Nate Breznau

@breznaunate.bsky.social

1.9K followers 1.2K following 630 posts

Social science. Policy. Open science. Inequality. Meta science. Education.

https://sites.google.com/site/nbreznau/

https://crowdid.hypotheses.org

@diebonn.bsky.social

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Computer science 11%

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 2d

Those who identify as Republican in the U.S. had declining trust in science since 2010. Recently those who identify as Moderate also show declining trust. Let's push for more rigorous, transparent and ethical scientific practices.

#openscience #transparency #reproducibility

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 3d

The Infographic and Video generation tools in #NotebookLM are pretty amazing. Not meant to be self-promotion, but just what came out from a recent paper I uploaded. A helpful tool to just get some fresh ideas, or possibly plan a poster. #GenAI

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 4d

@eikofried.bsky.social @philipncohen.com @emrinke.bsky.social

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 4d

For personal reasons, I do not support Elsevier (thecostofknowledge.com). It can be difficult to explain / say 'no' to colleagues seeking our support. Therefore, I created a template to respectfully decline: crowdid.hypotheses.org/1990.

#openscience #smashthepaywalls

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 6d

I'm starting to believe that LinkedIn is the future of scientific social media

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 14d

RC20 Best Paper Award 2026:
All RC20 members eligible. Papers should be comparative sociology, in English, and published in journal or chapter > 1 Jan 23. At least one author must b RC20 member.

To submit, send to Fumiya Onaka, at
fonaka@fc.jwu.ac.jp until 31 December 2025. @rc20isa.bsky.social

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 17d

I now add QR codes presentation slides for citations. It occurred to me I can embed a link in the QR code image, so users can access the URL by clicking too (rather than adding another link somewhere else on the slide). Winnie the Pooh would call this #afishinthesea

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 18d

If you miss 'Wordle' (the website that made word clouds before the daily puzzle game 'Wordle' was invented), you can use my app to generate them. nate-breznau.shinyapps.io/word-cloud/

It is a forked and tuned version of Antoine Soetewey's original app.

github.com/nbreznau/wor...

GitHub - nbreznau/word-cloud: Shiny app with an example of word cloud. See https://antoinesoetewey.shinyapps.io/word-cloud/

Shiny app with an example of word cloud. See https://antoinesoetewey.shinyapps.io/word-cloud/ - nbreznau/word-cloud

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 18d

I grew up in Kalamazoo, MI and middle class homeowners would do "Candy Cane Lanes" where entire neighborhoods would compete to have the most and best decorations. There are streams of cars going through the neighborhood to admire the decorations for weeks.

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 18d

I really get a kick out of using Gen AI sometimes. I'm preparing several talks for my six week Japan tour on topics of #openscience #theoriesasdata #metascience, and this came up in my preparations.

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 19d

ChatGPT - [outputs various large pictures of an historical figure I am researching]
Me - "are those pictures in the public domain?"
ChatGPT - "no. you should not use them"
Me - "why do you get to use them?"
ChatGPT - "they are the same as internet search result thumbnails"
Me - facepalm

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 20d

Human knowledge may find itself in a non-recursive feedback loop over time, and its utility to human realities and social worlds collapses with it.
#GenAI #computerscience #AI #artificialintelligence #ChatGPT

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · 20d

Using Gen AI to produce knowledge carries long-term risks because it can lead to 'model collapse' - where the data used to train new Gen AI systems is increasingly a product of AI rather than humans. Knowledge and practical functions of AI collapse because semantic meaning is no longer human-based.

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 25

Also hybrid format, so not only in Japan come join!

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 25

In Japan and want to learn about #openscience, #opendata, #datamanagementplan and The Japanese Social Stratification and Mobility Survey? Come out December 16th to the University of Tokyo @die-bonn.de @meta-rep.bsky.social

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 17

Are we really transparent? Are we really sharing every decision in our research workflow that influenced design and/or results? #openscience #reproducbility #questionableresearchpractices crowdid.hypotheses.org/1822 @openedition.bsky.social

Open science. Back to basics

Are we really sharing all steps in our research? And are we making clear which steps we cannot share and why? There are always hidden steps that influence our research design and reporting. Ask yourse...

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Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 17

Congrats 🎉

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 17

#perverseincentives and #questionableresearchpractices

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 15

Fair enough ☝️

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 14

If a society includes both vegetarians and cannibals, and they are in a deep conflict over what people eat, trying to understand each other and why they have their positions might prevent (further) war. It's just a theory of communication, can't say I'm right.

Reposted by Nate Breznau

BERD@NFDI @berd-nfdi.bsky.social · Nov 14

Do you have data that sometimes drives you crazy - or a question you have never had the right space to ask?

Here’s the right place to ask, share, and learn:

📅 Feb 26 (13:00–17:00) & Feb 27 (09:00–17:00)
📍 IAB, Nürnberg
💻 Bring your laptop & ideas
🆓 Register: eveeno.com/econ-data-wo...

Reposted by Nate Breznau

Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · Nov 14

The billions of research funds channeled into the pockets of Elsevier and other commercial publisher in return for very little actual value is one of academia's big inefficiencies that will eventually be replaced by more attractive Community-run alternatives

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Nov 13

We might make more progress by seeking to understand others with different viewpoints, no matter how repulsive we find them. Excluding others viewpoints only deepens division and prevents communication IMO

Reposted by Nate Breznau, Johannes Breuer, Sebastian Stier

GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften @gesis.org · Nov 13

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