#Literature

Yunus Şahin

herrbokologist

Important points and all are related to the competence/performance distinction, I think. Chomsky's view on linguistic theory and "how to study language" resembles Marr's computational level. So it's highly abstract.

Michael Clemens

m_clem

This week I'll tweet a lot about development, aid, and emigration from low-income countries. First: a new estimate of the cost, in foreign aid, to deter one irregular migrant to

Brad Shapiro

btshapir

Working Paper Thread! “Generalizable and Robust TV Advertising Effects” joint with my talented co-authors, @Guenter_Hitsch & Anna Tuchman. In this paper, we independently estimate advertising elasticities across 288 pre-selected bra

Shubhangi Misra

shubhangi_misra

Unpopular opinion: NEP language advisory isn't so contentious: To find out someone's mother tongue Tenali Raman inflicted pain on them, while our teacher in college gave us an easier hack:

New Left Eviews

LeusderListicle

Anderson’s terrific new diatribe against the European project contains some welcome jabs against Draghi, Barroso, the opacity of the ECJ. It’s great fun. But it reflects an ignorance of the

Abdullah Baig

abdullahnbaig

With #Bitcoin now having broken through critical resistance levels (Alhamdulillah), it’s important to maintain perspective when investing in the market whether you’re HODLing long term or taking advantage of

Michael Clemens

m_clem

The US Administration will revoke student visas for a large share of the foreign students at US universities starting next month.This will substantially harm innovation, competitiveness, and job creation by

Brandon

blgtylr

Me, literally any time someone asks me to talk about books: There should be a timer for how long it takes me to get to Jane Austen in any and

Adrian Jacobo

Adrian_Jacobo

The academic job search, it's lack of feedback, and the sense of belonging (or lack thereof). A thread... (@AcademicChatter) The lockdown, right on the heels of the end of last

UCB-MIC

BerkeleyMIC

Thank you @BlkInMicroscopy for pointing me to this IMPORTANT paper:https://elifesciences.org/articles/55133 Ok, I want to quote nearly EVERY line in this article, but I'll just try and pick a few favs.

Kaleigh Moore

kaleighf

What if I told you it was possible to make readers like you within 10 seconds of reading?You’d want to know how to do that, right?It’s actually pretty easy.Here are

Nicole Bedera

NBedera

The paper that got accepted this weekend? It’s the same one that got the R&R with the list of “writing” problems that were actually about the feminist argument of the

Phil Christman🌹

phil_christman

I really like and admire this essay, although I’d add that we’ve imposed a guilt tax even on reading white canonical writers. People will emerge from Moby-Dick with an eight-point

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

I was first drawn into this mess when I met up by chance with a senior manager in NHS England. He’d noticed that, despite ITU beds emptying out late spring

The Ferrari Lab

TheFerrariLab

Because it’s 2021 and we have to say the quiet parts out loud: Vaccinated individuals must still wear masks, distance, and be treated exactly the same as non-vaccinated individuals. This

AstralNaught

FlightAstral

Culture has three phases: The Mythic: the imaginary is incorporated into the real and the “self” is incorporated in the “world,” whose ontology includes mythic beings; Gods, monsters, spirits, and

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