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Jason Fletcher
@jasonmfletcher.bsky.social
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Professor of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin. Health Economics, Social Genomics, Networks. Views my own.

https://fletcher.lafollette.wisc.edu

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Dec 22
I wrote a joint book review on three longevity books, posted here. I viewed each book as a different bait-and-switch move. What do you think--do we have any silver bullets for longevity right now?
Who is we? Of mice and men in longevity science | Book Reviews
The re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency this year has brought focus on pseudoscience in healthcare and the search for ‘silver bullets’ in health and longevity research. Jason Fletcher …
blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Pietro Biroli @pietrobiroli.bsky.social · 7d
Shamelessly tagging a few people for reposts and share #ESSGN5conf

@nicolabarban.bsky.social @paulhufe.net @aysuo.bsky.social @dr-appie.bsky.social @michelnivard.bsky.social @rafaelahlskog.bsky.social @danbelsky.bsky.social @kph3k.bsky.social @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social @rosacheesman.bsky.social

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Pietro Biroli @pietrobiroli.bsky.social · 7d
📢🧬 Call for Papers — 5th ESSGN Conference
📍 Bologna, May 21–22, 2026

I’ll be co-organising the 5th ESSGN conference in Bologna together with Nicola Barban, Stephanie von Hinke, Paul Hufe, and Niels Rietveld @essgn.bsky.social

📄 Submit here: forms.gle/fmVDUrQqQYju...
🗓 Deadline: 1 March 2026

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · 9d
I probably agreed, but remind me your view on what was most wrong?

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · 9d
Their counter-claim was that the effects on height, etc, could be plausible and that we misinterpreted our results--instead, we found three new instances of contagion

doi.org/10.1002/sim....
Social contagion theory: examining dynamic social networks and human behavior
Here, we review the research we have conducted on social contagion. We describe the methods we have employed (and the assumptions they have entailed) to examine several datasets with complementary st...
doi.org

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 12d
Thoughts from a newbie using Claude Code for the first time.

I don’t always use GitHub for my projects, but with Claude Code it feels like a must. Having a tool read and write files without version control is just too scary.

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Paul Kelleher @paulkelleher.net · 15d
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Columbia Poised to Tap Wisconsin’s Mnookin as Its Next President
Columbia University is preparing to name Jennifer Mnookin, chancellor of University of Wisconsin-Madison, as its next president, according to people with knowledge of the matter, completing a search t...
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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 27d
Econ and CS collaboration conference on AI (etc.) Just a few days left to submit a paper. mailing.econometricsociety.org/t/r-e-tkdhid...
Econometric Society: Call for Papers Now Open, 2026 ESIF Economics and AI+ML Meeting
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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Dec 18
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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Dec 12
Useful analysis by @arbelharpak.bsky.social‬ and co-authors
"Confounding fuels misinterpretation in human genetics"
doi.org/10.1098/rspb...
Confounding fuels misinterpretation in human genetics
Abstract. The scientific literature has seen a resurgence of interest in genetic influences on human behaviour and socioeconomic outcomes. Such studies fac
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Oct 13
In 2018, Eric Turkheimer took a bet with Charles Murray, who said that by 2025, the genetics of intelligence would be basically understood. Turkheimer knew otherwise. “I am here to declare that I was more right,” Turkheimer writes.
Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are
Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.
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Jiaxin Shi @jiaxinshi.bsky.social · Sep 4
The first paper from my postdoc is now live. I learnt a lot from my mentor/coauthor @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social in this and our other projects.

Full article: Trend breaks in life expectancy in the United States over 120 years and potential sources of future gains www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trend breaks in life expectancy in the United States over 120 years and potential sources of future gains
Research indicates a significant slowdown in life expectancy growth in the United States (US) post 2010, marking a departure from the consistent progress in longevity throughout the twentieth centu...
www.tandfonline.com

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