The "Paradox of Choice" is a very popular, counterintuitive, and interesting idea -- giving people more options has adverse effects, like fewer purchases. Meta-analysis finds: - Effect size of ~0 - Publication bias in favor of studies showing adverse effects

Universities must return to being communities of scholars, not secretive corporate bureaucracies. If they refuse, they should not receive federal funding. Faculty often reach out to me privately about some draconian or nonsensical policy their university administrators have

Nudges: promising yet extremely disappointing

Bournmouth ❤️

Gaza has not been "a mess for centuries". Historically it has been often been one of the richest ports in the East Mediterranean, a fertile centre of wine growing & rich from the export of frankincense and the perfumes of Arabia. If you'd like to learn real history of Gaza,

Europeans are at previously unforeseen levels of monitoring the situation

Three Palestine hunger strikers ended one of the longest hunger strikes in British history after the UK scrapped a £2bn Elbit contract. Respect to the strikers whose courage forced action where a shameless Labour government chose silence. Umer Khalid continues his strike. The

um, it seems that Sci-Hub .se domain has been finally blocked. P.S. You can access Sci-Hub by alternative addresses such as sci-hub.ru (yes, this world needs alternative DNS and independent legal systems to ensure freedom - not a single world government)

Swedish women’s football icon Hedvig Lindahl announced that she is rejecting the invitation from FIFA to join the list of FIFA legends. The decision comes in protest against the use of her image to promote the "Peace Award," while also calling on the international community to

True legend!

RIP Mark Tully. If I remember correctly, I did this caricature about two decades ago for a piece he wrote for the publication I was working with at the time.

Two more contestants, Sander Silva and Victorjus, have withdrawn from MGP, Norway’s selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. The duo say Israel’s war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza make it impossible for them to participate.

Van Dijk has three assists

Germany's top civil court has ordered a property agent to pay damages for discriminating against a prospective tenant based on ethnicity. The young woman was offered apartment viewings only when she used names like "Schneider," "Schmidt" and "Spiess". p.dw.com/p/57i23

Starting salary for an Assistant Professor in Economics at France's top public university: 25,000 to 40,000 Euros, depending on experience and qualifications, with a 128hrs teaching load (leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recrutement…)

Martin Schmalz🧘 Anup Malani Holzmeister et al: 54% replication rate for experimental studies published in PNAS nature.com/articles/s4156…

#Statistics thought of the day: If you think you can find new disease subtypes by empirically clustering patients, think again: fharrell.com/post/cluster/i…

The Fibonacci elephant. [bityl.co/L4M2]