Jon May
@profjonmay.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the University of Plymouth. Researching the role of mental imagery in behaviour change. A bit keen on open science, using R and making shiny apps.
you can be 100% certain, but this doesn’t mean you are correct (I often am certain and wrong). They also need to consider what ‘works’ means - i.e. relative to base rate, correctly identifies more cancers than false alarms.
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
you can be 100% certain, but this doesn’t mean you are correct (I often am certain and wrong). They also need to consider what ‘works’ means - i.e. relative to base rate, correctly identifies more cancers than false alarms.
There was a sperm whale in Nantucket, who played with a spade and a bucket. It laid on the sand, and needed a hand, to get to the sea in Nantucket.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There was a sperm whale in Nantucket, who played with a spade and a bucket. It laid on the sand, and needed a hand, to get to the sea in Nantucket.
wait till he finds out that immigrants brought christianity to these islands
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
wait till he finds out that immigrants brought christianity to these islands
Nathaniel Olds, 1837
November 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Nathaniel Olds, 1837
you left out pod save america?
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
you left out pod save america?
include attention / humanity check items and make payment contingent on response quality. had good and fast data with sample matching our quota specifications.
October 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
include attention / humanity check items and make payment contingent on response quality. had good and fast data with sample matching our quota specifications.
you also need to add a prediction of how many seats reform would still have six months later, given their council fiascos
October 28, 2025 at 12:50 PM
you also need to add a prediction of how many seats reform would still have six months later, given their council fiascos
There have been many more council by-elections than that. @markpackuk.bsky.social has a good summary www.markpack.org.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
There have been many more council by-elections than that. @markpackuk.bsky.social has a good summary www.markpack.org.uk
I don’t believe they ban things that say ‘Join the KKK’ so it must have been the pizza
October 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I don’t believe they ban things that say ‘Join the KKK’ so it must have been the pizza
If I hit it against a stone, that is not tool use, but if I hit it with a stone, that is tool use?
October 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
If I hit it against a stone, that is not tool use, but if I hit it with a stone, that is tool use?
byline Jenny Gross!? Certainly is.
October 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
byline Jenny Gross!? Certainly is.
I think you need a different graphic for this one ‘So Close’ perhaps?
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
I think you need a different graphic for this one ‘So Close’ perhaps?
Psychological interventions (different to psychiatric) are valuable in helping people with ME but that does not imply that ME is an imaginary disease, any more than depression or anxiety.
October 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Psychological interventions (different to psychiatric) are valuable in helping people with ME but that does not imply that ME is an imaginary disease, any more than depression or anxiety.
Results: We used Excel…
October 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Results: We used Excel…
I find the phrase ‘just all in our head’ quite denigrating and dismissive of mental health issues which are very real and debilitating illnesses.
October 12, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I find the phrase ‘just all in our head’ quite denigrating and dismissive of mental health issues which are very real and debilitating illnesses.
unfortunately for the LD only the top two would go through to the second round. Full ranked preference voting (STV) is essential.
October 11, 2025 at 1:44 PM
unfortunately for the LD only the top two would go through to the second round. Full ranked preference voting (STV) is essential.
October 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
How does Jenkyns define ‘the British people’?
October 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM
How does Jenkyns define ‘the British people’?