Laura Heymann
@laheymann.bsky.social
Law professor at William & Mary. Opinions always my own.
This is great. Maybe it's already implicitly included in the chart, but I would also highlight the practice of asking questions that assume the legitimacy of their premise -- "Do you plan to investigate/What is your response to [bonkers claim by opponent/random person on the Internet]?"
October 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is great. Maybe it's already implicitly included in the chart, but I would also highlight the practice of asking questions that assume the legitimacy of their premise -- "Do you plan to investigate/What is your response to [bonkers claim by opponent/random person on the Internet]?"
Seems like a governmental pyramid scheme -- the early joiners are promised untold riches and expected to recruit others, and everyone but the one at the top loses in the end.
Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Also, her statement seems to ignore that Section 230 doesn't just apply to "these companies" -- it applies to any "provider or user of an interactive computer service."
September 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Also, her statement seems to ignore that Section 230 doesn't just apply to "these companies" -- it applies to any "provider or user of an interactive computer service."
All this built-in generative AI is starting to feel like a technological snowplow parent -- popping up at the first opportunity to offer to clear the path and ease the difficulties that actually foster cognitive development, leaving a thin sheet of ice in its wake.
July 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Jim Gibson's article on this is well worth reading: scholarship.richmond.edu/law-faculty-...
Risk Aversion and Rights Accretion in Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual property's road to hell is paved with good intentions. Because liability is difficult to predict and the consequences of infringement are dire, risk-averse intellectual property users oft...
scholarship.richmond.edu
June 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Jim Gibson's article on this is well worth reading: scholarship.richmond.edu/law-faculty-...
This is going to be a super interesting one to follow.
May 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is going to be a super interesting one to follow.
Reporters, please use some Socratic Method:
(1) listen to and reflect on what the interviewee actually says
(2) ask follow-up questions
(3) so that the interviewee and those watching the exchange understand when problematic reasoning is being used.
(1) listen to and reflect on what the interviewee actually says
(2) ask follow-up questions
(3) so that the interviewee and those watching the exchange understand when problematic reasoning is being used.
April 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reporters, please use some Socratic Method:
(1) listen to and reflect on what the interviewee actually says
(2) ask follow-up questions
(3) so that the interviewee and those watching the exchange understand when problematic reasoning is being used.
(1) listen to and reflect on what the interviewee actually says
(2) ask follow-up questions
(3) so that the interviewee and those watching the exchange understand when problematic reasoning is being used.
April 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM