Matt Perks
@dodiscimus.bsky.social
11-18 physics teacher, now at University of Southampton in Initial Teacher Education. School governor. Mostly edu-guessing.
By teaching, we learn!
By teaching, we learn!
Ha, yes, but not if you spell it correctly ;-)
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Ha, yes, but not if you spell it correctly ;-)
That graph, for the US though!
Good grief 🤦
Unbelievable!
Seems slack that we only managed to sell them one London bridge, tbh.
Good grief 🤦
Unbelievable!
Seems slack that we only managed to sell them one London bridge, tbh.
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
That graph, for the US though!
Good grief 🤦
Unbelievable!
Seems slack that we only managed to sell them one London bridge, tbh.
Good grief 🤦
Unbelievable!
Seems slack that we only managed to sell them one London bridge, tbh.
Oh, and when you get to the bit about Inuit, consider Vygotsky.
If this wasn't something he would instantly recognise, then I'm even more clueless about social contructivism than I thought.
If this wasn't something he would instantly recognise, then I'm even more clueless about social contructivism than I thought.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Oh, and when you get to the bit about Inuit, consider Vygotsky.
If this wasn't something he would instantly recognise, then I'm even more clueless about social contructivism than I thought.
If this wasn't something he would instantly recognise, then I'm even more clueless about social contructivism than I thought.
It's worth reading the whole first column and then asking yourself when it was (or could have been) written.
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
It's worth reading the whole first column and then asking yourself when it was (or could have been) written.
There's lots more, including Watson being an appalling person, and the relentless misogny in the 1950s science community but I think the key point is several scientists made essential contributions, and one of them was not properly acknowledged at the time.
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
There's lots more, including Watson being an appalling person, and the relentless misogny in the 1950s science community but I think the key point is several scientists made essential contributions, and one of them was not properly acknowledged at the time.
Was this a combined effort - yes.
Should Franklin have shared in the 1962 Nobel prize - absolutely, but Nobel's are not awarded posthumously.
Should Franklin have shared in the 1962 Nobel prize - absolutely, but Nobel's are not awarded posthumously.
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Was this a combined effort - yes.
Should Franklin have shared in the 1962 Nobel prize - absolutely, but Nobel's are not awarded posthumously.
Should Franklin have shared in the 1962 Nobel prize - absolutely, but Nobel's are not awarded posthumously.
It's great to be able to see a lot of the network, though. And to be able to get travel times.
November 7, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It's great to be able to see a lot of the network, though. And to be able to get travel times.
Not complete, either. I'm sure the route of the Roman road down through Totton, the Waterside, to Lepe is fairly well mapped, but it's not on here at all.
www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications...
www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications...
www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Not complete, either. I'm sure the route of the Roman road down through Totton, the Waterside, to Lepe is fairly well mapped, but it's not on here at all.
www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications...
www.hantsfieldclub.org.uk/publications...
It's definitely out a bit. I've ridden several of these routes in S. Wales and long sections of roman road are unmistakeable on the satellite map and on the ground.
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It's definitely out a bit. I've ridden several of these routes in S. Wales and long sections of roman road are unmistakeable on the satellite map and on the ground.
There are something like 100+ secondary schools with a total ban on phones on school property, and another 250+ have a safe storage system, so this seems to be a surmountable problem (although obvs easier with buses in London or disadvantaged urban catchments).
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There are something like 100+ secondary schools with a total ban on phones on school property, and another 250+ have a safe storage system, so this seems to be a surmountable problem (although obvs easier with buses in London or disadvantaged urban catchments).
What's anchoring the vertical centreline on that graph?
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What's anchoring the vertical centreline on that graph?
Same as if you remove the context from the prompt. It will just assume something generic.
And probably biased, ofc.
And probably biased, ofc.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Same as if you remove the context from the prompt. It will just assume something generic.
And probably biased, ofc.
And probably biased, ofc.
No. I don't think it would ask questions like "What grade?" because it is producing a statistically likely sequence of words in response to your prompt and although a grade would alter its response it doesn't require a grade to respond, it will just assume something likely.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No. I don't think it would ask questions like "What grade?" because it is producing a statistically likely sequence of words in response to your prompt and although a grade would alter its response it doesn't require a grade to respond, it will just assume something likely.