research and teaching 2.0 general or misc

Como escuché decir en una ocasión a Victoria Escandell-Vidal, la Lingüística es, por tanto, la más humana de todas las ciencias y la más científica de todas las humanidades.

I rushed into extremely specialized scientific research without having learned scientific reasoning.

“That’s what evaluating means,” she adds, “substituting a number for a variable.”

the Einstellung effect, a psychology term for the tendency of problem solvers to employ only familiar methods even if better ones are available.

This is why the unique makeup of INFJs and INFPs is so valuable. Because we have this very weird mix of somehow being immune to entraining with large collectives (like corporations), while at the same time easily entraining with just one other individual (like a reader), anything we put out into the world with a positive message has the potential t

I believe that good teachers introduce new thoughts, but great teachers introduce new ways of thinking. Collecting a teacher’s knowledge may help us solve the challenges of the day, but understanding how a teacher thinks can help us navigate the challenges of a lifetime. Ultimately, education is more than the information we accumulate in our heads.

As we get older, we become more focused on searching for meaning—and we’re most likely to find it in actions that benefit others. My favorite test of meaningful work is to ask: if this job didn’t exist, how much worse off would people be? It’s near midlife that this question often begins to loom large. At around this time, in both work and life, we

The work is the point, and my work is unique. If I can do something that people find useful, then I should. It doesn’t matter if it’s a masterpiece or not, as long as I enjoy it. I’ve got my own weird angle on things that’s a useful counter-melody in the big orchestra of life.