Philosophy Can Be Creepy
Some classic thought problems in philosophy and game theory are outdated and sexist.
The Sleeping Beauty Problem, as it is usually taught, is rapey and gross.
Here’s a solution to the problem with the Sleeping Beauty Problem that will help you reach your Gen Z students.
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Shopping Graduate Programs? Pay Attention to Faculty Photos
If the staff pics all look like they have been run through a beauty filter at the Factory of Conformity and Lies, be very afraid.
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What I Should Have Worn: Friday School Poem
My time was / The Seventies/ But I wore/ Dresses to school/ With a rabbit muff/ I was playing/ Victorian orphan in/ The Atari age
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Ways Patriarchy Makes Men Miserable
The very things that used to make men feel happy, proud, and empowered are making them feel bad instead. Patriarchal privileges begins to sour
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Landscape Vs. Portrait: Friday School Poem
What I teach/ Versus what I am/ Toast versus jam/ Days of the week/ Versus here I am/ Slap versus slam/ In my head/ Versus on the exam
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State of School Translator from Head’s Secret Handbook
Secret advice to Heads of School for decoding the overly optimistic State of School report and what you need to know about Therapy Goats
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Why Expensive Campus Vanity Buildings Get Built
The Head’s Secret Handbook outlines why you don’t want to build that expensive vanity building but you will anyway
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Head’s Secret Handbook: 3 Types of Parent Whistelblowers
Richard E Rich Academy Head of School has secret tips for how to identify the three types of parents who are whistleblowers
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The Three Things That Happen On Every Committee
The Head’s Handbook explains that committees are usually dominated by a bully who covers up an underlying crime, sometimes involving raccoons
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The Four Types of Financial Aid Resentment
Everyone hates the financial aid process which is part of a rigged system enriching schools while stirring up resentment and bitterness.
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Homecoming Alternatives For Nerds
Schools should create nerd-friendly alternatives to the sensory overload and fascistic vibe of overhyped school spirit days
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The Problem With The Sleeping Beauty Problem
What is the problem with “The Sleeping Beauty Problem”? This video explains the history of the game theory experiment and offers a critique.
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Cancer Lessons: School Poem
They should tell/ Student doctors/ What nurses know/ Cancer is not an enemy/ But more of a/ Bad boyfriend/ Who keeps coming around
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Candidates for The Board of Trustees You Won’t Be Voting For
You won’t be voting for the woman who stole your boyfriend or the annoying over-achiever but you might vote for the Russian agent!
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What I’m Really Thinking About When You Talk About Your Dissertation Idea
It is highly likely that you will start crying if I crush your dissertation dreams. I wish I had gotten that travel grant to Florence.
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Arse Poetica: Friday School Poem
Ars Poetica: How do you write a poem? Poetry is a donkey of a thing/ Be the rider at the reins/ If you don’t write it/ It writes you