Skeletor torments He-Man with powerful intuition about Bayesian reasoning and the nature of information
Jason Roos
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Assoc Prof of Marketing at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus U • Lately: causal inference, econometrics, psychometrics, tomfoolery
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“So, you know, it’s such a great question in the sense that people don’t think of grocery. You know, it sounds like not such an important word when you talk about homes and everything else, right? But more people tell me about grocery bills, where the price of bacon, the price of lettuce, the price of tomatoes, they tell me. [1] And we’re going to do a lot of things.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ym6vt4xfd43k3htetgq37alv/bafkreid3y5ndtx7tgd3bpl3k6tmzhccigz3ljttf7cr3fpe54keptluqb4)
![Transcript: Further, because the Complaint itself alleges Plaintiff to be a public figure with respect to her research career, Plaintiff must plausibly allege actual malice. See ¶¶ 2, 39-41 (alleging that Plaintiff is an “internationally renowned behavioral scientist, author, and teacher” who “has been invited to speak at some of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the world,” and her “work has been covered in numerous media outlets”); see also Lemelson v. Bloomberg LP, 253 F. Supp. 3d 333, 340 (D. Mass. 2017) (plaintiff was public figure where, among other reasons, he alleged he was a “world-renowned” expert); Martin v. Roy, 767 N.E.2d 603, 606 (Mass. App. Ct. 2002) (tenured professor was public figure where his public lectures and writings attracted national attention). Actual malice requires that the defendant “either knew that [their] statements were false or had serious doubts about their truth and dove recklessly ahead anyway.” Schatz v. Republican State Leadership](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ym6vt4xfd43k3htetgq37alv/bafkreigeontzhl2qkn4tbtousn3orpstdjgmylc3bruf4pugbr3qacjo6a)
