Alexis Roberts

Writing duo, Emma and Ez, using the pen name Alexis Roberts

[Keidi Keating @Keidi_Keating]

What do you call the part of the city where unsuccessful writers live?
The writers' block.

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

@DrBruceLong1 Modern western society :P

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

The swear words that we find most abhorrent today are those that attack someone's personal sense of self, personal identity - that contradict our liberal ideals #rtbsyd

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

It's very easy to be a shitty liberal - to be a genuine liberal is hard. It's easy to corrupt any liberal value and people suck, basically. #rtbsyd

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

The point of a liberal society is to be a fair system of cooperation so that all of its members have a chance to flourish. At the end of the day, a liberal society is a fair go. #rtbsyd

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

Non-religious people get their values from liberalism - not just our political values but our sense of humour, morals and everything that makes us us? #rtbsyd

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

So many people in Sydney today live fulfilled and meaningful lives in the complete absence of God .. so where do we get our values from? #rtbsyd

[Brain & Mind Centre @BrainMind_Usyd]

"Imagination is essential to providing new solutions to problems and is a huge evolutionary advantage" #USydBMC @Muireann_Irish at #RTBSyd

[Prof Muireann Irish FASSA FRSN @Muireann_Irish]

What is Baronny? Who is Butty?

Confused?!

All shall be revealed tonight at "Raising the Bar" @RTBEvent where I'll speak about memory, imagination, daydreaming, and creativity @BrainMind_Usyd @SydneyUni_Media @Sydney_Science #RTBSYD

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

Depression can be caused by getting stuck in a destructive cycle of reflective thinking - just as anxiety can be caused by destructive cycles of forward thinking. But what about people who lack the ability to create mental images entirely #RTBSYD

[University of Sydney @Sydney_Uni]

In this age of internet trolls and keyboard warriors, how do we cope with online vitriol, unrelenting emotional labour and even death threats? Professor @timsout dives in at #RTBSYD

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

Ready for talk number 2 at #RTBSYD - where do your values come from? #Oddculture

[Carole Gerts @cgerts]

The links between imagination, memory and mental illness. Don’t reject daydreaming - it’s good for you. https://t.co/88yMnpeySd #RTBSYD

[Melany Querida @MelanyClark]

Pretty happy hearing @Muireann_Irish from @BrainMind_Usyd telling me that all of my daydreaming is actually good for my brain 🧠 Best news #RTBSyd

[Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences @ArtSS_Sydney]

People deflect issues of racism by saying it's worse in other countries, says @timsout. But we live in this country and we should care about this country enough to change it. #RTBSyd

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

The capacity for foresight and imagination allowed humans to solve problems, develop tools, and develop forward thinking such as agriculture and planning. #RTBSYD

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

Memory and imagination are linked - they develop at the same time and degrade at the same time. #RTBSYD

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

What is imagination? Why do we have it? Is it purely human? #RTBSYD

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

#rtbsyd How is daydreaming good for your brain? #psychology #daydreaming

[Alexis Roberts @Alexiswrote]

I have a book problem and this isn't helping #books #usyd #bookfair