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Advanced Thinking retweeted
26 Aug 2022
Homophily is the principle that we like people who are like ourselves, and it is a powerful force in explaining how society is structured. This paper shows it goes deeper than skin: You are more likely to be friends with people who literally think like you pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2938…
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
17 Aug 2022
Antidepressants No Better Than Placebo for About 85% of People madinamerica.com/2022/08/ant…
"If everyone with a depression diagnosis is given an antidepressant, about seven people need to be given the drug (and thus be exposed to the harmful effects) before one person benefits."
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
15 Jul 2022
"The speed of stories: Semantic progression and narrative success."
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
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"el crypto ha venido a quedarse, pero en mi opinión, #bitcoin es un proyecto que está muerto" - Hugo Ferrer @ContraInvest #leyendasdebtcuñao
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
17 Jul 2022
Economics is when no one checks your math.
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Physics is when nature checks your math.
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this is a tough one
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16 Jul 2022
Some great surreal-horror paintings, the landscapes feel like dark worlds that you have fallen into and must escape from
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
14 Jul 2022
Language is vague.
Anyone who control the language can control the narrative.
Anyone who control the narrative can control the incentives.
Anyone who control the incentives can control the masses.
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
14 Jul 2022
In R, you can select columns with a specific data type using select_if.
#rstats #datascience
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
11 Jul 2022
New paper accepted at Human Nature w/ @ed_hagen on supernatural explanations: psyarxiv.com/2uvjm/
We take on the question: why did humans evolve to explain the world with ideas that seem "supernatural," such as spirits & teleological thinking? /1
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Prominent Example:
Malcolm Caldwell - Marxist writer. Huge supporter of the Khmer Rouge.
Dude went to Camboya to meet one of his heres (Pol Pot)
Managed to meet heem. Then disappeared a couple hours later, in mysterious circumstances.
Never was seen again
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Advanced Thinking retweeted
A phrase I’ve used in conversations with people about audience growth that always cracks them up is when I point out that oversimplifying your stuff is like chewing people’s food for them. The audience grows faster but they mostly demand more baby food and you become a caricature
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