Rys
@rysaaron.bsky.social
Teacher. Scientist. Artist. Guitarist. Retro hacker. Number cruncher.
It's not truly a matter of "neurotypical" vs. neurodivergent, but one of which departures from the mean are celebrated and which aren't.
May 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
It's not truly a matter of "neurotypical" vs. neurodivergent, but one of which departures from the mean are celebrated and which aren't.
At this point I'm convinced that *everyone* is neurodivergent. The neurotypical "average person" is a hypothetical construct, an amalgamation of medians that never occur in the same individual at the same time, as imaginary as the "average family" with 1.5 kids.
May 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
At this point I'm convinced that *everyone* is neurodivergent. The neurotypical "average person" is a hypothetical construct, an amalgamation of medians that never occur in the same individual at the same time, as imaginary as the "average family" with 1.5 kids.
Congratulations, Doctor!
I hope you know you are not just a graduate here but an example to all educators, teaching us by example to keep on learning.
I hope you know you are not just a graduate here but an example to all educators, teaching us by example to keep on learning.
May 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Congratulations, Doctor!
I hope you know you are not just a graduate here but an example to all educators, teaching us by example to keep on learning.
I hope you know you are not just a graduate here but an example to all educators, teaching us by example to keep on learning.
So the goal of this is for parents to have *less* information about how their children are doing academically?
February 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So the goal of this is for parents to have *less* information about how their children are doing academically?
Also the irony/hypocrisy in his unwritten implication that nothing you had to say was valid, but *you* are expected to take what *he* says seriously...
Good faith engagement is a lost art, I tell you.
Good faith engagement is a lost art, I tell you.
January 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Also the irony/hypocrisy in his unwritten implication that nothing you had to say was valid, but *you* are expected to take what *he* says seriously...
Good faith engagement is a lost art, I tell you.
Good faith engagement is a lost art, I tell you.
That connects to what you're saying in that these interpretations aren't separate from their cultural and indeed political contexts. The power structure and cultural norms are inevitably going to influence the interpretations. (end)
December 30, 2024 at 9:03 PM
That connects to what you're saying in that these interpretations aren't separate from their cultural and indeed political contexts. The power structure and cultural norms are inevitably going to influence the interpretations. (end)
As I'm formulating my understanding of what we're talking about, I'm reminded of the schools of mathematical philosophy that differ on what we're actually *doing* when we do math. Platonism, nominalism, etc. So I can grant that math isn't void of interpretation. (3)
December 30, 2024 at 8:53 PM
As I'm formulating my understanding of what we're talking about, I'm reminded of the schools of mathematical philosophy that differ on what we're actually *doing* when we do math. Platonism, nominalism, etc. So I can grant that math isn't void of interpretation. (3)
Pluto will be there regardless of what we decide to call it. But the statement that there are only 8 planets isn't an objective reality. It's derived from a definition, which is really just a convention of terminology, established within a power structure, and not independent of social context. (2)
December 30, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Pluto will be there regardless of what we decide to call it. But the statement that there are only 8 planets isn't an objective reality. It's derived from a definition, which is really just a convention of terminology, established within a power structure, and not independent of social context. (2)
I think I follow now. If we agree that we're not philosophically disputing the objective reality of Nature itself here, then maybe a closer analogy would be the whole debate about Pluto and the definition of a planet from the mid-2000s. (1)
December 30, 2024 at 8:44 PM
I think I follow now. If we agree that we're not philosophically disputing the objective reality of Nature itself here, then maybe a closer analogy would be the whole debate about Pluto and the definition of a planet from the mid-2000s. (1)
But like I said, it's fully possible I'm just not understanding, and that all this has nothing to do with what you're saying. (end)
December 30, 2024 at 12:52 PM
But like I said, it's fully possible I'm just not understanding, and that all this has nothing to do with what you're saying. (end)
Like, triangles were already triangle-ing long before the Greeks took Egyptian knowledge and gave Pythagoras credit for it.
You can even demonstrate that theorem purely visually, void of any terms or symbols, and it'll work for anyone on the planet.
The Math doesn't care how we got it. (4)
You can even demonstrate that theorem purely visually, void of any terms or symbols, and it'll work for anyone on the planet.
The Math doesn't care how we got it. (4)
December 30, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Like, triangles were already triangle-ing long before the Greeks took Egyptian knowledge and gave Pythagoras credit for it.
You can even demonstrate that theorem purely visually, void of any terms or symbols, and it'll work for anyone on the planet.
The Math doesn't care how we got it. (4)
You can even demonstrate that theorem purely visually, void of any terms or symbols, and it'll work for anyone on the planet.
The Math doesn't care how we got it. (4)
But Math itself, with a capital M? It's not even human, let alone political. Math is Nature.
To me, that's like saying the Solar System is political because we use Roman god names for the planets. But the planets don't care what we call them. It only affects us, not them. (3)
To me, that's like saying the Solar System is political because we use Roman god names for the planets. But the planets don't care what we call them. It only affects us, not them. (3)
December 30, 2024 at 12:43 PM
But Math itself, with a capital M? It's not even human, let alone political. Math is Nature.
To me, that's like saying the Solar System is political because we use Roman god names for the planets. But the planets don't care what we call them. It only affects us, not them. (3)
To me, that's like saying the Solar System is political because we use Roman god names for the planets. But the planets don't care what we call them. It only affects us, not them. (3)
I can certainly acknowledge that our ways of representing math in terminology and symbols, the avenues of investigation that have gotten priority, and the history of how we got to where we are today, all have a cultural/sociopolitical context. I could even name examples. (2)
December 30, 2024 at 12:37 PM
I can certainly acknowledge that our ways of representing math in terminology and symbols, the avenues of investigation that have gotten priority, and the history of how we got to where we are today, all have a cultural/sociopolitical context. I could even name examples. (2)
OK, so I'm having a hard time with this, though it's fully possible I'm just not understanding what you're saying. (1)
December 30, 2024 at 12:34 PM
OK, so I'm having a hard time with this, though it's fully possible I'm just not understanding what you're saying. (1)
Hopefully more will give this platform a try and maybe reassemble something like what we had before. Back in those days my feed was awesome.
December 30, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Hopefully more will give this platform a try and maybe reassemble something like what we had before. Back in those days my feed was awesome.
I followed you a few weeks ago.
Was a follower back when Twitter was fun, but I deleted my account there the day HWWNBB took over.
Followed you on Facebook afterwards, but honestly that never felt like a good platform for raw discussion the way Twitter was back in the day.
Was a follower back when Twitter was fun, but I deleted my account there the day HWWNBB took over.
Followed you on Facebook afterwards, but honestly that never felt like a good platform for raw discussion the way Twitter was back in the day.
December 30, 2024 at 12:23 PM
I followed you a few weeks ago.
Was a follower back when Twitter was fun, but I deleted my account there the day HWWNBB took over.
Followed you on Facebook afterwards, but honestly that never felt like a good platform for raw discussion the way Twitter was back in the day.
Was a follower back when Twitter was fun, but I deleted my account there the day HWWNBB took over.
Followed you on Facebook afterwards, but honestly that never felt like a good platform for raw discussion the way Twitter was back in the day.
And I hate to sound so critical, but the majority of people in the education field don't know what to do with the data when we have it. Like, somewhere there are actual people struggling to figure out why half of our kids always score below average and what we need to do about it.
December 5, 2024 at 7:12 AM
And I hate to sound so critical, but the majority of people in the education field don't know what to do with the data when we have it. Like, somewhere there are actual people struggling to figure out why half of our kids always score below average and what we need to do about it.
Bluesky is easily the most innovation-friendly social media platform.
November 25, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Bluesky is easily the most innovation-friendly social media platform.
There's a high demand for a space where antisocial behavior isn't rewarded and where there's at least a minimal presumption of good faith behind the accounts and content we encounter.
November 23, 2024 at 7:55 AM
There's a high demand for a space where antisocial behavior isn't rewarded and where there's at least a minimal presumption of good faith behind the accounts and content we encounter.
All the debate about free speech and echo chambers misses the obvious: Social media platforms are products, and people want a product that doesn't suck. Normal people don't want what Twitter became.
November 23, 2024 at 7:52 AM
All the debate about free speech and echo chambers misses the obvious: Social media platforms are products, and people want a product that doesn't suck. Normal people don't want what Twitter became.
This place feels like Twitter back when Twitter was fun.
November 22, 2024 at 4:54 AM
This place feels like Twitter back when Twitter was fun.
Because the viewpoint in question is literally, "We don't have to be civil."
November 22, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Because the viewpoint in question is literally, "We don't have to be civil."