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Nvm hp blog

Definitely came off too harsh but that response just pissed me off so bad

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Definitely came off too harsh but that response just pissed me off so bad

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snoopy and miffy told me they are a femme4butch couple in real life

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for my fellow non-drinkers: hibiscus tea and tart cherry juice makes a 10/10 sub if you also enjoy the tannic-y twang of a red wine

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That any of us replying to ariaste were insidiously misunderstanding semantics is such a laughable idea, I have to wonder if you trained with the US mental gymnastics team.

“Enthusiasm can produce the same academic rigour in amateurs as in academics.” Paraphrasing, but that’s ariaste’s argument per you. Sure, you can be deeply invested in a subject and know absolutely everything there is to know about it. You can become an encyclopedia. You can take JSTOR for a spin. Wanting to train yourself into the same level of academic rigour as an amateur is admirable, for sure, but enthusiasm still will not get you there.

I’ll use my own field to demonstrate my point. As I said in a previous reblog, I graduated with a degree in archaeology. I have two minors, one in history, and one in classics. I am now in a second degree doing art history of ancient, medieval, and early modern Europe and South Asia, so you can probably guess that I’m dealing with amateurs already. These four fields, within these regions and these time periods, as I’ve said, are filled with young men who think they’re doing the right research. Twitter accounts like TheCulturalTutor present decently researched (if uncited) information that can be found on any journal archive. I have read through some posts by accounts like this, I’ve been moderately impressed, but one thing always sticks out: they are all far, far too enthusiastic, and channel that enthusiasm into a, quite frankly, worrying attitude towards the “greatness” of old cultures. In short, these are right-wing accounts based on how they present the research. TikTok accounts like taniberlo have been repeatedly called out and slammed for presenting plain incorrect interpretations based on the very same journals that many of us in the field read. People like Graham Hancock, when presented with all the information in the world, will still distill it into bullshit theories for popular consumption. He’s enthusiastic about it, and he’s actually talking to scholars in the fields, but he is dead wrong about many things.

So yes, amateurs can do the research. The point here is that when you go through a 3 or 4 year program and you put in the academic work, and when your work is held up to heavy criticism on a daily basis, not just by profs but also by peers, you start to train your thinking and you learn to question your own internal biases. Accounts like these are very well read, and sometimes I can even tell which source they’ve read for which bit of info. But it’s the way the information is presented that is an instant giveaway. That’s the difference between me, with one specialized degree under my belt and another on the way, and the well read amateur researcher on a social media platform. Graham Hancock is a different beast altogether, unfortunately, but he does still prove my point given how prevalent his work has become. Enthusiasm cannot produce the same academic rigour, it is virtually inexistent online. In my field, if you cannot or will not put yourself through the same exams, the same research papers, and the same training, you are not cut out for archaeology or art history. It is extremely specialized and you will never produce the same results as an amateur.

Now, let’s talk about motive. Saying that a sufficiently motivated amateur is capable of the same academic rigour as a contract associated prof is patently untrue. I’m not sure what you think the standard of academic rigour is here, but I can tell you, you’re a fool if you think an amateur can do what an assoc prof can. I highly encourage you to look at CVs of various assoc profs. All of them will have graduated at the top or near the top of their class, and will have contributed significantly to their fields. This means they have published, over and over again. Literally, mile long lists of only select publications on their CVs. It is not the same as an independent scholar being accepted to a journal. I published to an undergraduate journal. This does not mean that I can take that same paper to the American Journal of Archaeology. It’ll get thrown out. I’m an amateur compared to what they require. So unfortunately to another point of yours, the level of academic rigour demanded does change. Hence why Bachelor’s is easier than a Master’s and so on. That’s pretty self explanatory.

You and I agree that academia is prohibitively difficult to enter—I don’t think anyone in their right mind would disagree. Academia also does tend towards racist, classist, and sometimes sexist biases, of course. Does this mean that academic rigour is suddenly worthless? Well, no. Universities, for all their socioeconomic faults, are still global centres for learning. Top scholars from all over the world often teach at some point in their lives, and it is no accident that these scholars are the best and brightest in their fields. More importantly, their credentials are globally recognized. Academic rigour to them—and to us by extension—means contributing significantly to the field. You’re not just learning, you’re producing knowledge.

Can an amateur and an academic hold a conversation on a subject they are mutually enthusiastic about? Absolutely. Will it be obvious to the academic that the amateur is indeed an amateur? Yeah, probably. If you ask any guy who is a self-identified obsessive of 20th century or Roman history to give you a TED talk, you’ll probably wind up with an impassioned speech about how great it used to be. But if you ask an academic (hi, Romanist here), we’ll give you a well-rounded general overview and probably direct you to someone else if you ask us about stuff we’re not super knowledgeable on. One thing about academics is that we know our limits but we know enough to point you in a favourable direction. Academics spend time, disciplined time with source documents. For a host of reasons that aren’t always their own fault, amateurs don’t. But that, and the training required not only to comprehend information but also read between the lines, that is what constitutes academic rigour. Not enthusiasm. Some things you can only learn by doing, and often times, especially in the humanities, it is not enough to be enthusiastic.

TL;DR: we interpreted the definition of amateur enthusiasm just fine, but it’s pretty damn obvious that you don’t have a clue about what constitutes academic rigour. To say nothing of specialized fields outside the humanities that may not require university degrees, but still require the appropriate training that an amateur cannot get.

Was just informed that "any sufficiently deep enthusiasm is indistinguishable from academic rigor" and hoo boy we are really in a crisis of anti-intellectualism.

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In one of my film classes last semester we had to tell a story in 3 pictures for a mini assignment so my friend and I did this

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Sucks to see someone else living your dream.

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WE’RE WE HERE FUCK WE’RE SHIT QUEER UP

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A WALTZ ALONG A RAZOR'S EDGE

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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada

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There are posts for explaining your url but i want one for blog title, so ill just make one myself:

Reblog this and tell us in the tags what your blog title means!

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in college back in 2018 i still didn't have a smart phone yet and they introduced DUO two-factor authentication and I carried one of the physical "clickers" because I couldn't use the phone app. I remember classmates being unable to participate in class or print assignments at the library even with school desktop computers because they left their phones ate home by accident or their phones died so they couldn't login to their school profiles.

professors started doing those kahoots quiz games for attendance points and I told them I couldn't participate because I didn't have a smart phone.

one of my professors scoffed in front of the whole class and said, "are you serious?" i said "are you going to pay for my data plan?"

he relented because he had to and every single day he had to print out a little physical quiz for me to take while everyone else did kahoots. it was so funny bc it was a lecture hall with like 150 students. he gave up after like 3 times and just counted me present.

at work i refuse to have a single work-related app on a phone they aren't paying for so they always have to order me the physical "clickers" for double authentication and they act like I'm pouring concrete in their shoes about it lmaoo

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my cat has not been enjoying the heatwave

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if you have really shitty hands and using pens hurt, of course you could try the humble pilot kakuno fountain pen in M or F. but if you would rather not try fountain pens, get the uni ball jetstream lite touch ink hybrid ballpoint pen. SO little pressure needed to make a line. it really is a big difference between the original jetstream and the lite touch version!

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I graduated with a degree in archaeology and now I’m going on for a second degree in art history. Both of my fields and fields adjacent are ripe with deeply enthusiastic young men who want us to “return to greatness.” If you, person being vagueposted about, had any academic rigour trained into you, you would understand why this is a horrifying trend, and why your logic is deeply flawed.

You can be academically rigorous and deeply enthusiastic, but you cannot just be deeply enthusiastic. Academic rigour serves a purpose: to teach you how to understand and pick information apart when it is presented to you in any form. It provides a direction for your so-called deep enthusiasm.

Was just informed that "any sufficiently deep enthusiasm is indistinguishable from academic rigor" and hoo boy we are really in a crisis of anti-intellectualism.

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"my doctor is refusing to prescribe me this medication I need because they think I'm displaying 'drug seeking behavior'"

-> "it sucks so bad that the institution of medicine empowers people to be so ableist and just refuse treatment to addicts based on vibes" yeah it sure does

-> "addicts are to blame for this" bro is onto nothing 🔥🔥🔥