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Monica Gonzalez-Marquez
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Metascience, Pedagogy to make sense of scientific documentation, #ScienceReading, Exhaustive and apt documentation to create a true #OpenScience. Imagining the […]

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Yikes!!! For anyone wanting a job at Mercor:
Application Process (Takes 20-30 mins to complete) e Submit your resume. e Complete an Al-led interview to assess language ability and professional experience. This should take around 15 minutes. o If selected, take a follow-up Al-led interview to assess your professional background. e Complete a paid work trial to determine if this type of work is suited for you. * Receive feedback and be onboarded to the project.
November 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Hello All, I'm dealing with a strange problem on Mastodon. It seems some people can'›t boost my posts. I see a padlock on the boost icon on my laptop, though I can boost, but it seems others can't. Also, there is no such padlock on my iPhone app. I've poked […]

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October 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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In case you missed my ZPID talk, here is the recording:

Researchers are human: Implications for Open Science and the Scientific Record

https://zpid.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=47e7b685-8eb6-4dd8-90a5-b37800abc29b

Thanks for inviting me!
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Abstract text: Abstract: People are excellent at pattern-seeking. We also love stories, solve problems in similar ways and have porous memories. Some people are also researchers. What do these characteristics mean for the creation of a scientific record that can be understood and used long after our atoms have been returned to the cosmos? In this talk, I will discuss a model of open scientific documentation that centers the constraints of human cognition. By returning to first principles about the purpose of publishing papers, i.e. the creation of a usable and reliable scientific record, I will describe how by acknowledging our very human minds, and working within their structures, we can drastically improve how well we understand and produce scientific information.
October 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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This diagram shows how the scientific method is a variation on human problem solving (left and center) The image on the right shows the difference between the scientific method and a scientific process. The scientific method is an idealization, while a […]

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Diagram showing 3 circular objects in a row. The first contains the steps of the problem solving cycle, the second those of the scientific method, and the last shows those of a scientific process.
September 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Online talk: "Researchers are human: Implications for Open Science and the Scientific Record"

🗓 Wednesday, August 20, 2025
🕑 2:00–3:00 PM (CET)

>>>>> Send an email here to get the online link:
madr(at)leibniz-psychology.org
Our colloquium series continues! 🗓 Wednesday, August 20, 2025 🕑 2:00–3:00 PM (CET) 🎙Dr. Monica Gonzalez-Marquez, @aerynthrace.bsky.social , Visiting Scholar an der RWTH Aachen University, will speak on: "Researchers are human: Implications for Open Science and the Scientific Record"
August 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Just got the <a href="https://mstdn.social/@NASA" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">@NASA@mstdn.social newsletter and found this right smack in the center.

Gracias NASA! No se rajen y sigan luchando! […]

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Ad for the NASA podcast 'Curious Universe' in Spanish.
July 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Calling all English Native Speakers!!!

Please help with a quick study. 15 min.

All you need to do is evaluate some sentences in exchange for our eternal gratitude 😃

https://run.pavlovia.org/anouschkafoltz/study_evaluating_sentences/

Pls Repost ❤️
Graphic showing the word English in the center in capitals surrounded by the words describing the various things we can we with language, i.e. learn, write, etc.
June 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Yes, I'm terrible at self-promotion, but since it came up ... I'm heading a hackathon at #sips2025 on scientific labor:

Title: So just how much work is involved in doing this project? Using the Heliocentric Model of Open Science Documentation to understand […]

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abstract text: Researchers are commonly advised to expect a project to take longer than originally planned. By the same token, it is frequently impossible to reproduce a study without communicating with the original authors. We argue that both problems originate with a lack of understanding of the labor involved in completing a project. By labor we mean everything that needs to be done to address a research question. However, this is a theoretical postulation. In this hackathon we will attempt to map out all of the labor involved in completing a research project. We will use the Heliocentric Model of Open Science Documentation to identify the components of the project, and to structure the labor required to complete them. We will also use narrative structure and problem solving schemas to describe the labor/outputs for comprehension by 3rd parties. Future directions will be determined by the group at the hackathon.
May 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Canadians:

(from Bluesky)
Screenshot of text: For my American friends and family (excerpt) At the end of the day, Canada is many things. But above all else, we're a bunch of grudge holding motherfuckers. You've taken your shot at us, so now we won't rest until we get you back. And not just with the big, tariff stuff. Get ready for a whole bunch of small, ultimately inconsequential but still pretty annoying moves from us. We're going to boo your anthem, pour out your bourbon, and continue not driving your Cybertrucks. We might even turn off the electricity for the northeast right before the Super Bowl. Fuck it. Why not? Think of us like John Wick (starring Keanu Reeves, one of many great Canadian performers we've been kind enough to send your way you ungrateful fucks). We didn't want a fight. But you killed our dog. Time for us to go full Baba Yaga.
February 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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Imagine a world where the trillions of labor hours we collectively waste trying to publish papers were instead devoted to creating a usable and reliable scientific record?

Image: Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library at U Toronto. Site of traveling library in Star Trek Discovery's episode 'Labyrinths'.
Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library at the University of Toronto. It was used as the set of the traveling library in Star Trek Discovery's episode 'Labyrinths'. The image shown a central hexagonal alcove with an also hexagonal table in the center surrounded by 4 storey high bookshelves filled with books, all bathed in amber light.
January 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM