@bkerridge.bsky.social
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It a great experience to listen to Walter Mischel to speak at the APS Conference once. An inspiration to see him still seeking new knowledge in his 70’s
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February 22, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It a great experience to listen to Walter Mischel to speak at the APS Conference once. An inspiration to see him still seeking new knowledge in his 70’s
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…. For example, you might call recognising a ‘placebo’ effect a ‘scientific’ skill, but I’d argue that in modern society having such a skills would inoculate most people from being taken in by many scams.
February 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
…. For example, you might call recognising a ‘placebo’ effect a ‘scientific’ skill, but I’d argue that in modern society having such a skills would inoculate most people from being taken in by many scams.
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Really enjoying @blakeharvard.bsky.social new book. So nice to read a book about education that doesn’t include pyramids ;)
March 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Really enjoying @blakeharvard.bsky.social new book. So nice to read a book about education that doesn’t include pyramids ;)
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We really need to begin the discussion about what future graduate-skills will be NOW. AI isnt going anywhere, and it will increasingly be able to do what we ask undergrads to do.
Randomized trial AI for legal work finds Reasoning models are a big deal:
Law students using o1-preview had the quality of work on most tasks increase (up to 28%) & time savings of 12-28%
There were a few hallucinations, but a RAG-based AI with access to legal material reduced those to human level
Law students using o1-preview had the quality of work on most tasks increase (up to 28%) & time savings of 12-28%
There were a few hallucinations, but a RAG-based AI with access to legal material reduced those to human level
March 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We really need to begin the discussion about what future graduate-skills will be NOW. AI isnt going anywhere, and it will increasingly be able to do what we ask undergrads to do.
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This is a deeply sobering tale of the impact of conspiracy belief, and further proof that psychologists need to thoroughly understand such beliefs www.npr.org/2025/02/26/g...
How a son spent a year trying to save his father from conspiracy theories
Zach Mack spent a year attempting to rescue his father from the depths of the conspiracy rabbit hole. Their family was forced to reckon with clashing realities, ideological divides and misinformation.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is a deeply sobering tale of the impact of conspiracy belief, and further proof that psychologists need to thoroughly understand such beliefs www.npr.org/2025/02/26/g...
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Looks like the Herd-immunity session needs to go back into next year's lectures !
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
Unvaccinated school-age child dies of measles in Texas amid growing outbreak
It is the first measles death in the US since 2015.
arstechnica.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Looks like the Herd-immunity session needs to go back into next year's lectures !
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
arstechnica.com/health/2025/...
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Always Google the author ! A mantra to live by ;)
March 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Always Google the author ! A mantra to live by ;)
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It’s an odd day when I’m checking the appendix to my copy of ‘1984’ when reading a newspaper story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
www.nytimes.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
It’s an odd day when I’m checking the appendix to my copy of ‘1984’ when reading a newspaper story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The current crisis in UK HE is terrifying. It’s sad that you find yourself clinging to the hope that the Management of your own institution is more competent that others. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
University of Dundee to axe 632 jobs to plug £35 million deficit
Largest cuts yet in UK higher education’s year of redundancies accompanied by promise of external investigation into ‘what went wrong’
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The current crisis in UK HE is terrifying. It’s sad that you find yourself clinging to the hope that the Management of your own institution is more competent that others. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
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Not sure how I missed this when it was published ! So good to see a ‘fine-grained’ look at the impact of Social Media. Will go straight into Thursday’s lecture ! www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Twitter (X) use predicts substantial changes in well-being, polarization, sense of belonging, and outrage - Communications Psychology
Data obtained from a 7-day experience sampling method in a sample of US American users of Twitter (now X) shows short term relationships between Twitter use and wellbeing, sense of belonging, and expe...
www.nature.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Not sure how I missed this when it was published ! So good to see a ‘fine-grained’ look at the impact of Social Media. Will go straight into Thursday’s lecture ! www.nature.com/articles/s44...