Dan Chapman
@chapmanresearch.bsky.social
Prickly environmental social scientist who prefers posting about my family, dogs, and music. Formerly: UMass, UPenn, Yale Law, UOregon. Currently doing an academic-industry tap dance.
a panglossian dream, realistically a nightmare
this is why quantitative social scientists, the perfect balance of both worlds, should be in charge of everything.
December 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
a panglossian dream, realistically a nightmare
Delightful images here.
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Delightful images here.
both murderers, both should get the rope. What’s the question?
So Admiral Bradley is to be the fall guy for Pete Hegseth for war crimes. He gave the order after receiving the verbal command to “kill them all”. How do we feel about this?
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
both murderers, both should get the rope. What’s the question?
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2028: "Strong rope, no floor"
December 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
2028: "Strong rope, no floor"
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Just watched Marco Pierre White call a chef the ‘Che Guevara of Thai cuisine’ and I honestly have no idea what the hell that means, but I like it. Be the Che Guevara of your thanksgiving this year.
November 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just watched Marco Pierre White call a chef the ‘Che Guevara of Thai cuisine’ and I honestly have no idea what the hell that means, but I like it. Be the Che Guevara of your thanksgiving this year.
Participant recruitment *is* one of the hardest parts about research. That entire fields have convinced themselves cheap and easy participant recruitment is a thing is part of the problem. If it is internet-mediated, you shouldn’t be surprised when the bots take over.
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Participant recruitment *is* one of the hardest parts about research. That entire fields have convinced themselves cheap and easy participant recruitment is a thing is part of the problem. If it is internet-mediated, you shouldn’t be surprised when the bots take over.
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circling p-values right below .05 to infer something about the invalidity of inferences (or even research misconduct) is conceptually no different from calling p-values right above the threshold marginally significant. makes no sense to deride one of these practices while upholding the other.
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 PM
circling p-values right below .05 to infer something about the invalidity of inferences (or even research misconduct) is conceptually no different from calling p-values right above the threshold marginally significant. makes no sense to deride one of these practices while upholding the other.
Die painfully, JD.
JD Vance: "He's fundamentally a humanitarian, and we've got 8 peace deals at this point. We're working on number 9 and number 10. And I think if he gets number 10, purely for mathematical harmony the Nobel Prize should be awarded to Donald J Trump."
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Die painfully, JD.
Proper wake up album.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Proper wake up album.
Jerry be wildin’ out
NEW: 5th Circuit Judge Jerry Smith, a Reagan nominee, has released an opinion on why he dissented from a three-judge court's ruling that blocks a Texas congressional map that may help Republicans in the 2026 midterms
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60654...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/60654...
#1439 in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Abbott (W.D. Tex., 3:21-cv-00259) – CourtListener.com
DISSENT from 1437 Memorandum Opinion and Order Granting Motion for Preliminary Injunction, signed and issued by Judge Jerry E. Smith. (kc) (Entered: 11/19/2025)
www.courtlistener.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Jerry be wildin’ out
But isn’t that the whole game? Carve out a research niche, review each others papers in that niche, and profit?
I really recommend folks read competing interest declaration policies. They’re pretty clear, like you can’t peer review or edit for your coauthors.
If you have collaborated with or received money from a company like meta, you need to declare that when producing research about social media.
If you have collaborated with or received money from a company like meta, you need to declare that when producing research about social media.
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 PM
But isn’t that the whole game? Carve out a research niche, review each others papers in that niche, and profit?
Strongly agree!
i keep thinking it was a mistake to position statistics as a research method instead of a discipline generating knowledge on its own area of interest. that some of the tools it produces can be successfully deployed in research doesn't change the fact that it rarely delivers what we want it to.
November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Strongly agree!
If you want to see the future academics would build for us, just look at how well academic journals are run. 😎
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you want to see the future academics would build for us, just look at how well academic journals are run. 😎
Jon Haidt must be so pissed right now…oh wait, I’m being told he’s been a right wing grifter for years. Damn.
'Courses that “advocate race or gender ideology, sexual orientation, or gender identity” now require presidential approval at Texas A&M system campuses, the system Board of Regents decided Thursday.'
Much will rest on interpretations of 'advocate' and 'ideology'. Or will it? 1/4
Much will rest on interpretations of 'advocate' and 'ideology'. Or will it? 1/4
Texas A&M Requires Approval for Courses That “Advocate” Certain Ideologies
Many faculty members decried the new restrictions on race- and gender-related courses as an assault on academic freedom. Meanwhile, the board also discussed a once-per-semester systemwide course revie...
www.insidehighered.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Jon Haidt must be so pissed right now…oh wait, I’m being told he’s been a right wing grifter for years. Damn.
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In honor of apple picking season: the secret of why Honeycrisp apples are so expensive!
This tree is angry at being alive and will make it your problem (if you plant it)
This tree is angry at being alive and will make it your problem (if you plant it)
Why Honeycrisp Apples Are EXPENSIVE
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In honor of apple picking season: the secret of why Honeycrisp apples are so expensive!
This tree is angry at being alive and will make it your problem (if you plant it)
This tree is angry at being alive and will make it your problem (if you plant it)
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
Batshit stupidity. I hate this country man.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Batshit stupidity. I hate this country man.
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Wedding flowers courtesy of my son. Halloween 🎃 2025 @chapmanresearch.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Wedding flowers courtesy of my son. Halloween 🎃 2025 @chapmanresearch.bsky.social
So much to like about this little EP. Simple but carefully constructed instrumentation. Very danceable.
November 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
So much to like about this little EP. Simple but carefully constructed instrumentation. Very danceable.
Motivated reasoning may be ill-specified scientifically, but we sometimes get a shining example of it in reality. Flitter trying to defend NYT here is a great case study.
As a former member of NYT’s finance team & the co-author of this story exposing the relationship between Epstein & Bill Gates as well as one on Epstein & JPMorgan, I am really frustrated to see people claiming that NYT sat on publishable info about Trump and Epstein 🧵 www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/b...
Bill Gates Met With Jeffrey Epstein Many Times, Despite His Past (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Motivated reasoning may be ill-specified scientifically, but we sometimes get a shining example of it in reality. Flitter trying to defend NYT here is a great case study.
If you want to see some middle aged men write paragraphs talking past each other without any attempt at resolution, I’ve got just the thread for you!
There’s growing evidence that something was going seriously wrong in the classic early work on cognitive dissonance
Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Latest revelation: The story in When Prophecy Fails seems to have been fabricated in the most egregious way
But this is not the only one…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Debunking “When Prophecy Fails”
In 1954, Dorothy Martin predicted an apocalyptic flood and promised her followers rescue by flying saucers. When neither arrived, she recanted, her group dissolved, and efforts to proselytize ceased....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you want to see some middle aged men write paragraphs talking past each other without any attempt at resolution, I’ve got just the thread for you!
Honestly, the existence of Wemby, aka possibly the perfectly designed basketball cheat code, is a better argument for intelligent design than anything those religious weirdos have ever come up with.
Wemby blocked a 3 from the paint lmao
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Honestly, the existence of Wemby, aka possibly the perfectly designed basketball cheat code, is a better argument for intelligent design than anything those religious weirdos have ever come up with.
just one of many in the academic male pervert industry
“He quickly became a highly valued friend and regular source of intellectual exchange and stimulation.”
Noam Chomsky, describing at length his profound friendship with Jeffrey Epstein:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zKMo...
Noam Chomsky, describing at length his profound friendship with Jeffrey Epstein:
drive.google.com/file/d/1zKMo...
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022405.txt
drive.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
just one of many in the academic male pervert industry