Huw Price
@huwprice.bsky.social
Australian philosopher. Emeritus Bertrand Russell Professor & Emeritus Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge. Early roles in @cser.bsky.social and
@cfi-cambridge.bsky.social. More: prce.hu/w
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Huw Price
@huwprice.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Taming Entanglement
In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts...
arxiv.org
Latest piece with @kenwharton.bsky.social
ABSTRACT: In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts of this kind. …1/
#philsky #philsci #quantum
ABSTRACT: In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts of this kind. …1/
#philsky #philsci #quantum
Lest we forget.
Never forget this most extraordinary rendition of the Whitlam Dismissal from the "Gillies Report" ABC TV
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
Still thrilled to have been a bit player in the BEST of Australian satire!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp7f...
The Gillies Report Il Dismissale
YouTube video by NockturneSA
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Lest we forget.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
I’m not going to delete mine. I like the web page they made for me too much.
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I’m not going to delete mine. I like the web page they made for me too much.
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Heftig. Dieses Foto ist vor wenigen Minuten im New York entstanden wo Mamdani aufs Rathaus gestiegen ist um eine kommunistische Fahne anzubringen. Wie man sieht liegt die Stadt schon Stunden nach seinem Sieg auf seinen Befehl in Trümmern
November 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Heftig. Dieses Foto ist vor wenigen Minuten im New York entstanden wo Mamdani aufs Rathaus gestiegen ist um eine kommunistische Fahne anzubringen. Wie man sieht liegt die Stadt schon Stunden nach seinem Sieg auf seinen Befehl in Trümmern
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📢Come work with us: We’re looking for a research assistant to contribute to an ongoing two-year project focused on developing a benchmark for measuring the ability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents on real-world data science tasks. Apply by 16 November.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/get-involved...
www.lcfi.ac.uk/get-involved...
Research Assistant (Fixed Term) - LCFI
The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (CFI), within the Institute for Technology and Humanity (ITH), is seeking a full-time Research Assistant to contribute to an ongoing two-year proje...
www.lcfi.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
📢Come work with us: We’re looking for a research assistant to contribute to an ongoing two-year project focused on developing a benchmark for measuring the ability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents on real-world data science tasks. Apply by 16 November.
www.lcfi.ac.uk/get-involved...
www.lcfi.ac.uk/get-involved...
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Latest piece with @kenwharton.bsky.social
ABSTRACT: In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts of this kind. …1/
#philsky #philsci #quantum
ABSTRACT: In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts of this kind. …1/
#philsky #philsci #quantum
Taming Entanglement
In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts...
arxiv.org
July 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Latest piece with @kenwharton.bsky.social
ABSTRACT: In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts of this kind. …1/
#philsky #philsci #quantum
ABSTRACT: In statistics and causal modeling it is common for a selection process to induce correlations in a subset of an uncorrelated ensemble. We propose that EPR and Bell correlations are selection artefacts of this kind. …1/
#philsky #philsci #quantum
Some background – my little piece on Hawking on this issue, from Nature in 1989.
prce.hu/w/preprints/...
prce.hu/w/preprints/...
November 6, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Some background – my little piece on Hawking on this issue, from Nature in 1989.
prce.hu/w/preprints/...
prce.hu/w/preprints/...
Fascinating stuff. Would the Nobel prizes get unawarded in the recollapsing phase? @seanmcarroll.bsky.social? #philsky #arrowoftime
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, study suggests
Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could end in ‘big crunch’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Fascinating stuff. Would the Nobel prizes get unawarded in the recollapsing phase? @seanmcarroll.bsky.social? #philsky #arrowoftime
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Do you know of her sister-in-law, the photographer Lotte Meitner-Graf? The NPG collection includes a portrait of Meitner.
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Do you know of her sister-in-law, the photographer Lotte Meitner-Graf? The NPG collection includes a portrait of Meitner.
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
www.npg.org.uk/collections/...
Dickens, after seeing a prairie: “I would say to every man who can't see a prairie—go to Salisbury Plain, Marlborough Downs, or any of the broad, high, open lands near the sea. Many of them are fully as impressive, and Salisbury Plain is *decidedly* more so.”
Right @michaelmorrisphil.bsky.social?
Right @michaelmorrisphil.bsky.social?
November 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Dickens, after seeing a prairie: “I would say to every man who can't see a prairie—go to Salisbury Plain, Marlborough Downs, or any of the broad, high, open lands near the sea. Many of them are fully as impressive, and Salisbury Plain is *decidedly* more so.”
Right @michaelmorrisphil.bsky.social?
Right @michaelmorrisphil.bsky.social?
Happy World Jellyfish Day
November 4, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Happy World Jellyfish Day
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
Question for @martinkusch.bsky.social – which rose is this?
November 2, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Question for @martinkusch.bsky.social – which rose is this?
I’ve found Leverkusen for you. It is in a pot in my garden, about to flower for the first time 🙂
www.wildrosenursery.com.au/product/leve...
www.wildrosenursery.com.au/product/leve...
November 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I’ve found Leverkusen for you. It is in a pot in my garden, about to flower for the first time 🙂
www.wildrosenursery.com.au/product/leve...
www.wildrosenursery.com.au/product/leve...
This reminds me of the former German Embassy, next door. I once had lunch in Cambridge with their Science Attaché and Martin Rees. Martin enjoyed telling him that when he was President of the Royal Society, he had had Ribbentrop’s office.
Season finale of Slow Horses was filmed at my office! We’ve already had Spooks and James Bond so if you are thinking of filming a new Jason Bourne movie give me a call
October 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
This reminds me of the former German Embassy, next door. I once had lunch in Cambridge with their Science Attaché and Martin Rees. Martin enjoyed telling him that when he was President of the Royal Society, he had had Ribbentrop’s office.
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A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci
Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400
Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Professor in History of Knowledge Pre-1400, in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge. Please note
www.cam.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A permanent post in my department. Closing date Dec 14th 2025, interviews in March. Please spread #histsci
Some youngsters may not know what inspired the name: www.camposcoffee.com/our-story
October 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Some youngsters may not know what inspired the name: www.camposcoffee.com/our-story
Full marks to the Guardian for using the Welsh spelling.
October 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Full marks to the Guardian for using the Welsh spelling.
Oh no, we’d never get @wiglet1981.bsky.social out of the bus!
October 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Oh no, we’d never get @wiglet1981.bsky.social out of the bus!
Thanks to @cherylmisak.bsky.social I discovered a few years back that Ramsey read NPW. He wasn’t impressed, but I think Eddington’s chapter on causation and time’s arrow prompted Ramsey’s wonderful discussion in ‘General propositions and causality’. Details in my review of Cheryl’s biography here:
October 25, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Thanks to @cherylmisak.bsky.social I discovered a few years back that Ramsey read NPW. He wasn’t impressed, but I think Eddington’s chapter on causation and time’s arrow prompted Ramsey’s wonderful discussion in ‘General propositions and causality’. Details in my review of Cheryl’s biography here:
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Why doesn’t fascism ever have a new idea?
Stephen Miller: "The scandal is how Democrats & the left scarred the landscape of our country w/grotesque so-called modern art that celebrates ugliness ... very importantly, President Trump is making sure it's in the neo-classical design around which our nation's architecture has long been directed"
October 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Why doesn’t fascism ever have a new idea?
@dagophile.bsky.social Could you help me with this one?
Query for causation folk: correlations due to a common cause C are screened off by conditioning on C. So there’s a selection artefact due to doing this inadvertently – i.e., missing the correlation, by selecting subjects who share a value of C. Does this have a name? Are there good real examples?
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
@dagophile.bsky.social Could you help me with this one?
A journalist once asked Eddington whether it was true that there were only three people in the world who understood Einstein’s theory of general relativity. He thought for a moment, and said “I’m not sure who the third one might be”.
I feel bad that I’m probably one of 4 people in this site who’ll get this joke.
October 23, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A journalist once asked Eddington whether it was true that there were only three people in the world who understood Einstein’s theory of general relativity. He thought for a moment, and said “I’m not sure who the third one might be”.
Query for causation folk: correlations due to a common cause C are screened off by conditioning on C. So there’s a selection artefact due to doing this inadvertently – i.e., missing the correlation, by selecting subjects who share a value of C. Does this have a name? Are there good real examples?
October 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM