#Disciplines

Helen Dale

_HelenDale

People who believe in media effects theory are so touching. Presumably they also believe watching porn produces sex offenders (it doesn’t) and playing video games produces school shooters (they don’t).https://twitter.com/tpopularfront/s

Erik Angner

ErikAngner

Dear colleagues, fellow academics, and experts of all kinds: Now would be a good time to practice the intellectual virtue of epistemic humility. /1 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/modesty-humility/#Epis Being an expert involves not

Will Blanton

x01010111

Trying to throw out a more personal and nuanced "solo dev" take. I consider myself a solo dev. There are a ton of exceptions and I enjoy working with others,

Tony Joseph

tjoseph0010

Just saw a video, apparently promoted by the govt, that talks about the 24,000-year-old civilization of India. 24,000 years ago, the world was in the grip of a glacial period,

Chisomo Kalinga, PhD

MissChisomo

This tweet deserved to go viral. The gentrification of decolonisation was inevitable. Northern scholars, determined to secure funding from it, had to change the parameters to do so. To paraphrase

Callie, careful shitpost curator

calligraphymmo

So, I was having a Think after a discussion I had with some amazing Girl Scouts about how they really like art, and music, but aren't a big fan of

Peter Caravan

PeterCaravan

Today is 3 years since we lost my good friend Andy Tager. Andy was an inspirational physician scientist working to eliminate #IPF and #HIV. I’d appreciate your memories of Andy.

Upgrade Tribe

UpgradeTribe

A summary of '𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴' by Josh Waitzkin. [THREAD] Josh Waitzkin is an eight-time National Chess Champion and a World Champion in Tai Chi Chuan. He has

Christopher Krupenye

ChrisKrupenye

The academic job market is rough & unpredictable and one of the principal reasons, which I had not fully appreciated, is the role of 'fit' in hiring decisions. What the

Sriram J Sharma

sriramamymaster

Who is a Brahmin ?Smritis or code of conduct composed by him defines Brahmin-Hood very clearly as follows: "By birth, every man is a Shudra (an ignorant person). Through various types of disciplines (samskaras), he

Kaleidoscope H&C

kscopehealth

An hour to go until our digital film premiere and discussion with @scotinsight about 'How do we make research useful for practice?' 12-1pm with wonderful speakers @Jen_Breck, @georgi_gill and Alex

Gina Anne Tam 譚吉娜

DGTam86

I am devastated to see what is happening to my alma mater @IUPedu, a terrific, teaching-centered institute of higher education that serves, in particular, rural Pennsylvanians. Departments cut, others "retrenched,"

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atroyn

“math is racist” discourse is incredibly frustrating because it’s two groups of people talking past each other about something they should fundamentally agree on; math education at the primary and

Roopika Risam

roopikarisam

It truly frustrates me that university faculty don’t always recognize that other student-facing areas of universities, like student affairs, are disciplines, with research and curricula. Or talk about “retention” like

Henry Madison

RageSheen

#auspol #covid19 It's not actually that difficult to guess the political views of nearly every pandemic expert. That's not them abandoning science and facts, that's the basic reality that every

David Perell

david_perell

Officially obsessed with Oxford’s “Very Short Introduction” series. The books are generally well-written and don’t have any fluff, which is everything I want from non-fiction. Plus, they’re short enough to