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  1. Justin Fisher's avatar

    To be worth using, a detector needs not only (A) not get very many false positives, but also (B) get…

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    Everything you say is true, but what is the alternative? I don’t think people are advocating a return to in-class…

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    Cyber security professional here -reliably determining when a computational artifact (file, etc.) was created is *hard*. This is sorta why…

  5. sahpa's avatar

    Agreed with the other commentator. It is extremely unlikely that Pangram’s success is due to its cheating by reading metadata.

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SPEP/SAAP Guide to Philosophy Programs

A reader points out that all the program recommendations, in all categories, are no longer on-line, including the fraudulent "Climate for Women" section, as well as the SPEP recommendations for Continental philosophy programs.  Even the most useful section, on philosophy of race, appears to be off-line. 

CORRECTION:  It apparently depends on the browser one is using, it works from some, not others.  Without explanation, they've also removed Oklahoma from the "Climate for Women" section list of departments that "need improvement."  That was a quick improvement! 

ANOTHER:  As several readers point out, Linda Alcoff now admits that the "Climate for Women" section was not, in fact, based on any first-hand reports from women at the programs deemed to have unsuitable climates.  Amazing.  And there's still no indication how many responses were received for each program deemed either "strongly recommended" (75% of which are SPEP program, unsurprisingly) or "needing improvement."

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