Ed Hagen
@edhagen.net
Professor of Anthropology at Washington State University. Faculty page: https://anthro.vancouver.wsu.edu/people/hagen/
Views expressed are my own and do not reflect those of my employer or other organizations I'm affiliated with.
Views expressed are my own and do not reflect those of my employer or other organizations I'm affiliated with.
{ggalign} is patchwork on steroids, and has some ability to add lines between plots: yunuuuu.github.io/ggalign-book/
ggalign: Bridging the Grammar of Graphics and Complex layout
yunuuuu.github.io
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
{ggalign} is patchwork on steroids, and has some ability to add lines between plots: yunuuuu.github.io/ggalign-book/
If you're not already, consider a unit on data simulation. I'm using this package in my course. The package author is very responsive and has already added two features I asked for: robindenz1.github.io/simDAG/
Simulate Data from a DAG and Associated Node Information
Simulate complex data from a given directed acyclic graph and information about each individual node. Root nodes are simply sampled from the specified distribution. Child Nodes are simulated according...
robindenz1.github.io
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
If you're not already, consider a unit on data simulation. I'm using this package in my course. The package author is very responsive and has already added two features I asked for: robindenz1.github.io/simDAG/
glmmTMB can now fit simple HGAMs, and I've found it's way faster than mgcv if you have large data sets. Issues here: github.com/glmmTMB/glmm...
open thread for mgcv smooth issues · Issue #928 · glmmTMB/glmmTMB
See notes. Currently known outstanding issues: setting good default starting values for smooth terms better printing of output (hide fixed terms? print smooth terms in a way more consistent with mg...
github.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
glmmTMB can now fit simple HGAMs, and I've found it's way faster than mgcv if you have large data sets. Issues here: github.com/glmmTMB/glmm...
@lukeglowacki.bsky.social (intragroup, though, not intergroup)
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
@lukeglowacki.bsky.social (intragroup, though, not intergroup)
At this point, I would be thrilled if, when the authors say the data and code are provided in the SI, the data and code actually are provided in the SI.
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
At this point, I would be thrilled if, when the authors say the data and code are provided in the SI, the data and code actually are provided in the SI.
I've been meaning to recreate the thread here on Bluesky. I'll link it here when I do (hopefully soon).
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I've been meaning to recreate the thread here on Bluesky. I'll link it here when I do (hopefully soon).
Fodor botched the importation of the modularity concept (including the "encapsulation" concept) from computer science into cognitive science: x.com/ed_hagen/sta...
Ed Hagen on X: "1. Did Fodor botch the importation of the modularity concept from computer science (CS) into cognitive science? 🧵" / X
1. Did Fodor botch the importation of the modularity concept from computer science (CS) into cognitive science? 🧵
x.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Fodor botched the importation of the modularity concept (including the "encapsulation" concept) from computer science into cognitive science: x.com/ed_hagen/sta...
Another example: accounts on Bluesky are data servers that can be hosted anywhere, yet still interact seamlessly with the network via @atproto.com (the open social networking protocol underlying Bluesky). Here's one effort for science publishing using this tech: cosmik.network
Cosmik
Tools and networks for collective sensemaking
cosmik.network
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Another example: accounts on Bluesky are data servers that can be hosted anywhere, yet still interact seamlessly with the network via @atproto.com (the open social networking protocol underlying Bluesky). Here's one effort for science publishing using this tech: cosmik.network
I'm keeping an eye on emerging decentralized web tech (eg, @atproto.com, ActivityPub, web3) for alternative science publishing models. One example based on Mastodon tech: openscience.network
Open Science Network
Reclaim scientific discourse with federated digital spaces where researchers shape their own conversations, data, and collaborations
openscience.network
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I'm keeping an eye on emerging decentralized web tech (eg, @atproto.com, ActivityPub, web3) for alternative science publishing models. One example based on Mastodon tech: openscience.network
I went to a Thompson talk in Berkeley in the early 1980s & the audience was full of frat boys who only wanted stories about drugs. Thompson was clearly disgusted by what Berkeley had become. But one guy gave him an ash tray shaped like a colt revolver. Thompson, clearly touched, gave him his lighter
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I went to a Thompson talk in Berkeley in the early 1980s & the audience was full of frat boys who only wanted stories about drugs. Thompson was clearly disgusted by what Berkeley had become. But one guy gave him an ash tray shaped like a colt revolver. Thompson, clearly touched, gave him his lighter
Yep. There are journals devoted to them: journals.plos.org/plosntds/issue
Current Issue | PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
journals.plos.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Yep. There are journals devoted to them: journals.plos.org/plosntds/issue
Yep. In case you haven’t seen this story: bsky.app/profile/edha...
Most badass dog? This #blueheeler fell overboard in rough shark-infested waters off the east coast of Australia & was believed lost. Instead, she swam 5 miles to a nearby deserted island & survived for months hunting feral goats before being reunited with her family: sail-world.com/Australia/Th...
November 2, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Yep. In case you haven’t seen this story: bsky.app/profile/edha...
Left: all adult women (18-60) to all adult men (18-60)
Right: all adult women (18-60) to older men (28-60)
Right: all adult women (18-60) to older men (28-60)
October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Left: all adult women (18-60) to all adult men (18-60)
Right: all adult women (18-60) to older men (28-60)
Right: all adult women (18-60) to older men (28-60)
I'll plot that when I get to work in about an hour.
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I'll plot that when I get to work in about an hour.
Thanks Hampton. I agree there are strong assumptions. I view this as the boundary if all adult men pursue women capable of producing offspring, regardless of their relative ages. Here's my plot of that model:
October 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thanks Hampton. I agree there are strong assumptions. I view this as the boundary if all adult men pursue women capable of producing offspring, regardless of their relative ages. Here's my plot of that model:
Back in the day, I contributed heavily to the wikipedia entry for evolutionary psychology. Not sure how much of what I wrote survives.
October 29, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Back in the day, I contributed heavily to the wikipedia entry for evolutionary psychology. Not sure how much of what I wrote survives.
Thanks Hampton. As a first pass toward evolutionary implications, I'm trying to use your code to compute the ratio of fertile women to adult men (and I know nothing about demography). Would this code do the trick for growth rate = 1 (I haven't changed anything else)?
October 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thanks Hampton. As a first pass toward evolutionary implications, I'm trying to use your code to compute the ratio of fertile women to adult men (and I know nothing about demography). Would this code do the trick for growth rate = 1 (I haven't changed anything else)?