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Studying how people interact, in the past (#CulturalAnalytics) and today (#EdTech #Crowdsourcing). Researcher at https://fediscience.org/@IslabUnimi, University of Milan. Bulgarian activist for legal reform with https://masto.ai/@pravosadiezv. I use dedicated accounts for different languages.

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RossGayler , to cogsci
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Maths/CogSci/MathPsych lazyweb: Are there any algebras in which you have subtraction but don't have negative values? Pointers appreciated. I am hoping that the abstract maths might shed some light on a problem in cognitive modelling.

The context is that I am interested in formal models of cognitive representations and I want to represent things (e.g. cats), don't believe that we should be able to represent negated things (i.e. I don't think it should be able to represent anti-cats), but it makes sense to subtract representations (e.g. remove the representation of a cat from the representation of a cat and a dog, leaving only the representation of the dog).

This might also be related to non-negative factorisation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-negative_matrix_factorization

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@RossGayler @Heterokromia @cogsci to me it seems you need to be more clear on your requirements. Are your non-negative and multidimensional requirements independent, as far as you can tell?

If so, a multidimensional (do you know how many dimensions/animals you have?) modulo space sounds a viable solution. That'd be something denoted as https://www.HostMath.com/Show.aspx?Code=%5Cmathbb%7BZ%7D_k%5En , with k being the cardinality of one dimension (would they need to have different cardinalities?), and n being the number of dimensions.

mapto , to linguistics
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Our paper on the values found in fairy tales from some European countries has been published. We studied how values are explicitly present in tales from Germany, Italy and Portugal using various NLP techniques, but most notably Word2Vec and Word Embedding with a Compass. We visualise synchronic semantic variation to show certain differences based on observations of the corpus, some of them already observed in previous literature. A discussed example in our findings is how motherhood in Germany is strongly related to generosity, whereas in Italy and Portugal it has stronger relationship to wisdom.

Fulltext available at: https://aclanthology.org/2023.nlp4dh-1.8/

@folklore @linguistics @bookstodon

eugenia_diegoli , to academicchatter Japanese
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Currently addressing round three of revision on an article… I’m sincerely thankful for the hard work the reviewers and the editor have put in, but truly hope there won’t be a round four

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@eugenia_diegoli @academicchatter as painful as the process is, remembering that once the article is out it will always be accessible with my name on it, helps me keep my motivation to go through all the necessary rounds

mapto , to histodons
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At the University of Milan we are seeking a research fellow to participate in the “MetaLing Corpus: Creating a corpus of English linguistics metalanguage from the 16th to the 18th century” project:
https://expertise.unimi.it/resource/project/PRIN202223AANDR%5F01

Through archival research and corpus compilation, the project aims to assess the genres and text-types involved in the circulation of linguistic knowledge, and to throw light onto unconventional texts and voices besides the major works and figures on which scholarship has naturally concentrated. The project is divided into three phases 1) collection of texts, 2) building the corpus, 3) lexical extraction and database creation, combining human and computational tools. The core part of our study will involve the analysis of the terminology, discursive strategies and descriptive metaphors used to describe and compare languages in English, in diachronic perspective.

The successful applicant will work with the project team to identify relevant primary materials and build an electronic corpus of texts. The post is for someone with a postgraduate degree in Linguistics, English, Computer Science or related discipline. Candidates may or may not have a doctorate at the time of application. The researcher will have the opportunity to contribute to the project database, work in archives, and develop academic writing in individual and joint papers.

Post: Postdoctoral research fellow, Early stage researcher or 0-4 yrs (Post graduate)
Location: Milan (on-site)
Duration: 18 months, fixed-term/contract
Salary: EUR 21,888 per annum
Closes: 4th January 2024
Interview date: 16th January 2024

Full details and instructions on how to apply: https://www.unimi.it/it/ricerca/ricerca-lastatale/fare-
ricerca-da-noi/assegni-e-borse/bandi-assegni-di-ricerca/bando-di-tipo-b-dottssa-andreani-id-6082

We'd appreciate if you boost or forward to any potentially interested candidates. In case of questions or difficulties with understanding Italian (language or bureaucracy), do get in touch with me or the provided contacts. Further details in the attached file.

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eugenia_diegoli , to linguistics Japanese
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A clear case of an indirect 👉
Me very kindly taking my sister to the station by car, despite having better things to do on a Sunday morning. My sister: “Are you tired? Do you want me to drive?”. Real meaning: “You suck at driving please let me do it” @linguistics

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@eugenia_diegoli @Rainer_Rehak @linguistics how about "I appreciate your help, and I see how I can return the favour " - my blind guess of course

CitizenWald , to random
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Re: authentic & fake : the tragic war has predictably led to bad going viral:. European Jews are descendants of medieval converts---- thus have no & connection to the land of

A myth, promoted by a combination of the cynical or stupid, sadly embraced by the naive & uninformed

Sadly relevant, as I will give a virtual talk about this at Indiana Uni this week.

Old 🧵

https://historians.social/@CitizenWald/110574070037911438

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mapto ,
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@CitizenWald @histodons you seem to be trying to address cheap identitarian racism with a scientific argument. Allow me to challenge that such approach is meaningful. There's a gap between how readers perceive the two arguments, and it doesn't play in your favour in the case of those representatives of the majority in Western countries who are looking for reinforcement of their views.

For an interpretation that is somewhat defining for the issue, consider the notion of epistemic vigilance:
"This debate between reductionism and anti-reductionism revolves around two distinct issues, one normative and the other descriptive. The normative issue has to
do with the conditions in which a belief acquired through testimony qualifies as knowledge. The descriptive issue has to do with the cognitive and social practices
involved in the production and acceptance of testimony. The two issues are explicitly linked in a ‘third way’ approach which assumes that our actual practices, which involve some degree of vigilance, are likely to be reasonable, and therefore at least indicative of what the norm should be (e.g. Adler, 2003, Fricker, 2006)."
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1331363/1/Wilson_Epistemic%20Vigilance%20revised%20final.pdf

appassionato , to bookstodon
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Language, Thought and Reality
Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf

The pioneering linguist Benjamin Whorf (1897–1941) grasped the relationship between human language and human thinking: how language can shape our innermost thoughts. His basic thesis is that our perception of the world and our ways of thinking about it are deeply influenced by the structure of the languages we speak.

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mapto ,
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@LupinoArts @jk @appassionato @bookstodon @linguistics there's research (ref Lea Boroditsky) that people speaking languages that have distinct words for shades of blue (Russian, Italian) are better at distinguishing the actual shades of blue

mapto ,
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@jk @LupinoArts @appassionato @linguistics Is this it? Thanks! https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0956797618782181?casa_token=eFKG3971ADQAAAAA%3A6wmncyUkUBAjSsZTSytzcb5OOQH1cNuaFg5pEl0KOr_SW5VbwD0EL5dK030b2VlhmlxqlCUVZ4z3WaM

AuthorHelp , to writingcommunity
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The first is set for this coming weekend, 4th/5th November 2023.

Over those two days, and are invited to post about their , research, etc, using the #⁠FediBookFair hashtag.

can watch or follow the hashtag to find books to buy, and interesting authors to follow.

Details: https://authorhelp.uk/fedibookfair/

FAQ: https://authorhelp.uk/fedibookfair-faq/


@authorindiespeak @writingcommunity

mapto ,
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@AuthorHelp @authorindiespeak @writingcommunity wow, kinda cool it overlaps with @openfest

mapto ,
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@AuthorHelp @authorindiespeak @writingcommunity @openfest 20 years and thriving

CitizenWald , to histodons
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Today, all but 2 of my students left intro class for walkout. I excused them but noted 2 ironies:

  1. They were engaging in a symbolic activity instead of studying & during

  2. They had not known names of US icons A. Philip Randolph, Thurgood Marshall, Mary McLeod Bethune, Marianne Anderson--yet presumed to understand the intricacies of one of the most tragic & intractable conflicts on earth
    ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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mapto ,
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@YetAnotherGeekGuy @histodons @ekongkaar @AHAHistorians @CitizenWald yet, there's the West Bank, being continuously assaulted by settlers, and there are recorded cases when IDF were arming them. Even before 7 October, the number of killed was at a record high

mapto ,
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@NovaSynchron @CitizenWald @AHAHistorians @histodons might be a very insightful discussion for the class, especially if both sides are able to document their arguments well

jeffgreene , to psychology
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What do people need to understand to combat science misinformation? Douglas Allchin has (very good) thoughts.

https://open.substack.com/pub/bemusings/p/what-do-students-need-to-know-to?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

@edutooters @psychology

mapto ,
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@jeffgreene @edutooters @psychology it's actually quite difficult to get to the list from this link. I've tried and I've reached a paywall. I guess this qualifies it as clickbait, doesn't it

jeffgreene , to psychology
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Why I doubt AI will ever approximate expert performance.
https://bemusings.substack.com/p/expertise-matters-and-ai-isnt-an?sd=pf

@edutooters @psychology

mapto ,
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@mmcr @jeffgreene @edutooters @psychology to students yes, but it also turns out we need to speak about it to business leaders, who turn out to be quite ignorant about what knowledge might be, let alone concepts like intelligence

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