Carl T. Bergstrom
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Carl T. Bergstrom
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Professor, UW Biology / Santa Fe Institute

I study how information flows in biology, science, and society.

Book: *Calling Bullshit*, http://tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b

LLM course: https://thebullshitmachines.com

Corvids: https://tinyurl.com/mr2n5ymk

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Carl Theodore Bergstrom is a theoretical and evolutionary biologist and a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, United States. Bergstrom is a critic of low-quality or misleading scientific research. He is the co-author of a book on misinformation called Calling Bullshit: The Art of Skepticism in a Data-Driven World and teaches a class by the same name at University of Washington. .. more

Biology 21%
Mathematics 20%
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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

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Buller's albatross over Rakiura

Indeed

On the list! As well as a night on Kapati.

PSA you dogs

Are you telling me that I’m missing the Super Bowl for THIS?

I could hear them, but no, I couldn’t see them.

Flying back but picked up 5 albatross species and lord knows how many petrels on a pelagic trip today.

Six seats if you include the pilot and myself in the copilot seat. Great fun to fly in.

Enchanted by this magic and encouraged by @digs.bsky.social I hiked out to the lighthouse at Acker’s point tonight.

Walking without a light, I heard the kiwi before I saw him. He was completely unafraid and we spent 10 minutes together.

“I love you” I said as he disappeared into the scrub.

Yes! It really does!

I’ll be on the water all day tomorrow.

Please somebody, tell me how.

How can this be real life?

Great kaka shot!

On it!

This is as far south as I’ll get this time around.

Spending a night there in a couple of weeks.

Yes! Going in two days.

Not on this trip I’m afraid

Tomorrow night. Rescheduled from tonight because of the pouring rain.

Wow! Around what time would you recommend?

I was planning to walk out to Ackers point at dusk...

The view from the cabin where I am staying is amazing. Also hard to believe this is nearly 47 degrees south.

Yesterday I posted about my 44 year dream of seeing the albatross colony in Dunedin. My other dream that has been 44 years in the making has been to visit Rakiura, Aotearoa New Zealand’s third island.

I flew in this afternoon.

We did, and yes the nest was there again!

Thanks mate I am and it feels amazing!

Extraordinary!

OK, I am definitely going to be ordering one!!! I love the simple lines on black.

It took 28 hours of traveling to get here, I’ve been here for another 28, and it’s already been worth every minute of it.

You designed these? They are wonderful. I’ll order one for sure!

We walked down for a look but did not stay around for the evening’s return from the sea. I’ve seen them in Australia a few times though.

I can't begin to tell you how fortunate I feel tonight, having had a lifelong dream come true—and even better than I had ever hoped.