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Dr Schwartau is back! Unfortunately, the heat and the fact that we don’t usually water our garden severely minimized the cherry harvest. But the few survivors are top quality!

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My new Experiment on 4e cognition. Result: several hours of hard yakka in the garden can change your perspective on the use of Roundup considerably 😂

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Many of us were taught experiments are for testing hypotheses. In Ch 1 of Experimentology, our free, open methods textbook, my coauthors and I argue differently: experiments are for estimating the magnitude of causal effects. This reframing has important consequences. 🧵 experimentology.io

After a visit to the lovely Spielweg Romantik Hotel here is Hirsch dim sum on the way. A s****load of work, but hopefully with it thx Viktoria Fuchs 😂

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Kann man sich nicht ausdenken: "Wir sind hier in DO zum Halten gekommen. Leider ist unser Triebwagenführer verschwunden. Er wird jetzt händeringend gesucht. Die Leitstelle ist informiert. Wenn er wieder da ist, setzen wir die Fahrt fort... "

Just a wild thought, totally unrelated to some future events. The German Research Council decided not to fund any scientific activities that in any way involve collaboration with Russia as aggressor. Debatable, but anyhow. The US attacks on Iran can also be seen as acts of aggression. Same rules?

Die 23. STaPs ist warmgelaufen - die Snacks und Namensschilder stehen bereit, und bei einem schönen Abend in der Osnabrücker Lagerhalle haben wir schon viele neue Menschen mit spannenden Projekten kennengelernt. Da steigt die Vorfreude auf den morgigen Tagungsbeginn umso mehr!

Publishing a book is one thing. Seeing it resonate is another. Our 2025 book 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (CUP), co-authored with Cameron Morin, has just been reviewed by Pedro Ivorra-Ordines. Here’s how the review concludes 👇😊 (Full review: doi.org/10.1017/S002...)

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this may sound kind of silly, but: just tried rumpsteak from the airfryer and it was excellent!!! Perfectly medium rare, super simple and even looked kind of nice. The only thing you might miss are some these roasting/caramel flavors... but then... 98/100.K2 loved it, if that says something.