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I said it before and I'll say it again: scientific journals have hardly any relevance any more, except for academic careers. (mstdn.social)

submitted 7 months ago by JorisMeys@mstdn.social to c/academicchatter@a.gup.pe

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I said it before and I'll say it again: scientific journals have hardly any relevance any more, except for academic careers.

AI is just speeding up this evolution. We urgently need to rethink scientific communication!

@academicchatter #academia #ugent #Science #academicchatter
https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/the-exponential-enshittification

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Scientific Supremacy : The Church of CyberScientology (neon.nightbulb.net)

submitted 8 months ago by firefly@neon.nightbulb.net to c/academicchatter@a.gup.pe

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Scientific Supremacy : The Church of CyberScientology

It is time to unveil a new religion: cyberscientology.

Converts get the power to claim anything they believe (or sell) is 'science' and has, 'academic consensus.' Since facts are democratic this is a perfect religion.

Converts also enjoy the privilege of paying others to promote the consensus and curse unbelievers with labels and political action, because we know that is how science really works.

Converts get the privilege to cancel anyone who questions the 'science' or refuses to buy the product.

Converts may anathematize anyone who fails to show enough spirited support of the consensus. Agreement is not enough. Believers must manifest fiery and fanatical agreement to prove their zeal in the faith.

Converts get the privilege of placing a scarlet letter upon anyone who questions the, 'scientific consensus' or demonstrates lackluster zeal for the consensus.

Heretics against cyberscientology shall be deleted after a rigorous slander campaign branding them as:

{ heretics, fascists, communists, nazis,
neocons, traitors, oppressors, jingoists,
snowflakes, retards, far-left, far-right,
liberals, conservatives, anti-semites, haters,
racists, bigots, nuts, psycho, evil, mental ...

(choose your magic power word for slaying the enemy)}.

Converts get 'hall monitor' privileges to police the speech and writing of all other persons and to immediately mobilize an army to dogpile and attack them, shadowban them, ban them, get them canceled, dox them, and organize protests to have them imprisoned or economically destroyed.

The cyberscientology digital bridge to freedom shall consist of proving agreement with the Pope-ular consensus. The faithful convert will squash all academic divergence from the consensus. All unbelievers will be required to apologize profusely for any divergence from the scientific consensus, and then they will be canceled anyway.

Selection of the new Cyber-Pope of the Church of Cyberscientology will be done, 'scientifically' using the, 'collective method' of inquiry (inquisition).

If you don't trust the science cyberscientology will 'burn' you!

#cyberscientology #science #religion #TrustTheScience #ScientificConsensus #Obedience #ThoughtCrime #AcademicSupremacy #ScienceSupremacy

@academicchatter@a.gup.pe

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It's time for us professors who study #data #surveillance #infosec [#internetgovernance](h (cdn.masto.host)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by aram@aoir.social to c/academicchatter@a.gup.pe

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It's time for us professors who study #data #surveillance #infosec #internetgovernance #privacy to start hassling our university IT departments whenever they integrate extractive platforms into our professional workflow.

Feel free to repurpose my verbiage in your own emails.

#academia #academicchatter #commodon @academicchatter @academicsunite @commodon

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"Colonial statues in post-colonial Africa: a multidimentional heritage" by Sophia Labadi (2023). (hcommons.social)

submitted 10 months ago by Barros_heritage@hcommons.social to c/academicchatter@a.gup.pe

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"Colonial statues in post-colonial Africa: a multidimentional heritage" by Sophia Labadi (2023).

"Is history being destroyed when colonial statues are removed from public space? This paper has explained that history is often being made when they are removed. Indeed, the hidden motivations for the construction and/or upkeep of these statues can then be revealed, along with their entangled colonial or racist legacies. Besides, their removals can aid in rectifying history, exposing in some cases the Eurocentrism of public spaces, and European epistemic domination. Such removal makes space for the erection of memorials for local heroes, who might have played more significant roles than colonial or racist figures".

#Colonialism #Heritage #CulturalHeritage #History #Africa #SophiaLabadi #HeritageStudies #OpenAccess

@academicchatter
@histodons
@histodon
@anthropology
@culturalheritage
@archaedons

https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2023.2294738

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Is academia hostile to families? (fediscience.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by erinnacland@fediscience.org to c/academicchatter@a.gup.pe

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Is academia hostile to families?

"As is the case for many parents in academia, parental leave has played a major part in the trajectories of our lives and scientific careers". In contrast to Canada, "the United States has no federally mandated paid parental leave."

Early career academics are often poorly paid and are required to relocate frequently, causing obvious major challenges for young families.

@academicchatter #AcademicChatter #Science
https://sites.google.com/view/parental-leave-in-academia
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02544-2