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I am an Illuminatus now

November 15, 2024 by Kai Arzheimer
A screenshot of an email. The email reads: Dear Beloved, You have been selected to join the great Illuminati to be a member of this family; You have found favor in the eyes of the Great Creator and hence this noble invitation to be a member of the Elite Family. Respond ASAP Email: Adolph-FreiherrKnigge@outlook.com

I get a lot of interesting invitations. This one is extra-special.

Categories Political Science Tags fun 7 Comments

I’m an eminent and optimistic bioscientist now

March 4, 2024March 4, 2024 by Kai Arzheimer

In which I meet Krista, who finally publishes my biomedical research.

Categories Political Science Tags fun 6 Comments

I’m a law prof now

February 22, 2024 by Kai Arzheimer

My amazing journey through all the domains of human knowledge continues. Click to see where it takes me.

Categories Political Science Tags fun 2 Comments

“Bard, tell me a joke about Max Weber”

December 10, 2023 by Kai Arzheimer

Sure, here is a joke about Max Weber:Why did Max Weber become a sociologist?Because he was interested in the sociology of bureaucracy.I hope you found it funny! As a coda to a grey and mildly depressing Sunday, I checked in with Bard to see if it was any better than half a year ago. The…

Categories Political Science Tags ChatGPT, fun 1 Comment

Predatory publishing plumbing new lows

August 18, 2023 by Kai Arzheimer

Hey look, I have unlocked a new level of predatory publishing fraud: someone out there is automating so aggressively that they are not just misspelling the title of my article and inventing an affiliation for me: they literally can’t be arsed to spell out my name. Of course, there is no one at King’s with…

Categories Political Science Tags academic writing, fun 4 Comments

Yet another bizarre request from a predatory publisher

August 9, 2023 by Kai Arzheimer

Here is another gem from today’s mailbag. They are just taking the piss now.

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Samuel Stouffer, survey data, and spirits from the deep

July 22, 2023 by Kai Arzheimer

Empiricism: a slippery slope perhaps, but also one hell of a ride

Categories Data and Methods Tags fun, survey Leave a comment

Luhmann was a Large Language Model

July 7, 2023 by Kai Arzheimer

The other day, I read an article about #ChatGPT simulating understanding by correlating words. Which brought on a painful flashback to that time when I took a course on Luhmann

Categories Political Science Tags ChatGPT, fun 3 Comments

ChatGPT is trying to replace me

May 27, 2023May 21, 2023 by Kai Arzheimer
ChatGPT is trying to replace me 1

Everyone is replaceable.So I asked the machine to write a paragraph in the style of me.

Categories Data and Methods Tags ChatGPT, fun 1 Comment

I’m an andrologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, cardiologist cum urologist now

March 30, 2023 by Kai Arzheimer

When my old twin love anthropology & archaeology called this morning, I did not hesitate for a second. Submitting a two-page article by midnight to release the Upcoming Issue? No problem due to my eminence. Consider yourselves intervened (and the discount availed). And then, as I was still eminent, it hit me like the proverbial…

Categories Political Science Tags fun 7 Comments
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