Some authors try to get away with whatever they can. They overclaim, bury dead bodies in Appendix G.17, etc. Reviewing their papers is a pain, and I probably miss some of their trickery. Their strategy sometimes works and crowds out better science. Please don't be such an author.

kamala harris unveils economic policy

Old articles sometimes only show data in graphs. Stunningly, Claude is able to look at the uploaded graph (even with multiple lines) and produce a table with the corresponding data series accurately. (chatGPT fails at this.)

Postdocs are a double-edged sword. They give you a chance at a faculty position, but if you don't get one, you'll often be worse off than without having done one. And the faculty position is by no means guaranteed. See here for empirical analysis: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

The world is not “going to shit.” We live in the best time in human history by most measures.

The first question you’re asked in the salary negotiations for your second job: „how much do you currently make?“ there’s a lot of path dependence that’s worth considering when deciding between offers for your first job!

Break up the dominance of the top departments? Absolutely! Require proof of real-world applicability in funding decisions? I hope not!! Damaging to laying foundations (Gale/Shapley, anyone?) Instead: term limits and institutional diversity requirements for editorial boards

Very true! I always tell my students: it’s not enough to explain how your research is different from existing literature (the gap), but you have to explain why the difference is relevant (your place).

BREAKING! @FrancescaGino's ridiculous defamation lawsuit against Data Colada from last year has been dismissed by the court! This is an important victory.. if this had been allowed to move forward it would have had a chilling effect on whistleblowers! storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Gino's case against us has been dismissed. Scientists cannot effectively sue other scientists for exposing fraud/errors in their work. Those who work to correct the scientific record can sleep better tonight. Those who don’t want it corrected, well, I don’t care how they sleep.

Definitely not what I expected from a visit to Chicago in the fall. But it’s what i got. And I’m pretty OK with that 🍹😎

Stereotype threat doesn’t replicate

One of my favorite things about academia is that you get to travel to all these conferences and hang out and have fun with amazing people from all over the world. One of my least favorite things is that once the conference is over you don’t seem them again for months or years…

I agree with this. But there's one crucial mistake to avoid: Don't let these considerations make you apply to fewer places. First, apply everywhere. Do selection only once you have offers. Chances are you'll get only few offers and the choice will be obvious. E.g., I got 3 offers