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4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Some dinosaurs almost certainly survived the impact for hundreds of thousands of years in isolated pockets, and we will almost certainly never find them. — tap to centre the map on it Some dinosaurs almost certainly survived the impact for hundreds of thousands of years in isolated pockets, and we will almost certainly never find them. Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: We are probably in the middle of an extinction event right now, if you measure one by the number of species being killed off. — tap to centre the map on it We are probably in the middle of an extinction event right now, if you measure one by the number of species being killed off. Last stated 3 years ago
3 Dec 2023
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Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The scavenger-versus-hunter argument about T. rex is over: the bite marks show it did both. — tap to centre the map on it The scavenger-versus-hunter argument about T. rex is over: the bite marks show it did both. Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Predators everywhere target juveniles, and there is no reason dinosaurs were an exception — the bite marks and stomach contents say they were not. — tap to centre the map on it Predators everywhere target juveniles, and there is no reason dinosaurs were an exception — the bite marks and stomach contents say they were not. Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The Maya did not collapse; they moved a few kilometres out into perishable houses, and archaeology could not see it. — tap to centre the map on it The Maya did not collapse; they moved a few kilometres out into perishable houses, and archaeology could not see it. Last stated 2 years ago
30 Sept 2024
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Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Palaeontology's besetting error is treating one superlative specimen as a silver bullet; what actually answers a question is the pool of data. — tap to centre the map on it Palaeontology's besetting error is treating one superlative specimen as a silver bullet; what actually answers a question is the pool of data. Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A cosmic impact can be established from its proxies alone without a crater — that is exactly how the dinosaur extinction was first argued. — tap to centre the map on it A cosmic impact can be established from its proxies alone without a crater — that is exactly how the dinosaur extinction was first argued. Last stated 2 years ago
16 Oct 2024
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Graham Hancock — holds since 2024-10-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Birds did not rise from the dinosaurs' ashes: they lived alongside the dinosaurs for a hundred million years before the extinction. — tap to centre the map on it Birds did not rise from the dinosaurs' ashes: they lived alongside the dinosaurs for a hundred million years before the extinction. Last stated a year ago
4 Sept 2025
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Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. — tap to centre the map on it A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human. Last stated 2 years ago
22 Apr 2024
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Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. — tap to centre the map on it A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait. Last stated 5 months ago
8 May 2026
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David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Adaptive evolution tends to achieve even a simple, fixed objective through complicated behavior. — tap to centre the map on it Adaptive evolution tends to achieve even a simple, fixed objective through complicated behavior. Last stated 5 months ago
4 Jun 2026
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Stephen Wolfram — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago
16 Aug 2023
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Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago
30 Aug 2005
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John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. — tap to centre the map on it A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. Last stated 4 years ago
11 Oct 2022
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Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. Last stated 2 months ago
17 Aug 2026
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Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. Last stated 4 months ago
15 Jun 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. — tap to centre the map on it Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. Last stated a year ago
13 Oct 2025
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Anton Howes — holds since 2025-10-13 — tap for who they are
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Dinosaurs were doing fine right up to the impact; there is no good reason to think they were already in terminal decline.
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Some dinosaurs almost certainly survived the impact for hundreds of thousands of years in isolated pockets, and we will almost certainly never find them.
Holds
We are probably in the middle of an extinction event right now, if you measure one by the number of species being killed off.
Holds
The scavenger-versus-hunter argument about T. rex is over: the bite marks show it did both.
Holds
Predators everywhere target juveniles, and there is no reason dinosaurs were an exception — the bite marks and stomach contents say they were not.
Holds
The Maya did not collapse; they moved a few kilometres out into perishable houses, and archaeology could not see it.
Holds
Palaeontology's besetting error is treating one superlative specimen as a silver bullet; what actually answers a question is the pool of data.
Holds
A cosmic impact can be established from its proxies alone without a crater — that is exactly how the dinosaur extinction was first argued.
Holds
Birds did not rise from the dinosaurs' ashes: they lived alongside the dinosaurs for a hundred million years before the extinction.
Holds
A language model's apparent mind is mostly our own bias: it predicts text, and leverages our evolved habit of attributing intentionality to anything that acts human.
Holds
A selection signal can be validated without a significance threshold, by measuring how far it is enriched for mutations an entirely independent study says affect a trait.
Holds
Adaptive evolution tends to achieve even a simple, fixed objective through complicated behavior.
Holds
“Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far.
Holds
A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more.
Holds
A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing.
Holds
Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication.
Holds
Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced.
Holds
Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field.
Holds