#Explanations

Greg Wilson

gd_wilson

An important, vastly under appreciated aspect of graduate education is finding one’s voice; learning how to critique arguments as an essential part of a knowledge production process. We absolutely need

Katy Swallow - Tarot Alchemist

kswallowtarot

1) “Vibrations” aren’t a mysterious fucking thing that you raise or don’t raise. Motion causes vibrations. Other things interact with things to create interaction which expresses as vibrations. Top-down new

snav (escarpment)

qorprate

i like where QC went here but i want to take this in a different direction -- causality is fucked because we're bad at being clear about the "types" of

Scott Hamilton

DoqxaScott

What is the relationship between causes at different levels of emergence? (where am I wrong?) /1https://twitter.com/micahtredding/status/1303154643829239808 Before we delve into the beautiful idea of emergence I should say something about

Anna Stansbury

annastansbury

Does having women in top positions help close the gender pay gap?This fascinating research from the US suggests the answer might be "no". They find no difference in the earnings

Carwil Bjork-James

CarwilBJ

The "problem of altruism" in biology and the "collective action problem" in political science both begin from an individualist theory of maximization, then see abundant unselfish behavior as a surprise.https://twitter.co

Tom Bonier

tbonier

We've heard a lot of big explanations as to why Trump surged with Latino voters, but I'm not sure we're doing a great job of fully understanding what happened, exactly.

Aaron Hanlon

AaronRHanlon

1) I have a ton of thoughts abt this but for now I'll focus on one: The way sources in this story define 'rational choice' is purely circular: 'rational choice'

Suzie Jabarian

SuzieJabarian

Here are my musings on the 'remote' aspect of #blendedlearning so far. No original thoughts here, just of a synthesis of snippets from research and blogs that I have read.

Dr. Lemayian Njenga Karugia J. PhD.

johnnjenga

If prostitution is legalised and licensed brothels with condoms established, would the current rampant sexual abuse of very young girls by adult men come to an end in many societies?

alexakoch

alexakoch10

1.#AnimBehav2021Behavioural flexibility is crucial for adapting to changes. Enhanced flexibility has been related to relatively large brained animals like parrots. We tested two Ara species’ behavioural flexibility, and explore possible

Erik Vestin

erikvestin

Yesterday, I presented parts of my doctoral dissertation at @ClassesElites.I thought I should make a thread with some links and comments on the talk. First of all, the analysis that

Skanda Amarnath ( Neoliberal Sellout )

IrvingSwisher

This should be a sign that New Keynesian macro (aka bastardized Keynes) is a dead-end in so many critical ways. The suggested explanations here reflect limited introspection; Mankiw's outsized influence

Matt Walsh

MattWalshBlog

Women complain about things that they assume only happen to them and not men. Being told to smile, being interrupted, unwelcome flirting, patronizing explanations, etc. But this stuff happens to

Keith Humphreys

KeithNHumphreys

THREAD: I started a debate on Twitter about the food desert theory yesterday. It was an accident, I was spurred by wondering why I -- and maybe you too --

Monica Gandhi MD, MPH

MonicaGandhi9

But Oxford/AztraZeneca trial did swab every week & asymptomatic infection reduced substantially so we can say with relative confidence now that what is EXPECTED to happen will happen- the person

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