I need your help #bookstodon. One of the classes I'm taking at the graduate level this semester is Religion & Science Fiction. I read more fantasy, and would like to do my research paper on something that's not obvious (like ST/BS5/Matrix/etc.) & I'd love to use more modern sf rather than the golden age classics.
Anyone have any interesting ideas for my research paper on regarding the intersection of religion and science fiction?
So is this the deal with the new @eLife system:
1- you send your preprint
2- it is reviewed (if they so choose)
3- you eventually upload a final “version of record”
OR
4- you send the reviewed preprint (+reviews) to another journal for publication
Has anyone tried that step 4? Do the “other journals” accept to publish something that’s already been reviewed by eLife?
Of course, you could do 3 instead but does having an eLife paper under the new system “count” for your CV?
Am I the only one who unequivocally thinks that philosophy has made progress? Perhaps I have a different definition of what progress means, but surely I can't be the only one?
The number of theories and arguments that philosophers uncovered, as well as the clarity and breadth of their analyses, is certainly progress.
No, I cannot rank this student among their class (I have not taught classes at this institution!) & I cannot compare them as "2nd in 10"or similar among the master students I supervised: I supervised folks at three different institutions & systems in two different countries plus every one has their strength and weaknesses, there is no order from best to worst.
My reference letter will tell you nothing and you are wasting everyone's time because of your stupid form 😬
Grant-writing question - isn’t it weird / stressful to put all your ideas out there, for a 10% chance to be funded, while at the same time taking the risk that other researchers (intentionally or not) might use these ideas for their own benefit?
(Of course this wouldn’t be a problem if we weren’t all competing with each other.. but we currently are) #Academia#Research#Science#Grants
So oral exam at end of PhD. Good idea or just a tradition that doesn't make any sense any more? What are the good things about them? If we didn't do them, how else could we get those good things? #academia#academicchatter
Proposal of the day: anyone writing a thesis, proposal or description of their scientific work should first be made to stare at a large sign that goes something like this:
“We are tired of having to work out whether there’s any actual thinking going on inside the nozzle producing these fountains of pompous words. Stop trying to sound clever and just say what needs to be said as clearly and simply as possible. We can see through you.
A recent study highlights the decline in disruptive science. I think most of this is due to the intellectual poverty of a #scarcity mindset of current day #academia.
It is well documented that poor people suffer from a scarcity mindset, which erodes core cognitive functions. This mindset clouds decisions, prioritizing small short-term gains over long-term larger profits by affecting planning ability. The same applies to creativity.
Make your #study sessions more productive, compose papers with ease, and ace your #finals with KDE. Our apps and Plasma desktop will give you all you need to succeed during your studies and in #academia... and will even run fine on your old laptop!
New study: "Our results show that Chinese PhD student significant pressures to publish in order to obtain their degree, with papers indexed in the Science Citation Index [#SCI] often a mandatory requirement for students to obtain their degree. Moreover, it is found that first authorship is also mandatory." https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11192-023-04854-8
People who have created a fediverse account for your lab: how did you decide on a server?
We want to share our research updates with a lab account, but there are so many considerations to make regarding moderation, federation, donation, visibility, etc etc 🫨
Business Insider found instances where Bill Ackman’s wife committed plagiarism in her dissertation. Now he’s promising to go after the entire faculty at MIT. This dark age of #academia just got darker. Beware should a rich man put you in his crosshairs. #academicchatter#academicmastodon