#Rigor

Elephant in the room.Masters degrees in the Philippines are treated as terminal degree courses. It is an historical relic from a time when very few could do PhD abroad and

Esther Choo MD MPH

Scientists are trained to look for evidence of their own biases, and to consider the possibility that their hypotheses are wrong. In fact, hypotheses are framed in terms of the

Jorge J Rodríguez V

The advice I continue giving folks looking into PhD programs is to look for an advisor who is kind. Don’t look for the “most brilliant” advisor. Look for the person

Casey Rutherford

rutherfordcasey

Rigor, a thread. I used to teach a concurrent enrollment physics course that was one semester of intro, algebra based physics. I wrote about it a while back;https://learningandphysics.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/teaching-a-university-course-at

In a departure from sport-related tweets I want talk about teaching online during a pandemic, and how a lot of what I see is really worrying to me. Teaching during

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

SYMPOSIUM ON RISK PARITYFriends, in the wake of the road-rage by the lunatic of #AQR, @CliffordAsness, I will post short tutorial videos explaining the BS in theories of diversification.I will

This moment is fascinating. The white kid sees Sun Ra in Oedipal terms as a would be father-who-must-be-overthrown; McLean sees an artist radically conferring sovereignty and dignity onto themselves outside

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Chloroquine: Does Big Pharma owns the media?+ Studies are said to be "not rigorous" when it comes to Chloroquine in spite of robust statistical signal+ Studies w/less rigor and significance

It’s funny… not “haha” funny, but the other kind… to watch cheerleaders for cyber charters try to glom on to the work being done by fully certificated and experienced public

Shalabh Chaturvedi

I recently tried to formulate some design principles and ideas for a computing and programming system. Here they are:1/9 Meaning over MechanismComputers are mechanisms that serve human needs and human

Kirsten Sanders

So here's the thing about Analytic Theology (a short )1/ "Analytic" Theology is a relatively recent self-described field of theological studies that seeks logical analysis of concepts typically considered under

Shane T. Spiker, PhD, BCBA

1/? Thread.This year, I opted not to officially attend ABAI. I’ve been putting a bit of thought into this, and I have a few points that basically, it would be

Cameron Watters 💉💉⏳

A few years ago, I had a voice into the prioritization of work on an e-commerce system. Of course, we got more requests for functionality from internal teams than we

This is the worst way forward with AI. It is unethical to fund or publish scholarship like this.https://twitter.com/forcriticaltech/status/1275402019130478595 #defundAI if it’s gonna be like this (& it’s already shown us

Justice requires accountability, but accountability alone must not be confused with justice. Derek Chauvin now faces accountability. George Floyd was denied justice the moment Chauvin’s knee took his last breath.

The more I read about the history of science, the more I am convinced that scientific critique is not there to benefit the target but everyone else and the science.