David Walker

Psychology Lecturer. Research interests, pedagogy, Autism, social cognition, emotion processing and evolutionary psychology. Views my own.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@JRCooper26 @LUFCDATA Hi fellas, do either of you have a source for match distance per player, I think I could incrementally work it out on FotMob by tracking their cumulative total distance covered but that’s a lot of leg work.

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

I am bewildered, and not very impressed, by the visceral, naked, irrational hatred spat out by some defenders of Jason Arday. If a Cambridge professor is accused of being an unqualified charlatan, the accusation might be racially motivated. On the other hand it might not, depending on the evidence. The correct question to ask is not, ”What is the colour of his skin” but “Is it in fact true that he is an unqualified charlatan?” Please examine the evidence before leaping to the assumption of racism.
As for the idea that journalists “piled in on him” and “hounded him to his death”, most attacks were against Cambridge University. Jason himself was widely regarded as an unfortunate victim of foolish promotion way beyond his ability to cope. In appointing him to a professorship for which he was manifestly unqualified – in ludicrously describing him as “the best in the world” – certain senior members of the university showed a level of patronising condescension towards black people that could fairly be described as racism, while at the same time making him tragically vulnerable to such attacks as came his way.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@fplcopilot

[Kraut @The_Davos_Man]

Sad none of my "joke" proposals made the final cut.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

When people go off sick during marking season

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

So unbelievably true, AI can do things I can't but it's ability to understand me asking it to do those things is seriously compromised. In fact in a tokenised model, the incentive to fix this is actually opposite. We risk running into a gamblers fallacy of AI usefulness.

[Akhilesh Mishra @livingdevops]

Vibe coders everyday struggle in 15 seconds.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

1: Auto translate is great the amount of stuff i'm seeing that I never usually would.
2: This is RIGHT up my street. i'll be using this in lectures.

[Lucas @lucas_hby]

Messi se situe à 5,9 écarts-types (σ) au-dessus de la moyenne des attaquants des 5 grands championnats européens, en buts + passes décisives / 90 minutes.
Explications

En statistiques, la courbe normale dit que :
99,7% des individus sont dans les ±3σ

À 5,9σ, la probabilité d’exister est inférieure à 1 sur 500 millions

Imagine que tu prends tous les attaquants des 5 grands championnats européens, on a des des centaines de joueurs.
Tu les ranges du moins bon au meilleur en buts + passes par match.

La grande majorité des joueurs se retrouvent au milieu, c’est la bosse de la courbe sur le graphique

Les très bons (Haaland, Lewandowski) sont déjà loin à droite de cette bosse.

Messi n’apparaît même plus sur le graphique. Il est tellement loin que la courbe ne le représente plus.

Si tu mesures la taille de tous les hommes français, la moyenne est environs 1m75. Quelqu’un à 5,9σ au-dessus ferait plus de 2m30.
Ça n’existe pas. C’est ça Messi dans le football. C’est une anomalie

Ça veut dire que statistiquement, un joueur comme lui apparaît une fois toutes les centaines de millions de carrières de footballeurs.

Ô ne reverras probablement jamais ça de notre vivant, et c’est les maths qui le disent, pas juste une opinion.
Messi est une anomalie mathématique

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@SouthamptonFC Leeds united were fined 200k for not breaking any official rules, you can't compare the two. You knew the rules and willingly broke them. Your players didn't look remorseful after cheating their way past Middlesbrough.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@SouthamptonFC They didn't impose a 200m fine, stop being disingenuous, you've won nothing yet. Your cheating could very well have got you there, and took that opportunity from Middlesborough, Your cheating may have gained you the points that indirectly cost wrexham the opportunity at 200m

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@LufcHwick 6,7 and 8 were flops, some of the rest may have been overpaid in places but have all been good players and servants for the club.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@ukhomeoffice Just out of curiosity can you provide examples of legal social media posts that were investigated and some example non-crime hate posts?

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@LeedsZone_ Some of our fans are no better, head loss after yesterdays result, people forget Brentford are 7th and have the leagues 2nd top scorer. clean sheet is a good result and a valuable point. We have had 6 really bad performances arsenal x 2 forest Burnley brighton and Sunderland away

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

Not that I’ve seen anyone saying it, but that point against one of our toughest remaining fixtures away from home is immense when West Ham have taken a point from one of their most winnable games at home.

[Planet Of Memes @PlanetOfMemes]

So true. 😆

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@LeedsZone_ MOT

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@SenSanders If Bezos operated by your logic he wouldn’t be a billionaire. Failing business need to be restructured. Innovative, valuable people reap the rewards under capitalism. You don’t get to redistribute his wealth because he’s been successful.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

He’s about to.

[The Touchline | 𝐓 @TouchlineX]

🚨 Mason Greenwood has now produced 22 goals + 7 assists in all competitions.

29 G/A IN 31 GAMES!

THOMAS TUCHEL CAN NO LONGER IGNORE THIS GUY! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌟

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@WHUFC_News West Ham are going to average Chelsea/liverpool level form for the next 14 games. Borderline Europe apparently.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

@kevinnbass Spartans craved a glorious death in battle, living forever is an insult only cowards live forever. Thats it. Stop over interpreting.

[David Walker @Psych_DW]

Literal fighting on the pitch and still Leeds united were fined more for spygate.

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

BREAKING: Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa have both been fined £125,000 for the mass confrontation between the players after the FA Cup third round tie between the sides 🚨