Matt Bernhard
@mbernhard.com
We need to start teaching epistemic humility to PhD candidates.
With endless curiosity, an appetite for learning, cheering for others' journeys, enjoying the process, and respecting the experience more than the outcome.
Decades later, that's not what I find in academic research. At least, not as the dominant culture or mindset. 3/4
Decades later, that's not what I find in academic research. At least, not as the dominant culture or mindset. 3/4
January 8, 2026 at 7:24 PM
We need to start teaching epistemic humility to PhD candidates.
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Been thinking about the inherent lack of curiosity in current research practices recently. We've increasingly become a community that wants to assert and influence, not learn or explore. But we do love speaking in the name of truth!
January 8, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Been thinking about the inherent lack of curiosity in current research practices recently. We've increasingly become a community that wants to assert and influence, not learn or explore. But we do love speaking in the name of truth!
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neither pro-Stancil nor anti-Stancil, but a secret pro-third thing (going outside)
January 5, 2026 at 8:33 PM
neither pro-Stancil nor anti-Stancil, but a secret pro-third thing (going outside)
Not just an ADHD thing! It’s some combination of banner blindness and warning fatigue, a thing we have studied at great length and know not to do (but apparently choose to anyways 😬)
Everyone with ADHD knows how fast you ignore a reminder, whether digital or actual sticky note, after seeing it a few times. Your mind will glance right past it, almost immediately.
Todo list apps completely forget that this happens.
Todo list apps completely forget that this happens.
A cool audhd thing to do is make a lifescript to randomly pick shit for you to do: randomly spit out one of the books you're actively reading, things to study or a project you're working on, a room to clean, dish to make, etc.
Highly recommend outsourcing your executive function to dicerolls.
Highly recommend outsourcing your executive function to dicerolls.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Not just an ADHD thing! It’s some combination of banner blindness and warning fatigue, a thing we have studied at great length and know not to do (but apparently choose to anyways 😬)
Feliz cumpleaños everyone
January 1, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Feliz cumpleaños everyone
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Getting blown out by a team that didn't even make the ACC title game? Just really sad to see a spot wasted on a mid-major like Ohio State. Imagine what a winner like Iowa could've accomplished
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Getting blown out by a team that didn't even make the ACC title game? Just really sad to see a spot wasted on a mid-major like Ohio State. Imagine what a winner like Iowa could've accomplished
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Points scored in 2025 playoff games:
JMU 34
Ohio State 14
Time for a serious conversation about handing out these participation-trophy bids like candy. Bad TV. Safety issue. I just feel so bad for Ohio State. They should have their own junior tournament
JMU 34
Ohio State 14
Time for a serious conversation about handing out these participation-trophy bids like candy. Bad TV. Safety issue. I just feel so bad for Ohio State. They should have their own junior tournament
January 1, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Points scored in 2025 playoff games:
JMU 34
Ohio State 14
Time for a serious conversation about handing out these participation-trophy bids like candy. Bad TV. Safety issue. I just feel so bad for Ohio State. They should have their own junior tournament
JMU 34
Ohio State 14
Time for a serious conversation about handing out these participation-trophy bids like candy. Bad TV. Safety issue. I just feel so bad for Ohio State. They should have their own junior tournament
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Top tier joke
December 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Top tier joke
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December 23, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Jamiroquai when Jamiro vewwy sad
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Keys are hard. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Cryptographers Held an Election. They Can’t Decrypt the Results.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Keys are hard. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...
Is the Pitt marching band exclusively playing Billy Joel songs?
November 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Is the Pitt marching band exclusively playing Billy Joel songs?
ThEy WoN’t CaNcEl HuB-tO-hUb i say bitterly on my Delta flight from Detroit to Raleigh to Atlanta.
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
ThEy WoN’t CaNcEl HuB-tO-hUb i say bitterly on my Delta flight from Detroit to Raleigh to Atlanta.
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Begging more blogs and news sites to deploy functional RSS capabilities. I want to follow your stuff! Make it easier!
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Begging more blogs and news sites to deploy functional RSS capabilities. I want to follow your stuff! Make it easier!
Pay toilets: when nature calls collect
October 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Pay toilets: when nature calls collect
I was all excited that the @detroitredwingsnhl.bsky.social were on TNT tonight, only to find that it’s blacked out so I have to watch on FanDuel. Except FanDuel is having technical difficulties, so even though I pay for a subscription I can’t. How is any organization this bad, this consistently?
October 23, 2025 at 12:39 AM
I was all excited that the @detroitredwingsnhl.bsky.social were on TNT tonight, only to find that it’s blacked out so I have to watch on FanDuel. Except FanDuel is having technical difficulties, so even though I pay for a subscription I can’t. How is any organization this bad, this consistently?
*sad hooting sounds*
Which teams have the largest difference in rush yards per game vs pass yards per game?
October 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
*sad hooting sounds*
The SEC really has it out for Auburn huh
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The SEC really has it out for Auburn huh
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Game was a microcosm of the 2nd half of the season. Skubal dominates, all the bats do nothing (except for Kerry), Tigers pen hangs on by a thread and escapes miscues, Tigers bats still do nothing even with runners in scoring position, and eventually the game is blown
October 11, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Game was a microcosm of the 2nd half of the season. Skubal dominates, all the bats do nothing (except for Kerry), Tigers pen hangs on by a thread and escapes miscues, Tigers bats still do nothing even with runners in scoring position, and eventually the game is blown
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"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"
October 11, 2025 at 4:52 AM
"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"
At this rate the ALDS will be a seven game series for once
October 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
At this rate the ALDS will be a seven game series for once
Rob Manfred: Well well well look who’s complaining about extra inning games taking too long now that we don’t have a runner on second base
October 11, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Rob Manfred: Well well well look who’s complaining about extra inning games taking too long now that we don’t have a runner on second base
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It’s the 859th inning. I no longer recognize myself. I am convinced that I am living in a simulation. T-Mobile park is crumbling. Javy Baez retired in the 802nd inning. AJ Hinch died of natural causes in the 827th.
Werner Herzog is filming a documentary about my life. I beg him to kill me.
Werner Herzog is filming a documentary about my life. I beg him to kill me.
It’s the 437th inning of game 5 of the ALDS. I now have a big bushy beard. I have been fired from my job. My family has abandoned me. The Tigers have loaded the bases with no outs for 32 consecutive innings but have not scored a single run.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
It’s the 859th inning. I no longer recognize myself. I am convinced that I am living in a simulation. T-Mobile park is crumbling. Javy Baez retired in the 802nd inning. AJ Hinch died of natural causes in the 827th.
Werner Herzog is filming a documentary about my life. I beg him to kill me.
Werner Herzog is filming a documentary about my life. I beg him to kill me.