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Big Biology | A Science Podcast @bigbiology.bsky.social · 3h

Read our newest blog “Why evolution isn't just about plants and animals” 📖

Find this post and episode with Mike Lynch “Evolution across scales” at our Substack: bigbiology.substack.com

#sciencecommunication #science #sciencepodcast #evolution #evolutionarybiology

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 3h

Wow, very interesting.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 23h

I co-constructed a very successful model with my Year 10s today. We used it as a basis to explain many different phenomena.

Rather than a single explanation like most diagrams provide, models provide the springboard to many explanations.

#iTeachBio #SciTeachUK #EduSky

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 23h

Not sure this is showing: the paper is not yours to write

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 23h

I co-constructed a very successful model with my Year 10s today. We used it as a basis to explain many different phenomena.

Rather than a single explanation like most diagrams provide, models provide the springboard to many explanations.

#iTeachBio #SciTeachUK #EduSky

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 1d

I really need to read this one.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 2d

There are lots of people over on LinkedIn but it is a really poor experience scrolling through so many AI generated posts, or worse, posts by people mimicking AI-style posts. Everything is becoming so homogenous and boring.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting development, but what will it entail in UK school culture?
schoolsweek.co.uk/goodbye-cpd-...

Ofsted is helping to put a welcome end to ineffective CPD

The new framework ushers in a new era of professional learning - and that's so much more than a semantic shift

schoolsweek.co.uk

Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 2d

There are lots of people over on LinkedIn but it is a really poor experience scrolling through so many AI generated posts, or worse, posts by people mimicking AI-style posts. Everything is becoming so homogenous and boring.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 2d

I really dislike the manipulation of algorithms. We've seen on Twitter how people so utterly adapted to the algorithm rather than the community. They have so much power over how we interact. It's why I like BlueSky, we decide how it evolves.

Benjamin P Taylor @antlerboy.com · 2d

Ah. Put a fork in LinkedIn and turn it over, it's done :-(
bit.ly/479qOGN

👏👏 This is hands down the best explanation I've seen of how the LinkedIn algorithm changed earlier this year - and how we all need to adapt to remain visible. "The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm… | Tony Restell | 88 comments

👏👏 This is hands down the best explanation I've seen of how the LinkedIn algorithm changed earlier this year - and how we all need to adapt to remain visible. "The Unofficial LinkedIn Algorithm...

www.linkedin.com

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Dr James Mannion @rethinkingjames.bsky.social · 15d

This amazing event is both online and face-to-face, so wherever you are in the world, you will be most welcome! It's an 'unconference' designed to crowd-source ideas for how we might increase wellbeing within the constraints of the current system #wearethesystem

Link 👇

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Matthew Evans @head-teach.bsky.social · 4d

open.substack.com/pub/matthewe...

2 + 2 = 5

Zero-sum thinking may be holding us back in solving education's most intractable problems

open.substack.com

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 3d

I'm really sorry, you deserve much better. I'm an immigrant in Spain, and proud to live in one of the only countries in the world to be fighting this dark movement and standing up to Trump, genocide, and the far right.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 3d

Even when you say "striving for optima" there is a claim that optima exist. So, this is what I was referring to. When people ask about optima, the answer is included in the question. They have already accepted that optima exist, can be known, and worked towards.

Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 3d

When people come into a complex system and say they know the optimum, or even, "I aim for an optimum" they are making claims about nature. They say, "Optima exist" and, "I can know them", and this only tells me about that person, rather than nature.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Aside from this initial point, I think there are negative consequences for accepting optima into our view of systems. I mentioned this further up, but want to differentiate between the two things. I disagree with both the premise of optima, and the implications that people assume.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Optima don't exist in complex systems, but using the word brings them into being in people's criteria as if they were part of nature. I'm not sure what other people can mean by "optimum" aside from its definition. How else do you think people use it?

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Not really. The key part was: checked against an observer's criteria. This is the difference maker. There isn't any optimum in nature, we only ever work towards *our goal* and check our performance against our criteria.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

As soon as we use the word optimum, it becomes part of our ideas and has a place in the world.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

I said "we strive for the best" which is then checked against the observers criteria. In other words, we strive to do "our best". We do what we can with what we have.
In my view, it isn't just semantics. I disagree that there could be an optimum in complex systems.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

Would you not agree? You say "be careful with optima", which means there is a place for "optima" in your world.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

I think this means that you accept the notion of an optimum.
Rather than a "not good box" as if I assigned it a "false" label, I reject the notion.

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Juan Fernandez @juanfernandez.bsky.social · 4d

Have you ever wondered why some unsupported ideas about teaching just won’t die—no matter how much evidence we present? 🧠
Let’s talk about educational misconceptions, their persistence, and what this means for educational research and practice. 🧵

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

I think we should avoid talk of an optimum. It isn't tenable and only creates an elite who can claim to command over others.

E.g. I remember people saying:
" if you don't use mini whiteboards in lessons, you are knowingly creating suboptimal learning."

This is, of course, utter bollocks.

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Christian Moore-Anderson @cmooreanderson.bsky.social · 4d

And yet, with time, the river changes, the rocks change and weather, so do the types of boats. The system evolves, and an optimum was never on the cards.

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