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Jan Kofroň

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Jan Kofroň

A more general comment on the recent "academic storm." If you were to ask me where the main dividing line lies in the social sciences, I would say it lies between those who systematically formulate (and verify) counterfactual statements ("if something were different at the input, what would happen... (translated)

The scandal surrounding Jayson Arday (Cambridge) - some people in the academy will excuse it as a case of one bad apple. However, the problem is clearly deeper. (i) That person presented himself/was presented as a successful twin of Jára da Cimrman (and that in many completely non-academic (translated)

Jan Kofroň May 18

A fairly common argument is that the problem of European defense capability also lies in the fragmented nature of purchases and the defense industry into national units. In short, we buy in a non-coordinated way and do not produce one tank, but perhaps three. What we need is the integration of purchases and defense. (translated)

Jan Kofroň May 12

RT @bergerthor: A lot of the debate on AI and science focuses on whether LLMs can generate *new* ideas. Yet 20–80% of existing papers are n… #AI #Research #Innovation #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.