@tomstafford.bsky.social
Bluesky wants me to upload my face or credit card details to read direct messages, which I'm not going to do. So if you sent me a DM, sorry.
January 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Bluesky wants me to upload my face or credit card details to read direct messages, which I'm not going to do. So if you sent me a DM, sorry.
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Read my new piece in the @thetransmitter on @rougier's 1000 neuron challenge
https://www.thetransmitter.org/computational-neuroscience/the-1000-neuron-challenge/
models, brains, and the value of scientific competitions as sites of integration!
#neuroscience #compneuro
https://www.thetransmitter.org/computational-neuroscience/the-1000-neuron-challenge/
models, brains, and the value of scientific competitions as sites of integration!
#neuroscience #compneuro
The 1,000 neuron challenge
A competition to design small, efficient neural models may provide new insight into real brains—and perhaps unite disparate modeling efforts.
www.thetransmitter.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Read my new piece in the @thetransmitter on @rougier's 1000 neuron challenge
https://www.thetransmitter.org/computational-neuroscience/the-1000-neuron-challenge/
models, brains, and the value of scientific competitions as sites of integration!
#neuroscience #compneuro
https://www.thetransmitter.org/computational-neuroscience/the-1000-neuron-challenge/
models, brains, and the value of scientific competitions as sites of integration!
#neuroscience #compneuro
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"...how psychological science is laundered to support grander narratives of human failing and irrationality. Normally this happens via popularisation in the mass media, but you can also catch it happening in the scholarly literature."
First newsletter of 2026!
The “Volvo Story”, myths of cognitive bias and why it is really all about trust
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/the-half-life-of-trust
The “Volvo Story”, myths of cognitive bias and why it is really all about trust
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/the-half-life-of-trust
The half life of trust
Or: You trusting something isn't enough for me to trust it
tomstafford.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
"...how psychological science is laundered to support grander narratives of human failing and irrationality. Normally this happens via popularisation in the mass media, but you can also catch it happening in the scholarly literature."
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In a new @wonkhe.bsky.social piece, RoRI fellows Anna Butters and @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy explore distributed peer review - and what it can (and can’t) fix: wonkhe.com/blogs/a-new-...
December 18, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In a new @wonkhe.bsky.social piece, RoRI fellows Anna Butters and @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy explore distributed peer review - and what it can (and can’t) fix: wonkhe.com/blogs/a-new-...
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Monday boost for yesterday's newsletter, looking at whether we can discern general principles for how to connect teams to make them smarter:
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/when-less-communication-is-more-collective
#psychology #cogsci #collectiveintelligence
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/when-less-communication-is-more-collective
#psychology #cogsci #collectiveintelligence
When less (communication) is more (collective intelligence)
Team work, complex problems, and preserving diversity in the ecosystem of ideas
tomstafford.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Monday boost for yesterday's newsletter, looking at whether we can discern general principles for how to connect teams to make them smarter:
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/when-less-communication-is-more-collective
#psychology #cogsci #collectiveintelligence
https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/when-less-communication-is-more-collective
#psychology #cogsci #collectiveintelligence
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Anyone can say they are open-minded, but how can you prove it? We show how the 'Ideological Turing Test' can be used to measure mutual understanding across controversial topics (and the result suggest people who disagree may understand each other better than we expect) […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Anyone can say they are open-minded, but how can you prove it? We show how the 'Ideological Turing Test' can be used to measure mutual understanding across controversial topics (and the result suggest people who disagree may understand each other better than we expect) […]
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New newsletter! Understanding participation in the X Community Notes system, via my love of data visualisation and stronger causal inference methods!
#dataviz #CausalInference #factchecking #communitynotes
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/community-notes-require-a-community
#dataviz #CausalInference #factchecking #communitynotes
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/community-notes-require-a-community
October 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
New newsletter! Understanding participation in the X Community Notes system, via my love of data visualisation and stronger causal inference methods!
#dataviz #CausalInference #factchecking #communitynotes
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/community-notes-require-a-community
#dataviz #CausalInference #factchecking #communitynotes
https://open.substack.com/pub/tomstafford/p/community-notes-require-a-community
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TIL that i don't see replies to my posts from #bluesky (where my posts appear thanks to the bridge)
Anyone know a fix?
Bluesky followers - sorry for ignoring you!
Anyone know a fix?
Bluesky followers - sorry for ignoring you!
August 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
TIL that i don't see replies to my posts from #bluesky (where my posts appear thanks to the bridge)
Anyone know a fix?
Bluesky followers - sorry for ignoring you!
Anyone know a fix?
Bluesky followers - sorry for ignoring you!
