Sam Asher
@sgzasher.bsky.social
PhD student at Stanford GSB. Causal inference, local political economy, occasionally Tottenham Hotspur, SF Giants. Research at sgzasher.com.
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The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
Aerial view westward over the Blatten deposit and the newly formed lake upstream! 🧊🌊
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
📷Via Christian Petit/Linkedin
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.
Late addendum to discussion on LLM use cases. When trying to write proofs with ideas I have studied before but only recall loosely, LLMs are great at sketching the argument. Can't trust their proofs! But they've cumulatively saved WEEKS fumbling through old textbooks by making clear where to look.
April 30, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Late addendum to discussion on LLM use cases. When trying to write proofs with ideas I have studied before but only recall loosely, LLMs are great at sketching the argument. Can't trust their proofs! But they've cumulatively saved WEEKS fumbling through old textbooks by making clear where to look.