Jim Savage
@abiylfoyp.bsky.social
Metascience, philanthropy, partner acrobatics
It would be better if really nice things were not so damned expensive
November 8, 2023 at 3:01 AM
It would be better if really nice things were not so damned expensive
Oh god. I need to get my arsenic levels checked stat.
November 1, 2023 at 11:19 PM
Oh god. I need to get my arsenic levels checked stat.
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If you’ve ever spent even one day in Mexico City, don’t miss this.
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/index.html
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/index.html
a portrait of Tenochtitlan
a 3D reconstruction of the capital of the Aztec Empire
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl
October 25, 2023 at 10:57 AM
If you’ve ever spent even one day in Mexico City, don’t miss this.
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/index.html
tenochtitlan.thomaskole.nl/index.html
A nearby restaurant has the following appetizer on their menu: donuts drizzled with truffle oil, covered in pecorino and parsley, served with marinara sauce. $10.
October 23, 2023 at 11:29 PM
A nearby restaurant has the following appetizer on their menu: donuts drizzled with truffle oil, covered in pecorino and parsley, served with marinara sauce. $10.
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from news.gallup.com/opinion/poll...
nice context for some of the progress the country has made over the last 80-odd years on racial/ethnic prejudice.
nice context for some of the progress the country has made over the last 80-odd years on racial/ethnic prejudice.
Thinking about this a bit. Adding a big dollop of nuance, but definitely on my mind.
October 23, 2023 at 12:33 AM
from news.gallup.com/opinion/poll...
nice context for some of the progress the country has made over the last 80-odd years on racial/ethnic prejudice.
nice context for some of the progress the country has made over the last 80-odd years on racial/ethnic prejudice.
It’s so good.
I can imagine a world where Star Wars wasn’t the biggest hit of 1977. It’s the world where Sorcerer was given a better title: Explodotruck
October 22, 2023 at 2:05 PM
It’s so good.
The 10yo is obsessed with Seinfeld. And, strangely, Eraserhead.
October 21, 2023 at 9:13 PM
The 10yo is obsessed with Seinfeld. And, strangely, Eraserhead.
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🛰️ #envecon
So one of our key findings was the size of environmental damages from satellite constellations determines whether the market will make them too big or too small relative to what's socially optimal
Some evidence on those damages here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2313374120
So one of our key findings was the size of environmental damages from satellite constellations determines whether the market will make them too big or too small relative to what's socially optimal
Some evidence on those damages here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2313374120
October 18, 2023 at 12:51 AM
🛰️ #envecon
So one of our key findings was the size of environmental damages from satellite constellations determines whether the market will make them too big or too small relative to what's socially optimal
Some evidence on those damages here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2313374120
So one of our key findings was the size of environmental damages from satellite constellations determines whether the market will make them too big or too small relative to what's socially optimal
Some evidence on those damages here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2313374120
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From yesterday's exhibits in US v. Sam Bankman-Fried:
The prosecution shows that the "insurance fund" that FTX bragged about was fake, and just calculated by multiplying daily trading volume by a random number around 7500
The prosecution shows that the "insurance fund" that FTX bragged about was fake, and just calculated by multiplying daily trading volume by a random number around 7500
October 7, 2023 at 6:09 PM
From yesterday's exhibits in US v. Sam Bankman-Fried:
The prosecution shows that the "insurance fund" that FTX bragged about was fake, and just calculated by multiplying daily trading volume by a random number around 7500
The prosecution shows that the "insurance fund" that FTX bragged about was fake, and just calculated by multiplying daily trading volume by a random number around 7500
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I've developed a new forecasting tool! You tell me what your education intervention is, including the full details of how it changes teacher and student behaviors. Then I use advanced AI methods to predict that the effect size is 0.1 SDs.
#econsky
#econsky
October 16, 2023 at 7:11 PM
I've developed a new forecasting tool! You tell me what your education intervention is, including the full details of how it changes teacher and student behaviors. Then I use advanced AI methods to predict that the effect size is 0.1 SDs.
#econsky
#econsky
Fun undergraduate econometrics exam essay in here somewhere
This is absurd. Study describes a "partially randomized patient preference design"
In practice, this meant a non-random cohort study, with 90% of patients simply picking their preferred treatment
Hilarious
In practice, this meant a non-random cohort study, with 90% of patients simply picking their preferred treatment
Hilarious
October 11, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Fun undergraduate econometrics exam essay in here somewhere
Skip leg day? Worry not.
October 8, 2023 at 6:22 PM
Skip leg day? Worry not.
Who do I know in Boston area who’s game for a dinner party next week?
October 6, 2023 at 1:39 PM
Who do I know in Boston area who’s game for a dinner party next week?
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Re: recent discussion about Katalin Kariko--
In 2009, Carol Grieder won the Nobel Prize for her work on telomeres. That same day, she got a notification that her NIH grant proposal was deemed not worthy of discussion due to "limited preliminary data."
In 2009, Carol Grieder won the Nobel Prize for her work on telomeres. That same day, she got a notification that her NIH grant proposal was deemed not worthy of discussion due to "limited preliminary data."
Carol Greider - Same day, a Nobel prize and a grant rejection!
Carol Greider - Same day, a Nobel prize and a grant rejection.
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October 3, 2023 at 11:30 PM
Re: recent discussion about Katalin Kariko--
In 2009, Carol Grieder won the Nobel Prize for her work on telomeres. That same day, she got a notification that her NIH grant proposal was deemed not worthy of discussion due to "limited preliminary data."
In 2009, Carol Grieder won the Nobel Prize for her work on telomeres. That same day, she got a notification that her NIH grant proposal was deemed not worthy of discussion due to "limited preliminary data."
The fact Philly is not a coastal city and Chicago is just feels wrong.
October 2, 2023 at 9:46 PM
The fact Philly is not a coastal city and Chicago is just feels wrong.
The fact Philly is not a coastal city and Chicago is just feels wrong.
October 2, 2023 at 9:45 PM
The fact Philly is not a coastal city and Chicago is just feels wrong.
Metascience in one tweet
Hearing the two stories about Francesca Gino and Katalin Kariko within a short window of time is insane.
October 2, 2023 at 3:12 PM
Metascience in one tweet
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Hearing the two stories about Francesca Gino and Katalin Kariko within a short window of time is insane.
October 2, 2023 at 1:47 PM
Hearing the two stories about Francesca Gino and Katalin Kariko within a short window of time is insane.
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Me trying to remember the name of the RA that did all analyses of a seminal paper that got me a $500,000 salary.
October 2, 2023 at 1:39 AM
Me trying to remember the name of the RA that did all analyses of a seminal paper that got me a $500,000 salary.
Currently downloading 200k papers. Doing research with network data is fun. Accessing it is a pain.
September 29, 2023 at 8:17 PM
Currently downloading 200k papers. Doing research with network data is fun. Accessing it is a pain.
Much progress is really just realizing existing rules were just dreamed up and aren't at all necessary.
September 28, 2023 at 5:20 PM
Much progress is really just realizing existing rules were just dreamed up and aren't at all necessary.
Crowdsourcing ideas for a document of "solved problems worth solving". Structure:
- Here is a problem and the real consequences
- Other places have had the problem and solved it.
- If 5-10 people spent a decade on it, they could prob solve it here.
- Here is a problem and the real consequences
- Other places have had the problem and solved it.
- If 5-10 people spent a decade on it, they could prob solve it here.
September 28, 2023 at 2:27 PM
Crowdsourcing ideas for a document of "solved problems worth solving". Structure:
- Here is a problem and the real consequences
- Other places have had the problem and solved it.
- If 5-10 people spent a decade on it, they could prob solve it here.
- Here is a problem and the real consequences
- Other places have had the problem and solved it.
- If 5-10 people spent a decade on it, they could prob solve it here.
Very cool— fit multivariate state space models with stationarity of the state process enforced by the Heaps prior. Potentially helpful to many of you.
nicholasjclark.github.io/mvgam/articl...
nicholasjclark.github.io/mvgam/articl...
September 28, 2023 at 2:07 PM
Very cool— fit multivariate state space models with stationarity of the state process enforced by the Heaps prior. Potentially helpful to many of you.
nicholasjclark.github.io/mvgam/articl...
nicholasjclark.github.io/mvgam/articl...