Tomas Formo Langkaas
@tflangkaas.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist by trade. Interested in mental health, science, visual communication, emotions, music theory. Self-diagnosed introvert. Lives in Norway. Enjoys the outdoors.
Occasional researcher: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-sSXrIgAAA
Occasional researcher: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-sSXrIgAAA
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I completely agree that people should be publishing less—to increase the quality of the work, to reduce content redundancy, to reduce burden on the editorial system. But I want to emphasize every chance I get: You do NOT need pubs to get into grad school. Please, let's stop this myth now.
The change is palpable. I've worked for people (not much older than me) who only had a couple first authors when they got their TT job. Every post-doc I know has way more than that. Now it seems like people have to have a couple first authors to even get into some grad programs.
Good to know I'm way ahead on this. Haven't published anything in years.
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A must watch.
A powerful video from Norway displays gender based inequality. The look of dismay & confusion on the girls' faces upon receiving less for the same task was a little painful.
They agreed it was unfair.
"Girls are not less than boys."
Credit: Finansforbundet, Boss Women Magic
#Pinks
A powerful video from Norway displays gender based inequality. The look of dismay & confusion on the girls' faces upon receiving less for the same task was a little painful.
They agreed it was unfair.
"Girls are not less than boys."
Credit: Finansforbundet, Boss Women Magic
#Pinks
December 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A must watch.
A powerful video from Norway displays gender based inequality. The look of dismay & confusion on the girls' faces upon receiving less for the same task was a little painful.
They agreed it was unfair.
"Girls are not less than boys."
Credit: Finansforbundet, Boss Women Magic
#Pinks
A powerful video from Norway displays gender based inequality. The look of dismay & confusion on the girls' faces upon receiving less for the same task was a little painful.
They agreed it was unfair.
"Girls are not less than boys."
Credit: Finansforbundet, Boss Women Magic
#Pinks
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New paper on changing the culture of peer review
“We highlight initiatives that aim to change the normative negativity of peer review and provide authors with constructive, actionable feedback that is sensitive to diverse identities, methods, topics, and environments.”
#AcademicSky 🧪
“We highlight initiatives that aim to change the normative negativity of peer review and provide authors with constructive, actionable feedback that is sensitive to diverse identities, methods, topics, and environments.”
#AcademicSky 🧪
December 7, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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I've been exposed to enough peer review that I think we can look at two classes of reviewers:
1. Constructive peer review
2. Adversarial peer review
I'm looking at this mostly from a psychology/methodology perspective (but wonder what other fields experience)
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1. Constructive peer review
2. Adversarial peer review
I'm looking at this mostly from a psychology/methodology perspective (but wonder what other fields experience)
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December 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I've been exposed to enough peer review that I think we can look at two classes of reviewers:
1. Constructive peer review
2. Adversarial peer review
I'm looking at this mostly from a psychology/methodology perspective (but wonder what other fields experience)
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1. Constructive peer review
2. Adversarial peer review
I'm looking at this mostly from a psychology/methodology perspective (but wonder what other fields experience)
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‘Clinical psychologist, Liz McHodge said: “To be honest, I diagnosed them the moment they hand-delivered a leather-bound volume that weighed more than my toddler.”’
Avery Mann, 40, who was asked to give “a few examples” about their autistic traits, started with a handful of relevant anecdotes but felt they didn’t want to leave anything out – “just in case that’s the thing that diagnoses me.”
“What if I’m not autistic?” asks person handing assessor 91-page dissertation about life
An autistic person is anxious that they won’t receive a formal diagnosis at their upcoming autism assessment - despite providing the psychologist with a folder the size of Tolstoy's War and Peace. …
thedailytism.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
‘Clinical psychologist, Liz McHodge said: “To be honest, I diagnosed them the moment they hand-delivered a leather-bound volume that weighed more than my toddler.”’
Positivism creep. Great term.
“Positivism Creep”
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Positivism creep. Great term.
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“Positivism Creep”
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:07 PM
“Positivism Creep”
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
“The subtle, often unacknowledged infiltration of positivist or post-positivist assumptions into methodologies where they do not naturally, philosophically, practically, or epistemologically belong.”
By @thomasgraves.bsky.social @maddipow.bsky.social @annayahprosser.bsky.social
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I'm not saying you can't possibly generate a worthwhile hypothesis from your data. I'm just saying that generating a hypothesis from the entirety of human knowledge that preceded your data is a much safer bet.
December 29, 2023 at 12:08 PM
I'm not saying you can't possibly generate a worthwhile hypothesis from your data. I'm just saying that generating a hypothesis from the entirety of human knowledge that preceded your data is a much safer bet.
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Russia signing a friendship treaty with you is the traditional advance notice of an invasion.
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Russia signing a friendship treaty with you is the traditional advance notice of an invasion.
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Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Maybe instead of committing atrocities, we could just make the rich pay their fair share and have universal healthcare and affordable housing instead.
Idk, just spitballing here.
Idk, just spitballing here.
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"You’re assuming any complicated social problem can be solved by technology, when often, on the contrary, technology will make it worse."
citizenlab.ca/2025/11/the-...
citizenlab.ca/2025/11/the-...
The AI hype-machine: Canada’s ill-advised ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence - The Citizen Lab
Citizen Lab senior fellow Cynthia Khoo speaks with Resh Budhu, host of the Courage My Friends podcast, about the problems with Canada’s ‘national sprint’ on
citizenlab.ca
November 30, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"You’re assuming any complicated social problem can be solved by technology, when often, on the contrary, technology will make it worse."
citizenlab.ca/2025/11/the-...
citizenlab.ca/2025/11/the-...
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There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
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Why does every target trial emulation study have to include a bit that says "this shows how great target trial emulation is. RCTs are non-generalisable and expensive"? Imagine if every RCT said "this shows how great RCTs are. We did not have to rely on strong, untestable assumptions".
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Why does every target trial emulation study have to include a bit that says "this shows how great target trial emulation is. RCTs are non-generalisable and expensive"? Imagine if every RCT said "this shows how great RCTs are. We did not have to rely on strong, untestable assumptions".
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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"Ytre høyre ønsker seg et etnisk rent land. Det er en av de farligste idéene i menneskehetens historie, som har ført til ufattelige grusomheter, og den må avvises kontant av en samlet norsk offentlighet"
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"Remigrasjon" betyr etnisk rensing
Det er bra *Mahmoud FarahmandK\F)** tar til orde for et "flomvern" mot ytre høyres ønske om etnisk rensing, eller "remigrasjon", som de n...
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November 28, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"Ytre høyre ønsker seg et etnisk rent land. Det er en av de farligste idéene i menneskehetens historie, som har ført til ufattelige grusomheter, og den må avvises kontant av en samlet norsk offentlighet"
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Ja, for hvorfor ta seg tid til å aggregere og anonymisere forskningsdataene, når du likevel har forsket ulovlig?
Studien skulle være anonymisert – Kristopher kjente seg selv igjen
Ifølge forskerne kan ingen enkeltpersoner gjenkjennes i studien om transpersoner. Men Kristopher mener han har funnet igjen både seg selv og vennene sine.
www.forskning.no
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Ja, for hvorfor ta seg tid til å aggregere og anonymisere forskningsdataene, når du likevel har forsket ulovlig?
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#AcademicSky #PsycSciSky #Metascience
How psychologists handle sampling, measurement, & statistical test assumptions
How psychologists handle sampling, measurement, & statistical test assumptions
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
#AcademicSky #PsycSciSky #Metascience
How psychologists handle sampling, measurement, & statistical test assumptions
How psychologists handle sampling, measurement, & statistical test assumptions
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3/ Har forskerne som inkluderer dette spørsmålet som et mulig tilfelle av psykosenære symptomer, noensinne gått på en ungdomsskole eller videregående skole? www.fhi.no/globalassets...
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
3/ Har forskerne som inkluderer dette spørsmålet som et mulig tilfelle av psykosenære symptomer, noensinne gått på en ungdomsskole eller videregående skole? www.fhi.no/globalassets...
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So the USA plans to fabricate their science going forward? If they do, they'll really be able to behave as if they fully don't need scientific evidence anymore. They can just pump out pseudoscience, like antivaxx articles "made by LLMs".
See doi.org/10.31234/osf... for the case in psychology.
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See doi.org/10.31234/osf... for the case in psychology.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:59 AM
So the USA plans to fabricate their science going forward? If they do, they'll really be able to behave as if they fully don't need scientific evidence anymore. They can just pump out pseudoscience, like antivaxx articles "made by LLMs".
See doi.org/10.31234/osf... for the case in psychology.
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See doi.org/10.31234/osf... for the case in psychology.
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Most scientists don't understand how effect sizes work and are therefore far too quick to dismiss "small" effects.
A correlation of .03 between taking aspirin & prevention of future heart attacks implied the prevention of 85 attacks in a sample of 10,845 people
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A correlation of .03 between taking aspirin & prevention of future heart attacks implied the prevention of 85 attacks in a sample of 10,845 people
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Most scientists don't understand how effect sizes work and are therefore far too quick to dismiss "small" effects.
A correlation of .03 between taking aspirin & prevention of future heart attacks implied the prevention of 85 attacks in a sample of 10,845 people
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A correlation of .03 between taking aspirin & prevention of future heart attacks implied the prevention of 85 attacks in a sample of 10,845 people
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Bra at Danby Choi får prate på riksdekkende tv to-tre ganger i uka om hvordan han ikke kommer til orde.
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Bra at Danby Choi får prate på riksdekkende tv to-tre ganger i uka om hvordan han ikke kommer til orde.
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
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I vår ble jeg den aller første til å anmelde konverteringsterapi etter forbudet som ble vedtatt av Stortinget for to år siden.
I dag ble saken henlagt av Statsadvokaten.
De mener at konverteringsterapi utført av helsepersonell mot transpersoner er *straffritt* etter det nye forbudet.
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I dag ble saken henlagt av Statsadvokaten.
De mener at konverteringsterapi utført av helsepersonell mot transpersoner er *straffritt* etter det nye forbudet.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I vår ble jeg den aller første til å anmelde konverteringsterapi etter forbudet som ble vedtatt av Stortinget for to år siden.
I dag ble saken henlagt av Statsadvokaten.
De mener at konverteringsterapi utført av helsepersonell mot transpersoner er *straffritt* etter det nye forbudet.
🧵⬇️
I dag ble saken henlagt av Statsadvokaten.
De mener at konverteringsterapi utført av helsepersonell mot transpersoner er *straffritt* etter det nye forbudet.
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Our paper, that we worked hard to produce before the second wave, estimated that 21,000 excess deaths were caused by the 1 week delay in lockdown.
The paper was held up & eventually rejected by the Lancet. By the time it came out it could only offer a post mortem.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The paper was held up & eventually rejected by the Lancet. By the time it came out it could only offer a post mortem.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Our paper, that we worked hard to produce before the second wave, estimated that 21,000 excess deaths were caused by the 1 week delay in lockdown.
The paper was held up & eventually rejected by the Lancet. By the time it came out it could only offer a post mortem.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
The paper was held up & eventually rejected by the Lancet. By the time it came out it could only offer a post mortem.
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
VG skriver at Trump hinter om dødsstraff for å gjengi hva konstitusjonen sier. Dette er vel litt mer enn å hinte.
(Skjermbilde fra The Guardian).
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/zO...
(Skjermbilde fra The Guardian).
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/zO...
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 PM
VG skriver at Trump hinter om dødsstraff for å gjengi hva konstitusjonen sier. Dette er vel litt mer enn å hinte.
(Skjermbilde fra The Guardian).
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/zO...
(Skjermbilde fra The Guardian).
www.vg.no/nyheter/i/zO...