Nadine Spychala

Nadine Spychala

Research software engineer and data scientist with a PhD in computational neuroscience and complex systems. She/her.

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Buddhism

Buddhism and Action: What the Dharma Trains, and What It Leaves Open

86 minute read

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Buddhism excels at teaching us to loosen our grip on views and our entanglement in the push-and-pull struggle with experience. This post is about what that leaves open. My starting point is a simple question: what does an individual need in order to act, and to act well? The question can, but need not, extend to acting for the world at large, since an individual’s conditions include other people and the world.

Effective Altruism

Buddhism and Action: What the Dharma Trains, and What It Leaves Open

86 minute read

Published:

Buddhism excels at teaching us to loosen our grip on views and our entanglement in the push-and-pull struggle with experience. This post is about what that leaves open. My starting point is a simple question: what does an individual need in order to act, and to act well? The question can, but need not, extend to acting for the world at large, since an individual’s conditions include other people and the world.

Giving What I Can

3 minute read

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Back in March 2023, I took the Giving What We Can (GWWC) Pledge to donate part of my yearly income – as a doctoral researcher earning ~17000£ in that year –, and recently made my first donation.

Python

R

collaboration

ethics

Buddhism and Action: What the Dharma Trains, and What It Leaves Open

86 minute read

Published:

Buddhism excels at teaching us to loosen our grip on views and our entanglement in the push-and-pull struggle with experience. This post is about what that leaves open. My starting point is a simple question: what does an individual need in order to act, and to act well? The question can, but need not, extend to acting for the world at large, since an individual’s conditions include other people and the world.

giving

Giving What I Can

3 minute read

Published:

Back in March 2023, I took the Giving What We Can (GWWC) Pledge to donate part of my yearly income – as a doctoral researcher earning ~17000£ in that year –, and recently made my first donation.

meditation

Buddhism and Action: What the Dharma Trains, and What It Leaves Open

86 minute read

Published:

Buddhism excels at teaching us to loosen our grip on views and our entanglement in the push-and-pull struggle with experience. This post is about what that leaves open. My starting point is a simple question: what does an individual need in order to act, and to act well? The question can, but need not, extend to acting for the world at large, since an individual’s conditions include other people and the world.

metascience

research software

science

statistics

teaching