#Springer

Steak-umm

steak_umm

conspiracy theories are baked into human nature, they don’t only affect the fringes. all people naturally seek patterns to make sense of the world’s randomness and develop in-group, out-group prejudices

Caitriona Dowd

CaitrionaDowd

On Friday, @WFP was awarded the #NobelPeacePrize for work to address hunger. Conflict & hunger are closely linked, and I've had the opportunity to see the work of WFP and

Diogo Veríssimo

verissimodiogo

Are the publishing models used by conservation journal ethical? http://www.conservationandsociety.org/downloadpdf.asp?id=288028;type=2 A crack team of colleagues and myself looked at 426 journals to find out - [Thread] Why does this matter?

Mar Hicks

histoftech

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

Rebecca Willis

Bankfieldbecky

Evidence on unburnable oil, gas & coal: a thread.Yesterday I asked for your go-to references on ‘unburnable carbon’ – i.e. the amount of oil, coal & gas that must stay

David Meyer

dajmeyer

(1/n) @mckelmer, Environment Report: Science Is Rising to the Occasion (Surfers, Less So)https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/science-environment/environment-report-science-is-rising-to-the-occasion-surfers-less-so/This story motivated me to spend

David Steven

davidsteven

Last week @alexevansuk and I launched the #LongCrisisScenarios with @localtrust.Four stories about worlds where we polarize or act collectively, centralize or give everyone a role. A thread on some of

Martin Varsavsky

martinvars

Hoy @ninavarsavsky nuestros hijos y yo nos vamos a vivir a Berlin hasta que pase la pandemia o haya vacuna. Nos vamos porque Nina tiene PCD y no sentimos seguros

Karandeep Singh

kdpsinghlab

The presenter puts up a slide showing “random forest variable importance.” You know the one...The sideways bar plot.Says “only showing the top 20 variables here...” to highlight the hi-dimensional power

Luca Fornaro

LucaFornaro3

Hysteresis strikes back! The view that deep recessions may damage future productive capacity, e.g. by leading firms to reduce investment in innovation, is gaining more and more traction in the

Brian Bilek

BrianBilek_

Very, very early returns in #WhiteSox Twitter's "depth" complaints all offseason. Below is White Sox Twitter's All Star Team (where Reinsdorf, budgets and the free market doesn't exist) vs. the

NortherlyRose #AncientAutistic

NortherlyRose

#ThreadA-Z of autism from a personal autistic perspective. ‘V’s Virtues, values, and validity. #AutisticPride#AutismAcceptance #AutismAcceptanceMonth 1/ We often hear about negative autistic traits and characteristics.So-called ‘sym

गोपी कृष्ण

gopimaliwal

Generality and knowledge: Hayek's constitutional theory of the liberal statehttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10602-019-09299-x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10602-020-09301-x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1

Gummi Bear

gummibear737

My deep dive into “The Only #Hydroxychloroquine Study You Need to Read” by @AmeshAAYou can also consider this a deep dive into HCQ RCTsLong thread coming - I’m not numbering

W. Carson Byrd

Prof_WCByrd

So, there's a few things standing out about the Justice Department's threat to sue Yale about their use of race in admissions 1/https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/08/14/justice-department-threatens-yale-lawsuit#.

Dr. James O'Donoghue

physicsJ

"How long has the moonAnd earth been together like this?"—Earth formed 4.6 billion years ago and then a Mars-sized object hit 100 million years later. It was from the Saturn-ring