Learning to do Science – Page 2 – ORGANIZING CREATIVITY

DIE and Hell

2024-05-22

Niall Ferguson makes a great point about DIE (more accurate than DEI) at universities.
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Multiple Variables per Bullet Point Line in Obsidian — Great Way to Create Questionnaire Item Lists with DataView

2024-05-07

The DataView Plugin for Obsidian is very powerful. I can do complex queries based on multiple variables affecting the same bullet point line. Which is great if you want a table of possible questionnaire items.
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University Library

2024-03-24

Shout-out to university libraries. Great places to work and to discover a couple of interesting books.
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Example of ChatGPT Writing Feedback

2024-03-09

An example of using ChatGPT to get feedback on a posting («Digital Gift Catalogue»), both regarding the general strengths and weaknesses as well as on spelling/grammar improvements.
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ChatGPT for Writing Feedback

2024-03-08

ChatGPT can provide excellent feedback on writing.

Image: Page from my thesis after getting and implementing (human) feedback.
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Education Standards in TV

2024-03-08

Uh ... apparently, it's not good.
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Recommendation Tucker Carlson Interview with Mike Benz

2024-03-06

Very interesting interview on how elections can be manipulated and how that can, or did, backfire.
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Paper Journal for Reflection and Habit Change

2024-02-12

Even in a digital age, there are good arguments for using a Paper Journal.
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Once bitten, twice shy

2024-02-10

How to destroy trust in the health system.

Image from an article by Rockwell, Yobs, & Moore (1964).
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One Tip for Leaving Your Comfort Zone

2024-02-03

Anne Lamott's tip «Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.» is applicable to a wide variety of situations.
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The institution I work for, or rather the people officially representing it, have already distanced themselves from this blog. I find this unnecessary, as I’ve clearly stated in the «About this Blog» section that this is a personal blog.

Frankly, I have nothing but contempt for those who lack the backbone to address their concerns directly and instead resort to passive-aggressive tattling to others. Such behavior strikes me as not only cowardly, but also spineless, gutless, and wholly unprincipled. Moreover, these efforts are as pathetic as they are futile.

That said, I might listen if you present compelling arguments and evidence, as constructive feedback is always welcome. Who knows? We might even both gain something valuable from the interaction.

A comment for those seeking to use this site for personal gain: Given the increase in requests, let me be clear. I write on this blog because I want to. It’s my hobby, my playground. Sometimes people point me to interesting products/services and I write about them. But any request regarding ads or sponsored placements ends up the trash without a reply. And if you think something would be of interest, differentiate yourself from the spammers by referring to a posting — in an intelligent way. (I get enough auto-generated mails to identify them immediately.)

BTW, posts can get updated after I published them if I spot spelling errors (not a native speaker) or think a different wording might improve precision and clarity.

This blog is not focused on a single topic, or method. As long as it is relevant to improving creativity (or allowing it in the first place), it's fair game.
Some postings on this blog deal with freedom, as I think that we need freedom of thought, of speech, of association, etc. pp. to solve mankind's problems. Thus, some postings may seem a bit remote when it comes to organizing creativity. Freedom is, however, the bedrock of creativity.
The heterogeneity of the postings can make reading this blog a bit cumbersome, at least if you are only interested in one topic. You can either use the search function (above), or use the categories or the tags to narrow down the postings you see.