Joppe Widstam
@joppewidstam.bsky.social
My mom thinks I should do something more useful with my life than a PhD in foundations of physics. Little does she know that my back-up plan is philosophy of language.
better in daylight anyway!
August 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
better in daylight anyway!
said university town is incredibly beautiful though, I must say
August 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
said university town is incredibly beautiful though, I must say
I had to look up if this was real. Unbelievable.
August 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I had to look up if this was real. Unbelievable.
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Retrocausal interpretation of quantum mechanics consensus view by EOY2040?
37% chance. Retrocausal interpretations of quantum mechanics ( https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/qm-retrocausality/ ) hold that not only does the preparation of a system influence what happens at the...
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July 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I also struggled with the years
July 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I also struggled with the years
I will try it out later. What's your impression, is there a noticable increase in the usefulness of ChatGPT?
June 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I will try it out later. What's your impression, is there a noticable increase in the usefulness of ChatGPT?
You are right. To be clear to anyone venturing this deep into the thread, two separate points:
(i) ChatGPT is useful for learning (for example by using my system prompt), and
(ii) Math Academy (which is very different from ChatGPT) is excellent for learning.
(None teaches calculus in two weeks)
(i) ChatGPT is useful for learning (for example by using my system prompt), and
(ii) Math Academy (which is very different from ChatGPT) is excellent for learning.
(None teaches calculus in two weeks)
June 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
You are right. To be clear to anyone venturing this deep into the thread, two separate points:
(i) ChatGPT is useful for learning (for example by using my system prompt), and
(ii) Math Academy (which is very different from ChatGPT) is excellent for learning.
(None teaches calculus in two weeks)
(i) ChatGPT is useful for learning (for example by using my system prompt), and
(ii) Math Academy (which is very different from ChatGPT) is excellent for learning.
(None teaches calculus in two weeks)
Reposted by Joppe Widstam
Not at all what I'm saying. It is possible to skip college and learn calculus for $49/month.
June 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not at all what I'm saying. It is possible to skip college and learn calculus for $49/month.
(ChatGPT not required)
June 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
(ChatGPT not required)
The magic words:
My system prompt:
June 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The magic words:
Not at all what I'm saying. It is possible to skip college and learn calculus for $49/month.
June 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Not at all what I'm saying. It is possible to skip college and learn calculus for $49/month.
Actual tutoring is almost surely better quality than ChatGPT but is much more expensive and not as "on demand". I think Math Academy is on par or better than human 1-on-1 tutoring (in a sense they try to emulate it using cognitive science and data science for how to best serve you the next step).
June 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Actual tutoring is almost surely better quality than ChatGPT but is much more expensive and not as "on demand". I think Math Academy is on par or better than human 1-on-1 tutoring (in a sense they try to emulate it using cognitive science and data science for how to best serve you the next step).
That is a very reasonable worry.
For calculus in particular, I recommend mathacademy.com (it is AI for education, but not for generation like LLMs.)
For calculus in particular, I recommend mathacademy.com (it is AI for education, but not for generation like LLMs.)
Math Academy
mathacademy.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
That is a very reasonable worry.
For calculus in particular, I recommend mathacademy.com (it is AI for education, but not for generation like LLMs.)
For calculus in particular, I recommend mathacademy.com (it is AI for education, but not for generation like LLMs.)
(shoutout to mathacademy.com that will teach you calculus _at your pace_. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social is perfectly on point, two weeks is a bit ridiculous.)
Math Academy
mathacademy.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
(shoutout to mathacademy.com that will teach you calculus _at your pace_. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social is perfectly on point, two weeks is a bit ridiculous.)
I would like a diagnostic test before to test my understanding of the prerequisites.
June 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would like a diagnostic test before to test my understanding of the prerequisites.
Take into consideration how I do on the questions, make sure to not leave any gaps in my knowledge, and do what is suggested by "The Math Academy Way" or by how the math academy website functions.
June 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Take into consideration how I do on the questions, make sure to not leave any gaps in my knowledge, and do what is suggested by "The Math Academy Way" or by how the math academy website functions.
Solidify my knowledge about questions I don't know the answer to.
June 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Solidify my knowledge about questions I don't know the answer to.
I want you to give me explanations and then quiz me. One concept at a time in different messages and if it is appropriate, give me several questions, one after another in different messages. Ask me some questions with some detail blanked out.
June 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I want you to give me explanations and then quiz me. One concept at a time in different messages and if it is appropriate, give me several questions, one after another in different messages. Ask me some questions with some detail blanked out.
I would like you to act like the Math Academy website in that you give me questions that half of the time can be answered in less than a minute and only 3 percent of the time in more than three minutes.
June 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I would like you to act like the Math Academy website in that you give me questions that half of the time can be answered in less than a minute and only 3 percent of the time in more than three minutes.
Tutor me from the book I upload using the techniques from the PDF “The Math Academy Way”.
June 7, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tutor me from the book I upload using the techniques from the PDF “The Math Academy Way”.