Jon Kaufman

Recovering Astrophysicist. Deep Learning Scientist at DeepCure. Former handlebar mustache champion.

[Jon Kaufman @JPKscience]

#MachineLearning pro tip: a few days of modeling can save you a few minutes of data exploration 🤦🏼‍♂️

[Jon Kaufman @JPKscience]

I don’t have much “clout” on here so me leaving may not mean much. But I use Twitter a lot and used to get great value from it. So let’s see what Threads has to offer and hopefully Twitter turns itself around. See you on the other side!

[Jon Kaufman @JPKscience]

I’m on threads at JPKscience. I’m not sure if I’m leaving twitter but it’s getting pretty insufferable around here. Gonna try the other one for a bit.

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I would love it if Twitter got better. I was pretty neutral on Musk’s purchase of it. But he’s shown himself to be totally unserious and detached from the user experience I want. Using an alternative is a vote of no confidence. If enough of us do it, it might make a difference.

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@zaccharybird And have you seen the packaging? It’s all colorful with pretty pictures of cooked meals. Give me my minimalist gunmetal gray box with a vaguely phallic logo. C’mon

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This opinion would mean being ok with legalized discrimination of any form in business, so long as someone can claim it’s part of their faith, regardless of how mainstream their belief is. I’m obviously not ok with that in a secular society.

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Ignoring how I feel about this personally, how does the Court determine what is or isn’t part of the person’s faith? Many controversial topics lack consensus within a religion. Will the court recognize a view based on faith that’s counter to a religion’s official stance?

[The New York Times @nytimes]

After the Supreme Court ruled that a Colorado graphic designer can refuse to create websites for same-sex marriages, critics of the decision raised questions about a seemingly fake document in the case. Here's what to know. https://t.co/ZN4UCMfRWe

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I could support an opinion that says the State cannot compel a person to do something against their faith if it was applied universally, but this seems like it’s only selectively applied to discriminate against a specific minority based on personal beliefs.

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@sama Also want to say that my family wouldn’t have been considered high-skilled when they immigrated but the first born was an engineer on early computers and I am a patent-holding physics PhD doing biotech research. Immigrants make America great and America makes immigrants great.

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@SecretsOfDune Wow. Just wow. Can’t wait!

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@EubanksJarom Obviously, do what makes you feel good. I’m just some guy on the internet!

I think a lot of vegans intentionally reduce meaningful relationships in their lives based on a feeling that they’re tacitly endorsing behaviors. But that doesn’t help animals. It just worsens your life.

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@EubanksJarom I can understand this sentiment, but if you didn’t suggest it, would they consume fewer animal products?

You’re depriving yourself of human interaction without affecting animal suffering.

And in my experience, people often try vegan options when they otherwise wouldn’t.

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@stkirsch Unless you can tell us how you account for these, then I can’t trust your conclusions.

FWIW, I’m agnostic on the subject. Even if true, I believe the benefits outweigh the harms. But I trust the scientists who have done rigorous studies that say there’s no relationship.

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@stkirsch 1. selection bias. People who think vaccines caused their child’s autism are more likely to respond.

2. confirmation bias. People report adverse effects from placebos because they’re hyper-aware.

3. sample bias. Such small numbers out of millions could be expected variance.

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@DTruthHertz @grcastleberry I don’t care wether you call it “nothing.” All I’m saying is the accusation is that we can’t explain how we get all this stuff but we have a well constructed, data-matching theory rooted in standard physics. It is likely incomplete, but we have an explanation for every step. /end

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@DTruthHertz @grcastleberry Alberts also points out that Krauss doesn’t go into the “why” of it but that’s not the point of the theory. He took exception to Krauss’ dismissal of the philosophy of science, which is a known public feud between the two. 5/