After roughly seven years, my favourite paper has now been published: 'Prodigiosus people and the problem of evil', now open access with the International Journal for Philosophy of Religion. It's been a long journey! doi.org/10.1007/s111...
Nikk Effingham
@nikkeffingham.bsky.social
Philosophy Professor (& aspiring novelist) | University of Birmingham | Time travel; philosophy of religion; properties; ontology of objects | Improper personite and proud
My new paper, 'Now, Again and Again: The Metaphysics of Multiple Presents', has now been published in the Pacific Philosophical Quarterly (open access). doi.org/10.1111/papq...
My paper 'Fragmenting the Paradox of Material Constitution', forthcoming in the Australasian Journal of Philosophy. Preprint Link: tinyurl.com/FraggingMate...
The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.
Fine-tuning meets the simulation hypothesis—and things escalate quickly. My new paper: 'Simulations All the Way Up! An Atheist's Response to the Fine-Tuning Argument' Open Access Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ph…
BOOM! @knowawastaken.bsky.social just schooled everyone on fact-checking—using free Google is the bare minimum social media users can do to make sure what they’re hearing and sharing actually checks out. Knowa’s 13 and already 🔥!
i was trying to find a screenshot from the film yesterday, and google's AI hallucinated this absolute nonsense
Thomas Fuchs@thomasfuchs.at · 3y agoI occasionally check if Google has cured itself from AI-brain rot, alas this is a screenshot from just now
For your consideration: The clearest sign for the tone of a TMNT adaptation is whether its version of Splinter started as a dude or a rat, and it's not in the way you would expect
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‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis
More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports ...
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Woke up jetlagged in a hotel room and automatically opened my laptop to prep my talk slides, before remembering I'm here for a friend's wedding and not a conference. #academia #academicsky
Before I go and start my day at the bookshop, here's a quick reminder that my next novel FUTURE'S EDGE (published by @titanbooks.bsky.social) is available for pre-order from all good online and high street booksellers. More info: www.garethlpowell.com/futures-edge/
Look, it’s been nearly thirty years and I think it’s about time I said what we’ve all been thinking: Isn’t it time for Arnie to do ‘Jingle All The Way 2’?
i spoke on a panel Ugur convened at this conference last year and it was superb. an incredibly high standard of talks, and a really welcoming environment for discussion
LAST CALL: Thirteenth Annual Essay Prize at the Centre for Philosophical Psychology, University of Antwerp Topic: Representational format Length: 3000 words. Single spaced! Deadline: December 15, 2024. Prize money: 3,000 Euros. More info: bencenanay.com
Yes I'm religious, I believe in the Holy Trinity
Popcornbender Spatch@spatch.bsky.social · 2y agoYes I'm religious, I believe in the Holy Trinity
The 'Why?' podcast with Emma Kennedy interviews myself and @jimalkhalili.bsky.social about time travel! linktr.ee/whypodcast
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The podcast for curious minds 🪐 Hosted by Emma Kennedy 👩🏼🔬
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
"Wicked" does not synch up to "Dark Side of the Moon" at all. Sorry to everyone in the theater.
my two cents on the echo chamber discourse (with a very outdated title) 1) echo chambers are only a risk for dominant groups, when they don't hear marginalised voices 2) most people instead need *epistemic respite*: space away from alternative viewpoints to build communities
Why Twitter is (Epistemically) Better Than Facebook
Online Environments Social media has the potential to expand our epistemic horizons, connecting us with a wider range of people and more information and analysis than ever before. But it comes with…
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People always misunderstand that teaching nine hours a week is a lot, confusing “teaching” with “working.” Here’s a comparison: professional boxers only “work” about four hours a year.
Oxford colleges relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff on very low hourly pay (and they don’t even earn tips)… www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff
Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms
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Now that actual celebrities are coming to Bluesky I will soon no longer be one of the largest accounts here, I will once again revert to my usual status of mid-tier niche notable, remember me as I was when I was beautiful, well, okay, not beautiful, but kind of middle-aged Muppety