# Tweets From Julia Galef ![rw-book-cover](https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/506698231003086848/0oylp8R3.jpeg) ## Metadata - Author: [[@juliagalef on Twitter]] - Full Title: Tweets From Julia Galef - Category: #tweets - URL: https://twitter.com/juliagalef ## Highlights - Here's something I wish existed... For each scientific field, a ELI5-style summary of the - most important progress made in the last 50 years - biggest open questions people are working on - typical methodology used (e.g. case studies, surveys, looking for correlations in data) ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1466148439595438081)) - There's a rare kind of paper I love, which makes an important contribution to a field not with new evidence, but with *clever reasoning* Basically saying "You guys, we've been thinking about this all wrong" Two examples that come to mind: ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1465818518310383616)) - If you have a potentially high-impact idea for making the world better, consider filling out a quick (~15 minute) application for a grant from @slatestarcodex: https://t.co/FrYFdgnRjZ ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/juliagalef/status/1459946689213706245))