What kind of childhood makes a top scientist? Is it enough to have all the right traits (brilliance, grit, etc) or do you need the right family too? And why should we care? A 🧵 on our paper on the Nobel Laureates. A teaser: the income distribution of the laureates' fathers.1/N

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Chemistry with one half to David Baker “for computational protein design” and the other half jointly to Demis Hassabis and John M. Jumper “for protein structure prediction.”

'Cantonese in Ireland X @LinkedIn: Job Market Workshop' concluded perfectly yesterday. Participants learned more abt the Irish job market from professional speakers. LinkedIn team went above & beyond providing support on polishing their profiles. Well, also the egg tarts! YUM

For those who couldn't register this event, now we have created more spots for you! It is a great opportunity to explore the job market in Ireland and meet people. We are looking forward to see you there! New link to register: eventbrite.ie/e/cantonese-in… @Maxyusc @LinkedIn

"Perfection is impossible. In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. But what percentage of points did I win? 54% In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half the points they play. When you lose ever second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot. You teach yourself to think: 'Okay, I double faulted...it's only a point.' 'Okay, I came to the net and I got passed again...it's only a point.' Even a great shot, an overhead backhand smash that ends up on ESPN's top 10 playlist – that too is just a point. Here's why I'm telling you this. When you're playing a point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. And it is. But when it's behind you, it's behind you. This mindset is crucial – because it frees you to fully commit to the next point with intensity, clarity, and focus." –@rogerfederer

Using attention checks does NOT resolve contradictory findings from MTurk (completely opposite correlation between being a night person and extraversion when “extraversion” is on the right side of the scale versus left side of the scale). From Randy Gao at U Chicago BDRM conf.