Gary Ackerman @garyackerman@qoto.org

“Confidence and error are a bad combination.” Few sentences ever written are more accurate. #LeadershipDevelopment #leadership #leader #Management #bias

Those who hold “peripheral information” (that not held by most in the group) can make the most valuable contributions to decisions. Often their knowledge is marginalized, so bad decisions result. #leaders #Management #Diversity

“A man is judged by the company he keeps.” If you find yourself shunned, it may be because of this lesson we have taught for generations.

#openscience is #science. It does not mean scientists must take seriously any idea... especially an idea that had already refuted by science.

“But to get a computer to talk appropriately, we need an explicit theory of talking.”
-Patrick Suppes

“No amount of rules and facts can substitute for the know-how experts have gained from experience in tens of thousands of situations.”
-Hubert and Stuart Dreyfus

Yerkes–Dodson law - Wikipedia https://t.co/aY12Ceb39N

A blog post for students in data analytics
https://hackscience.education/2025/03/02/data-wrangling/

A blog post, now with audio:
https://buff.ly/PJaxVz2

“Garbage in garbage out still holds in AI.” Truer words are rarely written.

Necessity is not the mother of invention-only of improvement. -Cyril Stanley Smith #STEM #Makered #makers #education #stemed

“A child loves his play, not because it’s easy, but because it’s hard.” - Dr. Benjamin Spock #play #teaching #learning

Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. -Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society
#Education #School #teaching #TeacherMyth #highschool #highered

Marshall McLuhan reminds us, “we shape our tools, and thereafter our tools shape us.” #technology #socialmedia

If you have anxiety over #math, please do not tell your children and do not “help” them with #Homework. #parenting

You can “catch” stress, just like you can catch a cold.

Theories are right or wrong. Models can be right, but irrelevant. #science #DataScience

Egocentrism is grounded in the belief that everyone shares your beliefs and experiences. This characteristic disqualifies you from being an effective #educator #teachet #leader

Asserting a problem is solved helps avoid consuming disproportionate resources. #ResourceManagement #Efficiency Notice actually *solving* the problem is not a benefit.

Yes, some geniuses were ignored. If you are bing ignored, that does not mean you are a genius.