Thanks for this excellent effort. Very well articulated with clarity.
That Conclusion paragraph just nailed it. 🙏🏼
That Conclusion paragraph just nailed it. 🙏🏼
We wrote an article explaining why you shouldn't put several variables into a regression model and report which are statistically significant - even as exploratory research. bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/.... How did we do?
October 29, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Thanks for this excellent effort. Very well articulated with clarity.
That Conclusion paragraph just nailed it. 🙏🏼
That Conclusion paragraph just nailed it. 🙏🏼
How widespread is such LLM usage in the academic literature?
🆘 This excess word analysis suggests that at least 13.5% of 2024 abstracts were processed with LLMs. This lower bound differed across disciplines, countries, and journals, reaching 40% for some subcorpora.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🆘 This excess word analysis suggests that at least 13.5% of 2024 abstracts were processed with LLMs. This lower bound differed across disciplines, countries, and journals, reaching 40% for some subcorpora.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Delving into LLM-assisted writing in biomedical publications through excess vocabulary
Excess words track LLM usage in biomedical publications.
www.science.org
July 5, 2025 at 9:40 AM
How widespread is such LLM usage in the academic literature?
🆘 This excess word analysis suggests that at least 13.5% of 2024 abstracts were processed with LLMs. This lower bound differed across disciplines, countries, and journals, reaching 40% for some subcorpora.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
🆘 This excess word analysis suggests that at least 13.5% of 2024 abstracts were processed with LLMs. This lower bound differed across disciplines, countries, and journals, reaching 40% for some subcorpora.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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"The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before"
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Open Letter: Stop the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia
openletter.earth
June 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before"
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
<- this open letter should be read by everyone in #HigherEd
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
Simplifying Causality: A Brief Review of Philosophical Views and Definitions with Examples from Economics, Education, Engineering, Medicine, Policy, and Physics dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...
Redirecting
dx.doi.org
December 30, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Simplifying Causality: A Brief Review of Philosophical Views and Definitions with Examples from Economics, Education, Engineering, Medicine, Policy, and Physics dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene Regulation
The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important gene-manipulating mechanism in cells
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobe...
The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important gene-manipulating mechanism in cells
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobe...
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene Regulation
The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important gene-manipulating mechanism in cells
www.scientificamerican.com
October 7, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Awarded for Discovery of MicroRNA Gene Regulation
The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important gene-manipulating mechanism in cells
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobe...
The award was given to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for a discovery of an important gene-manipulating mechanism in cells
www.scientificamerican.com/article/nobe...
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #260,699!
September 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #260,699!
Mpox circulated in Nigeria for 8 years before it sparked a global outbreak. What happened? And could it have been stopped?
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
The untold story of how Nigeria’s mpox outbreak sparked a worldwide epidemic
The virus circulated for 8 years before going global. Could it have been stopped?
www.science.org
August 18, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Mpox circulated in Nigeria for 8 years before it sparked a global outbreak. What happened? And could it have been stopped?
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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'Depicting deterministic variables within directed acyclic graphs (DAGs): An aid for identifying & interpreting causal effects involving derived variables and compositional data'
Thrilled this has been published in @amjepi.bsky.social! Pls share!
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
#EpiSky
Thrilled this has been published in @amjepi.bsky.social! Pls share!
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
#EpiSky
June 27, 2024 at 8:15 AM
'Depicting deterministic variables within directed acyclic graphs (DAGs): An aid for identifying & interpreting causal effects involving derived variables and compositional data'
Thrilled this has been published in @amjepi.bsky.social! Pls share!
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
#EpiSky
Thrilled this has been published in @amjepi.bsky.social! Pls share!
academic.oup.com/aje/advance-...
#EpiSky
"Proposed framework to identify when causal interpretation is appropriate in observational studies"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Excited to see some more activity in #causalinference #episky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Excited to see some more activity in #causalinference #episky
Causal Inference and Effects of Interventions From Observational Studies in Medical Journals
This study examines drawing causal inferences about the effects of interventions from observational studies in medical journals.
jamanetwork.com
May 10, 2024 at 11:27 AM
"Proposed framework to identify when causal interpretation is appropriate in observational studies"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Excited to see some more activity in #causalinference #episky
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Excited to see some more activity in #causalinference #episky
Observational studies: practical tips for avoiding common statistical pitfalls
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
May 10, 2024 at 11:24 AM
Observational studies: practical tips for avoiding common statistical pitfalls
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Loved this fascinating story about the people behind 'the transformer paper' by Stephen Levy
Story: www.wired.com/story/eight-...
Transformer paper: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
Story: www.wired.com/story/eight-...
Transformer paper: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story
They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history.
www.wired.com
March 22, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Loved this fascinating story about the people behind 'the transformer paper' by Stephen Levy
Story: www.wired.com/story/eight-...
Transformer paper: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
Story: www.wired.com/story/eight-...
Transformer paper: proceedings.neurips.cc/paper_files/...
Are Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Health Incompatible? undark.org/2024/02/21/e...
Are Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Health Incompatible?
A particular rigor in evidence isn’t always practical in informing public health decisions, some experts say.
undark.org
March 11, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Are Evidence-Based Medicine and Public Health Incompatible? undark.org/2024/02/21/e...
Figuring out how LLMs work is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/04/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/04/1...
Large language models can do jaw-dropping things. But nobody knows exactly why.
And that's a problem. Figuring it out is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models.
www.technologyreview.com
March 5, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Figuring out how LLMs work is one of the biggest scientific puzzles of our time and a crucial step towards controlling more powerful future models.
www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/04/1...
www.technologyreview.com/2024/03/04/1...
Old age dependency ratio - Top 10 economies
January 25, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Old age dependency ratio - Top 10 economies
A primer on the Estimands framework
Ooh what’s *this* on the BMJ’s front page?
‘The estimands framework: a primer on the ICH E9(R1) addendum’
Kahan, Hindley, Edwards, Cro & Morris
@brennankahan.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/384/...
‘The estimands framework: a primer on the ICH E9(R1) addendum’
Kahan, Hindley, Edwards, Cro & Morris
@brennankahan.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/384/...
The estimands framework: a primer on the ICH E9(R1) addendum
Estimands can be used in studies of healthcare interventions to clarify the interpretation of treatment effects. The addendum to the ICH E9 harmonised guideline on statistical principles for clinical ...
www.bmj.com
January 24, 2024 at 1:24 AM
A primer on the Estimands framework
The roles, challenges, and merits of the P-value
- comprehensive inquiry into the foundations, merits, and challenges of hypothesis testing and the p-value: why they are useful and when negligence may occur
Link : www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
- comprehensive inquiry into the foundations, merits, and challenges of hypothesis testing and the p-value: why they are useful and when negligence may occur
Link : www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
January 18, 2024 at 8:06 AM
The roles, challenges, and merits of the P-value
- comprehensive inquiry into the foundations, merits, and challenges of hypothesis testing and the p-value: why they are useful and when negligence may occur
Link : www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
- comprehensive inquiry into the foundations, merits, and challenges of hypothesis testing and the p-value: why they are useful and when negligence may occur
Link : www.cell.com/patterns/ful...
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🔥 Exciting news about my book #CausalAnalysis! A free online version is now available, many thanks to MIT press for making this possible! Here's the link to the open access version: mitpress.ublish.com/ebook/causal...
eReader
eReader
mitpress.ublish.com
January 11, 2024 at 10:19 AM
🔥 Exciting news about my book #CausalAnalysis! A free online version is now available, many thanks to MIT press for making this possible! Here's the link to the open access version: mitpress.ublish.com/ebook/causal...
Reposted by Mathan K
"Causal inference is a trivial problem if you know the DAG. Research design is outdated."
season's greetings!
season's greetings!
December 15, 2023 at 5:28 PM
"Causal inference is a trivial problem if you know the DAG. Research design is outdated."
season's greetings!
season's greetings!
December 30, 2023 at 1:54 AM
Has your research influenced policy? Use this free tool to check
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Has your research influenced policy? Use this free tool to check
Sage Policy Profiles scans a database of 10 million documents to show researchers where their papers have been cited. Sage Policy Profiles scans a database of 10 million documents to show researchers ...
www.nature.com
December 25, 2023 at 1:55 AM
Has your research influenced policy? Use this free tool to check
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
How Artificial Intelligence Can Personalize Education
spectrum.ieee.org/how-ai-can-p...
spectrum.ieee.org/how-ai-can-p...
How Artificial Intelligence Can Personalize Education
Instructors can leverage AI to help students learn better
spectrum.ieee.org
December 19, 2023 at 2:14 AM
How Artificial Intelligence Can Personalize Education
spectrum.ieee.org/how-ai-can-p...
spectrum.ieee.org/how-ai-can-p...
AI and the Rise of Mediocrity
time.com/6337835/ai-m...
time.com/6337835/ai-m...
AI and the Rise of Mediocrity
'AI thrives when our need for originality is low and our demand for mediocrity is high,' writes Ray Nayler.
time.com
December 2, 2023 at 6:56 AM
AI and the Rise of Mediocrity
time.com/6337835/ai-m...
time.com/6337835/ai-m...
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Kinda funny that typos in a student's paper are now a *positive* signal of effort, since it means they probably didn't get an ai to write it.
December 1, 2023 at 7:13 PM
Kinda funny that typos in a student's paper are now a *positive* signal of effort, since it means they probably didn't get an ai to write it.
The Shocking Drama at OpenAI Isn’t As Stupid As It Looks
It’s the first skirmish in a war.
slate.com
November 21, 2023 at 1:06 AM
Laxative misuse is cropping up in wellness and weight-loss social media communities—and experts are concerned about its close ties to eating disorders
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
How a Weight-Loss Trend on TikTok Might Encourage Eating Disorders
Laxative misuse is cropping up in wellness and weight-loss social media communities—and some experts are concerned about its close ties to eating disorders
www.scientificamerican.com
November 2, 2023 at 9:52 AM
Laxative misuse is cropping up in wellness and weight-loss social media communities—and experts are concerned about its close ties to eating disorders
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...