Dwayne Ripley
@dwayneripley.bsky.social
Creating and translating learning sciences knowledge. PhD in design for interdisciplinary education. Researches epistemic cognition, educational technology, and design knowledge.
ORCID: 0000-0002-7812-0614
ORCID: 0000-0002-7812-0614
Q: Gemini, what does 'Rats leaving a sinking ship' mean?
A: In maritime lore, it refers to rats fleeing the lowest, water-logged decks of a doomed vessel.
In business, it describes top talent or employees leaving a company that is experiencing, or about to experience, significant trouble.
A: In maritime lore, it refers to rats fleeing the lowest, water-logged decks of a doomed vessel.
In business, it describes top talent or employees leaving a company that is experiencing, or about to experience, significant trouble.
February 3, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Q: Gemini, what does 'Rats leaving a sinking ship' mean?
A: In maritime lore, it refers to rats fleeing the lowest, water-logged decks of a doomed vessel.
In business, it describes top talent or employees leaving a company that is experiencing, or about to experience, significant trouble.
A: In maritime lore, it refers to rats fleeing the lowest, water-logged decks of a doomed vessel.
In business, it describes top talent or employees leaving a company that is experiencing, or about to experience, significant trouble.
*for coding use in this example
January 31, 2026 at 4:38 AM
*for coding use in this example
Agree. It just that it makes me think of the guns don't kill people, people kill people argument.
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Agree. It just that it makes me think of the guns don't kill people, people kill people argument.
Verifying that a reference is correct is not the same as referencing papers that you've read and understand and use as an existing body of evidence which you build from.
Veryifying references is retrofitting or cherrypicking research that supports your argument. That's poor research.
Veryifying references is retrofitting or cherrypicking research that supports your argument. That's poor research.
January 29, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Verifying that a reference is correct is not the same as referencing papers that you've read and understand and use as an existing body of evidence which you build from.
Veryifying references is retrofitting or cherrypicking research that supports your argument. That's poor research.
Veryifying references is retrofitting or cherrypicking research that supports your argument. That's poor research.
There are adults in the room once again.
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
There are adults in the room once again.
Aristotle's intelligence types are: scientific knowledge (epistêmê), technical skill (téchnê) and practical wisdom or the ability to judge the right course of action (phrónêsis).
Trump has little no none of these 3, but has cunning intelligence (mètis).
Trump has little no none of these 3, but has cunning intelligence (mètis).
January 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Aristotle's intelligence types are: scientific knowledge (epistêmê), technical skill (téchnê) and practical wisdom or the ability to judge the right course of action (phrónêsis).
Trump has little no none of these 3, but has cunning intelligence (mètis).
Trump has little no none of these 3, but has cunning intelligence (mètis).
What a waste of researchers' time to have to counter false claims propelled forward by an ideological agenda.
January 18, 2026 at 11:34 PM
What a waste of researchers' time to have to counter false claims propelled forward by an ideological agenda.