andyperfors.bsky.social
Prof at UniMelb. I'm a computational cognitive scientist studying human inference, learning, information systems, culture, and (mis/dis)info. Nerd & opinionated loudmouth in Oz, originally from America, citizen of both. Parent of two. 🏳️⚧️ perfors.net
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this is a perfect distillation of what it is like!
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Very excited! Once I make it across the border lol
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(and we were lucky enough to have Carl visit last November so I will survive)
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OMG, this looks fantastic! Might have to rearrange some things so I can go...
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Very proud of my adopted country!
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Haha, I should have realised! Hard to tell sometimes 😊
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At least, that is my fear. Not all university admin, not all the time, etc... but my experience is that this fear is not entirely groundless. (Not necessarily referencing my own uni either, this is more of a general trend I see)
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This causes people to fall back on (a) heuristics that have served them well in the past and (b) emotions. For university admin, both (a) and (b) make temptations of tech-driven downsizing, appearing to be on the cutting edge, FOMO, etc., more appealing in this case.
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I don't think it's really a question of intelligence. I think people (all people, undergrads, professors, administrators alike) can find it difficult to reason about what is best to do in a novel and complex situation, when they are being told vastly different things by many different actors.
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Do you drive a lot? I've heard that that can lead to asymmetries because one foot is always on the gas and the other only intermittently on the brake.
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Amazing!
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the ding is in the dong
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Yeah, as an academic, I get loads of criticism and I think it can be very valuable. But when it devolves into pointless bickering, or where people wouldn't be satisfied no matter what, or when it's no longer in good faith... that's hard. The trick of course is to differentiate them accurately 😊
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... Which is to say: I get what you're saying, and I very much admire what you do. Conserve your peace and hang in here, you're all right!
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💜 It is a sad truth of the world (or humanity, or whatever) that it is often the people doing the most who get the most criticism... whether it's deserved or not. Just because they are visible and there are some people who can't seem to stop themselves from nitpicking things to death.
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For those not following the drama earlier, it's for sharing this piece advocating for nonviolence (but not being judgy about how targeted people respond either). And saying some things about governmental/ institutional violence.
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People do not understand how much they are cooking their brains by submerging themselves in a social environment where scientific racism, antisemitism, bigotry, and Nazi ideology are completely normalized and expected.
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