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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep Jan 7

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez

      Thread on great paper about superspreading and aerosol transmission, but starting in the middle for this excellent quote: "There is nothing more practical than a good theory". Amen.https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1479266413705580545 …

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      Prof. Jose-Luis JimenezVerified account @jljcolorado
      29/ Now, as Kurt Lewin said, "there is nothing more practical than a good theory". Once the model works, we can use it to: - analyze other outbreaks - understand the risk of other events - quantitatively evaluate mitigation measures - compare with other diseases - etc. pic.twitter.com/a4LseSxAn8
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep Jan 7

      Also: a theory that cannot survive an encounter with epidemiological data needs to be examined for potential discarding. (In fact, I keep seeing word-salad theories by outright cranks fool well-meaning people unfamiliar with the underlying science—they could check the epi data!)

      11:34 AM - 7 Jan 2022
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        1. ScaredSasquatch‏ @mtblah Jan 7
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          I was always partial to the phrase “experiments (or studies for my observationally-minded colleagues) are where theories go to die”

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        1. Don Christie‏ @normnz Jan 7
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          "well that's all well and good in practice. But it'll never work in theory". Favourite saying of an old database developer I once knew.

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        2. Geoffrey Hart #BLM‏ @Diaskeuasis Jan 7
          Replying to @zeynep

          Many scientists forget rule 1 of modeling: models are only valid under conditions similar to those used to develop the model. When the context changes (e.g., omicron reproduces faster than delta), you need to update the model. I wonder how many people forgot to do that.

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        3. Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez‏Verified account @jljcolorado Jan 7
          Replying to @Diaskeuasis @zeynep

          If you look at our online model, it is already updated for omicron.

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        2. steve e‏ @bookends_ny Jan 7
          Replying to @zeynep

          Just FYI: (Kurt) Lewin's Maxim. I first heard it before you were born. :-)

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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep Jan 7
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          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

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          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          Thread on great paper about superspreading and aerosol transmission, but starting in the middle for this excellent quote: "There is nothing more practical than a good theory". Amen. https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1479266413705580545 …
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        1. Rep Bill Driscoll Jr‏ @BillDriscollJr Jan 7
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          I love a good word-salad.

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