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31 October

Ian LeslieKorrents 31 Oct

From one piece Why I Don’t Believe In Centaurs 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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While the rules on AI in higher education are unsettled, everyone should be cut a little slack.

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Rules and norms are not clear or settled; perhaps everyone should be cut a little slack until they are.

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AI-generated opinion pieces are either nervously attention-grabbing or blandly anonymous.

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AI-generated pieces are either nervously attention-grabbing or, like this one, blandly anonymous.

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If AI is used heavily in drafting or even brainstorming, the author cannot really claim the finished piece as their own.

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Writing and thinking are deeply intertwined. If AI is used heavily in the drafting stage, or even in the brainstorming stage, then the author can’t really claim the finished piece as their own.

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10 October

Ian LeslieKorrents 10 Oct

From one piece How Civil Should a Disagreement Be? 3 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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Emotion can be the friend of clear thinking as well as its enemy.

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Emotion can be the enemy of clear thinking, but it can also be its friend.

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Debaters who hide all emotion behind a smooth veneer of civility seem remote and hard to trust.

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Debaters who hide all unruly emotion behind a smooth veneer of civility can seem remote and inscrutable, and difficult to trust.

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A satisfying public debate should have a little spice, emotional charge and even irrationality.

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More generally, a satisfying public debate should have a little spice, some electrical charge, even a little irrationality.

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5 September

Ian LeslieKorrents 5 Sept

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He will not reply to emails that are not human-written.

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This email is 100% human-generated. If yours is not, don't expect a reply.

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16 June 2021

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The Enigma of Reason

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That’s why the book is called The Enigma of Reason: that’s the enigma.

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