education – Iris van Rooij

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

August 12, 2025August 19, 2025 Iris van Rooij

Cite as: van Rooij, I. (2025) AI slop and the destruction of knowledge. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16905560 This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at the moment. To my surprise and dismay, I hit upon [...]

The myth of value-free science*

March 3, 2024March 3, 2024 Iris van Rooij

Perhaps one of the most persistent myths in science—one that also pervades public perception of science—is that it provides a value-free method to arrive at objective Truth, with a big ‘T’. This myth is so persistent that we seldom question it within science. Perhaps it is even taboo to question it. This is illustrated, for [...]