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Keith Payne
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I study the way inequality changes people. Author of Good Reasonable People and The Broken Ladder
Kentuckian in Carolina
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    Keith Payne
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    Jun 5, 2024
    Exciting news: My new book Good Reasonable People will be released Oct 1! A look at why we are divided, why it's not the reasons we see in news discourse, and how we can stay connected with loved ones even as we fight for what we believe in. Pre-order here penguinrandomhouse.com/books/708590/g…
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    Keith Payne
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    Jun 2, 2022
    Breaking: New study finds drinking expensive alcohol linked to longer lives and drinking cheap alcohol linked to shorter lives. Scientists desperately trying to identify the features of alcohol molecules that could explain this puzzle.
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    Keith Payne
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    Oct 22, 2022
    This study🤯Tracked tax records from Florence, Italy in 1427 (before Leo DeVinci was born) and matched them with descendants in 2011. Descendants of the richest decile are 12% wealthier than descendants of the poorest decile. Wealth inequality inherited across 600 years!
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    Keith Payne
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    Jul 28, 2022
    In defense of college students, syllabi have become so long and bloated with required verbiage that they are now the “terms and conditions” fine print that nobody reads.
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    Keith Payne
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    Aug 22, 2021
    Normal people watching The Chair: Academics are self-absorbed, petty, and insane. Academics watching The Chair: Why doesn't my office look like that?
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    Keith Payne
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    Sep 21, 2022
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    They nodded and made kind faces. One student said that’s what it’s always like for college students. After class a student waited to tell me they read my work in another class. Another disclosed they were having a hard time and asked advice. Be real. Your students will too.
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    Keith Payne
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    Sep 21, 2022
    Did something unusual today. I told my students I was having a rough day. Booster shot hangover, tech problems, barely made it to class on time. I asked them to excuse me if I was less organized today. You know what they did?
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    Keith Payne
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    Oct 24, 2022
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    Now think what this means for the “we made racial discrimination illegal in 1965 so systemic racism isn’t real” crowd
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    Keith Payne
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    Aug 26, 2022
    When people say guns don’t kill people people kill people I simply explain that you can’t interpret a main effect in the presence of an interaction and that totally changes their mind
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    Keith Payne
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    May 20, 2020
    This bird was extinct for 130K yrs. A related species from a different island colonized its old island. Facing the same selection pressures, it evolved into the extinct bird. 😮 How Evolution Brought a Flightless Bird Back From Extinction
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    How Evolution Brought a Flightless Bird Back From Extinction
    Fossil remains offer rare evidence of a phenomenon known as ‘iterative evolution’
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    Keith Payne
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    Apr 4, 2021
    Someone left a nasty review of my book so I looked at his other Amazon reviews. He also left a bad review for “dried grapes” because he was disappointed they were “just raisins” so now I’m fine with it
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    Keith Payne
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    Jul 27, 2021
    SO I texted my sister, who is not vaccinated, and who regularly takes care of our 80 yo parents, who are vaccinated. I asked her to reconsider getting the shot. Here's how the conversation went.
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    Keith Payne
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    Sep 18, 2021
    Academic job applicants: don’t take ad descriptions too literally. They are internal documents crafted not only to explain hiring interests but also to appeal to deans, uni initiatives, and other constituencies. So if it’s in your field, apply.
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    Keith Payne
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    Aug 5, 2020
    Hey grad students and other academics! Tomorrow I'll be hosting the new grad student orientation for my department. What do you wish someone had told you about thriving in grad school on Day One?