The official Twitter account of BAH! The Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses!
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The first BAHFest since the pandemic started is TOMORROW (Saturday, Nov 18th) in London at Imperial College! Find out more, and get your tickets, here:
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London! This Satuday -- Zach Weinersmith, Matt Parker, Michele Dougherty, and loads more *AND* the Ig Nobel prizes. Most of the tickets are now sold out so buy soon or languish in sorrow!
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Tickets are now on sale for BAHFest London 2023 (November 18th at Imperial College).
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To hold you over until then, please enjoy @sarahmhird's amazing talk "Why Do Mammals Sleep"?
youtube.com/watch?v=MUw3s4ev…
We’re back, and we're partnering with the Ig Nobel Awards! After a 4 year COVID-induced hiatus, we’re returning to Imperial College London. Join us in the Great Hall in the Sherfield Building on Saturday, November 18th, 2023.
bahfest.com/london2023/
ICYMI:
Want to be able to spot bad ad hoc hypotheses?
Then check out the latest book from past @BAHFest keynote & judge @TimHarford!
How To Make The World Add Up (UK) / The Data Detective (US)
timharford.com/books/worldad…
Want to be able to spot bad ad hoc hypotheses?
Then check out the latest book from past @BAHFest keynote & judge @TimHarford!
How To Make The World Add Up (UK) / The Data Detective (US)
timharford.com/books/worldad…
BAHFest retweeted
Need a bit of whimsy? @the_scq just published my (fake) science paper "The Unicorn Microbiome: A proposed microbial mechanism for the rainbow pigments in unicorn poop." scq.ubc.ca/the-unicorn-micro…
Please enjoy the 'quality' figs included in this opus.
#scicomm #scicomedy
The Overview Effect: An overlooked intervention?youtube.com/watch?v=n_0_ssjQ… #BAHFest
Diego Quinones's BAHFest London 2019 talk "Dad Joke: An Adaptive Dispersion Mechanism" youtube.com/watch?v=8fGvqISX… #BAHFest
BAHFest retweeted
If you haven't yet discovered this series, now is the time for @BAHFest (Festival of Bad Ad Hoc Hypotheses). Start with the one on plagues as ecological systems perturbed by bagpipes, with enough #art & cats to satisfy your most artistic #Caturday urges. youtube.com/watch?v=XKpq9RFc…
Ed Thorne's BAHFest London 2019 talk "Revamping Dark Sector Physics" youtube.com/watch?v=2n3GmaR2… #BAHFest
Ed Bilson's BAHFest London 2019 talk "Twenty Fist Century Rapid Transit Using Nineteenth Century Infrastructure" youtube.com/watch?v=dLvUwLgb… #BAHFest
.@Peculiar_IC 2020 was scheduled to happen today. Instead, please enjoy the footage from last year's show:
BAHFest London 2019: youtube.com/watch?v=gM6e_poF…
Ig Nobel Eurotour 2019 (Imperial):
youtube.com/watch?v=GTjDeBFE…
Stay safe, everyone!
BAHFest London 2019 - Jack McMinn: Explaining African Bush Fires youtu.be/VVw_imgcJHg #BAHFest!
ICYMI: Tim Harford on why economists make people go weak in the knees.
Anyone need a good laugh?
Check out @TimHarford's BAHFest London 2019 keynote on why everyone just can't help but love economists.
youtube.com/watch?v=QiebvydP…
Anyone need a good laugh?
Check out @TimHarford's BAHFest London 2019 keynote on why everyone just can't help but love economists.
youtube.com/watch?v=QiebvydP…
ICYMI - BAHFest Houston and BAHFest London are postponed due to COVID19. We're reaching out to ticket holders through EventBrite, and will post updates about reschedule dates when things blow over.
Stay safe. We look forward to laughing with y'all in person at a later date. <3