jxding
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Comment · 2 years ago
It does seem like [n,n+1] is always unsolvable!
Comment · 3 years ago
Link to full pdf of the Report issued by Stanford's "special committee:" https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/site...
Some extracts:
"There were repeated instances of manipulation of research data and/or subpar scientific practices from different people and in labs run by Dr. Tessier-Lavigne at different institutions"
"At various times when concerns with Dr. Tessier-Lavigne’s papers emerged—in 2001, the early 2010s, 2015-16, and March 2021—Dr.Tessier-Lavigne failed to decisively and forthrightly correct mistakes in the scientific record."
"However, a second theme emerged among some of the interviewees that the same lab culture also tended to reward the “winners” (that is, postdocs who could generate favorable results) and marginalize or diminish the “losers” (that is, postdocs who were unable or struggled to generate such data)"
Considering that Stanford's special committee has every reason to protect Tessier-Lavigne and damage control, the findings are quite damning.
Good on Theo Baker for continuing to provide a more critical perspective compared to the cushy political speak of the report.
Comment · 4 years ago
This is so fun! Thank you for sharing it.
Comment · 4 years ago
@pwnallthethings on Twitter makes exactly this point and I find it quite convincing. Link below. If (and this seems increasingly likely) this war drags on, we should try to attract and welcome as many Russian mathematicians, scientists, and engineers as we can before Putin forbids them from travelling.
This is why I find the recent cancellation of many public Russian individuals concerning. We should be offering them citizenship (I exaggerate!), not shaming and dropping them. Rossophobia against normal Russian citizens is counterproductive.
Thread: https://twitter.com/pwnallthethings/status/14979877099686051...
Comment · 5 years ago
The choice is not dark magenta or bright yellow or bust though. A large spectrum of colors exist, and if we really wanted to not offend anyone, we could have chosen blue or green or pink or orange or any other color that couldn't possibly be a skin color (untill we meet easily-offended aliens of course).
Comment · 5 years ago
Me too! I haven't even heard of Basecamp before, but now it has made it's way onto my whitelist of "sane companies worth working for." I really hope they survive this debacle and keep making good products.
Comment · 5 years ago
This sounds hilarious. What are jug handles, and what are lefts?
Comment · 5 years ago
To be a little pedantic, I'm not sure "under exaggerate" is a valid phrase. What you're looking for may be "under-report"?
Comment · 5 years ago
Agreed, I got into reading Greenwald because of his generally sane viewpoints and his good work with the Snowden leaks in the past. Yet he now seems to be going down a rabbit hole I can't follow. I wonder what happened to him?