Should we use findings from previous studies and meta-analyses to shape our statistical inferences (aka informed priors)? What are the advantages and issues? Strap on for a loooong thread (link to a video of the talk at the end) 1/
Why does Western paleolithic cave art strongly prefer animal side views and often abbreviations? Our new @ERC_eSYMb preprint (osf.io/preprints/psya… w Pagnotta, Psujek, Mendoza Straffon & @kristian_tylen) uses cogsci experiments to challenges long-held assumptions. 1/
found my old high school final paper on the notion of uncertainty across art history (impressionism, but also Odilon Redon), physics (Heisenberg), literature (the dream of Ulysses in Pascoli's poetry) and philosophy (from Kant to Nietzsche). No wonder I ended up a Bayesian...
Philosophy & folk-theories of science started on physics & controlled exp. What would happened if we had built it on historical & explicitly fragmentary sciences? In this paper we explore how theories are built & improved in the study of the evolution of cognition & communication