Gem 🔸
@glpat.bsky.social
Glasgow Gal 🏴
Accountant / EA Taskmaster / 🔸10% pledger #7637
Accountant / EA Taskmaster / 🔸10% pledger #7637
Fermi Question of the Day: "How many horses are there in the US?"
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Fermi Questions
A Wordle-style game for Fermi questions.
fermiquestions.org
August 20, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Fermi Question of the Day: "How many horses are there in the US?"
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fermiquestions.org#/2025-08-20
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fermiquestions.org#/2025-08-20
Invites like these are my raison d'être
April 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Invites like these are my raison d'être
the grass is greener where you water it 👩🏻🌾🌷
✨ timeline cleansing video recommendation ✨
youtu.be/F8Zs8xMTDzo?...
✨ timeline cleansing video recommendation ✨
youtu.be/F8Zs8xMTDzo?...
In Pursuit of an Extraordinary Life
YouTube video by Jeffrey Sun
youtu.be
March 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
the grass is greener where you water it 👩🏻🌾🌷
✨ timeline cleansing video recommendation ✨
youtu.be/F8Zs8xMTDzo?...
✨ timeline cleansing video recommendation ✨
youtu.be/F8Zs8xMTDzo?...
Reposted by Gem 🔸
On World TB Day "The fight against TB isn’t over — unless we decide to let it be"
medium.com/@abeauneu/th...
medium.com/@abeauneu/th...
The Loud, Cruel End of America’s Fight Against Tuberculosis
On March 24, the world will mark World Tuberculosis Day — though in much of the world, the alarm bells are already ringing. In Harare, Zimbabwe, Nurse Chiedza Makura starts her day with the same…
medium.com
March 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
On World TB Day "The fight against TB isn’t over — unless we decide to let it be"
medium.com/@abeauneu/th...
medium.com/@abeauneu/th...
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epistemic anti-motivation
December 16, 2024 at 8:02 PM
epistemic anti-motivation
IMO forcing someone in the moment to put a fake number on something (especially when they aren't numerically confident) distorts what they were trying to communicate.
It's helpful to become more calibrated with numerical estimates but you can lie with numbers just as easily as lying with words.
It's helpful to become more calibrated with numerical estimates but you can lie with numbers just as easily as lying with words.
Now I've come across several instances of people writing, essentially:
'Let me provide a very rough estimate. Don't take this number literally, because it has several flaws.'
And then their number becomes cited as the canonical figure on the topic.
'Let me provide a very rough estimate. Don't take this number literally, because it has several flaws.'
And then their number becomes cited as the canonical figure on the topic.
November 26, 2024 at 8:15 AM
IMO forcing someone in the moment to put a fake number on something (especially when they aren't numerically confident) distorts what they were trying to communicate.
It's helpful to become more calibrated with numerical estimates but you can lie with numbers just as easily as lying with words.
It's helpful to become more calibrated with numerical estimates but you can lie with numbers just as easily as lying with words.
Love to see stuff like this
As a non-researcher, I really value getting an understanding of how mistakes are corrected. Honestly it makes me trust institutions more than if they never admit to being wrong.
As a non-researcher, I really value getting an understanding of how mistakes are corrected. Honestly it makes me trust institutions more than if they never admit to being wrong.
But then instead of just writing about how wrong we were (which, to be clear, we absolutely were), Elisabeth, Julia and Sylvia invited us to collaborate - to work together to figure out what we can *actually* learn about voting at 16 in Austria, with better code and much more data.
November 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Love to see stuff like this
As a non-researcher, I really value getting an understanding of how mistakes are corrected. Honestly it makes me trust institutions more than if they never admit to being wrong.
As a non-researcher, I really value getting an understanding of how mistakes are corrected. Honestly it makes me trust institutions more than if they never admit to being wrong.
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"good intentions start to rot if you don't act them out"
November 20, 2024 at 10:36 PM
"good intentions start to rot if you don't act them out"
Just want to make a prediction for the record that @contrapoints.bsky.social's next video is about Disgust
(~70% on content - 60% on name)
(~70% on content - 60% on name)
November 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Just want to make a prediction for the record that @contrapoints.bsky.social's next video is about Disgust
(~70% on content - 60% on name)
(~70% on content - 60% on name)
Saw Heretic at the cinema recently and I was the only 1 out of 4 who liked it.
It's not a good movie - the thread definitely gets lost in the middle.
But I found it spoke to the conflict between rationalised control and awe/personal faith in a visually beautiful way.
Anyone else seen it?
It's not a good movie - the thread definitely gets lost in the middle.
But I found it spoke to the conflict between rationalised control and awe/personal faith in a visually beautiful way.
Anyone else seen it?
November 17, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Saw Heretic at the cinema recently and I was the only 1 out of 4 who liked it.
It's not a good movie - the thread definitely gets lost in the middle.
But I found it spoke to the conflict between rationalised control and awe/personal faith in a visually beautiful way.
Anyone else seen it?
It's not a good movie - the thread definitely gets lost in the middle.
But I found it spoke to the conflict between rationalised control and awe/personal faith in a visually beautiful way.
Anyone else seen it?
I'm so here for some wholesome ❤️
Finland trip last year
Finland trip last year
November 17, 2024 at 5:38 PM
I'm so here for some wholesome ❤️
Finland trip last year
Finland trip last year
Heyo - I've caved, where are the EA folks on here?
November 17, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Heyo - I've caved, where are the EA folks on here?