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[Brian D. Earp, Ph.D. @briandavidearp]

"Writing is thinking." This phrase went viral recently (from https://t.co/4GDZHnm82U), often quoted in the context of objections to use of AI in drafting academic prose. In Nature Reviews Bioengineering we respond: "Thinking is not only writing." Preview below. Shareable full access link: https://t.co/ktHuPFcPga

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

The Hidden Habits of Genius by Craig Wright ✍️

[AY @Ali_Yx]

@indicatorfn Hi

[agadmator @agadmator]

BREAKING: Scientists Discover Exact Number of Legal Chess Positions—And It Has a Name!

After decades of speculation, a team of researchers at the International Institute for Computational Logic has done the impossible: calculated the exact number of legal chess positions. The final count?
3,479,247,346,952,187,986,658,124,183

They've named it “The Caïssan Constant” — a tribute to the mythical goddess of chess.

Using a supercomputer dubbed Capablanca-X, the team filtered out illegal boards with double kings, pawns on the first or eighth rank, and positions with self-checks. The computation took four years and over 38 million core-hours.

“This is the size of chess’s multiverse,” said lead scientist Dr. Eliska Novak. “It’s not infinite. It’s just staggeringly, beautifully vast.”

Former World Champion Magnus Carlsen reportedly responded: “Cool!”

Source: https://t.co/l06yms7leo

[AY @Ali_Yx]

@morpheuswhale Done

[AY @Ali_Yx]

@martingommel Uefa Manager 2000

[Digital Minimalist @digiminimalist]

Kick off 2025 with a digital declutter.

[Physics In History @PhysInHistory]

Around 240 BC, the Greek mathematician Eratosthenes calculated the Earth's circumference using just a stick and the length of its shadow, with impressive accuracy.

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Map with the age of the buildings of Amsterdam

[Michael Thomas @curious_founder]

I think about this cartoon a lot.

[Daily Dose of Data Science @DailyDoseOfDS_]

Bayes’ theorem clearly explained:

[chessentials @Chessentials_]

One of the sickest tactics I have seen. White to play and win!

[Casey @thezahima]

@10x_er

[10x'er @10x_er]

many are asking

[ᴺᴼᵀ Jony Ive @JonyIveParody]

Mac users watching the #Crowdstrike debacle:

[ErrantScience @ErrantScience]

This is a Sankey diagram of how a typical lab project goes. Let us know if we missed any categories #Sankey #DataVis

[Matthias Michel @MatthiasMichel_]

Reading @Ericmandelbaum's great review of "The border between seeing and thinking", by @De_dicto. https://t.co/c4XolnZIpU