Erdem Pulcu
@ErdemPulcu
Computational neuroscientist http://psych.ox.ac.uk/team/erdem-pul… Views my own. http://rejectedideas.com Likes= Reading list
Great advice to people reviewing so-called "high impact" papers. "You don't want to publish porridge" #Nobel Laureate Peter Doherty: Impact factors are skewing science youtu.be/Nhqv3DeDriE
I'm not sure that people realize how abnormal it is for journalists to be killed in wars. More have been killed in Gaza (232) than in the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War (+Cambodia and Laos), the Yugoslav wars, and the Afghanistan war, combined.
Breaking: An Israeli airstrike just killed Adam Yahya Abu Harbid, a cameraman for Al-Quds Al-Youm channel, along with all members of his family, after targeting their tent in Al-Yarmouk market in Gaza City.
Keir Starmer promised people in Liverpool he wouldn't speak to The Sun. He now not only writes articles in The Sun but has just appointed a former Sun Editor to a senior Government communications role.
🚨 | Lewis Hamilton: "If you look at the team for the last 20 years, they have had amazing drivers - Fernando, Kimi, Sebastian." "Amazing drivers but they didn't win a title, and I refuse to have that happen with me." "If you do the same things you have the same results, so I'm…
Ollie Bearman spent his F1 break trying to beat a track record at a go-kart track. The guy he took it from just took it back, Elton Zevenwacht. 👏 #F1
Such a mess. Government should introduce a unit road pricing across the country based on vehicle size, weight and miles driven. EVs included as they are heavier causing more wear on the road and possibly create more microplastic emission share.google/3D43ZUxon9OnBH…
Yeah sure, how about getting rid of NI and taxing life style choices rather than income. Unimaginative people everywhere.. Reeves should consider ending pension triple lock and charging for NHS treatment, says IMF | Economics | The Guardian share.google/wrttF9ojidK4b6…
1 in 8 women faced sexual assault, domestic abuse or stalking last year, new data shows. The ONS confirms it: violence against women is not rare. What’s rare is justice. What’s rare is being able to access local support. What’s rare is accountability. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Eskişehir’de yitirdiğimiz 10 orman emekçisi ve Akut gönüllüsü kardeşlerimizin geride kalan çocuklarının tümüne öğrenim hayatları boyunca burs verme kararı aldık. @ahbap
Wow! What's next? Rachel Reeves considers overruling supreme court in £44bn car finance scandal | Motor finance | The Guardian share.google/xxRz6YRrgVvIr5…
Number one cause of congestion is kids being individually driven to school [in large SUVs] that's why it's day and night different when the school is off. What happened to the school bus? Under 18s should also be entitled to free bus ride like over 65 share.google/oxpUO6CH8eE8ez…
Fears UK gas stockpile to drop for winter as British Gas owner Centrica plans sell-off. Centrica makes huge profits but demands subsidies. Privatisation leaves govts with fewer options, held to ransom by corporations. theguardian.com/business/2025/…
The average EU govt spending on social welfare is 19.2% of GDP, ranging from 8.1% to 25.7%. The UK spends 10.6% yet govts constantly cut benefits and right wing media says welfare is unaffordable. Taxing the UK rich is off the political agenda. ec.europa.eu/eurostat/stati…
For the period 1995 to 2015, finance industry made a negative contribution of £4,500bn to the UK economy. Nearly two years GDP was wiped out and living standards have not recovered. But UK govts are again deregulating. It won't end differently. leftfootforward.org/2025/07/rachel…
Our Aeneas AI model gives historians valuable new insights into ancient inscriptions & ancient history that may have taken years to uncover otherwise. Published in @Nature today: deepmind.google/discover/blog/…
Parayla tez yazdırmak isterken (ülkemizde yaygın bir akademik sahtekarlık türü) dolandırılan ve mağdur olduğunu düşünen bir vatandaş:
📣 New in @BMJMentalHealth 👇🏼 "UK Eating Disorder Services Reach Consensus on Key Biopsychosocial Data to Collect" Lived experience, clinicians & researchers agree on a meaningful, non-stigmatising core dataset using adapted nominal group technique. @jamesldowns @SaakshiKakar…
The UK government says it is doing everything it can to alleviate suffering in Gaza. The UK government won’t suspend the sale of F-35 parts to Israel. The UK government won’t stop the use of RAF Akrotiri or end military cooperation. The UK government won’t accept the ICJ…
Male life expectancy in Glasgow is also 73, meaning if the pension age were to rise to 74 that the average Glaswegian man wouldn't even claim a state pension. There's massive class injustices in these proposals, including the forms of work we'd be asking folk to do in their 70s.
State pension age could rise to 74. Male life expectancy in areas such as Blackpool is 73 years. Something needs to change.