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#leonardoCalculus #programming #knowledgeRepresentation #KR #formal #ontology #article

Leonardo Calculus Knowledge Representation: Defining sensors sense and sense2 lispdef helper action entities

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/lispgames/LCKR-defining-sensors-sense-using-cl-series/

Introduces and demos lispdef entities which in the upper ontology are entities containing lisp forms which can/do provide its concrete programming implementation.

Tying these together is obviously great, none of this "just an ontology" and "just not an ontology" stuff.

**Evidence of a social evaluation penalty for using AI**

"_Through four experiments with over 4,400 participants, we reveal a social penalty for AI use: Individuals who use AI tools face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from others._"

J.A. Reif, R.P. Larrick, & J.B. Soll, Evidence of a social evaluation penalty for using AI, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 122 (19) e2426766122, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2426766122 (2025).

#OpenAccess #OA #Research #Article #Psychology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Academia #Academic @psychology

SUPERMAN (2025) #Review

This Superman (2025) Review Has Nathan Fillion Adding Another “N” To His Name! (#Link Below)

https://hubpages.com/entertainment/superman-2025-review-that-shrinks-in-freezing-weather

#reviews #filmreviews #moviereviews
#article #listicle #list #read #reading #writersofmastodon #funny #humor #superman #superman2025 #writing #writer #writingCommunity #writers #Movies #movie #cinema #cinemastodon #Film #films #filmmastodon

#programming #formal #ontology #lisp #Sandewall #knowledgeRepresentation #article #leonardoCalculus

Leonardo Calculus Knowledge Representation: Fleshing out organism’s attributes

Adding attributes to the organism type (plant, insect and bird are all subsumed-by organism). I also add a coelacanth of type organism to a world entityfile. In my view, quite a good and informational/instructional article if I do say so. What do you think?

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/lispgames/LCKR-fleshing-out-organisms-attributes/

#article #ontology #programming #formal #lisp #concrete

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/lispgames/plant-insect-bird-ontology/

Plant Insect Bird practical formal ontology with Leonardo calculus

I revisit my #lispgames #gamejam #gamedev. In this article I create a formal ontology to be a vehicle for my concrete game redux of the jam (which had been lacklustre if technically interesting. Let's be technically interesting and have more lustre this time round.

Thoughts, commentary, ontological guidance gentle and stern if you will please.

**Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers**

"_Results indicate that students with stronger verbal abilities, and who are more curious, open-minded, and intellectually rigorous, are more likely to study philosophy. Nonetheless, after accounting for such baseline differences, philosophy majors outperform all other majors on tests of verbal and logical reasoning and on a measure of valuable habits of mind._"

PRINZING, M. and VAZQUEZ, M. (2025) ‘Studying Philosophy Does Make People Better Thinkers’, Journal of the American Philosophical Association, pp. 1–19. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/apa.2025.10007.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Philosophy #Education #Learning @philosophy

**Dark personality traits are associated with academic misconduct, frustration, negative thinking, and generative AI use habits: the case of Sichuan art universities**

"_Results showed that dark personality traits were significantly associated with academic dishonesty, anxiety, and procrastination, and that these markers of academic misbehavior were linked to increased frustration, negative thinking, and generative AI use._"

Song, J., Liu, S. Dark personality traits are associated with academic misconduct, frustration, negative thinking, and generative AI use habits: the case of Sichuan art universities. BMC Psychol 13, 633 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02949-w.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Research #Psychology #Personality #Academia #Education #Procrastination #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech @psychology

Ranking Judd Apatow Films 1-7 (#Link Below)

http://hub.me/ap4wR

You post a link and quote from an article? Then please make the quote recognisable as such!
I was just startled because one of my followers "is on the deathbed" until I realised it was only a quote from an article. And it's not the first time something like that has happened here.

*Mark* quotes from others! Don't adorn yourselves with borrowed plumes (or deathbeds)!

**The Cross of Gold: Brazilian Treasure and the Decline of Portugal**

"_In this paper, we show that the discovery of massive quantities of gold in Brazil over the eighteenth century played a key role in the long-run development of Portugal. The country suffered from an economic and political resource curse. A counterfactual based on synthetic control methods suggests that by 1800 Portugal’s GDP per capita was 40 percent lower than it would have been without its endowment of Brazilian gold._"

Kedrosky, D. and Palma, N. (2025) ‘The Cross of Gold: Brazilian Treasure and the Decline of Portugal’, The Journal of Economic History, pp. 1–37. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050725100764.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #DOI #Economics #History #Histodons #Gold #Brazil #Portugal #Academia @histodons

The most important reason people go to conferences is to usefully connect with others around relevant content. Here are five reasons to change conferences.

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2018/12/five-reasons-change-conferences

**Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary**

"_We study vocabulary changes in more than 15 million biomedical abstracts from 2010 to 2024 indexed by PubMed and show how the appearance of LLMs led to an abrupt increase in the frequency of certain style words. This excess word analysis suggests that at least 13.5% of 2024 abstracts were processed with LLMs._"

Dmitry Kobak et al., Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary. Sci. Adv.11, eadt3813 (2025). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adt3813.

Spike Lee/ Denzel Washington Films Ranked 1-4. (#Link Below)

http://hub.me/arGmu

**Thinking outside the box means thinking outside the search engine**

"_Nominal group analysis reveals that while individual creativity may be enhanced by internet access, groups articulate fewer novel solutions when provided internet access, suggesting that internet access may constrain collective creative fluency._"

Oppenheimer, D.M., Patterson, M.T. Thinking outside the box means thinking outside the search engine. Mem Cogn (2025). https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-025-01732-x.

**Literary Texts From The Sippar Library V: A Hymn In Praise Of Babylon And The Babylonians**

"_The article presents a previously unknown hymn in praise of Marduk, the Esagil, Babylon and the Babylonians. It contains unparalleled descriptions of the healing powers of Marduk, the splendor of Babylon, the spring borne by the Euphrates to the city’s fields and the generosity of the Babylonians themselves._"

Fadhil, A.A. and Jiménez, E. (2025) ‘LITERARY TEXTS FROM THE SIPPAR LIBRARY V: A HYMN IN PRAISE OF BABYLON AND THE BABYLONIANS’, Iraq, pp. 1–58. doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/irq.2024.23.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Archaeology #Archaeodons #Cuneiform #Babylon #Academia #Academics @archaeodons

I am beyond pleased to share that I am featured in the latest issue of the world renowned Smithsonian Magazine (July/August 2025).

To see my drystone work, and my voice, recognised, and to take up space in a field where women are still few and far between, means more than I can say.

I was so proud to show my daughters this.

"I realised really quickly for every stone I can't lift, there's a stone that a man can't lift"

https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/my-drystone-work-featured-in-the-smithsonian-magazine

Interesting #article about people who favor #authoritarianism. I fall squarely into #anarchy land. Do you. Do what makes you happy. Nobody should stop you. Be #gay, do crime!!! Fuck conformity! https://www.mississippifreepress.org/opinion-antagonism-to-trans-rights-is-tied-to-the-authoritarian-desire-for-social-conformity/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjCuuJwLMLrCtAMw_MGHBA&utm_content=rundown

**Leonardo's Vitruvian Man: modern craniofacial anatomical analysis reveals a possible solution to the 500-year-old mystery**

"_This paper demonstrates that Leonardo’s explicit textual reference to ‘an equilateral triangle’ between the figure’s legs provides his construction method and reveals the anatomical foundation for his proportional choices._"

Sweeney, R. M. (2025) ‘Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man: modern craniofacial anatomical analysis reveals a possible solution to the 500-year-old mystery’, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, pp. 1–13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/17513472.2025.2507568.

**Causal effects of physical activity and screen time on childhood intelligence via Mendelian randomization: The mediating role of intracranial volume**

“_Our two-sample MR analysis revealed a positive causal effect of moderate to vigorous physical activity (PA) on childhood IQ (β = 0.42, 95 % confidence interval (CI): [0.12, 0.72], p = 6.26 × 10−3), whereas leisure screen time (LST) exhibited a negative causal effect (β = −0.35, 95 % CI: [ −0.60, −0.10], p = 5.59 ×10−3). Reverse MR analysis found no evidence of causations._”

Feng, J., Wan, Y., & Zhang, L. (2025). Causal effects of physical activity and screen time on childhood intelligence via Mendelian randomization: The mediating role of intracranial volume. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 74, 101586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101586.

#OpenAccess #OA #Article #Neuroscience #Psychology #ScreenTime #Exercise #IQ #Academia #Academics @psychology