I’m an eminent and optimistic bioscientist now
In which I meet Krista, who finally publishes my biomedical research.
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I’m a law prof now
My amazing journey through all the domains of human knowledge continues. Click to see where it takes me.
“Bard, tell me a joke about Max Weber”
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…
Predatory publishing plumbing new lows
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…
Yet another bizarre request from a predatory publisher
Here is another gem from today’s mailbag. They are just taking the piss now.
Samuel Stouffer, survey data, and spirits from the deep
Empiricism: a slippery slope perhaps, but also one hell of a ride
Luhmann was a Large Language Model
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
ChatGPT is trying to replace me
Everyone is replaceable.So I asked the machine to write a paragraph in the style of me.
I’m an andrologist, anthropologist, archaeologist, cardiologist cum urologist now
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…
I am an andrologist now
It looks like my career in cardiology is already over, and urology is so last year. But boys! I’m back in the business of bothering with your bits, buggering your bottoms, and beholding your bollocks. In other words: enough with the ‘b’, I am an andrologist now. Greetings of the day indeed. Thankfully, I am…