Matthieu de Wit
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Matthieu de Wit
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Liberal Arts college professor at Muhlenberg College | Working on empirical and conceptual integration of ecological psychology, neuroscience, and 4E cognition. dewitlab.wordpress.com
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November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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If you want to implement an AI tutor, you need to study it’s performance in naturalistic settings with the kinds of context windows that student learners will provide. You can’t begin with a well formulated question about a single topic.

Students don’t know how to formulate questions well at first.
October 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
While Bluesky as a social network isn't quite the same as Facebook and Instagram, it works well enough for me while I wait for replacement services offered by companies other than Meta.
(7/9)
March 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
... If they are not, I message them on Whatsapp and send along a link to Signal, inviting them to join me there. I then continue to chat with them via Whatsapp for as long as needed.
(6/9)
March 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Importantly, I am taking my time as I am switching over, in this way making sure I do not lose contact with my friends. For example, when I want to send a friend a Whatsapp message, I check if they are on Signal. If they are, I just message them on Signal. ...
(5/9)
March 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
It was easy for me to stop using these services and to start using alternatives that are not enabling Trump. Instead of Whatsapp, I use Signal. Instead of Chrome, I use Firefox. Instead of Google, I use DuckDuckGo, Instead of Facebook/Instagram/X, I use Bluesky.
(4/9)
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
So, I stopped using Facebook on the day Zuckerberg announced that he would end Facebook's fact checking program in response to Trump's reelection. I also stopped using the other services of Meta (Instagram, Whatsapp), as well as X/Twitter, and Google, for similar reasons.
(3/9)
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"I hope you will take the time to read my post about why I'm logged out of Facebook:
I'm doing this because I do not wish to support tech companies that help Trump and his government perform their hostile take-over of the United States and endangerment of the world.
(2/9)
March 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I do not wish to support tech companies that help Trump and his government perform their hostile take-over of the United States and endangerment of the world.
So, I stopped using Facebook on the day Zuckerberg announced ..
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March 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Nice! Gonna give it a listen
February 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I think the variability in susceptibility to the illusion has to do with where people look and/or direct their attention - and, with that, which optical variables they exploit - when they make their estimates. (1/2)
January 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM