Brenton Kenkel
@brentonkenkel.bsky.social
Political scientist at Vanderbilt. Political economy, international relations, formal theory.
I can't abide this Ventures erasure
November 18, 2023 at 3:29 PM
I can't abide this Ventures erasure
Let's not use adverbs like "effectively" until I actually pass the replication hurdle
November 17, 2023 at 10:13 PM
Let's not use adverbs like "effectively" until I actually pass the replication hurdle
Extra demerits to Dataverse for assuming that any RData file must be a tabular data file
November 17, 2023 at 9:15 PM
Extra demerits to Dataverse for assuming that any RData file must be a tabular data file
I am always shocked to discover that there are people who actually read conclusions. Sadly, some of these people even review my papers
November 17, 2023 at 8:00 PM
I am always shocked to discover that there are people who actually read conclusions. Sadly, some of these people even review my papers
"I write as one who spent the most recent election night watching the New York Knicks, confident that news of the election outcome would reach me well before the winner was sworn in some ten weeks later" is also a nice aspirational model for those of us who are Very Online.
November 17, 2023 at 7:44 PM
"I write as one who spent the most recent election night watching the New York Knicks, confident that news of the election outcome would reach me well before the winner was sworn in some ten weeks later" is also a nice aspirational model for those of us who are Very Online.
political scientists will do literally anything to avoid learning how to take a partial derivative
November 17, 2023 at 6:10 PM
political scientists will do literally anything to avoid learning how to take a partial derivative
I can't imagine these weirdos would actually tell their own teenage kids to do this stuff, even if they have some generalized abstract weirdo concern about the overall dip in risky behavior among teens ... right?
November 16, 2023 at 7:56 PM
I can't imagine these weirdos would actually tell their own teenage kids to do this stuff, even if they have some generalized abstract weirdo concern about the overall dip in risky behavior among teens ... right?
Oh yeah. For one thing, I've heard of reviewers asking to see the prereg plan and editors denying the request, which is perverse in all kinds of ways (including killing my lazy disclosure principle logic)
November 16, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Oh yeah. For one thing, I've heard of reviewers asking to see the prereg plan and editors denying the request, which is perverse in all kinds of ways (including killing my lazy disclosure principle logic)
I would actually think the disclosure principle would imply the opposite of the claimed theorem. Assuming prereg is verifiable info, in equilibrium every author should reveal it
November 16, 2023 at 3:13 PM
I would actually think the disclosure principle would imply the opposite of the claimed theorem. Assuming prereg is verifiable info, in equilibrium every author should reveal it
Absolutely. One of many of our disciplinary hiring/evaluation pathologies. (Others include prioritizing "having the idea" over doing the work, "asking big questions" over answering them well, counting a book as equivalent to many articles... I could go on.)
November 3, 2023 at 5:48 PM
Absolutely. One of many of our disciplinary hiring/evaluation pathologies. (Others include prioritizing "having the idea" over doing the work, "asking big questions" over answering them well, counting a book as equivalent to many articles... I could go on.)
"But it's impossible to evaluate individual contributions if we only see jointly produced outcomes," say people who use linear regression every day of their working lives
November 3, 2023 at 5:41 PM
"But it's impossible to evaluate individual contributions if we only see jointly produced outcomes," say people who use linear regression every day of their working lives
I sympathize, but to Anton's point: once you're doing something "kind of ok", wouldn't you be better off collaborating with someone who can do it excellently?
November 3, 2023 at 3:58 PM
I sympathize, but to Anton's point: once you're doing something "kind of ok", wouldn't you be better off collaborating with someone who can do it excellently?
I've only been to faculty meetings at one institution, and I think we have a fairly healthy perspective here.
But every year I read plenty of letters trying to convince me that a job candidate is a jack of all trades. I don't want a jack of all trades, I want a high-quality specialist!
But every year I read plenty of letters trying to convince me that a job candidate is a jack of all trades. I don't want a jack of all trades, I want a high-quality specialist!
November 3, 2023 at 3:57 PM
I've only been to faculty meetings at one institution, and I think we have a fairly healthy perspective here.
But every year I read plenty of letters trying to convince me that a job candidate is a jack of all trades. I don't want a jack of all trades, I want a high-quality specialist!
But every year I read plenty of letters trying to convince me that a job candidate is a jack of all trades. I don't want a jack of all trades, I want a high-quality specialist!
It will never not drive me crazy that we reward people for doing a dozen different things badly, rather than for doing one thing very well
November 3, 2023 at 3:04 PM
It will never not drive me crazy that we reward people for doing a dozen different things badly, rather than for doing one thing very well
S-tier: Lynx
A-tier: Netscape Navigator 3.0
A-tier: Netscape Navigator 3.0
November 2, 2023 at 4:22 PM
S-tier: Lynx
A-tier: Netscape Navigator 3.0
A-tier: Netscape Navigator 3.0
Punk In Drublic > ...And Out Come the Wolves
come at me bro
come at me bro
November 2, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Punk In Drublic > ...And Out Come the Wolves
come at me bro
come at me bro
It's actually kind of hilarious to imagine someone who loathes Spiritualized so much that they lurk the Internet waiting for an opportunity to pick a fight about it
November 2, 2023 at 12:50 AM
It's actually kind of hilarious to imagine someone who loathes Spiritualized so much that they lurk the Internet waiting for an opportunity to pick a fight about it
yes even I'm enough of a normie to acknowledge that Dinner Party > Pool Party
November 1, 2023 at 10:36 PM
yes even I'm enough of a normie to acknowledge that Dinner Party > Pool Party
This is even hotter than my take that "Pool Party" is the second-best Office episode
November 1, 2023 at 10:34 PM
This is even hotter than my take that "Pool Party" is the second-best Office episode
I think you're just doing a bit
November 1, 2023 at 10:24 PM
I think you're just doing a bit