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15 Jul, 5 tweets, 2 min read
In the magazine of the Dutch public science funder:
"Science is like an elite sport"
"Which price are you ready to pay to reach the top?"
"Not everyone is good enough, or has the right attitude"
"Who chooses science knows that the price of success is high"
nwo.nl/topwetenschap
"just like top sports, scientists striving for the top put themselves through many hardships. But [says a hockey coach] it is a free choice, no one is forcing you"
Looking forward to the the next issue "science is like war, kill or be killed", with advice from a Taliban commander.
"I won 500 million at the lottery. My 10 tips for successful grant applications"

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13 Jul
Dutch government ditched most containment measures three weeks ago, reopened clubs and bars --> the number of infections goes through the roof --> now the health minister is asking everyone who went partying last week to stay home, isolate and get tested 🤡
Nobody's wearing masks anymore because you don't have to anymore. The Justice Minister sang a song on TV to wave goodbye to the face mask
I dunno, perhaps ditching face masks and reopening clubs and bars three weeks before the school holidays wasn't the best decision. Airports will be crowded and many countries are expected to reassess the risk status of the Netherlands and change entry requirements. Expect chaos.
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10 Jul
In the frugal Netherlands, the "test for access" system for discos and bars that cost 700 mio euros is being ditched after only two weeks and the explosion of infections, mostly among young people
Here responsible frugal Dutch youth saying that you can just get your mates to send you a screenshot of a QR code to get in: "party hard with a fake QR code, now just get some chicks"
"Testing for access" was supposed to allow clubs to reopen without any social distancing measures inside. Result: of the 600 people that visited this club one evening, all in principle tested prior to entry, 165 got infected
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26 Jun
Great opportunity to show slides from my methods class (1/n)
If you only look at the people infected and see that half of them were vaccinated, you might think the vaccine is not effective. You'd be wrong.
Let's take an example. You're interested in the best strategy to score goals: long balls or short passes?
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For some SUVs, the front blind zone is so large that you can have 12 children sitting in front of the car and the driver cannot see them.
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Also these cars will hit cyclists and pedestrians in the upper body rather than lower body, killing more often.
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23 May
I miss home a little bit sometimes. Image
This is Rivaz on Lake Geneva, seen from Chexbres.
And this would be home#2. This is the aldeia do Talasnal, Serra da Lousã, Portugal. Image
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18 May
Life satisfaction by age using Eurobarometer data (since 1973): Portugal seems to be an outlier
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In Portugal, happiness doesn't recover after hitting the bottom in the 40s-50s. It is usually U-shaped in most countries
It is the case of Italy as well, actually.
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