#they are not gospel

[corvids-cryptids]

Tiktok is once again confirming my belief that we need to teach people to read academic works critically. They're better than tumblr or twitter, but they also need to be considered and poked for flaws. And people will present them in disingenuous ways, even accidentally. If someone's talking about a "100% increase" that could be from 1% to 2%. A 400% increase could be from 0.1 to 0.4. If you're interested in the data it's always worth finding the study yourself and checking what the raw numbers were.

Is a study older than 10 years? Then you need to consider whether the data and conclusion are still relevant in a contemporary social context, especially if it's a social science study (which are the ones I see most misinterpreted, which hurts my little sociology heart). A study on computer usage from 2010 is no longer relevant. It might draw a conclusion that you agree with and could've been accurate at the time, but the data is gonna be skewed because the way we interact with computers and the internet has changed a lot.

Is experimental design playing a role? An example I saw recently was someone presenting the data of a study on sexual deviance that asked participants to masturbate during the experiment as globally applicable. It's not - by asking subjects to perform a sexually deviant act as part of the study it selected for more deviant individuals. Social science experiments always have some level of self-selection (participants agreed to do our experiment), but consider how much of an impact it might have on the result. It can be so big the whole study is bullshit (like a certain study that asked the parents of trans teens about their transitions and recruited participants from a well-known transphobic forum), or just something to keep in mind (a lot of university studies will have a bias towards participants between 18-30 because they recruit a lot of students).

And as always check citations and check author affiliations. But remember citations vary by subject and are not always positive. Niche subjects will have small numbers of citations, and make sure most of the citations are positive and not "look at this bullshit".

You might also be able to find a review of the work on google scholar. These can help, but remember that the same critical lens needs to be applied to them as well.

Academia works because people pick apart each other's work. This does not need to be limited to people who are "qualified" to do so. You, dear reader, can and should read academic publications critically. No work is above criticism. If someone is acting like a work or a theorist or a researcher is above criticism they are either lying or didn't read carefully enough to spot the issue.

[catkin-morgs-kookaburralover]

re: google AI. seriously. do you want machine generated misinformation or do you want to come here, to our beloved tumblr, and receive specially hand crafted misinformation. support real artists, guys. come to tumblr for your misinformation

edit: if you've come back to reblog from source or something. GET LOVED NERD and God bless you in the days to come

[cumaeansibyl]

I got this ad on Tumblr and uhhhhh

That's a fucking seagull

I have to assume this is a mistake and they actually meant to use the dove of peace rather than the seabird of petty theft, but it's not an inapt symbol for the type of Christian-ish doctrine that represents God as a jumped-up Santa Claus

[classycookiexo]

This is literally so iconic

[thriftdyke]

it really does bother me how no one can seem to answer the question “what even is romantic attraction, really.” like some people are like “it’s who you wanna kiss and cuddle <3” and I’m like ok well kisses and cuddles can be either sexual or platonic depending on context. “It’s who you feel passion/desire/arousal for” well that just sounds like sexual attraction which you can have without even knowing somebody so I fail to see how that’s romantic. “It’s who you want to go on dates with” I go on dates with friends all the time plus “date” is a social construct anyway there’s really no innate difference between a date and hanging out. “it’s who you have deep feelings for” great news for you that can be literally any type of relationship. my friend told me she defined it as “who you wanna give roses to” and I’m like do u hear urself??? like the more I talk to people the more I’m convinced romance and romantic attraction is an elaborate socially fabricated illusion that has no real defining characteristics. and like there’s nothing Wrong with it being a constuct but why people are so attached to defending the supremacy of it is something I cannot for the life of me figure out

[not-kat]

here's one more steven universe throwback

[thereadingmoon]

I feel like Muir isn’t afraid to tell a story. In the sense that she writes like she doesn’t care what a reader thinks of her.

When I first read GtN, I found it as very average SF/F fare and my heart was barely in it. I felt like the ending was messy with its battle royale aspects and I wrote Gideon off as a standard edgy YA-style protagonist. The narrative sounded so simplistic and I didn’t feel attached to the cast of characters. On its surface, GtN is a very standard high-concept story with a stereotypical summary on goodreads. I was ready to write Muir off as an ok and middling debut writer.

Then I picked up Harrow.

It was like Muir was a sleeper agent and just blew my mind. I could see her skill in her craft and my investment did a complete 180. I had to reread GtN and realized all the things I missed and all the things that were planted from the start that were hidden by Gideon’s ignorance, flippancy, and naivety—the reasons why I wrote the book off. I underestimated Muir because I thought Gideon’s voice was her voice.

The writer is a liar, an illusionist, and a conman and I fell for Muir’s game. And that is so refreshing.

[daughter-s-of-cain]

[iamindifferenttolamp]

[sticksandsharks]

The Stalker

My cover illustration for the third issue of Will Morris’ GOSPEL, published by Image Comics! Third issue is now available in comic stores! 

[warriorsofgod1]

[skiplo-wave]

The animation projects cancelled by Netflix:

[bajoop-sheeb]

Meditation by Yoong Bae

[doesephs]

lesbians at a banquet? more likley than you’d think

[agdreamtale]

How well does Horror get along with the others?

Also hi Nighty

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