Steven R. Shaw, PhD
@shawpsych.bsky.social
School and Applied Child Psychology Program
McGill University, Montreal, QC
Director of the School Psychology Credibility Project
Currently on medical leave
McGill University, Montreal, QC
Director of the School Psychology Credibility Project
Currently on medical leave
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Introduction: A long-time hospital-based school psychologist and now a long-time academic. Fighting creeping cynicism by building or rebuilding the structures of research, evidence-based practices, and my life. Also, cooking, Canada, dog, hockey, Emerson, Marx (Groucho), fitness, and coffee.
Hey, Indie. There is a dog in the Olympics. Maybe you could step it up a little bit. Indie:
February 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Hey, Indie. There is a dog in the Olympics. Maybe you could step it up a little bit. Indie:
Suzuki! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
February 18, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Suzuki! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
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Wishing everyone who observes a lovely Ash Wednesday
February 18, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Wishing everyone who observes a lovely Ash Wednesday
Weird to see a professional listserv dominated by recommendations for local air duct cleaning services. The “reply all” issue never fails to amuse.
February 18, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Weird to see a professional listserv dominated by recommendations for local air duct cleaning services. The “reply all” issue never fails to amuse.
Gotta say, year of the Fire Horse is incredibly bad ass. I was born in the year of the rabbit—not remotely cool.
February 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Gotta say, year of the Fire Horse is incredibly bad ass. I was born in the year of the rabbit—not remotely cool.
I’m rested and ready seems ambitious. Tolerable is more reasonable.
February 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM
I’m rested and ready seems ambitious. Tolerable is more reasonable.
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"due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering" <- a lot of linguistic gymnastics to say that "hallucinations" are a feature, not a bug
OpenAI ”acknowledged in its own research that LLMs will always produce hallucinations due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering, marking a significant admission from one of the AI industry’s leading companies.”
You can’t trust chatbots.
You can’t trust chatbots.
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
"due to fundamental mathematical constraints that cannot be solved through better engineering" <- a lot of linguistic gymnastics to say that "hallucinations" are a feature, not a bug
Indie is very snuggly and comfortable today.
February 15, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Indie is very snuggly and comfortable today.
Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
February 14, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Now this is a movie plot!!! Someone understands grad school.
Nice to receive ginormous whisky glasses for my birthday. These things weigh 800grams and are a workout. Good for enjoying a Lagavulin.
February 14, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Nice to receive ginormous whisky glasses for my birthday. These things weigh 800grams and are a workout. Good for enjoying a Lagavulin.
The highlight of the Olympics so far is watching a curling match nearly break into a fistfight. F-bombs flying from Canadians to Swedes. Nothing like a good curling Donnybrook.
February 14, 2026 at 1:33 AM
The highlight of the Olympics so far is watching a curling match nearly break into a fistfight. F-bombs flying from Canadians to Swedes. Nothing like a good curling Donnybrook.
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Okay, Grandma, that's enough Winter Olympics for you! 😆
February 13, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Okay, Grandma, that's enough Winter Olympics for you! 😆
I like movies that credit the animals in the cast. Sparky played by Bella. Seems fair—hope they got union scale pay.
February 14, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I like movies that credit the animals in the cast. Sparky played by Bella. Seems fair—hope they got union scale pay.
That was cool. It is easy to forgot how much fun our work is until we are away for a while. About 65 folks were at my CPA webinar. Enjoyed this slice of normalcy so much.
February 13, 2026 at 7:43 PM
That was cool. It is easy to forgot how much fun our work is until we are away for a while. About 65 folks were at my CPA webinar. Enjoyed this slice of normalcy so much.
Happy 65th Birthday, Henry. Punk icon and an underrated screen presence. Recommend the movie: He Never Died. And Rollins Band album "Weight" is still on the workout playlist.
February 13, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Happy 65th Birthday, Henry. Punk icon and an underrated screen presence. Recommend the movie: He Never Died. And Rollins Band album "Weight" is still on the workout playlist.
Treatment early this morning and then midmorning coffee. The coffee is still delicious and therapeutic. We got this day.
February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Treatment early this morning and then midmorning coffee. The coffee is still delicious and therapeutic. We got this day.
I am looking forward to returning to my academic work on Thursday February 26 with joy and a pent-up desire to make constructive trouble. Get to do a little webinar this afternoon as a warmup.
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I am looking forward to returning to my academic work on Thursday February 26 with joy and a pent-up desire to make constructive trouble. Get to do a little webinar this afternoon as a warmup.
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Webinar for #PsychologyMonth coming February 13 at 1:00 EST
CPA's Education and School Psychology Section Presents: Credibility as the Primary Goal for Training and Practice in School Psychology: And How to Achieve It
Presented by Dr. Steven Shaw
Register here: buff.ly/Ssk3PWx
CPA's Education and School Psychology Section Presents: Credibility as the Primary Goal for Training and Practice in School Psychology: And How to Achieve It
Presented by Dr. Steven Shaw
Register here: buff.ly/Ssk3PWx
February 13, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Webinar for #PsychologyMonth coming February 13 at 1:00 EST
CPA's Education and School Psychology Section Presents: Credibility as the Primary Goal for Training and Practice in School Psychology: And How to Achieve It
Presented by Dr. Steven Shaw
Register here: buff.ly/Ssk3PWx
CPA's Education and School Psychology Section Presents: Credibility as the Primary Goal for Training and Practice in School Psychology: And How to Achieve It
Presented by Dr. Steven Shaw
Register here: buff.ly/Ssk3PWx
Hope to see some of you at tomorrow's webinar. This should be a fun event to celebrate psychology month. Thanks to CPA for supporting this event. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPA's Education and School Psychology Section Presents: Credibility as the Primary Goal for Training and Practice in School Psychology: And How to Achieve I...
Presented by Dr. Steven Shaw
us02web.zoom.us
February 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Hope to see some of you at tomorrow's webinar. This should be a fun event to celebrate psychology month. Thanks to CPA for supporting this event. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
Annual shout out and strong positive recommendation for the biography Red Comet by Heather Clark--about the life of Sylvia Plath--my reincarnation celebrity (she died 4 hours before I was born).
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Annual shout out and strong positive recommendation for the biography Red Comet by Heather Clark--about the life of Sylvia Plath--my reincarnation celebrity (she died 4 hours before I was born).
I just learned that I shared a birthday with the great HR. HBD to a legend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q8K...
H.R. (HUMAN RIGHTS) (of Bad Brains) | Live At Reggies 10.31.25 (Full Set)
YouTube video by Reggies Chicago
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:59 PM
I just learned that I shared a birthday with the great HR. HBD to a legend. www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Q8K...
Keep an eye out for this book published by Routledge. Available July 1. For all teachers and others interested in literacy. Written by one of my best buds—and it is very good.
February 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Keep an eye out for this book published by Routledge. Available July 1. For all teachers and others interested in literacy. Written by one of my best buds—and it is very good.
Shoutout to nurses and medical techs. So much respect for what they do. They keep me going. 🙏🏼
February 11, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Shoutout to nurses and medical techs. So much respect for what they do. They keep me going. 🙏🏼
This is wisdom. Figuring it out is still a work in progress for me, but I’m optimistic.
February 11, 2026 at 3:38 PM
This is wisdom. Figuring it out is still a work in progress for me, but I’m optimistic.