Andreas Seland
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Andreas Seland
@wordstuff.bsky.social
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Doktor i religionsfilosofi. Førsteamanuensis i RLE.

Doctor of philosophy of religion. Associate professor of religion, philosophies of life, and ethics.
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The mystery of medical diagnosis!
October 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Det er på tide å ta grep for å beskytte reptilbestanden i Norge.
September 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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It’s a difficult proposition for undergrads to work through, but choosing a major isn’t really about what kind of jobs you want to do so much as what sorts of questions you want to think about or *how* you want to think about questions throughout your life.
June 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.
Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article)
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Merkelig nok var det ikke før jenter og kvinner begynte å få ADHD-diagnoser det oppsto veldig mye bekymringer av den typen som krever kronikk. Blir det for mye piller, tar det for mye kapasitet i helsevesenet, er det bare et innfall, overdriver de, er det kanskje et snev av hysteri på gang?
March 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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Oi! Dette var faktisk forfriskende opplysende!

En artikkel som belyser nedsiderisikoen ved underdiagnostisering og under/feilbehandling og manglende tilrettelegging.

www.vg.no/helse/i/zAen...
Kvinner med ADHD har betydelig kortere forventet levetid enn menn med ADHD
Kvinner med ADHD lever opptil 11 år kortere, viser ny britisk studie. –⁠ Bekymringsfullt, sier professor.
www.vg.no
January 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Slutt å kutte i alt som ikke er blå skjorte og slips! Vi trenger kultur! Vi trenger kunst! Vi trenger hobbyer og glede og samhold og felles referanser og forståelse og å være NOE annet enn konkurrenter i et kynisk spill, ellers kan vi jo bare blåse i hele denne samfunnsgreia??
November 22, 2024 at 4:03 PM
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The framing of these stories is so frustrating. Because the *correlation* is key.

E.g. higher anxiety and depression in teens is also strongly correlated to "staying in their room for long periods", because why wouldn't it. But I've yet to see the moral panic and campaign to ban bedrooms.
Social media use in teenagers is strongly correlated to higher anxiety and depression, according to new research, as NHS data shows the number of children being treated by mental health services has surged in recent years.

www.ft.com/content/bced...
Teenage social media use strongly linked to anxiety and depression, UK study finds
Oxford university research comes as number of children treated by NHS mental health services surges
www.ft.com
October 13, 2024 at 11:01 AM
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Some guy in The Atlantic is making fun of Sam Altman today.

(It’s me. The guy making fun of Sam Altman in The Atlantic is me.)

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word
Understand AI for what it is, not what it might become.
www.theatlantic.com
October 4, 2024 at 5:05 PM