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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…
In the above comment, Michel wrote: “As an aside, every once in a while I check out how the chatbots…
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…
This is an extremely funny set of e-mails. I've no idea whether it was an actual exchange between a parent and the "school chaplain."
(Thanks to Ruchira Paul for the pointer.)
UPDATE: Philosophy student Matthew Hernandez writes: "The man doing the email exchange is David Thorne, a comedian/writer who regularly 'trolls' people in real life and then posts about it on his website: http://27bslash6.com/ (Most likely a real exchange, as he regularly does this kind of thing.)"
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