Mushtaq Bilal, PhD
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How to Build Healthy Academic Writing Habits
Learn how to build a healthy academic writing habit so you can write a lot and publish a lot.
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Involves reading and writing exercises.
57 colleagues attended this workshop in Oct.
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Economics professors and departments are promoting their recent PhDs who are on the job market. This is so cool.
I've never seen humanities professors/departments do such a thing.
If you want to pursue a PhD, choose a department that champions your work.
I've never seen humanities professors/departments do such a thing.
If you want to pursue a PhD, choose a department that champions your work.
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Economics professors and departments are promoting their recent PhDs who are on the job market. This is so cool.
I've never seen humanities professors/departments do such a thing.
If you want to pursue a PhD, choose a department that champions your work.
I've never seen humanities professors/departments do such a thing.
If you want to pursue a PhD, choose a department that champions your work.
If you're based in the US, UK, and EU, please do NOT start a humanities PhD. There are NO jobs for you - none, zilch, nada.
Check out the jobs listed for Languages, Literature and Culture on jobs. ac .uk
Check out the jobs listed for Languages, Literature and Culture on jobs. ac .uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
If you're based in the US, UK, and EU, please do NOT start a humanities PhD. There are NO jobs for you - none, zilch, nada.
Check out the jobs listed for Languages, Literature and Culture on jobs. ac .uk
Check out the jobs listed for Languages, Literature and Culture on jobs. ac .uk
Did a webinar on how to use SciSpace for your research.
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Complete AI Guide for Researchers | How to Think, Research & Write with SciSpace | Dr. Mushtaq Bilal
Join Dr. Mushtaq Bilal (PhD) as he explains how to use the SciSpace Agent streamline your academic workflow — from discovering literature to writing, structu...
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November 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Did a webinar on how to use SciSpace for your research.
You can watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez...
And below are discount codes if you'd like to buy a subscription:
MBU45 – 45% off on Advance Plan (Global)
MBU35 – 35% off on Advance Plan (India)
You can watch the video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bez...
And below are discount codes if you'd like to buy a subscription:
MBU45 – 45% off on Advance Plan (Global)
MBU35 – 35% off on Advance Plan (India)
This is extremely dishonest and harmful advice for yound people. Don't do this. Stay away from a humanities PhD.
The writer of this artilce, Ada Palmer, is a tenured professor at the University of Chicago and is telling folks to do a PhD in history.
The writer of this artilce, Ada Palmer, is a tenured professor at the University of Chicago and is telling folks to do a PhD in history.
October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
This is extremely dishonest and harmful advice for yound people. Don't do this. Stay away from a humanities PhD.
The writer of this artilce, Ada Palmer, is a tenured professor at the University of Chicago and is telling folks to do a PhD in history.
The writer of this artilce, Ada Palmer, is a tenured professor at the University of Chicago and is telling folks to do a PhD in history.
People losing their minds that everyone at Harvard gets an A are missing the point that you don't go to Harvard to learn.
You go to Harvard to accumulate social capital and get brand recognition.
Cool if you learn something along the way. But that's not the main objective.
You go to Harvard to accumulate social capital and get brand recognition.
Cool if you learn something along the way. But that's not the main objective.
October 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
People losing their minds that everyone at Harvard gets an A are missing the point that you don't go to Harvard to learn.
You go to Harvard to accumulate social capital and get brand recognition.
Cool if you learn something along the way. But that's not the main objective.
You go to Harvard to accumulate social capital and get brand recognition.
Cool if you learn something along the way. But that's not the main objective.
One of the biggest casualities of rebranding Twitter to X was that it killed consolidated communities like "Academic Twitter," "Science Twitter," and so on.
Twitter was of course toxic back then too, but academics and scientists who posted regularly created really top-quality content.
Twitter was of course toxic back then too, but academics and scientists who posted regularly created really top-quality content.
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
One of the biggest casualities of rebranding Twitter to X was that it killed consolidated communities like "Academic Twitter," "Science Twitter," and so on.
Twitter was of course toxic back then too, but academics and scientists who posted regularly created really top-quality content.
Twitter was of course toxic back then too, but academics and scientists who posted regularly created really top-quality content.
ChatGPT is a sycophant, agrees with everything you say.
Here's a simple prompt to convert ChatGPT from a sycophant to a straight shooter:
Here's a simple prompt to convert ChatGPT from a sycophant to a straight shooter:
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
ChatGPT is a sycophant, agrees with everything you say.
Here's a simple prompt to convert ChatGPT from a sycophant to a straight shooter:
Here's a simple prompt to convert ChatGPT from a sycophant to a straight shooter:
Genspark AI Developer can build functional apps with a single prompt.
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Genspark AI Developer can build functional apps with a single prompt.
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
Especially useful for academics and reseachers to automate tasks.
Here's how to build apps with @genspark_ai:
> top academic journals don't want to publish work by authors in low-income (read poor, third-world) countries
> Nature suggests authors make an effort to cite diverse (read poor, third-world) the sources academics cite
> First -world academics: this will destroy the integrity of science
> Nature suggests authors make an effort to cite diverse (read poor, third-world) the sources academics cite
> First -world academics: this will destroy the integrity of science
October 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
> top academic journals don't want to publish work by authors in low-income (read poor, third-world) countries
> Nature suggests authors make an effort to cite diverse (read poor, third-world) the sources academics cite
> First -world academics: this will destroy the integrity of science
> Nature suggests authors make an effort to cite diverse (read poor, third-world) the sources academics cite
> First -world academics: this will destroy the integrity of science
Registration for my next workshop on How to Build Healthy Academic Writing Habits is open.
Involves reading and writing exercises.
57 colleagues attended this workshop in Oct.
Get 25% off with "HEALTHY25"
Registration details:
healthy15nov.eventbrite.dk
Involves reading and writing exercises.
57 colleagues attended this workshop in Oct.
Get 25% off with "HEALTHY25"
Registration details:
healthy15nov.eventbrite.dk
How to Build Healthy Academic Writing Habits
Learn how to build a healthy academic writing habit so you can write a lot and publish a lot.
www.eventbrite.dk
October 28, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Registration for my next workshop on How to Build Healthy Academic Writing Habits is open.
Involves reading and writing exercises.
57 colleagues attended this workshop in Oct.
Get 25% off with "HEALTHY25"
Registration details:
healthy15nov.eventbrite.dk
Involves reading and writing exercises.
57 colleagues attended this workshop in Oct.
Get 25% off with "HEALTHY25"
Registration details:
healthy15nov.eventbrite.dk
On italki you come across absolutely incredible folks like Thomas who speaks and teaches 11 lanugages.
None of the pretend learning of Duolingo or the fakery of YouTube "polyglots" who memorize a few sentences and think they know a language.
None of the pretend learning of Duolingo or the fakery of YouTube "polyglots" who memorize a few sentences and think they know a language.
October 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
On italki you come across absolutely incredible folks like Thomas who speaks and teaches 11 lanugages.
None of the pretend learning of Duolingo or the fakery of YouTube "polyglots" who memorize a few sentences and think they know a language.
None of the pretend learning of Duolingo or the fakery of YouTube "polyglots" who memorize a few sentences and think they know a language.
🚨Last call for tomorrow's webinar on how to Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI is open.
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
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Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
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2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Get 25% off with "SUPER25"
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
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Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI
Learn how to use AI smartly and ethically to make your academic writing faster and easier
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October 24, 2025 at 11:54 AM
🚨Last call for tomorrow's webinar on how to Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI is open.
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Get 25% off with "SUPER25"
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
www.eventbrite.dk/e/superchar...
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Get 25% off with "SUPER25"
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
www.eventbrite.dk/e/superchar...
Registration for my 25 Oct webinar on how to Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI is open.
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
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2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
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Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI
Learn how to use AI smartly and ethically to make your academic writing faster and easier
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October 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Registration for my 25 Oct webinar on how to Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI is open.
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
www.eventbrite.dk/e/superchar...
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
www.eventbrite.dk/e/superchar...
I am doing a free webinar on how to use SciSpace, an AI-powered app to make your literature discovery efficient.
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SciSpace Agent for Researchers: Use Cases | Best Practices | Ethical Considerations · Zoom · Luma
AI is reshaping academic research, but how do you use it right?
Join us for this live session on the SciSpace Research Agent led by Mushtaq Bilal, PhD, where…
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October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Watching otherwise serious researchers post studies showing extremely weak correlation between two things (one of which is often IQ).
These posts surely get a lot of views and comments but seriously undermine general public's trust in science.
These posts surely get a lot of views and comments but seriously undermine general public's trust in science.
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Watching otherwise serious researchers post studies showing extremely weak correlation between two things (one of which is often IQ).
These posts surely get a lot of views and comments but seriously undermine general public's trust in science.
These posts surely get a lot of views and comments but seriously undermine general public's trust in science.
Don't plan. Execute.
Planning is fake work. Execution is real work.
Planning or no planning, you will make mistakes. Better to make mistakes doing real work than fake.
Planning is fake work. Execution is real work.
Planning or no planning, you will make mistakes. Better to make mistakes doing real work than fake.
October 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Don't plan. Execute.
Planning is fake work. Execution is real work.
Planning or no planning, you will make mistakes. Better to make mistakes doing real work than fake.
Planning is fake work. Execution is real work.
Planning or no planning, you will make mistakes. Better to make mistakes doing real work than fake.
Agreed to do a 1-hour webinar for a company against my better judgement.
They've spread the process over four whole months, there are five people involved, there has been nearly 100 email exchanges between us, a 10-page Google Doc has been edited like 500 hundred times, a dozen or Zoom meetings.
They've spread the process over four whole months, there are five people involved, there has been nearly 100 email exchanges between us, a 10-page Google Doc has been edited like 500 hundred times, a dozen or Zoom meetings.
October 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Agreed to do a 1-hour webinar for a company against my better judgement.
They've spread the process over four whole months, there are five people involved, there has been nearly 100 email exchanges between us, a 10-page Google Doc has been edited like 500 hundred times, a dozen or Zoom meetings.
They've spread the process over four whole months, there are five people involved, there has been nearly 100 email exchanges between us, a 10-page Google Doc has been edited like 500 hundred times, a dozen or Zoom meetings.
If you come across the word "utilize" in any post or article, it's 100% AI generated.
There is a subtle distinction between "use" and "utilize," but LLMs don't understand this.
There is a subtle distinction between "use" and "utilize," but LLMs don't understand this.
October 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
If you come across the word "utilize" in any post or article, it's 100% AI generated.
There is a subtle distinction between "use" and "utilize," but LLMs don't understand this.
There is a subtle distinction between "use" and "utilize," but LLMs don't understand this.
Recently came across Pat Thomson's amazing blog on academic writing.
It's a gold mine of tips on academic writing. And totally free.
Check it out at patthomson.net/
It's a gold mine of tips on academic writing. And totally free.
Check it out at patthomson.net/
patter
research education, academic writing, public engagement, funding, other eccentricities.
patthomson.net
October 14, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Recently came across Pat Thomson's amazing blog on academic writing.
It's a gold mine of tips on academic writing. And totally free.
Check it out at patthomson.net/
It's a gold mine of tips on academic writing. And totally free.
Check it out at patthomson.net/
Until a couple years ago, there was a critical mass of academics on Twitter. The platform wasn't pefect but one could participate in interesting discussions and learn stuff.
Many academics have left since.
Many academics have left since.
October 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Until a couple years ago, there was a critical mass of academics on Twitter. The platform wasn't pefect but one could participate in interesting discussions and learn stuff.
Many academics have left since.
Many academics have left since.
Most people who work from office spend 90% of their time pretending to work. It's all fake work, looking busy, doing nothing.
October 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Most people who work from office spend 90% of their time pretending to work. It's all fake work, looking busy, doing nothing.
PubMed, one of the most comprehensive databases of biomedical research, has NOT been updated for the last two weeks.
October 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
PubMed, one of the most comprehensive databases of biomedical research, has NOT been updated for the last two weeks.
Registration for my 25 Oct webinar on how to Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI is open.
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
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2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
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Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI
Learn how to use AI smartly and ethically to make your academic writing faster and easier
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October 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Registration for my 25 Oct webinar on how to Supercharge Your Academic Writing with AI is open.
2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
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2,600+ academics have attended this webinar.
Use "SUPER25" for a 25% off.
Or get a 2 for 1 deal and bring a friend along for free.
Registration details 👇
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54 colleagues have registered for today's workshop on How to Build a Healthy Academic Writing Habit.
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How to Build a Healthy Academic Writing Habit
Learn how to build a healthy academic writing habit so you can write a lot and publish a lot
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October 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Would you look at that! Is it the beginning of global brain drain from the US?
Nobel laureats Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving MIT for the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Nobel laureats Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving MIT for the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Would you look at that! Is it the beginning of global brain drain from the US?
Nobel laureats Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving MIT for the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
Nobel laureats Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving MIT for the University of Zurich, Switzerland.