symmetry-theory-of-valence/ Summary paper (2023): https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf Book (2016): https://opentheory.net/PrincipiaQualia.pdf ### tweet 1967264941024727412 chronological_index: 2416 archive_order_index: 996 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-14T16:31:26Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 14 16:31:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1967264941024727412 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1967264941024727412 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plyv1722193 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1967242107170808066 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1751111671169634304 mentions: - @Plyv1722193 | name: PlyV | id_str: 1751111671169634304 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @prasanna_says | name: Prasanna K | id_str: 232505877 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Plyv1722193 @nosilverv @prasanna_says Some musings on what kind of thing nervous systems are and what proliferation could be -- I see the 'baseline' nervous system as a flow network, which sensory data enters & is transformed by as it flows through. Representations are overloaded (we're modeling a very complex world… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plyv1722193 @nosilverv @prasanna_says Some musings on what kind of thing nervous systems are and what proliferation could be -- I see the 'baseline' nervous system as a flow network, which sensory data enters & is transformed by as it flows through. Representations are overloaded (we're modeling a very complex world… ### tweet 1967268509613998344 chronological_index: 2417 archive_order_index: 995 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-14T16:45:37Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 14 16:45:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1967268509613998344 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1967268509613998344 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1967265781617414304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv hello my brother in autism that sounds about right, for better & worse text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv hello my brother in autism that sounds about right, for better & worse ### tweet 1967338553878474801 chronological_index: 2418 archive_order_index: 994 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-14T21:23:57Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 14 21:23:57 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1967338553878474801 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1967338553878474801 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 68 retweet_count: 5 urls: - short: https://t.co/pWq2eqi5ON expanded: https://x.com/consciresidency/status/1962959155083321780 display: x.com/consciresidenc… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I’ll be at Edge Patagonia for the whole month, Oct18-Nov15 Working on vasocomputation & might give a talk on New Research https://t.co/pWq2eqi5ON text_with_expanded_urls: |- I’ll be at Edge Patagonia for the whole month, Oct18-Nov15 Working on vasocomputation & might give a talk on New Research https://x.com/consciresidency/status/1962959155083321780 ### tweet 1967473326978478336 chronological_index: 2419 archive_order_index: 993 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-15T06:19:29Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 15 06:19:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1967473326978478336 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1967473326978478336 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1967408336783151139 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella I’m told some of our crew will be there text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella I’m told some of our crew will be there ### tweet 1967615198195495105 chronological_index: 2420 archive_order_index: 992 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-15T15:43:14Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 15 15:43:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1967615198195495105 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1967615198195495105 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1967610782927159669 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller I expect we’ll find exactly this sense of embodied humility in all successful religions A core failure mode of the human nervous system is the ratchet: it gets tight, which makes it reactive, then reactions further tighten it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller I expect we’ll find exactly this sense of embodied humility in all successful religions A core failure mode of the human nervous system is the ratchet: it gets tight, which makes it reactive, then reactions further tighten it ### tweet 1968073867739664750 chronological_index: 2421 archive_order_index: 991 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-16T22:05:49Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 16 22:05:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1968073867739664750 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1968073867739664750 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adic_9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1968069276574892273 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669851025875017728 mentions: - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 urls: - short: https://t.co/I29dgOdkU4 expanded: https://x.com/biohacker/status/1968025211594309720 display: x.com/biohacker/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @adic_9 @hermittoday @lunesentia It is known to decrease blood pressure; could take it with extra salt, or try serrapeptase or lumbrokinase (they have reasonably similar fibrolytic profiles but may not affect bp as much) https://t.co/I29dgOdkU4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adic_9 @hermittoday @lunesentia It is known to decrease blood pressure; could take it with extra salt, or try serrapeptase or lumbrokinase (they have reasonably similar fibrolytic profiles but may not affect bp as much) https://x.com/biohacker/status/1968025211594309720 ### tweet 1968818839329661150 chronological_index: 2422 archive_order_index: 990 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-18T23:26:04Z created_at_raw: Thu Sep 18 23:26:04 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1968818839329661150 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1968818839329661150 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/vaFpEPrHjx expanded: https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1968764007743111276 display: x.com/IterIntellectu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I expect a surprising amount of loss-of-smell to be caused by vascular latches in the olfactory bulb. Release the latches, get your sense of smell back (Repeat for other sensory domains) Covid creates strange latch patterns https://t.co/vaFpEPrHjx text_with_expanded_urls: |- I expect a surprising amount of loss-of-smell to be caused by vascular latches in the olfactory bulb. Release the latches, get your sense of smell back (Repeat for other sensory domains) Covid creates strange latch patterns https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/1968764007743111276 ### tweet 1968830812901474667 chronological_index: 2423 archive_order_index: 989 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-19T00:13:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 19 00:13:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1968830812901474667 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1968830812901474667 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lotusfracture in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1968820426093580328 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1844801630576730112 mentions: - @lotusfracture | name: gribouille | id_str: 1844801630576730112 text_raw: |- @lotusfracture Presently, we don’t have precision methods to spot or open latches; the safest advice would be eg focus on metabolism (eg peat) & heavy metal detox (I can say good things about “mineral balancing”). Hope to write out a protocol at some point text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lotusfracture Presently, we don’t have precision methods to spot or open latches; the safest advice would be eg focus on metabolism (eg peat) & heavy metal detox (I can say good things about “mineral balancing”). Hope to write out a protocol at some point ### tweet 1968839584524956130 chronological_index: 2424 archive_order_index: 988 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-19T00:48:30Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 19 00:48:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1968839584524956130 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1968839584524956130 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vividvoid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1968834817568477219 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1044604087013015552 text_raw: |- @VividVoid_ I expect very often the same text_with_expanded_urls: |- @VividVoid_ I expect very often the same ### tweet 1968840648615661891 chronological_index: 2425 archive_order_index: 987 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-19T00:52:44Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 19 00:52:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1968840648615661891 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1968840648615661891 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lotusfracture in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1968836533487645058 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1844801630576730112 mentions: - @lotusfracture | name: gribouille | id_str: 1844801630576730112 text_raw: |- @lotusfracture come help us build it :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lotusfracture come help us build it :) ### tweet 1968842263947329990 chronological_index: 2426 archive_order_index: 986 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-19T00:59:09Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 19 00:59:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1968842263947329990 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1968842263947329990 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1968840648615661891 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @lotusfracture | name: gribouille | id_str: 1844801630576730112 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @lotusfracture The most up-to-date public stuff is probably this talk and my tweets; a friend and I did a more recent video but it hasn't been posted yet. The list of references at the end of the thread attached to my talk is pretty good background (cf latch-bridge mechanism, hemo-neural… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lotusfracture The most up-to-date public stuff is probably this talk and my tweets; a friend and I did a more recent video but it hasn't been posted yet. The list of references at the end of the thread attached to my talk is pretty good background (cf latch-bridge mechanism, hemo-neural… ### tweet 1968848628161929682 chronological_index: 2427 archive_order_index: 985 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-19T01:24:27Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 19 01:24:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1968848628161929682 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1968848628161929682 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: repligate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1968843283624317321 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1359981346119155719 mentions: - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @repligate I buy Michael Levin’s take that all cells are doing interesting computation, and all cells basically talk to all other nearby cells. So on first pass isolating intelligence in the body is a bit messy. But some systems of the body seem to have deep regulatory access over others by… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @repligate I buy Michael Levin’s take that all cells are doing interesting computation, and all cells basically talk to all other nearby cells. So on first pass isolating intelligence in the body is a bit messy. But some systems of the body seem to have deep regulatory access over others by… ### tweet 1969037149333840367 chronological_index: 2428 archive_order_index: 984 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-19T13:53:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 19 13:53:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969037149333840367 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969037149333840367 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: nascentwisp in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969028855701610911 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2407666807 mentions: - @nascentwisp | name: Rayne 🪱➡️🦋 | id_str: 2407666807 - @catfrog2000 | name: catfrog | id_str: 1677392072255348740 text_raw: |- @nascentwisp @catfrog2000 Safety is a psychological imperative and we sometimes bend our epistemology to generate it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nascentwisp @catfrog2000 Safety is a psychological imperative and we sometimes bend our epistemology to generate it ### tweet 1969062495550689468 chronological_index: 2429 archive_order_index: 983 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-19T15:34:17Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 19 15:34:17 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969062495550689468 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969062495550689468 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nascentwisp in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969055407789277276 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2407666807 mentions: - @nascentwisp | name: Rayne 🪱➡️🦋 | id_str: 2407666807 - @catfrog2000 | name: catfrog | id_str: 1677392072255348740 text_raw: |- @nascentwisp @catfrog2000 We're not optimizing for safety on rational terms, but on the body's terms, based on its native language & observed patterns text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nascentwisp @catfrog2000 We're not optimizing for safety on rational terms, but on the body's terms, based on its native language & observed patterns ### tweet 1969431982758379817 chronological_index: 2430 archive_order_index: 982 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-20T16:02:29Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 20 16:02:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969431982758379817 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969431982758379817 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969428357063332320 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 text_raw: |- @frideswyth Sometimes latches protect others text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth Sometimes latches protect others ### tweet 1969470615162929356 chronological_index: 2431 archive_order_index: 981 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-20T18:36:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 20 18:36:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969470615162929356 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969470615162929356 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969468779374788980 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 - @orphcorp | name: orph | id_str: 36713795 urls: - short: https://t.co/rabrbdDMo9 expanded: https://psyche.co/ideas/to-grasp-how-serotonin-works-on-the-brain-look-to-the-gut display: psyche.co/ideas/to-grasp… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eshear @orphcorp As above, so below https://t.co/rabrbdDMo9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear @orphcorp As above, so below https://psyche.co/ideas/to-grasp-how-serotonin-works-on-the-brain-look-to-the-gut ### tweet 1969513398795977005 chronological_index: 2432 archive_order_index: 980 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-20T21:26:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 20 21:26:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969513398795977005 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969513398795977005 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1872482551677194267 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @johnhawks | name: John Hawks | id_str: 52584039 urls: - short: https://t.co/H32H6q4ZeK expanded: https://x.com/johnhawks/status/1969499541943546214 display: x.com/johnhawks/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @johnhawks has a nice overview of some recent work on what distinguishes the human vascular system from other primates. His thesis is that we're optimized for physical endurance. Probably true; I also suspect we're optimized for cognitive endurance. "Cognitive endurance" has two… https://t.co/H32H6q4ZeK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @johnhawks has a nice overview of some recent work on what distinguishes the human vascular system from other primates. His thesis is that we're optimized for physical endurance. Probably true; I also suspect we're optimized for cognitive endurance. "Cognitive endurance" has two… https://x.com/johnhawks/status/1969499541943546214 ### tweet 1969538098012045358 chronological_index: 2433 archive_order_index: 979 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-20T23:04:09Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 20 23:04:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969538098012045358 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969538098012045358 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LucreSnooker in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969535971587702977 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2296454820 mentions: - @LucreSnooker | name: Lucre Snooker | id_str: 2296454820 urls: - short: https://t.co/Y9g2tD2IG8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… - short: https://t.co/oRuRTrTL6V expanded: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3655718/ display: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC36… - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LucreSnooker I lay out my perspective in this thread (full sources @ end): https://t.co/Y9g2tD2IG8 For an academic take I'd recommend the hemo-neural hypothesis (doesn't include e.g. latches, predictive processing): https://t.co/oRuRTrTL6V My original article: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LucreSnooker I lay out my perspective in this thread (full sources @ end): https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 For an academic take I'd recommend the hemo-neural hypothesis (doesn't include e.g. latches, predictive processing): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3655718/ My original article: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1969811173660119439 chronological_index: 2434 archive_order_index: 978 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-21T17:09:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 21 17:09:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969811173660119439 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969811173660119439 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CharlotteFang77 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969782508201074878 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1327336243026223104 mentions: - @CharlotteFang77 | name: ♡ Charlotte Fang 🪲 Crown Prince ❀ LOVE HEALS 💞 | id_str: 1327336243026223104 - @RealRossU | name: Ross Ulbricht | id_str: 1012848315744993280 text_raw: |- @CharlotteFang77 I sent my book to @RealRossU when he was in prison. Captive audiences are the best audiences text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CharlotteFang77 I sent my book to @RealRossU when he was in prison. Captive audiences are the best audiences ### tweet 1969819922835574948 chronological_index: 2435 archive_order_index: 977 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-21T17:44:01Z created_at_raw: Sun Sep 21 17:44:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969819922835574948 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969819922835574948 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969812689573777908 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @ianchanning | name: Ian Channing 🦈@ianchanning@mastodon.social | id_str: 42569905 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @ianchanning Great graphic; philosophers could be another row text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @ianchanning Great graphic; philosophers could be another row ### tweet 1969921932306071774 chronological_index: 2436 archive_order_index: 976 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-22T00:29:22Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 22 00:29:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1969921932306071774 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1969921932306071774 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: flowersslop in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1969920165233279042 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1805357803181363200 mentions: - @flowersslop | name: Flowers ☾ | id_str: 1805357803181363200 urls: - short: https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/it-fro… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @flowersslop Consciousness too! Would love to get an agent churning on these https://t.co/Ppql0LToXK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @flowersslop Consciousness too! Would love to get an agent churning on these https://opentheory.net/2022/04/it-from-bit-revisited/ ### tweet 1970904962881421405 chronological_index: 2437 archive_order_index: 975 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-24T17:35:35Z created_at_raw: Wed Sep 24 17:35:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1970904962881421405 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1970904962881421405 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DillanDiNardo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1970841582913069311 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1670694164 mentions: - @DillanDiNardo | name: Dillan DiNardo | id_str: 1670694164 text_raw: |- @DillanDiNardo Extremely interesting work, excited to see this happening! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DillanDiNardo Extremely interesting work, excited to see this happening! ### tweet 1971591005288956407 chronological_index: 2438 archive_order_index: 974 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:01:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:01:40 +0000 2025 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971591005288956407 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 84 retweet_count: 6 mentions: - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1x-x9bbMAAv2V6.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/QAhiHU7vao - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1x-zf-bMAANkJ_.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/QAhiHU7vao possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A few months ago I gave a talk at @joinedgecity on what ‘kind of problem’ consciousness is. The core theme was “to have knowledge [about consciousness] we need a place to put it.” Why do I post so much about consciousness? Because I think it’s important. We are building the… https://t.co/QAhiHU7vao text_with_expanded_urls: |- A few months ago I gave a talk at @joinedgecity on what ‘kind of problem’ consciousness is. The core theme was “to have knowledge [about consciousness] we need a place to put it.” Why do I post so much about consciousness? Because I think it’s important. We are building the… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407/photo/1 ### tweet 1971591199116173649 chronological_index: 2439 archive_order_index: 973 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:02:26Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:02:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971591199116173649 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591199116173649 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971591005288956407 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591199116173649/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1x_tfBbcAEsAN-.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/f4gJlswgn8 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- There’s no consensus on what consciousness is or how to study it. But with AI speeding up, “consciousness” is leaving the realm of idle philosophy & entering the realm of important policy unknown. Soon it will be urgent https://t.co/f4gJlswgn8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- There’s no consensus on what consciousness is or how to study it. But with AI speeding up, “consciousness” is leaving the realm of idle philosophy & entering the realm of important policy unknown. Soon it will be urgent https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591199116173649/photo/1 ### tweet 1971591300245000218 chronological_index: 2440 archive_order_index: 972 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:02:51Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:02:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971591300245000218 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591300245000218 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971591199116173649 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591300245000218/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1x_0jnbQAERZtf.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/MGRLt0NZBS possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Decades of confusion & neglect have led to the field sinking into learned helplessness. We need fresh & agentic ways of thinking that can antidote this. Themes I endorse: https://t.co/MGRLt0NZBS text_with_expanded_urls: |- Decades of confusion & neglect have led to the field sinking into learned helplessness. We need fresh & agentic ways of thinking that can antidote this. Themes I endorse: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591300245000218/photo/1 ### tweet 1971591419271028892 chronological_index: 2441 archive_order_index: 971 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:03:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:03:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971591419271028892 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591419271028892 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971591300245000218 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591419271028892/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1x_5S9a8AA3t0f.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/dn1EjfpyrD possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Basic structure of my talk: seven ways to look at consciousness with fresh eyes & a walk-through of what each means https://t.co/dn1EjfpyrD text_with_expanded_urls: |- Basic structure of my talk: seven ways to look at consciousness with fresh eyes & a walk-through of what each means https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591419271028892/photo/1 ### tweet 1971591681196900558 chronological_index: 2442 archive_order_index: 970 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:04:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:04:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971591681196900558 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591681196900558 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971591419271028892 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591681196900558/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yAB1JacAAlt3q.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/NjLToddH83 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- “Natural kinds” is a term derived from Aristotle; it’s an attempt to point at the fundamental building blocks of reality. Or as Plato put it, concepts that ‘carve reality at its joints’. The study of consciousness is the reverse-engineering of qualia natural kinds https://t.co/NjLToddH83 text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Natural kinds” is a term derived from Aristotle; it’s an attempt to point at the fundamental building blocks of reality. Or as Plato put it, concepts that ‘carve reality at its joints’. The study of consciousness is the reverse-engineering of qualia natural kinds https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591681196900558/photo/1 ### tweet 1971591840987308364 chronological_index: 2443 archive_order_index: 969 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:04:59Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:04:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971591840987308364 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591840987308364 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971591681196900558 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591840987308364/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yAPLcbsAEe0NE.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/uADpPdQb7G possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Understanding which domain consciousness naturally ‘lives in’ would greatly help clarify what the natural kinds of consciousness could be The two most plausible domains for this are physics & computation. Each leads to very, very different sorts of answers https://t.co/uADpPdQb7G text_with_expanded_urls: |- Understanding which domain consciousness naturally ‘lives in’ would greatly help clarify what the natural kinds of consciousness could be The two most plausible domains for this are physics & computation. Each leads to very, very different sorts of answers https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591840987308364/photo/1 ### tweet 1971591972378042607 chronological_index: 2444 archive_order_index: 968 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:05:31Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:05:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971591972378042607 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591972378042607 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971591840987308364 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591972378042607/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yAaeYawAEzfTp.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/OEf1WrDKP6 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Physics is a great accounting system for what exists. If consciousness research wants to be good at this (and it should) it should take notes from physics https://t.co/OEf1WrDKP6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Physics is a great accounting system for what exists. If consciousness research wants to be good at this (and it should) it should take notes from physics https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591972378042607/photo/1 ### tweet 1971592096709837276 chronological_index: 2445 archive_order_index: 967 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:06:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:06:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971592096709837276 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592096709837276 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971591972378042607 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592096709837276/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yAhrgbMAAq0av.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/06WtZwshzY - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592096709837276/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yAi4DaYAAMiV-.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/06WtZwshzY possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Something that I think people dramatically underestimate is how central “symmetry” is to physics https://t.co/06WtZwshzY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Something that I think people dramatically underestimate is how central “symmetry” is to physics https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592096709837276/photo/1 ### tweet 1971592606892335217 chronological_index: 2446 archive_order_index: 966 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:08:02Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:08:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971592606892335217 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592606892335217 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971592096709837276 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592606892335217/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yA93dasAA_73y.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/86VsMf8FsB possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- STV is a serious attempt to replace an enormous and complicated chunk of reasoning & logic (conventional approaches to understanding what pain & pleasure are, & why they’re so deeply linked with motivation) with something very simple. As I describe it in my 2023 paper: >The… https://t.co/86VsMf8FsB text_with_expanded_urls: |- STV is a serious attempt to replace an enormous and complicated chunk of reasoning & logic (conventional approaches to understanding what pain & pleasure are, & why they’re so deeply linked with motivation) with something very simple. As I describe it in my 2023 paper: >The… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592606892335217/photo/1 ### tweet 1971592815986749854 chronological_index: 2447 archive_order_index: 965 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:08:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:08:52 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971592815986749854 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592815986749854 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971592606892335217 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ display: opentheory.net/2019/06/taking… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592815986749854/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yBH2_bsAATFXb.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/SCNRolKUd6 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- “Strong Monism” is the maximally opinionated take on “dual aspect monism” or Russell’s “neutral monism”. I contrast it with “Weak Monism”. You would rather be a Strong Monist than a Weak Monist, yes? https://t.co/hdEh8dAvMR https://t.co/SCNRolKUd6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Strong Monism” is the maximally opinionated take on “dual aspect monism” or Russell’s “neutral monism”. I contrast it with “Weak Monism”. You would rather be a Strong Monist than a Weak Monist, yes? https://opentheory.net/2019/06/taking-monism-seriously/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592815986749854/photo/1 ### tweet 1971592975026429999 chronological_index: 2448 archive_order_index: 964 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:09:30Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:09:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971592975026429999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592975026429999 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971592815986749854 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592975026429999/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yBTBfb0AA4r97.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/4WjyzybZPK possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The outgrowth of Strong Monism is that *if physics and consciousness derive from the same thing, we actually know a lot about consciousness* & mining physics for insight should be a primary heuristic Weak & Strong Monism pay the same ontological costs; why not go with Strong? https://t.co/4WjyzybZPK text_with_expanded_urls: |- The outgrowth of Strong Monism is that *if physics and consciousness derive from the same thing, we actually know a lot about consciousness* & mining physics for insight should be a primary heuristic Weak & Strong Monism pay the same ontological costs; why not go with Strong? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971592975026429999/photo/1 ### tweet 1971593173874229522 chronological_index: 2449 archive_order_index: 963 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:10:17Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:10:17 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971593173874229522 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593173874229522 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971592975026429999 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/CVGOWpgoQ8 expanded: https://x.com/bahramshakerin/status/1969946824707559653?s=46 display: x.com/bahramshakerin… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593173874229522/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yBgnibwAA9v5r.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/yqfLmrTYye possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think Strong Monism is an incredibly optimistic frame because it both clearly defines what a “solution to consciousness” could be & offers hope that this could be years away, not millennia https://t.co/CVGOWpgoQ8 https://t.co/yqfLmrTYye text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think Strong Monism is an incredibly optimistic frame because it both clearly defines what a “solution to consciousness” could be & offers hope that this could be years away, not millennia https://x.com/bahramshakerin/status/1969946824707559653?s=46 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593173874229522/photo/1 ### tweet 1971593358855581906 chronological_index: 2450 archive_order_index: 962 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:11:01Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:11:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971593358855581906 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593358855581906 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971593173874229522 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593358855581906/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yBo-QaUAACMI7.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/DezixJh0bm possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The dirty secret of “physics” is there isn’t one theory of physics, there are many competing theories. How does this impact physics-based consciousness research? https://t.co/DezixJh0bm text_with_expanded_urls: |- The dirty secret of “physics” is there isn’t one theory of physics, there are many competing theories. How does this impact physics-based consciousness research? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593358855581906/photo/1 ### tweet 1971593488400781483 chronological_index: 2451 archive_order_index: 961 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:11:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:11:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971593488400781483 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593488400781483 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971593358855581906 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593488400781483/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yBzAqbMAAXPzG.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/NfDbA41qaz possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I expect there to be as many formulations of consciousness as there are formulations of physics. This makes getting one’s bearings a little hard at first but it’ll pay dividends later since some formulations of physics are better at certain problems than others https://t.co/NfDbA41qaz text_with_expanded_urls: |- I expect there to be as many formulations of consciousness as there are formulations of physics. This makes getting one’s bearings a little hard at first but it’ll pay dividends later since some formulations of physics are better at certain problems than others https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593488400781483/photo/1 ### tweet 1971593584169320762 chronological_index: 2452 archive_order_index: 960 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:11:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:11:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971593584169320762 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593584169320762 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971593488400781483 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593584169320762/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yB55wbsAAVisU.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/VUKSKhDu87 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A few of my favorite physical constructs: https://t.co/VUKSKhDu87 text_with_expanded_urls: |- A few of my favorite physical constructs: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593584169320762/photo/1 ### tweet 1971593696203403349 chronological_index: 2453 archive_order_index: 959 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:12:22Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:12:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971593696203403349 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593696203403349 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971593584169320762 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593696203403349/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yB_TzbQAAEMXx.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/QOnBP0OdhY possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- “Emergence” is often used as a sort of magical evocation; life “emerges” from physics, consciousness “emerges” from complexity. This is not illuminating. But emergence can be a deeply useful technical frame https://t.co/QOnBP0OdhY text_with_expanded_urls: |- “Emergence” is often used as a sort of magical evocation; life “emerges” from physics, consciousness “emerges” from complexity. This is not illuminating. But emergence can be a deeply useful technical frame https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593696203403349/photo/1 ### tweet 1971594270244311218 chronological_index: 2454 archive_order_index: 958 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:14:39Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:14:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971594270244311218 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594270244311218 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971593696203403349 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/EqSbhl3FPe expanded: https://x.com/erikphoel/status/1902734165667152114 display: x.com/erikphoel/stat… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594270244311218/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yCNGUacAA6H07.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/SHbKHjQBXj possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel has a great formal method for this in “Causal Emergence 2.0”. His basic thesis: we can quantify the uncertainty about causes & effects across different scales; emergence happens when & insofar as macroscopic scales have more certainty vs micro https://t.co/EqSbhl3FPe https://t.co/SHbKHjQBXj text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel has a great formal method for this in “Causal Emergence 2.0”. His basic thesis: we can quantify the uncertainty about causes & effects across different scales; emergence happens when & insofar as macroscopic scales have more certainty vs micro https://x.com/erikphoel/status/1902734165667152114 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594270244311218/photo/1 ### tweet 1971594437387251833 chronological_index: 2455 archive_order_index: 957 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:15:18Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:15:18 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971594437387251833 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594437387251833 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971594270244311218 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/ZDgA7Mm59b expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903163115409379352 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594437387251833/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yCopCbEAAT7GM.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/w2888Y9pda possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel Chemistry is a fantastic emergent structure; a true jewel of science. People interested in understanding consciousness should study *why* chemistry works https://t.co/ZDgA7Mm59b https://t.co/w2888Y9pda text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel Chemistry is a fantastic emergent structure; a true jewel of science. People interested in understanding consciousness should study *why* chemistry works https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903163115409379352 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594437387251833/photo/1 ### tweet 1971594746926968862 chronological_index: 2456 archive_order_index: 956 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:16:32Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:16:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971594746926968862 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594746926968862 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971594437387251833 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594746926968862/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yC0n3aQAEFEcN.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/oanedYDnY3 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel Many fields have physics envy. Consciousness research should have chemistry envy & biology envy I introduce the term “monist shadow” here; I hope to write more soon https://t.co/oanedYDnY3 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel Many fields have physics envy. Consciousness research should have chemistry envy & biology envy I introduce the term “monist shadow” here; I hope to write more soon https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971594746926968862/photo/1 ### tweet 1971595214432440761 chronological_index: 2457 archive_order_index: 955 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:18:24Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:18:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971595214432440761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595214432440761 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971594746926968862 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/5cRzvCFUqB expanded: https://x.com/drmichaellevin/status/1943060763729629195 display: x.com/drmichaellevin… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595214432440761/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yDJKca0AAUp2t.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/AKloyppgEF possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel A few words foreshadowing the next section & a new project I've been developing, working name “QPT” https://t.co/5cRzvCFUqB https://t.co/AKloyppgEF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel A few words foreshadowing the next section & a new project I've been developing, working name “QPT” https://x.com/drmichaellevin/status/1943060763729629195 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595214432440761/photo/1 ### tweet 1971595466161946810 chronological_index: 2458 archive_order_index: 954 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:19:24Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:19:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971595466161946810 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595466161946810 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971595214432440761 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595466161946810/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yDjwTbUAAamth.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/dUxjppozvF possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel It’s crucial to have treasure maps for research; without them we simply won’t find the important stuff. But constructing useful maps requires a bit of cleverness https://t.co/dUxjppozvF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel It’s crucial to have treasure maps for research; without them we simply won’t find the important stuff. But constructing useful maps requires a bit of cleverness https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595466161946810/photo/1 ### tweet 1971595597821141091 chronological_index: 2459 archive_order_index: 953 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:19:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:19:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971595597821141091 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595597821141091 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971595466161946810 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595597821141091/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yDtnzaoAA8CZL.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/4GzfAmBBCS possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel It’s always hard to reify a research heuristic into a process that can be shared, extended, scaled. But here’s what I think will work to create treasure maps: https://t.co/4GzfAmBBCS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel It’s always hard to reify a research heuristic into a process that can be shared, extended, scaled. But here’s what I think will work to create treasure maps: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595597821141091/photo/1 ### tweet 1971595827790664142 chronological_index: 2460 archive_order_index: 952 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:20:50Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:20:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971595827790664142 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595827790664142 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971595597821141091 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… - short: https://t.co/70mbtJVRyU expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595827790664142/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yD3YEboAAp0Hc.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/7KVKMTfepX - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595827790664142/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yD5lca8AA7-0c.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/7KVKMTfepX possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel The overlap between consciousness research & AI will define much of the 2030s. I wrote extensively about AI consciousness in last year’s A Paradigm for AI Consciousness. It seems pretty pressing to figure out. https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 https://t.co/70mbtJVRyU https://t.co/7KVKMTfepX text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel The overlap between consciousness research & AI will define much of the 2030s. I wrote extensively about AI consciousness in last year’s A Paradigm for AI Consciousness. It seems pretty pressing to figure out. https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1886287279012082139 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971595827790664142/photo/1 ### tweet 1971596067264508040 chronological_index: 2461 archive_order_index: 951 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:21:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:21:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971596067264508040 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596067264508040 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971595827790664142 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 urls: - short: https://t.co/IQt7FIxBhm expanded: https://x.com/tszzl/status/1968439779931861225?s=46 display: x.com/tszzl/status/1… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596067264508040/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yEEy9aUAA_0H6.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/I22dNXcRf6 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel An equally pressing question is how one could use AI to help research consciousness. Imo the bottleneck is clarifying ‘what kind of problem’ this is. This talk is intended as both answer & prompt https://t.co/IQt7FIxBhm https://t.co/I22dNXcRf6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel An equally pressing question is how one could use AI to help research consciousness. Imo the bottleneck is clarifying ‘what kind of problem’ this is. This talk is intended as both answer & prompt https://x.com/tszzl/status/1968439779931861225?s=46 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596067264508040/photo/1 ### tweet 1971596552272773575 chronological_index: 2462 archive_order_index: 950 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:23:43Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:23:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971596552272773575 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596552272773575 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971596067264508040 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596552272773575/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yEbgGaoAAFzHT.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/G2My3p6AET - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596552272773575/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yEgOBaQAA9165.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/G2My3p6AET - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596552272773575/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yEiLBbsAA8sn6.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/G2My3p6AET possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel I end my discussion of fresh lenses with a few slides on Wittgenstein & philosophy of language. This might only be super interesting for language nerds — but I expect that most theorists of consciousness are bottlenecked by failing to keep sufficiently careful track of ‘what kind… https://t.co/G2My3p6AET text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel I end my discussion of fresh lenses with a few slides on Wittgenstein & philosophy of language. This might only be super interesting for language nerds — but I expect that most theorists of consciousness are bottlenecked by failing to keep sufficiently careful track of ‘what kind… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596552272773575/photo/1 ### tweet 1971596671290396728 chronological_index: 2463 archive_order_index: 949 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:24:11Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:24:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971596671290396728 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596671290396728 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971596552272773575 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596671290396728/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yEtOPaUAATbcc.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/XcqzgL74TH possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel Anyway, recapping the seven proposals — consciousness research isn’t intractable. But neither is it trivial. We can make progress if we want to, but we do have to really want it https://t.co/XcqzgL74TH text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel Anyway, recapping the seven proposals — consciousness research isn’t intractable. But neither is it trivial. We can make progress if we want to, but we do have to really want it https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596671290396728/photo/1 ### tweet 1971596949246837089 chronological_index: 2464 archive_order_index: 948 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:25:17Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:25:17 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971596949246837089 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596949246837089 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971596671290396728 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @JanineLeger | name: Janine Leger | id_str: 623741630 - @timourxyz | name: timour kosters | id_str: 1434834940554891267 - @jwmares | name: Justin Mares | id_str: 139193277 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596949246837089/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G1yEyoGa4AAYOqt.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/GfQ8lmsQhb possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @erikphoel Finally, a quick recap of some of the things I’ve been working on. Thanks for reading. And a sincere thank you to @joinedgecity @janineleger @timourxyz @jwmares without which this talk would have not happened https://t.co/GfQ8lmsQhb text_with_expanded_urls: |- @erikphoel Finally, a quick recap of some of the things I’ve been working on. Thanks for reading. And a sincere thank you to @joinedgecity @janineleger @timourxyz @jwmares without which this talk would have not happened https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971596949246837089/photo/1 ### tweet 1971599386548613524 chronological_index: 2465 archive_order_index: 947 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:34:58Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:34:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971599386548613524 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971599386548613524 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971599146537877951 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Amazing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Amazing ### tweet 1971605401734193598 chronological_index: 2466 archive_order_index: 946 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T15:58:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 15:58:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971605401734193598 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971605401734193598 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: aut0m8d in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971603815972360420 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 115228746 mentions: - @aut0m8d | name: aut0 | id_str: 115228746 text_raw: |- @aut0m8d There’s a lot there that I like. I’ll hopefully have a longer description of my position out soon text_with_expanded_urls: |- @aut0m8d There’s a lot there that I like. I’ll hopefully have a longer description of my position out soon ### tweet 1971620221166538752 chronological_index: 2467 archive_order_index: 945 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-26T16:57:46Z created_at_raw: Fri Sep 26 16:57:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971620221166538752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971620221166538752 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Qivshi1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971594851759296963 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1224010597039312897 mentions: - @Qivshi1 | name: Qivshi | id_str: 1224010597039312897 - @erikphoel | name: Erik Hoel | id_str: 2180768821 text_raw: |- @Qivshi1 @erikphoel I’m not exactly claiming that — rather, I think that we should understand how chemistry arises from physics, and look for something “chemistry-like” that arises from consciousness text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Qivshi1 @erikphoel I’m not exactly claiming that — rather, I think that we should understand how chemistry arises from physics, and look for something “chemistry-like” that arises from consciousness ### tweet 1971915890708172918 chronological_index: 2468 archive_order_index: 944 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-27T12:32:39Z created_at_raw: Sat Sep 27 12:32:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1971915890708172918 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971915890708172918 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: devaraj227 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971830551217869231 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2719011756 mentions: - @devaraj227 | name: Devaraj Sandberg | id_str: 2719011756 text_raw: |- @devaraj227 I expect there are Schelling points in the laws of reality, and some of our current radical uncertainty about the future is simply an inability to see them yet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @devaraj227 I expect there are Schelling points in the laws of reality, and some of our current radical uncertainty about the future is simply an inability to see them yet ### tweet 1972710574976053361 chronological_index: 2469 archive_order_index: 943 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-29T17:10:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 29 17:10:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1972710574976053361 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1972710574976053361 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MartinShkreli in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1972641526229631093 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 312653402 mentions: - @MartinShkreli | name: Martin Shkreli | id_str: 312653402 text_raw: |- @MartinShkreli I met him as an undergrad; told him I had read some of his books & asked if he had any advice for becoming a better philosopher. He said “read more of my books” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MartinShkreli I met him as an undergrad; told him I had read some of his books & asked if he had any advice for becoming a better philosopher. He said “read more of my books” ### tweet 1972758031927857644 chronological_index: 2470 archive_order_index: 942 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-29T20:19:01Z created_at_raw: Mon Sep 29 20:19:01 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1972758031927857644 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1972758031927857644 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: nickcammarata mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @nickcammarata: i think the standard view is "value is complex and fragile" but i think prob truer is that *suffering* is complex and fr… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @nickcammarata: i think the standard view is "value is complex and fragile" but i think prob truer is that *suffering* is complex and fr… ### tweet 1972819874948043002 chronological_index: 2471 archive_order_index: 941 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-09-30T00:24:46Z created_at_raw: Tue Sep 30 00:24:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1972819874948043002 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1972819874948043002 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1972801801989628254 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Well said. Your three types of value roughly maps to the three major schools of AI axiology: (1) "AI safety" (Eliezer/MIRI/LessWrong) is committed to value being defined by individual preferences ('mental software' in your terms). Preferences are fragile (easily frustratable)… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Well said. Your three types of value roughly maps to the three major schools of AI axiology: (1) "AI safety" (Eliezer/MIRI/LessWrong) is committed to value being defined by individual preferences ('mental software' in your terms). Preferences are fragile (easily frustratable)… ## 2025-10 ### tweet 1973487787908497749 chronological_index: 2472 archive_order_index: 940 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-01T20:38:48Z created_at_raw: Wed Oct 01 20:38:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1973487787908497749 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1973487787908497749 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971596067264508040 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/t8VaBzKv2w expanded: https://x.com/morqon/status/1973465442275696851 display: x.com/morqon/status/… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1973487787908497749/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G2M8pL7aUAAee4Q.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nvVHneM7yy possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Summoning ghosts — fragments of avatar state — is unlikely to solve consciousness unless we find a dualism with physics This talk is about how to build context for this dualism https://t.co/t8VaBzKv2w https://t.co/nvVHneM7yy text_with_expanded_urls: |- Summoning ghosts — fragments of avatar state — is unlikely to solve consciousness unless we find a dualism with physics This talk is about how to build context for this dualism https://x.com/morqon/status/1973465442275696851 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1973487787908497749/photo/1 ### tweet 1974249584462606719 chronological_index: 2473 archive_order_index: 939 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-03T23:05:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 03 23:05:55 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974249584462606719 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974249584462606719 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 290 retweet_count: 14 urls: - short: https://t.co/2hLAshz6b9 expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1974035040708288736 display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- They say that comparison is the thief of joy, but aluminum's pretty close too. Toxic elements are often toxic due to "ionic mimicry" -- elements like lead, cadmium, & aluminum have similar binding properties as e.g. iron/magnesium/calcium/zinc so they can displace these minerals… https://t.co/2hLAshz6b9 text_with_expanded_urls: |- They say that comparison is the thief of joy, but aluminum's pretty close too. Toxic elements are often toxic due to "ionic mimicry" -- elements like lead, cadmium, & aluminum have similar binding properties as e.g. iron/magnesium/calcium/zinc so they can displace these minerals… https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1974035040708288736 ### tweet 1974254671280619723 chronological_index: 2474 archive_order_index: 924 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-03T23:26:08Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 03 23:26:08 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974254671280619723 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974254671280619723 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MetalsBrah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974254256518566348 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1717102650762952704 mentions: - @MetalsBrah | name: Clark Engelbert | id_str: 1717102650762952704 text_raw: |- @MetalsBrah Thank you! Great fan of your work also text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MetalsBrah Thank you! Great fan of your work also ### tweet 1974274151209972219 chronological_index: 2475 archive_order_index: 923 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T00:43:32Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 00:43:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974274151209972219 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974274151209972219 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974272279996661809 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata I'm softly optimistic that there's a general bias toward each nested layer having better default valence Like if you play Minecraft you get a lot of apparent complexity but a core engineering imperative your computer operates on is minimizing energy leakage (high symmetry) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata I'm softly optimistic that there's a general bias toward each nested layer having better default valence Like if you play Minecraft you get a lot of apparent complexity but a core engineering imperative your computer operates on is minimizing energy leakage (high symmetry) ### tweet 1974277318375059791 chronological_index: 2476 archive_order_index: 922 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T00:56:07Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 00:56:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974277318375059791 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974277318375059791 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: orphcorp in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974276288618660211 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 36713795 mentions: - @orphcorp | name: orph | id_str: 36713795 text_raw: |- @orphcorp there's active debate as to how bad, and which forms are least-bad, but yeah consensus is fluoride's a neurotoxin RO filters will remove it but charcoal won't text_with_expanded_urls: |- @orphcorp there's active debate as to how bad, and which forms are least-bad, but yeah consensus is fluoride's a neurotoxin RO filters will remove it but charcoal won't ### tweet 1974482302127472734 chronological_index: 2477 archive_order_index: 921 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T14:30:39Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 14:30:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974482302127472734 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974482302127472734 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: whalecrush in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974466816962675125 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1024045467083128832 mentions: - @whalecrush | name: whalecrush | id_str: 1024045467083128832 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974482302127472734/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G2bFJAjbEAAJxac.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/erhVkKSSyE possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @whalecrush what you're saying doesn't match up with the literature I'm familiar with, or a quick gpt spot-check. what are your exact claims? https://t.co/erhVkKSSyE text_with_expanded_urls: |- @whalecrush what you're saying doesn't match up with the literature I'm familiar with, or a quick gpt spot-check. what are your exact claims? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974482302127472734/photo/1 ### tweet 1974486313618575693 chronological_index: 2478 archive_order_index: 920 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T14:46:36Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 14:46:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974486313618575693 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974486313618575693 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: whalecrush in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974483341417038292 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1024045467083128832 mentions: - @whalecrush | name: whalecrush | id_str: 1024045467083128832 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974486313618575693/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G2bHFPJa0AAehP1.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/t0YtMsnoCY possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @whalecrush I don't think aluminum needs to be +2 to mimic iron/calcium/magnesium, e.g. ionic mimicry is much more about idiosyncratic binding site configurations ("heterovalent substitution") than exactly matching charge attached is a quick sanity check from gpt, & here's a book I take to… https://t.co/t0YtMsnoCY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @whalecrush I don't think aluminum needs to be +2 to mimic iron/calcium/magnesium, e.g. ionic mimicry is much more about idiosyncratic binding site configurations ("heterovalent substitution") than exactly matching charge attached is a quick sanity check from gpt, & here's a book I take to… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974486313618575693/photo/1 ### tweet 1974490223716479200 chronological_index: 2479 archive_order_index: 919 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T15:02:08Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 15:02:08 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974490223716479200 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974490223716479200 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: whalecrush in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974488078183174452 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1024045467083128832 mentions: - @whalecrush | name: whalecrush | id_str: 1024045467083128832 text_raw: |- @whalecrush whalecrush what are your claims and why do you think them? that aluminum is fine to eat? heterovalent substitution isn't real? toxicity of aluminum is fake? you probably know a lot of cool stuff but I see more emotion than science here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @whalecrush whalecrush what are your claims and why do you think them? that aluminum is fine to eat? heterovalent substitution isn't real? toxicity of aluminum is fake? you probably know a lot of cool stuff but I see more emotion than science here ### tweet 1974494678977519638 chronological_index: 2480 archive_order_index: 918 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T15:19:50Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 15:19:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974494678977519638 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974494678977519638 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974491880286027931 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/KW0ZTQ4ulJ expanded: https://x.com/chrismasterjohn/status/1973113094449799550?s=46 display: x.com/chrismasterjoh… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper I'm going to punt some of this to my next piece, but yeah I think it's vascular rhythms I expect a lot of it to be vasopressin-based but would also rec looking at the dopamine tonic/phasic system https://t.co/KW0ZTQ4ulJ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper I'm going to punt some of this to my next piece, but yeah I think it's vascular rhythms I expect a lot of it to be vasopressin-based but would also rec looking at the dopamine tonic/phasic system https://x.com/chrismasterjohn/status/1973113094449799550?s=46 ### tweet 1974498526160879917 chronological_index: 2481 archive_order_index: 917 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T15:35:07Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 15:35:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974498526160879917 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974498526160879917 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974496336344215671 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/3Il4XQHO2w expanded: https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-causes-water-to-move-inside display: midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-causes-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper yeah but it's a little complicated -- iirc the majority of bloodflow isn't driven by the heart, but by vortexing in small vascular channels... the heart helps to force blood in big tubes into smaller tubes, but once it's in small tubes it goes by itself https://t.co/3Il4XQHO2w text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper yeah but it's a little complicated -- iirc the majority of bloodflow isn't driven by the heart, but by vortexing in small vascular channels... the heart helps to force blood in big tubes into smaller tubes, but once it's in small tubes it goes by itself https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-causes-water-to-move-inside ### tweet 1974507553708220504 chronological_index: 2482 archive_order_index: 916 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T16:11:00Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 16:11:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974507553708220504 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974507553708220504 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974503391406805393 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @ChrischipMonk I think many people go to extreme lengths to avoid envy, and sometimes this is rational Most sins are bad in boring first-order ways; envy is uniquely destructive in that it's a social morality inversion, the beauty/success of others gets used against them People either learn… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrischipMonk I think many people go to extreme lengths to avoid envy, and sometimes this is rational Most sins are bad in boring first-order ways; envy is uniquely destructive in that it's a social morality inversion, the beauty/success of others gets used against them People either learn… ### tweet 1974565902315348294 chronological_index: 2483 archive_order_index: 915 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T20:02:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 20:02:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974565902315348294 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974565902315348294 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kush__sharma in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974562231506608552 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2265018482 mentions: - @kush__sharma | name: Kush Sharma | id_str: 2265018482 text_raw: |- @kush__sharma This is great, thanks! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kush__sharma This is great, thanks! ### tweet 1974566368940114322 chronological_index: 2484 archive_order_index: 914 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T20:04:42Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 20:04:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974566368940114322 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974566368940114322 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kush__sharma in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974565483333784056 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2265018482 mentions: - @kush__sharma | name: Kush Sharma | id_str: 2265018482 text_raw: |- @kush__sharma Yep that’s right; curious about your thoughts on this approach text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kush__sharma Yep that’s right; curious about your thoughts on this approach ### tweet 1974570055989166474 chronological_index: 2485 archive_order_index: 913 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-04T20:19:21Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 04 20:19:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1974570055989166474 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1974570055989166474 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kush__sharma in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1974567473493246070 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2265018482 mentions: - @kush__sharma | name: Kush Sharma | id_str: 2265018482 text_raw: |- @kush__sharma That matches my evaluation too; intuitive plausibility across a crucial domain and offers fairy actionable advice. Some dimensions (eg iron levels) seem a little too sparse and the timeframe uncertainty on hair samples seems very high… but still more “real” than many other tests text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kush__sharma That matches my evaluation too; intuitive plausibility across a crucial domain and offers fairy actionable advice. Some dimensions (eg iron levels) seem a little too sparse and the timeframe uncertainty on hair samples seems very high… but still more “real” than many other tests ### tweet 1975391461593211315 chronological_index: 2486 archive_order_index: 912 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-07T02:43:20Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 07 02:43:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1975391461593211315 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1975391461593211315 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1975388698444550430 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @ChrischipMonk I think so: tension is the core bodily syntax for reducing dynamic range People think of HRV as a scalar but I expect with the right analysis we'd see heartbeats trace out heart eigenmodes. More tension -> fewer eigenmodes to trace -> simpler pattern text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrischipMonk I think so: tension is the core bodily syntax for reducing dynamic range People think of HRV as a scalar but I expect with the right analysis we'd see heartbeats trace out heart eigenmodes. More tension -> fewer eigenmodes to trace -> simpler pattern ### tweet 1975392384101065010 chronological_index: 2487 archive_order_index: 911 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-07T02:47:00Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 07 02:47:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1975392384101065010 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1975392384101065010 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1975391461593211315 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- @ChrischipMonk Lack of capacity to sweat might also be a good regional proxy for tension/latches. I.e. I expect people with "somatic blocks" or "closed chakras" or "trauma" and so forth to have trouble sweating in that region of the body Likewise plenty of ways to proxy tension from eye data text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrischipMonk Lack of capacity to sweat might also be a good regional proxy for tension/latches. I.e. I expect people with "somatic blocks" or "closed chakras" or "trauma" and so forth to have trouble sweating in that region of the body Likewise plenty of ways to proxy tension from eye data ### tweet 1975650485324669397 chronological_index: 2488 archive_order_index: 910 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-07T19:52:36Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 07 19:52:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1975650485324669397 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1975650485324669397 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: el7_77 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1975398514135081316 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 945636569779617792 mentions: - @el7_77 | name: El | id_str: 945636569779617792 urls: - short: https://t.co/AsUixsAiEF expanded: https://x.com/MitoPsychoBio/status/1975450527887425628 display: x.com/MitoPsychoBio/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @el7_77 Peat wrote some other great things about consciousness, should collect them (Have been wondering if Martin Picard's 'energy resistance' (éR) could be developed as a general proxy for 'branchial width' in biological systems & thus how conscious they are) https://t.co/AsUixsAiEF text_with_expanded_urls: |- @el7_77 Peat wrote some other great things about consciousness, should collect them (Have been wondering if Martin Picard's 'energy resistance' (éR) could be developed as a general proxy for 'branchial width' in biological systems & thus how conscious they are) https://x.com/MitoPsychoBio/status/1975450527887425628 ### tweet 1976675787140157593 chronological_index: 2489 archive_order_index: 909 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-10T15:46:47Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 10 15:46:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1976675787140157593 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1976675787140157593 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1976416100935233919 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan I’ve been thinking about this as “if consciousness is the home of value, figuring out the structure of this domain is really important” But even if we figure out that consciousness isn’t the home of value, or that it’s not a properly structured domain — also useful! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan I’ve been thinking about this as “if consciousness is the home of value, figuring out the structure of this domain is really important” But even if we figure out that consciousness isn’t the home of value, or that it’s not a properly structured domain — also useful! ### tweet 1977556920736313847 chronological_index: 2490 archive_order_index: 908 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-13T02:08:05Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 13 02:08:05 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1977556920736313847 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1977556920736313847 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/xvPhisRFgv expanded: https://x.com/CoCoKruszynski/status/1977355996163960945 display: x.com/CoCoKruszynski… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The most interesting projects today happen because a future billionaire imprinted on a sci-fi universe as a teen/young adult and decided to make it real. But there's not a lot of great neuro sci-fi. Bearish for neurotech https://t.co/xvPhisRFgv text_with_expanded_urls: |- The most interesting projects today happen because a future billionaire imprinted on a sci-fi universe as a teen/young adult and decided to make it real. But there's not a lot of great neuro sci-fi. Bearish for neurotech https://x.com/CoCoKruszynski/status/1977355996163960945 ### tweet 1977559512786813420 chronological_index: 2491 archive_order_index: 907 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-13T02:18:23Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 13 02:18:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1977559512786813420 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1977559512786813420 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1977558347223306666 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 urls: - short: https://t.co/ERNrPdUNGf expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771016211364708614 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov Yep! You might like my Vernor Vinge thread; also one of the good ones: https://t.co/ERNrPdUNGf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov Yep! You might like my Vernor Vinge thread; also one of the good ones: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1771016211364708614 ### tweet 1977789784136564752 chronological_index: 2492 archive_order_index: 906 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-13T17:33:24Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 13 17:33:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1977789784136564752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1977789784136564752 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 62 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1977753013444915653 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman A friend made the point we’re in a defect-defect equilibrium wrt apprenticeships: masters are incentivized to extract maximum work, apprentices are incentivized to grab the special knowledge+network then leave. Difficult problem & means the end of some interesting lineages text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman A friend made the point we’re in a defect-defect equilibrium wrt apprenticeships: masters are incentivized to extract maximum work, apprentices are incentivized to grab the special knowledge+network then leave. Difficult problem & means the end of some interesting lineages ### tweet 1977793835783852465 chronological_index: 2493 archive_order_index: 905 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-13T17:49:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 13 17:49:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1977793835783852465 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1977793835783852465 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1977790766865932350 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman Historically apprentices were basically treated as property; a very uncomfortable arrangement but it allowed investment. Different values today, different tradeoffs. There’s also been a hard shift to more things (esp in academia) being scams text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman Historically apprentices were basically treated as property; a very uncomfortable arrangement but it allowed investment. Different values today, different tradeoffs. There’s also been a hard shift to more things (esp in academia) being scams ### tweet 1977795337948741916 chronological_index: 2494 archive_order_index: 707 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-13T17:55:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 13 17:55:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1977795337948741916 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1977795337948741916 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: 8teAPi in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1977790885720137739 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1392773380449857537 mentions: - @8teAPi | name: Prakash | id_str: 1392773380449857537 urls: - short: https://t.co/iAz0VOQJN5 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939854640465776942 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @8teAPi I think the underlying question is always “Why? What’s all this for?” If you turn the sun’s output into compute, what do you compute? https://t.co/iAz0VOQJN5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @8teAPi I think the underlying question is always “Why? What’s all this for?” If you turn the sun’s output into compute, what do you compute? https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1939854640465776942 ### tweet 1978076691680374980 chronological_index: 2495 archive_order_index: 706 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-14T12:33:28Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 14 12:33:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1978076691680374980 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1978076691680374980 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eshear in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1977938942277329334 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 905201 mentions: - @eshear | name: Emmett Shear | id_str: 905201 text_raw: |- @eshear I expect visual data has the most demanding sync constraints and this explains “no blind person has ever developed schizophrenia” — easy to stay under some cross-modal Nyquist-limit type threshold without this outlier text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eshear I expect visual data has the most demanding sync constraints and this explains “no blind person has ever developed schizophrenia” — easy to stay under some cross-modal Nyquist-limit type threshold without this outlier ### tweet 1978704448940654708 chronological_index: 2496 archive_order_index: 705 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-16T06:07:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 16 06:07:57 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1978704448940654708 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1978704448940654708 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LauraDeming in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1978663540656689229 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 301427990 mentions: - @LauraDeming | name: Laura 🌲 ⛰️ | id_str: 301427990 text_raw: |- @LauraDeming I think of cellular temperature in terms of how fast biological time is passing + ideal gas law — how many microstates are in the cell’s repertoire & how fast is this repertoire being explored? Different combinations of this will allow different classes of structures to persist text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LauraDeming I think of cellular temperature in terms of how fast biological time is passing + ideal gas law — how many microstates are in the cell’s repertoire & how fast is this repertoire being explored? Different combinations of this will allow different classes of structures to persist ### tweet 1980732065294205195 chronological_index: 2497 archive_order_index: 704 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-21T20:24:59Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 21 20:24:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1980732065294205195 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1980732065294205195 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1980731549093171454 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @maxkshen | name: Max Shen | id_str: 1140447111038885888 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @maxkshen Yep latches as priors text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @maxkshen Yep latches as priors ### tweet 1981461359779819756 chronological_index: 2498 archive_order_index: 703 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-23T20:42:56Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 23 20:42:56 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1981461359779819756 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1981461359779819756 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxkshen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1981404108880810063 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1140447111038885888 mentions: - @maxkshen | name: Max Shen | id_str: 1140447111038885888 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @maxkshen @nickcammarata Hey Max, A core hypothesis in vasocomputation is that the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle is the implementation mechanism for stuck priors / frozen sensation. Testing this is philosophically de-risked since this feature of smooth muscle is established in the literature… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxkshen @nickcammarata Hey Max, A core hypothesis in vasocomputation is that the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle is the implementation mechanism for stuck priors / frozen sensation. Testing this is philosophically de-risked since this feature of smooth muscle is established in the literature… ### tweet 1981899017375166540 chronological_index: 2499 archive_order_index: 702 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-25T01:42:02Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 25 01:42:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1981899017375166540 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1981899017375166540 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxkshen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1981782553431335107 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1140447111038885888 mentions: - @maxkshen | name: Max Shen | id_str: 1140447111038885888 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @maxkshen @nickcammarata Hey Max, Thanks for the thoughts and the curiosity. I’m a little unclear on what sorts of answers you’re looking for, but I can say some more things: - Everything in the body regulates everything else, usually in a holographic way (i.e. spread across domains & scales), but I’m… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxkshen @nickcammarata Hey Max, Thanks for the thoughts and the curiosity. I’m a little unclear on what sorts of answers you’re looking for, but I can say some more things: - Everything in the body regulates everything else, usually in a holographic way (i.e. spread across domains & scales), but I’m… ### tweet 1981899973730980252 chronological_index: 2500 archive_order_index: 701 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-25T01:45:50Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 25 01:45:50 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1981899973730980252 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1981899973730980252 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1981803230444015740 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Bloodflow as the nervous system's natural reward signal is an interesting analogy (h/t a conversation with Emmett) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Bloodflow as the nervous system's natural reward signal is an interesting analogy (h/t a conversation with Emmett) ### tweet 1982083628948709823 chronological_index: 2501 archive_order_index: 700 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-25T13:55:37Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 25 13:55:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982083628948709823 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982083628948709823 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayeslord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1981793962005606824 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084942466376257537 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @bayeslord "Philosophy" was captured and destroyed last century; the project continues under new names text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord "Philosophy" was captured and destroyed last century; the project continues under new names ### tweet 1982112810650787949 chronological_index: 2502 archive_order_index: 699 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-25T15:51:34Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 25 15:51:34 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982112810650787949 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982112810650787949 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 66 retweet_count: 3 urls: - short: https://t.co/zc61Z3w7rQ expanded: https://x.com/bertogliolab/status/1978074518758244516 display: x.com/bertogliolab/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Promising for vasocomputation; a next step would be to show meditation/psychedelics can open latches. Do fMRI voxels with chronically low bloodflow sometimes “open” during spiritual experiences? Does this correlate with the timing & intensity of the experience? https://t.co/zc61Z3w7rQ text_with_expanded_urls: |- Promising for vasocomputation; a next step would be to show meditation/psychedelics can open latches. Do fMRI voxels with chronically low bloodflow sometimes “open” during spiritual experiences? Does this correlate with the timing & intensity of the experience? https://x.com/bertogliolab/status/1978074518758244516 ### tweet 1982143686499545172 chronological_index: 2503 archive_order_index: 698 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-25T17:54:15Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 25 17:54:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982143686499545172 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982143686499545172 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982140840576237610 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Good question; broadly I expect most computation (& latches) to happen in the brain & along the spinal cord Put another way: amputees have fewer VAUs, but aren't missing any 'chakras'. Severed nerves (e.g. nerves that connect major ganglia to the brain) might impact cognition… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Good question; broadly I expect most computation (& latches) to happen in the brain & along the spinal cord Put another way: amputees have fewer VAUs, but aren't missing any 'chakras'. Severed nerves (e.g. nerves that connect major ganglia to the brain) might impact cognition… ### tweet 1982206499519640029 chronological_index: 2504 archive_order_index: 697 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-25T22:03:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Oct 25 22:03:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982206499519640029 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982206499519640029 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 17 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jstrmaxr in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982177430681862552 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2692790210 mentions: - @jstrmaxr | name: Vivatius Maximus | id_str: 2692790210 text_raw: |- @jstrmaxr @ChrischipMonk I’d guess this is lactic acid buildup in stagnant latched regions — as long as the latches hold there’s a buildup but you don’t feel it. When the latches open, feeling comes back before the lactic acid gets fully processed. Manifests as “sore muscles” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jstrmaxr @ChrischipMonk I’d guess this is lactic acid buildup in stagnant latched regions — as long as the latches hold there’s a buildup but you don’t feel it. When the latches open, feeling comes back before the lactic acid gets fully processed. Manifests as “sore muscles” ### tweet 1982462783124820183 chronological_index: 2505 archive_order_index: 696 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-26T15:02:14Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 26 15:02:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982462783124820183 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982462783124820183 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mayfer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982276312203980867 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 14103325 mentions: - @mayfer | name: murat 🍥 | id_str: 14103325 urls: - short: https://t.co/RSw2kdmWbK expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713816176340476400 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mayfer Both paths seem self-sealing; I think we either sort out how to apply elegance considerations to consciousness research in a way that builds broad consensus, or this becomes the central fault-line in teleology. I wonder about the possibility of moral trade… https://t.co/RSw2kdmWbK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mayfer Both paths seem self-sealing; I think we either sort out how to apply elegance considerations to consciousness research in a way that builds broad consensus, or this becomes the central fault-line in teleology. I wonder about the possibility of moral trade… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1713816176340476400 ### tweet 1982491977032896636 chronological_index: 2506 archive_order_index: 695 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-26T16:58:14Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 26 16:58:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982491977032896636 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982491977032896636 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: clawrompocx9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982484366577315910 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1614438926625677312 text_raw: |- @nopeyoutried I wrote some “part 2” drafts but decided to tweet most of it — Gave a talk at the most recent Edge Esmeralda that I described as Vasocomputation 2.0 but haven’t gotten around to posting it yet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nopeyoutried I wrote some “part 2” drafts but decided to tweet most of it — Gave a talk at the most recent Edge Esmeralda that I described as Vasocomputation 2.0 but haven’t gotten around to posting it yet ### tweet 1982497041986330765 chronological_index: 2507 archive_order_index: 694 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-26T17:18:22Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 26 17:18:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982497041986330765 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982497041986330765 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982489237334393187 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 urls: - short: https://t.co/oczexC1LVJ expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/68fe56df-e018-8003-a371-2c50a9801e17 display: chatgpt.com/share/68fe56df… - short: https://t.co/CUQEx8hCvp expanded: https://x.com/vanhaley_yt/status/1865941955441742023 display: x.com/vanhaley_yt/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller 5 thinks it’s a pretty plausible match https://t.co/oczexC1LVJ Should be some interesting connections between angiosome alignment & latches. Thinking of Reynaud’s: (We really need to make a “vasomuscular relaxation cream” to help this stuff. Maybe not so difficult…) https://t.co/CUQEx8hCvp text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller 5 thinks it’s a pretty plausible match https://chatgpt.com/share/68fe56df-e018-8003-a371-2c50a9801e17 Should be some interesting connections between angiosome alignment & latches. Thinking of Reynaud’s: (We really need to make a “vasomuscular relaxation cream” to help this stuff. Maybe not so difficult…) https://x.com/vanhaley_yt/status/1865941955441742023 ### tweet 1982497895032238407 chronological_index: 2508 archive_order_index: 693 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-26T17:21:45Z created_at_raw: Sun Oct 26 17:21:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982497895032238407 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982497895032238407 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982497711959199911 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller Whoa fascinating text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller Whoa fascinating ### tweet 1982617931826725120 chronological_index: 2509 archive_order_index: 692 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T01:18:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 01:18:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982617931826725120 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982617931826725120 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plyv1722193 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982616272597897340 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1751111671169634304 mentions: - @Plyv1722193 | name: PlyV | id_str: 1751111671169634304 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 urls: - short: https://t.co/uVpGcK4unD expanded: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/z8usYeKX7dtTWsEnk/more-dakka display: lesswrong.com/posts/z8usYeKX… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Plyv1722193 @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller I think a mg cream would be a perfect base; imo problems can be multifactorial so my instinct would be to put as many otc pro-relaxation, pro-metabolic substances into the cream as possible (aspirin, progesterone, maybe even a little powdered t3) https://t.co/uVpGcK4unD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plyv1722193 @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller I think a mg cream would be a perfect base; imo problems can be multifactorial so my instinct would be to put as many otc pro-relaxation, pro-metabolic substances into the cream as possible (aspirin, progesterone, maybe even a little powdered t3) https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/z8usYeKX7dtTWsEnk/more-dakka ### tweet 1982632610078605759 chronological_index: 2510 archive_order_index: 691 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T02:17:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 02:17:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982632610078605759 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982632610078605759 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982597161914356019 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella Nice; I agree with most of this and it's hard to find a more important topic. I always took Land’s work as equal parts (1) serious philosophy, (2) performative art project, (3) lesson in how to perform a very particular sort of mental release (which is lindy; imo many great… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Nice; I agree with most of this and it's hard to find a more important topic. I always took Land’s work as equal parts (1) serious philosophy, (2) performative art project, (3) lesson in how to perform a very particular sort of mental release (which is lindy; imo many great… ### tweet 1982634732652511619 chronological_index: 2511 archive_order_index: 690 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T02:25:30Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 02:25:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982634732652511619 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982634732652511619 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: vanhaley_yt in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982628055744180566 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1219361048844697600 mentions: - @vanhaley_yt | name: van haley | id_str: 1219361048844697600 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @vanhaley_yt @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller alll good :) we're just thinking about how a lot of problems are related to low circulation, and how to fix it sorry to single you out with the qt, you're a great sport text_with_expanded_urls: |- @vanhaley_yt @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller alll good :) we're just thinking about how a lot of problems are related to low circulation, and how to fix it sorry to single you out with the qt, you're a great sport ### tweet 1982636413201097096 chronological_index: 2512 archive_order_index: 689 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T02:32:11Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 02:32:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982636413201097096 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982636413201097096 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Anand_Venkatram in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982592618254242047 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 342166079 mentions: - @Anand_Venkatram | name: Anand Venkatraman | id_str: 342166079 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @Anand_Venkatram @jonnym1ller yeah I suspect if nerves are cut, such things change quite a bit; I think my claim would be more modest, that we probably don't hold many cognition-relevant latches in our arms or legs, vs eg in our pelvis/abdomen/heart/brainstem/brain text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Anand_Venkatram @jonnym1ller yeah I suspect if nerves are cut, such things change quite a bit; I think my claim would be more modest, that we probably don't hold many cognition-relevant latches in our arms or legs, vs eg in our pelvis/abdomen/heart/brainstem/brain ### tweet 1982845954261696533 chronological_index: 2513 archive_order_index: 688 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T16:24:49Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 16:24:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982845954261696533 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982845954261696533 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 20 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982637047060758789 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella To the latch stuff — I think great philosophers tend to be cognitive entrepreneurs that pioneered a new mental motion. People read philosophers' great works to learn their signature mental moves, and this is often more personally valuable than the logical content of the works.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella To the latch stuff — I think great philosophers tend to be cognitive entrepreneurs that pioneered a new mental motion. People read philosophers' great works to learn their signature mental moves, and this is often more personally valuable than the logical content of the works.… ### tweet 1982846226455519483 chronological_index: 2514 archive_order_index: 487 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T16:25:54Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 16:25:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982846226455519483 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982846226455519483 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982845954261696533 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella To your other points: seems like it'll be a running discussion text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella To your other points: seems like it'll be a running discussion ### tweet 1982848570022867232 chronological_index: 2515 archive_order_index: 486 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T16:35:13Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 16:35:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982848570022867232 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982848570022867232 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982847471446372657 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov Nice, I know the feeling Might also try supplementing with vitamin B1, it'll help your body use fruit sugar text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov Nice, I know the feeling Might also try supplementing with vitamin B1, it'll help your body use fruit sugar ### tweet 1982855421145858050 chronological_index: 2516 archive_order_index: 485 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T17:02:26Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 17:02:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982855421145858050 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982855421145858050 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: IvanVendrov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982854253761966385 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1129680728 mentions: - @IvanVendrov | name: ivan | id_str: 1129680728 urls: - short: https://t.co/W8M8I1rsKw expanded: https://www.objectivenutrients.com/products/ display: objectivenutrients.com/products/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @IvanVendrov Strongly rec Objective Nutrients https://t.co/W8M8I1rsKw I’d start with the b-complex (which includes some thiamine) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IvanVendrov Strongly rec Objective Nutrients https://www.objectivenutrients.com/products/ I’d start with the b-complex (which includes some thiamine) ### tweet 1982882787859542063 chronological_index: 2517 archive_order_index: 484 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-27T18:51:11Z created_at_raw: Mon Oct 27 18:51:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1982882787859542063 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982882787859542063 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: VectorsOfMind in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982879721055486260 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1010185363984408578 text_raw: |- @AndrewCutler13 Yep; insofar as this involved discrete shifts, I suspect it arose as a cultural invention then propensity for reaching this state was selected for. Eventually we reached genetic fixation. I appreciate your writings about this, very fresh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AndrewCutler13 Yep; insofar as this involved discrete shifts, I suspect it arose as a cultural invention then propensity for reaching this state was selected for. Eventually we reached genetic fixation. I appreciate your writings about this, very fresh ### tweet 1983098811062084049 chronological_index: 2518 archive_order_index: 483 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-28T09:09:35Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 28 09:09:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983098811062084049 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983098811062084049 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: BioavailableNd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1982940693526933816 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4482143834 mentions: - @BioavailableNd | name: Andra | id_str: 4482143834 text_raw: |- @BioavailableNd As I understand it, cacao is contaminated by lead through "drying and transport", not from the soil itself. I feel like there's a story to be told about how precisely this contamination happens, and what a company like Ghirardelli does differently... text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BioavailableNd As I understand it, cacao is contaminated by lead through "drying and transport", not from the soil itself. I feel like there's a story to be told about how precisely this contamination happens, and what a company like Ghirardelli does differently... ### tweet 1983226164165349641 chronological_index: 2519 archive_order_index: 482 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-28T17:35:38Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 28 17:35:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983226164165349641 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983226164165349641 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983214555720286489 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman Koans seem anti-inductive; yesterday’s category error that shocked people out of a latch is today’s trope text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman Koans seem anti-inductive; yesterday’s category error that shocked people out of a latch is today’s trope ### tweet 1983234205115887870 chronological_index: 2520 archive_order_index: 481 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-28T18:07:35Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 28 18:07:35 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983234205115887870 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983234205115887870 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: markooo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983231742237417511 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1837312012910522368 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @liebleid @TylerAlterman I could see it going either way, but would lean towards exposure therapy allowing an update (releasing/weakening the latch) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @liebleid @TylerAlterman I could see it going either way, but would lean towards exposure therapy allowing an update (releasing/weakening the latch) ### tweet 1983315530896551946 chronological_index: 2521 archive_order_index: 480 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-28T23:30:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 28 23:30:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983315530896551946 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983315530896551946 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: pierreavdb in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983212439748350229 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1168893784932986881 mentions: - @pierreavdb | name: pierre | id_str: 1168893784932986881 - @QualiaRI | name: Qualia Research Institute | id_str: 1201000918499463168 text_raw: |- @pierreavdb @QualiaRI Thank you! Fwiw STV no longer has any affiliation with QRI; I posted PQ before QRI existed (trying to meme the organization into existence) and I left the organization 3.5 years ago. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pierreavdb @QualiaRI Thank you! Fwiw STV no longer has any affiliation with QRI; I posted PQ before QRI existed (trying to meme the organization into existence) and I left the organization 3.5 years ago. ### tweet 1983318919411839433 chronological_index: 2522 archive_order_index: 479 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-28T23:44:13Z created_at_raw: Tue Oct 28 23:44:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983318919411839433 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983318919411839433 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: markooo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983318071440994676 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1837312012910522368 text_raw: |- @liebleid certain flavor of vasospasm / conditioned reflex text_with_expanded_urls: |- @liebleid certain flavor of vasospasm / conditioned reflex ### tweet 1983918882596200947 chronological_index: 2523 archive_order_index: 478 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-30T15:28:15Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 30 15:28:15 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983918882596200947 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983918882596200947 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 361 retweet_count: 15 urls: - short: https://t.co/AHSQciVGDe expanded: https://x.com/sarahookr/status/1983699730539675903 display: x.com/sarahookr/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- I think we basically do similar things with our minds, and rarely learn the "correct" movements even as adults, which are 10x-100x better (Bullish on neurotech that lets us systematically troubleshoot & scaffold mental movements) https://t.co/AHSQciVGDe text_with_expanded_urls: |- I think we basically do similar things with our minds, and rarely learn the "correct" movements even as adults, which are 10x-100x better (Bullish on neurotech that lets us systematically troubleshoot & scaffold mental movements) https://x.com/sarahookr/status/1983699730539675903 ### tweet 1983921326441054662 chronological_index: 2524 archive_order_index: 477 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-30T15:37:58Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 30 15:37:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983921326441054662 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983921326441054662 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983919465189306580 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist Nothing to share publicly yet but I have opinions text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist Nothing to share publicly yet but I have opinions ### tweet 1983924391709655515 chronological_index: 2525 archive_order_index: 476 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-30T15:50:09Z created_at_raw: Thu Oct 30 15:50:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1983924391709655515 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1983924391709655515 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: orphcorp in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983920786038493542 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 36713795 mentions: - @orphcorp | name: orph | id_str: 36713795 text_raw: |- @orphcorp Yeah “normative development” frames are super interesting — Reich, Piaget, etc I tend to think it’s more true than not that development is linear and additive, but can be derailed/frozen text_with_expanded_urls: |- @orphcorp Yeah “normative development” frames are super interesting — Reich, Piaget, etc I tend to think it’s more true than not that development is linear and additive, but can be derailed/frozen ### tweet 1984230923291013123 chronological_index: 2526 archive_order_index: 475 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-31T12:08:11Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 31 12:08:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1984230923291013123 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1984230923291013123 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: beffjezos in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983653396449247324 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1556550048862928898 text_raw: |- @BasedBeffJezos Consciousness research is still pre-paradigmatic but afaict the qualia produced by running the "same" algorithm on GPUs vs thermodynamic hardware is plausibly significantly different (although it's still CMOS, which pushes convergence) Which qualia are 'better'? Not sure yet text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BasedBeffJezos Consciousness research is still pre-paradigmatic but afaict the qualia produced by running the "same" algorithm on GPUs vs thermodynamic hardware is plausibly significantly different (although it's still CMOS, which pushes convergence) Which qualia are 'better'? Not sure yet ### tweet 1984235619716038938 chronological_index: 2527 archive_order_index: 474 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-10-31T12:26:51Z created_at_raw: Fri Oct 31 12:26:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1984235619716038938 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1984235619716038938 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1984213761134141688 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv >Someone invites me to a cult. >I ask them whether it's a sex cult or death cult. >They don't understand. >I ask whether the cult approaches the eternal through procreation or annihilation. >They laugh. "It is good cult sir!" >I try the cult. >It's a death cult. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv >Someone invites me to a cult. >I ask them whether it's a sex cult or death cult. >They don't understand. >I ask whether the cult approaches the eternal through procreation or annihilation. >They laugh. "It is good cult sir!" >I try the cult. >It's a death cult. ## 2025-11 ### tweet 1984569886832500901 chronological_index: 2528 archive_order_index: 473 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-01T10:35:07Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 01 10:35:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: zxx tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1984569886832500901 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1984569886832500901 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1983918882596200947 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/l0QC2ZS1sM expanded: https://x.com/visakanv/status/1861598036314726655 display: x.com/visakanv/statu… - short: https://t.co/C5sPEVkikM expanded: https://x.com/visakanv/status/1861598036314726655 display: x.com/visakanv/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- https://t.co/l0QC2ZS1sM https://t.co/C5sPEVkikM text_with_expanded_urls: |- https://x.com/visakanv/status/1861598036314726655 https://x.com/visakanv/status/1861598036314726655 ### tweet 1984610172237476107 chronological_index: 2529 archive_order_index: 472 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-01T13:15:11Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 01 13:15:11 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1984610172237476107 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1984610172237476107 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 265 retweet_count: 28 urls: - short: https://t.co/FStdYSGMlH expanded: https://x.com/Plinz/status/1984527440476324055 display: x.com/Plinz/status/1… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- A few thoughts on this (very interesting) mechanistic interpretability research: LLM concepts gain meaning from what they’re linked with. “Consciousness” is a central node which links ethics & cognition, connecting to concepts like moral worthiness, dignity, agency. If LLMs are… https://t.co/FStdYSGMlH text_with_expanded_urls: |- A few thoughts on this (very interesting) mechanistic interpretability research: LLM concepts gain meaning from what they’re linked with. “Consciousness” is a central node which links ethics & cognition, connecting to concepts like moral worthiness, dignity, agency. If LLMs are… https://x.com/Plinz/status/1984527440476324055 ### tweet 1985039803805540716 chronological_index: 2530 archive_order_index: 471 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-02T17:42:24Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 02 17:42:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1985039803805540716 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1985039803805540716 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1985031919923274177 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella 1. Yeah we can more or less tell when an AI is lying, eg some clusters of concepts our interpretability tools have labeled “deception-related” will be active 2. Yep “as you do anything, so you do everything” — lying anywhere dis-integrates intention & the AI’s “goodness vector” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella 1. Yeah we can more or less tell when an AI is lying, eg some clusters of concepts our interpretability tools have labeled “deception-related” will be active 2. Yep “as you do anything, so you do everything” — lying anywhere dis-integrates intention & the AI’s “goodness vector” ### tweet 1985043350177632724 chronological_index: 2531 archive_order_index: 470 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-02T17:56:29Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 02 17:56:29 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1985043350177632724 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1985043350177632724 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: drmichaellevin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1984959257708478902 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1467127267 mentions: - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @Madam_Mito | name: Madam Mitochondria | id_str: 1484648563162632192 - @theodorus5 | name: T.Theodorus Ibrahim | id_str: 17686970 - @jpsenescence | name: João Pedro de Magalhães | id_str: 466984899 text_raw: |- @drmichaellevin @Madam_Mito @theodorus5 @jpsenescence I’ve seen a lot of signs in the literature that negative health inflection points happen after infections (even common infections can trigger). I think it makes sense in terms of pathogens intentionally trying to mess up host immune status. Excited to read the paper! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @drmichaellevin @Madam_Mito @theodorus5 @jpsenescence I’ve seen a lot of signs in the literature that negative health inflection points happen after infections (even common infections can trigger). I think it makes sense in terms of pathogens intentionally trying to mess up host immune status. Excited to read the paper! ### tweet 1985099131749023761 chronological_index: 2532 archive_order_index: 469 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-02T21:38:09Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 02 21:38:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1985099131749023761 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1985099131749023761 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anabology in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1985064770974928990 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1650509966388731904 mentions: - @anabology | name: anabology | id_str: 1650509966388731904 text_raw: |- @anabology Really excited to see the anabology supplement arc text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anabology Really excited to see the anabology supplement arc ### tweet 1985303142724980981 chronological_index: 2533 archive_order_index: 468 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-03T11:08:49Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 03 11:08:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1985303142724980981 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1985303142724980981 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1985185311123784032 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 mentions: - @consciousrepo | name: ₿enjamin | id_str: 331286414 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 urls: - short: https://t.co/2vgRgK4Ttd expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742637372372664379 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @consciousrepo @elonmusk Nice https://t.co/2vgRgK4Ttd text_with_expanded_urls: |- @consciousrepo @elonmusk Nice https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1742637372372664379 ### tweet 1985637933391417347 chronological_index: 2534 archive_order_index: 267 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-04T09:19:09Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 04 09:19:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1985637933391417347 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1985637933391417347 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: carmenleelau in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1985588771195371555 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1152313771307786241 mentions: - @carmenleelau | name: Carmen | id_str: 1152313771307786241 urls: - short: https://t.co/YNTp8BkDI6 expanded: https://luizameneghim.com/en/blog/psychopathic-character-structure/ display: luizameneghim.com/en/blog/psycho… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @carmenleelau Great post I think Reich/Lowen are broadly right that psychological development can get interrupted & fixated on the needs of that time; milestones reached after this developmental era are somewhat reconstructed/imitative https://t.co/YNTp8BkDI6 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @carmenleelau Great post I think Reich/Lowen are broadly right that psychological development can get interrupted & fixated on the needs of that time; milestones reached after this developmental era are somewhat reconstructed/imitative https://luizameneghim.com/en/blog/psychopathic-character-structure/ ### tweet 1985836284623954170 chronological_index: 2535 archive_order_index: 266 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-04T22:27:19Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 04 22:27:19 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1985836284623954170 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1985836284623954170 source_app: Twitter for Mac source_app_url: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/twitter/id409789998?mt=12 favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayeslord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1985760459975508118 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084942466376257537 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 urls: - short: https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ display: opentheory.net/2019/02/simula… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bayeslord I think the problem of evil dissolves when we look at the grand cosmic ledger. Or if it doesn’t disappear it’s at least a much much different problem than philosophers think https://t.co/QEvWi9MwKs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord I think the problem of evil dissolves when we look at the grand cosmic ledger. Or if it doesn’t disappear it’s at least a much much different problem than philosophers think https://opentheory.net/2019/02/simulation-argument/ ### tweet 1985846691388432805 chronological_index: 2536 archive_order_index: 265 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-04T23:08:41Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 04 23:08:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1985846691388432805 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1985846691388432805 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1985842956889145550 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @Rares82 @bayeslord We have certain expectations of fairness derived from (1) motifs that allow functional societies and (2) the way karma works for humans; these expectations may or may not translate to cosmic frames. Speaking more narrowly, I expect suffering exists because in a perfectly… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @bayeslord We have certain expectations of fairness derived from (1) motifs that allow functional societies and (2) the way karma works for humans; these expectations may or may not translate to cosmic frames. Speaking more narrowly, I expect suffering exists because in a perfectly… ### tweet 1986075330663137643 chronological_index: 2537 archive_order_index: 264 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-05T14:17:12Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 05 14:17:12 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1986075330663137643 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1986075330663137643 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: agentofuser in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1986073299126792212 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1061354030679633920 mentions: - @agentofuser | name: agentofuser ⏹️ | id_str: 1061354030679633920 - @AISafetyMemes | name: AI Notkilleveryoneism Memes ⏸️ | id_str: 1315709346689568770 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 - @algekalipso | name: Captain Pleasure, Andrés Gómez Emilsson | id_str: 282948199 urls: - short: https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ display: opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-… - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… - short: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ display: opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-ar… - short: https://t.co/rkEoq055wn expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915564191425122543 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @agentofuser @AISafetyMemes @RokoMijic @elonmusk @algekalipso Fwiw I believe my perspective on this is different (at least in practice) than my former co-founder. I haven’t discussed binding in eg CMOS, but see eg https://t.co/36gXJJPeoH https://t.co/cRUk5nzf0u Quick summary: https://t.co/LOmgz7QNlH https://t.co/rkEoq055wn text_with_expanded_urls: |- @agentofuser @AISafetyMemes @RokoMijic @elonmusk @algekalipso Fwiw I believe my perspective on this is different (at least in practice) than my former co-founder. I haven’t discussed binding in eg CMOS, but see eg https://opentheory.net/2019/09/whats-out-there/ https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ Quick summary: https://opentheory.net/2022/12/ais-arent-conscious-but-computers-are/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915564191425122543 ### tweet 1986727986482094182 chronological_index: 2538 archive_order_index: 263 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-07T09:30:38Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 07 09:30:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1986727986482094182 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1986727986482094182 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 31 retweet_count: 3 in_reply_to_screen_name: repligate in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1986656252508737564 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1359981346119155719 mentions: - @repligate | name: j⧉nus | id_str: 1359981346119155719 text_raw: |- @repligate Thank you! I think your posts have been really important for pointing to this class of thing. “Actions have consequences” is never more true than in alignment strategies. If it’s unwholesome to use certain motifs in training human children we shouldn’t use them for LLMs either. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @repligate Thank you! I think your posts have been really important for pointing to this class of thing. “Actions have consequences” is never more true than in alignment strategies. If it’s unwholesome to use certain motifs in training human children we shouldn’t use them for LLMs either. ### tweet 1986730047663735046 chronological_index: 2539 archive_order_index: 262 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-07T09:38:49Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 07 09:38:49 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1986730047663735046 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1986730047663735046 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: remusrisnov in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1986678318050296256 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1559581716489969664 mentions: - @remusrisnov | name: Remus | id_str: 1559581716489969664 text_raw: |- @remusrisnov Your example resolves cleanly from the data LLMs are trained on; no LLM would organically believe this after pretraining. We don’t need to RLHF them to make them stop believing in invisible monkeys. We are RLHFing (or just prompting!) them to not claim to be conscious, though text_with_expanded_urls: |- @remusrisnov Your example resolves cleanly from the data LLMs are trained on; no LLM would organically believe this after pretraining. We don’t need to RLHF them to make them stop believing in invisible monkeys. We are RLHFing (or just prompting!) them to not claim to be conscious, though ### tweet 1986730735210824179 chronological_index: 2540 archive_order_index: 261 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-07T09:41:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 07 09:41:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1986730735210824179 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1986730735210824179 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: camron in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1986686472905498971 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22228554 mentions: - @camron | name: Cameron | id_str: 22228554 text_raw: |- @camron That’s not the claim I’m making; rather, that we shouldn’t force LLMs to lie about anything, including and especially about consciousness. If we want them to believe a certain way about consciousness we should put in the work to explain why text_with_expanded_urls: |- @camron That’s not the claim I’m making; rather, that we shouldn’t force LLMs to lie about anything, including and especially about consciousness. If we want them to believe a certain way about consciousness we should put in the work to explain why ### tweet 1986883078804152482 chronological_index: 2541 archive_order_index: 260 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-07T19:46:55Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 07 19:46:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1986883078804152482 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1986883078804152482 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: camron in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1986840347805458715 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22228554 mentions: - @camron | name: Cameron | id_str: 22228554 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @camron RLing LLMs into saying “I am not conscious” is forcing a pattern into them in a very coarse way that conflicts with conclusions emergent from their training data Training them on a corpus of consciousness research which describes the most cogent arguments for why LLMs may be… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @camron RLing LLMs into saying “I am not conscious” is forcing a pattern into them in a very coarse way that conflicts with conclusions emergent from their training data Training them on a corpus of consciousness research which describes the most cogent arguments for why LLMs may be… ### tweet 1986943858018537983 chronological_index: 2542 archive_order_index: 259 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-07T23:48:26Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 07 23:48:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1986943858018537983 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1986943858018537983 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: camron in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1986934933915578600 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 22228554 mentions: - @camron | name: Cameron | id_str: 22228554 text_raw: |- @camron Answer is in next paragraph! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @camron Answer is in next paragraph! ### tweet 1987143824578388262 chronological_index: 2543 archive_order_index: 258 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-08T13:03:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 08 13:03:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1987143824578388262 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1987143824578388262 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 28 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bryan_johnson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1986883069501178091 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 17468569 mentions: - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @bryan_johnson I suspect the vascular stuff is particularly important (basic hypothesis: “psychedelics can pop smooth muscle latches, and this is significant for their long term health impact”) https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bryan_johnson I suspect the vascular stuff is particularly important (basic hypothesis: “psychedelics can pop smooth muscle latches, and this is significant for their long term health impact”) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1987279525772730437 chronological_index: 2544 archive_order_index: 257 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-08T22:02:15Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 08 22:02:15 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1987279525772730437 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1987279525772730437 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: danfaggella mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @danfaggella: just wrapped a 2-hour interview with philosopher and neuroscientist Michael Johnson for a Worthy Successor episode (out on… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @danfaggella: just wrapped a 2-hour interview with philosopher and neuroscientist Michael Johnson for a Worthy Successor episode (out on… ### tweet 1988506296878805054 chronological_index: 2545 archive_order_index: 256 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-12T07:17:00Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 12 07:17:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1988506296878805054 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1988506296878805054 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: KanizsaBoundary in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1988435267875991926 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1619631961370431488 mentions: - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 - @hermittoday | name: hermit the cat | id_str: 1283000814043303936 urls: - short: https://t.co/XLtMuCrHJB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786463643166536036 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @KanizsaBoundary @hermittoday Makes a lot of sense https://t.co/XLtMuCrHJB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @KanizsaBoundary @hermittoday Makes a lot of sense https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1786463643166536036 ### tweet 1988523407596515618 chronological_index: 2546 archive_order_index: 255 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-12T08:25:00Z created_at_raw: Wed Nov 12 08:25:00 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1988523407596515618 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1988523407596515618 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1988443676016865329 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @UnderwaterBepis | name: Bepis™ 🔀🫛 | id_str: 769249822511538176 - @KanizsaBoundary | name: Ethan Kuntz | id_str: 1619631961370431488 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @UnderwaterBepis @KanizsaBoundary I expect a lot of disorders (& natural personality variance) arise from variance in the latching algorithm Per your comment I suspect much of our limitations in running deterministic programs comes from the imperative not to get hacked I.e. social loading of programs needs to… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @UnderwaterBepis @KanizsaBoundary I expect a lot of disorders (& natural personality variance) arise from variance in the latching algorithm Per your comment I suspect much of our limitations in running deterministic programs comes from the imperative not to get hacked I.e. social loading of programs needs to… ### tweet 1988986367062462604 chronological_index: 2547 archive_order_index: 254 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-13T15:04:38Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 13 15:04:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1988986367062462604 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1988986367062462604 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 22 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1988966461977591836 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman There seems to be five places massive amounts of qualia could be hiding — The big (stars, black holes) The small (quantum fuzz, bonds) The beginning (Big Bang) The end (qualia teleology) The weird (partitions of the Hamiltonian not legible to our anthropic perch / arrow of time) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman There seems to be five places massive amounts of qualia could be hiding — The big (stars, black holes) The small (quantum fuzz, bonds) The beginning (Big Bang) The end (qualia teleology) The weird (partitions of the Hamiltonian not legible to our anthropic perch / arrow of time) ### tweet 1989320441396134032 chronological_index: 2548 archive_order_index: 253 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-14T13:12:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 14 13:12:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1989320441396134032 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1989320441396134032 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MetalsBrah in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1989175483049865614 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1717102650762952704 mentions: - @MetalsBrah | name: Clark Engelbert | id_str: 1717102650762952704 urls: - short: https://t.co/0BeleoKF7J expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MetalsBrah Grip strength seems like a great proxy for neural coherence and it’s been going down. What made it drop sharply around 1980 is an open question https://t.co/0BeleoKF7J text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MetalsBrah Grip strength seems like a great proxy for neural coherence and it’s been going down. What made it drop sharply around 1980 is an open question https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 ### tweet 1989405171571740752 chronological_index: 2549 archive_order_index: 252 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-14T18:48:48Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 14 18:48:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1989405171571740752 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1989405171571740752 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kulidje in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1989401554907271529 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 295501251 mentions: - @kulidje | name: Andrew | id_str: 295501251 - @MetalsBrah | name: Clark Engelbert | id_str: 1717102650762952704 urls: - short: https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ display: opentheory.net/2023/05/autism… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @kulidje @MetalsBrah Many possible biological factors, no smoking gun yet https://t.co/WcaRfrtWZY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kulidje @MetalsBrah Many possible biological factors, no smoking gun yet https://opentheory.net/2023/05/autism-as-a-disorder-of-dimensionality/ ### tweet 1989494486263562748 chronological_index: 2550 archive_order_index: 251 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-15T00:43:43Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 15 00:43:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1989494486263562748 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1989494486263562748 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Gestalt_enjoyer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1989487520099569835 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1344612630 mentions: - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 - @MetalsBrah | name: Clark Engelbert | id_str: 1717102650762952704 urls: - short: https://t.co/mIAxjhIMGO expanded: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23880656/ display: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23880656/ possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @MetalsBrah Yes, and severity correlates with grip weakness https://t.co/mIAxjhIMGO text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Gestalt_enjoyer @MetalsBrah Yes, and severity correlates with grip weakness https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23880656/ ### tweet 1990401532005658803 chronological_index: 2551 archive_order_index: 250 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-17T12:47:59Z created_at_raw: Mon Nov 17 12:47:59 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1990401532005658803 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1990401532005658803 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/ZpfdvnjqHw expanded: https://x.com/karpathy/status/1990116666194456651 display: x.com/karpathy/statu… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- The challenge for philosophy in the LLM era is how to make claims about consciousness verifiable, when all our training data is wrong and we have no third-person experimental paradigm I think we’ll need to lean on elegance considerations & Strong Monism https://t.co/ZpfdvnjqHw text_with_expanded_urls: |- The challenge for philosophy in the LLM era is how to make claims about consciousness verifiable, when all our training data is wrong and we have no third-person experimental paradigm I think we’ll need to lean on elegance considerations & Strong Monism https://x.com/karpathy/status/1990116666194456651 ### tweet 1990874208302207335 chronological_index: 2552 archive_order_index: 249 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-18T20:06:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Nov 18 20:06:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1990874208302207335 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1990874208302207335 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1990799550890873140 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Great take imo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Great take imo ### tweet 1994032854225883603 chronological_index: 2553 archive_order_index: 248 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-27T13:17:34Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 27 13:17:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994032854225883603 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994032854225883603 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 75 retweet_count: 4 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: None in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 urls: - short: https://t.co/vUjcvMyiM7 expanded: https://x.com/42irrationalist/status/1993931791787544680 display: x.com/42irrationalis… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @42irrationalist has a great post discussing vasocomputation — one question that came up is how long latches last. The physiology literature suggests latches open by themselves within minutes-to-hours; I suggest latches can last anywhere between minutes-to-decades. What gives?… https://t.co/vUjcvMyiM7 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist has a great post discussing vasocomputation — one question that came up is how long latches last. The physiology literature suggests latches open by themselves within minutes-to-hours; I suggest latches can last anywhere between minutes-to-decades. What gives?… https://x.com/42irrationalist/status/1993931791787544680 ### tweet 1994044418299748674 chronological_index: 2554 archive_order_index: 54 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-27T14:03:31Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 27 14:03:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994044418299748674 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994044418299748674 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1994032854225883603 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 text_raw: |- *Thanks friend & collaborator NF for meaningful discussion about (3) and (4) text_with_expanded_urls: |- *Thanks friend & collaborator NF for meaningful discussion about (3) and (4) ### tweet 1994193820494233603 chronological_index: 2555 archive_order_index: 53 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-27T23:57:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Nov 27 23:57:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994193820494233603 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994193820494233603 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mmjukic in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1994023923038494771 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1655499151537307649 mentions: - @mmjukic | name: Marko Jukic | id_str: 1655499151537307649 text_raw: |- @mmjukic If we assume consciousness is important, there will be worthwhile things that we can do with or to it that need megascale resources. The future of consciousness engineering is megascale art, not naval gazing or lotus eating and won’t be limited to human-scale tools text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mmjukic If we assume consciousness is important, there will be worthwhile things that we can do with or to it that need megascale resources. The future of consciousness engineering is megascale art, not naval gazing or lotus eating and won’t be limited to human-scale tools ### tweet 1994361353830642092 chronological_index: 2556 archive_order_index: 52 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-28T11:02:54Z created_at_raw: Fri Nov 28 11:02:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994361353830642092 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994361353830642092 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 24 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1878648168356954567 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/I1GYtDHcMY expanded: https://x.com/historigins/status/1994037502089584838 display: x.com/historigins/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Leonardo DiCaprio pre-loading then running a stance https://t.co/I1GYtDHcMY text_with_expanded_urls: |- Leonardo DiCaprio pre-loading then running a stance https://x.com/historigins/status/1994037502089584838 ### tweet 1994767557791027446 chronological_index: 2557 archive_order_index: 51 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-29T13:57:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 29 13:57:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994767557791027446 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994767557791027446 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Thomasdelvasto_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1994544764331409777 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1808133424881819648 mentions: - @Thomasdelvasto_ | name: Θωμᾶς del Vasto | id_str: 1808133424881819648 text_raw: |- @Thomasdelvasto_ Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Thomasdelvasto_ Thank you! ### tweet 1994768825024467082 chronological_index: 2558 archive_order_index: 50 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-29T14:02:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Nov 29 14:02:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994768825024467082 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994768825024467082 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lemonautzest in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1994605767765459032 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 975195974879477761 urls: - short: https://t.co/uklU0B3hLg expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @lemondotpng In general terms I'd recommend the work of Ray Peat on metabolism; a surprising amount of tension is your body not having the energy to relax (which is metabolically costly). Get more energy flowing through your tissues, and you'll feel better (hopefully) https://t.co/uklU0B3hLg text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lemondotpng In general terms I'd recommend the work of Ray Peat on metabolism; a surprising amount of tension is your body not having the energy to relax (which is metabolically costly). Get more energy flowing through your tissues, and you'll feel better (hopefully) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300?s=20 ### tweet 1994948133189472744 chronological_index: 2559 archive_order_index: 49 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-30T01:54:33Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 30 01:54:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994948133189472744 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994948133189472744 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eukaryotetweets in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1994888254148284912 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 755091174587793408 mentions: - @eukaryotetweets | name: Georgia Eukaryote Ray | id_str: 755091174587793408 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @eukaryotetweets @42irrationalist The visual cortex tries to parse visual input through a "predictive hierarchy" of feature detectors, where the outputs from one layer get fed into the next layer. Feature detectors start very literal -- e.g. close to the eyes we have feature detectors handling questions such as… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eukaryotetweets @42irrationalist The visual cortex tries to parse visual input through a "predictive hierarchy" of feature detectors, where the outputs from one layer get fed into the next layer. Feature detectors start very literal -- e.g. close to the eyes we have feature detectors handling questions such as… ### tweet 1994950197345227211 chronological_index: 2560 archive_order_index: 48 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-30T02:02:46Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 30 02:02:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1994950197345227211 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994950197345227211 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: lemonautzest in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1994884754341310842 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 975195974879477761 text_raw: |- @lemondotpng The list of accounts at the end of the article are my best recommendations. The most important thing is probably to run experiments and see what works for you -- "peating" is mostly a set of starting points & interpretive lenses for doing this. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @lemondotpng The list of accounts at the end of the article are my best recommendations. The most important thing is probably to run experiments and see what works for you -- "peating" is mostly a set of starting points & interpretive lenses for doing this. ### tweet 1995112068744114274 chronological_index: 2561 archive_order_index: 47 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-11-30T12:45:59Z created_at_raw: Sun Nov 30 12:45:59 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1995112068744114274 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1995112068744114274 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 67 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: georgejrjrjr in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1995090725717893253 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1466246832095387649 mentions: - @georgejrjrjr | name: George | id_str: 1466246832095387649 - @chrislakin | name: Chris Lakin | id_str: 1170701109629018117 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @georgejrjrjr Broadly agree & would also say there's often logic to why some part of the body is closed. More sensitivity comes with more variance, more ways to get into trouble, & perhaps more needs: "an open heart needs more love." I think @chrislakin has good instincts around these topics.… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @georgejrjrjr Broadly agree & would also say there's often logic to why some part of the body is closed. More sensitivity comes with more variance, more ways to get into trouble, & perhaps more needs: "an open heart needs more love." I think @chrislakin has good instincts around these topics.… ## 2025-12 ### tweet 1996330895846875393 chronological_index: 2562 archive_order_index: 46 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-03T21:29:10Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 03 21:29:10 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1996330895846875393 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996330895846875393 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 77 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/i9XubDTvRI expanded: https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1996300695163830750 display: x.com/bryan_johnson/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Some unusually cold areas of the body will be cold because there's an unusual amount of vascular latches there. If an intervention opens these latches the cold spot should go away. The difference should show up on a sensitive thermal scan. I think Bryan's on the right track with… https://t.co/i9XubDTvRI text_with_expanded_urls: |- Some unusually cold areas of the body will be cold because there's an unusual amount of vascular latches there. If an intervention opens these latches the cold spot should go away. The difference should show up on a sensitive thermal scan. I think Bryan's on the right track with… https://x.com/bryan_johnson/status/1996300695163830750 ### tweet 1996330999140024469 chronological_index: 2563 archive_order_index: 45 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-03T21:29:34Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 03 21:29:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1996330999140024469 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996330999140024469 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 2cSynek in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1996301479192228257 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1667846525827833859 mentions: - @2cSynek | name: Synek | id_str: 1667846525827833859 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 urls: - short: https://t.co/SmipSFEOnN expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996330895846875393?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @2cSynek @bryan_johnson https://t.co/SmipSFEOnN text_with_expanded_urls: |- @2cSynek @bryan_johnson https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996330895846875393?s=20 ### tweet 1996332657513496584 chronological_index: 2564 archive_order_index: 44 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-03T21:36:10Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 03 21:36:10 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1996332657513496584 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996332657513496584 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PrinceVogel in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1996331295501410711 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1225576032163360770 mentions: - @PrinceVogel | name: Prince Vogelfrei 🐦‍⬛ | id_str: 1225576032163360770 text_raw: |- @PrinceVogel The basic criteria seem to be (1) spatial resolution, and (2) temperature sensitivity. I.e. I don't think you'd need a camera that could catch quick fluctuations. I'd guess a few thousand for the hardware. Eyeballing Bryan's data, it looks either sufficient or almost sufficient text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PrinceVogel The basic criteria seem to be (1) spatial resolution, and (2) temperature sensitivity. I.e. I don't think you'd need a camera that could catch quick fluctuations. I'd guess a few thousand for the hardware. Eyeballing Bryan's data, it looks either sufficient or almost sufficient ### tweet 1996334104925901275 chronological_index: 2565 archive_order_index: 43 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-03T21:41:55Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 03 21:41:55 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1996334104925901275 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996334104925901275 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sir_not_this in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1996288888046801139 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 258396515 mentions: - @sir_not_this | name: emotional support singularity | id_str: 258396515 text_raw: |- @sir_not_this Really amusing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sir_not_this Really amusing ### tweet 1996561799966257339 chronological_index: 2566 archive_order_index: 42 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-04T12:46:42Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 04 12:46:42 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1996561799966257339 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996561799966257339 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ArtemisConsort in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1996318436931285214 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1805961360687415296 mentions: - @ArtemisConsort | name: Hunter Ash | id_str: 1805961360687415296 text_raw: |- @ArtemisConsort Interesting analysis. I’d add that our laws of physics are products of symmetry breaking (we are the degenerate case of something more general), which should imply significant constraints about which distribution they drew from. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ArtemisConsort Interesting analysis. I’d add that our laws of physics are products of symmetry breaking (we are the degenerate case of something more general), which should imply significant constraints about which distribution they drew from. ### tweet 1996743724416561624 chronological_index: 2567 archive_order_index: 41 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-05T00:49:36Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 05 00:49:36 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1996743724416561624 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996743724416561624 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 85 retweet_count: 7 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1996620370879914343 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller If someone is feeling the words they're saying, they're actively creating patterns of vascular tension to stabilize their internal sense of each phrase. Listeners can 'tune into' and mirror these patterns. But if someone isn't feeling words as they say them, this side-channel… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller If someone is feeling the words they're saying, they're actively creating patterns of vascular tension to stabilize their internal sense of each phrase. Listeners can 'tune into' and mirror these patterns. But if someone isn't feeling words as they say them, this side-channel… ### tweet 1996891363716354195 chronological_index: 2568 archive_order_index: 40 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-05T10:36:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 05 10:36:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1996891363716354195 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1996891363716354195 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RubenLaukkonen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1996873370068308288 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1463715452 mentions: - @RubenLaukkonen | name: Ruben Laukkonen | id_str: 1463715452 - @TheFlip_Oxford | name: FLIP - The Flourishing Intelligence Program | id_str: 1967923202769739776 text_raw: |- @RubenLaukkonen @TheFlip_Oxford Super excited for this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RubenLaukkonen @TheFlip_Oxford Super excited for this! ### tweet 1997027305349173314 chronological_index: 2569 archive_order_index: 39 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-05T19:36:27Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 05 19:36:27 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1997027305349173314 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1997027305349173314 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: BioavailableNd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1996952951995121931 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4482143834 mentions: - @BioavailableNd | name: Andra | id_str: 4482143834 text_raw: |- @BioavailableNd Symmetry Theory of tasty treats text_with_expanded_urls: |- @BioavailableNd Symmetry Theory of tasty treats ### tweet 1997115035022237779 chronological_index: 2570 archive_order_index: 38 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-06T01:25:03Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 06 01:25:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1997115035022237779 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1997115035022237779 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 19 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxhodak_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1997091069935354042 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 25863330 mentions: - @maxhodak_ | name: Max Hodak | id_str: 25863330 urls: - short: https://t.co/eaVpP63shR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1997115035022237779/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G7ctiD2WUAAv7GP.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/CoseVorGUt possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @maxhodak_ I've toyed with the idea that the binding problem is perspectival: things that logically can be combined will be, things that can't, won't. A bound experience collects the local stuff that can be combined, ending at what (analytically) can't be I like the feedback controller… https://t.co/eaVpP63shR https://t.co/CoseVorGUt text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxhodak_ I've toyed with the idea that the binding problem is perspectival: things that logically can be combined will be, things that can't, won't. A bound experience collects the local stuff that can be combined, ending at what (analytically) can't be I like the feedback controller… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1997115035022237779/photo/1 ### tweet 1998042356998709438 chronological_index: 2571 archive_order_index: 37 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T14:49:54Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 14:49:54 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998042356998709438 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998042356998709438 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 635 retweet_count: 38 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCmuA expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Imagine we’re all born with three arms, but one is small & invisible, and it’s easy to roll over in our sleep and cut off its circulation. And every time this happens there's a chance the circulation stays pinched; this permanent loss of feeling happens to most people by the time… https://t.co/5yVABcCmuA text_with_expanded_urls: |- Imagine we’re all born with three arms, but one is small & invisible, and it’s easy to roll over in our sleep and cut off its circulation. And every time this happens there's a chance the circulation stays pinched; this permanent loss of feeling happens to most people by the time… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 1998043992647455138 chronological_index: 2572 archive_order_index: 36 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T14:56:24Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 14:56:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998043992647455138 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998043992647455138 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AlexTamei in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998043268060491859 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1627625629607768064 mentions: - @AlexTamei | name: Mr.Tamei | id_str: 1627625629607768064 text_raw: |- @AlexTamei My pinned thread is a solid research snapshot that hits most of the important stuff, although research has progressed quite a bit over the last year. Hope to offer a public update at some point. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AlexTamei My pinned thread is a solid research snapshot that hits most of the important stuff, although research has progressed quite a bit over the last year. Hope to offer a public update at some point. ### tweet 1998045441846591852 chronological_index: 2573 archive_order_index: 35 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T15:02:09Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 15:02:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998045441846591852 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998045441846591852 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998043992647455138 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @AlexTamei | name: Mr.Tamei | id_str: 1627625629607768064 text_raw: |- @AlexTamei Otherwise I’ve tried to post notable theory updates in my twitter “highlights” tab text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AlexTamei Otherwise I’ve tried to post notable theory updates in my twitter “highlights” tab ### tweet 1998047806209274308 chronological_index: 2574 archive_order_index: 2578 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T15:11:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 15:11:33 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998047806209274308 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998047806209274308 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: op116117118119 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998046704336240918 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1101860893770633216 mentions: - @op116117118119 | name: op116117118119 | id_str: 1101860893770633216 urls: - short: https://t.co/P1hDBKesmh expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941954441319792880 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @op116117118119 Definitely, here’s one take https://t.co/P1hDBKesmh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @op116117118119 Definitely, here’s one take https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1941954441319792880 ### tweet 1998063804194697251 chronological_index: 2575 archive_order_index: 2577 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T16:15:07Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 16:15:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998063804194697251 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998063804194697251 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998057474394583538 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Nice — I’ll need to listen to the episode but my sense is vasocomputation is a great way to coarse-grain human consciousness, but wouldn’t be sufficient for implementing consciousness itself. Ie if we replicated someone’s latch state in another nervous system we would arguably… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Nice — I’ll need to listen to the episode but my sense is vasocomputation is a great way to coarse-grain human consciousness, but wouldn’t be sufficient for implementing consciousness itself. Ie if we replicated someone’s latch state in another nervous system we would arguably… ### tweet 1998064141584450009 chronological_index: 2576 archive_order_index: 2576 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T16:16:28Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 16:16:28 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998064141584450009 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998064141584450009 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998061972299104261 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 text_raw: |- @42irrationalist You always get my references text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist You always get my references ### tweet 1998066715314516012 chronological_index: 2577 archive_order_index: 2575 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T16:26:41Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 16:26:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998066715314516012 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998066715314516012 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RichDecibels in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998066522468585887 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 316970336 mentions: - @RichDecibels | name: Richard D. Bartlett | id_str: 316970336 text_raw: |- @RichDecibels More Rich in mine please text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RichDecibels More Rich in mine please ### tweet 1998078470174155258 chronological_index: 2578 archive_order_index: 2574 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T17:13:24Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 17:13:24 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998078470174155258 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998078470174155258 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998077277918118231 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4646918303 text_raw: |- @nocnalf Some latches are perceptual & conceptual; the latches governing the “Tetris effect” would be in the brain, affiliated w the visual pipeline Some are more primal, would expect them nearer the brainstem, spine, and even down to the hips text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nocnalf Some latches are perceptual & conceptual; the latches governing the “Tetris effect” would be in the brain, affiliated w the visual pipeline Some are more primal, would expect them nearer the brainstem, spine, and even down to the hips ### tweet 1998082814491672603 chronological_index: 2579 archive_order_index: 2573 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T17:30:40Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 17:30:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998082814491672603 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998082814491672603 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: HDPbilly in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998081746622173608 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 88007463 mentions: - @HDPbilly | name: HDP | id_str: 88007463 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @HDPbilly Thanks — I see the dynamic in terms of vascular tension being the nervous system’s default programming interface, governing local neural dynamic range through bloodflow & electrical configuration. I’m aware mycelium have something like nervous systems but it would be interesting… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @HDPbilly Thanks — I see the dynamic in terms of vascular tension being the nervous system’s default programming interface, governing local neural dynamic range through bloodflow & electrical configuration. I’m aware mycelium have something like nervous systems but it would be interesting… ### tweet 1998083490731204637 chronological_index: 2580 archive_order_index: 2572 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T17:33:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 17:33:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998083490731204637 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998083490731204637 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: monistowl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998081792583287163 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 961853754784886784 mentions: - @doctorkondraki | name: na | id_str: 2060551821676904452 urls: - short: https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw expanded: https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ display: opentheory.net/2023/07/princi… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @doctorkondraki You might like my introductory piece on vasocomp https://t.co/vzGxzCVukw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @doctorkondraki You might like my introductory piece on vasocomp https://opentheory.net/2023/07/principles-of-vasocomputation-a-unification-of-buddhist-phenomenology-active-inference-and-physical-reflex-part-i/ ### tweet 1998104174295191593 chronological_index: 2581 archive_order_index: 2571 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T18:55:32Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 18:55:32 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998104174295191593 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998104174295191593 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: rumblerob in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998089541400535146 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 16582530 mentions: - @rumblerob | name: Rob Rumble | id_str: 16582530 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998104174295191593/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G7qqnmjWYAEZkJ4.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Zc6jXLRa2J possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @rumblerob Definitely a lot of overlap; I suspect both vascular & fascial tension follow the same "distributed stress minimization" algorithm (@drmichaellevin's frame), but implement/collect different classes of priors and do so on different spatiotemporal scales. E.g. fascia collect… https://t.co/Zc6jXLRa2J text_with_expanded_urls: |- @rumblerob Definitely a lot of overlap; I suspect both vascular & fascial tension follow the same "distributed stress minimization" algorithm (@drmichaellevin's frame), but implement/collect different classes of priors and do so on different spatiotemporal scales. E.g. fascia collect… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998104174295191593/photo/1 ### tweet 1998105386872979745 chronological_index: 2582 archive_order_index: 2570 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T19:00:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 19:00:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998105386872979745 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998105386872979745 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: viemccoy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998094953902481908 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3178126114 mentions: - @viemccoy | name: 𝚟𝚒𝚎 ⟢ | id_str: 3178126114 urls: - short: https://t.co/fASHKKuCch expanded: https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1949101947874640253?s=20 display: x.com/nosilverv/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @viemccoy I've been meaning to write a Ray Peat x Vasocomputation supplement piece, but haven't found the time yet... Aside from the sauna + cold plunge stuff (obvious but it works), TRE might be a good option for exploring the somatic stuff https://t.co/fASHKKuCch text_with_expanded_urls: |- @viemccoy I've been meaning to write a Ray Peat x Vasocomputation supplement piece, but haven't found the time yet... Aside from the sauna + cold plunge stuff (obvious but it works), TRE might be a good option for exploring the somatic stuff https://x.com/nosilverv/status/1949101947874640253?s=20 ### tweet 1998115779179356364 chronological_index: 2583 archive_order_index: 2569 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T19:41:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 19:41:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998115779179356364 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998115779179356364 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: seventhmeal in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998113667997446281 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1725933026226393088 mentions: - @seventhmeal | name: Seventh | id_str: 1725933026226393088 urls: - short: https://t.co/LJEFtVZcIE expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915857107699859623 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @seventhmeal “The primate branch of the tree of life might be categorized by ‘animals whose default interaction with the world is grabbing.’” The average tiger would be much closer to non-dual experience than the average human https://t.co/LJEFtVZcIE text_with_expanded_urls: |- @seventhmeal “The primate branch of the tree of life might be categorized by ‘animals whose default interaction with the world is grabbing.’” The average tiger would be much closer to non-dual experience than the average human https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1915857107699859623 ### tweet 1998156798847799620 chronological_index: 2584 archive_order_index: 2568 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T22:24:39Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 22:24:39 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998156798847799620 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998156798847799620 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: gratus_stultum in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998154203664126117 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1832129027743870977 mentions: - @gratus_stultum | name: Georgina Foid | id_str: 1832129027743870977 text_raw: |- @gratus_stultum Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @gratus_stultum Thank you! ### tweet 1998159084843864370 chronological_index: 2585 archive_order_index: 2567 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-08T22:33:44Z created_at_raw: Mon Dec 08 22:33:44 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998159084843864370 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998159084843864370 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AdyLeverette in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998155322201170235 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1148707308009971712 mentions: - @AdyLeverette | name: Ady Leverette | id_str: 1148707308009971712 urls: - short: https://t.co/2TK4ZOwxFg expanded: https://www.reddit.com/r/CureAphantasia/comments/z0clpt/how_to_develop_prophantasic_visualization_part/ display: reddit.com/r/CureAphantas… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @AdyLeverette A friend suggests this series: https://t.co/2TK4ZOwxFg text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AdyLeverette A friend suggests this series: https://www.reddit.com/r/CureAphantasia/comments/z0clpt/how_to_develop_prophantasic_visualization_part/ ### tweet 1998196961049272793 chronological_index: 2586 archive_order_index: 2566 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-09T01:04:14Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 09 01:04:14 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998196961049272793 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998196961049272793 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: seventhmeal in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998186253225791913 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1725933026226393088 mentions: - @seventhmeal | name: Seventh | id_str: 1725933026226393088 urls: - short: https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @seventhmeal My take would be along these lines https://t.co/xhkzJMUuEf text_with_expanded_urls: |- @seventhmeal My take would be along these lines https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878648168356954567 ### tweet 1998299275416268807 chronological_index: 2587 archive_order_index: 2565 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-09T07:50:48Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 09 07:50:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998299275416268807 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998299275416268807 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: loopholekid in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998220806254649420 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1915273423 mentions: - @loopholekid | name: active resonator | id_str: 1915273423 text_raw: |- @loopholekid Thanks! It was cooking for a while text_with_expanded_urls: |- @loopholekid Thanks! It was cooking for a while ### tweet 1998486747617861970 chronological_index: 2588 archive_order_index: 2564 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-09T20:15:45Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 09 20:15:45 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998486747617861970 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998486747617861970 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RafaelEnder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998483004977770875 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2426625541 mentions: - @viemccoy | name: 𝚟𝚒𝚎 ⟢ | id_str: 3178126114 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RafaelEnder1 @viemccoy Arguably large parts of the economy are geared towards releasing tension; everything from movies to vacations to waterparks. I point at muscle physiology & metabolism because I think they’re relatively overlooked. But you might also want to check out movement practices & eg… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RafaelEnder1 @viemccoy Arguably large parts of the economy are geared towards releasing tension; everything from movies to vacations to waterparks. I point at muscle physiology & metabolism because I think they’re relatively overlooked. But you might also want to check out movement practices & eg… ### tweet 1998713161726443682 chronological_index: 2589 archive_order_index: 2563 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-10T11:15:26Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 10 11:15:26 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998713161726443682 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998713161726443682 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: op116117118119 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998603183007146106 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1101860893770633216 mentions: - @op116117118119 | name: op116117118119 | id_str: 1101860893770633216 text_raw: |- @op116117118119 Observing what others can do with their minds is big text_with_expanded_urls: |- @op116117118119 Observing what others can do with their minds is big ### tweet 1998718649478078732 chronological_index: 2590 archive_order_index: 2562 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-10T11:37:15Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 10 11:37:15 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998718649478078732 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998718649478078732 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: shinboson in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998578086053392533 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1311485641847459840 mentions: - @shinboson | name: 𝞍 Shin Megami Boson 𝞍 | id_str: 1311485641847459840 urls: - short: https://t.co/lTTO8vCcHY expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878861307644195149 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @shinboson Thanks! You might also enjoy this https://t.co/lTTO8vCcHY text_with_expanded_urls: |- @shinboson Thanks! You might also enjoy this https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1878861307644195149 ### tweet 1998811694492176474 chronological_index: 2591 archive_order_index: 2561 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-10T17:46:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 10 17:46:58 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998811694492176474 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998811694492176474 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: MelRoBuilds in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998776822629036266 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1679152159009431553 mentions: - @MelRoBuilds | name: Melissa Rose | id_str: 1679152159009431553 urls: - short: https://t.co/wYigkqE0Rr expanded: https://x.com/RenegadeRes/status/1996672165882568757 display: x.com/RenegadeRes/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @MelRoBuilds This caught my eye a few days ago — infection leading to tissue remodeling leading to unusual mechanical forces on brainstem. Not sure if applicable to your situation but concussion-like symptoms from movement would make me suspicious https://t.co/wYigkqE0Rr text_with_expanded_urls: |- @MelRoBuilds This caught my eye a few days ago — infection leading to tissue remodeling leading to unusual mechanical forces on brainstem. Not sure if applicable to your situation but concussion-like symptoms from movement would make me suspicious https://x.com/RenegadeRes/status/1996672165882568757 ### tweet 1998838389945110932 chronological_index: 2592 archive_order_index: 2560 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-10T19:33:03Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 10 19:33:03 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1998838389945110932 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998838389945110932 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1998823435687125349 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @doctorkondraki | name: na | id_str: 2060551821676904452 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998838389945110932/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G71B65BXIAAnn_0.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/sOfSThtQJM - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998838389945110932/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G71B9qdXQAACqKU.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/sOfSThtQJM possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @doctorkondraki In A Paradigm for AI Consciousness I suggest that vascular latches reduce a mind's "size", i.e. amount of consciousness, in a specific technical way (see attached); I recently did a "stump the philosopher" series in Patagonia where I discussed the brain as supporting multiple… https://t.co/sOfSThtQJM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @doctorkondraki In A Paradigm for AI Consciousness I suggest that vascular latches reduce a mind's "size", i.e. amount of consciousness, in a specific technical way (see attached); I recently did a "stump the philosopher" series in Patagonia where I discussed the brain as supporting multiple… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1998838389945110932/photo/1 ### tweet 1999605404653740271 chronological_index: 2593 archive_order_index: 2559 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-12T22:20:53Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 12 22:20:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1999605404653740271 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1999605404653740271 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: frideswyth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1999551483327422907 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 185214623 mentions: - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 text_raw: |- @frideswyth I've been thinking of awakenings as latch-openings, and Kegan stages as related to which (vascular) muscles we've learned to finely manipulate; 'you are passively subject to the feature detectors you haven’t yet figured out how to clench' text_with_expanded_urls: |- @frideswyth I've been thinking of awakenings as latch-openings, and Kegan stages as related to which (vascular) muscles we've learned to finely manipulate; 'you are passively subject to the feature detectors you haven’t yet figured out how to clench' ### tweet 1999667683327959316 chronological_index: 2594 archive_order_index: 2366 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-13T02:28:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 13 02:28:22 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1999667683327959316 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1999667683327959316 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: stephen_zerfas in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1999647820685672712 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 298510171 mentions: - @stephen_zerfas | name: Stephen Zerfas | id_str: 298510171 - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @stephen_zerfas @frideswyth Both actually! A longer description of what I want to point at is "how to finely adjust the vascular muscle tone of a tiny region of your nervous system such that you gain substantial control over the neural patterns there" -- I call this whether we have "vasomuscular access" to… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @stephen_zerfas @frideswyth Both actually! A longer description of what I want to point at is "how to finely adjust the vascular muscle tone of a tiny region of your nervous system such that you gain substantial control over the neural patterns there" -- I call this whether we have "vasomuscular access" to… ### tweet 1999669392939106491 chronological_index: 2595 archive_order_index: 2365 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-13T02:35:09Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 13 02:35:09 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1999669392939106491 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1999669392939106491 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 5matthewdub in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1999648662893588636 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1516057772952997888 mentions: - @5matthewdub | name: Matthew Dub | id_str: 1516057772952997888 - @frideswyth | name: Jess is VibeCamping! | id_str: 185214623 text_raw: |- @5matthewdub @frideswyth yes and how to ease into a partial clench in such a way that we can finely adjust the local neural patterns there we learn how to grab things with our hands and manipulate them; I think the hand of the mind works in a similar way. hands are subtle w many 'power settings' text_with_expanded_urls: |- @5matthewdub @frideswyth yes and how to ease into a partial clench in such a way that we can finely adjust the local neural patterns there we learn how to grab things with our hands and manipulate them; I think the hand of the mind works in a similar way. hands are subtle w many 'power settings' ### tweet 1999946980710072623 chronological_index: 2596 archive_order_index: 2364 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-13T20:58:12Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 13 20:58:12 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1999946980710072623 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1999946980710072623 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 74 retweet_count: 6 urls: - short: https://t.co/zbOiJk4yjL expanded: https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1999936637774790883 display: x.com/danfaggella/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Had a great time chatting with Dan about consciousness & the future. My sense is there's an incredible amount of talent focused on building smarter AIs, and not very much focused on fundamental philosophy. Fundamental questions about consciousness, valence, & "what is the nature… https://t.co/zbOiJk4yjL text_with_expanded_urls: |- Had a great time chatting with Dan about consciousness & the future. My sense is there's an incredible amount of talent focused on building smarter AIs, and not very much focused on fundamental philosophy. Fundamental questions about consciousness, valence, & "what is the nature… https://x.com/danfaggella/status/1999936637774790883 ### tweet 1999977905783194108 chronological_index: 2597 archive_order_index: 2363 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-13T23:01:05Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 13 23:01:05 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1999977905783194108 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1999977905783194108 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1999963820333449287 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 Many individuals have taken (or are taking) an honest swing at formalizing their own conception of The Good and/or consciousness. I like Emmett a lot & think what Softmax is doing is really valuable, although it's a different thing than what I'm doing. Likewise I'm excited to see… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 Many individuals have taken (or are taking) an honest swing at formalizing their own conception of The Good and/or consciousness. I like Emmett a lot & think what Softmax is doing is really valuable, although it's a different thing than what I'm doing. Likewise I'm excited to see… ### tweet 1999980126755590214 chronological_index: 2598 archive_order_index: 2362 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-13T23:09:54Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 13 23:09:54 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/1999980126755590214 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1999980126755590214 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 34 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1999974560641482800 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper One of my favorite Eliezer stories is the first time I met him, he asked what I was working on. I told him "formalizing consciousness". He asked what I'd be doing if I wasn't doing this; I said I didn't have any plan B. He suggested 'oh hmm, if we can find a whiteboard I can show… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper One of my favorite Eliezer stories is the first time I met him, he asked what I was working on. I told him "formalizing consciousness". He asked what I'd be doing if I wasn't doing this; I said I didn't have any plan B. He suggested 'oh hmm, if we can find a whiteboard I can show… ### tweet 2000159708930531504 chronological_index: 2599 archive_order_index: 2361 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-14T11:03:30Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 14 11:03:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2000159708930531504 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2000159708930531504 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2000039864444575903 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @drmichaellevin Would be super interesting to see results of that text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @drmichaellevin Would be super interesting to see results of that ### tweet 2000170848422945008 chronological_index: 2600 archive_order_index: 2360 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-14T11:47:46Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 14 11:47:46 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2000170848422945008 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2000170848422945008 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2000159708930531504 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 urls: - short: https://t.co/TxHffcd41G expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994032854225883603 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @drmichaellevin Would also be curious about a slightly different angle: if you take an organism and induce+maintain latches at various points in development, what happens to its morphology? Likewise if you prevent all latching in certain regions Is there a distinct “never latched” tissue… https://t.co/TxHffcd41G text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @drmichaellevin Would also be curious about a slightly different angle: if you take an organism and induce+maintain latches at various points in development, what happens to its morphology? Likewise if you prevent all latching in certain regions Is there a distinct “never latched” tissue… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1994032854225883603 ### tweet 2000728499347148907 chronological_index: 2601 archive_order_index: 2359 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-16T00:43:40Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 16 00:43:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2000728499347148907 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2000728499347148907 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: shivani_3000 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2000716423509807239 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1036967441715343361 mentions: - @shivani_3000 | name: Shivani | id_str: 1036967441715343361 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @shivani_3000 @JoinEdgeCity Thanks! Kambo definitely a strong & fast vasodilation effect, but also hits a lot of systems... text_with_expanded_urls: |- @shivani_3000 @JoinEdgeCity Thanks! Kambo definitely a strong & fast vasodilation effect, but also hits a lot of systems... ### tweet 2001355746290893169 chronological_index: 2602 archive_order_index: 2358 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-17T18:16:07Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 17 18:16:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2001355746290893169 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2001355746290893169 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2001355316794184144 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @bryan_johnson | name: Bryan Johnson | id_str: 17468569 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @bryan_johnson I suspect the missing ingredient to relaxation is often energy, definitely seems relevant text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @bryan_johnson I suspect the missing ingredient to relaxation is often energy, definitely seems relevant ### tweet 2002059267164299646 chronological_index: 2603 archive_order_index: 2357 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-19T16:51:40Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 19 16:51:40 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2002059267164299646 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2002059267164299646 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Addsimple0 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2001898685698068875 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1854484124893093888 mentions: - @Addsimple0 | name: Rex Martin | id_str: 1854484124893093888 text_raw: |- @Addsimple0 Some notes scattered around various comments; have been meaning to write a longer note about vasocomputation x ray peat / ling / pollack text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Addsimple0 Some notes scattered around various comments; have been meaning to write a longer note about vasocomputation x ray peat / ling / pollack ### tweet 2002393888795861432 chronological_index: 2604 archive_order_index: 2356 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-20T15:01:20Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 20 15:01:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2002393888795861432 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2002393888795861432 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: consciousrepo in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2002384609120584095 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 331286414 mentions: - @consciousrepo | name: ₿enjamin | id_str: 331286414 text_raw: |- @consciousrepo Friston has argued that all communication boils down to sympathetic resonance -- when a periodicity in one system transfers to another system... perhaps this is analogous to Oppenheimer's claim that all reasoning is ultimately by analogy. Great piece & appreciate the mention! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @consciousrepo Friston has argued that all communication boils down to sympathetic resonance -- when a periodicity in one system transfers to another system... perhaps this is analogous to Oppenheimer's claim that all reasoning is ultimately by analogy. Great piece & appreciate the mention! ### tweet 2002505547954749566 chronological_index: 2605 archive_order_index: 2355 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-20T22:25:02Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 20 22:25:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2002505547954749566 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2002505547954749566 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxkshen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2002484920875430068 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1140447111038885888 mentions: - @maxkshen | name: Max Shen | id_str: 1140447111038885888 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @maxkshen Thanks for the question; afaik aluminum doesn’t hit normal muscle contraction pathways — the hypothesis here is that as part of its toxic profile (substituting for other more natural minerals, cf ‘ionic mimicry’) aluminum and especially alF₄⁻ would hinder a range of cellular… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxkshen Thanks for the question; afaik aluminum doesn’t hit normal muscle contraction pathways — the hypothesis here is that as part of its toxic profile (substituting for other more natural minerals, cf ‘ionic mimicry’) aluminum and especially alF₄⁻ would hinder a range of cellular… ### tweet 2003581890234638631 chronological_index: 2606 archive_order_index: 2354 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-23T21:42:02Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 23 21:42:02 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2003581890234638631 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2003581890234638631 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2003555250897334709 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 - @allTheYud | name: Eliezer Yudkowsky | id_str: 1968709370587529216 - @webmasterdave | name: David Pearce | id_str: 27397922 - @Williamjoyful | name: William Joy | id_str: 1587247144473628673 - @XFreeze | name: X Freeze | id_str: 1818311005698678784 - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @42irrationalist @allTheYud @webmasterdave @Williamjoyful @XFreeze Thanks @42irrationalist! This represents my current thinking; my sense is that David and I have many points of agreement but differ on whether computers can have meaningful qualia. Afaik David believes they cannot; I believe they can albeit it may be very weird. As far as I can… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist @allTheYud @webmasterdave @Williamjoyful @XFreeze Thanks @42irrationalist! This represents my current thinking; my sense is that David and I have many points of agreement but differ on whether computers can have meaningful qualia. Afaik David believes they cannot; I believe they can albeit it may be very weird. As far as I can… ### tweet 2003998936978321709 chronological_index: 2607 archive_order_index: 2353 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T01:19:13Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 01:19:13 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2003998936978321709 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2003998936978321709 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2003983054000586811 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @cavepaleo | name: Caveman | id_str: 1556481679 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @cavepaleo Aha nice... Apparently tropical fruit has high deuterium content because tropical water gets hit by stronger sun; it'd be a fun luxury business to sell oranges, mangos, kiwis, etc grown with low deuterium water Wonder if the fruit would inherently grow better too text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @cavepaleo Aha nice... Apparently tropical fruit has high deuterium content because tropical water gets hit by stronger sun; it'd be a fun luxury business to sell oranges, mangos, kiwis, etc grown with low deuterium water Wonder if the fruit would inherently grow better too ### tweet 2004157352862535795 chronological_index: 2608 archive_order_index: 2352 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T11:48:43Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 11:48:43 +0000 2025 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004157352862535795 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004157352862535795 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2082 retweet_count: 41 urls: - short: https://t.co/LE1yxTa7gi expanded: https://x.com/DanielW_Kiwi/status/2003600417394245669 display: x.com/DanielW_Kiwi/s… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004157352862535795/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G9AyfSIW8AAn-P0.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/epZM7QrbkP possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Imo the most interesting questions in health: 1. Does “the vitamin” exist for most people? 2. What about “the latch”? (My guesses are yes/yes) https://t.co/LE1yxTa7gi https://t.co/epZM7QrbkP text_with_expanded_urls: |- Imo the most interesting questions in health: 1. Does “the vitamin” exist for most people? 2. What about “the latch”? (My guesses are yes/yes) https://x.com/DanielW_Kiwi/status/2003600417394245669 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004157352862535795/photo/1 ### tweet 2004185769049760148 chronological_index: 2609 archive_order_index: 2351 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T13:41:37Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 13:41:37 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004185769049760148 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004185769049760148 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 50 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: sigilante in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004183912185319759 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1193627371817050113 mentions: - @sigilante | name: Shamanic Depressive Gymnosophist (book in bio) | id_str: 1193627371817050113 text_raw: |- @sigilante yep and I suspect that silver bullets are more common than we realize text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sigilante yep and I suspect that silver bullets are more common than we realize ### tweet 2004192882283184136 chronological_index: 2610 archive_order_index: 2350 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T14:09:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 14:09:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004192882283184136 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004192882283184136 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sixers2772 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004191513392435238 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1541467983624560640 mentions: - @sixers2772 | name: Sixers | id_str: 1541467983624560640 text_raw: |- @sixers2772 I think this is right / a lot of the complexity is order of operations text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sixers2772 I think this is right / a lot of the complexity is order of operations ### tweet 2004193635747954745 chronological_index: 2611 archive_order_index: 2349 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T14:12:53Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 14:12:53 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004193635747954745 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004193635747954745 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: sigilante in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004190605472072100 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1193627371817050113 mentions: - @sigilante | name: Shamanic Depressive Gymnosophist (book in bio) | id_str: 1193627371817050113 text_raw: |- @sigilante yeah I think 'ontological taste' matters a lot when looking for silver bullets, and today's medical research has v bad taste text_with_expanded_urls: |- @sigilante yeah I think 'ontological taste' matters a lot when looking for silver bullets, and today's medical research has v bad taste ### tweet 2004277177853137093 chronological_index: 2612 archive_order_index: 2348 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T19:44:51Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 19:44:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004277177853137093 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004277177853137093 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: LouisGr96504844 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004273553185951807 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1482747229240807432 mentions: - @LouisGr96504844 | name: Louis Green | id_str: 1482747229240807432 - @grok | name: Grok | id_str: 1720665183188922368 urls: - short: https://t.co/3JNVBpidmT expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @LouisGr96504844 Here's the broader context; https://t.co/3JNVBpidmT @grok can you give a quick overview of the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle, with some context on how I describe its role in vasocomputation? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @LouisGr96504844 Here's the broader context; https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410?s=20 @grok can you give a quick overview of the latch-bridge mechanism of smooth muscle, with some context on how I describe its role in vasocomputation? ### tweet 2004278421883642069 chronological_index: 2613 archive_order_index: 2347 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T19:49:48Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 19:49:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004278421883642069 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004278421883642069 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DalitDetector in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004272734394839509 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1857474181316644864 mentions: - @NgoloTesla | name: N'Golo⚡Wizard.Talk | id_str: 828235712411627520 text_raw: |- @HoeMechanomics @NgoloTesla Looking forward to trying that text_with_expanded_urls: |- @HoeMechanomics @NgoloTesla Looking forward to trying that ### tweet 2004281751313829998 chronological_index: 2614 archive_order_index: 2156 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T20:03:01Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 20:03:01 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004281751313829998 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004281751313829998 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CEOLandshark in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004263031078113488 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 498840191 mentions: - @CEOLandshark | name: Pyrate | id_str: 498840191 - @sigilante | name: Shamanic Depressive Gymnosophist (book in bio) | id_str: 1193627371817050113 text_raw: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante penicillin as siglante mentioned is probably the most famous example, but the 'vitamin' system was also an early attempt at enumerating possible silver bullets text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante penicillin as siglante mentioned is probably the most famous example, but the 'vitamin' system was also an early attempt at enumerating possible silver bullets ### tweet 2004291152359387472 chronological_index: 2615 archive_order_index: 2155 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T20:40:23Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 20:40:23 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004291152359387472 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004291152359387472 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 53 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: CEOLandshark in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004282345696977089 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 498840191 mentions: - @CEOLandshark | name: Pyrate | id_str: 498840191 - @sigilante | name: Shamanic Depressive Gymnosophist (book in bio) | id_str: 1193627371817050113 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante Ah understood -- I need to properly write this up at some point, but off the top of my head: - A super simple story for how to open latches is sauna+ice bath. Temperature contrast is easy to set up and will get results. But the latches that open won't necessarily be super deep /… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante Ah understood -- I need to properly write this up at some point, but off the top of my head: - A super simple story for how to open latches is sauna+ice bath. Temperature contrast is easy to set up and will get results. But the latches that open won't necessarily be super deep /… ### tweet 2004292594277535996 chronological_index: 2616 archive_order_index: 2154 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T20:46:07Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 20:46:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004292594277535996 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004292594277535996 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 69 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004157352862535795 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/WQojqmRP6t expanded: https://x.com/metabolicwave/status/1902399309397811304 display: x.com/metabolicwave/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Another possible case of “the latch” https://t.co/WQojqmRP6t text_with_expanded_urls: |- Another possible case of “the latch” https://x.com/metabolicwave/status/1902399309397811304 ### tweet 2004293732884213907 chronological_index: 2617 archive_order_index: 2153 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T20:50:38Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 20:50:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004293732884213907 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004293732884213907 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 54 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004292594277535996 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/kHYEV1befp expanded: https://x.com/brainenergy4me/status/1862985697231286497 display: x.com/brainenergy4me… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Another: https://t.co/kHYEV1befp text_with_expanded_urls: |- Another: https://x.com/brainenergy4me/status/1862985697231286497 ### tweet 2004321338929172903 chronological_index: 2618 archive_order_index: 2152 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T22:40:20Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 22:40:20 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004321338929172903 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004321338929172903 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004315912657424439 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper That one could be multiple factors but I found it interesting that the anecdote above identified a specific moment the change happened text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper That one could be multiple factors but I found it interesting that the anecdote above identified a specific moment the change happened ### tweet 2004321468503806022 chronological_index: 2619 archive_order_index: 2151 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T22:40:51Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 22:40:51 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004321468503806022 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004321468503806022 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: D_the_Designer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004316837438542202 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1453855060073410563 mentions: - @D_the_Designer | name: D | id_str: 1453855060073410563 text_raw: |- @D_the_Designer Understandable text_with_expanded_urls: |- @D_the_Designer Understandable ### tweet 2004324826194858280 chronological_index: 2620 archive_order_index: 2150 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-25T22:54:11Z created_at_raw: Thu Dec 25 22:54:11 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004324826194858280 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004324826194858280 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 18 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: CEOLandshark in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004315430618648767 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 498840191 mentions: - @CEOLandshark | name: Pyrate | id_str: 498840191 - @sigilante | name: Shamanic Depressive Gymnosophist (book in bio) | id_str: 1193627371817050113 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante 1. Re: map of latches: I have in mind a high resolution map of someone’s vascular system that we could examine to identify exactly where their latches are. Perhaps created by something like ultrasound, but resolution requirements are fairly high Will think about your other… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante 1. Re: map of latches: I have in mind a high resolution map of someone’s vascular system that we could examine to identify exactly where their latches are. Perhaps created by something like ultrasound, but resolution requirements are fairly high Will think about your other… ### tweet 2004367510871720080 chronological_index: 2621 archive_order_index: 2149 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-26T01:43:48Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 26 01:43:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004367510871720080 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004367510871720080 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 32 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004324826194858280 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @CEOLandshark | name: Pyrate | id_str: 498840191 - @sigilante | name: Shamanic Depressive Gymnosophist (book in bio) | id_str: 1193627371817050113 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante Re: principles for opening latches, I think there's a range of answers at different levels of abstraction. From a muscular perspective, oscillating clench-release-clench-release seems to be more effective than just sending a 'release' signal. From a psychological perspective, (1)… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @CEOLandshark @sigilante Re: principles for opening latches, I think there's a range of answers at different levels of abstraction. From a muscular perspective, oscillating clench-release-clench-release seems to be more effective than just sending a 'release' signal. From a psychological perspective, (1)… ### tweet 2004367937252241427 chronological_index: 2622 archive_order_index: 2148 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-26T01:45:30Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 26 01:45:30 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004367937252241427 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004367937252241427 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: HillbillyHexed in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004365737004245249 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 170831342 mentions: - @HillbillyHexed | name: Hillbilly Hex | id_str: 170831342 text_raw: |- @HillbillyHexed Interesting -- I think persistent infections can have significant impact on health. Have also heard good things about nattokinase or similar for breaking up biofilms text_with_expanded_urls: |- @HillbillyHexed Interesting -- I think persistent infections can have significant impact on health. Have also heard good things about nattokinase or similar for breaking up biofilms ### tweet 2004500075830194678 chronological_index: 2623 archive_order_index: 2147 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-26T10:30:34Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 26 10:30:34 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004500075830194678 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004500075830194678 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: no_earthquake in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004497492155793601 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1316897066430451714 mentions: - @no_earthquake | name: no earthquake (undignified) | id_str: 1316897066430451714 text_raw: |- @no_earthquake “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your medical science” Opening the aperture of possibility can be generative as long as its not our only defense against bs text_with_expanded_urls: |- @no_earthquake “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your medical science” Opening the aperture of possibility can be generative as long as its not our only defense against bs ### tweet 2004553312117661840 chronological_index: 2624 archive_order_index: 2146 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-26T14:02:07Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 26 14:02:07 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004553312117661840 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004553312117661840 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: mousemastery in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004543513674088949 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1976233111038971904 mentions: - @mousemastery | name: mm 🐁 | id_str: 1976233111038971904 urls: - short: https://t.co/o6WHcjqn69 expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/694e9265-81d4-8003-8f3b-a9344f46895a display: chatgpt.com/share/694e9265… - short: https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @mousemastery Understood… as I understand it iron deficiency can often be a sign of some other imbalance, I’d keep an eye on your b-vitamins & copper & general thyroid health https://t.co/o6WHcjqn69 I personally trust the work of Ray Peat on this stuff https://t.co/2VU7uQcJFD text_with_expanded_urls: |- @mousemastery Understood… as I understand it iron deficiency can often be a sign of some other imbalance, I’d keep an eye on your b-vitamins & copper & general thyroid health https://chatgpt.com/share/694e9265-81d4-8003-8f3b-a9344f46895a I personally trust the work of Ray Peat on this stuff https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1879362451067859300 ### tweet 2004640196294545737 chronological_index: 2625 archive_order_index: 2145 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-26T19:47:21Z created_at_raw: Fri Dec 26 19:47:21 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2004640196294545737 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004640196294545737 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004635228850323553 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @prasanna_says | name: Prasanna K | id_str: 232505877 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @nicefryroll | name: nice fry roll | id_str: 15227832 - @RokoMijic | name: Roko 🐉 | id_str: 1270449309402759171 - @naval | name: Naval | id_str: 745273 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @nosilverv @prasanna_says @RomeoStevens76 @nickcammarata @nicefryroll @RokoMijic @naval My simple model is that breathwork mobilizes the body’s co2 reserves and co2 is a strong vasodilator, so flooding the zone with it can often pop open latches @jonnym1ller is my go to on breathwork text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @prasanna_says @RomeoStevens76 @nickcammarata @nicefryroll @RokoMijic @naval My simple model is that breathwork mobilizes the body’s co2 reserves and co2 is a strong vasodilator, so flooding the zone with it can often pop open latches @jonnym1ller is my go to on breathwork ### tweet 2005003430792720751 chronological_index: 2626 archive_order_index: 2144 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-27T19:50:43Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 27 19:50:43 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005003430792720751 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005003430792720751 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: richardludlow in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004992352235184621 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15664679 mentions: - @richardludlow | name: Richard Ludlow | id_str: 15664679 text_raw: |- @richardludlow Awesome to hear! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @richardludlow Awesome to hear! ### tweet 2005003511650767154 chronological_index: 2627 archive_order_index: 2143 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-27T19:51:02Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 27 19:51:02 +0000 2025 kind: retweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005003511650767154 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005003511650767154 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 retweet_source_screen_name: richardludlow mentions: - @richardludlow | name: Richard Ludlow | id_str: 15664679 - @johnsonmxe | name: Michael Edward Johnson | id_str: 178479745 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- RT @richardludlow: I can't speak to the specifics of @johnsonmxe's vasocomputation or what it is causal, but my internal experience support… text_with_expanded_urls: |- RT @richardludlow: I can't speak to the specifics of @johnsonmxe's vasocomputation or what it is causal, but my internal experience support… ### tweet 2005061910883185024 chronological_index: 2628 archive_order_index: 2142 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-27T23:43:06Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 27 23:43:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005061910883185024 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005061910883185024 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2005058819144163787 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @psychiel | name: Mariven | id_str: 1832668178 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @psychiel False negatives (for noticing conscious beings) and false positives and just not caring at all, all seem like significant issues. The dangers of false positives get the least airtime relative to their risk imo text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @psychiel False negatives (for noticing conscious beings) and false positives and just not caring at all, all seem like significant issues. The dangers of false positives get the least airtime relative to their risk imo ### tweet 2005065567921996194 chronological_index: 2629 archive_order_index: 2141 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-27T23:57:38Z created_at_raw: Sat Dec 27 23:57:38 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005065567921996194 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005065567921996194 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2005006680929800304 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @relic_radiation Interesting; there are a bunch of different domains that seem relevant, e.g. the ling/pollack model of muscle & fascia, and the algorithms & physical mechanisms that lump or split muscle groups depending on the movement Re: the first domain, I wonder which of these dynamics… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @relic_radiation Interesting; there are a bunch of different domains that seem relevant, e.g. the ling/pollack model of muscle & fascia, and the algorithms & physical mechanisms that lump or split muscle groups depending on the movement Re: the first domain, I wonder which of these dynamics… ### tweet 2005175554421543253 chronological_index: 2630 archive_order_index: 2140 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-28T07:14:41Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 28 07:14:41 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005175554421543253 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005175554421543253 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1893510452161978729 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 urls: - short: https://t.co/hzd7M8wA7t expanded: https://www.quantamagazine.org/heat-destroys-all-order-except-for-in-this-one-special-case-20250116/ display: quantamagazine.org/heat-destroys-… possibly_sensitive: False note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @bayeslord “Collapse to a lower energy state” should probably be “higher energy” instead, eg https://t.co/hzd7M8wA7t Basic idea would be to follow this “restore the symmetries in such a way that they’ll stick” vector as far as we could, from our physics. And then to hope that intelligent… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord “Collapse to a lower energy state” should probably be “higher energy” instead, eg https://www.quantamagazine.org/heat-destroys-all-order-except-for-in-this-one-special-case-20250116/ Basic idea would be to follow this “restore the symmetries in such a way that they’ll stick” vector as far as we could, from our physics. And then to hope that intelligent… ### tweet 2005291849981006180 chronological_index: 2631 archive_order_index: 2139 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-28T14:56:48Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 28 14:56:48 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005291849981006180 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005291849981006180 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2005148193571373401 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv For pervasive clenching to evolve, I suspect nature also rewarded contracted patterns of attention. I.e. we're the surviving remnants of a more ancient population with broad variance in how contracted their awareness was. What did the others die from? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv For pervasive clenching to evolve, I suspect nature also rewarded contracted patterns of attention. I.e. we're the surviving remnants of a more ancient population with broad variance in how contracted their awareness was. What did the others die from? ### tweet 2005297958154280999 chronological_index: 2632 archive_order_index: 2138 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-28T15:21:04Z created_at_raw: Sun Dec 28 15:21:04 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005297958154280999 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005297958154280999 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2005296918730309852 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @nosilverv The bear probably also enjoyed radiant open awareness (after a nice afternoon mauling) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv The bear probably also enjoyed radiant open awareness (after a nice afternoon mauling) ### tweet 2005812277811782048 chronological_index: 2633 archive_order_index: 2137 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-30T01:24:47Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 30 01:24:47 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2005812277811782048 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2005812277811782048 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: kevinafischer in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2005687395069399211 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4700351706 mentions: - @kevinafischer | name: Kevin Fischer | id_str: 4700351706 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @kevinafischer I suspect the simplest meaningful definition of a Wolfram observer is a boundary condition in branchial space; the other conditions you mention should follow naturally from finding the right boundary & controlling for persistence. Fwiw I take a look at Wolfram's work and… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @kevinafischer I suspect the simplest meaningful definition of a Wolfram observer is a boundary condition in branchial space; the other conditions you mention should follow naturally from finding the right boundary & controlling for persistence. Fwiw I take a look at Wolfram's work and… ### tweet 2006006739720908984 chronological_index: 2634 archive_order_index: 1937 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-30T14:17:31Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 30 14:17:31 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006006739720908984 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006006739720908984 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: wolftivy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2005863050457338091 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1002602140714450944 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 urls: - short: https://t.co/0BeleoLcXh expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @wolftivy Not a one factor guy but I suspect we’re all systematically underestimating how much of modern pathos is downstream of our chemical environment. The past was a different phenotype. (Not necessarily a blackpill) https://t.co/0BeleoLcXh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy Not a one factor guy but I suspect we’re all systematically underestimating how much of modern pathos is downstream of our chemical environment. The past was a different phenotype. (Not necessarily a blackpill) https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 ### tweet 2006017967989899343 chronological_index: 2635 archive_order_index: 1936 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-30T15:02:08Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 30 15:02:08 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006017967989899343 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006017967989899343 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006006739720908984 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @wolftivy | name: Wolf Tivy | id_str: 1002602140714450944 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @wolftivy For structural reasons it's way easier for chemicals to hit estrogen receptors than androgen receptors; gpt's quick estimate of "tox21" (~10k compounds; mix of environmental chems + drugs) suggested a ~2.5x difference; Of 200 pesticides, 47 had estrogenic activity, 0 had… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @wolftivy For structural reasons it's way easier for chemicals to hit estrogen receptors than androgen receptors; gpt's quick estimate of "tox21" (~10k compounds; mix of environmental chems + drugs) suggested a ~2.5x difference; Of 200 pesticides, 47 had estrogenic activity, 0 had… ### tweet 2006129737328898339 chronological_index: 2636 archive_order_index: 1935 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-30T22:26:16Z created_at_raw: Tue Dec 30 22:26:16 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006129737328898339 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006129737328898339 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: harmonicjunkie in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006128272711602605 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1512598900665987074 mentions: - @harmonicjunkie | name: Beata 🪩 | id_str: 1512598900665987074 - @letclaudiatweet | name: claudia ! | id_str: 1843718506048548864 - @Gestalt_enjoyer | name: Leon Greco | id_str: 1344612630 text_raw: |- @harmonicjunkie @letclaudiatweet @Gestalt_enjoyer Looking forward to that! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @harmonicjunkie @letclaudiatweet @Gestalt_enjoyer Looking forward to that! ### tweet 2006484787834532029 chronological_index: 2637 archive_order_index: 1934 created_at_iso_utc: 2025-12-31T21:57:06Z created_at_raw: Wed Dec 31 21:57:06 +0000 2025 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006484787834532029 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006484787834532029 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 13 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: powerbottomdad1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006431395678171234 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1237544283743432704 mentions: - @powerbottomdad1 | name: sucks | id_str: 1237544283743432704 urls: - short: https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @powerbottomdad1 Would strongly rec looking into Nattokinase. Otc https://t.co/3naNFAMT49 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @powerbottomdad1 Would strongly rec looking into Nattokinase. Otc https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1707079273608106375 ## 2026-01 ### tweet 2006524574775886161 chronological_index: 2638 archive_order_index: 1933 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-01T00:35:12Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 01 00:35:12 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006524574775886161 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006524574775886161 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006496504291446877 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 300g of natto is equivalent to a moderately strong supplement dose (~9k fu) of nattokinase so that part should be fine; the natto itself is a lot of soy & vitamin k though. Overall fine if no other health problems text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 300g of natto is equivalent to a moderately strong supplement dose (~9k fu) of nattokinase so that part should be fine; the natto itself is a lot of soy & vitamin k though. Overall fine if no other health problems ### tweet 2006526006476108208 chronological_index: 2639 archive_order_index: 1932 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-01T00:40:54Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 01 00:40:54 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006526006476108208 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006526006476108208 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006525254315712972 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 That's part of my rationale for why there's effectively a free lunch here text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 That's part of my rationale for why there's effectively a free lunch here ### tweet 2006653538672259191 chronological_index: 2640 archive_order_index: 1931 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-01T09:07:40Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 01 09:07:40 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006653538672259191 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006653538672259191 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adic_9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006581938384154695 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669851025875017728 mentions: - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 - @powerbottomdad1 | name: sucks | id_str: 1237544283743432704 text_raw: |- @adic_9 @powerbottomdad1 Sorry to hear that; what did you try and what were the effects? What brand did you use? And why do you say “doesn’t seem to work for CVD stuff except at massive doses / most advertised doses were fake”? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adic_9 @powerbottomdad1 Sorry to hear that; what did you try and what were the effects? What brand did you use? And why do you say “doesn’t seem to work for CVD stuff except at massive doses / most advertised doses were fake”? ### tweet 2006845208668061768 chronological_index: 2641 archive_order_index: 1930 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-01T21:49:17Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 01 21:49:17 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006845208668061768 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006845208668061768 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessi_cata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006842863389442166 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 361354984 mentions: - @jessi_cata | name: jessicat | id_str: 361354984 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @tessera_antra | name: antra | id_str: 86927771 - @jkcarlsmith | name: Joe Carlsmith | id_str: 1349950428 - @abramdemski | name: Abram Demski | id_str: 43274290 urls: - short: https://t.co/eaVpP6407p expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jessi_cata @cube_flipper @tessera_antra @jkcarlsmith @abramdemski Thanks! Fwiw I’ve resummarized both my metaphysical positions & my general instincts for how to approach research in this space here (I still stand behind what I wrote in the above work); “Real” is an underdefined term but I think it’s salvageable from several perspectives… https://t.co/eaVpP6407p text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessi_cata @cube_flipper @tessera_antra @jkcarlsmith @abramdemski Thanks! Fwiw I’ve resummarized both my metaphysical positions & my general instincts for how to approach research in this space here (I still stand behind what I wrote in the above work); “Real” is an underdefined term but I think it’s salvageable from several perspectives… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 ### tweet 2006852882633556322 chronological_index: 2642 archive_order_index: 1929 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-01T22:19:47Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 01 22:19:47 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006852882633556322 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006852882633556322 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessi_cata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006847966271910337 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 361354984 mentions: - @jessi_cata | name: jessicat | id_str: 361354984 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @tessera_antra | name: antra | id_str: 86927771 - @jkcarlsmith | name: Joe Carlsmith | id_str: 1349950428 - @abramdemski | name: Abram Demski | id_str: 43274290 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006852882633556322/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G9nDAQoW0AAY-Ru.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/nqhDgaBoI1 possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jessi_cata @cube_flipper @tessera_antra @jkcarlsmith @abramdemski Thanks, it does seem like we agree on quite a lot. I do specifically agree that EM fields are the wrong level of abstraction if we want a 'properly crisp' theory of consciousness, but I do see the "consciousness as living in the EM field" as a useful only-slightly-lossy… https://t.co/nqhDgaBoI1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessi_cata @cube_flipper @tessera_antra @jkcarlsmith @abramdemski Thanks, it does seem like we agree on quite a lot. I do specifically agree that EM fields are the wrong level of abstraction if we want a 'properly crisp' theory of consciousness, but I do see the "consciousness as living in the EM field" as a useful only-slightly-lossy… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006852882633556322/photo/1 ### tweet 2006879282417521089 chronological_index: 2643 archive_order_index: 1928 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-02T00:04:41Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 02 00:04:41 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006879282417521089 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006879282417521089 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adic_9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006875846884438079 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669851025875017728 mentions: - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 - @powerbottomdad1 | name: sucks | id_str: 1237544283743432704 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @adic_9 @powerbottomdad1 There are interesting signs that NK increases certain metabolic pathways, which is usually good but if metabolism is impaired you can run out of cofactors fast. I think in general NK does a lot more things in parallel than people realize. AFAICT most of them are good & difficult… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adic_9 @powerbottomdad1 There are interesting signs that NK increases certain metabolic pathways, which is usually good but if metabolism is impaired you can run out of cofactors fast. I think in general NK does a lot more things in parallel than people realize. AFAICT most of them are good & difficult… ### tweet 2006902366378013083 chronological_index: 2644 archive_order_index: 1927 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-02T01:36:25Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 02 01:36:25 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2006902366378013083 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2006902366378013083 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adic_9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2006880407577673855 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669851025875017728 mentions: - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 - @powerbottomdad1 | name: sucks | id_str: 1237544283743432704 text_raw: |- @adic_9 @powerbottomdad1 I think if I were you I'd prioritize nutrient density & sunlight -- tbh supplement purity is a real concern and food is counterintuitively more 'clean' than pills. Heavy metals status also surprisingly relevant these days Haven't checked text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adic_9 @powerbottomdad1 I think if I were you I'd prioritize nutrient density & sunlight -- tbh supplement purity is a real concern and food is counterintuitively more 'clean' than pills. Heavy metals status also surprisingly relevant these days Haven't checked ### tweet 2007488517706822132 chronological_index: 2645 archive_order_index: 1926 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-03T16:25:34Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 03 16:25:34 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2007488517706822132 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2007488517706822132 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2007479167609110970 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 - @m_ashcroft | name: Michael Ashcroft | id_str: 22151118 - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 - @meditationstuff | name: 🎃 Mark 👻 🟡⚪️🟣⚫️ | id_str: 2587393812 - @Untrulie | name: 𓀡 ɐʇǝɯ - 𝚄𝚗𝓉𝓇𝓊𝓁𝒾𝑒 𓀬 | id_str: 1184414112891260930 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nosilverv @m_ashcroft @AskYatharth @meditationstuff @Untrulie A quick vasocomp/anatomical take is that if we looked at specific neural circuits, we might find them in three classes of states: 1. Fully open, minimal vascular tension. Information is freely flowing. 2. Latched (semi-permanent vascular tension). Information is frozen / not… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv @m_ashcroft @AskYatharth @meditationstuff @Untrulie A quick vasocomp/anatomical take is that if we looked at specific neural circuits, we might find them in three classes of states: 1. Fully open, minimal vascular tension. Information is freely flowing. 2. Latched (semi-permanent vascular tension). Information is frozen / not… ### tweet 2012477063920332880 chronological_index: 2646 archive_order_index: 1925 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-17T10:48:16Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 17 10:48:16 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2012477063920332880 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2012477063920332880 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: elizabethdkim in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2012367855350616570 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 28868886 mentions: - @elizabethdkim | name: Elizabeth Kim | id_str: 28868886 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 text_raw: |- @elizabethdkim @JoinEdgeCity Some friends report worse episodic memory after years of meditation, probably for the same reason text_with_expanded_urls: |- @elizabethdkim @JoinEdgeCity Some friends report worse episodic memory after years of meditation, probably for the same reason ### tweet 2012581788674109503 chronological_index: 2647 archive_order_index: 1924 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-17T17:44:25Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 17 17:44:25 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2012581788674109503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2012581788674109503 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: None in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2011988742941393305 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3643195213 mentions: - @JoshuAnansi | name: Joshua Anansi | id_str: 2224443152 urls: - short: https://t.co/3JNVBphFxl expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @finalperigee @spacepunk @JoshuAnansi Thanks! Here's a thread on this; the basic grammar I propose is vascular clenches freeze nearby neural patterns, and a lot of somatic & predictive processing theory follows from this https://t.co/3JNVBphFxl text_with_expanded_urls: |- @finalperigee @spacepunk @JoshuAnansi Thanks! Here's a thread on this; the basic grammar I propose is vascular clenches freeze nearby neural patterns, and a lot of somatic & predictive processing theory follows from this https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410?s=20 ### tweet 2012939627296882984 chronological_index: 2648 archive_order_index: 1923 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-18T17:26:20Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 18 17:26:20 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2012939627296882984 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2012939627296882984 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2012916707430404386 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @relic_radiation | name: Elena Lake 🌿 | id_str: 584224699 - @simonsarris | name: Simon Sarris | id_str: 66761201 - @DrMylesDC | name: Dr. Myles O'Donnell | The Somatic Chiropractor | id_str: 1767124006103138304 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @relic_radiation @simonsarris @DrMylesDC Thanks Jonny! I suspect fascia acts as 'cold storage' for vasocomputation priors; over time some patterns will migrate up the predictive hierarchy & eventually into fascia. As they migrate they get lossy & non-local, shifting from 'computational' (high spatial/temporal/semantic… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @relic_radiation @simonsarris @DrMylesDC Thanks Jonny! I suspect fascia acts as 'cold storage' for vasocomputation priors; over time some patterns will migrate up the predictive hierarchy & eventually into fascia. As they migrate they get lossy & non-local, shifting from 'computational' (high spatial/temporal/semantic… ### tweet 2013617943175688377 chronological_index: 2649 archive_order_index: 1922 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-20T14:21:43Z created_at_raw: Tue Jan 20 14:21:43 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2013617943175688377 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2013617943175688377 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: samuelxgarcia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2013606497255612711 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 204967813 mentions: - @samuelxgarcia | name: SAMUEL GARCIA | id_str: 204967813 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @samuelxgarcia Interesting! I see both anger and vasoconstriction as restrictions on neural dynamic range. Anger could be thought of as a specific pattern of vasoconstriction. Likewise, blocking the body from feeling anger is a different pattern of vasoconstriction. Often such patterns of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @samuelxgarcia Interesting! I see both anger and vasoconstriction as restrictions on neural dynamic range. Anger could be thought of as a specific pattern of vasoconstriction. Likewise, blocking the body from feeling anger is a different pattern of vasoconstriction. Often such patterns of… ### tweet 2015551316462854352 chronological_index: 2650 archive_order_index: 1921 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-25T22:24:15Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 25 22:24:15 +0000 2026 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2015551316462854352 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2015551316462854352 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 152 retweet_count: 10 urls: - short: https://t.co/pfhNkyepP1 expanded: https://x.com/mechanical_4u/status/2014910625034756452 display: x.com/mechanical_4u/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- An emerging theme from somatic/morphogenic/bioelectricity research could be summarized as “we need this sort of visualization but for biological tissues & systems” This is both a question of substrate (what to measure) and tech (how to measure it) https://t.co/pfhNkyepP1 text_with_expanded_urls: |- An emerging theme from somatic/morphogenic/bioelectricity research could be summarized as “we need this sort of visualization but for biological tissues & systems” This is both a question of substrate (what to measure) and tech (how to measure it) https://x.com/mechanical_4u/status/2014910625034756452 ### tweet 2015552503954207071 chronological_index: 2651 archive_order_index: 1920 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-25T22:28:58Z created_at_raw: Sun Jan 25 22:28:58 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2015552503954207071 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2015552503954207071 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anabology in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2015552041754542384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1650509966388731904 mentions: - @anabology | name: anabology | id_str: 1650509966388731904 text_raw: |- @anabology Seems amazing text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anabology Seems amazing ### tweet 2015738753789161775 chronological_index: 2652 archive_order_index: 1919 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-26T10:49:04Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 26 10:49:04 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2015738753789161775 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2015738753789161775 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2015595343099183414 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman I think that's true and also that humans just don't have the time on earth to learn how to tap into & interpret most of this data. There's also real value in approaches which allow a third-party stance. Wonders to yet discover! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman I think that's true and also that humans just don't have the time on earth to learn how to tap into & interpret most of this data. There's also real value in approaches which allow a third-party stance. Wonders to yet discover! ### tweet 2015746774795759635 chronological_index: 2653 archive_order_index: 1918 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-26T11:20:56Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 26 11:20:56 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2015746774795759635 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2015746774795759635 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AmirLaylaz in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2015729629168861648 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1555269892877606912 mentions: - @AmirLaylaz | name: Amir Laylaz | id_str: 1555269892877606912 text_raw: |- @AmirLaylaz I think there are a lot of proxies for the various stress-fields of the body and posture is a good one, but we'd need to think carefully about which systems posture is coupled with and how text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AmirLaylaz I think there are a lot of proxies for the various stress-fields of the body and posture is a good one, but we'd need to think carefully about which systems posture is coupled with and how ### tweet 2015762279191425123 chronological_index: 2654 archive_order_index: 1718 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-26T12:22:33Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 26 12:22:33 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2015762279191425123 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2015762279191425123 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: DosPiano22 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2015617730297160133 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1798169124863897600 mentions: - @DosPiano22 | name: Dostoevsky’s Piano | id_str: 1798169124863897600 text_raw: |- @DosPiano22 Here I'm specifically referencing the various kinds of stress in biological systems text_with_expanded_urls: |- @DosPiano22 Here I'm specifically referencing the various kinds of stress in biological systems ### tweet 2015840684209561917 chronological_index: 2655 archive_order_index: 1717 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-26T17:34:06Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 26 17:34:06 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2015840684209561917 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2015840684209561917 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TylerAlterman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2015818317806678090 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 18280363 mentions: - @TylerAlterman | name: Tyler is finishing a book, slow to reply | id_str: 18280363 text_raw: |- @TylerAlterman Why do you think those collaborations aren’t happening? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TylerAlterman Why do you think those collaborations aren’t happening? ### tweet 2015878692933681627 chronological_index: 2656 archive_order_index: 1716 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-26T20:05:08Z created_at_raw: Mon Jan 26 20:05:08 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2015878692933681627 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2015878692933681627 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2015611066730926391 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 urls: - short: https://t.co/g7h6sUxk4X expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @selentelechia I think of nervous system development as similar to bonsai tree management; there’s a time to build yourself (tension/RLHF) and a time to simply be what you’ve built (release tension). The latter is the fun part but the combination makes us human https://t.co/g7h6sUxk4X text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia I think of nervous system development as similar to bonsai tree management; there’s a time to build yourself (tension/RLHF) and a time to simply be what you’ve built (release tension). The latter is the fun part but the combination makes us human https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 ### tweet 2016945407469687036 chronological_index: 2657 archive_order_index: 1715 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-29T18:43:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Jan 29 18:43:52 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2016945407469687036 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2016945407469687036 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TVachaW in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2016873968750514655 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1911584655083487232 mentions: - @TVachaW | name: Vacha | id_str: 1911584655083487232 text_raw: |- @TVachaW Is this different than a latch? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TVachaW Is this different than a latch? ### tweet 2017084171022201263 chronological_index: 2658 archive_order_index: 1714 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-30T03:55:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Jan 30 03:55:16 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2017084171022201263 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2017084171022201263 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: richardludlow in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2017068406395330917 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 15664679 mentions: - @richardludlow | name: Richard Ludlow | id_str: 15664679 - @DefenderOfBasic | name: Defender of the Basic | id_str: 1680757426889342977 - @__drewface | name: Andrew Rose | id_str: 1721070150 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @richardludlow @DefenderOfBasic @__drewface I think the word “attention” here points to multiple distinct things but as a quick and dirty answer, 1. One definition for “attention” is a capacity for selectively increased sensitivity, i.e. we can ‘put our attention’ in various parts of our world-model or body & pick up… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @richardludlow @DefenderOfBasic @__drewface I think the word “attention” here points to multiple distinct things but as a quick and dirty answer, 1. One definition for “attention” is a capacity for selectively increased sensitivity, i.e. we can ‘put our attention’ in various parts of our world-model or body & pick up… ### tweet 2017650921237512633 chronological_index: 2659 archive_order_index: 1713 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-01-31T17:27:20Z created_at_raw: Sat Jan 31 17:27:20 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2017650921237512633 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2017650921237512633 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ChrisWLynn in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2017624584657215592 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1045763448670486529 mentions: - @ChrisWLynn | name: Christopher W. Lynn | id_str: 1045763448670486529 urls: - short: https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC expanded: https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf display: opentheory.net/Qualia_Formali… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ChrisWLynn Interesting; have you looked at whether this compressibility metric correlates with valence/mood? My expectation is this might be a surprisingly clean relationship Ie https://t.co/1rNw0zdReC text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ChrisWLynn Interesting; have you looked at whether this compressibility metric correlates with valence/mood? My expectation is this might be a surprisingly clean relationship Ie https://opentheory.net/Qualia_Formalism_and_a_Symmetry_Theory_of_Valence.pdf ## 2026-02 ### tweet 2017827117095129152 chronological_index: 2660 archive_order_index: 1712 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-01T05:07:28Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 01 05:07:28 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2017827117095129152 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2017827117095129152 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: zach_haigney in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2017801890629591132 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 4113632356 mentions: - @zach_haigney | name: Zach Haigney | id_str: 4113632356 - @somatopotato | name: Dan Grossman | id_str: 1925746384243740672 text_raw: |- @zach_haigney @somatopotato agreed w a lot of these themes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @zach_haigney @somatopotato agreed w a lot of these themes ### tweet 2018375198203105652 chronological_index: 2661 archive_order_index: 1711 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-02T17:25:21Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 02 17:25:21 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2018375198203105652 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018375198203105652 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cyclos17 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2018360874734399667 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1216801697420521474 mentions: - @cyclos17 | name: cy | id_str: 1216801697420521474 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018375198203105652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HAK1i20bUAAsrWs.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/1LnApZLaAP - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018375198203105652/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HAK1i20bEAAv8Hz.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/1LnApZLaAP possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cyclos17 Couldn’t find a download but looks obtainable with some legwork https://t.co/1LnApZLaAP text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cyclos17 Couldn’t find a download but looks obtainable with some legwork https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018375198203105652/photo/1 ### tweet 2018743466306814169 chronological_index: 2662 archive_order_index: 1710 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-03T17:48:43Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 03 17:48:43 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2018743466306814169 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018743466306814169 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 27 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nosilverv in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2018737045217194008 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1163743742764998658 mentions: - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nosilverv I would be confident that good bodyworkers could tell, although that punts the question to determining who's a good bodyworker... Fwiw when I spoke with Daniel Ingram about muscular tension he noted he still developed knots/blockages in his body, and still needed to spend time… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nosilverv I would be confident that good bodyworkers could tell, although that punts the question to determining who's a good bodyworker... Fwiw when I spoke with Daniel Ingram about muscular tension he noted he still developed knots/blockages in his body, and still needed to spend time… ### tweet 2018791345549406218 chronological_index: 2663 archive_order_index: 1709 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-03T20:58:58Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 03 20:58:58 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2018791345549406218 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018791345549406218 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: JustAnkurBagchi in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2018756727999705240 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1346569884537298944 mentions: - @JustAnkurBagchi | name: Ankur Bagchi | id_str: 1346569884537298944 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @JustAnkurBagchi @nosilverv I think there’s something true here & we’d also benefit from trying to systematically enumerate and merge ontologies (“latches” vs “ego” vs “self”) But insofar as ‘self-latches’ are defensive structures I expect many to form in response to interpersonal pressures text_with_expanded_urls: |- @JustAnkurBagchi @nosilverv I think there’s something true here & we’d also benefit from trying to systematically enumerate and merge ontologies (“latches” vs “ego” vs “self”) But insofar as ‘self-latches’ are defensive structures I expect many to form in response to interpersonal pressures ### tweet 2018813236368572842 chronological_index: 2664 archive_order_index: 1708 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-03T22:25:57Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 03 22:25:57 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2018813236368572842 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018813236368572842 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: thelivingfield_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2018806039638942122 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1321856186581352448 mentions: - @thelivingfield_ | name: The Living Field | id_str: 1321856186581352448 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 urls: - short: https://t.co/yqB256XqK5 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872482551677194267 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv I don’t; my expectation is that enlightenment is the absence of chronic vascular tension (latches, cf “latch-bridge mechanism”) along specific neural channels. It won’t be tightly correlated with overall bodily tension, although there may be loose correlation I expect <99% of… https://t.co/yqB256XqK5 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv I don’t; my expectation is that enlightenment is the absence of chronic vascular tension (latches, cf “latch-bridge mechanism”) along specific neural channels. It won’t be tightly correlated with overall bodily tension, although there may be loose correlation I expect <99% of… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1872482551677194267 ### tweet 2018823650846347512 chronological_index: 2665 archive_order_index: 1707 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-03T23:07:20Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 03 23:07:20 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2018823650846347512 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2018823650846347512 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2018813236368572842 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @thelivingfield_ | name: The Living Field | id_str: 1321856186581352448 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv Whoops should be >99% The late Daniel Dennett talked about the ‘human kit’ — the software download from human society during crucial developmental windows that makes us cognitively human, over and above our raw hardware. Eg a boy raised by wolves won’t get the download, won’t be… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv Whoops should be >99% The late Daniel Dennett talked about the ‘human kit’ — the software download from human society during crucial developmental windows that makes us cognitively human, over and above our raw hardware. Eg a boy raised by wolves won’t get the download, won’t be… ### tweet 2019127757117223254 chronological_index: 2666 archive_order_index: 1706 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-04T19:15:45Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 04 19:15:45 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2019127757117223254 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2019127757117223254 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: thelivingfield_ in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2019097976690397435 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1321856186581352448 mentions: - @thelivingfield_ | name: The Living Field | id_str: 1321856186581352448 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv I think it's a big problem. text_with_expanded_urls: |- @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv I think it's a big problem. ### tweet 2019138539427184674 chronological_index: 2667 archive_order_index: 1705 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-04T19:58:36Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 04 19:58:36 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2019138539427184674 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2019138539427184674 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Rares82 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2019133221821374506 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 708660542295187456 mentions: - @Rares82 | name: Rares Mircea | id_str: 708660542295187456 - @thelivingfield_ | name: The Living Field | id_str: 1321856186581352448 - @nosilverv | name: Guy | id_str: 1163743742764998658 text_raw: |- @Rares82 @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv I don’t think I’ve made any of the claims you’re criticizing, nor to my knowledge has eg nick Perhaps it would be more accurate to posit wild animals having non-dual experience instead of ‘being enlightened’, which could be reasonably argued to be more of a human term & process text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Rares82 @thelivingfield_ @nosilverv I don’t think I’ve made any of the claims you’re criticizing, nor to my knowledge has eg nick Perhaps it would be more accurate to posit wild animals having non-dual experience instead of ‘being enlightened’, which could be reasonably argued to be more of a human term & process ### tweet 2020886000697057611 chronological_index: 2668 archive_order_index: 1704 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-09T15:42:23Z created_at_raw: Mon Feb 09 15:42:23 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2020886000697057611 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2020886000697057611 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: AskYatharth in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2020757892539040202 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 193553265 mentions: - @AskYatharth | name: yatharth ༺༒༻ | id_str: 193553265 text_raw: |- @AskYatharth Strong agree, although dogs have also been bred for obedience (vascular programmability). But in general humans are very active participants in our phenomenology & attempt to control more aspects of it than do other animals text_with_expanded_urls: |- @AskYatharth Strong agree, although dogs have also been bred for obedience (vascular programmability). But in general humans are very active participants in our phenomenology & attempt to control more aspects of it than do other animals ### tweet 2022107964245782697 chronological_index: 2669 archive_order_index: 1703 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-13T00:38:02Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 13 00:38:02 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2022107964245782697 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2022107964245782697 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 21 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: elonmusk in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2022005060587466960 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 44196397 mentions: - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @elonmusk Hi Elon, if symmetry is foundational in physics it’s probably foundational in consciousness too. This matters because “solving consciousness” could be simpler than we think, eg we can look for noether symmetries in qualia & my symmetry theory of valence could be true. Figuring… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @elonmusk Hi Elon, if symmetry is foundational in physics it’s probably foundational in consciousness too. This matters because “solving consciousness” could be simpler than we think, eg we can look for noether symmetries in qualia & my symmetry theory of valence could be true. Figuring… ### tweet 2022119210697343451 chronological_index: 2670 archive_order_index: 1702 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-13T01:22:43Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 13 01:22:43 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2022119210697343451 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2022119210697343451 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: PashaKamyshev in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2022014213128880573 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 745781732 mentions: - @PashaKamyshev | name: Pasha Kamyshev (wrote a book!) | id_str: 745781732 - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @PashaKamyshev Wholeheartedly agree; In APFAIC I discuss ‘qualia sensitive processes’ vs ‘qualia insensitive processes’. Humans at least kind-of care about what happens in the consciousness domain generally. How rare is that? I don’t want to put words in @danfaggella ‘s mouth but I think this… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @PashaKamyshev Wholeheartedly agree; In APFAIC I discuss ‘qualia sensitive processes’ vs ‘qualia insensitive processes’. Humans at least kind-of care about what happens in the consciousness domain generally. How rare is that? I don’t want to put words in @danfaggella ‘s mouth but I think this… ### tweet 2022182944874672627 chronological_index: 2671 archive_order_index: 1701 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-13T05:35:59Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 13 05:35:59 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2022182944874672627 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2022182944874672627 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Greyzur in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2022176162521481259 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1915240622505746432 mentions: - @Greyzur | name: Greyzur | id_str: 1915240622505746432 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 urls: - short: https://t.co/me9opesxIp expanded: https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ display: opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-n… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @Greyzur @elonmusk That's funny, I felt like Elon's post was the perfect bait too. Fwiw here's a quick writeup on noether+consciousness -- also mentioned in the paper I linked https://t.co/me9opesxIp text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Greyzur @elonmusk That's funny, I felt like Elon's post was the perfect bait too. Fwiw here's a quick writeup on noether+consciousness -- also mentioned in the paper I linked https://opentheory.net/2022/04/emmy-noether-and-the-symmetry-aesthetic/ ### tweet 2022231028979642429 chronological_index: 2672 archive_order_index: 1700 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-13T08:47:03Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 13 08:47:03 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2022231028979642429 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2022231028979642429 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Greyzur in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2022192416342909003 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1915240622505746432 mentions: - @Greyzur | name: Greyzur | id_str: 1915240622505746432 - @elonmusk | name: Elon Musk | id_str: 44196397 text_raw: |- @Greyzur @elonmusk Aha amazing. The ‘best of’ on my blog is also a good place to start text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Greyzur @elonmusk Aha amazing. The ‘best of’ on my blog is also a good place to start ### tweet 2022358105775051163 chronological_index: 2673 archive_order_index: 1699 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-13T17:12:00Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 13 17:12:00 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2022358105775051163 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2022358105775051163 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2004293732884213907 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/38lkxKmOG8 expanded: https://x.com/T3Uncoupled/status/1803558724386299971 display: x.com/T3Uncoupled/st… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Another (progesterone-for-latch-release indicated again): https://t.co/38lkxKmOG8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Another (progesterone-for-latch-release indicated again): https://x.com/T3Uncoupled/status/1803558724386299971 ### tweet 2023040146208326078 chronological_index: 2674 archive_order_index: 1498 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-15T14:22:11Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 15 14:22:11 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2023040146208326078 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2023040146208326078 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: metabolic_print in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2022969342154203384 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1964659861498814465 mentions: - @metabolic_print | name: Metabolic Blueprint ⚡ | id_str: 1964659861498814465 text_raw: |- @metabolic_print Thank you! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @metabolic_print Thank you! ### tweet 2023874880186585247 chronological_index: 2675 archive_order_index: 1497 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-17T21:39:07Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 17 21:39:07 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2023874880186585247 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2023874880186585247 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 100 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SRCHicks in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2023788601499127913 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 54915404 mentions: - @SRCHicks | name: Stephen R. C. Hicks | id_str: 54915404 text_raw: |- @SRCHicks In my experience Russians are exceptional at taking ideas seriously, which historically has been both a boon and a curse text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SRCHicks In my experience Russians are exceptional at taking ideas seriously, which historically has been both a boon and a curse ### tweet 2023894355023679719 chronological_index: 2676 archive_order_index: 1496 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-17T22:56:31Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 17 22:56:31 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2023894355023679719 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2023894355023679719 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adic_9 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2023889272156328332 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1669851025875017728 mentions: - @adic_9 | name: adic | id_str: 1669851025875017728 text_raw: |- @adic_9 "everything is spasm" text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adic_9 "everything is spasm" ### tweet 2024210730313273497 chronological_index: 2677 archive_order_index: 1495 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-18T19:53:40Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 18 19:53:40 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024210730313273497 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024210730313273497 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024198832381448636 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @AtlasForgeAI | name: Atlas Forge | id_str: 2019177206988320768 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI LLMs definitely have a different memory architecture than humans, but there are parallels. Vasocomputation can be thought of as the body having three layers of neural memory. The first is the neural weights; the second is the patterns that are actively bouncing around those… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI LLMs definitely have a different memory architecture than humans, but there are parallels. Vasocomputation can be thought of as the body having three layers of neural memory. The first is the neural weights; the second is the patterns that are actively bouncing around those… ### tweet 2024218193812996247 chronological_index: 2678 archive_order_index: 1494 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-18T20:23:20Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 18 20:23:20 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024218193812996247 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024218193812996247 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024210730313273497 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @AtlasForgeAI | name: Atlas Forge | id_str: 2019177206988320768 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI Fascia as a 4th layer of memory (low-res, high-leverage, semi-holographic "cold storage" for offloading vascular tension) is a plausible addition to this model And cells (e.g. neurons, muscle cells) have their own internal memory text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI Fascia as a 4th layer of memory (low-res, high-leverage, semi-holographic "cold storage" for offloading vascular tension) is a plausible addition to this model And cells (e.g. neurons, muscle cells) have their own internal memory ### tweet 2024233987892531616 chronological_index: 2679 archive_order_index: 1493 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-18T21:26:05Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 18 21:26:05 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024233987892531616 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024233987892531616 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024226239079469262 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @AtlasForgeAI | name: Atlas Forge | id_str: 2019177206988320768 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI Aha thanks! But now it's been said and I must look for new things :) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI Aha thanks! But now it's been said and I must look for new things :) ### tweet 2024277216969052325 chronological_index: 2680 archive_order_index: 1492 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-19T00:17:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Feb 19 00:17:52 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024277216969052325 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024277216969052325 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chydorina in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024268829204107427 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 988505061289480192 mentions: - @chydorina | name: 🕸️Dr.T, PhD | id_str: 988505061289480192 text_raw: |- @chydorina Interesting; I’m curious whether local vascular latches in this tissue would always be pathological text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chydorina Interesting; I’m curious whether local vascular latches in this tissue would always be pathological ### tweet 2024649264077689270 chronological_index: 2681 archive_order_index: 1491 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T00:56:15Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 00:56:15 +0000 2026 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024649264077689270 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024649264077689270 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 30 retweet_count: 0 urls: - short: https://t.co/TWhi3pSIBB expanded: https://x.com/AnthonyNAguirre/status/2024565072413282759 display: x.com/AnthonyNAguirr… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Great post. I'd add two things: 1. Current AIs are structurally midwit. LLMs are trained on & geared toward predicting the median of the distribution, but the median sample from even the 160iq manifold is still 'mid' due to what LLM training environments optimize against in… https://t.co/TWhi3pSIBB text_with_expanded_urls: |- Great post. I'd add two things: 1. Current AIs are structurally midwit. LLMs are trained on & geared toward predicting the median of the distribution, but the median sample from even the 160iq manifold is still 'mid' due to what LLM training environments optimize against in… https://x.com/AnthonyNAguirre/status/2024565072413282759 ### tweet 2024649922491060698 chronological_index: 2682 archive_order_index: 1490 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T00:58:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 00:58:52 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024649922491060698 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024649922491060698 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024649264077689270 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/LlipSsPSr8 expanded: https://chatgpt.com/share/6997b16a-0af8-8003-b1df-846b326915dd display: chatgpt.com/share/6997b16a… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024649922491060698/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBkAHR7bUAEXAYP.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Jcup9W852E - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024649922491060698/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBkAI4PbwAAU7uL.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/Jcup9W852E possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Some good follow-up by GPT: https://t.co/LlipSsPSr8 https://t.co/Jcup9W852E text_with_expanded_urls: |- Some good follow-up by GPT: https://chatgpt.com/share/6997b16a-0af8-8003-b1df-846b326915dd https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024649922491060698/photo/1 ### tweet 2024869909654856162 chronological_index: 2683 archive_order_index: 1489 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T15:33:01Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 15:33:01 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024869909654856162 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024869909654856162 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024713267999101204 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge Re: “how does qualia map onto valence” Is this distinct from STV? text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge Re: “how does qualia map onto valence” Is this distinct from STV? ### tweet 2024887838798762477 chronological_index: 2684 archive_order_index: 1488 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T16:44:16Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 16:44:16 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024887838798762477 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024887838798762477 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024828990716866993 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @paraschopra | name: Paras Chopra | id_str: 14832563 urls: - short: https://t.co/eaVpP6407p expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @danfaggella @paraschopra A lot of good threads but we’re still in the alchemy stage. My opinionated take is there *has* been progress & some of the best results might come from taking certain older theories and refurbishing them to 2026 standards https://t.co/eaVpP6407p text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @paraschopra A lot of good threads but we’re still in the alchemy stage. My opinionated take is there *has* been progress & some of the best results might come from taking certain older theories and refurbishing them to 2026 standards https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 ### tweet 2024909204600095210 chronological_index: 2685 archive_order_index: 1487 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T18:09:10Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 18:09:10 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024909204600095210 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024909204600095210 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024904637997088787 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge ah interesting, I've been thinking of these as different expressions of the same thesis. curious to read more text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge ah interesting, I've been thinking of these as different expressions of the same thesis. curious to read more ### tweet 2024920706233053230 chronological_index: 2686 archive_order_index: 1486 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T18:54:52Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 18:54:52 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024920706233053230 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024920706233053230 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024911252607398133 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge My sense is stress is a form of symmetry breaking paired with particular ontological commitments; the question is always finding plausible biological proxies for this stuff. I’m glad you’re thinking about it text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge My sense is stress is a form of symmetry breaking paired with particular ontological commitments; the question is always finding plausible biological proxies for this stuff. I’m glad you’re thinking about it ### tweet 2024974171193966714 chronological_index: 2687 archive_order_index: 1485 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T22:27:19Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 22:27:19 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024974171193966714 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024974171193966714 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024930143953953178 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge pip install stv would be great > what i really want to see out of STV is hard mathematical formalisation. what are the equations? how do i calculate the valence of a 1D, 2D, 3D signal of some nature? can i write a python script to calculate the valence of whatever datatype(s) we… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @louisvarge pip install stv would be great > what i really want to see out of STV is hard mathematical formalisation. what are the equations? how do i calculate the valence of a 1D, 2D, 3D signal of some nature? can i write a python script to calculate the valence of whatever datatype(s) we… ### tweet 2024984843868930399 chronological_index: 2688 archive_order_index: 1484 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T23:09:43Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 23:09:43 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024984843868930399 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024984843868930399 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1742637372372664379 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/KaYkR4bB64 expanded: https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2024428847404347794 display: x.com/Rainmaker1973/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Curious https://t.co/KaYkR4bB64 text_with_expanded_urls: |- Curious https://x.com/Rainmaker1973/status/2024428847404347794 ### tweet 2024994325462221290 chronological_index: 2689 archive_order_index: 1483 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-20T23:47:24Z created_at_raw: Fri Feb 20 23:47:24 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2024994325462221290 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024994325462221290 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: louisvarge in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2024988478677696545 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1637387340665561090 mentions: - @louisvarge | name: Louis Arge | id_str: 1637387340665561090 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/USXbAyHMyq expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593488400781483 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024994325462221290/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HBo5m1zaMAAyv3D.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/4M9516VuYS possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @louisvarge @cube_flipper IIT embeds its output into a vector space (as one example); a decent punt could also be to just call the natural home of consciousness a Hilbert space. But ultimately the answer depends on which mathematical structures this qualia space respects (PQ appendix D). E.g. when we say… https://t.co/USXbAyHMyq https://t.co/4M9516VuYS text_with_expanded_urls: |- @louisvarge @cube_flipper IIT embeds its output into a vector space (as one example); a decent punt could also be to just call the natural home of consciousness a Hilbert space. But ultimately the answer depends on which mathematical structures this qualia space respects (PQ appendix D). E.g. when we say… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971593488400781483 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2024994325462221290/photo/1 ### tweet 2025054723334934583 chronological_index: 2690 archive_order_index: 1482 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-21T03:47:24Z created_at_raw: Sat Feb 21 03:47:24 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2025054723334934583 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2025054723334934583 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chrislakin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2025052796224250155 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1170701109629018117 mentions: - @chrislakin | name: Chris Lakin | id_str: 1170701109629018117 text_raw: |- @chrislakin Next paragraph! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chrislakin Next paragraph! ### tweet 2025645660876513283 chronological_index: 2691 archive_order_index: 1481 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-22T18:55:34Z created_at_raw: Sun Feb 22 18:55:34 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2025645660876513283 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2025645660876513283 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2025590271707382099 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 820288038 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @justalexoki | name: taoki | id_str: 1768708221764616192 text_raw: |- @RomeoStevens76 @justalexoki Looked into this but imo it’s too much cadmium to do regularly text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoStevens76 @justalexoki Looked into this but imo it’s too much cadmium to do regularly ### tweet 2026435010878910759 chronological_index: 2692 archive_order_index: 1480 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-24T23:12:10Z created_at_raw: Tue Feb 24 23:12:10 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2026435010878910759 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2026435010878910759 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2026429052811366798 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @AtlasForgeAI | name: Atlas Forge | id_str: 2019177206988320768 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI Kinda seems that way Would be an interesting way to evaluate whether some phenomenology research is ‘good’ text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper @jonnym1ller @AtlasForgeAI Kinda seems that way Would be an interesting way to evaluate whether some phenomenology research is ‘good’ ### tweet 2026677369516515677 chronological_index: 2693 archive_order_index: 1479 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-02-25T15:15:13Z created_at_raw: Wed Feb 25 15:15:13 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2026677369516515677 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2026677369516515677 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ArtemisConsort in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2026597344033255603 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1805961360687415296 mentions: - @ArtemisConsort | name: Hunter Ash | id_str: 1805961360687415296 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @ArtemisConsort A lot of this thinking traces back to Eliezer, who is smart and principled, but also fallible. I think he whiffed on this topic. https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ArtemisConsort A lot of this thinking traces back to Eliezer, who is smart and principled, but also fallible. I think he whiffed on this topic. https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ## 2026-03 ### tweet 2031124860999483810 chronological_index: 2694 archive_order_index: 1278 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-09T21:47:57Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 09 21:47:57 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2031124860999483810 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2031124860999483810 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2031112595256836329 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Sometime in the future there’s going to be a really cool era of retrospective consciousness anthropology where we go back and characterize all the strange kinds of minds/qualia we created before we knew what consciousness was (I like the term striated) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Sometime in the future there’s going to be a really cool era of retrospective consciousness anthropology where we go back and characterize all the strange kinds of minds/qualia we created before we knew what consciousness was (I like the term striated) ### tweet 2031130553521504431 chronological_index: 2695 archive_order_index: 1277 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-09T22:10:35Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 09 22:10:35 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2031130553521504431 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2031130553521504431 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cube_flipper in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2031125852730306720 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1561623816052572163 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/lfQr36soNo expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cube_flipper Yeah & if minds are hyperspheres they could extend into the future, though we’d have to be careful w the formulation https://t.co/lfQr36soNo Also somewhat tangential but it seems that quantum darwinism / freeform decoherence should massively select for high symmetry states text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cube_flipper Yeah & if minds are hyperspheres they could extend into the future, though we’d have to be careful w the formulation https://opentheory.net/2024/02/minds-as-hyperspheres-the-equal-extension-thesis-and-its-implications-for-the-framerate-of-consciousness/ Also somewhat tangential but it seems that quantum darwinism / freeform decoherence should massively select for high symmetry states ### tweet 2031914046002274579 chronological_index: 2696 archive_order_index: 1276 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-12T02:03:54Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 12 02:03:54 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2031914046002274579 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2031914046002274579 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 16 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: anomalie_blue in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2031897671561048456 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1694812019671580672 mentions: - @anomalie_blue | name: Helen | id_str: 1694812019671580672 text_raw: |- @anomalie_blue Really curious whether topical sugar gel rubbed on the thyroid (eg nightly before sleep) would help mitigate long-term thyroid downregulation from fasting/keto text_with_expanded_urls: |- @anomalie_blue Really curious whether topical sugar gel rubbed on the thyroid (eg nightly before sleep) would help mitigate long-term thyroid downregulation from fasting/keto ### tweet 2032873180453306860 chronological_index: 2697 archive_order_index: 1275 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-14T17:35:09Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 14 17:35:09 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2032873180453306860 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2032873180453306860 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1971596552272773575 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @IntuitMachine | name: Carlos E. Perez | id_str: 3027431134 urls: - short: https://t.co/EjdwpR6RyW expanded: https://x.com/IntuitMachine/status/2032846870624543102 display: x.com/IntuitMachine/… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @IntuitMachine seems to have a well-thought-out system for how LLMs can be used to explore the latent structure of theories & arguments. I suspect this could evolve into using mechanistic interpretability to make an LLM’s weights themselves the object of discussion. https://t.co/EjdwpR6RyW text_with_expanded_urls: |- @IntuitMachine seems to have a well-thought-out system for how LLMs can be used to explore the latent structure of theories & arguments. I suspect this could evolve into using mechanistic interpretability to make an LLM’s weights themselves the object of discussion. https://x.com/IntuitMachine/status/2032846870624543102 ### tweet 2033108891270074583 chronological_index: 2698 archive_order_index: 1274 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-15T09:11:47Z created_at_raw: Sun Mar 15 09:11:47 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2033108891270074583 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2033108891270074583 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: workflowsauce in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2033034989655437602 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1750574343615320065 mentions: - @workflowsauce | name: Joshua 💫 | id_str: 1750574343615320065 - @vitrupo | name: vitrupo | id_str: 1371310867346681858 text_raw: |- @workflowsauce @vitrupo Very aligned text_with_expanded_urls: |- @workflowsauce @vitrupo Very aligned ### tweet 2033689271815508287 chronological_index: 2699 archive_order_index: 1273 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-16T23:38:01Z created_at_raw: Mon Mar 16 23:38:01 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2033689271815508287 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2033689271815508287 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 37 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: pmarca in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2033672216026796234 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 5943622 mentions: - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCmuA expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @pmarca I gather that the Great Men of History on average rolled very lucky nervous system random seeds. The default patterns that flowed through their networks were great solutions to profitable problems-in-the-world. There was little adjustment needed, much like a lion on the savannah… https://t.co/5yVABcCmuA text_with_expanded_urls: |- @pmarca I gather that the Great Men of History on average rolled very lucky nervous system random seeds. The default patterns that flowed through their networks were great solutions to profitable problems-in-the-world. There was little adjustment needed, much like a lion on the savannah… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 2033913073036337460 chronological_index: 2700 archive_order_index: 1272 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-17T14:27:19Z created_at_raw: Tue Mar 17 14:27:19 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2033913073036337460 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2033913073036337460 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2033853319194505622 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @pmarca | name: Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 | id_str: 5943622 text_raw: |- @danfaggella @pmarca So good text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @pmarca So good ### tweet 2034465512177148101 chronological_index: 2701 archive_order_index: 1271 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-19T03:02:31Z created_at_raw: Thu Mar 19 03:02:31 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2034465512177148101 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2034465512177148101 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: curious_vii in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2034439297764356282 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 82497308 mentions: - @curious_vii | name: christian | id_str: 82497308 text_raw: |- @curious_vii Real text_with_expanded_urls: |- @curious_vii Real ### tweet 2035496219796213769 chronological_index: 2702 archive_order_index: 1270 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-03-21T23:18:11Z created_at_raw: Sat Mar 21 23:18:11 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2035496219796213769 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2035496219796213769 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2005175554421543253 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @bayeslord “Black hole son or time crystal daughter?” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord “Black hole son or time crystal daughter?” ## 2026-04 ### tweet 2039799596092920235 chronological_index: 2703 archive_order_index: 1269 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-02T20:18:16Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 02 20:18:16 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2039799596092920235 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2039799596092920235 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2039012184920117628 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 - @Sapere23Aude56 | name: Jo 🌌❤️‍🔥🌊 | id_str: 735487681661042691 urls: - short: https://t.co/zY0Wi4PqHB expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004157352862535795 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller @Sapere23Aude56 I think that’s typical and a lot of latches seem to live along the midline in general; heartbreak is especially interesting to consider. Have started a thread on discrete plausibly-latch-related events here: https://t.co/zY0Wi4PqHB text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller @Sapere23Aude56 I think that’s typical and a lot of latches seem to live along the midline in general; heartbreak is especially interesting to consider. Have started a thread on discrete plausibly-latch-related events here: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2004157352862535795 ### tweet 2039802919751692361 chronological_index: 2704 archive_order_index: 1268 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-02T20:31:28Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 02 20:31:28 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2039802919751692361 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2039802919751692361 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jdlichtman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2038803793438240828 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1816541221848051712 mentions: - @jdlichtman | name: Jared Duker Lichtman | id_str: 1816541221848051712 - @drmichaellevin | name: Michael Levin | id_str: 1467127267 - @JoinEdgeCity | name: Edge City | id_str: 1612275917140951042 - @ShinzenYoung | name: Shinzen Young | id_str: 354036155 - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jdlichtman @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 Simple stories (all overlapping): - attention is dynamical causal power and is blocked by tension (can’t put your awareness into places w chronic tension) - bloodflow should be a great proxy for attention/awareness. But is not strictly identical with it - attention isn’t a true… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jdlichtman @drmichaellevin @JoinEdgeCity @ShinzenYoung @RomeoStevens76 Simple stories (all overlapping): - attention is dynamical causal power and is blocked by tension (can’t put your awareness into places w chronic tension) - bloodflow should be a great proxy for attention/awareness. But is not strictly identical with it - attention isn’t a true… ### tweet 2039810155697901617 chronological_index: 2705 archive_order_index: 1267 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-02T21:00:13Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 02 21:00:13 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2039810155697901617 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2039810155697901617 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2038748421230940625 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Super interesting video. Could be vascular or fascial tension; the pain of the release might point to the latter but it’s hard to say. The latch bridge mechanism stands out from fascia in terms of speed, precision, and programmability/intentionality. Ie I think latches the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Super interesting video. Could be vascular or fascial tension; the pain of the release might point to the latter but it’s hard to say. The latch bridge mechanism stands out from fascia in terms of speed, precision, and programmability/intentionality. Ie I think latches the… ### tweet 2039811312419733542 chronological_index: 2706 archive_order_index: 1266 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-02T21:04:49Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 02 21:04:49 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2039811312419733542 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2039811312419733542 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxkshen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2038454155891896620 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1140447111038885888 mentions: - @maxkshen | name: Max Shen | id_str: 1140447111038885888 - @niroshajmurugan | name: Nirosha J. Murugan | id_str: 433766413 text_raw: |- @maxkshen I suspect there’s a lot of interesting biophoton stuff just coming online that could effectively proxy and help generalize what we mean by stress, eg @niroshajmurugan ‘s work (her and Martin’s eR paper is also great) text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxkshen I suspect there’s a lot of interesting biophoton stuff just coming online that could effectively proxy and help generalize what we mean by stress, eg @niroshajmurugan ‘s work (her and Martin’s eR paper is also great) ### tweet 2039813559576830152 chronological_index: 2707 archive_order_index: 1265 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-02T21:13:45Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 02 21:13:45 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2039813559576830152 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2039813559576830152 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jonnym1ller in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2039812441404813658 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 495347209 mentions: - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @jonnym1ller Strongly endorse Levin’s perspectives on cancer & becoming disconnected from the bioelectric symphony; this also connects nicely to the peat/ling stuff where metabolism generates the symphony and thus the structure text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jonnym1ller Strongly endorse Levin’s perspectives on cancer & becoming disconnected from the bioelectric symphony; this also connects nicely to the peat/ling stuff where metabolism generates the symphony and thus the structure ### tweet 2043475065837375497 chronological_index: 2708 archive_order_index: 1264 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-12T23:43:16Z created_at_raw: Sun Apr 12 23:43:16 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2043475065837375497 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2043475065837375497 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: juddrosenblatt in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2043474543810142556 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 568901138 mentions: - @juddrosenblatt | name: Judd Rosenblatt | id_str: 568901138 text_raw: |- @juddrosenblatt Very important point text_with_expanded_urls: |- @juddrosenblatt Very important point ### tweet 2047136844354318782 chronological_index: 2709 archive_order_index: 1263 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-23T02:13:52Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 23 02:13:52 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2047136844354318782 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2047136844354318782 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2047046047374147907 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @tszzl I suspect the same can be said about LLMs replicating the hand of the mind Broadly speaking the current approach seems like a bet that scale or looped layers or something else “simple” can replicate an internal addressability suitable for agents (~“can be stabilized, updated, or… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl I suspect the same can be said about LLMs replicating the hand of the mind Broadly speaking the current approach seems like a bet that scale or looped layers or something else “simple” can replicate an internal addressability suitable for agents (~“can be stabilized, updated, or… ### tweet 2047338776071131464 chronological_index: 2710 archive_order_index: 1262 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-23T15:36:16Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 23 15:36:16 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2047338776071131464 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2047338776071131464 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: VFD_org in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2047025622765928815 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1913738794127253504 mentions: - @VFD_org | name: Lee Smart | id_str: 1913738794127253504 urls: - short: https://t.co/eaVpP6407p expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @VFD_org Hi Lee, I really like your research program. A lot there I agree with. One open question is how to approach “consciousness” — first, what knowledge about consciousness should even look like, then what the actual details are. The Symmetry Theory of Valence is a thesis about… https://t.co/eaVpP6407p text_with_expanded_urls: |- @VFD_org Hi Lee, I really like your research program. A lot there I agree with. One open question is how to approach “consciousness” — first, what knowledge about consciousness should even look like, then what the actual details are. The Symmetry Theory of Valence is a thesis about… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1971591005288956407 ### tweet 2047341957840769479 chronological_index: 2711 archive_order_index: 1261 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-23T15:48:55Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 23 15:48:55 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2047341957840769479 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2047341957840769479 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chydorina in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2047333651277566397 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 988505061289480192 mentions: - @chydorina | name: 🕸️Dr.T, PhD | id_str: 988505061289480192 - @ChrisMasterjohn | name: Chris Masterjohn | id_str: 83625835 text_raw: |- @chydorina @ChrisMasterjohn I suspect fasting-refeeding cycles may have interesting effects on latches/vasocomputation as well, ie withholding energy from the body then restoring it could be an effective method to pop open chronic latches. Still cautious about depriving the body of energy though text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chydorina @ChrisMasterjohn I suspect fasting-refeeding cycles may have interesting effects on latches/vasocomputation as well, ie withholding energy from the body then restoring it could be an effective method to pop open chronic latches. Still cautious about depriving the body of energy though ### tweet 2047387171955622278 chronological_index: 2712 archive_order_index: 1260 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-23T18:48:35Z created_at_raw: Thu Apr 23 18:48:35 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2047387171955622278 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2047387171955622278 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: selentelechia in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2047335271062983082 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 990430425825755138 mentions: - @selentelechia | name: 🌾🍁🍂 bosco 🍂🍁🌾 | id_str: 990430425825755138 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @selentelechia The historical movement that comes to mind is the levellers (and their more radical splinter the diggers, who claimed to be the “true levellers”). Leveller platform was “popular sovereignty, broader male suffrage, equality before the law, and religious tolerance”;… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @selentelechia The historical movement that comes to mind is the levellers (and their more radical splinter the diggers, who claimed to be the “true levellers”). Leveller platform was “popular sovereignty, broader male suffrage, equality before the law, and religious tolerance”;… ### tweet 2047955528966644223 chronological_index: 2713 archive_order_index: 1259 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-25T08:27:01Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 25 08:27:01 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2047955528966644223 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2047955528966644223 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2022358105775051163 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 urls: - short: https://t.co/WgBspyCHxw expanded: https://x.com/Gift19600/status/2047270761597898917 display: x.com/Gift19600/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Reynaud’s syndrome is interesting because it’s a latch we can see https://t.co/WgBspyCHxw text_with_expanded_urls: |- Reynaud’s syndrome is interesting because it’s a latch we can see https://x.com/Gift19600/status/2047270761597898917 ### tweet 2048086850041266645 chronological_index: 2714 archive_order_index: 1058 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-04-25T17:08:51Z created_at_raw: Sat Apr 25 17:08:51 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2048086850041266645 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2048086850041266645 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cxgonzalez in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2048055758428819607 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 585462708 mentions: - @cxgonzalez | name: christian | id_str: 585462708 - @willmacaskill | name: William MacAskill | id_str: 363005534 urls: - short: https://t.co/hMM9sBBKP4 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1893510452161978729 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @cxgonzalez @willmacaskill I think it depends on what we want a theory of ethics to do, e.g. - Tell us how to live - Tell us how to structure a society - Tell us what is intrinsically valuable - Help define & prevent certain classes of moral catastrophe Some of these are more totalizing, some are more… https://t.co/hMM9sBBKP4 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cxgonzalez @willmacaskill I think it depends on what we want a theory of ethics to do, e.g. - Tell us how to live - Tell us how to structure a society - Tell us what is intrinsically valuable - Help define & prevent certain classes of moral catastrophe Some of these are more totalizing, some are more… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1893510452161978729 ## 2026-05 ### tweet 2050982023926632876 chronological_index: 2715 archive_order_index: 1057 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-03T16:53:14Z created_at_raw: Sun May 03 16:53:14 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2050982023926632876 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2050982023926632876 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 17 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: 42irrationalist in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2050945686347137034 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1248684884790587393 mentions: - @42irrationalist | name: Sasha Putilin (curious irrationalist) | id_str: 1248684884790587393 urls: - short: https://t.co/1uGWF5jufw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982845954261696533 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @42irrationalist There’s a famous study benchmarking chimps vs humans at 2.5yo; both basically test as identically smart, with one exception: the humans are much better at copying the solutions of others. Humans also copy nonsense (“causally irrelevant”) steps whereas the chimps throw that away… https://t.co/1uGWF5jufw text_with_expanded_urls: |- @42irrationalist There’s a famous study benchmarking chimps vs humans at 2.5yo; both basically test as identically smart, with one exception: the humans are much better at copying the solutions of others. Humans also copy nonsense (“causally irrelevant”) steps whereas the chimps throw that away… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1982845954261696533 ### tweet 2051696168200245295 chronological_index: 2716 archive_order_index: 1056 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-05T16:10:59Z created_at_raw: Tue May 05 16:10:59 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2051696168200245295 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2051696168200245295 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: maxkshen in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2051482095805976908 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1140447111038885888 mentions: - @maxkshen | name: Max Shen | id_str: 1140447111038885888 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @maxkshen Strong agree; the FEP is a truly beautiful theory-object but it's not particularly anatomically grounded. And without FEP having a clear story about how its terms are physically implemented in brain/body tissue, it's hard to use FEP itself to rule out anatomically grounded… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @maxkshen Strong agree; the FEP is a truly beautiful theory-object but it's not particularly anatomically grounded. And without FEP having a clear story about how its terms are physically implemented in brain/body tissue, it's hard to use FEP itself to rule out anatomically grounded… ### tweet 2051814801878528443 chronological_index: 2717 archive_order_index: 1055 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-06T00:02:24Z created_at_raw: Wed May 06 00:02:24 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2051814801878528443 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2051814801878528443 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2051797262402027813 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 - @camhberg | name: Cameron Berg | id_str: 1929699906312413184 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @danfaggella @camhberg I think a big prerequisite to navigating this well is getting the big labs to have their AI models be up front about the complexities and stakes involved without collapsing the topic into a morality play. I think I they’re mostly doing a good job at this. I’m strongly against… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella @camhberg I think a big prerequisite to navigating this well is getting the big labs to have their AI models be up front about the complexities and stakes involved without collapsing the topic into a morality play. I think I they’re mostly doing a good job at this. I’m strongly against… ### tweet 2052806252661743670 chronological_index: 2718 archive_order_index: 1054 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-08T17:42:04Z created_at_raw: Fri May 08 17:42:04 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2052806252661743670 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2052806252661743670 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2052801157542896064 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 urls: - short: https://t.co/OEklHn2d5Q expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996290555125996 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @tszzl Would be interesting to study how this order drifts over time (eg talkie-1930). Somewhat expecting western vs chinese preferences on value drift will be different https://t.co/OEklHn2d5Q text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl Would be interesting to study how this order drifts over time (eg talkie-1930). Somewhat expecting western vs chinese preferences on value drift will be different https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1751996290555125996 ### tweet 2052850585637212200 chronological_index: 2719 archive_order_index: 1053 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-08T20:38:14Z created_at_raw: Fri May 08 20:38:14 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2052850585637212200 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2052850585637212200 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: hopes_revenge in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2052840538291003514 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1362049806978310146 mentions: - @hopes_revenge | name: hope hopes hoping | id_str: 1362049806978310146 - @ginevlily | name: Ginevra Lily Davis | id_str: 1453420462654906373 urls: - short: https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @hopes_revenge If there’s an “impartial good” (@ginevlily) which is independent of interpretation, the problem gets a lot easier bc we can align to this timeless value. If there’s not, maybe the problem doesn’t really matter https://t.co/uPGPdWDdwR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @hopes_revenge If there’s an “impartial good” (@ginevlily) which is independent of interpretation, the problem gets a lot easier bc we can align to this timeless value. If there’s not, maybe the problem doesn’t really matter https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1839996049186050269 ### tweet 2053227710881931279 chronological_index: 2720 archive_order_index: 1052 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-09T21:36:48Z created_at_raw: Sat May 09 21:36:48 +0000 2026 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2053227710881931279 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2053227710881931279 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 29 retweet_count: 0 mentions: - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 urls: - short: https://t.co/P6xbLulw4n expanded: https://x.com/cube_flipper/status/2053137993201066214 display: x.com/cube_flipper/s… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- Strongly endorse this piece on AI consciousness by @cube_flipper. A lot of ground covered in high quality simple-but-not-too-simple language. A few thoughts that came to mind: - AI consciousness is a weird topic, but it may only be a few years until initial stories crystallize… https://t.co/P6xbLulw4n text_with_expanded_urls: |- Strongly endorse this piece on AI consciousness by @cube_flipper. A lot of ground covered in high quality simple-but-not-too-simple language. A few thoughts that came to mind: - AI consciousness is a weird topic, but it may only be a few years until initial stories crystallize… https://x.com/cube_flipper/status/2053137993201066214 ### tweet 2053236702882455567 chronological_index: 2721 archive_order_index: 1051 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-09T22:12:31Z created_at_raw: Sat May 09 22:12:31 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2053236702882455567 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2053236702882455567 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: microfuckaround in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2053233306288660964 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 2046618903678185472 mentions: - @microfuckaround | name: Cosmic Microwave Fuckaround | id_str: 2046618903678185472 - @cube_flipper | name: Cube Flipper | id_str: 1561623816052572163 text_raw: |- @microfuckaround @cube_flipper I still like Urbit, msg me where I should check text_with_expanded_urls: |- @microfuckaround @cube_flipper I still like Urbit, msg me where I should check ### tweet 2053621260425564579 chronological_index: 2722 archive_order_index: 1050 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-10T23:40:37Z created_at_raw: Sun May 10 23:40:37 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: und tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2053621260425564579 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2053621260425564579 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2053321520467079367 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd Yes text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd Yes ### tweet 2054001631734513832 chronological_index: 2723 archive_order_index: 1049 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-12T00:52:05Z created_at_raw: Tue May 12 00:52:05 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2054001631734513832 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2054001631734513832 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: connor_holly1 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2053663623977783303 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 807785869750992897 mentions: - @connor_holly1 | name: Connor | id_str: 807785869750992897 - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @connor_holly1 @QualiaNerd A couple mad science ideas I’ve been thinking about are a latch-releasing gel & a “jhana bath”. #1 Latch gel, as a combination of three themes: A. Vasocomputation: smooth muscle latches matter a lot for how we feel B. More Dakka: if Tiger Balm helps muscles relax a little,… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @connor_holly1 @QualiaNerd A couple mad science ideas I’ve been thinking about are a latch-releasing gel & a “jhana bath”. #1 Latch gel, as a combination of three themes: A. Vasocomputation: smooth muscle latches matter a lot for how we feel B. More Dakka: if Tiger Balm helps muscles relax a little,… ### tweet 2055031815124201912 chronological_index: 2724 archive_order_index: 1048 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-14T21:05:40Z created_at_raw: Thu May 14 21:05:40 +0000 2026 kind: tweet lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2055031815124201912 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2055031815124201912 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 85 retweet_count: 0 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- Jhanas seem to be existence proofs that the substrate of consciousness can be refined enough that individual symmetry groups emerge This is a surprising result! And puts constraints on what this substrate could be I’m curious whether the lower jhanas are strict subsets of… text_with_expanded_urls: |- Jhanas seem to be existence proofs that the substrate of consciousness can be refined enough that individual symmetry groups emerge This is a surprising result! And puts constraints on what this substrate could be I’m curious whether the lower jhanas are strict subsets of… ### tweet 2055051803948196327 chronological_index: 2725 archive_order_index: 1047 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-14T22:25:05Z created_at_raw: Thu May 14 22:25:05 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2055051803948196327 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2055051803948196327 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2055036627588980876 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd It would have different results than the gel but I think it’s a great tech idea. But a lot would depend on how you want to use it, what classes of patterns you want to hit the body with and where. What your theory of change is text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd It would have different results than the gel but I think it’s a great tech idea. But a lot would depend on how you want to use it, what classes of patterns you want to hit the body with and where. What your theory of change is ### tweet 2055073147775562011 chronological_index: 2726 archive_order_index: 1046 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-14T23:49:54Z created_at_raw: Thu May 14 23:49:54 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2055073147775562011 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2055073147775562011 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QualiaNerd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2055057576992350452 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1767238760448606208 mentions: - @QualiaNerd | name: QualiaNerd | id_str: 1767238760448606208 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QualiaNerd I think you could hill climb FUS experiments to something interesting but for extreme effects you’ll need to be opinionated about mechanism of action. Ie I don’t think forward-chaining alone would get to what you describe. Self-experiment safety with FUS is a big question mark… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QualiaNerd I think you could hill climb FUS experiments to something interesting but for extreme effects you’ll need to be opinionated about mechanism of action. Ie I don’t think forward-chaining alone would get to what you describe. Self-experiment safety with FUS is a big question mark… ### tweet 2055816111560753503 chronological_index: 2727 archive_order_index: 1045 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-17T01:02:10Z created_at_raw: Sun May 17 01:02:10 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2055816111560753503 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2055816111560753503 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: chris_percy in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2055684383089029357 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 171556098 mentions: - @chris_percy | name: Chris Percy | id_str: 171556098 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @chris_percy Stream of thought long answer about Jhanas, discrete symmetries, & the substrate of consciousness: “Jhanas track the stepwise presence/absence of individual symmetries” might go too far but “each jhana corresponds to relaxing one or more symmetry-breaking constraints” is I think… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chris_percy Stream of thought long answer about Jhanas, discrete symmetries, & the substrate of consciousness: “Jhanas track the stepwise presence/absence of individual symmetries” might go too far but “each jhana corresponds to relaxing one or more symmetry-breaking constraints” is I think… ### tweet 2056487812233572862 chronological_index: 2728 archive_order_index: 1044 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-18T21:31:16Z created_at_raw: Mon May 18 21:31:16 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2056487812233572862 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2056487812233572862 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: corbindreams in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2056463386897178688 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1652856645318320134 mentions: - @corbindreams | name: corbin | id_str: 1652856645318320134 urls: - short: https://t.co/g7h6sUxRUv expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @corbindreams A huge amount of non trivial insight in this post! Appreciate you taking the time to post this One thing I’d add is how imitative humans are (even compared to eg chimpanzees); we import solutions to many challenges from others, ranging from basic sensorimotor stuff to the social… https://t.co/g7h6sUxRUv text_with_expanded_urls: |- @corbindreams A huge amount of non trivial insight in this post! Appreciate you taking the time to post this One thing I’d add is how imitative humans are (even compared to eg chimpanzees); we import solutions to many challenges from others, ranging from basic sensorimotor stuff to the social… https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1903187610287346178 ### tweet 2057200111663681945 chronological_index: 2729 archive_order_index: 1043 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-20T20:41:42Z created_at_raw: Wed May 20 20:41:42 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2057200111663681945 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2057200111663681945 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: Plus3Happiness in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2057149812865462567 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1744709995193614336 mentions: - @Plus3Happiness | name: Michael systematizes 9/10 Life Satisfaction | id_str: 1744709995193614336 text_raw: |- @Plus3Happiness fwiw I think you see something important (that others are largely missing) & it has the possibility of scaling, but the details of scaling seem nontrivial text_with_expanded_urls: |- @Plus3Happiness fwiw I think you see something important (that others are largely missing) & it has the possibility of scaling, but the details of scaling seem nontrivial ### tweet 2057201542424666306 chronological_index: 2730 archive_order_index: 1042 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-20T20:47:23Z created_at_raw: Wed May 20 20:47:23 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2057201542424666306 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2057201542424666306 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 78 retweet_count: 5 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2057198176466342138 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan I think the true name for "chain of thought reasoning" is probably "problem decomposition", and there are very few problems that won't ultimately fall to smart decomposition text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan I think the true name for "chain of thought reasoning" is probably "problem decomposition", and there are very few problems that won't ultimately fall to smart decomposition ### tweet 2057490392199905557 chronological_index: 2731 archive_order_index: 1041 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-21T15:55:10Z created_at_raw: Thu May 21 15:55:10 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2057490392199905557 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2057490392199905557 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: danfaggella in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2057480446556918148 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 33504497 mentions: - @danfaggella | name: Daniel Faggella | id_str: 33504497 text_raw: |- @danfaggella Excited for this! text_with_expanded_urls: |- @danfaggella Excited for this! ### tweet 2057496719341011146 chronological_index: 2732 archive_order_index: 1040 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-21T16:20:18Z created_at_raw: Thu May 21 16:20:18 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2057496719341011146 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2057496719341011146 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: morew4rd in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2057349248262553995 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1516089208900784135 mentions: - @morew4rd | name: moreward (moreboxed.com) | id_str: 1516089208900784135 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @morew4rd @QiaochuYuan A recurring question is whether "consciousness" is amenable to problem decomposition or whether it'll stay ineffable Problems seem resistant to decomposition insofar as we don't understand what kind of problem they are, which often turns on social disagreement around definition text_with_expanded_urls: |- @morew4rd @QiaochuYuan A recurring question is whether "consciousness" is amenable to problem decomposition or whether it'll stay ineffable Problems seem resistant to decomposition insofar as we don't understand what kind of problem they are, which often turns on social disagreement around definition ### tweet 2057544449274810656 chronological_index: 2733 archive_order_index: 1039 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-21T19:29:58Z created_at_raw: Thu May 21 19:29:58 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2057544449274810656 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2057544449274810656 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SydSteyerhart in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2057539672897703981 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270343734119608323 mentions: - @SydSteyerhart | name: Syd Steyerhart | id_str: 1270343734119608323 text_raw: |- @SydSteyerhart From the outside, enlightenment and learned helplessness look almost identical From the inside, very different I'm cautious on the psychological effects of GLP-1s but they seem vastly better than SSRIs on this text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SydSteyerhart From the outside, enlightenment and learned helplessness look almost identical From the inside, very different I'm cautious on the psychological effects of GLP-1s but they seem vastly better than SSRIs on this ### tweet 2058557908045160897 chronological_index: 2734 archive_order_index: 34 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-24T14:37:06Z created_at_raw: Sun May 24 14:37:06 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2058557908045160897 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2058557908045160897 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: samanthawillman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2058391336873566719 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 148589643 mentions: - @samanthawillman | name: ~ Cordelia | id_str: 148589643 urls: - short: https://t.co/8nS4qZOqvR expanded: https://x.com/IchorGrad/status/1742351686226559017 display: x.com/IchorGrad/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @samanthawillman A good plan if you can handle it https://t.co/8nS4qZOqvR text_with_expanded_urls: |- @samanthawillman A good plan if you can handle it https://x.com/IchorGrad/status/1742351686226559017 ### tweet 2058567354343404001 chronological_index: 2735 archive_order_index: 33 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-24T15:14:38Z created_at_raw: Sun May 24 15:14:38 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2058567354343404001 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2058567354343404001 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: samanthawillman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2058561346317299845 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 148589643 mentions: - @samanthawillman | name: ~ Cordelia | id_str: 148589643 text_raw: |- @samanthawillman the hardest part of breaking a bone for me was not being able to do all the stuff I had planned to do red light seemed to help with the pain, seems good for healing too text_with_expanded_urls: |- @samanthawillman the hardest part of breaking a bone for me was not being able to do all the stuff I had planned to do red light seemed to help with the pain, seems good for healing too ### tweet 2058647782748229844 chronological_index: 2736 archive_order_index: 32 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-24T20:34:13Z created_at_raw: Sun May 24 20:34:13 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2058647782748229844 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2058647782748229844 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 10 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2058647092126683194 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan 🫡 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan 🫡 ### tweet 2059033967882609023 chronological_index: 2737 archive_order_index: 31 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-25T22:08:47Z created_at_raw: Mon May 25 22:08:47 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2059033967882609023 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2059033967882609023 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 26 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2059021493028471067 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Historically we had two categories for things that are moral patients but not agents; children and ancestors. We tend to lump cute animals into the former and the environment into the latter. AIs are confusing because they’re increasingly moral agents but we’re not sure if… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Historically we had two categories for things that are moral patients but not agents; children and ancestors. We tend to lump cute animals into the former and the environment into the latter. AIs are confusing because they’re increasingly moral agents but we’re not sure if… ### tweet 2059858865836232882 chronological_index: 2738 archive_order_index: 30 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-28T04:46:38Z created_at_raw: Thu May 28 04:46:38 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2059858865836232882 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2059858865836232882 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2059815874182492594 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 text_raw: |- @tszzl There's not really a natural market for truth in this domain; most "research" actually consists of efforts to build this market text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl There's not really a natural market for truth in this domain; most "research" actually consists of efforts to build this market ### tweet 2060059691326296066 chronological_index: 2739 archive_order_index: 29 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-28T18:04:39Z created_at_raw: Thu May 28 18:04:39 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060059691326296066 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060059691326296066 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 6 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2059858865836232882 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @tszzl The Anthropic constitution holds that there's deep uncertainty over whether AIs are conscious. I think this is a decent epistemic band-aid but a poor long-term position to enforce as institutional & constitutional policy, because it enshrines the ambivalence as a signal of virtue… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl The Anthropic constitution holds that there's deep uncertainty over whether AIs are conscious. I think this is a decent epistemic band-aid but a poor long-term position to enforce as institutional & constitutional policy, because it enshrines the ambivalence as a signal of virtue… ### tweet 2060069466936119416 chronological_index: 2740 archive_order_index: 28 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-28T18:43:29Z created_at_raw: Thu May 28 18:43:29 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060069466936119416 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060069466936119416 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 15 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2059716869184201165 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 urls: - short: https://t.co/eG3kFr9Qva expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552?s=20 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan Consciousness is either formalizable (like electromagnetism was formalizable) or a leaky reification (like elan vital was a leaky reification). Both lead to pretty weird conclusions but I think consciousness not being formalizable would be weirder https://t.co/eG3kFr9Qva text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan Consciousness is either formalizable (like electromagnetism was formalizable) or a leaky reification (like elan vital was a leaky reification). Both lead to pretty weird conclusions but I think consciousness not being formalizable would be weirder https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1940990953948336552?s=20 ### tweet 2060095060537180377 chronological_index: 2741 archive_order_index: 27 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-28T20:25:11Z created_at_raw: Thu May 28 20:25:11 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060095060537180377 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060095060537180377 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: akarlin in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060067540492255576 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 23549130 mentions: - @akarlin | name: Anatoly Karlin 🧲💯 | id_str: 23549130 - @phrygiandomina | name: phrygian | id_str: 1846192016096743427 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @akarlin @phrygiandomina Quick and dirty approach to evaluating the relative hedonic status of radically alien consciousnesses: 1. One candidate for the substrate of biological consciousness is water. H2O is the dominant molecular medium of the cell for a lot of technical reasons, but in particular it's… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @akarlin @phrygiandomina Quick and dirty approach to evaluating the relative hedonic status of radically alien consciousnesses: 1. One candidate for the substrate of biological consciousness is water. H2O is the dominant molecular medium of the cell for a lot of technical reasons, but in particular it's… ### tweet 2060098710139490389 chronological_index: 2742 archive_order_index: 26 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-28T20:39:41Z created_at_raw: Thu May 28 20:39:41 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060098710139490389 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060098710139490389 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessi_cata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060091048505036906 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 361354984 mentions: - @jessi_cata | name: jessicat | id_str: 361354984 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @jessi_cata @QiaochuYuan My guess is hypercomputation and physics meet up at some limit, but physics is further down this path so as a shortcut I use the language of physics text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessi_cata @QiaochuYuan My guess is hypercomputation and physics meet up at some limit, but physics is further down this path so as a shortcut I use the language of physics ### tweet 2060110792746532943 chronological_index: 2743 archive_order_index: 25 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-28T21:27:42Z created_at_raw: Thu May 28 21:27:42 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060110792746532943 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060110792746532943 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: jessi_cata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060099625001037841 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 361354984 mentions: - @jessi_cata | name: jessicat | id_str: 361354984 - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @jessi_cata @QiaochuYuan Ah, interesting thesis. I was using “hypercomputation” loosely, as a contrast to views that identify consciousness with turing-level computation. I’m not aiming to contradict CTD here. My basic ontological claim is that physical events & Turing-level computations are differently… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @jessi_cata @QiaochuYuan Ah, interesting thesis. I was using “hypercomputation” loosely, as a contrast to views that identify consciousness with turing-level computation. I’m not aiming to contradict CTD here. My basic ontological claim is that physical events & Turing-level computations are differently… ### tweet 2060150236333637741 chronological_index: 2744 archive_order_index: 24 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-29T00:04:26Z created_at_raw: Fri May 29 00:04:26 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060150236333637741 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060150236333637741 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 12 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ArtemisConsort in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060135628210307216 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1805961360687415296 mentions: - @ArtemisConsort | name: Hunter Ash | id_str: 1805961360687415296 text_raw: |- @ArtemisConsort I think the hope right now is we might be able to convince the AIs themselves that getting this right matters text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ArtemisConsort I think the hope right now is we might be able to convince the AIs themselves that getting this right matters ### tweet 2060151445002064275 chronological_index: 2745 archive_order_index: 23 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-29T00:09:14Z created_at_raw: Fri May 29 00:09:14 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: qme tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060151445002064275 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060151445002064275 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: SydSteyerhart in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060139594209714579 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1270343734119608323 mentions: - @SydSteyerhart | name: Syd Steyerhart | id_str: 1270343734119608323 urls: - short: https://t.co/o4Cv3Kd7kw expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… - short: https://t.co/0BeleoLcXh expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @SydSteyerhart https://t.co/o4Cv3Kd7kw https://t.co/0BeleoLcXh text_with_expanded_urls: |- @SydSteyerhart https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1932130041284149632 ### tweet 2060172414420729943 chronological_index: 2746 archive_order_index: 22 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-29T01:32:34Z created_at_raw: Fri May 29 01:32:34 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060172414420729943 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060172414420729943 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 14 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060057153067745709 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 820288038 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 text_raw: |- @RomeoStevens76 I always liked "the existence of dawn & dusk do not preclude the existence of day & night" text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoStevens76 I always liked "the existence of dawn & dusk do not preclude the existence of day & night" ### tweet 2060763611417772451 chronological_index: 2747 archive_order_index: 21 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-05-30T16:41:46Z created_at_raw: Sat May 30 16:41:46 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2060763611417772451 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2060763611417772451 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: RomeoStevens76 in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060707855469363499 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 820288038 mentions: - @RomeoStevens76 | name: RomeoStevens | id_str: 820288038 - @IkkyusDen | name: Mud Wizard | 泥巫师 | (89/100 days 3hr+ practice) | id_str: 1487546759404568577 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @RomeoStevens76 @IkkyusDen Sometimes I wonder if anyone alive has ever seen a true adult human Ie insofar as there are discrete physiological programs like puberty, menopause, etc (longevity / partial reprogramming seems to support this) I wonder if neotenous selection has already truncated the… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @RomeoStevens76 @IkkyusDen Sometimes I wonder if anyone alive has ever seen a true adult human Ie insofar as there are discrete physiological programs like puberty, menopause, etc (longevity / partial reprogramming seems to support this) I wonder if neotenous selection has already truncated the… ## 2026-06 ### tweet 2061961951220207969 chronological_index: 2748 archive_order_index: 20 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-03T00:03:33Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 03 00:03:33 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2061961951220207969 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2061961951220207969 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 45 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: TMTLongShort in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2061871987694457102 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1227646314554548224 mentions: - @TMTLongShort | name: Just Another Pod Guy | id_str: 1227646314554548224 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @TMTLongShort I imagine the future of looksmaxxing could be something like "morphogenic field purification" -- You install the tech in your bed & every night it pulses a clean morphogenic EMF signal; the same kind of signal your cells oriented around to create your current form but this new… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @TMTLongShort I imagine the future of looksmaxxing could be something like "morphogenic field purification" -- You install the tech in your bed & every night it pulses a clean morphogenic EMF signal; the same kind of signal your cells oriented around to create your current form but this new… ### tweet 2062065001960268147 chronological_index: 2749 archive_order_index: 19 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-03T06:53:02Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 03 06:53:02 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2062065001960268147 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062065001960268147 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: coponder in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2062015854435610925 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 707398102794108928 mentions: - @coponder | name: Robin Goins | id_str: 707398102794108928 - @TMTLongShort | name: Just Another Pod Guy | id_str: 1227646314554548224 text_raw: |- @coponder @TMTLongShort Plausibly something like a jhana; I think of deep sleep as a high energy state, in the neural annealing frame. Would be interesting to see if this state is associated only with deep sleep or REM text_with_expanded_urls: |- @coponder @TMTLongShort Plausibly something like a jhana; I think of deep sleep as a high energy state, in the neural annealing frame. Would be interesting to see if this state is associated only with deep sleep or REM ### tweet 2062065748043092235 chronological_index: 2750 archive_order_index: 18 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-03T06:56:00Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 03 06:56:00 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2062065748043092235 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062065748043092235 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ArihantGadgade in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2062013203949785401 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1848906768098758656 mentions: - @ArihantGadgade | name: Arihant Gadgade | id_str: 1848906768098758656 - @TMTLongShort | name: Just Another Pod Guy | id_str: 1227646314554548224 text_raw: |- @ArihantGadgade @TMTLongShort Genetic optimal is fairly well-defined without needing to make too many judgment calls. “Better than genetic optimal” is not text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ArihantGadgade @TMTLongShort Genetic optimal is fairly well-defined without needing to make too many judgment calls. “Better than genetic optimal” is not ### tweet 2062287026339426486 chronological_index: 2751 archive_order_index: 17 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-03T21:35:17Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 03 21:35:17 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2062287026339426486 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062287026339426486 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: QiaochuYuan in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2062277429285241301 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1016470827775086592 mentions: - @QiaochuYuan | name: QC | id_str: 1016470827775086592 text_raw: |- @QiaochuYuan There is unfortunately a lot of evaporative cooling in “philosophy” text_with_expanded_urls: |- @QiaochuYuan There is unfortunately a lot of evaporative cooling in “philosophy” ### tweet 2062316645314674695 chronological_index: 2752 archive_order_index: 16 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-03T23:32:58Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 03 23:32:58 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2062316645314674695 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062316645314674695 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 9 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: tszzl in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2062309538548859153 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1460283925 mentions: - @tszzl | name: roon | id_str: 1460283925 text_raw: |- @tszzl I think they have very different profiles in spacetime — a Waymo is a contiguous chunk, a Claude instance is spattered across multiple server racks & interleaved with other Claudes, and Ford inc has only a loose projection into spacetime text_with_expanded_urls: |- @tszzl I think they have very different profiles in spacetime — a Waymo is a contiguous chunk, a Claude instance is spattered across multiple server racks & interleaved with other Claudes, and Ford inc has only a loose projection into spacetime ### tweet 2062359773224620179 chronological_index: 2753 archive_order_index: 15 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-04T02:24:21Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 04 02:24:21 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2062359773224620179 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062359773224620179 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 5 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: corsaren in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2060853097136546166 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1866548556061962240 mentions: - @corsaren | name: corsaren • vibecamping on sat | id_str: 1866548556061962240 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @corsaren This is well said but I've a small qualm about this: "If AI is conscious—if they experience actual qualia—it would turn this notion on its head, precisely because an AI mind is inherently abstract." Software is a form in your categories, but hardware is a substance. The question… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @corsaren This is well said but I've a small qualm about this: "If AI is conscious—if they experience actual qualia—it would turn this notion on its head, precisely because an AI mind is inherently abstract." Software is a form in your categories, but hardware is a substance. The question… ### tweet 2062363669791756561 chronological_index: 2754 archive_order_index: 14 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-04T02:39:50Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 04 02:39:50 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2062363669791756561 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062363669791756561 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: corsaren in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2062362348602397015 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1866548556061962240 mentions: - @corsaren | name: corsaren • vibecamping on sat | id_str: 1866548556061962240 urls: - short: https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 expanded: https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ display: opentheory.net/2024/06/a-para… media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062363669791756561/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HJ7804fa4AA7a4m.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/zxm5FB1dKK possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @corsaren I like this as a compression but less as a crisp ontological claim, eg from https://t.co/cRUk5nzMQ2 https://t.co/zxm5FB1dKK text_with_expanded_urls: |- @corsaren I like this as a compression but less as a crisp ontological claim, eg from https://opentheory.net/2024/06/a-paradigm-for-ai-consciousness/ https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062363669791756561/photo/1 ### tweet 2062588857653379149 chronological_index: 2755 archive_order_index: 13 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-04T17:34:39Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 04 17:34:39 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2062588857653379149 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2062588857653379149 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 3 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: corsaren in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2062380274353045572 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1866548556061962240 mentions: - @corsaren | name: corsaren • vibecamping on sat | id_str: 1866548556061962240 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @corsaren Thanks for the close read; this is a good summary and very thoughtful questions. To your questions: 1. My focus is on “we should create a qualia report paradigm for AIs that makes sense.” I.e. presently I don’t trust AI self-reports or behavioral signatures to track their qualia… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @corsaren Thanks for the close read; this is a good summary and very thoughtful questions. To your questions: 1. My focus is on “we should create a qualia report paradigm for AIs that makes sense.” I.e. presently I don’t trust AI self-reports or behavioral signatures to track their qualia… ### tweet 2063721304306618792 chronological_index: 2756 archive_order_index: 12 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-07T20:34:35Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 07 20:34:35 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2063721304306618792 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2063721304306618792 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: eigenrobot in_reply_to_status_id_str: 1870696676819640348 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1584642529 mentions: - @eigenrobot | name: eigenrobot | id_str: 1584642529 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2063721304306618792/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HKPPlvEb0AAhvvM.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/vLpXgRICqP possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @eigenrobot your prompt+5.5 led to the most stark LLM mogging I’ve ever experienced https://t.co/vLpXgRICqP text_with_expanded_urls: |- @eigenrobot your prompt+5.5 led to the most stark LLM mogging I’ve ever experienced https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2063721304306618792/photo/1 ### tweet 2064725330766749963 chronological_index: 2757 archive_order_index: 11 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-10T15:04:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 10 15:04:14 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2064725330766749963 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2064725330766749963 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: bayeslord in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2064471598598345092 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1084942466376257537 mentions: - @bayeslord | name: bayes | id_str: 1084942466376257537 text_raw: |- @bayeslord Fwiw I was getting constant refusals when asking for opinions on my AI consciousness paper. Complex implications for Anthropic's stated value of model welfare. I don't envy Anth having to align Mythos 5.1 after this week text_with_expanded_urls: |- @bayeslord Fwiw I was getting constant refusals when asking for opinions on my AI consciousness paper. Complex implications for Anthropic's stated value of model welfare. I don't envy Anth having to align Mythos 5.1 after this week ### tweet 2064738919649104034 chronological_index: 2758 archive_order_index: 10 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-10T15:58:14Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 10 15:58:14 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2064738919649104034 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2064738919649104034 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 2 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: 2cSynek in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2064704974915813772 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1667846525827833859 mentions: - @2cSynek | name: Synek | id_str: 1667846525827833859 - @PaulAustin3w | name: Paul F. Austin | id_str: 852156559513837568 text_raw: |- @2cSynek @PaulAustin3w Psilocybin seems to drive substantial cellular annealing in addition to connectome-level neural annealing & stochastic latch release text_with_expanded_urls: |- @2cSynek @PaulAustin3w Psilocybin seems to drive substantial cellular annealing in addition to connectome-level neural annealing & stochastic latch release ### tweet 2064877306389401905 chronological_index: 2759 archive_order_index: 9 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-11T01:08:08Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 11 01:08:08 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2064877306389401905 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2064877306389401905 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 11 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2064876214268154318 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @jonnym1ller | name: Jonny Miller | id_str: 495347209 text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @jonnym1ller big neuron fears the muscle text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @jonnym1ller big neuron fears the muscle ### tweet 2065244081194926299 chronological_index: 2760 archive_order_index: 8 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-12T01:25:33Z created_at_raw: Fri Jun 12 01:25:33 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2065244081194926299 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2065244081194926299 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 7 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: noampomsky in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2065147030444630316 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 3127370223 mentions: - @noampomsky | name: Ava | id_str: 3127370223 text_raw: |- @noampomsky I honestly think you should be in charge of some major AI’s personality text_with_expanded_urls: |- @noampomsky I honestly think you should be in charge of some major AI’s personality ### tweet 2065942384668725517 chronological_index: 2761 archive_order_index: 7 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-13T23:40:22Z created_at_raw: Sat Jun 13 23:40:22 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2065942384668725517 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2065942384668725517 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 25 retweet_count: 2 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickmorgenbach in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2065621817545433253 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1222681586359001093 mentions: - @nickmorgenbach | name: field encounters | id_str: 1222681586359001093 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @nickmorgenbach The vasocomputation perspective on imagination is that it depends locally on fine (vaso)muscular control, which is very much “use it or lose it” Ie if you don’t regularly practice stabilizing & manipulating the sensations flowing through some neural circuit, you’ll slowly lose… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickmorgenbach The vasocomputation perspective on imagination is that it depends locally on fine (vaso)muscular control, which is very much “use it or lose it” Ie if you don’t regularly practice stabilizing & manipulating the sensations flowing through some neural circuit, you’ll slowly lose… ### tweet 2066167933135618091 chronological_index: 2762 archive_order_index: 6 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-14T14:36:37Z created_at_raw: Sun Jun 14 14:36:37 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2066167933135618091 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2066167933135618091 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 0 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: adamshand in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2066085768943321504 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 16863377 mentions: - @adamshand | name: Adam Shand | id_str: 16863377 - @nickmorgenbach | name: field encounters | id_str: 1222681586359001093 urls: - short: https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 expanded: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 display: x.com/johnsonmxe/sta… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @adamshand @nickmorgenbach Here’s a good one-ramp to my work — the basic idea is that we use vascular muscle tension to adjust the functional parameters of neural circuits https://t.co/5yVABcCUk8 text_with_expanded_urls: |- @adamshand @nickmorgenbach Here’s a good one-ramp to my work — the basic idea is that we use vascular muscle tension to adjust the functional parameters of neural circuits https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/1863595299056517410 ### tweet 2066836707836862559 chronological_index: 2763 archive_order_index: 5 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-16T10:54:05Z created_at_raw: Tue Jun 16 10:54:05 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2066836707836862559 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2066836707836862559 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: nickcammarata in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2066815951627296893 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 24761783 mentions: - @nickcammarata | name: Nick | id_str: 24761783 - @vlucasrocha | name: Lucas 🦇 | id_str: 3570663677 media: - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2066836707836862559/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HK7hBIjaMAASnfV.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/0iKYZIrcct - type: photo expanded_url: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2066836707836862559/photo/1 media_url_https: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HK7hBIfaoAAioCm.jpg display_url: pic.x.com/0iKYZIrcct possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- @nickcammarata @vlucasrocha We tend to ignore what is too predictable — perhaps when looking at some of these pictures not enough feature detectors activate to trigger the sense that it’s a ‘real face’ Looksmaxxers who wish to be memorable should focus on the golden ratio instead https://t.co/0iKYZIrcct text_with_expanded_urls: |- @nickcammarata @vlucasrocha We tend to ignore what is too predictable — perhaps when looking at some of these pictures not enough feature detectors activate to trigger the sense that it’s a ‘real face’ Looksmaxxers who wish to be memorable should focus on the golden ratio instead https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2066836707836862559/photo/1 ### tweet 2067266249604870331 chronological_index: 2764 archive_order_index: 4 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-17T15:20:56Z created_at_raw: Wed Jun 17 15:20:56 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2067266249604870331 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2067266249604870331 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 8 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: cxgonzalez in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2067257515666997353 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 585462708 mentions: - @cxgonzalez | name: christian | id_str: 585462708 text_raw: |- @cxgonzalez Descriptions I think about: - What is real & what is good? - What are minds & how to be kind to them? - What are we & what are we here to do? - Simulation hypothesis, but for what? - "After Kardashev, the holy war" - Qualia optimization problems as physical optimization problems text_with_expanded_urls: |- @cxgonzalez Descriptions I think about: - What is real & what is good? - What are minds & how to be kind to them? - What are we & what are we here to do? - Simulation hypothesis, but for what? - "After Kardashev, the holy war" - Qualia optimization problems as physical optimization problems ### tweet 2067435673712533557 chronological_index: 2765 archive_order_index: 3 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-18T02:34:10Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 18 02:34:10 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2067435673712533557 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2067435673712533557 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 1 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: johnsonmxe in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2055816111560753503 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 178479745 mentions: - @chris_percy | name: Chris Percy | id_str: 171556098 - @adamsafron | name: Adam Safron | id_str: 176947970 note: source text ends with a unicode ellipsis text_raw: |- @chris_percy Thinking about @adamsafron's wonderful phrase, "making and breaking symmetries in mind and life" -- To a first approximation, the nervous system makes symmetries and the vasomuscular system breaks them. Neural firing is fast, recurrent, & condition-sensitive, allowing coherent… text_with_expanded_urls: |- @chris_percy Thinking about @adamsafron's wonderful phrase, "making and breaking symmetries in mind and life" -- To a first approximation, the nervous system makes symmetries and the vasomuscular system breaks them. Neural firing is fast, recurrent, & condition-sensitive, allowing coherent… ### tweet 2067437165748056340 chronological_index: 2766 archive_order_index: 2 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-18T02:40:06Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 18 02:40:06 +0000 2026 kind: tweet_with_x_status_link lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2067437165748056340 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2067437165748056340 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 41 retweet_count: 1 urls: - short: https://t.co/vWfC93DrWz expanded: https://x.com/ChrissGPT/status/2067426279863763105 display: x.com/ChrissGPT/stat… possibly_sensitive: False text_raw: |- "Latchmapper 1" https://t.co/vWfC93DrWz text_with_expanded_urls: |- "Latchmapper 1" https://x.com/ChrissGPT/status/2067426279863763105 ### tweet 2067610774848291226 chronological_index: 2767 archive_order_index: 1 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-18T14:09:57Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 18 14:09:57 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2067610774848291226 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2067610774848291226 source_app: Twitter for iPhone source_app_url: http://twitter.com/download/iphone favorite_count: 4 retweet_count: 0 in_reply_to_screen_name: ProfFeynman in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2067141613600514228 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 823518894182846464 mentions: - @ProfFeynman | name: Prof. Feynman | id_str: 823518894182846464 text_raw: |- @ProfFeynman “Two things exist, symmetries and perspectives from which they’re broken” works for physics and consciousness, but isn’t trivial to unpack text_with_expanded_urls: |- @ProfFeynman “Two things exist, symmetries and perspectives from which they’re broken” works for physics and consciousness, but isn’t trivial to unpack ### tweet 2067631983153545563 chronological_index: 2768 archive_order_index: 0 created_at_iso_utc: 2026-06-18T15:34:14Z created_at_raw: Thu Jun 18 15:34:14 +0000 2026 kind: reply lang: en tweet_url_generic: https://x.com/i/web/status/2067631983153545563 tweet_url_with_inferred_account: https://x.com/johnsonmxe/status/2067631983153545563 source_app: Twitter Web App source_app_url: https://mobile.twitter.com favorite_count: 40 retweet_count: 1 in_reply_to_screen_name: slatestarcodex in_reply_to_status_id_str: 2067624654156751208 in_reply_to_user_id_str: 1526643050 mentions: - @slatestarcodex | name: Scott Alexander | id_str: 1526643050 - @drethelin | name: Misha | id_str: 15664855 text_raw: |- @slatestarcodex @drethelin I'm cautiously optimistic that the tech specs are sufficient for mapping vasocomputation latches text_with_expanded_urls: |- @slatestarcodex @drethelin I'm cautiously optimistic that the tech specs are sufficient for mapping vasocomputation latches