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Jeff T

@chinesepants

Transport modeller. PhD. Hong Kong • Vancouver • Toronto • London • Leeds

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Thanks David Olusoga for telling the rich history of #5GrosvenorMount. I used to pass through the ginnel next to this house regularly travelling between Meanwood & Leeds Uni. Had always love the Victorian houses in this neighbourhood - long but pleasure walk #AHouseThroughTime

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Out in nature today: Two large surveys were biased, with too much certainty on the wrong estimate, illustrating Meng's Big Data Paradox with surveys. By Valerie Bradley, me, Michael Isakov, Dino Sejdinovic, Xiao-Li Meng, Seth Flaxman. nature.com/articles/s4158… (1/6)

Out in <a href="/Nature/">nature</a> today: Two large surveys were biased, with too much certainty on the wrong estimate, illustrating Meng's Big Data Paradox with surveys. By <a href="/valeriecbradley/">Valerie Bradley</a>, me,  <a href="/MichaelIsakov3/">Michael Isakov</a>,  <a href="/sejDino/">Dino Sejdinovic</a>, <a href="/XiaoLiMeng1/">Xiao-Li Meng</a>, <a href="/flaxter/">Seth Flaxman</a>.  
nature.com/articles/s4158… (1/6)
Towards Data Science (@tdatascience) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Sure, your plots look great. But do they have cats? If your answer was "no," you can (and probably should) fix that immediately — here's Saúl Buentello guide to the ggcat package. buff.ly/31nycyM

Eli Dourado (@elidourado) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Daughter after counting her small money stash: Daddy, money’s not the most important thing, right? Me: Right, real resources are the most important thing.

Jeff T (@chinesepants) 's Twitter Profile Photo

At least scientists have the courage to admit their mistakes unlike many politicians. Look like many of these are Type II errors under-reacting under uncertainty theguardian.com/world/2022/feb…

ONS Focus (@onsfocus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🎉We’re happy to announce that the Office for National Statistics (ONS) is launching its very own podcast!🎉 #StatisticallySpeaking will release new episodes monthly, diving deep into the work of the ONS and the stories behind the statistics. Read more and listen to the trailer here: blog.ons.gov.uk/2022/02/14/sta…

Rolf Degen (@degenrolf) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Daniel Kahneman, towering figure of social psychology, declares behavioral priming - which he himself was instrumental in making popular - "effectively dead". edge.org/adversarial-co…

Daniel Kahneman, towering figure of social psychology,  declares behavioral priming - which he himself was instrumental in making popular - "effectively dead". edge.org/adversarial-co…
Jeff T (@chinesepants) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Your support is key to helping Chiara and others who suffer from chronic migraine. Your donation will take us one step closer to our goal of raising migraine research fund of £2K! I will take up the 3peak challenge myself too!

Paul Novosad (@paulnovosad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I like these article highlights — Elsevier showing they can still add value to the publication process. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I like these article highlights — Elsevier showing they can still add value to the publication process.

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
David Smerdon (@dsmerdon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers? By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image). But why? And how does it make them? A THREAD (1/n) 🧵

Why does chatGPT make up fake academic papers?

By now, we know that the chatbot notoriously invents fake academic references. E.g. its answer to the most cited economics paper is completely made-up (see image). 

But why? And how does it make them?  A THREAD (1/n) 🧵
Anna Fazackerley (@annafazack1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

‘They just got too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees. Is this the start of the academic rebellion against big publishers making huge profits from their publicly funded research? theguardian.com/science/2023/m…