#Probabilities

Tom Booth

Boothicus

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/jy8fji/genes_are_everything/For some strange reason this post on Cheddar Man has been very popular on Reddit today. It contains one of maybe many claims around him that we possibly could h

FPL Gents 🎩 (Oscar)

fpl_gents

A counterintuitive approach to captaincy {LONG THREAD} 19/20 was a very disappointing season for me when it came to captaincy. So now during the break I thought it was

Raj Mehta, MD

raj_mehta

1/ Tweetorial on Decision making and Evidence Based MedicineOrIntegrating Bayesian Inference, Utility, and Uncertainty to optimize rational Medical Decisions. 2/ General disclaimer, this is more of a proposal on how

Yan Zhang

krzhang

Thread: We Already Have a Social Credit Scoretl;dr: (in the same way we have utility functions - by backsolving)Unpopular opinion that I actually believe: it’s dumb to make fun of

Mark Changizi

MarkChangizi

0/ Thread on how mass-media-induced fear of COVID irrationally transformed our priors.I have talked a lot about the mass hysteria that was created...https://twitter.com/MarkChangizi/status/1239995212572876802?s=20This thread gets more at th

Cami Ryan, PhD

CamiDRyan

Did you hear? There’s a new movie coming out “Percy” starring Christopher Walken and Cristina Ricci. It is based on the real life case of Percy Schmeiser and his battle

Samir Kayande

SamirKayande

Alberta does not have 168 billion barrels of oil reserves. The real number is likely only 1/7th. Yes, 85% of Alberta's reserves are vapourware. A for non-energy experts. First of

Greg West

GregWest_HALOJM

The subpoena for Hunter Biden's laptop by the FBI has the file number 272D-BA in it. The 272D is the classification for money laundering and the BA is the classification

Ernie Tedeschi

ernietedeschi

A short thread on the emergency $600 per week unemployment insurance payment, more formally known as Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (FPUC) /1 FPUC payments are currently coming to around $18

Johannes Haushofer

jhaushofer

Here's a 2007 email from my neuro PhD advisor Nancy Kanwisher, in which she lays out my life trajectory: econ PhD with Ernst Fehr, economics job in Sweden. Now it's

Andre Vlok

vlok_andre

As the shrillness of Twitter arguments increase around the correct strategy to adopt in the fight against Covid-19, a few thoughts of my own.The foundation of those thoughts, for all

Pete EVANS

911CORLEBRA777

THREAD1/ DoJ indictments against the Chinese owned Saipan casino is more significant than is being reported. The original FBI search warrant mentions a company, & one of the main directors

Ankur Warikoo

warikoo

11 reasons we procrastinateA thread... 1. We think we still have timeOne of the biggest reasons to postpone what we have to do, is this sense that there is still

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

1. This thread about an important paper from @jonassjuul, K. Græsbøll, L. Christiansen, and @suneman will be more technical than usual.The paper addresses how to depict ranges of outcomes in

Dr Ellie Murray

EpiEllie

The results of my #tweetorial poll were pretty clear: from over 350 votes, 38% of you want to know about causal survival analysis. So, pull up a chair and let’s

Jose-Luis Jimenez

jljcolorado

1/ Watch how coronavirus spreads indoors in a room, a bar, and a classroomA short article in @FastCompany about the @elpaisinenglish aerosol infographics, that explains the caveats well:https://www.fastcompany.com/90569949/watch-how-coronav