Robert (Bob) Kubinec
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Robert (Bob) Kubinec
@rmkubinec.bsky.social
Political scientist University of South Carolina. Interests: business politics/corruption, Middle East, measurement, Bayesian statistics

The Bayesian Hitman: https://a.co/d/e4QmtKo

Website: www.robertkubinec.com
You get three stars, you can do whatever the heck you want, no questions asked.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Which is why I think the current denigration of humanities and non-STEM fields is bonkers. From where do ideas like "causality" derive? They *do not* organically emerge from "the data."
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
this is the NY Times
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
💯
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
you *don't* get payments from Israeli spies? honest Q - how did you pay for grad school otherwise?
November 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Very true
November 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Recently I learned that, for some data scientists, this was the only novel they have read in the past 5 years.

That was... deeply concerning. But flattering too, I guess.
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Go in peace, Bayes has already forgiven you
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
sure, it's in that sweet spot of seeing it, going "oh what is that", and then realizing it's already postponed.

🤌
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
You're asking a question because it wasn't already??
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Time for you to run your RCT I guess
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM