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My former colleagues at another university in Middle East have also been moved to online teaching indefinitely, with the students…
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I would also recommend that potential grad students make inquiries into how far the compensation package actually goes towards cost…
It’s a mix. I’m still in the UAE with my family, and we feel safe. But some students and faculty…
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I could imagine LLMs having saved me a *ton* of time in graduate school–e.g., by having supplied reasonable answers to…
The McMaster Department of Philosophy has now put together the following notice commemorating Barry: Barry Allen: A Philosophical Life Barry…
Let us remember
Let us remember
The living
Overlooked as we amass
The dead
And assign them a value
Richer than dollars
Shapelier than gravestones
More memorable than
Whatever it is
We drop off to sleep
Forgetting
6/30-7/4/10
Guilt
How painful
Not to have suffered
Left in comfort
To seethe with resentment
Watching the bodies
Of those oh so fortunate
Sufferers
Float by
7/4/10
Copyright 2010 by Maurice Leiter
Posted with permission
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