JAMES HEATHERS
@jamesheathers.bsky.social
please science correctly
if you do i will buy you a small cake and we can be friends
director: medicalevidenceproject.org
the book: forensicmetascience.com
if you do i will buy you a small cake and we can be friends
director: medicalevidenceproject.org
the book: forensicmetascience.com
OK.
DOES THIS WESTERN BLOT LOOK MORE LIKE A FISH OR A SHOE.
DOES THIS WESTERN BLOT LOOK MORE LIKE A FISH OR A SHOE.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
OK.
DOES THIS WESTERN BLOT LOOK MORE LIKE A FISH OR A SHOE.
DOES THIS WESTERN BLOT LOOK MORE LIKE A FISH OR A SHOE.
A big practical point I don’t see reflected elsewhere is: the sample size of the resultant groups is super important. Smaller potential groups are *noticeably* easier to threshold hack with. Surprised how much it helped.
November 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
A big practical point I don’t see reflected elsewhere is: the sample size of the resultant groups is super important. Smaller potential groups are *noticeably* easier to threshold hack with. Surprised how much it helped.
It’s early November and no I will not be providing context.
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
It’s early November and no I will not be providing context.
Something this funny can't be inappropriate. It's just a concept made up by Big HR to funnel work to shiftless psychology graduates.
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Something this funny can't be inappropriate. It's just a concept made up by Big HR to funnel work to shiftless psychology graduates.
It feels to me like this happens more, and more, and more. Digital things just... snap. Everything is some weird combination of tough and fragile.
I really don't need a growing sense of foreboding to go with my other... pre-existing growing sense of foreboding thanks.
I really don't need a growing sense of foreboding to go with my other... pre-existing growing sense of foreboding thanks.
October 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It feels to me like this happens more, and more, and more. Digital things just... snap. Everything is some weird combination of tough and fragile.
I really don't need a growing sense of foreboding to go with my other... pre-existing growing sense of foreboding thanks.
I really don't need a growing sense of foreboding to go with my other... pre-existing growing sense of foreboding thanks.
Cat updates. Cleanse.
October 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Cat updates. Cleanse.
I DON'T NEED TO SAVE TIME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
October 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I DON'T NEED TO SAVE TIME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
I AM HERE SPECIFICALLY TO READ THE LONG DOCUMENT.
STOP OPTIMIZING ME.
Your wife is empirically correct.
September 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Your wife is empirically correct.
This is interesting - a forensic report that isn’t about science but about what they were originally designed for: money.
Get ready for a whole lot of Benford analysis!
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/27/h...
taxpolicy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Get ready for a whole lot of Benford analysis!
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/27/h...
taxpolicy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
September 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is interesting - a forensic report that isn’t about science but about what they were originally designed for: money.
Get ready for a whole lot of Benford analysis!
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/27/h...
taxpolicy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Get ready for a whole lot of Benford analysis!
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/07/27/h...
taxpolicy.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Wanted to see how long it would take to find another inconsistency from one of those authors in a separate paper. (Thirteen minutes. Haven't even finished coffee.)
The below should be self-explanatory!
www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/15...
Seriously cavalier vibes at work here.
The below should be self-explanatory!
www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/15...
Seriously cavalier vibes at work here.
September 19, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Wanted to see how long it would take to find another inconsistency from one of those authors in a separate paper. (Thirteen minutes. Haven't even finished coffee.)
The below should be self-explanatory!
www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/15...
Seriously cavalier vibes at work here.
The below should be self-explanatory!
www.mdpi.com/2218-1989/15...
Seriously cavalier vibes at work here.
Wrong answers only:
* very powerful electromagnet
* intimate tattoo of Susan B Anthony
* collection of functional medieval siege weapons
* starting a podcast with two other guys called Dex and Speg
* very powerful electromagnet
* intimate tattoo of Susan B Anthony
* collection of functional medieval siege weapons
* starting a podcast with two other guys called Dex and Speg
September 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Wrong answers only:
* very powerful electromagnet
* intimate tattoo of Susan B Anthony
* collection of functional medieval siege weapons
* starting a podcast with two other guys called Dex and Speg
* very powerful electromagnet
* intimate tattoo of Susan B Anthony
* collection of functional medieval siege weapons
* starting a podcast with two other guys called Dex and Speg
While we're here, I thought it was funny that the defense document (written by the author of the podcast) included the below.
This is some primo quality lawyer weaseling. The main problem with ManyCoauthors was that there wasn't much to analyze. See the other picture. There are many like it.
This is some primo quality lawyer weaseling. The main problem with ManyCoauthors was that there wasn't much to analyze. See the other picture. There are many like it.
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
While we're here, I thought it was funny that the defense document (written by the author of the podcast) included the below.
This is some primo quality lawyer weaseling. The main problem with ManyCoauthors was that there wasn't much to analyze. See the other picture. There are many like it.
This is some primo quality lawyer weaseling. The main problem with ManyCoauthors was that there wasn't much to analyze. See the other picture. There are many like it.
Harvard amended their complaint to include defamation, after discovering that a data file was altered, and then the relevant computer system logs were (amateurishly) covered up.
Just read the following.
What's going on here?
Just read the following.
What's going on here?
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Harvard amended their complaint to include defamation, after discovering that a data file was altered, and then the relevant computer system logs were (amateurishly) covered up.
Just read the following.
What's going on here?
Just read the following.
What's going on here?
Laptops don't fit in economy class seat tables.
(Unless you're 12 years old and can type with your hands in the little t-rex position.)
(Unless you're 12 years old and can type with your hands in the little t-rex position.)
August 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Laptops don't fit in economy class seat tables.
(Unless you're 12 years old and can type with your hands in the little t-rex position.)
(Unless you're 12 years old and can type with your hands in the little t-rex position.)
‘Look mother I am a panda bear’
August 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
‘Look mother I am a panda bear’
EVERY cat?
There are some concerning candidates.
There are some concerning candidates.
August 9, 2025 at 3:46 AM
EVERY cat?
There are some concerning candidates.
There are some concerning candidates.
I’d give a limb to be this peaceful just once.
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I’d give a limb to be this peaceful just once.
I love you, mathematics.
July 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I love you, mathematics.
“Why’d you disappear in the middle of the call?”
“It was an accident!”
(Note: why does the accident insist on sitting so close to the power button???)
“It was an accident!”
(Note: why does the accident insist on sitting so close to the power button???)
July 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
“Why’d you disappear in the middle of the call?”
“It was an accident!”
(Note: why does the accident insist on sitting so close to the power button???)
“It was an accident!”
(Note: why does the accident insist on sitting so close to the power button???)
21x is just the start.
Lung cancer and COPD are *overwhelmingly* smoking-related. Without cigarettes, they would be reasonably uncommon.
Oza et al. 2011 btw is doi.org/10.1016/j.yp...
My panel www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Lung cancer and COPD are *overwhelmingly* smoking-related. Without cigarettes, they would be reasonably uncommon.
Oza et al. 2011 btw is doi.org/10.1016/j.yp...
My panel www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
July 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
21x is just the start.
Lung cancer and COPD are *overwhelmingly* smoking-related. Without cigarettes, they would be reasonably uncommon.
Oza et al. 2011 btw is doi.org/10.1016/j.yp...
My panel www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Lung cancer and COPD are *overwhelmingly* smoking-related. Without cigarettes, they would be reasonably uncommon.
Oza et al. 2011 btw is doi.org/10.1016/j.yp...
My panel www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
3. What are the legal implications of this particular ‘empowerment’?
July 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
3. What are the legal implications of this particular ‘empowerment’?