Michael O'Leary

[Michael O'Leary @MichaelJ_OLeary]

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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Fun fact.

One third of the population of Switzerland lives within 5 kilometers of the main train line crossing the country.

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: the problem with using simple polls to measure nuanced opinions

Ask Brits or Americans about immigration, and they’ll tell you it’s too high.

But ask about specific groups of immigrants, and only a minority want numbers reduced. Plenty want an increase!

So which is it?

[Jenny Judge @judge_jen]

In Irish, the word for 'mind' ('intinn') is the same as the word for 'intention', 'disposition' and 'spirit', in the sense of 'energy'. There's no sense of the mind as a container.
Makes me think how philosophy might be different if we weren't all so hidebound by English

[Gideon Rachman @gideonrachman]

Even in the age of culture wars and fake news, evidence and reality do still matter. Eventually.

[Michael O'Leary @MichaelJ_OLeary]

This might explain the psychological effect of the "hedonic treadmill" (once moderately happy, it's hard to get happier): People "get used to" good things because they're constantly imagining how they could be better.

[Michael O'Leary @MichaelJ_OLeary]

An excellent piece of research on the psychology of imagination (and on the state of current peer-review publishing) found by @quiltydunn !

[Jake Quilty-Dunn @quiltydunn]

this preprint is awesome. i don't know anything about the authors, it just popped up in my feed and i was intrigued by the title -- and the paper itself was in the top 1% of what i was expecting. take a few minutes and read!

[Michael O'Leary @MichaelJ_OLeary]

@quiltydunn It appears to be ingrained in human nature that when we think about the ways things could be *different*, we imagine ways in which they could be *better*.

[Caroline de Gruyter @CarolineGruyter]

Switzerland has one of the highest percentages of foreign-born residents in Europe - over 20% last time I checked

[Deutsche Botschaft Bern @botschaftbern]

Herzlichen Dank an die Professoren Holenstein, Rebenich, @C_Baudenbacher, die Studierenden der @unibern und die Gäste des gestrigen Abends! Es war eine sehr spannende Diskussion zu🇨🇭🇪🇺&🇩🇪 #Europanarrativen #ArchivderStimmen @ArbeitAnEuropa

[Caroline de Gruyter @CarolineGruyter]

Fascinating map: those most attached to Europe (see small red map) mostly live at the outer fringes https://t.co/VlLHb66pim

[Michael O'Leary @MichaelJ_OLeary]

@RadFem684 Halli-Hallo! (My first attempts on twitter 🙈)

[Michael O'Leary @MichaelJ_OLeary]

early morning swim in Riva #gpp17

[Michael O'Leary @MichaelJ_OLeary]

Hallo Twitter! #meinersterTweet