Nic Fishman

Causal Inference · Machine Learning · Multiscale Modeling

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  • Why are pre-analysis plans good?

    April 08, 2023

    Because they free us from linear regression.

  • The Revealed Preferences of Computationally Bounded Agents

    December 20, 2022

    Discussing some questions about impossibilities in revealed preference theory from a computability perspective.

  • Being disabled as a student in college

    November 12, 2022

    Being disabled in the academy absolutely sucks. I have three very brief pieces of advice.

  • (Rhodes) Scholarship Interview Advice

    November 20, 2021

    My advice and interview experience.

  • NSF GRFP Materials and Advice

    April 15, 2021

    My personal statement, research proposal, and reviews for the NSF GRFP which I recieved as a senior undergrad. Also some words of advice.

  • Very brief, incomplete, and ancillary notes on truth and interests

    January 22, 2021

    Brief notes on truth and interests in science, exploring disinterestedness, scientific authority, and the political economy of scientistic rhetoric.

  • Incommensurability and Specialization in Science

    October 15, 2020

    Wherein I pretend to care about Kuhn's notion of incommensurability but really its a Trojan Horse to talk about specialization in science.