On X from time to time , I will say something, and the response is a copy/pasted Grok response. Heck, I even used an AI response in my most recent post about getting blocked on social media. It doesn't surprise me that the first health condition that has"brain fog" as a symptom is Long Covid. Of course it is. Before, it would be diabetes, and other chronic conditions, but now it's all Long Covid. And no one questions it. They think this AI response is the sole supported response. It's not as if programmers are the ones that determine which source is deemed to be "more right than others."
Poe's oft quoted (but not original) applies for your med students, generally:
“The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe appeared in the November 1845 issue of “Graham’s Magazine”. The tale was set in a private hospital for the mentally ill, and the adage was spoken by the nominal head of the institution.
“You are young yet, my friend,” replied my host, “but the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, without trusting to the gossip of others. Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see."
That applies to me and my generation, but I no longer believe to today’s youth. In the 1840s and even much later, even my little town, an island in a sea of prairie had two news papers; one democrat, one Whig then later republican. Need more be said?
As young children, my friends and I played the game called 'telephone' whereby a convoluted 2 minute story is whispered into the ear of the starting player.
In turn, the player relates the story to the next participant in a whispered recounting, and the story takes on the fractured memory of each player until each has heard and repeated.
The final participant then reveals the mishmash produced. This whimsy is compared to a reading of the original story, revealing the truth of 'none of what you hear' maxims.
Does the nature of today's communication negate gossip and poor communication skills?
Your excellent teaching methods describe a learning process that works well for willing students.
I too played that game, or one like it. It was always an activity at Sunday School or Cub Scout or Boy Scout camp. As I recall, the original story was not convoluted but became so as it passed along the grapevine.
I do not think that today’s comms fix this, as what is being spread to the masses is a convoluted version of reality.
My way of teaching listening classes is far from appreciated by most students and schools. It has led to my losing work, in fact. Thankfully, it is generally appreciated by my elective class med students and that one school.
On X from time to time , I will say something, and the response is a copy/pasted Grok response. Heck, I even used an AI response in my most recent post about getting blocked on social media. It doesn't surprise me that the first health condition that has"brain fog" as a symptom is Long Covid. Of course it is. Before, it would be diabetes, and other chronic conditions, but now it's all Long Covid. And no one questions it. They think this AI response is the sole supported response. It's not as if programmers are the ones that determine which source is deemed to be "more right than others."
Poe's oft quoted (but not original) applies for your med students, generally:
“The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether” by Edgar Allan Poe appeared in the November 1845 issue of “Graham’s Magazine”. The tale was set in a private hospital for the mentally ill, and the adage was spoken by the nominal head of the institution.
“You are young yet, my friend,” replied my host, “but the time will arrive when you will learn to judge for yourself of what is going on in the world, without trusting to the gossip of others. Believe nothing you hear, and only one half that you see."
Source:
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/06/23/half-see/
That applies to me and my generation, but I no longer believe to today’s youth. In the 1840s and even much later, even my little town, an island in a sea of prairie had two news papers; one democrat, one Whig then later republican. Need more be said?
As young children, my friends and I played the game called 'telephone' whereby a convoluted 2 minute story is whispered into the ear of the starting player.
In turn, the player relates the story to the next participant in a whispered recounting, and the story takes on the fractured memory of each player until each has heard and repeated.
The final participant then reveals the mishmash produced. This whimsy is compared to a reading of the original story, revealing the truth of 'none of what you hear' maxims.
Does the nature of today's communication negate gossip and poor communication skills?
Your excellent teaching methods describe a learning process that works well for willing students.
Bravo.
I too played that game, or one like it. It was always an activity at Sunday School or Cub Scout or Boy Scout camp. As I recall, the original story was not convoluted but became so as it passed along the grapevine.
I do not think that today’s comms fix this, as what is being spread to the masses is a convoluted version of reality.
My way of teaching listening classes is far from appreciated by most students and schools. It has led to my losing work, in fact. Thankfully, it is generally appreciated by my elective class med students and that one school.