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Matt Jope
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Philosophy postdoc at the University of Aberdeen. Interested in epistemology of testimony, trust, risk, AI.

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In case of emergency, play jazz flute to your ventriloquist dummy
An image from an airplane safety guide showing an adult and child. The adult is holding the child in one hand and inflating the child's life jacket with the other, blowing into what looks like a flute but is presumably supposed to be the inflatable blowhole.
June 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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I very much appreciate that PhilJobs allows you to search for philosophy jobs by world region, including specifically in Antarctica. Nothing going at the moment, but keeping an eye on it just in case.
Screenshot of a webpage showing a couple of dropdown menus, including one for 'location' in which 'Antarctica' is selected. Below are menus for 'My AOS' and 'My AOC.'
May 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Workshop at Aberdeen on 27th May
Poster for a philosophy workshop. The text reads: "Experts and Laypeople in the Digital World University of Aberdeen, 50-52 College Bounds CB009, AB24 3FX, Aberdeen May 27th, 9.45-15.30 If you wish to attend online, please contact the organisers e.cavasin.22@abdn.ac.uk 9.45 Welcome Coffee 10.00 Carline Klijnman (University College Dublin) Who Knows? The Epistemic Crisis as Public Credibility Dysfunction" 11.30 Coffee Break 11.45 Spencer Paulson (University of Glasgow) The Scaffold and the Gallow 13.15 Lunch 14.15 Keith Raymond Harris (University of Vienna) The Enemy of the Good Laypersons, Experts, and Allegations of Conspiracy 15.30 Coffee Break 15.45 Sanford Goldberg (Northwestern University) Context Collapse and online expertise
May 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Zuck: the average American has three friends
A scene from the film The Princess Bride. Three characters (Mandy Pantinkin as Inigo Montoya Wallace Shawn as Vizzini and Andre the Giant as Fezzik) look down upon the viewer.
May 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Five years since lockdown began in the UK and the centre of Edinburgh became a ghost town
Photo of Edinburgh Old town during daytime in thick fog/haar and not a single person in sight. The David Hume statue looms over the scene in the foreground, with the buildings behind gradually fading into the fog. Edinburgh castle and its esplanade, deserted and partially hidden by fog/haar.
March 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Just a friendly reminder to those of you about to begin posting A Christmas Carol content over the next two weeks: please stop normalising having YOUR BOSS show up UNINVITED to your house on CHRISTMAS DAY
A still from the film A Muppet Christmas Carol, in which Bob Cratchit (Kermit) and his wife (Mrs Piggy) open the door to Bob's boss Scrooge (Michael Caine)
December 8, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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'like Kant in a clown suit' is exactly the vibe I have been going for
Screenshot that reads: 'Matt Jope: the Aristotle of Bluesky Philosopher by trade, meme mord by necessity - Matt's feed is a joyful chaos of ethics and absurdity. "A curious blend of intellectual rigour and playful nonsense, like Kant in a clown suit."'
December 5, 2024 at 11:25 AM
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Happy to share the news that I have joined the philosophy department at the University of Aberdeen this week as a postdoc on the AHRC-funded Digital Knowledge project
The Drake meme in which the top photo shows him pulling away in disgust next to the words 'social epistemology of the internet' and the bottom photo shows him smiling encouragingly and pointing to the words 'digital knowledge'
December 3, 2024 at 11:51 AM
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Looking forward to speaking at this workshop on the philosophy of risk next month in Helsinki
A poster with a picture of a rocky coastline reads: Risk Workshop. University of Helsinki. 8th of December. Metaphysics, Ethics, and Epistemology of Risk. The Structure and Nature of Risk. Speakers: Agnes Baehni Matt Jope Jaakko Hirbelä Lilian O'Brien Ninni Suni Venue : Unioninkatu 10, Metsätalo, room 10.
November 25, 2024 at 8:22 AM
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Facebook reminded me that it is exactly five years since an old friend from undergrad who is now a pilot took me up for a flight over Manhattan one night. I was, and still am, a bit confused as to why we weren't shot down by the Air Force.
Arial photo of the lower part of the Hudson River at night with the Statue of Liberty and Manhattan lit up by lights View from the cockpit of a small plane. Visible in the foreground are the drivers hans and steering equipment. Out of the window is the Manhattan skyline. View from the cockpit of a plane flying over Manhattan at night. The buildings below are lit up, with recognisable landmarks like Madison Square Garden and the Empire State Building visible. Another view from the cockpit of a plane flying over Manhattan at night. The buildings below are lit up, with more recognisable landmarks like the Empire State Building visible.
November 15, 2024 at 3:12 PM
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Hot diggity damn I'm going to miss this view
A photo of the Edinburgh skyline showing rooftops, a church spire, and Arthur's Seat all reflecting the evening sunset
November 12, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Just to let everyone know, the Arthur Conan Doyle statue was beconed at the weekend and at some point we will need to have a conversation about why
A statue of Arthur Conan Doyle in Edinburgh with a yellow traffic cone placed atop his head
November 11, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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In case someone in south Edinburgh is wondering why their deliveroo is taking so long
September 10, 2024 at 10:37 AM
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Enjoyed talking about the philosophy of trust and reality TV shows this morning on BBC Radio Scotland
A photo of me and Cathy Macdonald in the BBC Radio Scotland studio enjoying a cuppa
January 7, 2024 at 1:41 PM
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I think I was at the same talk, amused by the phrase "cats are widespread"
A PowerPoint slide comparing tweets mentioning cats with tweets mentioning covid vaccination. One of the tweets says "cats are widespread."
November 25, 2023 at 11:56 AM
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There's a secret* stairwell at Edinburgh university where you can see this Hume portrait on display

*it's in Old College
Portrait of Davi Hume by Allan Ramsey
October 24, 2023 at 7:46 AM
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Well well well, the actual monopoly man has been caught cheating, whatever next
Man with striking resemblance to the monopoly man above caption that reads "HMRC investigating tax affairs of one of Tory party's largest donors"
September 29, 2023 at 3:57 PM