Hilbert Spaess
h-spaess.bsky.social
Hilbert Spaess
@h-spaess.bsky.social
Reality is the raw material. Language is the way I go in search of it - and the way I do not find it.
Banking/Risk/Statistics/Machine Learning/
"I can't read the github diffs of this file" is a foolproof way to effectively ban ipynb's from repos
February 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
This is the exact order in which I read both of these books. Feyerabend is fun and I thought his book was insightful, but I got the impression that the discipline didn't have high regard for it.
January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Old post, but by using "please read our position paper" as a response to any criticism, these people have hit on a great formula for juicing their paper downloads and deflecting said criticism. That plus their endless energy for corny passive aggression always made their work smell like BS.
January 2, 2026 at 2:37 AM
I've had this one sitting on my shelf for a while. Her book Sleep Has Its House is meant to be great too
January 2, 2026 at 1:13 AM
If you're using p < .95 your type 1 error rate is 95%
December 30, 2025 at 6:38 AM
The real issue here is that those methods classes are often just not very good.
December 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Cool! I think being a philsci academic would be a lot of fun.
December 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
😂
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Yeah this should be an unremarkable thing to say. You can now generate a lit review for any body of knowledge! If you approach it knowing that it's fallible, then you have a useful starting point for further reading!

FYI this and my recent posts are me posting AI takes so that I get on blocklists.
December 21, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Jesus really? Fight slop with slop.
December 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It's so hard to use social media without getting sucked into a toxic attention/outrage trap. I try to use this place just to find papers and blog posts. The best way to stay sane and to keep my feed interesting (vs addicting) is just to mute/unfollow the second I see someone start to argue or dunk.
December 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
What sort of work were gig workers doing in the 90s? Genuine question. Not a set up to dunk/argue. Pizza delivery? Gardening?
December 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Reviled preferences
December 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I promise you that we do not know how it works. It's an active area of research
December 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This guy is a psychologist. I wonder how many of those amazing ideas lead to replicable experimental effects, let alone actionable knowledge.
December 14, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I've heard the All In guys quote "I have a competition in me" unironically.
December 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Which position paper is this?
December 2, 2025 at 7:36 AM