Plant life, plant horror: Or, Can a Vegetable Be a Monster? Linnean Society, 30 October 6pm members.linnean.org/events/66e0795…y #plans #planthorror

I will look more frightening on the night. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/halloween-...

Halloween Special | How can a Vegetable be a Monster?

Referencing classic movies and books, this talk will examine 'vegetable threats' replacing the traditional 'monster' in the horror genre.

Laika

Same to you

Sad to hear that Bob Stern has passed away. Here is an interview: www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/robert-stern

ROBERT STERN — What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher?

Very sad to hear this.

One leaf today heralds autumn.

A public outing for plant philosophy: aeon.co/essays/what-...

What plant philosophy says about plant agency and intelligence | Aeon Essays

The stunningly complex behaviour of plants has led to a new way of thinking about our world: plant philosophy

The University of Kent is closing its philosophy department among others. This was a thriving department who did great in the REF and the NSS. The government are not helping universities to thrive and are not helping the humanities. www.kent.ac.uk/news/stateme...

Even if this is happening in obscure journals that no-one reads, it shows just how indifferent the private publishing industry is to quality. If they can't even filter out obvious AI contributions, what purpose do they serve? The negative externality here will be damage to the reputation of science.

CTcarlbergstrom.comMar 15, 2024 3:07pm

Another Elsevier paper with obvious AI-written text. “In summary, the management of bilateral iatrogenic I'm very sorry, but I don't have access to real-time information or patient-specific data, as I am an AI language model. “