@simongreenhill.bsky.social
I study how languages and cultures evolve. Primarily with phylogenies and other assorted computational methods. Based at @Biology_UoA. Never met a language phylogeny or a cultural phylogeny I didn't like. #phylolinguistics
@mixedlinguist.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.socialYou’ll be shocked that people are being extremely normal about this in comments. DeGraff is a well-respected linguist, and the topic is a valid subject of linguistic inquiry, even if it doesn’t jibe with your politics. Tenure is supposed to allow us to explore ideas. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...
@stschiff.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.socialWe have an open Call for PhD positions at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig @mpi-eva-leipzig.bsky.social : www.leipzig-school.eva.mpg.de/application/... #adna #phd
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialWe need an AI version of the Darwin Awards (DarwAIn Awards)?
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialWhat are you trying to hide, Gary?!
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialThe fantastic Felicity Meakins is advertising a PhD scholarship to Australian/NZ linguists to work on "Amplifying Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Western science with language".
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialand I bet they won't talk to Satoshi either.
@kakape.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.socialDoomsday is little more than a month away. At least according to a paper @science.org published in 1960. (No, really).
So of course I spent the last few days delving into the paper and its history 🧪
@eliothiggins.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.socialTurning state violence into a public spectacle is a very fascist move BTW.
@somershade.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.social“I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using: it didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done, and you took the next step. You didn’t earn the knowledge for yourselves, so you don’t take any responsibility for it.“ Ian Malcom - Jurassic Park
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialThom, where in the world do you find a forward thinking government these days?! (but I agree with you. Overheads are insane)
@cschlebu.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.socialNice to see our News & Views out in Nature! Maja Vukovikj and I discuss the fascinating study by Carter et al. exploring what our gut microbiomes can tell us about human population history.
Our News & Views (open access link): rdcu.be/1UYLHWXGVEra
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialbut a great idea. How can we make this happen?
@simongreenhill.bsky.social"increasing numbers of women?!?" oh no!
@irisvanrooij.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.socialHow come Wikipedia is doing better than academic publishing?
Btw love that icon: 🚫🤖
🔗 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmat...
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialI could shit out 700 papers too, if I didn't care about quality control.
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialImagine the arrogance of writing a paper about how your own paper 'sparked a scientific revolution'.
@simongreenhill.bsky.social"Edited by Satoshi Kanazawa", ok, so this is not going to end well.
@schichmax.bsky.socialReposted by @simongreenhill.bsky.socialOh no, the #brain works like a #humanities department:
"neurons receive slow excitation and fast inhibition from their tangential partners"
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialoh FFS
@simongreenhill.bsky.socialIf a haplogroup goes extinct in the woods, with no-one around to see it, did it really exist?
