Berna Devezer
@devezer.bsky.social
Metascientist @ uidaho. I work at the intersection of behavioral sciences, statistics, and philosophy. Love thinking and talking about science. Post lots of cat and food pics. Allergic to unsolicited advice.
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Modeling often requires making assumptions and design choices explicit. Experimenters could benefit from such transparent thinking abt the design and knowledge of the range of experiments they are foregoing. They could also benefit from understanding how data produced is conditional on the design.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Modeling often requires making assumptions and design choices explicit. Experimenters could benefit from such transparent thinking abt the design and knowledge of the range of experiments they are foregoing. They could also benefit from understanding how data produced is conditional on the design.
Reposted by Berna Devezer
I had a commentary published on it.
There are no shortcuts to theory - PubMed
Almaatouq et al. claim that the integrative experiment design can help "develop a reliable, cohesive, and cumulative theoretical understanding." I will contest this claim by challenging three underlying assumptions about the nature of scientific theories. I propose that the integrative experiment de …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I had a commentary published on it.
Absolutely. This is definitely structural. A specific manifestation of the Matthew effect.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Absolutely. This is definitely structural. A specific manifestation of the Matthew effect.
Lol apparently for me it's the saves. Somehow those buttons are exactly on the path of my scrolling finger.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Lol apparently for me it's the saves. Somehow those buttons are exactly on the path of my scrolling finger.
As in, following the application process available to the public wouldn't get you a serious consideration. You'd have to be "introduced" to the right people first.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
As in, following the application process available to the public wouldn't get you a serious consideration. You'd have to be "introduced" to the right people first.
That's exactly what a grant manager told me about getting private foundation money (or even reply) on here. Apparently I never had a chance because as a lowly jr faculty I had no idea how to make friends with a program officer whose name or contact info wasn't even published on the program page.
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
That's exactly what a grant manager told me about getting private foundation money (or even reply) on here. Apparently I never had a chance because as a lowly jr faculty I had no idea how to make friends with a program officer whose name or contact info wasn't even published on the program page.
I had a commentary published on it.
There are no shortcuts to theory - PubMed
Almaatouq et al. claim that the integrative experiment design can help "develop a reliable, cohesive, and cumulative theoretical understanding." I will contest this claim by challenging three underlying assumptions about the nature of scientific theories. I propose that the integrative experiment de …
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I had a commentary published on it.
Exactly my thoughts
November 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Exactly my thoughts
In Turkish we use "hamur beyinli" (dough brained) as an insult
November 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
In Turkish we use "hamur beyinli" (dough brained) as an insult
accidentally saved* I mean
November 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
accidentally saved* I mean
It depends on the model being implemented I suppose. I find many AI-generated alt texts much better than human-generated "a sea" "screenshot of an abstract" "a meme" etc. There are very good options here.
November 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It depends on the model being implemented I suppose. I find many AI-generated alt texts much better than human-generated "a sea" "screenshot of an abstract" "a meme" etc. There are very good options here.
That's a good use case!
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
That's a good use case!
I think that's one use case most of us should find it easy to approve of!
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I think that's one use case most of us should find it easy to approve of!
This would also improve the functionality of muting words so much.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This would also improve the functionality of muting words so much.
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my critique is not of the first-order belief (i disagree, but whatever) but of the insensitivity to the ways in which quotation marks in english are broken. how do you write for money and not feel that in your bones
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
my critique is not of the first-order belief (i disagree, but whatever) but of the insensitivity to the ways in which quotation marks in english are broken. how do you write for money and not feel that in your bones
If experimenters regularly thought like modelers and actually did use synthetic data to vet their designs, they'd be running orders of magnitudes fewer experiments and the literature wouldn't be so saturated with empirical garbage.
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If experimenters regularly thought like modelers and actually did use synthetic data to vet their designs, they'd be running orders of magnitudes fewer experiments and the literature wouldn't be so saturated with empirical garbage.
Modeling often requires making assumptions and design choices explicit. Experimenters could benefit from such transparent thinking abt the design and knowledge of the range of experiments they are foregoing. They could also benefit from understanding how data produced is conditional on the design.
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Modeling often requires making assumptions and design choices explicit. Experimenters could benefit from such transparent thinking abt the design and knowledge of the range of experiments they are foregoing. They could also benefit from understanding how data produced is conditional on the design.