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Gert de Cooman

@gertekoo

Curious but not necessarily convinced. Professor of Uncertainty Modelling and Systems Science at Ghent University. All but abandoned in favour of @gertdecooman.

 Sint-Lievens-Esse, Belgium
users.ugent.be/~gdcooma
Joined February 2009
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Il me plaist aujourd'hui de citer Fontenelle
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This is absolutely brilliant on JS Mill. Right Again newyorker.com/magazine/2008/… via @adamgopnik
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Stig Abell@StigAbell20 May 2014
From Sweden; oddly mesmeric: "all posters except posters about posters being prohibited are prohibited" teapawt.net/ArchedEyebrowBR/status…
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The Pedants' Revolt
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Wouter Duyck
@wduyck2 Oct 2015
Sterke opinie op #Liberales liberales.be/columns/gelijkh…
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Robert Caruso@robertcaruso13 Sep 2015
emergency.mit.net/emergency/ for facts #MIT

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Gert de Cooman@gertdecooman1 Jul 2015
Motte-and-bailey arguments (with the example of radical Bayesianism) blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.u… slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/0… via @HPluckrose.
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Dries Benoit@_3s_24 Jun 2015
Looking for a PhD student at the crossroads of data #analytics, Bayesian #statistics and #pricing: bit.ly/1Idnd9p #UGent RT=nice!
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RT for chance to win stunning new edition of Herodotus's HISTORIES translated by @holland_tom! bit.ly/1Ijwj3R
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Kontra@counternotions14 May 2015
From the 'Had to Happen' department: touchmetouch.me
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@holland_tom1 May 2015
"They took their horses with the queen, & rode a-Maying in woods & meadows as it pleased them, in gt joy & delights." #MayDay #MorteDArthur
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Do we need to say it more slowly so you understand, Labour? Parenting is NOT a "women's issue" labour.org.uk/blog/entry/lab…
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Decoding the gibbon's "hoo" calls reveals a complex communication system we couldn't have anticipated. tss.nautil.us/4809 @BioMedCentral
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The fact that there are fanatics among your opponents does not entail that all your opponents are fanatics... or that you are right.
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@holland_tom2 Apr 2015
We are still the land of fair play. The citizens of the UK applaud someone who wants to break it up: teapawt.net/may2015ns/status/58374…
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Probability Fact@ProbFact12 Mar 2015
E( E(X|Y) ) = E(X) bit.ly/4C64TG
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"What do you want to be when you grow up?" "An honest, brave, compassionate human being." "No…I mean, how do you want to sell your labor?"
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D.J. Grothe
@DJGrothe12 Feb 2015
How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life fb.me/4cm2GR9Bt
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#Ancient #Greece has something to say about the three person baby debate buff.ly/16zg8zX
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D.J. Grothe
@DJGrothe3 Feb 2015
Scold me for quoting CS Lewis, but: "When education is beaten out by training, civilization dies." fb.me/48ZlDvHYA
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