Philosopher of conspiracy theory theory. Editor (but not the) of “Social Epistemology” & the “Journal of Contemporary Chinese Philosophy”
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Website: https://www.mrxdentith.com
Podcast: https://zencastr.com/The-Podcaster-s-Guide-to-the-Conspiracy
M R. X. Dentith
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Every paper I write leads to me coming up with several ideas for other papers, as *in the process of writing* I realise that I either misunderstood someone else’s view, or because I find there is much more to say about some ancillary detail. Using a LLM would deprive me of those revelations
Always worth remembering how to categorise skulls in a non-phrenological manner!
I want you to notice how this article, which took two journalists to write, doesn't even bother to seriously explore whether the claims being made by companies are true
it's genuinely just not relevant to them
I finally have a complete draft of a paper I’ve been working on since last August. The conclusion needs some work but the actual meat of the paper is there. One more read through and then it’s off to someone to hack it to bits
As someone who will never be a #DoctorWho showrunner, let me waste my idea for a continuation/reboot
I lived in London for a time almost two decades ago, and the number of English people there who opined that it was terrible that immigrants were working in hospo and taking away jobs was only equalled by the number of English people who said they would never deign to work in hospo themselves...
The process of reading & writing stuff *myself* is so fundamental to my thoughts forming, crystallising, & being refined I genuinely don't understand how one can try to short circuit that front end & expect a similar result. Polish at the end, maybe (tho I wouldn't). But research & 1st draft? Never.
I am not starting a blog but for academics who are, and who would like to avoid Substack, is there a splainer on all of the current alternatives, their features, costs/freeware issues, etc? Not sure which of buttondown, beehiiv, ghost et al to suggest
As I work on researching and writing a paper, my brain is fizzing with connections found in the work of others, ideas becoming concrete as I put them in paper in a really crap draft, becoming more refined as a revise a draft. It's difficult, it's hard work, and it's also exhilarating.
OCEANIA HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY CLOSE TO A DEAL WITH EURASIA
