Learning so much from @adamjkucharski.bsky.social’s “Proof”—for example, I certainly didn’t know before that Francis Galton published a Nature paper on how to cut a cake so that it doesn’t dry out. www.nature.com/articles/075... - ThreadSky

dingdingpeng.the100.ci • 3 days ago

Learning so much from @adamjkucharski.bsky.social’s “Proof”—for example, I certainly didn’t know before that Francis Galton published a Nature paper on how to cut a cake so that it doesn’t dry out.
https://www.nature.com/articles/075173c0

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davidmouritsen.bsky.social•3 days ago

I do wonder if F.G. ever scientifically tested the notion of putting "a common india-rubber band" around a cake.

conjugateprior.org•3 days ago

They say that you can't get this kind of paper into Nature anymore, but that's only because it doesn't involve a colourful overstuffed figure and lacks any statistical tests.

dingdingpeng.the100.ci•3 days ago

And a pie chart probably wouldn’t suffice these days

jacob.barss-bailey.org•3 days ago

lest anybody miss out on the helpful figures that springer (yuck) appears to be charging for…

gregsasso.bsky.social•3 days ago

This got me to preorder (us edition) of the book

dingdingpeng.the100.ci•3 days ago

It’s a lot of fun — obviously the serious parts are interesting in their own right, but I love the wacky stories that are just dropped as side remarks.

dingdingpeng.the100.ci•3 days ago

Every generation thinks it invented science shitposting.

dingdingpeng.the100.ci•3 days ago

What do we do with the science of terrible men? (https://aeon.co/essays/what-do-we-do-with-the-science-of-terrible-men) *proceeds to cut wedge*

stephensenn.bsky.social•3 days ago

1) As far as I am aware Fisher only ever proposed voluntary sterilisation (but if you have evidence to the contrary, would be interested to know) 2) we now have voluntary sterilisation in the UK (E.g vasectomies). I believe they would have been illegal then. DOI http://senns.uk/Declaration_Interest.htm

thatneilmartin.bsky.social•3 days ago

A personal favourite is "arithmetic by smell". https://www.proquest.com/openview/a502a032eb45b511b40954d3eda89fe7/1?cbl=60975&pq-origsite=gscholar

dingdingpeng.the100.ci•3 days ago

👀

dingdingpeng.the100.ci•3 days ago

Sorry, I meant 👃

thatneilmartin.bsky.social•2 days ago

Or...DID YOU?

annagoeddeke.bsky.social•3 days ago

I would’ve found it more logical to adjust the recipe rather than to think about how to cut the cake. Can we please discuss the recipe scientifically?

conjugateprior.org•3 days ago

dingdingpeng.the100.ci•3 days ago

Do you know Ann Readon’s YouTube channel “how to cook that”? It’s not the focus, but you can clearly tell she has that food science background necessary to make some things work…

annagoeddeke.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thanks for the pointer. I will have a look!