Jamie House

Thoughts on science literacy Science literacy is knowledge of science, sure, but more so, it is understanding of the scientific framework by which people make decisions based on facts. /1

🦀🐝🧠🤖 How should we make decisions when faced with systems of uncertain sentience? My new book The Edge of Sentience: Risk and Precaution in Humans, Other Animals, and AI is available online for free at academic.oup.com/book/57949. Please download it! Just click on PDF to get a PDF of the whole book. Individual chapters are also available as PDFs - just click on whichever chapters you want. The book is completely free to everyone and I'm grateful for all shares and forwards.

@AgnesCallard You just sparked 🤯 a new era of social epistemology

Taylor Swift has written about 200 love songs. In preparation for my first Taylor Swift concert, which will be happening in 15 days 22 hours and 2 minutes, I made a taxonomy of them. Sharing it here to save others the work.

Why did past societies build so much "useless" beauty everywhere — and why did we stop? It might be a measure of a culture's health... (thread) 🧵

@lastpositivist I subscribe to post-manifested-knew-it-in-my-gut epistemology

I think this paper is totally correct and what it says is worth saying, it's just sad that it does need saying! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ed…

5 million followers. A more sophisticated thinker would just attack the notion of scientism: the complete faith in the authority of or the enterprise of science. Instead, Owens promotes the complete denial of science. 🤦 and people eat this up.

@eyeslasho Source?

@bernywern Ignorance to what philosophy is, what it does, and what it can lead to.

According to biologists, the function of zebras' stripes is to ward off insects. Based on that idea, a team of scientists painted zebra stripes on cows. This reduced the number of biting flies on the cows by more than 50%. Applied evolutionary biology! stevestewartwilliams.com/p/how-the-zebr…

Integrating Loose Parts Play Into Recess edutopia.org/article/loose-…

@MushtaqBilalPhD I'd say taking a nap is a sign of sentience.

ChatGPT is not responding, neither on computer nor on the phone.

"Cornell notes" offer a well-known structure for note-taking and summarizing. Have we got more recent, more useful systems? @MrGoodwin23 is on the case: ow.ly/5Q6e50RCp6F h/t @OliCav

@TheAtlantic @lsilverwoman Why does it say by Kieran Setiya?

@GradeScience @bernywern Operating on shaky foundations in the spirit of being practical with our time is probably why education is so watered down. I also think Bernard is a TOK teacher, and it seems useful to challenge undefined concepts such as Peps’ “idea”.

@bernywern So how is this helpful for teachers? Even though it's very interesting, I cannot see a single teacher thinking about this on a Monday morning. Whereas Peps' thread is a much clearer and more helpful (even if philosophically inaccurate) model for non-philosophy minded teachers.

@PepsMccrea Seems to be a deductive view of thinking where one goes from the general concept to partial parts or examples. The other way is inductive thinking, where the particular is considered in how it fits in the general

Sequencing ideas from more general to specific can help build meaningful learning. Here's how: ↓ (bonus points for identifying the diagram)

buzzsprout.com/881980/14960797 Today’s conversation is with Daniel Carcillo, two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Chicago Blackhawks, and ten-year veteran of the NHL. Daniel also played with the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Phoenix Coyotes, and one season with the New York Rangers throughout his career.  Having had 4 Stanley Cup appearances over the last few years of his professional playing career, Daniel brings so much insight and wisdom into today’s discussion with me. From the highs of being an athlete at the top of his game to the lows of debilitating injuries that required multiple surgeries that ultimately resulted in a opioid addiction, he has seen and experienced it all and shares many gems of insight in this conversation. It’s clear that Daniel knows what it takes to be the best he can be when it comes to pursuing true passions in life, both personally and professionally. Despite having an amazing career that spanned ten years and two Stanley Cups over the course of 429 games and 164 fights in the NHL, Daniel is more defined by the human he is.  He has done so much internal work to better understand his past trauma in order to live with much more authenticity, courage, resilience and purpose in his life. As a result, he continues to have such a positive impact on those who are lucky enough to come across his path. In our conversation today we cover the following themes: ~Early days in Daniel’s life and the strengths he developed that went on to serve him so well as an athlete and entrepreneur ~The power of our internal voice and how to navigate it in ways that helps to bring out our best in life ~The importance of having a mindfulness practice to help combat tough emotions brought on by past trauma ~The power of vulnerability as a tool for being as honest as possible about our experiences, needs, and wants in life ~How to maintain motivation and purpose regardless of our pursuits After his playing days, Daniel began to suffer from mild-like dementia symptoms brought on by the many concussions he sustained while playing in the NHL. He knows all too well the physical and emotional toll that can accompany these injuries. Since retiring, Daniel has devoted his life to sharing his experiences, insights, and the transformative impact of emerging therapies, as well ancient and natural medicines in regaining brain health and quality of life. This conversation with Daniel was a special one that I hope you find value in. Please share it with anyone who you feel will benefit from listening. And a very special thank you to @CarBombBoom13 himself for his time and energy and for coming on my podcast!!

From 1967-1977 the US government carried out the largest educational research project in history. The results of which were - effectively - buried. It’s a story of intrigue, ideology and education failure. A thread 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

@CharlesChillFFB Denmark. Koala. Amber.

Shoutout to my wife who said “Onyx” as the color. Stifled!

Excellent illustration of the misconception of sight words and what this means in terms of teacher/system knowledge and skill. Reading Recovery apologists have recently resurrected protests to my RR blog, and I will direct them to this in reply. pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2024/03/help-m…

@MrZachG What will we be doing in 10 years ? Arts & crafts, and robotics? Maybe computational thinking. I think we should teach philosophy.

@MrZachG It’s a service. A service that says the customer is always right. Culture and society is the problem.

This is one of those days where I’ve drafted like 16 tweets that should never be shared with the public. Schools are just so dysfunctional. Mass education is a nightmare of waste and malpractice. All you can do is put your head down and teach, if they’ll even let you.