#metascience

[jadagul]

what kind of math you do? what math gets you all hot and bothered. uh. I just mean what kind of math you do?

My PhD research was in number theory, on special values of L-functions. If you want to get hot and bothered you can enjoy my thesis in one commutative diagram:

More recently, I've worked on factorization in numerical monoids. I wrote some about that here.

These days I think a lot about, like, effective teaching, and about how both the idea and the practice of mathematical modeling can help us think about everything else more clearly. That gets me really excited about funny AI failures, optical illusions, Kuhnian paradigm shifts, and political metadiscourse.

[exhausted-rebel-scientist]

Day 5 of 100

Spent yesterday working on database literature searches. This morning I finished them and sent the results to my coworkers, then organised some more meetings for this week, searched for more literature on the topic of my PhD, and then went to meet with one of my PhD supervisors to discuss the specifics of the research I'll be doing. Really exciting to see it begin to take shape, even a little bit.

This evening I’m going to relax a bit, but also want to fit in either a little more reading on my PhD topic or watching a lecture on the topic, or else review some data analysis I did ages ago for my internship, before my next meeting with my supervisor tomorrow evening. Would also love to get an early night tonight. 

[covenoftheopenmind]

Special Relativity (Metaphysics, Episode 1)

Special relativity is a description of the laws of nature based on the observed behavior of light, namely the fact that it can only move at one speed (c). It...

First in a new series on our Youtube channel!

[calxylian]

Minimalism in Practice and Evaluation Theory

Minimalism underscores the importance for practitioners to grasp evaluation theory.

Minimalism delves into debates concerning ‘theory-driven’ evaluation and its significance in practical contexts.

[covenoftheopenmind]

Quantum Weirdness (Metaphysics 101, Episode 3)

[jopinie]

What science reporters should know about meta-analyses before covering them

As science journalists who take our job seriously, we’ve learned a couple of rules by heart: never present a correlation as a causation…

[troublemagazine]

Get into meta science with Dr Tim Errington, who is the Director of it at the Center for Open Science @osframework on our Deep Trouble @youtube channel https://youtu.be/8Bvsoo8M0tU #metascience #deeptrouble #podcast #open science https://www.instagram.com/p/ByZx8hqA5eI/?igshid=ciei17grbq2b

[smartecky]

The Science Behind Social Science Gets Shaken UpAgain Taking a lice-grade comb to press coverage of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign can feel a little like relitigating, but in light of recent news about President Donald Trump, consider this…