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When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same.

Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow.

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Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning

Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

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PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

Nah, MRIs are just ‘proton massage’ 😉

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PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

Nothing more heartbreaking than caring for a cancer patient with dementia. Let’s make sure they get no care.

PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

He’s going to win by double digits, hence the last-minute screeching.

PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

💯Bovino has no idea what he‘s got himself into.

PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

Sufficient when we share common values.

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PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

As am undergrad, I worked with a scientist who told me she was from ‘a country that no longer exists’. I guessed ‘Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia?’. She was from Latvia. Always back these people.

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PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

White Sands N & S levels visible on Earth

earth :: a global map of wind, weather, and ocean conditions

See current wind, weather, ocean, and pollution conditions, as forecast by supercomputers, on an interactive animated map. Updated every three hours.

earth.nullschool.net

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PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

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PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

👍colour printing was (still is?) an option at broad-readership journals. Publishers make the choice.

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Keith Smith @drkeithsmith.bsky.social · 16d

A reminder that @science.org is a learned society journal, owned & published by the non-profit @aaas.org. It's green open access, with no article processing fees for authors - compatible with all major funder mandates. All subscription revenue is reinvested in science, not paid to shareholders.
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Molecular Biosystems Conference @molbiosystems.bsky.social · 6d

The #MBioSys25 keynote lectures by Prof Caroline Dean (@johninnescentre.bsky.social) and Prof @elowitzlab.bsky.social (Caltech) are now online!

Watch (or revisit!) these two inspiring talks on gene regulation & functional genomics, available for free on our channel

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Molecular Biosystems Conference

Youtube Home Page for the Molecular Biosystems Conference (molbiosystems.com), the premier Latin American meeting on gene regulation.

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PyrexCorex @pyrexcorex.bsky.social · 5d

Yes, it’s an insult to intelligence, but the weapon is not outsmarting people, but betraying their trust.

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