Check out the repost of a nice Andrew Gelman piece on the perils of the "single definitive study". I'm not entirely sure what he means by "happy talk", but it's very apt as a description of the sort of academic gushing that seems to be required by the "impact agenda". Nothing against publicity, BTW, but perhaps one should have something worth saying first. Anyway, a good excuse to listen to REM.
Saturday assorted links
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1. One take on Alpha School. 2. An overview of BBB on energy policy. 3.
Nabeel reviews Nadia on antimemes. 4. Daniel Gross joining Meta
(Bloomberg). Con...
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