A meditation on the expectation of trust.
You should trust me. Sure, when the first public word of my bad behavior came out, I claimed the account used theatrical language to make it sound worse than it was and flat-out lied to you that I had...
View ArticleHow we construct ‘failure’ and professional communities.
Bethany Brookshire (perhaps better known in the blogosphere as SciCurious) has posted moving personal musings on her experience “failing” as an academic scientist and of being failed by the system that...
View ArticleCivility, respect, and the project of sharing a world.
In recent days, this corner of the blogosphere has come back to the question of what constitutes civil engagement online (and, perhaps, offline). If you’ve not being keeping up with the events that...
View ArticleAnalyzing to avoid.
From the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on the Status of Women report on CU-Boulder philosophy department, this paragraph on page 7 really jumped out at me: The Department uses...
View ArticleScienceOnline, #scioSafe, and ways forward together.
This document grew out of the #scioSafe session at ScienceOnline Together 2014. It is an attempt to reflect the sentiments of a substantial portion of the ScienceOnline community, though we recognize...
View ArticleJob offer negotiations and relationships with our future colleagues.
Many pixels have already been devoted to discussing the case of W, the philosophy job candidate who says her job offer was rescinded after she inquired with the department making the offer about what...
View ArticlePub-Style Science: Is a scientist without philosophy like a fish without a...
There will be a Pub-Style Science discussion of why scientists might want to think about epistemology in particular and (perhaps) philosophy more generally on Tuesday, April 8, 2014, starting 9 PM...
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Sometimes I need a Venn diagram.
In honor of the last season of Mad Men, whose first episode premieres tonight. (If you’re still catching up an seasons 1 through 6, there are spoilers embedded within.)
View ArticleA thought for those who are mindful about their legacy in their discipline.
It is possible that, once you shuffle off this mortal coil, people will remember you for your scholarly contributions to your field. However, it is also possible that they will remember you for your...
View ArticleWhy I can no longer donate to Wellesley College.
Because the undergraduate education I received at Wellesley College has been so important in my life, and because I believe all college students deserve the intellectual engagement Wellesley gave me, I...
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