"So the universe is not quite as you thought it was. You'd better rearrange your beliefs, then. Because you certainly can't rearrange the universe." - Isaac Asimov 

 We make AI available  for faculty, but not students.
Wait... what? 

 I've been around long enough to know that technologies that will "change everything" usually don't. 

 Red herrings. So much work is wasted on red herrings. 

 Here is your regular reminder the saying should be “always state the opinions upon which you base your facts.” 

 Narcissists join together in cliques, but they always turn on each other. I learned this lesson by watching it happen in schools (adults, not children) for decades. 

 I understand language evolves, but the stray capital letters in writing drives me crazy. 

 Echo chambers are real. 

 “What do you think?”

It’s ok to answer, “I don’t know enough to have formed an opinion.” 

 The fact a large part of society has been convinced to abandon science with devastating effects is going to be what the early 21st century is known for. 

 Superfluous words in email. Please stop. 

 Why do narcissists find conspiracy theories so appealing? - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X22001051 

 In education, there are certain parts of the field that are widely thought to be red herrings, but we carry on as if they are necessary. Without identifying them, are there “things” everyone is asked to do, but everyone knows is a waste?