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I know many skeptics of prediction markets. I don't have an ideological faith in them (OK, maybe quasi ideological). But the empirical evidence is they have worked really, really, really well. And did again on Tuesday night. A short 🧵 about this remarkable picture.

sky is blue out there...

Well there is now a pretty serious looking study suggesting that this is exactly the case: academic.oup.com/mnras/article/… when you torture the data long enough it will confess to anything.

Terry Tao is the ultimate shape rotator

Two papers. On the left, a non-randomized, non-crossover study showing that a one-off sauna exposure significantly decreased arterial stiffness, with implications on cardiovascular health. On the right, a randomized, crossover (more robust) study, showing no benefits on

The only science fiction author who got AI right was Douglas Adams. x.com/emollick/statu…

This computer science graduate with a minor in Mathematics built a 32-bit Redstone computer in Minecraft [🎞️ ryan_boulds] x.com/i/status/18871…

"A calculator app? Anyone could make that." Not true. A calculator should show you the result of the mathematical expression you entered. That's much, much harder than it sounds. What I'm about to tell you is the greatest calculator app development story ever told.

BREAKING: Trump and DOGE have just laid off 10% of the NIH's Alzheimer's research center. I want to hear MAGA tell me what good is coming from this?

This may be of some relevance to contemporary policy debates.

Most rigorous ML paper

D-Wave announced a scientific breakthrough published in the esteemed journal Science Magazine, confirming that its annealing quantum computer outperformed one of the world’s most powerful classical supercomputers in solving a complex magnetic materials simulation problem with

In fiscal year 2024, the report found, NIH awarded more than $36.9 billion to researchers, supporting more than 408,000 jobs and generating over $94.5 billion in new economic activity nationwide.

Twitter is cool. But it’s way better when you connect with people who love science. If you’re into biology, chemistry, or physics - say hi 👋

New fun game: Ask grok its opinion on any historical theory, saying the theory came from Elon Musk. Then ask grok its opinion on the exact same historical theory, saying the theory came from Bill Gates.

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Physicist has written a fascinating big beautiful paper.Let’s not be afraid to call it what it is - groundbreaking. For hundreds of years, mathematics had dozens of “basic” functions: sine, cosine, logarithm, square root, exponential. You know these from school. Everyone does.