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Roope Kaaronen

@roopekaaronen.net

Forager of information and mushrooms • "String theorist" • Cognitive science, cultural evolution, cognitive anthropology, ethnomathematics • https://roopekaaronen.net • Kayaking, music, nature, photography

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Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · yesterday

Oli tarkoitus kirjoitella vauvan* päiväunilla tutkimusrahoitushakemusta, mutta meiliin kilahtikin lasten tiedekysymys. Tätä on odotettu! Akatemiatutkijan pesti saa odottaa. *Pian taapero.

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · 3d ago

Anyone else's Google Scholar gone entirely bonkers? It's started adding random acknowledgements and copyright statements ("Copyright© 2021 by the author (s). Published here under license by the...") as my research articles. And deleted my most cited article. Maybe not great to rely on Google here.

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · 3d ago

My son, soon one year old, is absolutely enthralled by spinning tops. As a toy researcher of sorts, it's fun to see this pan out. I didn't even indoctrinate him into this, just no other toy grabs his attention like that. He'll endlessly pick it up and try to comprehend how it works (no success yet).

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · 5mo ago

Did you know that the spinning top is one of the most common forms of traditional play worldwide? Our research found tops to be nearly universal across human cultures. Wherever you come from, your ancestors probably spun tops. New preprint: Top of the World osf.io/preprints/so... Thread:

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d ago

Sipping my coffee ☕️ and thinking about these marvellous Minoan cups! They look so modern it’s incredible to think they were made by Bronze Age potters some 3,800 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo collage shows five cylindrical Minoan cups each with a single handle and a slightly flaring rim. Each cup is decorated with a different geometric polychrome motif as follows: Top left: on a black background, a central band delineated by an upper and lower white line contains evenly-spaced dark-orange circles. Each orange circle is outlined by a white line. Above and below the central band are swirling white vine-like lines. Top right: on a black background, a large white spiral on the front of the cup and beside it a dark-orange oval with stylised white petals at each end which looks like a wrapped sweet! Middle left: a central band of white and dark orange diagonal lines runs around the cup. Above and below the central band are alternating black and white diagonal shapes, the black ones look like shark fins Bottom left: a central reddish-orange band delineated with a white line. Above the central band are swirling, spiralling white lines against a black background, and below the central band are alternating white and black diagonal lines. Bottom right: A central band delineated with white lines contains white 's'-shaped diagonal white stripes. Above the central band a row of red dots outlined with white circles. Below the central band a single white line on the black background. This type of Minoan pottery is known as Kamares Ware, named after the Kamares Cave on Mount Ida on the Greek island of Crete where this kind of pottery was first discovered. Kamares Ware vessels were luxury items produced by palace workshops at Phaistos and Knossos on Crete. These five cups were excavated at Phaistos and are dated 1800-1700 BC.
Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · 6d ago

This was a good life choice. I've always enjoyed playing ragtime on the guitar, but also felt that it's a bit fussy on the string instrument. Slowly but steadily, it's all coming together now on the piano, and my lifelong ambition of playing Scott Joplin is becoming a reality. :)

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · 3mo ago

Got a new toy. I play many instruments, but not the keyboard. I was watching Billy Preston playing on the Get Back documentary and that was the final straw. Time to learn a new one.

Paul Smaldino@psmaldino.bsky.social · 2w ago

Academics: What's a journal in your field that's great? I feel like they are a dwindling breed. Criteria: (1) No APC. Supports green or diamond OA. (2) High-quality and relatively fast peer review. (3) Editors who provide real curational value and exercise purposeful agency in the decision process.

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · 4w ago

It's interesting how VAR, a technology supposed to add objectivity into the game, has seemingly just ramped up subjectivity by radically increasing the *number of decisions* made. Seems to be almost a universally shared opinion that it has gone too far. But hard to imagine it going anywhere.

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · 4w ago

I saw an article about "euromaxxing" and wondered how I could lead a life where I euromaxx more. Then I realised I'm already on a 6 month paid parental leave, spending half of my days in cafés, public parks and libraries. Euromaxxing to the maxx. Nordicmaxxing even!

Dorsa Amir@dorsaamir.bsky.social · last mo.

When we consider children in cultural evolution, we tend to cast them as recipients of adult culture. In our BBS target article, @sheinalew.bsky.social & I argued there's more: through 'peer cultures', children actively drive cultural adaptation. Our final paper + a rich set of responses is out now!

Children as agents of cultural adaptation | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core

Children as agents of cultural adaptation - Volume 49

cambridge.org

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · last mo.

It's embarrassing on so many fronts. For USMNT (who have played energetically!), for FIFA, and for Balogun himself. An utter disgrace, and a reminder of why I – a lifelong football player and enjoyer – have almost entirely stopped watching professional football.

Ben Jacobs@jacobsben.bsky.social · last mo.

🚨 Exclusive: The White House made a direct call to FIFA to ask Gianni Infantino to review Folarin Balogun’s red card. FIFA approached for comment and referred to the findings of its independent committee.

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · last mo.

Inspired by recent life events, I am wondering: How did past societies, also contemporary hunter-gatherers, deal with 1. Babies eating literally everything in their way (choking hazards, toxins, etc.) 2. Baby poo all over their dwellings (diaper-like solitions, hygiene)

Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · last mo.

A job I'm most proud of is my tenure as the Shedmaster of a 93-year-old kayaking club. It's voluntary work, and I maintain a fleet of 50 kayaks. Fixing them and keeping them seaworthy, enabling a hobby for 200+ people. Kayaks have taken me to amazing places and I want others to experience it, too.

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Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · last mo.

Morning run with stroller, baby falls asleep, end run by jumping into the cold Baltic sea. Peak parental leave. The running stroller has easily been the best parent purchase so far. 100s of km already. Surprisingly easy to run with. And the baby enjoys these running naps.

The sea by coastal Helsinki. Thule running stroller in front.
Roope Kaaronen@roopekaaronen.net · last mo.

I've pivoted quite hard, changing fields entirely. Based on my experience: - New field is difficult to publish in (you don't speak the "language") - New work gets cited a lot less (lack of networks) - Hard to find a job/tenure (you lack formal qualifications in new field – huge hurdle!) Cont'd...

Jessica Hullman@jessicahullman.bsky.social · last mo.

Lol, a paper that describes my life. My natural reaction to feeling like I'm finally getting the hang of something has always been to drop it and try something else. And somehow I still often feel like I'm not getting out fast enough.