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The title is false, the study finds that moms have a large impact on attachment style

I mean the CEO got fired…

Doesn’t GLP1 do something similar?

It is not a crazy idea to conceptualize some conspiracy theorists as people who (1) have a high need for cognition (brain wheels are always turning), and (2) direct that at develop…

Yeah I think in general “ML engineers” are building models (can include feature engineering) and then deploying them into production.

Most of the growth mindset literature hasn’t replicated...

I took linear algebra with him at UCSC! Super nice guy

Just sleep as much as possible before the baby comes. And maybe take a vacation. :)

Brilliant!

This sounds really cool! Maybe I’ll make an app for my family to keep us on schedule...

Have kids. Your main problem then is to feed them, keep them clothed, keep them relatively happy, and educate them (all surprisingly non-trivial problems with lots of learning alon…

I know this paper well (and the larger point being made in the paper; I have seen Dr. Gal present on it in seminars). I think the point he is trying to make is that what we really …

Antidepressants really do help. Especially for getting out of the lowest lows. Then, when you are out of the lowest lows, the other things (like talk therapy) have a chance to be e…

This is ridiculous. Rejection sucks, and it will likely slow you down a little bit for some time. That’s okay, and it is okay to feel bad. Over time, however, you will get over it …

Check this one out, it is the classic in book on causal inference: https://www.amazon.com/Experimental-Quasi-Experimental-Desig...

I am a social scientist studying human behavior, and this is a huge problem in the field. Myself and my statistician friends who analyze the literature have basically concluded tha…