Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

When @OneYoungWorld meets one very old world... Night at the @NHM_London for #OYW2019!

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@JFBonnefon

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

It will be an honour to promote Monaco's enduring commitment to the environment, in particular renewable technologies, ocean and cryosphere preservation.

I also look forward to the @decappeal's workshop on humanitarian response in the digital age.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

Thrilled to have been selected as flag-bearer for Monaco at the #OYW2019 Summit! 🇲🇨 I can hardly wait to hear from Ban Ki-moon, @jayathmadw, Dames Vivian Hunt and Jane Goodall, @Yunus_Centre, @biz, @richardbranson and all the inspiring members of the @OneYoungWorld community 🌍

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@TimoneyKevin @SAshworthHayes @stephenkinsella @OAriasRojas1 True, we shouldn't play them down—but displaying correlations in a way that screams causality is playing them up, which is equally dodgy to me.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@stephenkinsella @SAshworthHayes @OAriasRojas1 It's easy to imagine that some will take this chart at face value (that the European construction was the only cause of peace) when you hear public figures claim that the unraveling of the EU would cause the return of war, which is its exact contrapositive.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@stephenkinsella @SAshworthHayes @OAriasRojas1 And even comic books about the benefits from the European construction! https://t.co/Ah75OOGne0

Jokes aside, I agree that these media of varying complexity are complements rather than substitutes, but still think we should be mindful of how some media will be taken in isolation.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@stephenkinsella @SAshworthHayes @OAriasRojas1 I didn't mean to call anyone intellectually dishonest! I think this kind of viz makes it easy for euroskeptics to call us dishonest and partial in the exposition of facts. But I tried to say that in too few words and had a taste of my own medicine—concision isn't always a virtue.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@OAriasRojas1 @stephenkinsella A picture which conveys a causal relationship w serious policy implications, but does so by hiding more data (confounders e.g. national pol., Cold War) than it visualizes! Data viz has great power, but that should come with great responsibility—and greater intellectual honesty.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@stephenkinsella I'm worried that this is preaching to the choir and no-one else. Can't we do better than correlations between time series to defend the role of the EU project in promoting good (and peaceful) relations in Europe?

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@stephenkinsella This visualization (and the underlying claim that European construction is the reason why there has been peace) always makes me cringe a bit. It's sloppy causal inference, and since euroskeptics never fail to point that out, it's also sloppy rhetoric.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@simardcasanova @SHamiltonian @dclingi It's a fancy way to say that the rich are getting richer whereas the poor are getting poorer (who knew?). The name comes from a line in the gospel of Matthew about how to those who have, more will be given, but from those who have little, even that will be taken away.

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

Hopefully the one thing my students will remember about statistical mechanics:

[Devin Pope @Devin_G_Pope]

I was reminded today of this great paper by Robert Jensen. It shows how price dispersion for fish decreased in India when cell phone towers were built and information about prices up and down the beach became easier to obtain. Beautiful graph.

[philippe martin @martinph01]

Productivité : les faiblesses spécifiques de la France. Le premier rapport du CNP https://t.co/R91CPxEEyU

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@michaeljknowles Can't help but think of this piece of pure wisdom from @SMBCComics:

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@jessrushty Sort yourself out through tough thorough thought, though

[Jean-Christophe Spiliotis-Saquet @jcspilio]

@john_ritzema Dear JR,
Please don't do that hateable thing of not capitalizing after a letter/email greeting. We're not Germans.
Up yours truly,
J.-C. M. Schmiliotis.