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Jan 1 5 tweets 4 min read
The most undervalued skill in academia?

Creativity.

As a young boy, I read in a magazine: Original ideas come from diverse impressions.

→ Four things that taught me something new & diverse:

• a website
• a book
• a newsletter
• a podcast

What are yours #ScienceTwitter? Image
Website: @aeonmag

Ad free essays on every conceivable topic.

At 2000 - 6000 words each article is a commitment.
But it leaves you transformed.

Aeon is what the internet should have been all about - consider donating, if you can afford. Image
@aeonmag Book: Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker

Science Fiction from 1937.

A man wakes up floating in space.
Witnesses billions of years of the universe evolving.
So who is the "Star Maker"?

Sci-Fi that ends up very spiritual & philosophic. I devoured this book. Image
@aeonmag Newsletter: Climate Foresight by @ColinRebel

It talks about environment in a succinct, optimistic and surprising way.

The introduction takes 20 seconds to read & makes me excited every time.

Ecology in the 21st century will be, what theoretical physics was in the 20th. Image
@aeonmag @ColinRebel Podcast: @Big_Biology

Always deep, insightful, relevant and humorous talks on biology.

One of my favourite episodes explain why whales are so big.

Marty Martin & Art Woods do a terrific job at directing. Not once did I think "Oh thats a dumb question".

Highly recommended Image

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Jan 2
I made a poll in #AcademicTwitter.

❌ More than 80% don't know this tool yet (p < 0.05).

So here is a beginners guide to @authorea,
an online tool to write your papers.

If you haven't heard of it, you will love it.

⬇️ 🎥 🏞️

#AcademicChatter #ScienceTwitter Image
@authorea @authorea makes writing a paper with multiple authors easy.

No more emailing files back and forth.

Make an account on Authorea . com

Price:
• Free for <10 documents
• 10$ / mo for unlimited
• 100$ / mo to publish and get a DOI

Once logged in, hit the + button at the top. Image
@authorea 2. EDITING

As simple as Word or Google Docs,
with all your academic needs taken care of.

Hit the "insert" button at the top to add:

☑︎ Citations
☑︎ Formulae (Latex)
☑︎ Figures
☑︎ Tables Image
Read 10 tweets
Jan 1
Hey #AcademicTwitter

Collaborating on your paper/thesis/manuscript 🧑‍🤝‍🧑.

How do you do it?

Asking for a friend.

#AcademicChatter #ScienceTwitter
Wow so much participation, thank you everyone one.

I made a small tutorial on the "other" section. Coming in a tiny bit.

Also curious to hear the experiences, what annoys you about the current workflow.
Google Docs won!

You are then ready for the "Google Docs for Academics"

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Dec 30, 2022
PhD Planning 101

Before my PhD I worked as CEO of a software company for years. I did *a lot* of planning.

Here is what 90% of people get wrong:

❌Planning is not: WHAT and WHEN
✅Planning is the HOW to achieve goals

Learn how to plan the HOW:
🧵⬇️

#AcademicChatter
I use @obsdmd for everything:

🔸Note taking
🔸Reference management
🔸Planning

One tool to rule them: It will supercharge your academic workflow.

Download it here obsidian.md and create a new canvas:

Now let's start planning!
⚡️1. Define your Goals

Without the destination in mind, you won't arrive.

Know where you're going 🧭.

Identify what YOU want vs what is EXPECTED OF YOU.

Use colours for this.
Read 8 tweets
Dec 30, 2022
Are you feeling like an Imposter in academia?

Good, you share something with A Einstein, M Curie and 70% of #ScienceTwitter.

Imposter syndrome is built on 3 psychological effects:

- Dunning-Kruger Effect
- Confirmation Bias
- Modesty Bias

This 🧵 is about disarming them⬇️
🌩️ Dunning-Kruger Effect

"Knowing very little about a thing leads you to overestimate your abilities"

But: The more you know, the easier something seems, thus you start overestimating others abilities.

Or underestimating yours: You feel like an imposter BECAUSE you excel.
🌩️ Confirmation Bias

"Tendency to seek confirmation, for what you believe in."

Once we start feeling like an imposter, we subconsciously seek out confirmation for it and thus "feed" the problem.

@DrJoeDispenza calls it "Addiction to failure"
Read 13 tweets
Dec 29, 2022
Why do we forget what we learn, #AcademicTwitter?

A 3 week experiment: You read the same amount every day, but forget some %.

Forget only 30% daily → Loose ~88% of all information after 3 weeks.
😳 🫣 right!?

5% → Still loose 40% 🤬

3 takeaways & a solution in the 🧵
⬇️
1️⃣ The volume of memory is determined by your ability to remember

Look at the top 2 bars in the video. After a few days they reach a maximum.

Forgetting and learning, cancel each other out.

From all I could find out, this case is our average human. 🤷🏼

In more detail:
2️⃣ Remembering just a bit more, can pay off immensely

Compare the last two bars in the video. Going from remembering 85% to 95% every day (or forgetting 15% and 5% respectively), more than DOUBLES what you can learn after 21 days.

These are compounding effects.
Read 7 tweets
Dec 27, 2022
Overwhelmed with 100s of papers for your research and literature review, #AcademicTwitter ?

Here is my solution: A Visual Reference Manager made with @obsdmd brand new canvas feature.

Your 🧠 is not a database - it's a network. #Academicchatter

Follow the 🧵 to learn how.
@obsdmd I use @obsdmd for all my academic needs.

I have 4 types of notes: Sources, Collections, Thoughts and Outlines.

In the title of the source note, I link the PDF of my paper/book chapter.

Here is a thread on how you can set up this system for yourself.

buff.ly/3jAmV7m
@obsdmd Let's create a new Canvas by using the button on the top left of Obsidians interface.
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