#Mathematical

kenbot

KenScambler

My best kept secret* is that string & wiring diagrams--plucked straight out of applied category theory--are *fabulous* for software and system design. And you don't have to learn a damn

Dylan Morris

dylanhmorris

This pandemic should upend how biologists think about virus transmission—for the better. My greatest regret is having parroted received wisdom early on. I said our @NEJM aerosol stability findings were

Rachel "The Doc" Bitecofer 📈🔭🍌

RachelBitecofer

I got some flack from @SenSanders Bernie world over the course of the primary when I appeared on some progressive pods like @SamSeder's & @MMFlint's & discussed the improbability that

Seymour Clearly

SeymourClearly5

"They will tell you blockchain credentials and transcripts are about “convenience” and “privacy.”They don’t want you to know online education systems are steeped in military research and development."https://wrenchintheg

Piper Huguley

piperhuguley

THREAD: On this weekend of #fathersday and #JUNETEENTH2020 I have thoughts about George Floyd's horrific lynching and #blackromance (something that people have also been discussing, that is a

🔥 Kareem Carr 🔥

kareem_carr

"2+2=5" AND DATA ANALYSIS AKA Why do I, a statistician, care about whether "2+2" can ever equal "5"? 1/ It was unfortunate that the statement "2+2=5" became the focus of

Steven Wittens

unconed

Co-workers often tell me my code is "nice" even though their linters hate it. The problem is that a linter enforces blind habit, not the motivation behind it. If you

Alberto Nardelli

AlbertoNardelli

NEW: The UK's most senior public official — cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill — went to the Cheltenham Festival as the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemichttps://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/albertonardelli/c

Daniela Witten

daniela_witten

The new cover article in @NautilusMag is about the sordid history of eugenics in the field of statistics. I had a conversation with @aubreyclayton a few months ago, when he

Shane Crotty

profshanecrotty

1/ There are various tweets misinterpreting COVID-19 “pre-existing immunity” and making dangerous claims about herd immunity. Since many of those claims refer to our scientific papers, we will reiterate the

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

Feynman wisdom is that you don’t truly understand something until you can explain it to a newcomer. This gets confused with two seemingly similar claims, however, both of which are

Taylor Pearson

TaylorPearsonMe

The Farmer's FableToday, I’d like to tell you a little story about a farmer named Bill. If you’re not into farming, it just so happens that Bill discovers one of

CosmicLover 🌹🌷🌸🌞🐝

PetuniaCosmic

THE MIND, THE MEDIUM, AND THE MONEY: The Ancient Alchemical-Topological Metaphor of the Medium and its Physical and Financial Implications. “The Jews answered him, saying, for a good work we

Esteban J. Quiñones, Ph.D.

estebanjq3

This seems like as good a time as any to reflect on THAT TIME my economics professor tried to use a cautionary tale about a graduate student committing suicide for

Robert Breedlove

Breedlove22

1/33. I just published “The Number Zero and Bitcoin”Bitcoin represents the discovery of absolute scarcity for money, an unstoppable idea that is changing the world tremendously, just like its digital

Hisham Ziauddeen

HZiauddeen

Tweetpost: COVID planning in community mental health servicesHere is a thread about some of the thinking that went into our service’s COVID planning. I’d be grateful for any comments and