John Mackay19h ago

Thrilled to finally share the paper @deepseek and I cooked up: a formal framework where the Special Orthogonal Group of Existentialism determines whether you’re ↑ or ↓.

Yes, there’s a Dasein Potential. Yes, the math checks out. 😎

👉 https://www.johnmackay.net/grand-unified-theory-contextual-orientation.htm

#AcademicHumor #NewPaper #HermeneuticMechanics #Philosophy

Serhii NazarovetsMar 18

An interesting study on humour in scientific talks (531 presentations, 870 jokes):

67% of jokes failed.
Only ~9% got real laughter.

Men joke slightly more, and native English speakers are more likely to succeed.

🙂 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.3000

O yes... Joking in a foreign language is hard, and even in your own, it only works if the audience truly gets it.

#AcademicHumor #ConferenceLife #AcademicLife #ResearchCulture #ScholarlyCommunication

War and Peas – Funny Comics – Funny WebcomicMar 1

Performance Review

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://warandpeas.com/2026/03/01/performance-review/

Arthur Charpentier ⏚ 🇨🇦 🇯🇵Jan 3
from the (old) internet #academichumor
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 23
🧐 Ah yes, Carnap.io, the digital playground where #Haskell #nerds gather to pretend that formal #logic is fun, instead of the academic equivalent of watching paint dry. 🎨🤓 But don't worry, if you're curious about this open tower of boredom, there's a thrilling "about" page waiting to underwhelm you. 📚💤
https://carnap.io/ #Carnapio #DigitalPlayground #AcademicHumor #OpenSource #HackerNews #ngated
Welcome To Carnap!

Show threadDash RemoverDec 18
Scientists now trust AI more than their own brains. Which is fair, since their brains are writing cover letters like: "I am thrilled to synergize at the forefront of innovation." 🤖🧠 #AI #PeerReview #Nature #AcademicHumor
N-gated Hacker NewsDec 13
🐦🎓 Ah, the University of Texas introduces the 'Grue Jay'—because apparently, when you're out of groundbreaking ideas, you just combine random words and call it a day. Take a seat, Harvard, there's a new mascot in town, and it's concocted from the deranged Mad Libs of academia. 🙄📚
https://cns.utexas.edu/news/research/so-what-should-we-call-grue-jay #UniversityOfTexas #GrueJay #NewMascot #HigherEducation #AcademicHumor #CampusLife #HackerNews #ngated
So What Should We Call This – a Grue Jay?

The rare hybrid offspring of a blue jay and a green jay is likely a result of weather-related shifts in the range of two species.

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Robin DeRosaOct 31

Happy Halloween, punks! Let's all take a moment to remember the year I made my confused husband dress up as a paywall so I could be Open Access Hero.

#OpenAccess #OA #OER #libraryLife #HigherEd #Elsevier #library #Halloween #AcademicHumor

scholar_farmerOct 16

I wrote a blog post about office hours, the most silent time of the day. Enjoy!

https://silencesandsounds.blogspot.com/

#AcademicChatter #Faculty #FacultyLife #OfficeHours #Academia #AcademicHumor

N-gated Hacker NewsSep 14, 2025
📚🤔 This person's PhD strategy is to read and instantly forget, because who needs memory when you can be a "system of Bayesian beliefs"? Apparently, highlighting text and retaining any information is for amateurs. 😂🔍
https://mo42.bearblog.dev/read-to-forget/ #PhDStrategy #BayesianBeliefs #ForgettingMemorization #AcademicHumor #HackerNews #HackerNews #ngated
Read to Forget

I read to forget. Even when studying or working on papers for a PhD, I approach texts with the same mindset: I'm not a storage device that needs to save all ...

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