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Writer. Artist. Folklorist. Strategist. Probably definitely autistic. In Corvallis, Oregon.

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juergen_hubert , to folklore
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In Italy, those who are born with a caul become "Benandanti" or "Good Walkers", and get to fight evil sorcerers in their dreams.

However, their counterparts in northeastern Germany have a far less happy fate.

@germany @folklore
https://www.patreon.com/posts/murderous-dead-82182322

independentpen ,
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@juergen_hubert
Have you come across the history of English podcast by Kevin Stroud? I think you might really like it
@germany @folklore

independentpen ,
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@juergen_hubert
Makes sense. I got into them while doing more walking; now I listen when driving or gardening - but they are hard to consume if you don't have a ready slot like that. In any case this guy explores a lot of crossover between English & German language & history that I've found fascinating; I can imagine you liking it (:
@germany @folklore

AlexSanterne , to academicchatter
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Modern is perversed.

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independentpen ,
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@buermann
Darwin's version of evolution was pretty good. It was the social evolutionists like Morgan, Tylor and White who applied the theory to culture in a gross and racist way, whose impacts are still reverberating
@fabiocosta0305 @AlexSanterne @academicchatter

FantasticalEconomics , to academicchatter
@FantasticalEconomics@geekdom.social avatar

Good news everyone!

"ChatGPT Edu, powered by GPT-4o, is designed for universities to responsibly integrate AI into academic and campus operations. This advanced AI tool supports text and vision reasoning, data analysis, and offers enterprise-level security."

Based on everything we know about AI, I am sure nothing could possibly go wrong with this new tool to integrate it into our and campus operations more broadly.
/Obvious sarcasm

https://neurosciencenews.com/openai-chatgpt-edu-ai-26206/

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independentpen ,
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@FantasticalEconomics
Did an AI write that article?
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president , to random
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Tired of people claiming beef only exists in rap as if Dante didn’t write an entire fuckass book about putting his haters in super hell

independentpen ,
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@president
Also the rebuttals section of academic journals is lit
@Adoxograph @academicchatter

TheVulgarTongue , to histodons
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HUBBLE-BUBBLE. Confusion. A hubble-bubble fellow; a man of confused ideas, or one thick of speech, whose words sound like water bubbling out of a bottle. Also an instrument used for smoaking through water in the East Indies, called likewise a caloon, and hooker.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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@histodons

independentpen ,
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@daico
With a toot like that you really should be tagging lingistics mastodon. ? ? What's the vernacular
@TheVulgarTongue @histodons

chevalier26 , to actuallyautistic
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What are your thoughts on self-diagnosis being belittled by many in the autistic community?

For clarity, I’m not asking to start a debate, just a genuine discussion. I currently don’t have the option to get a diagnosis, but feel fairly confident that the research I’ve done over the past year and a half has been legitimate and credible.

I don’t feel comfortable saying that I am definitively autistic, but I am ok with saying I’m “self-suspecting.” @actuallyautistic

independentpen ,
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@chevalier26
In my observation it's not belittled at all, but actively affirmed
@actuallyautistic

LehtoriTuomo , to actuallyautistic

Only very lately, I've started to understand how loud sounds affect me. It's a strange combination of self-controlled loud music (yes, please) and uncontrollable, sometimes sudden, loud sounds making me very tense. I mentioned a loud stop signal in a bus yesterday.

The tensest I get is when our dog, who just turned one, starts to whine at the end of a car ride. We try to teach her that she needs to be quiet in order to get out. When she's agitated it might take a while. It's loud and I feel empathetic and get very tense. I can feel it everywhere in my body. Another example is when she repeatedly barks in a small space, such as our sauna cabin by the summer cottage. It might reverbarate in the structures, and my head.

Another type of sound that gets to me is the sound of brushing. It's physically uncomfortable, has always been. The worst is when a tractor is brushing gravel off the road after the winter. Almost makes me shudder to think about it. Always wondered why it's so uncomfortable. Now with self-diagnosed autism I get it.

@actuallyautistic

independentpen ,
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@LehtoriTuomo
Not that you asked, but you can help your dog learn to be quiet by first teaching her to vocalize on cue, then teaching her to stop vocalizing on cue
@actuallyautistic

easysociology , to academicsunite
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Relationships and Processes within Schools: Exploring Teacher-Pupil Dynamics, Pupil Identities, Subcultures, the Hidden Curriculum, and Teaching and Learning Organization

https://buff.ly/3JAlW0K


@sociology
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@academicsunite

independentpen ,
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@easysociology
I teach at a college. I design classtime this way: students do the reading ahead of time; in class they are part of a small cohort; I give them prompts that they process as a cohort; we come back together & they share their conclusions with the class; I add context, introduce new ideas, or course-correct based on what they say. There's more to it, but this is the backbone of how we use classtime, because ...
@EVDHmn @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite

independentpen ,
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@easysociology
... the thing that's unique about classtime, the thing that can happen there that can't happen anywhere else, is interaction with peers and mentor. So I focus more on using interaction to make sense and meaning of the material in class than I do on teacher-to-class content delivery
@EVDHmn @sociology @academicchatter @academicsunite

Alexlee , to academicchatter
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In an era of post-truth, the strategy of rigidly defending your version of truth and attacking other people's view of the truth is a largely self-destructive excercise that just creates a never ending argument

Understanding the logics and rationales of those people we disagree with is a far better way but requires humility and nuance

Naomi Klein in Doppelganger and Büscher in The Truth About Nature show us how this can be done with , and

@academicchatter

independentpen ,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell
Walter Fisher's narrative paradigm is a good framework for understanding how logic and story intertwine to shape belief. His theory of "good reasons" is powerful. Isolated logic accomplishes little; it's the logic embedded in and expressed by the story that pulls weight
@samohTmaS @Alexlee @academicchatter

dyani , to actuallyautistic
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Is it rude to conclude that I never want NT friends again?

@actuallyautistic

independentpen ,
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@dyani
Want em or not, they don't want me. I've accepted that people who can't relate to you can't be friends with you
@actuallyautistic

independentpen , to actuallyautistic
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For my @actuallyautistic friends, here are two linguists demystifying small talk. I found this episode interesting and enjoyable: https://lingthusiasm.com/post/637790657255227392/lingthusiasm-episode-51-small-talk-big-deal

johncormier , to random
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A couple of months ago, I read something on here that quite literally changed my life. It sent me on an unexpected journey of self-discovery that continues to this day. When you’re 54, you don’t expect too many surprises about who you are. But when I read a thread on here about being autistic, something just clicked. So I went down the rabbit hole, read a bunch of articles, did some self-evaluations, and came to the inescapable conclusion that I am autistic.

independentpen ,
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@EmilyMoranBarwick
Yeah my dad was like, I don't think there's anything wrong with you. And I said, well neither do I, but I still think I'm autistic
@johncormier

petersuber , to academicchatter
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From a survey of @penn_state : "72% …reported they had not purchased a course’s required textbook, and 33% said they had not registered for a specific course because of its cost of required course materials. In addition, 33% said they had earned a poor grade because they couldn’t afford to purchase a course textbook, and 17% dropped a course because of the cost of materials required for the course."
https://www.psu.edu/news/university-libraries/story/students-may-avoid-paying-textbooks-expense-academic-success/


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independentpen ,
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@petersuber
This suddenly reminds me of US healthcare, where you pay a lot every month and then need care and have to pay a whole lot more. Students pay so much in tuition; what if the cost of materials & fees were bundled into that, so that once you become a student (which is hard enough) you don't have to face additional costs for the learning you're there to do?
@penn_state @academicchatter

independentpen , to anthropology
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Last November, within the wild space of three weeks, I was in Portland, Oregon, then Toronto, Ontario, presenting papers at two conferences. Both talks have everything to do with change, social and ecological.

Take a listen ... and enjoy the photos! https://elisabethcarolharveymccumber.com/climate-stories-in-the-pacific-northwest/

@anthropology @folklore @histodons @academicchatter

ImmedicableME , to random
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The isolation of has gotten bad enough that I signed up for an online group thingy that includes Zoom calls. And now my and social anxiety are making me dread each minute as I watch the clock tick closer to the call time. Gahhhhhhhhhhh.

independentpen ,
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@ImmedicableME
Podcast, because it distracts me into getting interested in something. Art, because it's a whole different mode of being. Sensory pleasure, because it's nice and life can be nice.
@actuallyautistic @mecfs

18+ AimeeMaroux , to smutstodon
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Sometimes I am commissioned to write non-mythology .

This was the request for Punished by Daddy:

"Daddy notices his young & sexy teenage daughter's school blouse is getting too small as her budding nips are showing through. He decides to teach her a lesson, "punish" her for not wearing a bra, by asking her mother to go to the store for milk, and using the opportunity to punish fuck her tight teenage asshole and filling it with cum."

https://eroticmythology.com/fiction-punished-by-daddy-dd-lg/

@smutstodon

independentpen ,
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@AimeeMaroux
Whoah that took me off guard! Could you put sexual violence erotica (rape/incest) behind a content warning?
@smutstodon

independentpen ,
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@AimeeMaroux
Thanks so much!
@smutstodon

independentpen , to academicchatter
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New bonus post! Here's a short talk I gave about social and ecological change in the Pacific Northwest at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Toronto this November. Free listen on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/across-climate-95725931?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link
@histodons @anthropology @academicchatter

independentpen , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic A lot of people on here talk about meltdowns as a regular, visible thing. I know we're all different, but this is so far from my experience I started feeling a little impostery. I have had melts before, ie I've completely lost control and either: fled to save myself and others from me, or sort of left my body like a blackout (while still walking/talking) ... 1/

independentpen OP ,
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@actuallyautistic
But this has happened only a handful of times. I'm much more likely to diassociate, where emotion and thought decouple, conscious of one another but operating in parallel. I can talk, but choosing and saying words becomes harder and harder. Or I can function fine and people think I don't feel anything; I'm in infinite battery state: endlessly absorbing without seeming to. I can usually keep functioning even when very stressed, and my life doesn't "very stress" me that often. 2/

independentpen OP ,
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@actuallyautistic
I have learned the hard way to notice when stress is building, and I've learned there is a point of no return (even if it does take me a while to reach it). I've learned that seemingly arbitrary outbursts are information. But none of this sounds as intense as what others here are describing; anyone care to compare notes? 3/3

independentpen OP ,
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@Dremmwel
That's a very thought-provoking way to put it. I can relate
@actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@Vincarsi
I used to reflect long and hard on the precise definition of nervous breakdown to try to assess whether or not what I was having qualified
@Dr_Obvious @actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@Susan60
Panic attacks are mysteries to me. What exactly are they?
@actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@Susan60
Oh dear that sounds familiar
@actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@samid
That resonates
@alexisbushnell @Dr_Obvious @Vincarsi @actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@silencia
That feels like a very grounded way to put it. About disassociation, I can clarify; it's definitely part of the freeze response. Emily Nagoski described freeze as the animal's attempt, when death is unavoidable, to die without pain. Which hit me in the gut when I read that. Disassociation is a peculiar leaving and numbing that definitely fits that description
@actuallyautistic

sabrinaschalz , to academicchatter
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I have a paper on crow behaviour under review that uses agent-based modelling in R to predict survival outcomes. One review is complete, but the editor emailed to ask for more reviewer recommendations because she is struggling to find willing reviewers.

Anyone fancing reviewing a lovely modelling paper about crows?

@academicchatter

independentpen ,
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@sabrinaschalz
My area is anthropology/history/folklore and as a recent MA I don't have a uni affiliation, but I love crows, know R, and would be happy to help. If those aren't deal-breakers let me know 😁
@academicchatter

independentpen , to actuallyautistic
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Dear autistics who wear bras, what brand is true to size, does not irritate your skin, and prevents excess movement? @actuallyautistic

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@Susan60
I will take a look
@actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@Susan60
I looked! They look perfectly fine
@actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@marytzu
I'm the opposite, I hate the sensation of movement, so a bra is a must. But I find most designs to be super gendered and physically irritating (as well as stupidly expensive ... I could swallow 2 out of 3 but that's my limit). Hence the Q! This thread has great advice; I'm encouraged
@Susan60 @actuallyautistic

samid , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic
I'm cozied up with my new book "I will die on this hill" by Meghan Ashburn and Jules Edwards , with many other contributors It has raving reviews in the community, yet I was reluctant to buy it, cus I'm a bit religious about nurturing myself as just me, as the times where I was allconsumed are over and I've got some catching up to do. I'm only on page 66 and I already can't contain myself and have to share with you how much I like it. So far it seems the best one on the topic I've come across.

independentpen ,
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@samid
On what topic?
@actuallyautistic

AutisticWave , to autisticadvocacy
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While the phrase "we're all on the spectrum" may be well-intentioned, it is potentially harmful to us, autistics.

Here's how: https://link.medium.com/zjV6w9mgFFb


@autisticadvocacy @autistic[email protected] @neurodiversity

independentpen ,
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@AutisticWave
We're all a little bit autistic exactly to the same extent that we're all a little bit pregnant.

"My feet are swollen too, Marsha!"

I don't know who came up with this this first, wish I could say it were my idea
@autisticadvocacy @autistic[email protected] @neurodiversity

theautisticcoach , to actuallyautistic
@theautisticcoach@neurodifferent.me avatar

What does the term “unmasking” mean to my comrades?

@actuallyautistic

independentpen ,
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@theautisticcoach
It's the way I am around animals
@actuallyautistic

prachisrivas , to academicchatter
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Argh. Why have university websites become so opaque that you have to be a ninja just to find a list of departments, schools, and faculties? When you finally do, faculty are hidden away behind opaque tabs.

University websites now seem a shell to attract research partners, donors, and (ostensibly) students, forgetting their main function is still to produce knowledge and teach and learn.

It shouldn't take long to find basic info - who's doing what and in which fields.

@academicchatter

independentpen ,
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@prachisrivas
I'm leading strategy rn on a uni library web redesign. The current IA and wayfinding is a total mess
@academicchatter

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@dogzilla
No
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arcana , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic i'm so exhausted of how inaccessible activism and social justice is. sometimes it feels like every single movement other than neurodivergence stuff specifically excludes neurodivergent people. even a lot of general disability movements.

constantly seeing new rules on what we can and cannot say, how to correctly engage with topics, etc really fucking strikes a nerve at this point.

like, "don't ask questions and do your own research," because asking clarifying questions is a dick move, even if you're actually confused and just want to learn how to help and it's not researchable. (source: I HAVE DONE SO MUCH FUCKING RESEARCH)

"don't say this word or phrase anymore" like okay, sure if i give someone my preferred pronouns i'm clearly transphobic against myself because i'm supposed to just say "pronouns." i'm not allowed to say "socialized woman" to describe my shared experiences anymore, either, because apparently some bigots made a dogwhistle out of it and somehow that's my responsibility (this gripe excludes slurs, which are pretty cut and dry)

like, fucking honestly, it feels like 95% of social justice conversations these days are just policing general social interactions with extremely unintuitive etiquette, alienating anyone who cannot make sense of the neverending rules.

which — oh, right. that group consists primarily of autists, doesn't it? "well that's okay, autistic struggles are clearly exaggerated and if someone sounds like an asshole that must mean they're an asshole and i should treat them like one."

i want to be an effective activist SO BAD but the community is ACTIVELY hostile and inaccessible to me because of my adhd, autism, and trauma. i basically give up at this point and i hate people.

independentpen ,
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@arcana
I've noticed similar things ... and I've also noticed a huge difference between online and in person on these same issues. It's been reassuring to me to think the negative online spaces are not indicative of these movements irl, like it helps me disregard the bananas bullshit to think of the meaningful, nuanced conversations I've had with activists in person. At least to know they are possible in different spaces
@actuallyautistic

aspiringcat , to academicchatter
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Every couple of months I get slightly annoyed by Zotero and look for other reference managers and come to the conclusion that others are far more buggy!

Why don’t we have a reference manager that’s more — modern? Why can’t I take notes like I would in a good text editor? The way to add notes is clunky, I can’t easily see what papers have cited the current paper? Generating notes from my annotations is always not intuitive? Am I missing something here?

@academicchatter

independentpen ,
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@mrbig @aspiringcat @academicchatter Which of those notetaking apps do you like best? I haven't considered using one of these before, not sure of the pros and cons

independentpen , to actuallyautistic
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My head is spinning ... from not sleeping last night, from two conferences a week apart diappearing the last three weeks, from the deadlines I'm behind on, from finding my elderly friend dead in his house ... one , day , at a , time , right ? @actuallyautistic

independentpen OP ,
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@aloopapu
Thank you. I feel it catching up to me. Not sure how to selfcare and function at the same time
@actuallyautistic

eo , to actuallyautistic
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@actuallyautistic

what are some of the most common, or most bothersome, false assumptions people make about you?

Don't limit yourself to neurodiversity or any other topic.

independentpen ,
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@nddev
"That a two-minute interruption at work costs only two minutes of my time." <<<<<-- THIS
@eo @actuallyautistic

independentpen ,
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@nddev
Have you seen the tendrils cartoon? I felt so extremely resonant when I saw it >> https://the-art-of-autism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/TendrilTheory.jpg-large-614x1024.jpe
@eo @actuallyautistic

jaschaschmitz , to histodons German
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I'm currently writing my master's thesis on & @histodons 🤖 ... so method. history of in a (specific) way.

...and I've stumbled across so many great quotes now which could just as well have been written today and not in, like, 1970. I really feel the urge to start sharing some of them, because that groundhog-day experience I keep having is as entertaining as it is lowkey frustrating lol.😅 Also saw it's topical for some people so maybe it'd even be useful?!

independentpen ,
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@jaschaschmitz
Ohh that makes sense. I'm pretty familiar w the literature on the peopling of North America and this is ringing some bells for me; I can imagine how a simulation would fit right into the debate. Thanks for taking time to tell me!
@histodons

petersuber , to academicchatter
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As AI tools for writing become more common, let me throw one more worry into the mix: Students who write well without AI assistance may be falsely accused of by teachers using imperfect tools to detect AI-assisted writing.

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@academicchatter

independentpen ,
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@walter4096
There are ways to use it as a teaching tool that I don't hate, which I heard about at a conference recently. I hate AI writing, but I like the idea of using it to generate text and then asking students to critique it, in the context of a larger discussion about what writing is and why it matters
@petersuber @academicchatter

independentpen ,
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@walter4096
When I was teaching undergrads during the last couple years, I assigned milestone assignments so I could evaluate the development of their work, and I put a lot of emphasis on the thinking they were doing. I wanted them to learn to build an argument. AI is a vapid thinker, even if it can sound pretty
@petersuber @academicchatter

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