8/30: Tweets "It looks as though the coronavirus isn't as deadly as it's made out. Surprising quite a few people until it's made clear that his twitter account was continued by hi… (View Post)

Had an idea recently to illustrate the issue with exponential growth and how we don't instinctively grasp it from our linear visualisations. I've switched the England-only (as most up-to-da… (View Post)

"Chancellor, we have two options: 1 - Support the businesses affected by this - it will cost a lot of money and run up the debt, but it will avoid economic scarring, collapse of entire sectors, … (View Post)

It also rather glosses over the opposite: that whatever happened, the anti-restrictions crowd (bearing in mind that if what we’ve had is “lockdown”, Sweden has also had lots of lockdown) would certai… (View Post)

Pressure should be increasing on innumerate liberal arts journos to actually correct their scientific and mathematical ignorance, or give way to colleagues who actually have a clue in the relevant ar… (View Post)