Gert de Cooman

@gertdecooman
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Researcher on foundations of probability • vader • liefhebber • senior full professor + lid Raad van Bestuur UGent • in Dutch, in het Engels, and whatnot

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Chatting with a colleague today and noticed this distillation of the mathematician’s condition on his whiteboard: the word “claim” crossed out, and replaced with “hope.”

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/littmath/status/1615893158671310849

Daniel Litt on Twitter

“Chatting with a colleague today and noticed this distillation of the mathematician’s condition on his whiteboard: the word “claim” crossed out, and replaced with “hope.””

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But at least the CMU Philosophy Department Twitter ought to be able to get the name of their own Teddy Seidenfeld right.

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A collection of authors, including @[email protected], are featured in a recently published series of essays in honor of our own Teddy Seinfeld! The work is titled Reflections on a the Foundations of Probability and Statistics and celebrates Teddy’s contributions to the field.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AriTheTurtle/status/1615461901382696962

Aristotle the Turtle on Twitter

“A collection of authors, including @KevinZollman, are featured in a recently published series of essays in honor of our own Teddy Seinfeld! The work is titled Reflections on a the Foundations of Probability and Statistics and celebrates Teddy’s contributions to the field.”

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RT @[email protected]

A collection of authors, including @[email protected], are featured in a recently published series of essays in honor of our own Teddy Seinfeld! The work is titled Reflections on a the Foundations of Probability and Statistics and celebrates Teddy’s contributions to the field.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AriTheTurtle/status/1615461901382696962

Aristotle the Turtle on Twitter

“A collection of authors, including @KevinZollman, are featured in a recently published series of essays in honor of our own Teddy Seinfeld! The work is titled Reflections on a the Foundations of Probability and Statistics and celebrates Teddy’s contributions to the field.”

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Emeles. Fried almond cakes. Easy. Delicious. 13th-century Anglo-Norman recipe brought to life. Video: https://youtu.be/oK7121aibDs

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/MonkCuisine/status/1612188806089965568

Easy Medieval Food: Emeles (fried almond cakes)

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“There is safety in numbers. And so much more than mere safety.” A long evolutionary history has conditioned us to herd, and that is precisely why we need contrarians: https://buff.ly/3ihnt25

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/koenfucius/status/1612196200681246722

On nonconformism, or why we need to be seen and not herded | Aeon Essays

It is enormously empowering – even intoxicating – to lose yourself to a crowd. That is why we need contrarians

Aeon

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Speciaal voor alle studenten, aan de vooravond van de eerste examenweek: heel veel succes!
Ga er volledig voor. Geloof in jezelf. Probeer de moed niet te verliezen als het toch eens wat minder vlot gaat! En weet... ook examenperiodes gaan voorbij 😉🤞

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/lieve_78/status/1612162403273162755

Lieve Balcaen on Twitter

“Speciaal voor alle studenten, aan de vooravond van de eerste examenweek: heel veel succes! Ga er volledig voor. Geloof in jezelf. Probeer de moed niet te verliezen als het toch eens wat minder vlot gaat! En weet... ook examenperiodes gaan voorbij 😉🤞”

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Dear world. Today, the bloodthirsty Islamist regime in Iran has executed 2 more innocent protesters:

#MohammadMehdiKarami
#MohammadHosseini

These innocent idealistic young men put their lives in danger for democracy in Iran. We are mourning as a nation. Help us save others

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih/status/1611589169431646208

Masih Alinejad 🏳️ on Twitter

“Dear world. Today, the bloodthirsty Islamist regime in Iran has executed 2 more innocent protesters: #MohammadMehdiKarami #MohammadHosseini These innocent idealistic young men put their lives in danger for democracy in Iran. We are mourning as a nation. Help us save others”

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Wanneer ‘gender’ gewoon ‘biologisch geslacht’ betekent.

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Some fungus have 36,000 genders.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/weird_sci/status/1611566561344606209

Weird Science on Twitter

“Some fungus have 36,000 genders.”

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Je zou met het eerste woord kunnen beginnen.

https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1611138797261172736

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"There's a structure where one gets everything and the other gets nothing"

Royal historian Kate Williams sympathises with Harry, and says the 'heir and spare' system may need to be changed

#Newsnight | http://bbc.in/2Ps915G

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight/status/1611138797261172736

BBC Newsnight on Twitter

“"There's a structure where one gets everything and the other gets nothing" Royal historian Kate Williams sympathises with Harry, and says the 'heir and spare' system may need to be changed #Newsnight | https://t.co/P0zxS1Elwd”

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A professor in art history has been sacked by @[email protected] for showing a medieval painting of Muhammad.

Here is the university’s chilling explanation as to why it has chosen to prioritise students’ feelings over academic freedom.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2023/01/03/debates-whether-academic-freedom-includes-images-offensive-muslims

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/andrewdoyle_com/status/1610693505831112707

Debates on whether academic freedom includes images offensive to Muslims

An instructor at Hamline U showed an image of Muhammad in an art history class. The president criticized the instructor for doing so. Another professor, who tried to explain the situation with an essay in the student paper, had his piece removed.