Evan Wilhelms
@evanwilhelms.bsky.social
Psychology Professor (JDM, Health, Cog Development) at Hiram College, Musician, Bicyclist.
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Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Hmmm…what USAID wasn’t bad for America…what if getting rid of it only hurt us and everyone else?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
What if the richest man in the world being responsible for ending aid to the poorest people in the world will go down as one of the most bizarre and disgusting acts of the 21st century?
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Fair point. The effect of removing coffee from coffee drinkers is plausibly different from getting people to start drinking coffee.
Sorry @erictopol.bsky.social it doesn't. All participants were normal coffee drinkers. Therefore, the coffee-drinker arm is the Control arm. The intervention of going cold turkey increased the hazard of AF by 64% (100/0.61). The whole report is written from the wrong perspective.
November 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Fair point. The effect of removing coffee from coffee drinkers is plausibly different from getting people to start drinking coffee.
US higher ed is one of our best and most amazing exports.
This admin is against both exporting from the US and importing to the US (i.e they are promoting poverty)
This admin is against both exporting from the US and importing to the US (i.e they are promoting poverty)
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
US higher ed is one of our best and most amazing exports.
This admin is against both exporting from the US and importing to the US (i.e they are promoting poverty)
This admin is against both exporting from the US and importing to the US (i.e they are promoting poverty)
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When do bad apples spoil the barrel? Multiple Actors Matter More Than Repeated Exposure for Social Learning: https://osf.io/zacku
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
When do bad apples spoil the barrel? Multiple Actors Matter More Than Repeated Exposure for Social Learning: https://osf.io/zacku
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"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
November 21, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
"Fossil fuels are only going to get more expensive and renewables are only going to get cheaper" is both true & something the public is already inclined to believe (or at the very least is persuadable).
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thanks to Ran Blekhman for this nice review of our piece on #autism and #microbiome
blekhman.substack.com/p/the-autism...
blekhman.substack.com/p/the-autism...
The Autism-Microbiome Hypothesis Is Falling Apart
Why this new review paper should be required reading for every microbiome researcher
blekhman.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
thanks to Ran Blekhman for this nice review of our piece on #autism and #microbiome
blekhman.substack.com/p/the-autism...
blekhman.substack.com/p/the-autism...
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In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
In a world in which people with too much power and influence desperately need to be told and to understand when they are wrong, we are suddenly all inescapably drowning in sycophancy machines.
Proto-Stolpersteine
Seen in Washington DC, capital of the land of the free
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Proto-Stolpersteine
Eventually comes up in the essay itself, but this "non ideological" focus on affordability is today in a context in which one ideology is responsible for doubling the price of healthcare, raising tariffs on imports, groceries, etc.
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Eventually comes up in the essay itself, but this "non ideological" focus on affordability is today in a context in which one ideology is responsible for doubling the price of healthcare, raising tariffs on imports, groceries, etc.
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know how I've been saying that some in public health will embrace MAHA? treat it like a legitimate public health project instead of the fascist, eugenicist purge to 'MAGA-ify the gene pool' that it is?
Others, like JHU, will point out the lies: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evi...
Others, like JHU, will point out the lies: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evi...
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
know how I've been saying that some in public health will embrace MAHA? treat it like a legitimate public health project instead of the fascist, eugenicist purge to 'MAGA-ify the gene pool' that it is?
Others, like JHU, will point out the lies: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evi...
Others, like JHU, will point out the lies: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/the-evi...
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This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
I've got a runner up, but once I was reminded this was the year, figured little would top it
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I've got a runner up, but once I was reminded this was the year, figured little would top it
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A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
November 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
A lot of education discourse is at root an inability to decide whether the purpose of our education system is to 1) teach material and measure learning 2) reward students who work hard 3) separate the smart kids (destined for smart guy jobs) from the dumb kids (destined to serve the smart guys)
Incidentally, this is why you tax wealth through land / real estate, because you can't move that out of state.
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
cnb.cx
November 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Incidentally, this is why you tax wealth through land / real estate, because you can't move that out of state.
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NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
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it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
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ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
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Debate over imported solar panels just got awkward. A new study finds these imports already saved nearly 600 American lives by slashing massive amounts of air pollution. While policymakers argue about trade, the panels have just been quietly cleaning our air and preventing premature deaths.
New study reveals that solar panels are preventing premature deaths across the US: 'Their broader societal benefits are underexplored'
"These are benefits that extend well beyond electricity prices."
www.yahoo.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Debate over imported solar panels just got awkward. A new study finds these imports already saved nearly 600 American lives by slashing massive amounts of air pollution. While policymakers argue about trade, the panels have just been quietly cleaning our air and preventing premature deaths.
I am not a lawyer, but constantly emailing reporters to say "hey can I tell you all about my friend's crimes? I know about them because we did the crimes together," seems like a mistake to me.
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I am not a lawyer, but constantly emailing reporters to say "hey can I tell you all about my friend's crimes? I know about them because we did the crimes together," seems like a mistake to me.
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Experimental participants to us
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Experimental participants to us
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Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Nothing like a proposal for a modest amount of lower-income housing nearby to find out who your neighbors are.
This, but for Magneto the Holocaust survivor
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This, but for Magneto the Holocaust survivor
These folks just voted with the Rs to double the price of health insurance
EIGHT Senate Democrats have voted to advance the funding measure so far after the deal was reached:
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
Cortez Masto
Durbin
Fetterman
Hassan
Kaine
King
Rosen
Shaheen
If the existing 52 Republicans hold, that's 60 — enough to advance this agreement. Final vote still to come.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
These folks just voted with the Rs to double the price of health insurance
"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly"
- Goethe
- Goethe
You ever feel like all the books have already been written?
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly"
- Goethe
- Goethe
I wonder if the "active" manipulation is just as useful to a human advisor in closing the gaps -- a lesson in being proactive about what a first-gen might not know and telling them
This is a cool paper showing that first-gen college students don't realize a lot of unwritten rules that lead to success (the value of internships, student clubs, letters from professors).
But giving them access to an LLM for guidance significantly closes the gap. mgcuna.github.io/website/JMP_...
But giving them access to an LLM for guidance significantly closes the gap. mgcuna.github.io/website/JMP_...
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I wonder if the "active" manipulation is just as useful to a human advisor in closing the gaps -- a lesson in being proactive about what a first-gen might not know and telling them