Ivan Flis

@iflis.bsky.social

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Psychologist turncoat | history of science, history of psychology, philosophy of science | PhD from Utrecht University | Postdoc at University of Rijeka, Croatia: https://revenant.uniri.hr/ | Teaching in the cognitive sciences https://cogsci.uniri.hr/

Quote from administrative minutes in Croatian. Translation. Franjo Tuđman: You must understand that the funding system is so harrowing, it requires a bewildering bureaucracy, and every scientific worker runs from bureaucracy because it is burdensome. So I ask for less bureaucracy.
Mugshot of our dog Lando, his curly brown mutness holding the expression of a mildly confused but interested twerp.
Green bushes and a tree in the foreground with white stone arches of a Roman ruin in the background, with blue sky peeking under the arches and a white stone belltower. Taken in Pula, Croatia.
This is the front cover art for the book The Space Merchants written by Frederik Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth. On the left it shows a big black space rocket on a yellowiah background, on the righr it says in a one word per line column “a novel of the future when the advertising agencies take over” and below “by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth”
A view of the Sava river from a train window. Bottom right a two lane road, above it the river and the green hills with a small red roofed house.
A black and white poster from Mussolini's reign in Italy, which means he is watching everyone, in Italian it says "yes" many times, and the dictator's face is drawn. It covers the front of a three story building, the Palazzo Braschi in Rome.
“In fact, it’s been slightly disheartening. It gives him a nagging feeling about AI that he just can’t shake. If we can predict how proteins fold without understanding how they do it, “are we even legitimately doing science anymore, or is it something different?” AlQuraishi muses. “In the past, what drove us was understanding. With this wave of AI, we’re maybe losing some of that. We’re able to get the practical benefits, but we’re not necessarily gaining intellectual benefits”
A Spotify notification that says “Johann Sebastian Bach started the countdown on Spotify. Pre-save no…”
The profile description of the OP that among other things says Anglo-Schwabisch eurocrat.
A white fluffy dog named Floki standing in a forest, green around him and tree roots under his paws.
The picture shows a 1950s black and white flying saucer (middle) with the words "NOW! NEW! Build this AUTHENTIC MODEL of the REVOLUTIONARY" in upper right, continued in lower right "OTC-X1 SPACE CRAFT; Detailed Engineering Plans now Available at Popular Prices! ANIMATE IT! SEE IT WORK! EVEN FLY IT YOURSELF! (under proper qualification, of course)
Zoran Milanovic namontiran na naslovnicu knjige God Emperor of Dune
Two masks on sticks above grass, with some trees and gray sky in the background. Artwork by Marina Roggeman, featured as part of the exhibition Face to Face set in the Botanical Garden.
The snippet says: "Applications are now open for Admission in 2024/2025" with students and faculty sitting on a lawn in front of a faculty building.