#Uncertainties

Simon DeDeo

SimonDeDeo

Time-reversed version: what’s the longest horizon, looking *backwards*, that we’d think had insight into our needs today, could have reasonably anticipated then and, through planning, enabled us to achieve them?https://twitter.com/Simon

Nate Silver

NateSilver538

So, here's a podcast with @brianstelter where I talk about media coverage of coronavirus data. I think media coverage of coronavirus overall has been good in many respects, but there

Lawrence Freedman

LawDavF

I've long had a theory that if the government wants to keep a secret its best course is to publish the information in an official document because then you can

Sam Wang

SamWangPhD

News reports are saying the Census's reapportionment numbers are a gain for Republicans, a loss for Democrats. A short thread on why this is not entirely true - and why

Patrick Koppenburg 🐧📷💻

PKoppenburg

We are standing on the shoulder of giants. Science builds on previous knowledge, but that knowledge must also be challenged and revised. /*thread*/ Lee and Yang were first to point

Sean Cranbury

seancranbury

Following up on the Break the Block session yesterday at #SiWC20 #siwcathome for those of us still within the warm afterglow of the conference.The session focused on how to address

Ifeanyi Okpala

Okpala_IU

Good Evening Folks,I hope your day went well.I heard that some people have been offered MS/PhD admission into schools in the USA but they are a loss regarding “funding”Let me

Michael Shellenberger

ShellenbergerMD

Do economic recessions increase the death rate?I had assumed so until I looked into itTurns out there is little evidence supporting a causal link, some evidence suggesting the opposite, and

Clive Bates

Clive_Bates

1/12 @FDATobacco has failed as a regulator for vaping products. Given most products are similar, @FDATobacco FDA could have set up a standardised form. It could even have populated it

Oláńrewájú

CodeInBit

Whenever I see someone I really like here, my decision was to go straight to the point and make my intentions known, my go to script is a profile I

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

Is the reproduction number currently 0.7, or 0.85, or 0.641? Was it bigger yesterday than today? A thread on real-time estimation and false precision... 1/ Most real-time estimation of R

Dr. Safa Mote

SafaMote

On Mar 24, we had ~800 #COVID deaths in the US. On Apr 4, when the count was at ~8,000, I predicted ~20,000 deaths by Easter Sunday, Apr 12.My prediction

Phil Plait

BadAstronomer

Finding the center of the solar system is a journey involving superdense stars that spin faster than a kitchen blender blade, colossal black holes eating other, and literal ripples warping

Gregor Macdonald

GregorMacdonald

Democrats currently have a single issue offered to them on a silver platter, against which Republicans are defenseless, one that would catalyze majority buy-in on the need to expand not

Advance Illinois

advanceillinois

THREAD: In partnership w/ @TheFundChicago, we are discussing the anticipated impact of #COVID19 on IL students, implications & policy considerations, and legislative recovery approach & priorities w/ Rep. Will Davis

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hima_lakkaraju

Twitter might seem like a not-so-kind place especially if you are a young student who just had your paper rejected by #NeurIPS2020. You might be seeing all your peers/professors talking