<a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/281/#transcript">Read the full transcript here.</a> <div class="notes-inner">What changes when psychology stops naming traits and starts naming parts - can “entities and rules” turn fuzzy labels into testable mechanisms? If the mind is a web of governors with set points, what exactly is being controlled - and how do error signals become feelings? Are hunger, fear, and status-seeking all negative-feedback problems, and where do outliers like anger or awe fit? What would count as disconfirming evidence for a cybernetic view - useful constraint or unfalsifiable epicycle? Could a “parliament of drives” explain why identical situations yield different choices? And how would we measure the votes? Do abstractions like the Big Five help, or do they hide the machine under the hood? How many rules do we need before prediction beats metaphor? And could a new paradigm help make psychology a more mature and cumulative science?SLIME MOLD TIME MOLD is a mad science hive mind with a blog. If you believe the rumors, it’s run by 20 rats in a trenchcoat. You can reach them at slimemoldtimemold@gmail.com, follow them on twitter at @mold_time, and read their blog at slimemoldtimemold.comLinks:<ul><li><a href="https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2025/02/06/the-mind-in-the-wheel-prologue-everybody-wants-a-rock/">The Mind in the Wheel</a></li><li><a href="https://slimemoldtimemold.com/2024/07/27/lithium-hypothesis-of-obesity-recap/">Obesity and Lithium</a></li></ul> Staff<ul><li><a href="https://www.spencergreenberg.com/">Spencer Greenberg</a> — Host + Director</li><li><a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.orgmailto:joshrcastle@gmail.com">Josh Castle</a> — Producer + Technical Lead</li><li><a href="https://tone.support/">Ryan Kessler</a> — Audio Engineer</li><li><a href="https://uribram.com/">Uri Bram</a> — Factotum</li><li><a href="https://www.weamplify.info/">WeAmplify</a> — Transcriptionists</li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/igorscaldini/">Igor Scaldini</a> — Marketing Consultant</li></ul>Music<ul><li><a href="https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Broke_For_Free/Something_EP/Broke_For_Free_-_Something_EP_-_05_Something_Elated">Broke for Free</a></li><li><a href="https://www.joshwoodward.com/song/AlreadyThere">Josh Woodward</a></li><li><a href="https://archive.org/details/MusicForPodcasts04/Lee+Rosevere+-+Music+for+Podcasts+4+-+11+Keeping+Stuff+Together.flac">Lee Rosevere</a></li><li><a href="https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Quiet_Music_for_Tiny_Robots/The_February_Album/05_Tiny_Robot_Armies">Quiet Music for Tiny Robots</a></li><li><a href="https://gamesounds.xyz/?dir=wowamusic">wowamusic</a></li><li><a href="https://www.zapsplat.com/music/summer-haze-slow-chill-out-house-track-with-a-modern-pop-feel-warm-piano-chords-underpin-the-track-with-warm-pads-and-a-repetitive-synth-arpeggio/">zapsplat.com</a></li></ul>Affiliates<ul><li><a href="https://www.clearerthinking.org/">Clearer Thinking</a></li><li><a href="https://guidedtrack.com/">GuidedTrack</a></li><li><a href="https://mindease.io/">Mind Ease</a></li><li><a href="https://positly.com/">Positly</a></li><li><a href="https://www.uplift.app/">UpLift</a></li></ul></div><div>[<a href="https://podcast.clearerthinking.org/episode/281/slime-mold-time-mold-a-new-paradigm-for-psychology-research">Read more</a>]</div>

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