“never cross a river if it is on average 4 feet deep” illustrated @nntaleb pic.twitter.com/hQRQqoOooy
— Georges Ebel (@georges_ebel) November 27, 2019
Lux 2019 annual meeting talk:
— Josh Wolfe (@wolfejosh) November 27, 2019
THEME: How technology evolves—out of the infinite arms race—between deception + its detection.
Opening 2 mins below.
Full link to full talk here…https://t.co/amldK1QaBb pic.twitter.com/5XWvrCgH2M
Btw anyone interested in this should check out @lishali88 and @Rosebud_AI. Great work being done with https://t.co/FMf6d2CAZP
— Will Robbins (@whrobbins) November 27, 2019
Seems like 40 is as close as it gets to ‘best of both worlds’ pic.twitter.com/cePZ2mR864
— Swanand Kelkar (@Swa_Kel) November 22, 2019
Source: https://t.co/3nzsKHwVxqhttps://t.co/FNJrFiIQSd
— Anshul Khare (@_anshulkhare) October 28, 2019
Next time you see someone staring hard at the text on the computer screen, you know how to help them. pic.twitter.com/Iwf1mkmqOI
When you get senior enough, most jobs eventually converge to reading, writing, and speaking. Worth investing early on in learning how to do those three things well.
— Arianna Simpson (@AriannaSimpson) October 22, 2019
"Correlation is not causation" pic.twitter.com/7TcRlwJB1Q
— Ameet Kini, MD, PhD (@AmeetRKini) October 22, 2019
My favourite quote ever:
— Gal Shapira (@galjudo) April 11, 2019
"You are always one decision away from a totally different life."
The human brain’s capacity doesn’t change from one year to the next, so the insights from studying human behavior have a very long shelf life.
— Anshul Khare (@_anshulkhare) October 6, 2019
~ Jakob Nielsen (Danish web usability expert)
Seek DIVERSE minds
— Josh Wolfe (@wolfejosh) October 1, 2019
If two people think the SAME, one of them is unnecessary.
Groups that agree can make decisions (too) quickly.
Diverse groups are MORE likely to reach truth––yet LESS confident they did.
They are more often RIGHT––and more open to the idea they may be WRONG.
I was a huge believer in Climate Change as a youth. I wanted to save the environment. Then I caught one lie. Then two. Then three. Then I read the current data. Then I realized they’ve been exaggerating & fear-mongering headlines for decades.
— An0maly (@LegendaryEnergy) September 20, 2019
They are brainwashing the kids.
An inconvenient TRUTH*
— Josh Wolfe (@wolfejosh) August 6, 2019
*(do NOT read if you have dissonance with contradictory evidence to tightly held high-conviction prior beliefs—especially those that create risk fear of inconsistency in ideas or identity or in-group tribal affiliation) pic.twitter.com/r96wBr7msy
We read a lot, but we don't think.
— The Ancient Sage (@TheAncientSage) August 4, 2019
Reading is easy, thinking is hard.
We read passively rather than questioning actively and pondering what we read.
We rely on others' thinking, not realizing they might be wrong.
If we start thinking we might do it better than those we read.
1) Re-read ‘the lessons of history’ by Will and Ariel Durant. Some insights/quotes/extracts below
— Gaurav Sharma (@Gaurav1105) July 21, 2019
Our knowledge of any past event is incomplete. Most history is guessing and the rest is prejudice. Other sciences tell us how we might behave. History tells us how we have behaved.
Gentlemen, up until the age of 25, people will forgive your mistakes and believe in your potential
— Alexander Cortes PhD, Fitness, Nutrition, Fat loss (@AJA_Cortes) July 16, 2019
25-30, this drops off, you’re lucky if your parents still “believe in you”
30+, you’re a ghost, and no cares about you. You’re on your own entirely
Don’t waste your 20s
Old books teach urgent new lessons.
— The Stoic Emperor (@TheStoicEmperor) July 13, 2019
People read more than ever, but mostly low-value material.
Unwanted emails, ragebait articles, insane social media babble… largely worthless ephemera.
Quiet libraries are full of half-forgotten marvels.
The undimmed genius of the ages.
Microeconomic decisions create macroeconomic phenomena… pic.twitter.com/DRr7yK8LK2
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) July 5, 2019
Lessons from #sports #science:
— Santa Fe Institute (@sfiscience) May 7, 2019
* The n of sports studies is often too small to be meaningful, even when p is significant.
* It's crucial to manage the expectations of participant studies…and question your own.@cragcrest at SFI, talk streaming now:https://t.co/yh7CpGB8C2 pic.twitter.com/BEam9dpnvR
Doctors intervene & replace small, clear, present problems with large, hazy, future problems
— Naval (@naval) April 9, 2019
Pharma studies bundle slightly ill & very ill to expand definition of ill (statistical gerrymandering)
Researchers repeat experiments (without reporting failures) until desired results https://t.co/rQSvspSAgU
NilKamal Plastics, analysed 60-70% women from country side, spend close to 4 hrs filling water for household purposes, in most cases they have to walk nearly 2 KM to get water
— Avinash Gorakshakar (@AvinashGoraksha) April 2, 2019
NilKamal introduced rotating plastic cans, which can easily carry 45Ltrs water in an easy manner pic.twitter.com/AgWVKUHDfV
Ancel keys completely faked the evidence that vilified saturated fats
— Carnivore Aurelius © (@KetoAurelius) March 2, 2019
In 1953, Keys published the 6 countries study showing that the more fat you ate, the higher the risk of heart disease
But he left out data from 16 other countries, that showed NO relationship pic.twitter.com/feMbLRuqFT
if you want young people to engage in climate change, don’t sell them on the world-ending.. that (mainly) leads to nihilism…
— Riva (@rivatez) January 23, 2019
sell them a vision of a glorious and beautiful future, one which they can contribute to and be part of.
pessimism robs people of agency.
" It is quite relaxing being humble, because it means you can stop feeling pressurised to have a view about everything, and stop feeling you must be ready to defend your views all the time" – Hans Rosling. pic.twitter.com/CO5hZ1y3ta
— Ninad Kunder (@ninadkunder) January 21, 2019
There is a lot of great stuff in this @brianportnoy podcast including
— Annie Duke (@AnnieDuke) September 26, 2018
1) The difference between a mistake and a bad outcome
2) The difference between an error of omission and commission
So well explained. A lot to learn in here.
https://t.co/NXiGLO3GqM
I wrote an essay about my own experiences with this. https://t.co/Y0pVOpyMmg
— Brandon Downey (@bdowney) September 16, 2018
Google *is* a company that tries to do the right thing, but it's also full of rationalization like all human institutions.
I never knew it was you who stood up about news Vijay; you were right.
"OpenMind is a psychology-based educational platform designed to depolarize campuses, companies, organizations, and communities.” This seems like a good step toward creating civil discourse. Follow @openmindusa and check out their website at https://t.co/g5Obz0bhKV by @JonHaidt pic.twitter.com/tKfh1Kr5we
— Annie Duke (@AnnieDuke) July 27, 2018
Harappans were not only dependent on monsoonal rains. Date of Ghaggar and Saraswati was established between 9.5-4.5 ka with cutting edge research. "Legendary river Saraswati is older than thought"https://t.co/AnxNf8QpQw
— Niraj Rai (@NirajRai3) November 21, 2019
The world's most widely visited temple is Sensoji Kannon in Tokyo where Brahma & Indra flank main God Almighty Kannon (Lokeshwara) + Amida (Amitabha) &Nio (Vajrapani) are key attractions. It attracts 30+ million viewers each year – more than 10 times the number that goes on Hajj! pic.twitter.com/Tonw1rzesN
— Team Rev. Zenji Nio (@NioZenji) November 18, 2019
There is much ignorance in India about the history of Indian science. Gravity is mentioned in early texts -not math of it.
— Subhash Kak ☀️ (@subhash_kak) August 17, 2019
Can be easily corrected by a course in school and college.
For quick reference, here is an essay with links to scholarly articles:https://t.co/WINKSNtzHx
Hey!
— The Number Punk (@NumberPunk) August 13, 2019
So I've been using @MathforLove 's #primeclimb for the last few days in my 6th grade math class! Here's a link for everything I've been doing and the powerpoints!#mtbos #iteachmathhttps://t.co/3wE2PoazKj
We had planned to list 50 lies. But the article was getting too long. So here are 20 lies by BBC. https://t.co/4hXgEB4ZEK
— Nupur J Sharma (@UnSubtleDesi) November 20, 2018
In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings.
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) August 4, 2019
On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose…
500 to Medical errors
300 to the Flu
250 to Suicide
200 to Car Accidents
40 to Homicide via Handgun
Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data.
Swedes say refugees should be accepted into people's homes. When presented with one and asked to take him in, they suddenly change their minds!
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) March 21, 2019
Big difference between the virtue signal and the reality.pic.twitter.com/J6SKfDUs6k
Angry people are more likely to overestimate their intelligence. https://t.co/cvpsgRF3RQ pic.twitter.com/ZYwoBChAnS
— Rolf Degen (@DegenRolf) July 22, 2018