▲ 527 ▼ Dear Faith II (thelemmy.club) submitted 7 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to c/science_memes@mander.xyz 62 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 4 points 7 months ago (6 children) Context, nao. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 7 months ago* (5 children) the context is all there ... Faith is a graduate student working on their masters thesis, in the thesis paper they included tables that they presumably color-coded (maybe different columns had different colors), and they used multiple colors such that it was "rainbow colored". Apparently the thesis advisor did not like the presence of color and advises using APA guidelines on how to style & format the tables: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/tables permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (4 children) Interestingly your link doesn't mention use of color or lack there of. It does say elsewhere that you shouldn't do it for decoration, though. That said, things like this are more dictated by the journal you publish to and a thesis has to imitate that. Solution? Graduate and start a journal that requires beautiful color tables, lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor I have heard horror stories about how specific formatting has to be for a thesis or dissertation, though - and often those rules are very specific to a particular university or even department. So it's also possible for rules like that to be local and not from a universal standard like the APA guide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor Eh, you'd be surprised at how far some people will go to criticize women in STEM fields. It's not everyone, and I doubt it's even a majority, but there's enough that I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. Or maybe the OOP is a mathematical Lisa Frank. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child) no denying that people criticize women in STEM (as a woman in STEM myself), but there are series of "dear Faith" email posts that collectively seem a bit unlikely in their tone and situation, which is what makes me think it's more likely they're fake than real that said, this particular email seems more plausible than the other one about plagiarism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Just saw the plagiarism email post and teah... this is starting to seem fake permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 7 months ago* (5 children) the context is all there ... Faith is a graduate student working on their masters thesis, in the thesis paper they included tables that they presumably color-coded (maybe different columns had different colors), and they used multiple colors such that it was "rainbow colored". Apparently the thesis advisor did not like the presence of color and advises using APA guidelines on how to style & format the tables: https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar-guidelines/tables-figures/tables permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (4 children) Interestingly your link doesn't mention use of color or lack there of. It does say elsewhere that you shouldn't do it for decoration, though. That said, things like this are more dictated by the journal you publish to and a thesis has to imitate that. Solution? Graduate and start a journal that requires beautiful color tables, lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor I have heard horror stories about how specific formatting has to be for a thesis or dissertation, though - and often those rules are very specific to a particular university or even department. So it's also possible for rules like that to be local and not from a universal standard like the APA guide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor Eh, you'd be surprised at how far some people will go to criticize women in STEM fields. It's not everyone, and I doubt it's even a majority, but there's enough that I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. Or maybe the OOP is a mathematical Lisa Frank. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child) no denying that people criticize women in STEM (as a woman in STEM myself), but there are series of "dear Faith" email posts that collectively seem a bit unlikely in their tone and situation, which is what makes me think it's more likely they're fake than real that said, this particular email seems more plausible than the other one about plagiarism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Just saw the plagiarism email post and teah... this is starting to seem fake permalink fedilink source parent
[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (4 children) Interestingly your link doesn't mention use of color or lack there of. It does say elsewhere that you shouldn't do it for decoration, though. That said, things like this are more dictated by the journal you publish to and a thesis has to imitate that. Solution? Graduate and start a journal that requires beautiful color tables, lol permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor I have heard horror stories about how specific formatting has to be for a thesis or dissertation, though - and often those rules are very specific to a particular university or even department. So it's also possible for rules like that to be local and not from a universal standard like the APA guide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor Eh, you'd be surprised at how far some people will go to criticize women in STEM fields. It's not everyone, and I doubt it's even a majority, but there's enough that I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. Or maybe the OOP is a mathematical Lisa Frank. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child) no denying that people criticize women in STEM (as a woman in STEM myself), but there are series of "dear Faith" email posts that collectively seem a bit unlikely in their tone and situation, which is what makes me think it's more likely they're fake than real that said, this particular email seems more plausible than the other one about plagiarism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Just saw the plagiarism email post and teah... this is starting to seem fake permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 7 months ago (3 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor I have heard horror stories about how specific formatting has to be for a thesis or dissertation, though - and often those rules are very specific to a particular university or even department. So it's also possible for rules like that to be local and not from a universal standard like the APA guide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor Eh, you'd be surprised at how far some people will go to criticize women in STEM fields. It's not everyone, and I doubt it's even a majority, but there's enough that I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. Or maybe the OOP is a mathematical Lisa Frank. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child) no denying that people criticize women in STEM (as a woman in STEM myself), but there are series of "dear Faith" email posts that collectively seem a bit unlikely in their tone and situation, which is what makes me think it's more likely they're fake than real that said, this particular email seems more plausible than the other one about plagiarism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Just saw the plagiarism email post and teah... this is starting to seem fake permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (2 children) yeah, I think the email is probably fake and made for internet points / humor Eh, you'd be surprised at how far some people will go to criticize women in STEM fields. It's not everyone, and I doubt it's even a majority, but there's enough that I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. Or maybe the OOP is a mathematical Lisa Frank. Idk permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child) no denying that people criticize women in STEM (as a woman in STEM myself), but there are series of "dear Faith" email posts that collectively seem a bit unlikely in their tone and situation, which is what makes me think it's more likely they're fake than real that said, this particular email seems more plausible than the other one about plagiarism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Just saw the plagiarism email post and teah... this is starting to seem fake permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago* (1 child) no denying that people criticize women in STEM (as a woman in STEM myself), but there are series of "dear Faith" email posts that collectively seem a bit unlikely in their tone and situation, which is what makes me think it's more likely they're fake than real that said, this particular email seems more plausible than the other one about plagiarism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Just saw the plagiarism email post and teah... this is starting to seem fake permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago Just saw the plagiarism email post and teah... this is starting to seem fake permalink fedilink source parent
