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About to try out this switching instances thing. If you're following me, you should get automatically switched to following me at the new digs: @allochthonous@scicomm.xyz

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About to try out this switching instances thing. If you're following me, you should get automatically switched to following me at the new digs: @allochthonous@scicomm.xyz

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My headcanon for Star Trek is now that the computer is a distant descendant of the new #Bing / #ChatGPT. It explains the technobabble *and* why the crews always get into so much trouble all the time.

“Computer, plot a course to the nearest Starbase.”
_Course plotted._
“Wait. That takes us through a black hole!”
_You are mistaken. There is no black hole. You are a bad Starfleet person. I am a good computer._

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My headcanon for Star Trek is now that the computer is a distant descendant of the new #Bing / #ChatGPT. It explains the technobabble *and* why the crews always get into so much trouble all the time.

“Computer, plot a course to the nearest Starbase.”
_Course plotted._
“Wait. That takes us through a black hole!”
_You are mistaken. There is no black hole. You are a bad Starfleet person. I am a good computer._

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But there is clearly a broader problem with geoscience enrolments, and I don’t believe universities can simply blame it on the lack of exposure in high school, or think we can wait it out until the next hiring spree in the fossil fuel industry.

Some thoughts from a previous round of conversation about this:

https://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonou s/2021/10/diversity-or-lack-thereof-in-geoscience-are-we-hyping-up-the-wrong-things/

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But there is clearly a broader problem with geoscience enrolments, and I don’t believe universities can simply blame it on the lack of exposure in high school, or think we can wait it out until the next hiring spree in the fossil fuel industry.

Some thoughts from a previous round of conversation about this:

https://all-geo.org/highlyallochthonou s/2021/10/diversity-or-lack-thereof-in-geoscience-are-we-hyping-up-the-wrong-things/

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We might need mining to drive the clean energy transition, but I suspect the fact that the mining industry as a whole remains a terrible environmental actor - and a largely unrepentant one - is a big problem for attracting and retaining new talent.

From: @Andbaker
https://aus.social/@Andbaker/109867521 131257799

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We might need mining to drive the clean energy transition, but I suspect the fact that the mining industry as a whole remains a terrible environmental actor - and a largely unrepentant one - is a big problem for attracting and retaining new talent.

From: @Andbaker
https://aus.social/@Andbaker/109867521 131257799

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#Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action:

"any suggestion that a country cannot “be prepared” for an earthquake of the magnitude that hit Turkey and northern Syria is a political statement – that is, it reflects the political choices that were made rather than the science."

https://theconversation.com/earthquake-in-turkey-exposes-gap-between-seismic-knowledge-and-action-but-it-is-possible-to-prepare-199379

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#Earthquake in Turkey exposes gap between seismic knowledge and action:

"any suggestion that a country cannot “be prepared” for an earthquake of the magnitude that hit Turkey and northern Syria is a political statement – that is, it reflects the political choices that were made rather than the science."

https://theconversation.com/earthquake-in-turkey-exposes-gap-between-seismic-knowledge-and-action-but-it-is-possible-to-prepare-199379

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Cinnamon rolls for breakfast - thanks to being a little large/overfilled, with bonus smoke alarm.

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Cinnamon rolls for breakfast - thanks to being a little large/overfilled, with bonus smoke alarm.

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White plate of cinnamon rolls on a countertop.