#Scientists

Over past few years I've been observing how various folks are convinced on a number of topics and I've come up with a framework I thought I'd shareBoiled down, I
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1/. It’s 3 months since I stumbled upon what may turn out to be one of the greatest scandals of modern British history: the #HerdImmunityScandal.On 8 March, after a tip
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I need to do a quick shout out to the folks in Melbourne laboratories who are working hard to save a lot of lives.A thread. /1https://twitter.com/ewster/status/1248687920828936192 You may not be
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We have just launched our report about the media ecosystem and mis/disinformation in the 2019 Canadian Federal election. What follows is a mega thread detailing our methods, findings and some
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I've got a new paper out. In a special issue of @HSNatSci on the history of science diplomacy. The special issue gives insight into the history of the term Science
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Today I wish to address the relationship between the sperm whale the giant squid, as popular media and art such as this video here tend to misinterpret the nature of
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It's that time of year again when students are starting to work on NEA language investigations. We've covered some areas on @LexisPodcast that I think would be good for investigations,
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The camera-ready version of our SIGIR 2021 paper "When Fair Ranking Meets Uncertain Inference." by myself, @Ritam_Dutt and @bowlinearl is up on Arxiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.02091 A thread : A huge majority of
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Some great TV shows and movies, which future generations will not be allowed to enjoy because of the fragile attitudes of today’s “Snowflake Generation”.I have very few followers, so -please-
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Hey friends! I wrote my first newspaper article.In this perspective piece, I talk about the importance of randomized clinical trials even in the most challenging settings (like pandemics!). And
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Really? *no* credible evidence? That’s strong wording - and it’s totally wrong. I’ll list a few papers showing that claim is false. [THREAD]https://twitter.com/maxboot/status/1252758166435057664 1/Jaeger et al. 2018: the immigration literature
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Below are the #Thread of some events that took place in Nigeria-Biafra war:"Doctors Without Borders" was founded by 13 French doctors plus journalists who after their experience aiding Biafrans during
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WASTEFULNESS IN ISLAM (ISRĀF)A thread. Isrāf is any useless action or any action which exceeds the natural limits, both in quantity & quality.It also applies to emotions, ethics, culture, or
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Okay. It’s time for GUESS THE AU! Katsuki slapped a hand to his neck sharply to kill the hundredth mosquito to try its luck that day. /Fucking nasty parasites/. “Die,
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Ok kiddos let's do this. Time to talk about my pretty-minimal-but-still-REALLY-WEIRD brushes with the MIT Media Lab.https://twitter.com/SarahTaber_bww/status/1170733320365379584?s=20 Two things happened.One, I applied for a job there ab
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We have a pandemic, a reckoning about police brutality, late-stage capitalism, and more.And consecutively, I'm supposed to be teaching a class about mobile software development.I wanna talk for a second
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