Cameron Patrick
@cameronpat.bsky.social
biostatistician @ University of Melbourne Statistical Consulting Centre. enjoyer of multiple imputation, RCTs, and DAGs. always graph your data. also runs, bikes, hikes, etc. he/him #BiInSci 🏳️🌈
https://cameronpatrick.com/
https://cameronpatrick.com/
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Here's a question for the causal inference people: What is your take on causality without counterfactuals and/or causal inference without counterfactuals?
a cartoon of a man holding a box that says ' w ' on it
Alt: The Farnsworth Parabox
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Here's a question for the causal inference people: What is your take on causality without counterfactuals and/or causal inference without counterfactuals?
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My principle has always been that when a scientist objects to something because 'it's metaphysical (derogatory)', then they are knee deep in the stuff, just in denial about it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
My principle has always been that when a scientist objects to something because 'it's metaphysical (derogatory)', then they are knee deep in the stuff, just in denial about it.
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Hivemind question: Palmer Penguins is doing great work avoiding overuse of Fisher's iris data. What other "dataset substitutions" do you like? Or just generally other cool, real, open datasets that are good for teaching because established methods work pretty well on them?
January 4, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Hivemind question: Palmer Penguins is doing great work avoiding overuse of Fisher's iris data. What other "dataset substitutions" do you like? Or just generally other cool, real, open datasets that are good for teaching because established methods work pretty well on them?
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God I wish I could have a setting to only display shitposts and cool hobbies
January 4, 2026 at 7:14 AM
God I wish I could have a setting to only display shitposts and cool hobbies
back to avoiding this place because of Current Discourse
January 4, 2026 at 7:06 AM
back to avoiding this place because of Current Discourse
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We do call it twenty twenty six is the thing
January 2, 2026 at 4:37 AM
We do call it twenty twenty six is the thing
thank you Rafe for writing this to validate my being not entirely well adjusted
(jk this is actually a very nice essay)
(jk this is actually a very nice essay)
I wrote about the endless temptation successful people feel to justify and feel justified in a clearly toxic system. Happy new year.
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
open.substack.com/pub/rottenan...
Caveat Vendor
Universities, audience capture, and bullshit; Beowulf, Kendrick Lamar
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 11:27 AM
thank you Rafe for writing this to validate my being not entirely well adjusted
(jk this is actually a very nice essay)
(jk this is actually a very nice essay)
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the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
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give the graphics cards and RAM back to the gamers, they never did anything evil with their computers
January 2, 2026 at 3:32 AM
give the graphics cards and RAM back to the gamers, they never did anything evil with their computers
sounds ilke 1990s ShareWare. maybe not the worst thing ?!
It’s also possible that software production could become another content format, akin to video or podcasts. That would make the monetization models similar to other creators. This isn’t a bad outcome. Software development as small business needs revitalization.
January 1, 2026 at 6:57 AM
sounds ilke 1990s ShareWare. maybe not the worst thing ?!
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my 2025 year in review
January 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
my 2025 year in review
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this is how I imagine the setting of every Arctic Monkeys song
Tomorrow marks 10 years since the greatest piece of art of our generation
December 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
this is how I imagine the setting of every Arctic Monkeys song
this is a fantastic read and also feels like an omen (uncertain if good or bad omen) in light of my recent PhD implosion and decision to pursue a more hedonistic 2026
more than you ever wanted to know about my midlife crisis 🫣
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/pleasur...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/pleasur...
"Pleasure and Desire in Mid Life" by Hadas Weiss
Pleasure and Desire in MidlifeIn November of last year, I was bubbly with excitement about my life. By December, I was a weepy, barely functional mess. Nothing changed over that month. The excitement ...
www.roifaineantpress.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
this is a fantastic read and also feels like an omen (uncertain if good or bad omen) in light of my recent PhD implosion and decision to pursue a more hedonistic 2026
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more than you ever wanted to know about my midlife crisis 🫣
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/pleasur...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/pleasur...
"Pleasure and Desire in Mid Life" by Hadas Weiss
Pleasure and Desire in MidlifeIn November of last year, I was bubbly with excitement about my life. By December, I was a weepy, barely functional mess. Nothing changed over that month. The excitement ...
www.roifaineantpress.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
more than you ever wanted to know about my midlife crisis 🫣
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/pleasur...
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/pleasur...
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
September 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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People who want to get morally superior about how they hand-wash everything really gotta reckon with the fact that machine dish-washing uses considerably LESS water and emits considerably fewer greenhouse emissions than standard handwashing practices do.
(And you save a lot of time...)
(And you save a lot of time...)
December 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
People who want to get morally superior about how they hand-wash everything really gotta reckon with the fact that machine dish-washing uses considerably LESS water and emits considerably fewer greenhouse emissions than standard handwashing practices do.
(And you save a lot of time...)
(And you save a lot of time...)
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October-7th and what followed have radicalized me very hard against ethnonationalism. Just legions of people on every side who should and absolutely do know better saying “ok but [attrocity] is good when it’s us tho” and being taken seriously for some reason. Fuck your blood and fuck your soil.
I read Just and Unjust Wars and it’s so funny how much of his stuff post-October 7 is him saying things he said were wrong in his book are okay when Israel does it
December 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM
October-7th and what followed have radicalized me very hard against ethnonationalism. Just legions of people on every side who should and absolutely do know better saying “ok but [attrocity] is good when it’s us tho” and being taken seriously for some reason. Fuck your blood and fuck your soil.
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I laughed like 4 times
December 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I laughed like 4 times
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#dataviz folks will also appreciate this one.
December 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
#dataviz folks will also appreciate this one.
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Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
What Does the Census Data Say About “The Lost Generation”
Savage appears wrong, but the reality is potentially bleaker.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
December 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Incredible what you find when you start looking for data on the "white men can't get jobs anymore" phenomenon
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/12/17/w...
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bluesky is where elder millennials enjoying internet retirement meet younger millennials with untreated depression
December 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
bluesky is where elder millennials enjoying internet retirement meet younger millennials with untreated depression
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.
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that’s right. this is especially true if you have an oil refinery. also never do shift changes, for the same reason
December 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
that’s right. this is especially true if you have an oil refinery. also never do shift changes, for the same reason