Joshua Forman
@jforman.bsky.social
Entrepreneur and scientist. Founder @inkling (Sequoia backed), Confer Health, erstwhile MIT Sloan faculty and computational biologist.
Her Bolognese ragu is still miles above anything I’ve had in a restaurant
May 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Her Bolognese ragu is still miles above anything I’ve had in a restaurant
I think you'd like this book press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
A Social History of Truth
How do we come to trust our knowledge of the world? What are the means by which we distinguish true from false accounts? Why do we credit one observational statement over another?In A Social History o...
press.uchicago.edu
November 22, 2024 at 11:51 AM
I think you'd like this book press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
"The academic community should reassess the existing incentive strategies for reviewers."
Indeed, indeed.
Indeed, indeed.
November 19, 2024 at 2:33 AM
"The academic community should reassess the existing incentive strategies for reviewers."
Indeed, indeed.
Indeed, indeed.
The indictment. Even in this environment I think he's pretty done: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-05/santos.indictment.pdf
May 10, 2023 at 3:01 PM
The indictment. Even in this environment I think he's pretty done: https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-05/santos.indictment.pdf
The hand-wavey explanation is that this makes both parents more protective — males need to tune it down when taking care of babby and females should be more "mama lion" defensive. But hard to know!
May 9, 2023 at 5:35 PM
The hand-wavey explanation is that this makes both parents more protective — males need to tune it down when taking care of babby and females should be more "mama lion" defensive. But hard to know!
MJ does tend to generate (like skeets) thirst traps, however. Looks cool but I had to tweak the prompt to get something usable for a mobile app.
May 9, 2023 at 2:03 AM
MJ does tend to generate (like skeets) thirst traps, however. Looks cool but I had to tweak the prompt to get something usable for a mobile app.
Thank you! I was just thinking about how I couldn’t open the app around my kids this evening!
May 9, 2023 at 12:33 AM
Thank you! I was just thinking about how I couldn’t open the app around my kids this evening!
Smart also because if they didn’t do that they’d probably get bashed-in windows
May 8, 2023 at 1:50 PM
Smart also because if they didn’t do that they’d probably get bashed-in windows
Get after [that stretch] relentlessly
May 7, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Get after [that stretch] relentlessly
A GPT-4 level Siri is going to save us nerds so much time
May 7, 2023 at 3:43 PM
A GPT-4 level Siri is going to save us nerds so much time
Yes I think so. I can tell it’s him because he’s off in la la land about his own product.
(sorry Jack I love what you built and you seem good hearted)
(sorry Jack I love what you built and you seem good hearted)
May 7, 2023 at 2:41 AM
Yes I think so. I can tell it’s him because he’s off in la la land about his own product.
(sorry Jack I love what you built and you seem good hearted)
(sorry Jack I love what you built and you seem good hearted)
I hate to break this to you but it’s literally a copy of Twitter’s UX. And we’re all here because we want to replace Twitter.
May 7, 2023 at 2:02 AM
I hate to break this to you but it’s literally a copy of Twitter’s UX. And we’re all here because we want to replace Twitter.
Spend more time talking to scientists! They’re good, caring humans who have a ton of high quality data to draw from.
May 6, 2023 at 9:42 PM
Spend more time talking to scientists! They’re good, caring humans who have a ton of high quality data to draw from.
Aw man I’m gonna miss this hole in the wall
May 6, 2023 at 9:13 PM
Aw man I’m gonna miss this hole in the wall