Paul W Chan
@PaulWChan
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Professor: Design and Construction Management @TUBKMBE @BKTUDelft. People Watcher; Traveller; Foodie. Views expressed are mine.
Delft, Nederland
Joined July 2009
Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel in London. Interesting walk the night before #ARCOM2024 conference @LSBU Looking forward to a great 40th Annual @arcom_uk conference: Looking back to look forward!
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Dit is waarschijnlijk het beste antwoord dat ik ooit heb gehoord op de vraag: "Waarom heeft God het kwaad geschapen?" Een professor aan de universiteit stelde zijn studenten de volgende vraag: “Alles wat bestaat, is door God geschapen?” Eén leerling antwoordde moedig: “Ja, het
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Every research question should solve a problem Not a gap. A problem. Gaps just mean no one’s bothered. Problems mean someone needs a better answer. Start here: • What breaks if we get this wrong? • Who cares? • Why now? What's a gap in your field that’s actually just
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Slavery isn’t a “white people” problem. It’s a human problem — ancient, global, and ongoing. But today’s cultural gatekeepers only want one story told. Here’s the truth they won’t teach in schools or say on the news: A thread on slavery, guilt, and grace 🧵
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Introverts are kind people, but if you piss them off, they'll ignore your whole existence. They're givers. They love. They care. They reciprocate. They'll give you chances after chances. Over & over again. But once they've had it, they don't revenge, they just disappear forever.
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IT asked that we remind you that bringing your own device to work is a huge security risk. Also, they are instituting a mandatory two-factor confirmation for every login, sent to your personal phone.
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Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
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Pre-PhD: I’m not sure about the answer Post-PhD: I’m not sure about the answer or the question
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Key takeaways: we should reflect on how we as academics are the source of the problems as much as the providers of underpinning knowledge for solutions.
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