Harry Waterstone

I’m an informal formal philosopher of science, currently trapped somewhere within a PhD of my own making. I also cook.

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@Olamide_ish Thank you Mujeeb!

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

Last Friday, I successfully defended my PhD and then graduated. Two-for-one, if you will. It was a long road. Thank you to everyone who helped me along the way.

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@stephen_gadsby Thank you Stephen!

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@alicemurphs Thank you Alice!

[NS Ramnath @rmnth]

Daniel Dennett (28th March 1942 - 19th April 2024)

RIP

Dennett on how to criticise wisely

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@ChrisWillx @G_S_Bhogal Some experts can’t help you to get better. Some medium-proficiency practitioners can change your life. Doing is not the same as teaching.

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@ChrisWillx @G_S_Bhogal Yeah, no. I disagree quite strongly with this, and the assumptions behind it. A much better way of conceptualising it is: proficiency in a particular skill, and proficiency in teaching, coaching, mentoring this skill, are completely different.

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

One-third of the more than 1 100 000 confirmed COVID-19–related deaths were considered preventable if public health recommendations had been followed.

A tiny number of Physicians’ who spread misinformation about COVID-19 on social media likely played a role.

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@Ben_Tappin Very cool work Ben. Interesting analysis and actionable recommendations. Great job!

[Journal of Experimental Medicine @JExpMed]

In this Viewpoint, @Lucie_JExpMed spoke w/ women across multiple research fields discussing their science & the process of setting up a lab as an independent researcher. From @Pilar_dominguez, @CorinneBenakis, @OveracreLab, @DiMiccoLab, & @carolilucas ➡️ https://t.co/VlbqqVKBjY

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

Oh this is just painfully accurate.

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Lol who did this

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@stephen_gadsby Sounds like an awesome talk!

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

Really interesting work from the always readable @justinsulik

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@KevinZollman Better keep drinking til it’s dark then!

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@KevinZollman Have you been drinking Kevin?

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@m_tesic @LeverhulmeCFI @Cambridge_Uni @LucyCheke @OECD Congratulations Marko!

[Kenny Pearce @KennethLPearce]

Philosophy in a nutshell: https://t.co/WPRMisxgUM

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

Super interesting project comparing the performance of LLMs and humans on standard psych tests.

[Stefano Palminteri @StePalminteri]

🚨New preprint out!🚨
"Studying and improving reasoning in humans and machines"
https://t.co/V5CTeMVvOA work with @AnlloHernan and @NicolasYax3
We study something quite new for us comparative human and machine cognition 🧠 /🤖
So how did we get there?

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

@semimetic Congratulations roomie!

[Harry Waterstone @WaterstoneHarry]

Very interesting analysis. Thanks Stephen!