scott b. weingart
@scottbot.bsky.social
past: circus performer; historian of science; librarian; chief data & evaluation officer at NEH.
present: dad; resident scholar at dartmouth; chief technology officer at the library of virginia.
personal account; views my own.
https://scottbot.github.io
present: dad; resident scholar at dartmouth; chief technology officer at the library of virginia.
personal account; views my own.
https://scottbot.github.io
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📌Hi! I'm Scott, a historian of science.
Before DOGE, I helped the US fund the humanities efficiently and impactfully, to reach the breadth of the American public.
Now I help make the Library of Virginia's rich collections and services digitally accessible to all.
Personal account, mostly silly.📌
Before DOGE, I helped the US fund the humanities efficiently and impactfully, to reach the breadth of the American public.
Now I help make the Library of Virginia's rich collections and services digitally accessible to all.
Personal account, mostly silly.📌
2025 in review:
- Launched a grant program
- Grant program, my team, & I got DOGE'd
- Watched anarchist live theater with Brewster Kahle (!?)
- Got a new job; moved to Richmond
- Ate at a kosher Jewish restaurant on Christmas Eve; watched someone get a birthday cake that said "Happy Birthday Jesus"
- Launched a grant program
- Grant program, my team, & I got DOGE'd
- Watched anarchist live theater with Brewster Kahle (!?)
- Got a new job; moved to Richmond
- Ate at a kosher Jewish restaurant on Christmas Eve; watched someone get a birthday cake that said "Happy Birthday Jesus"
December 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
2025 in review:
- Launched a grant program
- Grant program, my team, & I got DOGE'd
- Watched anarchist live theater with Brewster Kahle (!?)
- Got a new job; moved to Richmond
- Ate at a kosher Jewish restaurant on Christmas Eve; watched someone get a birthday cake that said "Happy Birthday Jesus"
- Launched a grant program
- Grant program, my team, & I got DOGE'd
- Watched anarchist live theater with Brewster Kahle (!?)
- Got a new job; moved to Richmond
- Ate at a kosher Jewish restaurant on Christmas Eve; watched someone get a birthday cake that said "Happy Birthday Jesus"
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I really want a "I don't care what matrix math you do in the privacy of your bedroom" sticker, though I'm worried it'll get misunderstood.
December 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I really want a "I don't care what matrix math you do in the privacy of your bedroom" sticker, though I'm worried it'll get misunderstood.
Reposted by scott b. weingart
Oooh I enjoy this
"Again, for lack of a better term, I’ll call it describe-and-defend empiricism. This flavor of empiricism treats inference as the first-class citizen: you formulate a claim about the world, assemble evidence, and argue why the data support that claim."
"Again, for lack of a better term, I’ll call it describe-and-defend empiricism. This flavor of empiricism treats inference as the first-class citizen: you formulate a claim about the world, assemble evidence, and argue why the data support that claim."
In a new blog post, I contrast two flavors of empiricism: the one practiced in the social sciences and the one practiced in ML/CS.
I argue that we need both, given that CS is increasingly about "claims," and not just constructing artifacts.
doomscrollingbabel.manoel.xyz/p/the-empiri...
I argue that we need both, given that CS is increasingly about "claims," and not just constructing artifacts.
doomscrollingbabel.manoel.xyz/p/the-empiri...
December 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Oooh I enjoy this
"Again, for lack of a better term, I’ll call it describe-and-defend empiricism. This flavor of empiricism treats inference as the first-class citizen: you formulate a claim about the world, assemble evidence, and argue why the data support that claim."
"Again, for lack of a better term, I’ll call it describe-and-defend empiricism. This flavor of empiricism treats inference as the first-class citizen: you formulate a claim about the world, assemble evidence, and argue why the data support that claim."
📌Hi! I'm Scott, a historian of science.
Before DOGE, I helped the US fund the humanities efficiently and impactfully, to reach the breadth of the American public.
Now I help make the Library of Virginia's rich collections and services digitally accessible to all.
Personal account, mostly silly.📌
Before DOGE, I helped the US fund the humanities efficiently and impactfully, to reach the breadth of the American public.
Now I help make the Library of Virginia's rich collections and services digitally accessible to all.
Personal account, mostly silly.📌
December 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
📌Hi! I'm Scott, a historian of science.
Before DOGE, I helped the US fund the humanities efficiently and impactfully, to reach the breadth of the American public.
Now I help make the Library of Virginia's rich collections and services digitally accessible to all.
Personal account, mostly silly.📌
Before DOGE, I helped the US fund the humanities efficiently and impactfully, to reach the breadth of the American public.
Now I help make the Library of Virginia's rich collections and services digitally accessible to all.
Personal account, mostly silly.📌