Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

Why yes, I do my own research. See that stack of peer reviewed articles on my to read like? And yes, I have done some original studies myself.

@Pat Well, life on the sun is obviously true :)

@Pat Unless you are examining ideas that have been rejected by evidence and logic for a long time… paranormal phenomena comes to mind… that just seems a silly use of time. Harmless, but wasteful.

“Don’t be so open minded your brain falls out.”

Maybe just loosen it up and shake it about.

@Huntn00 I think that is exactly what Gould was addressing. I see the parallels between the blatantly self-serving folks in the past and the blatantly self-serving folks today… which is one of the reasons I reread Gould regularly and post about it when I do. I’ve actually seen some pretty smart people believing self-serving fantasies (my cardiologist who talked about trickle-down economics being a prime example).

@teachpaperless Back in the day, I installed osTicket for use in some schools. It worked for us. https://osticket.com/

Inert Knoweldge
https://hackscience.education/2019/11/25/inert-knowledge/

What Gould Wrote About Intelligence
https://hackscience.education/2019/11/29/what-gould-wrote-about-intelligence/

#edtech for #edleaders: The Evolving World Wide Web

Pedagogic Hegemony
https://hackscience.education/2019/01/30/pedagogic-hegemony/

Connectionism Makes Sense
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/01/connectionism-makes-sense/

#edtech for #edleaders: Reporting, Ticketing, and Triage
https://hackscience.education/2019/02/04/edtech-for-edleaders-reporting-ticketing-and-triage/

Curiosity. I don’t care about you achievements, if you don’t leave school with curiosity, your education didn’t do what it should have.

It’s best to get your dousing rods to cross over plants that are adapted to wet soil.

Science accepts the challenge of ignorance.

I understand my observations can be faulty as can my logic, but I’ll still trust it over dogmatic authority any day.

Those whose authority is grounded in observation and who practice logic, in groups, are trusted as well.

When the tricks of paranormal performers are exposed, lots of folks continue believing the effects are real. Our power of denial sometimes are more powerful than our power of observation.

“The stars have larger agendas in which the preoccupations of human pettiness do not figure.” -Richard Dawkins

One thing I learned during 35+ years in education: Occam’s Razor is seldom applied when addressing school problems.