Andreas OrtmannHumans are Large Language Models, only better.As I have been reading and discussing large language models, I find I’ve learned as much about us humans as I have about the AI that…7 min read·12 hours ago----
Andreas OrtmannIn memoriam Seth Roberts (1953–2014)I published this tribute ten years ago here.3 min read·Apr 25, 2024----
Andreas OrtmannOn that recent Publishing Economics study: How Slow? Why Slow? Is Slow Productive? How to Fix Slow?The long time that it takes in economics for papers to go from submission to acceptance and publication has been a long-known and…6 min read·Mar 12, 2024--1--1
Andreas OrtmannAbout that new mega-study on the effectiveness of honesty oathsYou might have heard about that new megastudy pre-print, currently — to judge from the formatting — under review at Nature or one of its…3 min read·Mar 9, 2024----
Andreas OrtmannIs an extended life worth more than what many people would consider a more expansive one?It’s a question that the author of a recent story in the Sydney Morning Herald asked the woman labelled “Blueprint XX”, a 27 year old woman…3 min read·Feb 17, 2024----
Andreas OrtmannWhat are pre-registrations good for?In Data Colada [115], Uri Simonsohn posted in late 2023 a piece on pre-registration prevalence. He motivated it such:4 min read·Jan 15, 2024----
Andreas OrtmannDating Games, Part 10“Anye impietie may lawfully be committed in love, which is lawlesse.”5 min read·Dec 29, 2023----
Andreas OrtmannReflections on the Ariely-Gino saga, the M-CaP, and the swamp that is the Poets&Quants ecology of…Stop the press:8 min read·Nov 13, 2023----
Andreas OrtmannWherein we learn, completely to our surprise, that attempts to be helpful, are appreciated …Such is the generosity of the greater part of young men, that, so far from being disposed to neglect or despise the instructions of their…3 min read·Nov 1, 2023----
Andreas OrtmannAriely, Gino, & Trump — how to deal with post-truthers (2.0)I published an earlier version of this medium post on 17 August here. This version (2.0) is substantially revised and updated h…15 min read·Oct 14, 2023----