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Latest links…

1. How does an LLM think? How does it represent concepts? — “the first ever detailed look inside a modern, production-grade large language model”
2. An historian of science thinks social psychology’s replication crisis is owed to its reliance on a causal model that “eliminates the role of the person” — “This diagnosis is, in our eyes, erroneous,” argue Edouard Machery & John Doris
3. A chance to sing and dance about Nietzsche — in NYC
4. “There’s a new self with every experience” — part 2 of J.P. Andrew’s interview with Galen Strawson
5. “To a certain reader this might sound like a demand that college professors step up and instill the necessary literacy skills in their charges. But to me, it sounds more like a lament that standards have fallen to an almost satirical level and there’s no going back” — more on student literacy (with follow up post here)
6. What is a species? — an interesting and amusing video from MinuteEarth which is also an example of how adding enough failures together can lead to some kind of success
7. “It would be a bit like trying to explain market transactions, voting decisions, or cultural activities from the perspective of particle physics” — Christian List on free will, understanding human behavior, and science

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