Me, walking into lab where teacher and 6th years (~17/18yrs) are talking.
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@_thegeoff Is that what you say to your terminally online Dom?
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@_thegeoff 1.21 gigaghouls
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Me, walking into lab where teacher and 6th years (~17/18yrs) are talking. They stop.
Teacher: "OK, Geoff, do YOU believe in ghosts?"
Me: "Erm...I believe people *experience* them..."
Teacher: "But what about our energy, what makes us 'us'? Where does that go?"
Me: "What units are you measuring this energy in? How are you measuring it?"
Student, deadpan: "Ghost energy is obviously measured in Ghouls."
No notes, perfect, told student they should write next Ghostbusters film.
How I miss teaching.
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How I miss teaching.
@Fasgadh I'm in the sweet spot, technician rather than a teacher, and one who enjoys student interaction.
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How I miss teaching.
How I miss teaching Parapsychology...
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How I miss teaching Parapsychology...
@Printdevil @Fasgadh I volunteered as a parapsychology subject at uni in the 1990s, it was a thing in Edinburgh! All for it, if the cost to benefit ratio works. But that does seem to have slipped over the years...
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Me, walking into lab where teacher and 6th years (~17/18yrs) are talking. They stop.
Teacher: "OK, Geoff, do YOU believe in ghosts?"
Me: "Erm...I believe people *experience* them..."
Teacher: "But what about our energy, what makes us 'us'? Where does that go?"
Me: "What units are you measuring this energy in? How are you measuring it?"
Student, deadpan: "Ghost energy is obviously measured in Ghouls."
No notes, perfect, told student they should write next Ghostbusters film.
@_thegeoff This is ... *chef's kiss*
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@_thegeoff This is ... *chef's kiss*
@13pt8plus I recently spent a weekend with friends I first met through stand-up comedy in the early 2000s.
That gag, and specifically the dry delivery, would have got a handshake from all of them.
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@Printdevil @Fasgadh I volunteered as a parapsychology subject at uni in the 1990s, it was a thing in Edinburgh! All for it, if the cost to benefit ratio works. But that does seem to have slipped over the years...
The Koestler Chair in Edinburgh? I was offered a Phd place on that program in the 90s!
What a small world.
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The Koestler Chair in Edinburgh? I was offered a Phd place on that program in the 90s!
What a small world.
@Printdevil @Fasgadh That's the one! Don't know exactly what the study was, but I was being monitored while seeing very brief snapshots of facial expressions. Hey, paid for a night out!
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@Printdevil @Fasgadh That's the one! Don't know exactly what the study was, but I was being monitored while seeing very brief snapshots of facial expressions. Hey, paid for a night out!
I vaguely think I remember the people doing that...
I did a whole proposal for an emotional resonance thing to create updated stimulus for Psi identification, using icons which had cross cultural impact yada yada and basically got told I was being too picky and sciencey
So I went elsewhere. But I kept the acceptance letter because it amused me.
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@_thegeoff ONE POINT TWENTY ONE JIGGAWATTS?!
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@Fasgadh I'm in the sweet spot, technician rather than a teacher, and one who enjoys student interaction.
@_thegeoff
Thank you - I worked with some amazing technicians and am very grateful. Vital work. -
Me, walking into lab where teacher and 6th years (~17/18yrs) are talking. They stop.
Teacher: "OK, Geoff, do YOU believe in ghosts?"
Me: "Erm...I believe people *experience* them..."
Teacher: "But what about our energy, what makes us 'us'? Where does that go?"
Me: "What units are you measuring this energy in? How are you measuring it?"
Student, deadpan: "Ghost energy is obviously measured in Ghouls."
No notes, perfect, told student they should write next Ghostbusters film.
@_thegeoff the energy output of a Cleric in D&D is measured in kiloghouls.
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