Definitely more fun than debugging network models for the nth time. Joyful🧵

Wonder what Sarah Taber 's take on this is. A genuine case of poor, poor farmers, or more to it than that?

I'm totally biased, but Oxford ACClab's Nick Yeung is excellent. Kind and brilliant and definitely worth listening to!

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There's definitely a 'be careful what you wish for' element to this.

Sad to see this article seems to miss the crucial point that exploratory research needs to be transparently and clearly demarcated from confirmatory research. We need more exploration, and as far as I know that's widely accepted in #openScience We just need less equivocation.

Here's me hoping that this was published 01/04/2021.

I've reached the top of the vaccine waiting list. How do I donate it to someone in a vulnerable category elsewhere in the world?

Come work without me because I'll be finished by the time you start! (it's an added bonus to an already great position)

To state the obvious: the relentless persuit of capital (impact factor, publication quantity, patents, etc) is the downfall of science. It turns us all into bean counters, & devastates the ability and incentive to persue knowledge for it's own sake.

Helpful collection of tips on tweaks to data visualisation which can make things easier for people to understand.

From a well-written thread about the perverse effect of open publishing initiatives on the quality of academic literature.

Good to see additional work coming out of previously-collected data.

This is important. There are some great examples of non-boring experiments out there, and in most cases there's no good reason why tasks must be dull.

Remind me again why we set up the journal system to incentivise building the best barriers to accessing papers?

1/ A little late to the #LaMDA party, but here's my 2p for what it's worth 🧵. Basically, I agree with Gary Marcus (& the vast majority of the AI/neuro community) that there is no reason whatsoever to believe that #LaMDA is conscious garymarcus.substack.com/p/nonsense-on-…

Anil Seth adding some very valuable nuances to the #LaMDA discussion.

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