#Superior

Notes on the Academy (NotA)

notesacad

An important article: Only 1/21 swarnajayanti fellowship awardees were women. Could it be a problem of resource availability & allocation problem, or is it just sexism? (1/4)https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/swarnajayanti-fellowsh

Mike Bird

Birdyword

I am open to the idea that compliance in some parts of the world has been worse than others. But an annoyance I have with pieces like this is that

Asexual Simp

AspieOnAStick

I believe in Death of the Author as in a text should stand by itself and the author has no right to tell people what they should or shouldn't read

Moon Capital 🔑

Moon__Capital

1/ It's intuitive for smart people to see Bitcoin as a ponzi/bubble at first.Why?Because MONETARY VALUE is DEPENDENT on OTHER HUMANS. If you are trapped on a island alone, monetary

Alex Aylward

aylwardam

The #FisherMustFall campaign is asking for the removal of a stained glass window in the dining hall of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, where Fisher was a student (1909-12), Fellow

Kit Sun Cheah, Herald of PulpRev

thebencheah

English language bookstores have a 'Self-Improvement' or an 'Inspirational' section.The Chinese language section in my local bookstore instead uses to therm 修养励志.A literal translation is 'self-improvement' an

LTArsenal™

ltarsenal

We're a club in crossroads. Arteta himself said we need 5-6 players. Multiple contracts expiring in the summer + potential sales. COVID didn't allow us to make sales we need.

Kingdom Of Balance

BalanceKingdom

One of the core components of life is variations in expressions. There may be a scientific term for it but I don’t remember it. In humans this manifests as diversity

A House Arrested On The Atlantic

artsygirl20

I know this has been said a thousand times before over the last 8 months, but I’m gonna say it again:Anyone who demands that you disregard all considerations that factor

Patrick Bacon

TopDownHockey

Hot take: If Erik Karlsson were born 5-10 years later, the analytics community would call "peak Erik Karlsson" a far worse defenseman than they currently do. Instead of calling him

Post-Liberal Pete 🇬🇧

post_liberal

I was born in 1980. If you compare the popular music of 1940-1980 with that of of the popular music in the period 1980-2020 there really isn't any comparison. 1940-1980

Jen Herman 🌪️

JukeBaRosh

Low accountability in closed system. Reviewers can get by w/lazy review, ask 4 unreasonable things, review same paper multiple times for different journals, have undeclared COI, etc...More importantly power differentials/favors

Geoff Anders

geoffanders

Misinterpretations of intellectual history can arise from a misunderstanding of the strengths of the present."We are great because of X. We're superior to the ancients. Therefore the ancients lacked X."If

Mitch Morse

WittyUsername30

Some highlights / takeaways / thoughts / comments from #RWRI 14, Day 4 (probably my favorite day thus far):1. If the payout is convex, you don't care about the average;

Corey Quinn

QuinnyPig

Hi there! I'm the worst candidate to apply for your open role, but you've agreed to interview me anyway.(This is your punishment for screwing up the resume screen.)What can I

Allen Hena

RealAllenHena

It is important to understand that you can't think of #NFTs like your normal utility coin/tokens. Why? Digital art and collectibles provide sentimental value. They offer tangibility that utility tokens

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