Yuchen
@yuchen25.bsky.social
Graduate student in Statistics @UChicago, pivoting towards neuroscience | cognition | philosophy of science | writing
www.sfn.org
February 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
It might be epistemologically misguided to think we can be 'innocent' when looking at data. Our observations and discoveries are shaped by the theoretical frameworks in mind.
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
gershmanlab.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It might be epistemologically misguided to think we can be 'innocent' when looking at data. Our observations and discoveries are shaped by the theoretical frameworks in mind.
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
It might be epistemologically misguided to think we can be 'innocent' when looking at data. Our observations and discoveries are shaped by the theoretical frameworks in mind.
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
gershmanlab.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It might be epistemologically misguided to think we can be 'innocent' when looking at data. Our observations and discoveries are shaped by the theoretical frameworks in mind.
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
gershmanlab.com/pubs/innocen...
I wonder whether there are similar efforts in other fields. Any suggestions? (6/6)
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I wonder whether there are similar efforts in other fields. Any suggestions? (6/6)
The project of Foundational Papers in Complexity Science exemplifies this brilliantly. By contextualizing seminal works and reconstructing discoveries as they unfolded, it helps navigate the field’s complexities while fostering deeper appreciation. (5/6)
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
The project of Foundational Papers in Complexity Science exemplifies this brilliantly. By contextualizing seminal works and reconstructing discoveries as they unfolded, it helps navigate the field’s complexities while fostering deeper appreciation. (5/6)
the initial empirical results they're based on, any methodological innovations, and how theoretical leaps are drawn from the data before they're taken for granted. (4/6)
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
the initial empirical results they're based on, any methodological innovations, and how theoretical leaps are drawn from the data before they're taken for granted. (4/6)
As James Clerk Maxwell argued, 'Science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state.' By reading about the first development of scientific concepts, we put them in historical context and get to appreciate the immediate challenges they addressed, (3/6)
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
As James Clerk Maxwell argued, 'Science is always most completely assimilated when it is in the nascent state.' By reading about the first development of scientific concepts, we put them in historical context and get to appreciate the immediate challenges they addressed, (3/6)
Revolutionary ideas appear inevitable in retrospect, as if they were natural progressions. However, that is not how science progresses. Real advancement is more desultory and zig zag. (2/6)
February 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Revolutionary ideas appear inevitable in retrospect, as if they were natural progressions. However, that is not how science progresses. Real advancement is more desultory and zig zag. (2/6)
Learn to remain in the depths.
February 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Learn to remain in the depths.
...I'm happy when I can admit, at least to myself, that my thinking is muddled, and I try to overcome the embarrassment that I might reveal ignorance or confusion.'
mathoverflow.net/users/9062/b...
mathoverflow.net/users/9062/b...
User Bill Thurston
Q&A for professional mathematicians
mathoverflow.net
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
...I'm happy when I can admit, at least to myself, that my thinking is muddled, and I try to overcome the embarrassment that I might reveal ignorance or confusion.'
mathoverflow.net/users/9062/b...
mathoverflow.net/users/9062/b...
A beautiful quote of what math is by Bill Thurston
'Mathematics is a process of staring hard enough with enough perseverence at at the fog of muddle and confusion to eventually break through to improved clarity...
'Mathematics is a process of staring hard enough with enough perseverence at at the fog of muddle and confusion to eventually break through to improved clarity...
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A beautiful quote of what math is by Bill Thurston
'Mathematics is a process of staring hard enough with enough perseverence at at the fog of muddle and confusion to eventually break through to improved clarity...
'Mathematics is a process of staring hard enough with enough perseverence at at the fog of muddle and confusion to eventually break through to improved clarity...
Internalizing the belief that it's normal to feel struggled and it's inevitable even for the greatest mind steels you to sit with the problem long enough to penetrate it.
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...
APA PsycNet
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Internalizing the belief that it's normal to feel struggled and it's inevitable even for the greatest mind steels you to sit with the problem long enough to penetrate it.
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...
doi.org/10.1037/edu0...