David Freedman ‘Science and Statistics’

One positive consequence of widespread AI adoption among researchers may be a shift from proprietary languages and software to tools based in languages with better training sets. A migration from Qualtrics to the Python-based Otree for instance would be awesome

Oh no, I can't take this righteous inferno of enlightenment anymore! I'm quitting DSGE models for good! 😭

Veganism is obviously ethically superior and reducing animal product consumption is an obvious net positive everyone hating on this is corny

Idk why people are hating 1) protein bars taste good (mainly just Barebells) and 2) protein is the most satiating macronutrient, which is probably ideal if you are starving

You should read about the O-Bahn busway from my home city of Adelaide, Australia. It's a fantastic transit project with incredible development impacts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-Bahn_Bu…

when asked about his academic success, my PI at Yale said “I convinced myself that the next 6 months were going to determine the rest of my life. And I did that for about 10 years”

My thoughts on doing an econ PhD: People work decades to achieve the freedom to set your own hours, work only on your passion, not report to anyone, all while living in a beautiful city with your friends in walking distance. I got that freedom at age 22. Can't complain!

"A {{ prestigious_university }} study shows.." is typically a strong indicator you should discount what follows next. Universities don't do studies---specific researchers do---and a characterization of a study that starts with a category error should put you on guard.

I'm 22-years-old, the same age as Tyler Robinson... and I believe we have a bigger problem here. Young men are being radicalized by the internet at an unprecedented rate, which was only accelerated by COVID's isolation + foreign actors trying to incentive this type of

For The Guardian Long Read, I profile'd Zhu Song-Chun, one of China's top AI scientists and an avatar of America's "reverse brain drain" problem. I detail why he left, the geopolitics of his repatriation, and the keys to AGI he may have brought back with him. theguardian.com/news/ng-intera…

Jason Harrison Sorry it’s three things and I don’t really know them but your sample size is too small, correlation doesn’t equal causation, and you failed to consider selection effects.

In the biggest scandal since Simon Bazelon did not use log-transformed data, I just discovered Zohran Kwame Mamdani's free bus pilot did not appropriately compare the decrease in assaults to the control group.

The Nation Markets still taking their time.