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I think reviewers just give up with Koonin's papers. They are so dense that people just go 'fuck it, it's probably fine'.

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2020-08-24 15:17 Edward C. Holmes open

Good grief. What BS.
2020-08-24 15:18 Kristian G. Andersen open

No Eddie, ML, not BS! Because, cool.
2020-08-24 15:21 Andrew Rambaut open

Particularly annoys me they have stolen the acronym for maximum likelihood too
2020-08-24 15:24 Kristian G. Andersen open

Haha, yeah - has confused the shit out of me on multiple occasions. Let's just call it #AI - way cooler anyway.
2020-08-24 15:44 Edward C. Holmes

I think reviewers just give up with Koonin's papers. They are so dense that people just go 'fuck it, it's probably fine'.
2020-08-24 15:44 Edward C. Holmes open

In other news I think he's confused Bart for Homer: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/08/31/did-pangolins-start-the-coronavirus-pandemic
2020-08-24 15:56 Andrew Rambaut open

He was probably thinking - he couldn't possibly mean Homer. Must be Bart he thinks he looks like. With that triangular spiky hair.
2020-08-24 15:57 Edward C. Holmes open

Not every day that you get lampooned in The New Yorker though. A keeper.
2020-08-24 15:59 Kristian G. Andersen open

Need to read this whole thing. But in terms of accuracy, it appears spot on - based on this "He has a quick wit and aperfectly round, bald head".