My first publication (& last chapter of my thesis) is now available online in Synthese. In it, I argue for a fiction-based view of scientific counterfactuals which i) enhances their connection to models, and ii) circumvents the vacuity of counterpossibles. https://t.co/Xq8Q6IRBc0
Class is often overlooked as a driver of observed career and wealth disparities. This paper is a pretty incredible study into the role of class in the career progression of academia.
Class has a substantial impact at nearly every stage of the academic pipeline.
Important work.
On a personal note, this tracks with my own experience as a first-gen student. In grad school, I was shocked at the number of peers who had academic parents. They arrived on the first day knowing about the journal publishing system, the importance of conferences for networking, etc.
virginia woolf's 1931 new years resolutions: “to have none. not to be tied. to be free & kindly with myself. sometimes to read, sometimes not to read. to go out, yes—but stay at home in spite of being asked. as for clothes, i think to buy good ones”
📖 ¿Cómo leemos? Manuel Vicent decía que hay dos formas de leer: boca arriba, en busca de placer; y boca abajo, con esfuerzo y rigor. La lectura lúdica nos hace volar. Pero hay textos que exigen disciplina y paciencia
@Ismaellg90 https://t.co/FeV7TFe071
Los «viajeros» son, sin quererlo, personajes secundarios convencidos de ser protagonistas, vampiros emocionales de baja intensidad que recorren barrios gentrificados buscando intensidad en geografías agotadas.
https://t.co/JTOdRceBuE
Ever since the Japanese physicist Ukichiro Nakaya produced his seminal catalog of snowflake shapes 77 years ago, researchers have sought to understand the interplay of factors that lead to different shapes. https://t.co/thivxWujVV
Para los griegos, el #ápeiron no era un simple vacío, ni un espacio sin bordes. Era la sustancia primordial de la que brota y a la que regresa todo lo que existe.
https://t.co/e7A0lnwna2
Ingredients for brilliance
The myth that geniuses are naturally creative leads many to believe creativity is innate. However, understanding what enhances our abilities reveals that achieving flow is accessible to everyone. https://t.co/DeEY8lbto3 #flow#creativity#philosophy
Physicists have, for the first time, seen a matter particle from the proton family behave fundamentally differently to its antimatter twin
https://t.co/XfDCg8ZLbQ