Till Nikolaus von Heiseler

Author & researcher: evolution of language, identity, myth, system theory, media materialism, cybernetics, deaf-theatre, sign language.

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"How Language and Human Altruism Evolved Hand in Hand — The Backchannel Hypothesis" has been published today. This is the first full sketch of a theory explaining how we became human: https://t.co/18kraz0WR8 @PeynGitta @victormverdejo @kiara_bellido @svateboje @dimitrisbolis

[Systemsprenger @Spreebabylon]

Elif Eralp spricht nicht mit Juden, wenn ihre Pressesprecherin nicht dabei ist - interessant👇

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@TiloJung Gut, dass die SPD es immerhin beim Namen nennt.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Under Antonio Guterres:
🇨🇳 China sits on the UN Human Rights Council
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia chaired UN Women's Rights Commission
🇮🇷 Islamic Republic of Iran chaired UN Disarmament Commission

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@Regendelfin No genocide in Gaza. Genocide requires intent to destroy a people. Israel issued evacuation warnings, opened aid corridors and agreed to ceasefires after Hamas's Oct 7 massacre. Hamas hid in hospitals and schools. The ICJ has made no genocide finding. This is war, not genocide.

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@HasnainKazim No genocide in Gaza. Genocide requires intent to destroy a people. Israel issued evacuation warnings, opened aid corridors and agreed to ceasefires after Hamas's Oct 7 massacre. Hamas hid in hospitals and schools. The ICJ has made no genocide finding. This is war, not genocide.

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@realPlebejer This just tells you the IPO price was brilliantly set: low enough to leave room to rise first, and high enough that the price settles below the IPO price within a few days. Genius!!

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@mel__aura As long as there are 4.5–4.6 million cold-related deaths and around 0.5 million heat-related deaths per year, it seems we are not quite there yet.

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@IhabHassane @grok - is all of it true?

[Nonzero Podcasts @NonzeroPods]

The Secret of AI’s Power | @robertwrighter & @paulbloomatyale

0:00 Whose baby is cuter?
2:49 Bob's new book on AI, The God Test
9:52 Varieties of AI awe
13:23 Geoffrey Hinton’s vision
17:50 How LLMs do more than predict and parrot
21:20 How powerful will AI get?
25:56 Can AI’s impact be predicted?
30:48 Taking doomerism seriously
37:53 The AI governance dilemma
48:42 Heading to Overtime

Discussed in Overtime:
AI, evolutionary purpose and the noosphere.
Would humans have a place in an AI noosphere?
Could we stop AI?
Levels of evolutionary purpose.
How do you sell a book now?
Do podcasts move books?
Who should read The God Test?
The outrage route to fame.
Will AI kill nonfiction books?

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Paul Bloom (Small Potatoes, University of Toronto, The Sweet Spot, Against Empathy). Recorded June 3, 2026.

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@polenz_r Fischer = Kriegsverbrecher

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@NicoleGohlke Wettkampf is a good thing! Get a basic grasp of economics before posting BS.

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