lukestein’s avatarlukestein’s Twitter Archive—№ 4,612

  1. An accounting identity: Seminar demand = seminar supply. My department has 17 T/TT faculty (roughly ⅓ each AP/Assoc/Full). We have 18 non-JM seminars scheduled this year. Assuming we’re ~typical (🤷🏻‍♂️), the mean professor gives ~1 seminar per year.■ @grant_mcdermott/1185242525537226752
    1. …in reply to @lukestein
      Corollary: There exist at least 21 folks who gave no seminars last year. @florianederer/1185175769187831808
      1. …in reply to @lukestein
        Finally: Even if you think you’re thoughtful about why you think what you think, you should probably think more about the [generalized] friendship paradox. jstor.org/stable/2781907