Dino Carpentras
@justanormaldino.bsky.social
Postdoc at ETHz - Associate Editor HSScomms
Exploring Opinion Dynamics and Collective Intelligence with social simulations and belief networks.
Exploring Opinion Dynamics and Collective Intelligence with social simulations and belief networks.
Do we really need representatives in a democracy? Our paper shows how systems based on collective intelligence could be used by citizens to identify and find solutions to their problems even at a national scale!
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(PDF) The Wisdom of the Democratic Crowd: Allowing Collective Intelligence at Massive Scale
PDF | The increasing distrust in democracies has pushed many to explore new ways that can better integrate citizens into the decision-making process to... | Find, read and cite all the research you ne...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Do we really need representatives in a democracy? Our paper shows how systems based on collective intelligence could be used by citizens to identify and find solutions to their problems even at a national scale!
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
So, somebody wrote a comment on one of my articles. Their core message is rather sound (indeed it's the same as what we wrote in our article).
The problem is that they make so many mistakes I don't really know what to make of this...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The problem is that they make so many mistakes I don't really know what to make of this...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
So, somebody wrote a comment on one of my articles. Their core message is rather sound (indeed it's the same as what we wrote in our article).
The problem is that they make so many mistakes I don't really know what to make of this...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The problem is that they make so many mistakes I don't really know what to make of this...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Today we have the first public event of the Special Interest Group on Strongly Empirical Modelling, with a talk from Bruce Edmonds titled: Towards inferring clusters of “cognitive models” from survey data. See you at 2pm CET!
ethz.zoom.us/j/66230792870
ethz.zoom.us/j/66230792870
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October 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Today we have the first public event of the Special Interest Group on Strongly Empirical Modelling, with a talk from Bruce Edmonds titled: Towards inferring clusters of “cognitive models” from survey data. See you at 2pm CET!
ethz.zoom.us/j/66230792870
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Why do people prefer using statistical tests that nobody ever heard of instead of just bootstrapping? (I'm really asking, it's not a complaint or sarcastic or anything)
Wouldn't bootstrapping also make results more understandable?
Wouldn't bootstrapping also make results more understandable?
October 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Why do people prefer using statistical tests that nobody ever heard of instead of just bootstrapping? (I'm really asking, it's not a complaint or sarcastic or anything)
Wouldn't bootstrapping also make results more understandable?
Wouldn't bootstrapping also make results more understandable?
Another figure from a (now retracted) scientific publication. I'm not an expert, but I feel proportions may be a little off...
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September 24, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Another figure from a (now retracted) scientific publication. I'm not an expert, but I feel proportions may be a little off...
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/...
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/science/...
September 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Some years ago I applied ResIN to a Harry Potter dataset. The more two people are similar (in terms of how they relate to other characters), the tighter their connection. As you can see, the HP world is heavily polarized.
But now my question is: why did I do something like that??
But now my question is: why did I do something like that??
September 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Some years ago I applied ResIN to a Harry Potter dataset. The more two people are similar (in terms of how they relate to other characters), the tighter their connection. As you can see, the HP world is heavily polarized.
But now my question is: why did I do something like that??
But now my question is: why did I do something like that??
Apparently, ignoring all those predatory journals made me very popular with girls!
(btw, all these emails are from a single day)
(btw, all these emails are from a single day)
September 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Apparently, ignoring all those predatory journals made me very popular with girls!
(btw, all these emails are from a single day)
(btw, all these emails are from a single day)
To cite this meme:
Photoshop et al. (2025)
Photoshop et al. (2025)
September 10, 2025 at 8:26 AM
To cite this meme:
Photoshop et al. (2025)
Photoshop et al. (2025)
How can we develop a better understanding of Complex Attitude-Identity Systems (CAIS)? Here👇we introduce a theory of Belief Networks to explain how to accurately measure them. This will help us understand how beliefs connect, evolve and shape identity.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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September 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
How can we develop a better understanding of Complex Attitude-Identity Systems (CAIS)? Here👇we introduce a theory of Belief Networks to explain how to accurately measure them. This will help us understand how beliefs connect, evolve and shape identity.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Today, both Samuel Moor-Smith and I will give a presentation at the Social Simulation Conference. If you are interested in the validation of ABMs, their classes of equivalence and how psychometrics plays an important role, join us!
August 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Today, both Samuel Moor-Smith and I will give a presentation at the Social Simulation Conference. If you are interested in the validation of ABMs, their classes of equivalence and how psychometrics plays an important role, join us!
I am finally back from holid... what happened here? Did I sleep for 50 years?
August 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I am finally back from holid... what happened here? Did I sleep for 50 years?
Reposted by Dino Carpentras
How many chips are in a bag of chips? Measurement and conceptualization can lead to radically different outcomes. www.nature.com/articles/s44... @justanormaldino.bsky.social
We urgently need a culture of multi-operationalization in psychological research - Communications Psychology
Analysis of different operationalizations shows that many scientific results may be an artifact of the operationalization process. A culture of multi-operationalization may be needed for psychological...
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July 31, 2025 at 7:33 AM
How many chips are in a bag of chips? Measurement and conceptualization can lead to radically different outcomes. www.nature.com/articles/s44... @justanormaldino.bsky.social
Looking wise while totally lost — a timeless academic tradition.
July 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Looking wise while totally lost — a timeless academic tradition.
How well do *opinion dynamics* models perform on empirical data?
Results are here and... let's say they are not the best...
I think we really need to focus more effort on improving models' realism and testing procedures.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Results are here and... let's say they are not the best...
I think we really need to focus more effort on improving models' realism and testing procedures.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
July 16, 2025 at 8:29 AM
How well do *opinion dynamics* models perform on empirical data?
Results are here and... let's say they are not the best...
I think we really need to focus more effort on improving models' realism and testing procedures.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Results are here and... let's say they are not the best...
I think we really need to focus more effort on improving models' realism and testing procedures.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Should I discuss anything else in the Conclusion section?
July 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Should I discuss anything else in the Conclusion section?
Tired of AI images that look like Studio Ghibli's?
Me neither, but here's Dragon Ball style, for no specific reason.
Me neither, but here's Dragon Ball style, for no specific reason.
July 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Tired of AI images that look like Studio Ghibli's?
Me neither, but here's Dragon Ball style, for no specific reason.
Me neither, but here's Dragon Ball style, for no specific reason.
Not sure what kind of black magic Adrian Lüders used to write this article, but we're in the New York Times... again!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
Opinion | When Novels Mattered
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July 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Not sure what kind of black magic Adrian Lüders used to write this article, but we're in the New York Times... again!
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/o...
A viral post claimed that, in our study, we showed that Democrats are close-minded.
Here are my thoughts and explanations of what the article is really showing.
youtu.be/lgumeckzhWM
Here are my thoughts and explanations of what the article is really showing.
youtu.be/lgumeckzhWM
Researcher explains the truth behind the viral study
YouTube video by Social Complexity / Computational Social Science
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July 9, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A viral post claimed that, in our study, we showed that Democrats are close-minded.
Here are my thoughts and explanations of what the article is really showing.
youtu.be/lgumeckzhWM
Here are my thoughts and explanations of what the article is really showing.
youtu.be/lgumeckzhWM
I'll be at the ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat this week. If you're around, let’s connect!
July 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'll be at the ISA Forum of Sociology in Rabat this week. If you're around, let’s connect!
Yes, every opinion dynamics model is actually a class of equivalent models.
This can be used both (1) to verify equivalence between models and (2) to improve the testing of the model against empirical data.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This can be used both (1) to verify equivalence between models and (2) to improve the testing of the model against empirical data.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Every opinion dynamics model is a class of equivalent models
PDF | While more and more opinion dynamics models have been developed along the years, many researchers have wondered on the possibility of finding some... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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July 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Yes, every opinion dynamics model is actually a class of equivalent models.
This can be used both (1) to verify equivalence between models and (2) to improve the testing of the model against empirical data.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
This can be used both (1) to verify equivalence between models and (2) to improve the testing of the model against empirical data.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
If you have nothing better to do today at 8 pm CET, join me for a live session on some of the most common questions I receive.
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How do I get into Computational Social Science? And what is it, really? [Q&A]
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July 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
If you have nothing better to do today at 8 pm CET, join me for a live session on some of the most common questions I receive.
www.youtube.com/live/NpOKfdn...
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I ordered this new ABM from IKEA. Quite interesting 🤔
July 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I ordered this new ABM from IKEA. Quite interesting 🤔
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Ep 1 - Are complex systems really more than the sum of their parts? - Computational Social Science / Social Complexity
People often claim that
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June 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
You can listen to the Computational Social Science podcast on all of your favourite platforms.
(Spotify, Apple podcasts, Overcast, ...)
www.buzzsprout.com/2226458/epis...
(Spotify, Apple podcasts, Overcast, ...)
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