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Dalton. Just Dalton.

That’s definitely a possibility. If medical students are mostly judged on coursework rather than exams (as horrible and stressful as...

I think it’s also fair to say that different subjects and sectors need different kinds of learning. Medicine does require a great deal...

I think it depends how the exams work, specifically whether they encourage a useful mixture of rote learning and information analysis...

Having read the SRD, I basically think this: 1) It’s a nicely more narrative take on the D&D space with some interesting mechanics. It...

I think the ability to retrieve and analyse information quickly is quite important for many sectors, and you’d certainly want more...

That’s a really good argument for making exams more important for qualifications, I think. Coursework can always be written by genAI but...

An anecdote: the International Baccalaureate diploma is very rigorous - it is basically modeled on British A-levels, and students earn...

I mean feel free to look into the research. The more 'online' the more 'connected' the more 'social media engaged' one is, the less...

Hmmm… the use case for disabled students is interesting, I’ll have to think about that. There are of course all sorts of entirely valid...

I’m afraid that’s basically nonsense, as far as I can tell. MTHFR mutations probably do affect B vitamin metabolism but they don’t have...

Looking at any fictional future is always hard. It is hard to make that 'amazing' leap. In '95 the Web was a slow clunky...

Yeah. As a doctor I’ve had plenty of time for Dr Google (patients looking up symptoms and conditions on Google) because I certainly...

A quick “where are they now” video. Lex made POTUS, so things worked out for him (and probably America). (That isn’t a comment on...

A 21-year thread necro! That’s got to be a record!