I think it's because she's glued her lashes weirdly high up on her eyelids (you can see her eyelids extending several millimitres below the lashes). The video's still incredibly uncanny but it made me feel better to discover that the inhuman eyes are mostly trickery

If a student doesn't know / can't do something, they won't magically know or be able to do it with more time. If they can do it with a bit more time, they had it in them to begin with.

Yup back when I was still teaching I always felt that if a significant number of students were unable to complete the exam in time, I'd set a bad exam.

Hij heeft zich duidelijk uitstekend aangepast aan de Amerikaanse cultuur.

Deze dook toevallig net op in mijn feed. Wat het kost: het veilige gevoel dat hun voorkeuren normaal zijn. En daarmee de angst: wat als anderen mij nu net zo gaan behandelen als ik altijd de mensen heb behandeld die *ik* niet normaal vind?

Tolstoj in de omslag van een Bouquetreeksboekje doen is mijn oplossing.

"Het gaat pas echt pijn doen..." en ik in mijn naiviteit gewoon blij zijn dat we 's nachts de auto kunnen opladen met overdag geproduceerde zonnestroom, ik heb het weer helemaal verkeerd begrepen zie ik

I think where the parallel falls apart is that calvinist salvation is essentially random, and that makes us grateful ("There but for the grace of God go I"). Whereas people whose happiness depends on seeing an outgroup mistreated also need to believe the outgroup is intrinsically Other.

People suppressing their own moral compass for fear of committing a heresy. "Don't worry, once you are in heaven your newly perfect self will wholeheartedly cheer at the sight of people in hell"

It struck me as funny and stupid then, but 25 years on I am just horrified by what they taught us

I remember teenage me asking my catechist about the possibility of universal salvation, his answer was that God would lose all credibility if he'd let bad people into heaven. I said that sounded like he was espousing works righteousness and he became very flustered

Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.

Oh that sounds great! Must look them up

Good opportunity for an evergreen reminder: if you ever want to read something academic behind a paywall, email the author and ask for it, they will probably be absolutely delighted to send it to you. I know I will!

I did not know any of this before I saw this thread and now I love everything about this wool