Keith Wilson 💭

Assistant Professor of #Philosophy and Co-Director of #CognitiveScience at University College Dublin 🇮🇪. Father of #LittleHuman. Former computer programmer and sound engineer. Mostly #vegan. Born at 326 ppm.

Posts about #philosophy, #politics, #academia, #technology, #multisensory #perception, #temporalExperience and #theSenses. (See Keith Wilson (npub1p60…a85z) for archive.) he/they 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 

Location: Dublin, Ireland
Home: http://keithwilson.eu
Work: https://people.ucd.ie/keith.a.wilson
Bluesky: @keithwilson.eu

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Last Notes

2024-10-09 09:03:45

#ElonMusk and I are approximately the same age. One of us is a junior academic in #philosophy and the other is a multi-billionaire business man and conspiracy theorist who jumps up and down on stage behind Donald Trump. I think it’s clear which one of us is the winner here. 😂

2024-10-09 08:09:17

It’s not “government overreach” if your company is breaking the law and using its advantage in other markets to protect its core business. That’s exactly what competition regulation is designed to prevent. #Google https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62504lv00do

2024-10-08 18:30:41

So is the mind is part of physics now? 🤔 #Philosophy #CogSci #PhilSci

2024-10-07 16:16:55

I’ve heard Sigur Rós’ ‘Hoppípolla’ used in so many heart-wrenching films and uplifting nature documentaries that I already start to tear up upon hearing the first few bars… 🥹 #SigurRos https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JAYb8ZyjzD0

2024-10-07 13:23:05

#PhilSenses https://ismy.blue

2024-10-07 12:55:17

Looking forward to talking to my students about the philosophy of colours and odours at tomorrow’s #PhilSenses lecture! 🌈 👃 #PhilPerception

2024-10-06 18:27:31

“This virus is out of control. It is time for urgent and serious leadership and action to halt further transmission and mutation… There are pandemic playbooks that we need to dust off and begin to implement.” #H5N1 https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-10-04/bird-flu-deaths-increasing-among-california-dairy-cows

2024-10-06 08:12:04

The trouble with the #ToryLeadership contest is that all of the credible candidates, like Amber Rudd and Ruth Davidson, have already stepped down. So we are left with the best (or worst) of the dregs. https://apple.news/AAG4w0t8TTlOF9YEnH10_vg

2024-10-05 19:16:41

#Constellation is one of the best things I’ve seen on TV for a while. Gutted that it won’t be returning for a second season—especially after the finale sets it up so well. https://thedirect.com/article/constellation-season-2-story-plans

2024-10-05 09:04:35

#Apple ought to open a store in #Dublin, or is the lack of one connected with their tax status here? https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/10/04/belfasts-apple-store-is-moving-to-a-new-location-in-mid-october?utm_medium=rss

2024-10-04 21:46:19

According to this article, #LizTruss’s philosophy can be summed up in two phrases: 1. “Enjoy life. Dine here often”, and 2. “refuse to conform to what’s expected at any point”. Checks out… Oh, and she has a favourite potato. 🥔 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/29/liz-truss-cheese-karaoke-10-things-you-may-not-know

2024-10-04 16:58:04

Surely just a coincidence? 🤨 #Trumpland https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/news/2024/10/04/donald-trump-supported-bible-one-of-few-that-meets-ryan-walters-criteria-for-ok-classrooms/75510021007/

2024-10-03 14:23:32

Old habits die hard… 😂 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdq2944d2no

2024-10-02 13:14:40

If the choice is between human rights and the right of the Conservative Party to survive, I know whose side I’m on. #ToryLeadership #ECHR https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0lqzjwqx8o

2024-10-02 08:34:43

#KemiBadenoch is either showing us her true colours in wanting to jail 5–10% of civil servants, or else she has completely lost it. #ToryLeadership https://apple.news/Aas9mrnDQRKOrFFPZLUwZvw

2024-10-01 16:52:01

Sounds like a disease… 🤧 https://arstechnica.com/?p=2053307&utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social

2024-10-01 09:43:52

I just discovered that #macOS #Sequoia has some new commands and keyboard shortcuts in the Windows menu to expand or centre the current window. Centring (^🌐C) is particularly useful! #Apple

2024-09-30 08:20:23

Minimum Unit Price of alcohol rises to 65p in #Scotland, or just over £6 (€7.30) for a bottle of wine. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg2d2kdgzeo

2024-09-29 08:18:07

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi quits the Tory Party after claims that they failed to investigate racism complaint. https://apple.news/AobcqxifRTM-n1pMiREngnw

2024-09-29 07:41:41

Debilitating fatigue in #LongCOVID sufferers linked to changes in brain connectivity. #coronavirus #SARSCoV2 #COVID https://www.sciencealert.com/long-covid-fatigue-shows-up-as-distinct-changes-in-brain-scans

2024-09-28 17:39:06

“International students accounted for 24% of all students at English universities by 2021/22 but provided about 40% of tuition fee income.” #HigherEducation #AcademicSky #TuitionFees https://www.thetimes.com/article/d8b73d13-8361-4c02-80e6-1896b6768ed4

2024-09-28 08:43:22

Brits abroad. #MaggieSmith https://youtu.be/6JIKwjvCrg4?si=fTpv7lafes2hnxSq

2024-09-28 07:59:54

“Your package may be lost”. WTF, #Amazon? (It’s not lost, it’s stuck in customs clearance) 🙄 #BrexitBenefits

2024-09-28 07:35:29

Elon Musk’s Twitter (sic) appeals record-breaking Irish unfair dismissal award. https://m.independent.ie/business/technology/elon-musks-twitter-appeals-record-breaking-irish-unfair-dismissal-award/a639870403.html

2024-09-28 06:05:54

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that .docx was an acceptable file interchange format.

2024-09-27 20:37:16

Watching #Constellation. That is some dark space noir. 🧑‍🚀 #AppleTVPlus

2024-09-27 05:41:27

I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that we’re living through an unprecedented experiment in mass exposure to a deadly virus with unknown long-term effects. Worth noting that “those at the weaker end of the immune response spectrum” includes hundreds of thousands of #LongCOVID sufferers, for whom 3 to 4 infections per year may prevent them from ever recovering. For everyone else it means recurrent illness and risk of long-term health problems. #COVIDisNotOver #SARS2 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/26/covid-on-the-rise-as-experts-say-england-has-capitulated-to-the-virus

2024-09-25 20:28:36

I spent quite a bit of time over the summer redesigning the #UCD School of Philosophy website. I’m particularly pleased with the new research page. https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/research/ (For comparison, here’s what the old one looked like: http://web.archive.org/web/20240406054901/https://www.ucd.ie/philosophy/research/)

2024-09-24 19:00:36

A confession: I set my out-of-office reply this summer from a remote cottage in the northwest of Ireland with genuinely poor mobile reception and Wi-Fi. I only realised when I returned several weeks later that it didn’t work, so I had basically just been ignoring emails for most of August. Sorry about that. 😳 #embarrassingWorkStories (h/t @npub1juf…cy93)

2024-09-24 11:25:00

How can perception be as it intuitively seems—the presentation of external objects—when we are susceptible to perceptual hallucinations and illusions? Dr Eugen Fischer from UEA examines the argument from illusion… #PhilSenses https://youtu.be/bs2pTBkJCxQ?si=yljFVGCji7-aJnqg

2024-09-24 09:05:42

Cycling with a baguette in my backpack like a French guy. 🚲 😄

2024-09-23 15:25:13

British nationals still have the right to live and work in one EU country: Ireland. That’s it. 🇮🇪 #BrexitReality #BrexitBrokeBritain https://apple.news/AmJ_8q2UrSOGtlgMIzIfKIQ

2024-09-22 18:06:08

#Trump is frit. 🐓 https://apple.news/AATMKhS3aQIeIn5lPv9ruKQ

2024-09-21 15:40:09

Booked my COVID booster and flu vaccination immediately before I’m due to give a 2-hour lecture… What could possibly go wrong? 😬 💉

2024-09-21 15:34:33

“I remember it like it was yesterday, and it WAS yesterday!” —#LittleHuman

2024-09-21 11:12:46

It’s a shame that #TimeBandits has been cancelled. #LittleHuman and I loved it, though I can see why it’s awkward brand of humour might not have landed with American audiences. #AppleTVPlus https://apple.news/AyrQwFh51Q56GDiyVuG10Rw

2024-09-20 19:36:01

A nice addition in #iOS18 is the on-screen animation when the volume, power or action buttons are pressed. This mirrors the implementation of the camera control on the #iPhone16 and gives visual feedback that the buttons were pressed.

2024-09-20 17:44:33

‘Full self driving’ going well then. 🤨 #Tesla #ElonMusk #AI https://x.com/RealDanODowd/status/1836931211232526755 (h/t Rodney Brooks)

2024-09-18 07:30:00

Annoyed that #watchOS11 can’t be installed on my Series 5 #AppleWatch. The processor has barely changed over the generations so I don’t think it’s because of hardware limitations. 🤨 #Apple

2024-09-16 13:49:44

Does our sense of #smell provide objective access to the world? Philosopher and cognitive scientist Ann-Sophie Barwich argues that it does—and a lot more besides. #PhilSenses https://youtu.be/oVEN1OPTtFY?si=KnNL-XhSDjndm9q9

2024-09-15 15:25:10

ICYMI: Plans to build the first deep coal mine in more than 30 years have been quashed by the UK‘s High Court. #ClimateEmergency https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdrlrkz5k2ro

2024-09-15 07:46:12

Despite being airless, space has a distinctive metallic smell. #PhilSenses https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3dv0ddwp7o

2024-09-13 17:34:12

The music industry traded magnetic tape for HDDs and got served a hard-earned lesson. https://apple.news/AZZ8rhQKaT7WfDFq_-R9S9Q

2024-09-11 09:40:14

Anil Seth and Lisa Feldman Barrett think that the brain hallucinates or even creates reality. Are they right? #PhilSenses https://youtu.be/lyu7v7nWzfo https://youtu.be/ikvrwOnay3g

2024-09-10 21:35:43

Fun fact: the ‘large’ model of the #AppleWatch series 1 was almost exactly the same size and weight as the ‘small’ model of the Apple Watch series 10, at 42mm tall, and weighing 30g. ⌚️

2024-09-10 11:17:57

Looking forward to teaching a new undergraduate module on #Philosophy of Perception and #theSenses today! Will be posting relevant links here using the #PhilSenses hashtag.

2024-09-10 08:17:17

My motto: veni, vidi, café. I came, I saw, I drank coffee. ☕️ 😊

2024-09-10 08:08:36

The #iPhone16 looks like a decent upgrade, particularly with regard to camera functionality. Ironic that a company which pioneered the replacement of physical buttons with a touch screen is now reintroducing them as a unique selling point. #Apple

2024-08-05 16:22:27

Very sad news. 😢 #DavidLynch https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/david-lynch-age-movies-emphysema-smoking-b2591296.html

2024-07-31 10:54:41

He’s the son of a toolmaker. She was a teenage mum who grew up on a council estate. Together they solve crimes. #Starmer. Coming soon to ITV.
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2024-07-09 14:15:02

Adding Web of Science support to #ManuscriptCentral has somehow made it even worse. With the vast profits being made by big publishers, can they not develop a system that actually works? 🤨 #academia #publishing

2024-06-13 16:19:13

We need to pay Elon Musk $56bn to keep him motivated, but we mustn’t pay ordinary people a universal basic income because it would take away their incentive to work. Noted. 🤨

2024-06-09 13:06:49

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Sounds dodgy. The only thing it seems to guard against is your Telegram account having been hacked by someone.

2024-05-22 16:26:03

Honestly, they couldn’t even organise someone to hold an umbrella over the Prime Minister. What a joke. ☔️ #ToryBritain #ToryIncompetence #GeneralElection2024

2024-05-15 18:13:50

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“We’ve all done it” 😬 https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/apr/20/diane-abbott-apologises-for-drinking-mojito-on-public-transport

2024-04-28 19:58:55

I prefer #Bluesky’s version of #federation to #Mastodon’s, but either way the ability to switch social media provider without having to start over again is priceless. #SocialMedia