adventures of a Dr that can't save lives | 👩🏼‍💻🤔🤓

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Joined April 2007
Want to come to MIT and do a postdoc working with me and @AdamBerinsky (as well as our extended network of collaborators like @GordPennycook)? Check out this NSF solicitation and drop us a line!
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@DG_Rand and I have a lively research group at MIT studying misinformation and social media. Check out this NSF solicitation if you are interested in joining us as a postdoc next year (and drop us a line if you are as well)! beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportu…
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Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary
I went to buy breakfast and i was showing her the TT app. She said "yah this one then correct. show me that kind for what? Aunty got 6 children leh i also can" 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
OMG i forgot go log outta my porn account and i showed the MacDonalds aunty a video of someone getting railed on a hotel balcony instead of the TT app 😫😫😫😫😫😭😭😭😭😭😭
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⛔ Stop Child Abuse - Trace an object is back! Your support has made a difference before! 👏 Have a look at this new set of objects and contribute to our ongoing investigations. ow.ly/vKN050FGcXl Remember that every clue can assist in solving a case.
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sorry I missed your call, 95% of the calls I get are from robots trying to steal my credit card information so this entire method of communication is now dead to me
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How do humans perceive color? An NIH experiment finds a way to measure what happens after light hits the eye—using brain scans. trib.al/2EU0NUK
13 years!!! Haven't gotten bored of it yet 😮✌️ #MyTwitterAnniversary
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Still, might be better than 1632. 10 people died of 'Cancer and wolf'.... 'Cancer AND wolf'... heck of a way to go. A close second to the single person who died of 'piles'.
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MEGATHREAD TIME: In 40 tweets I will describe 40 powerful concepts for understanding the world. Some are complex so forgive me for oversimplifying, but the main purpose is to incite curiosity. Okay, here we go:
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There's a lot of scared discourse around the new coronavirus, and specifically around a concept called R0. I wrote this piece about what that number is, what it means, and--crucially--what it does NOT mean. theatlantic.com/science/arch…
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Philosophers of mind like to present themselves as exploring the relationships between mind and world. What they actually do is more like trying to assemble a broken and incomplete Ikea set, with instructions passed down by an elaborate centuries-old game of telephone.
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Academia will sometimes try to convince you that if you truly love something enough you should never need to take any time away from it and please understand that logic is nonsense, I mean, look, have you ever met a parent
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Some studies taught in Intro Psych replicate robustly. Some don’t. Some have never had replication attempts. It can be difficult to keep track of which findings fall into each category. I'm starting a project to help facilitate that, and you can help too! 1/2
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Buckle up. This is the way. #BabyYoda
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