Monthly Archives: March 2019

Mud People

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Barry Pomeroy

He once told the children about a people made from mud who lived upside down from the surface. They live just like we do, except their floor is our floor, and every step we make is a step for them. … Continue reading →

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The Dunning–Kruger Effect

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Barry Pomeroy

He didn’t mean to laugh, but he was easily overcome by the mangled sentences coming out of the man’s mouth. It was a kind of disorder, that he couldn’t control himself once someone was mangling their words so much as … Continue reading →

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When Plagiarism Goes Wrong

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Barry Pomeroy

One of the ways that students plagiarize, at least when they take material from online and attempt to incorporate it into their papers, is to run a thesaurus function—such as the synonym option in MSword—on certain words. They seldom trouble … Continue reading →

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