Nick Seaver

nickseaver.website

06 August 2026 22:37

reminds me of what Helmreich calls "informalisms" here: journal.culanth.org/index.php/ca... The question in anthro of science is often whether the metaphors are just for public communication (whether that's simplifying or gaslighting) or if they reflect/inform how practitioners actually think.

Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

ninamarkl.bsky.social

06 August 2026 22:28

this is such a good paper!

Cailin O’Connor

cailinmeister.bsky.social

21 July 2026 00:21

Retractions in science don't work well. In our *new paper* we find widely known findings are easier to retract, possibly bc the retraction is relevant to more people, allowing information about it to spread socially @jevinwest.bsky.social @shahanmemon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Brigitte Nerlich

bnerlich.bsky.social

08 May 2026 16:56

You might be interested in this blog post.....https://makingsciencepublic.com/2026/05/08/polysemy-power-and-ethics-in-ai-discourse/

Brigitte Nerlich

bnerlich.bsky.social

08 May 2026 16:56

Today's post was inspired by a paper on #polysemy, hype and #AI by @travislacroix.bsky.social et al and deals this time not with #metaphor but with multiple meanings (polysemy and ambiguity) and how they can be manipulated makingsciencepublic.com/2026/05/08/p...