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Somayeh Tohidi
2 years
“Being the author of Harry Potter”
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Jake Anbinder
2 years
What profession has lost the most prestige as a result of its members having access to twitter?
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I cut my hair today in memory of a 22-yr old girl who was killed by morality police in Iran and in solidarity with the movement among Iranian women who cut their hair to protest against the corrupt regime. Cutting hair is a symbolic act of mourning in my culture. #Mahsa_Amini
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This is me and my older sister, 33 years ago…God…I miss her…I miss her…
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2 years
I will be joining the philosophy department at MIT as a predoctoral fellow from Sep 2023-May 2024. So excited for this opportunity.
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2 years
Grow tall in me
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پیشنهاد برای دوستان خارج از کشور که رای نمی‌دهند: روز رای‌گیری برای مدتی نزدیک یکی از حوزه‌‌های رای‌گیری بروید و از کسانی که رای می‌دهند در مقابل فحاشی دفاع کنید. می‌توانید روی یک کاغذ بنویسید: من رای نمی‌دهم ولی رای دادن خیانت نیست. نه به جمهوری اسلامی! #زن_زندگى_آزادى‌
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There was sun and there was him.
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I like how she faces her feelings. One can see her amazing self-control and self-care through her vocabulary: “excitement” and not “anxiety”.
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#100daysofpractice Day 8. Backstage in Boston, half an hour pre-concert. Adrenaline has co-opted my brain and I am taking my time to find my center within it. Performance excitement is powerful. It can go in a positive or a negative direction.
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A poem in praise of your little hands
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I cannot stop laughing. I think I’m losing my mind due to sleep deprivation. My son is now afraid of Popper.😂 I was behind my schedule for marking. So, I took him to the department in the hope of him getting entertained by the new environment and I get to do some more marking./1
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Somayeh Tohidi
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Thanks @LMU_MCMP for the great conference on the connection between formal epistemology and mainstream epistemology. It was a very rich experience for me and I learnt a lot.
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-Mummy! Is “believing” another word for “knowing”? Asked my 6-yr old!
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There was a meeting on teaching maths to young children in my son’s school. The tutor said: don’t tell them “you’ve done a really good job here. You’re very clever”, because when they fail later in solving a problem, they will think that they’re not clever! The cruel logician…/1
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Somayeh Tohidi
2 years
They’re shutting down the internet as the protests level up and then they can do literally ANYTHING with the protesters. There will be a massacre. Please be our voice. #MahsaAmini #Mahsa_Amini
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Setayesh Dashti
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Iran’s regime has shut down the internet amidst the protests. Many people has been shot and killed. In 2019 they killed 1500 people after shutting down the internet. A bloodbath is awaiting my friends and family and people in my country. Be our voice. #Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی
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I believe one of the most destructive elements of a traumatic experience is the sudden shift in perspective towards the universe. Suddenly, the universe transforms from a relatively safe place into a profoundly dangerous one./1
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A procrastinator/perfectionist’s to-do list: 1-To creat a to-do list: 1-a-To find a proper spot to write a to-do list: 1-a-i-To make time to find a proper spot to write a to-do list
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Stop the clock at the edge of symmetry.
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Normalize the sound of stomach rumbling!
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Looks like a great place to live for an Iranian 😄
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The souvenir from my trip to Iran is this beautiful henna artwork on my forearms. It’s such a pity that it does not last more than two weeks.
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The extremely pleasant feeling of getting lost in writing philosophy for hours...I wish I could do that more often. It’s such a strong pain killer. The problem is most of the time it’s too big to swallow.
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Somayeh Tohidi
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How I depicted myself to my supervisor vs how I really am @lastpositivist
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As cheesy as it probably sounds, I like philosophy because I can *live* philosophy rather than just *doing* it. And by “living philosophy”, I mean I can choose my research question and looking for answers to them as I’m finding my way through life.
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This movement is the revolution of ‘bodies’ against decades of suppression. People, especially women, have been robbed of their own bodies. They’re demanding their bodies back. They’re demanding the experience of living in a body. They’re demanding life. #WomanLifeFreedom
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It was a 45 min tube trip. But when we got there, he got scared by Popper’s statue and I couldn’t persuade him to stay. So, we had to return home (another 45 min tube trip). I’m now exhausted and angry, but at the same time, I cannot stop laughing when I remember myself.../2
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Goosebumps after goosebumps after goosebumps. I cannot follow the news in Iran. I cannot not follow the news in Iran. I simply cannot live…
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touching Popper’s head statue and desperately trying to explain to my son that he is not scary!😂/3
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in me was shouting “but that’s wrong! Denying the antecedent is a fallacy!”/2
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This view of ‘life’ evaluates it with respect to the quality/quantity of its ‘products.’ I much prefer the view that evaluates life with respect to the quality of ‘experiences’ it provides, and I think there is no experience better than ‘learning’.
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Stefan Schubert
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Janan Ganesh on "the myth of the second chance" "The self-help industry suggests all mistakes in life are retrievable. Middle age teaches us otherwise." Yes.
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I drew this today to explain an argument in my paper and it made me happy.☺️
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Note to self: Don't flirt with your vague ideas. Date them properly. Learn their points of strength and weakness. You might fall in love with them. A mature love is always better than an immature fantasy and obsession. The former can produce a paper. The latter is just a waste.
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Somayeh Tohidi
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Nightmare for academic immigrants on job market…true nightmare…
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BBC News (UK)
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Salary threshold for skilled worker visas to rise to £38,700 under government plans to cut legal migration levels Follow live
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A thread about immigration and risk attitude When you immigrate to another country, you usually have three options: One- Cold turkey weaning: diving into the dominant culture and deliberately avoiding any element of your original culture./1
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Happy 7th birthday Omid…🥲❤️
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-Omid! Let’s go to my school! +Does it have Popper? 🤦‍♀️😂
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My corner for the next 5 months💛
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I’ve been seeing these scenes since I was a child and I just don’t get used to it. I feel rage in my chest, in my head, in my fingertips...
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Rushdi Abualouf
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The closest video of the #Israeli police suppressing the funeral procession of Shireen Abu Aqleh as the coffin was leaving the French hospital towards the cemetery
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My 7 yr old is convinced that Google *knows* whether there is afterlife.
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Somayeh Tohidi
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The Iranian regime has started harassing students of well-known universities by taking hold of the universities’ securities. The purpose of these security units is no longer protecting the students. They are literally means of Iranian regime intelligent services…/1 #MahsaAmini
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Somayeh Tohidi
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If I ever run an introductory course to philosophy, I will be very happy if by the end of the course, students take home these two lessons: 1-Philosophy is *not* about debating; 2-Philosophy is *not* difficult.
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پیشنهاد برای دوستان خارج از کشور که رای نمی‌دهند: روز رای‌گیری برای م��تی نزدیک یکی از حوزه‌‌های رای‌گیری بروید و از کسانی که رای می‌دهند در مقابل فحاشی دفاع کنید. می‌توانید روی یک کاغذ بنویسید: من رای نمی‌دهم ولی رای دادن خیانت نیست. نه به جمهوری اسلامی! #زن_زندگى_آزادى‌
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Bought this picture today and can’t stop staring at it. It’s so warm, so safe… It’s called “Monkey Cuddle” and it’s by Zhang Qiang.
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Everyone is talking about grad school admissions and I have many stories to tell on this topic but I guess the most annoying one is the one that I was admitted to a well-known grad school in the US in 2016, but couldn’t go because of the Muslim-ban.
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I’m based in London. I’m going to Edinburgh today to make up for a visa interview appointment that I messed up in Manchester last week (by missing a document), and get a visa for Greece such that I can go to Germany and give a 45 min talk!
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It’s “I have a dream” time for Iranians... #Martin_Luther_King #MahsaAmini
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I just realized that I treat a mathematical proof as a magic eye picture (autostereogram). I keep staring at it until I see it.
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Somayeh Tohidi
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I loved my time at LSE as I found people there who are exceptionally supportive to students during their PhD journeys. So, it really hurts to see how badly it failed in handling multiple cases of sexual misconduct. Bravo to all contributors to this article for their bravery.
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Johanna Thoma
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“Women silenced across ranks: LSE’s mishandled sexual misconduct investigation into professor” I made a contribution to this, in the hope something will change.
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Last days in this flat the door of which is an AI by nature, turning reflections into paintings. :))
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“What upsets me is that I barely know what to say half the time, like, outside of this, outside of work, they don’t have to go around and pretend or be anything other than themselves, You know? And I feel like I’m walking around, trying on 100 different versions of myself.”
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Popper with decoration is much less scary! :))
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I cannot stop laughing. I think I’m losing my mind due to sleep deprivation. My son is now afraid of Popper.😂 I was behind my schedule for marking. So, I took him to the department in the hope of him getting entertained by the new environment and I get to do some more marking./1
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Somayeh Tohidi
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I’ve been lucky enough to be invited to a workshop called Athena in Action at Rutgers Uni but I’m unable to secure a visa appointment at the US Embassy. It may sound cheesy but career-wise, presenting my paper and meeting the attendees at this workshop is a dream for me./1
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It’s footballers like Fatemeh who set our expectation bar high!❤️ #WomanLifeFreedom #Mahsa_Amini #MahabadMassacre
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I think of LSE library as a kind and skillful midwife who shelters me during the night that I’m giving birth to an idea and soothes my pains and tense feelings until the baby is born. This morning I gave birth to a cute baby idea while I was under her care.
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The only way to enjoy this world is by trying to learn how to enjoy ‘learning’ and the best help one can offer others is to share this knowledge.
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Just because I’m no ‘photographer’ in any definition of the word, but the reflections in this photo turned out to be interesting!
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I asked myself why? I guess that’s because *burning feeling* is very much in harmony with the procedure that I have in mind for “killing pigment cells” and there is no such harmony with “restoring pigment cells” in my mind./4
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Maybe the most difficult thing about being in the philosophy field is that you can never witness or overhear a discussion/debate and tell yourself, ‘It’s not my field! It’s none of my business.
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I love listening to Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre while writing up a paper. It somehow resonates very well with my mode of thinking especially when I’m wrestling with an objection. I just checked and apparently it is considered as one of the most terrifying classical pieces. :)
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Happened today!
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I really like this picture…Omid is running in the background. ☺️
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Science is so busy producing “impressive” results that it doesn’t pay attention to its own methodology. Philosophy scrutinizes that and highlights possible pitfalls. (I know it’s probably too optimistic a view, but that’s how I see philosophy in the sunny days.)
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Patrick Flynn
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What, do you think, is the proper relationship between philosophy and science?
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-Is Santa real? +He is real in an imaginary world. -Maybe he is real for kids and unreal for adults.
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The best type of philosopher is an analytic philosopher who works as passionately as a continental philosopher
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Somayeh Tohidi
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I’m so fucking angry. Over the past year, this is the 3rd conference that I’ve been invited to present my works and I probably miss because there is no visa appointment. All the slots are booked for several months. I simply hate that I have to do this over and over./1
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Somayeh Tohidi
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I’m going to present my recent work on statistical data and social stereotypes at MCMP in March and I’m pretty excited about it:
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The Anatomy of Melancholy by Laura Makabresku
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Somayeh Tohidi
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I need really long research sessions in order to make progress in my research. Multiple short sessions do not make up for one long sessions. It’s like my train of thought needs a long time to get enough momentum to move forward reasonably. Am I weird?
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+What’s the bravest thing you’ve ever said? -Help! “The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse” by Charlie Mackesy
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Somayeh Tohidi
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English is his second language. So, it seems that he analyzes the meaning of English words before using them. Any way, as a formal epistemologist I wish I could tell him to get rid of the word “believing”. It isn’t worth the trouble🙃
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بزرگ‌ترین «نه» به جمهوری اسلامی کمک به اتحاد تحریمی‌ها و غیر تحریمی‌ها ��برای ایران» است.
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Elahe.khosravi
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فردا اسم هر کی رو بیاد بیرون فرق نمی‌کنه، یادتون باشه یک: ما همه با هستیم. دو: مبارزه یک تمرین روزمره‌ست.
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Writing personal statement is the most torturous part of any application. 😭
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Believe it or not, Bayesianism can defeat racism and sexism! I will prove that!
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@lastpositivist This made my day Liam…and I feel so lucky…I am so lucky to be your advisee🥲
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Somayeh Tohidi
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Walking is the most effective therapy for me these days… I walk fast…very fast…as if I hope by walking faster and faster, I will grow wings on my back at some point and can fly back home…
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Found this in the margin of an old handout of mine. I was trying to present a formal epistemology paper to an ethics audience. :)
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I’ve never been to Ireland but I really like it. Apart from the reasons which are obvious TODAY🤦‍♀️, I like it for these three reasons: my supervisor, Sally Rooney, The Cranberries
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The luckiest? Someone who becomes more and more thirsty for learning new things as they age and the rate of thirst increase is at least as great as the rate of losing sharpness to learn those new things.
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I keep daring myself to be a truth philosopher. What kind of philosopher am I?
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Christina Weinbaum
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Are you a truth philosopher or a dare philosopher?
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I can’t see them any time soon. So, I wear them. The gloves are my mother. The necklace is my father. The perfume is my sister and the backpack is my brother.
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She has an invasive autoimmune disease and she is fighting in the prison. I have a noninvasive autoimmune disease and I’m lying on my bed in the comfort of my home. We’re not the same. She’s a warrior. I’m a coward... #Leila_Hosseinzadeh #WomanLifeFreedom
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There are two verses from two separate poems of Rumi that I absolutely love: 1- You're what you seek. 2- Seek restlessness to find rest. The second one is consistent on its own but leads to a contradiction when considered together with the first one.
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There is a new medical acronym in the Gaza Strip: WCNSF - Wounded Child with No Surviving Family. This is not a natural catastrophe; it is a man-made one, happening right in front of our eyes.
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September 16th marks the anniversary of #MahsaAmini . This movement felt like a rebirth for me, awakening a new sense of purpose and awarenes. I’m deeply grateful to have lived through it.
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Somayeh Tohidi
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I cut my hair today in memory of a 22-yr old girl who was killed by morality police in Iran and in solidarity with the movement among Iranian women who cut their hair to protest against the corrupt regime. Cutting hair is a symbolic act of mourning in my culture. #Mahsa_Amini
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It's as if the psyche treats the experience as a counterexample to a universal claim rather than just a data point that can inform inductive reasoning. It then begins to blame and torment you for believing such a childish universal claim, exacerbating the situation further. /2
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I was diagnosed with Vitiligo two years ago (a condition in which the skin loses its pigment cells). At first, I tried to find solutions to stop its progress, but they didn’t help and now that it’s overtaken more than 50 percent of my skin, the doctor has prescribed/1 #vitiligo
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:)))
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I think I finally did it! 😊Please stay tuned!
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Believe it or not, Bayesianism can defeat racism and sexism! I will prove that!
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You might think we’re collaborating nicely to pick an apple, but in fact, we’re wrestling over this tool.🤦‍♀️
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