#Hypothesis

A. 👏 gufeng or bust

anonflail

oh tianyake is shortish... maybe... maybe i can have a little zhou zishu as a treat making the elective decision to start on TYK forreals at 1am. I’ll go ahead

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

nntaleb

101 BS THINGS TAUGHT TO STUDENTS, 1That correlation is a measure of relationship betw 2 variables. It is very rarely so.Few understand how correlation requires 1) no subsampling, 2) strict

Kevin Bird

itsbirdemic

It's time to have more fun with some attempted responses to my paper attacking the hereditarian hypothesis! This time by the far right anthropologist Peter Frost. This may get technical

The Seeker

TheSeeker268

A thread on the origins of COVID-19, and a possible bio-containment failure at one of the Wuhan labs. I feel there are facts not enough people know about, so I

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

In his magesterial, longrunning series of papers explaining why Uber is not, and never will be, a viable business, transportation analyst Hubert Horan calls the business a "bezzle."http://horanaviation.com/Uber.html 1/ Bezzle

Patrick McKenzie

patio11

Some people really benefit from hearing advice that everyone knows, for the same reason we keep schools open despite every subject in them having been taught before.In that spirit, here's

Tony Breu

tony_breu

1/Why is tricuspid valve (TV) endocarditis more common in those who use intravenous drugs?The portal of entry for most bacteria is the venous system. If quick access to the right-heart

Yell in a War

jelenawoehr

In 2019, there were 16,425 murders in the US, on a population of 328,200,000.So, at most, 0.005% of USians killed somebody.The same year there were 697,195 cops in the U.S.,

Ben Meer

SystemSunday

25 cognitive biases Elon Musk thinks every kid should learn: Elon Musk tweeted about 50 cognitive biases every kid should learn.It’s a phenomenal list!But the infographic (see below) is hard

claireopatra🟥🏁

claireopatraaa

RE: brain structural differences in FtMs and MtFs.many of you have seen the argument that transwomen have female brains and that transmen have male brains. however, the studies referenced usually

David Finsterwalder

DFinsterwalder

Something that pisses me off is how pseudo-sceptical Vitamin D is treated. Take for example this @thetimes article. They write: There is no evidence that it does prevent Covid. This

Rounding the Earth

EduEngineer

1. This is a thread compiling the most interesting threads of the 2020 pandemic. If you've seen a thread or even a single epic tweet that you think belongs, share

Doctora Malka Older

m_older

"Believes in democracy" should be the absolute minimum qualification for serving in public office in our aspiring democracy.https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1314089207875371008 As I wrote for @ForeignPolicy, democracy is a pr

Theodore CHRISTAKIS

TC_IntLaw

Very important decision today by the top French Administrative Court @Conseil_Etat on post #SchremsII developmentsThe Court rejects the request of the petitioners against the hosting of the #healthdatahub by @MicrosoftEU

HinduMonkey

HinduMonkey

First there was BarnesThen there was… um… BarnesBut now, we need a revolutionComrades. There is only ONE essential to start the season withIT’S THE MOTHER FUCKING CHE-TRAIN PEOPLE!!In association with

Hammed A. Akande, M.Sc.

drhammed

WRITING PROPOSAL FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL APPLICATIONAre you applying for scholarships that require you to submit a research proposal or in your final year writing project soon? This thread gives a