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Joe Heafnerheafnerj
May 20, 2026, 7:40 PM
@docpop One problem with contemporary physics textbooks is that authors rarely, if ever, read and check the original sources by Einstein and others and proceed to perpetuate misconceptions that we as faculty must repeatedly engage with in our classrooms. It wastes our time and confuses students. This has been a thing long before arXiv or AI so I'm quite sympathetic.
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Dark Phoenix 🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈Darkphoenix@universeodon.com
May 21, 2026, 3:11 AM
@heafnerj @docpop I found a mathematical error in my physics textbook. It was more than one, and more than once.
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Joe Heafnerheafnerj
May 21, 2026, 4:42 AM
@Darkphoenix @docpop There are sometimes physics errors in physics textbooks too.
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William Canna-bassJizzelEtBass@kolektiva.social
May 21, 2026, 11:45 AM
@heafnerj @docpop
I personally wouldn't put my name to a published work, unless I checked all of the sources and Material were correct to the best of my knowledge. #Integrity
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Joe Heafnerheafnerj
May 21, 2026, 1:23 PM
@JizzelEtBass @docpop Same. I consider it a baseline professional expectation, especially since is may affect publishers too.
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