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Yes, Telly on the telly had the lollipoppy, to be Frank.

Reg,

In all fairness, I should have added that the Nobel Peace Prize became as meaningless as the FIFA Peace Prize when Yassir Arafat got it after practically inventing air piracy and Barack Hussein Obama got the Nobel as a participation trophy.

Even Nobels for hard sciences have been ruined by recipients who get out of their lane e.g. Linus…[Read more]

Reg,

Kojack was the one with the lollypop, though Cannon could put away that and more.

Jake,

“Hello Dum Dum.” Do you get the reference?

The Great Gazoo referred to Fred and Barney with that greeting on The Flintstones.. And if Gazoo came to us today, the greeting would be no different, especially with Creationists who think The Flintstones was a documentary.

I wonder which university this boy will attend?

Yes Jake, I agree with “it depends on how we view the proximate cause of its ruination.” 

The proximate cause depends on which lens you pick up. AI isn’t the culprit here, it’s the accelerant. It exposes the cracks and widens them, but it also widens the horizons for anyone who does think. The tragedy is that the number who engage critically has…[Read more]

Jake – Barney Fife? We are all caught in this circus together….

Many universities have become revenue-maximizing businesses, visa mills and research output farms. They have become corporations and this has diluted standards. They are no longer hostile to sacred cows and are willing to deplatform anyone who might upset them emotionally. Dissenting views are punished and a student’s “lived experience” trump…[Read more]

Yikes, I remember watching Mannix……and Frank Cannon too. That’s his name and he is a private investigator. Now I want a lollipop!

Enco,

“Hello Dum Dum.” Do you get the reference?

Reg,

I suppose it depends on how we view the proximate cause of its ruination. Having read that article it aligns with how some ivy league students can get to that point without ever reading a book. Further, universities have adopted terrorist professors of propaganda and sytmied free speech creating an environment in which broad and diverse…[Read more]

Reg,

Five of the world’s safest countries for 2025

You gotta wonder about the criteria they use for these kinds of lists. They have to be as real as the criteria for the FIFA World Peace Prize. It is also noteworthy that Great Britain did not make this list composed by the BBC.

Singapore is not a very safe place if you bring or chew gum or p…[Read more]

@jakelafort – I disagree with the post above that AI is destroying learning. AI isn’t the end of higher education, but it does demand a serious overhaul of how we teach, assess, and value learning. Universities are suffering structural rot, and many have become expensive credential factories. If a single tool can automate the output of a degree, t…[Read more]

Holy cow Andy.

AI is destroying education. Hello Dumb Dumb.

That article reads like science fiction. To live in interesting times. The cultural equivalent of punctuated equilibrium is upon us. Poor players, sound and fury, strut and fret signifying nothing on crack. Fungible sponges through the ages betrayed by the few who resist the squeeze.…[Read more]

Have a great week everyone!