Nicholas Polson has authored 258 academic papers in 2026 so far(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

124 points by zaik 27 days ago | 85 comments

Andrew Gelman blog post about Chicago Booth professor Nicholas Polson posting 258 working papers to SSRN in 2026, apparently aided by AI.

False claims in a widely-cited paper(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

305 points by qsi 7 months ago | 127 comments

Bayesians moving from defense to offense(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

185 points by Tomte 2 years ago | 89 comments

What major works of literature were written after age of 85? 75? 65?(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

117 points by paulpauper 7 months ago | 81 comments

One night in Uzbekistan: Why was this one data point so influential?(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

89 points by paulpauper 2 months ago | 17 comments

Russell's Paradox of ghostwriters(statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu)

25 points by luu 2 years ago | 21 comments

We're gonna need a lot more mathematicians(terrytao.wordpress.com)

358 points by srcreigh 1 month ago | 461 comments

Guest post by Amit Sahai on Terence Tao's blog arguing that the world will need many more mathematicians, reflecting on students who left math due to pace.

We have used too many levels of abstractions(unixsheikh.com)

674 points by riidom 3 years ago | 427 comments

An opinion essay on unixsheikh.com arguing that the software industry relies on too many layers of abstraction, leaving few people who understand how the underlying technology works.

Don't avoid workplace politics(terriblesoftware.org)

469 points by matheusml 1 year ago | 245 comments

A Terrible Software blog post arguing that engineers should engage in, rather than avoid, workplace politics.

Most arguments are about ego, not ideas(wangcong.org)

560 points by backlit4034 3 months ago | 431 comments

Personal blog post by a software engineer explaining why he stopped arguing with people over technical correctness and what he learned about arguments.

The slow collapse of critical thinking in OSINT due to AI(dutchosintguy.com)

385 points by walterbell 1 year ago | 203 comments

Blog post by Nico Dekens (dutch_osintguy) arguing that reliance on AI tools is eroding critical thinking among OSINT investigators.

If math is more than proof, we need to better celebrate the rest of it(terrytao.wordpress.com)

383 points by num42 1 month ago | 275 comments

Guest post by Grant Sanderson on Terence Tao's blog arguing that mathematics is about understanding, not just proofs, and that non-proof contributions deserve more recognition.