Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Ever wondered what makes an “effective” academic abstract? I analyzed the anatomy of a highly rigorous study on chocolate therapy and dissertation stress. 🍫📚 000
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Erin Westgate @erinwestgate.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Played @maxhuibai.bsky.social’s Publish or Perish game in lab meeting today - that was genuinely hilarious 😂😂😂 may have scared the undergrads off academia for life 💀 1123
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.SSRN @ssrn.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Check out the latest from the SSRN #blog which includes our Meet the Author series with @maxhuibai.bsky.social, Director of the Political Belief Lab. Read more: spkl.io/63321AZQAd #HigherEducation #AcademicChatter spkl.ioMeet the Author: Max Hui BaiIn a world increasingly defined by polarization and rapid technological change, Max (Hui) Bai stands at the intersection of psychology, politics, and innovation. As the Director of the Political Be… 021
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Andreas Lundh @alundh.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Just received my copy of #PublishOrPerish by @maxhuibai.bsky.social. Can't wait to try it out with colleagues at @cochranedkcebmo.bsky.social 041
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Politics and Social Change Lab @pascl-stanford.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Congratulations to lab alumn @maxhuibai.bsky.social on the release of his academic party game, Publish or Perish! Very excited to have received our copies in the mail – thanks, Max! You can check out Max's game here 👇 publishorperish.games 031
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 07/06/2025I am beyond thrilled to find out that my Publish or Perish Game was reviewed by the estimable Ron Charles from @washingtonpost.com today!!! 🤩🤩🤩 150
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Nicolas van Kempen @nicovank.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Just opened @maxhuibai.bsky.social's game, hoping to get better reviews in the game than IRL… 011
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Caitlyn Cardetti, PhD @caitlyncardetti.bsky.social · 28/05/2025I'm the fun cousin though. I brought games @maxhuibai.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Bromothymol Blue @canvasblue.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Jeu de société pour la pendaison de crémaillère! Thanks a lot for developing this game! @maxhuibai.bsky.social 031
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.A. Roberto @irobarte.neocities.org · 20/05/2025Weekend plans!!! #PublishOrPerish 031
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Brianna Muir @archaeolobree.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Look what just arrived 😍 My copy of @maxhuibai.bsky.social game Publish or Perish! Any of my academic pals up for a game night? 031
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Major Clanger @majorclanger.bsky.social · 22/04/2025My latest Kickstarter-backed game has arrived. Yes, it's Publish or Perish, the fun boardgame of academic publishing! Plus expansions! So, @davecl.bsky.social, @nick.gark.net, @neveahfs.bsky.social, @tonykeen58.bsky.social - when do we have a play? www.kickstarter.com/projects/max... 352
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Duncan Nicholas @dnjournals.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Look what’s arrived @maxhuibai.bsky.social! I am off to a conference tomorrow. Is that bad timing, or perfect?! #peerreview #reviewer2mustbestopped 131
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Today, I am thrilled to announce the release of a new Publish or Perish Game expansion, "The Grant Reaper--Trump Administration Edition," featuring nothing but "Budget Cut" cards. #Satire #NoIamNOTSerious 080
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 13/01/2025🚨 Exciting news! The Gaming with Science podcast released a bonus episode about my game, Publish or Perish! They also discussed academic publishing and peer review generally. Check it out gamingwithscience.net Let me know what you think! #PublishOrPerish #BoardGames #Academiagamingwithscience.netGaming with Science | Gaming with Science PodcastThe Gaming with Science Podcast looks at the intersection of science and tabletop board games, with the occasional dip into video games, RPGs, game theory, or whatever else the dice roll up. If you ev... 040
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.mark brandt @mjbsp.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Asian people and Black people can both face dehumanization in the US, but the type differs: Asian = machine, Black = animal osf.io/preprints/ps... psycnet.apa.org/record/2025-... #prejudice #socpsych #polpsych #psyscisky 411841
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 03/12/2024So glad to see my interview with Alessandro Gallo about the Publish or Perish Game has been released! 🤩🤩 Glad the editors of Springer Nature had a great time trying it during their town hall meeting! www.linkedin.com/posts/alessa...linkedin.comAlessandro Gallo on LinkedIn: #sciencecommunication #academicpublishing #tabletopgames #innovation #stem…🚀 Bridging Academia and Gaming: a Revolutionary tabletop game in Science Communication! 🎲🧠 At Springer Nature Milan, during one of our periodical townhall… 030
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 16/10/2024Publish or Perish Kickstarter concludes tomorrow. It has been such a wonderful journey where I have learned so much and been continuously inspired by its supporters. It raised $270k+ from 60+ countries, outperforming 99.6% of Kickstarter projects. 1/3 www.kickstarter.com/projects/max...kickstarter.comPublish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about AcademiaPlayers race to publish useless nonsense while sabotaging each other and delivering snarky comments, Reviewer 2 style. 150
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 17/09/2024My Publish or Perish Game just went LIVE! It's been one of the most wonderful and exciting journeys I have been on in my whole life. Thank you all for your support, and kindness, and for being on this journey together with me! 🥰😭(yeah I cried a little) www.kickstarter.com/projects/max...kickstarter.comPublish or Perish: A Humorous Party Game about AcademiaPlayers race to publish useless nonsense while sabotaging each other and delivering snarky comments, Reviewer 2 style. 030
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Lena Hahn @lenahahn.bsky.social · 19/08/2024We (Svenja Frenzel, claudiaaraya.bsky.social) were able to test the Publish or Perish Game by maxhuibai.bsky.social. It is highly entertaining, and we give it 10 out of 10 points. We were especially impressed with the love for detail on the cards. I will definitely buy it when it is out. 052
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.GrumpyUncleSean🔥 @grumpyunclesean.bsky.social · 04/08/2024New card game: The Publish or Perish Game (a humorous party game about academic publishing) 🧪🌎nature.com‘Publish or Perish’ is now a card game — not just an academic’s lifeA player wins by racking up more citations than the competition, even if that means engaging in a little light plagiarism. A player wins by racking up more citations than the competition, even if that... 2279
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 02/08/2024Even in my wildest dream, I did not think that my game could make it to the homepage of Nature🤯. Very excited to launch it soon! www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.com‘Publish or Perish’ is now a card game — not just an academic’s lifeA player wins by racking up more citations than the competition, even if that means engaging in a little light plagiarism. A player wins by racking up more citations than the competition, even if that... 010
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.T. Greg Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 14/07/2024Senate Dems should take one of their assorted gun control bills off the shelf, rename it something like "Trump Assassination Prevention Act," and force Rs to do a talking filibuster to block it 5752971564
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 26/05/2024😱I think I created a game that just went viral 😱https://x.com/jayvanbavel/status/1794021182238236956 "The Publish or Perish Game: A Humorous Party Game About Academic Publishing" pokes fun at a lot of absurdities of academia.x.comx.com 181
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 08/04/2024Free spirits in academia, want to take a roadtrip in national parks with a nice RV without breaking the bank this summer? Take my 2020 Mercedes Winnebego from Calgary to Anchorage anytime between 5/5 to 6/16 for a nominal $10/day. PM if interested! shorturl.at/agyE9 010
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 16/03/2024Editing a new "publication" in #thePublishOrPerishGame. This Manuscript Card has one of my favorite made-up affiliations. 000
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 15/03/2024A moment that just warmed my heart: “Well... This is more a comment than a question. [...] I wanna see this succeed” as I read this from a playtester for #thePublishOrPerishGame ❤️ ❤️ ❤️😌😌😌 000
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 14/03/2024Just finished editing this "manuscript" in the Publish or Perish game--now I want some chocolate for myself! 000
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 13/03/2024Dear academic family, you may know me as a social scientist, but besides being an academic, I am also an avid gamer, designer, and entrepreneur! Today I want to share with you🚨http://ThePublishOrPerishGame.com,🚨 a card game I created! See 👇for job and playtest opportunities! 🧵1/4 141
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.paolo @paolopalma.bsky.social · 12/02/2024PRE-PRINT We looked at dehumanization across different immigrants groups and found that (1) immigrants selected for economic contribution were more mechanistically dehumanized and (2) economic thinking lead to mechanistic dehumanization of all immigrants 🔗pre-print: osf.io/wyv56 poster summary: 23712
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 10/02/2024Join us in the SPSP professional development session to enhance your efficiency and productivity! I am fortunate enough to have a stellar lineup of 11 speakers split into 3 "mini symposiums". It's a small room. Come early to secure your seat! 1/5 122
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 07/02/2024Join us in 🚨Al's Social and Political Footprints: Persuasion, Misinformation, Bias, and Creativity symposium 🚨at #SPSP2024 to hear about cutting-edge research on AI and social psychology! I will give a talk on AI and political persuasion! Kudos to @kushlevphd.bsky.social for organizing! 1/2 150
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 06/02/2024Join us in 🚨Understanding Asians' Unseen Diversity, Experiences, and Challenges 🚨at #SPSP2024 to hear about cutting-edge research on Asian people's experiences. Co-hosting with the eminent Prof. Jackson Lu from MIT Sloan 1/5 142
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 31/01/2024New pub @ JPSP🚨Asian=Machine, Black=Animal? The Racial Asymmetry of Dehumanization🚨We uncover the hidden racism that Asian people often face and contrast it with that of Black people, introducing a new way to understand and unify Asian stereotypes. osf.io/v2guk 🧵1/9 63320
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 31/01/2024Academic dilemma vs startup dilemma. Not that different if I have to say. 000
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.simine vazire @simine.com · 31/01/2024If you’re going to #SPSP2024 and you’re free on Saturday from 1-5pm, come join us to do some group peer reviews of preprints and get a $120 gift card and some timtams (if you don’t know what timtams are, that’s a good enough reason to come!) Please repost! 13026
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social · 29/01/2024Have a student interested in collaboration beyond the ivory tower? If so, please encourage them to join me on Friday 2/9 from 12:30 to 1:30pm @ SPSP for a discussion about non-academic partnerships. They can sign up for my lunch (and other amazing ones) here! www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D44A8... 098
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 29/01/2024Join me at my @SPSPnews mentoring session "TABLE #1 - Publishing Single-Authored Papers as a Graduate Student" Sign up here: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D44A8... 032
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Shree Vallabha @shreevallabha.bsky.social · 19/01/2024Happy to share my first first-author paper recently accepted at JPSP! osf.io/j3vp9 We ask: Do people blame current groups for the atrocities committed by their ancestors? If yes, when/why? We address these using repeated measures surveys and conjoint experiments.1/ 16830
Reposted by Max Hui Bai Ph.D.Publish or Perish: A Satirical Game about Academia @publishgame.bsky.social · 09/01/2024Without looking it up, what is the fattiest human organ? A. Skin B. Live C. Brain 101
Max Hui Bai Ph.D. @maxhuibai.bsky.social · 12/12/2023Unpopular academic opinion: addressing reviewer comments does improve the paper. 1111