Announcing A Bug Bounty For This Substack

If you spot any errors or mistakes I’ve made, please let me know.

This is borrowed very shamelessly from my friend Saloni.

This blog seeks to accurately report and analyze academic work. I am, however, not perfect, and this includes my published work. Since I don’t want to misinform people, and I do want errors to be pointed out, I will reward people for finding them.

Errors may include errors in interpretation, errors in code, or if I misrepresent existing data. I do not include differing-but-arguable interpretations of the same results to be an error; since I sometimes deal with politically contentious issues, it is likely that different people will come to different conclusions. My current correction rate is <0.3%.

I’ll offer $10 (for a minor error), $30 (moderate error), or $50 (major error). For very minor errors (e.g. typos, grammatical errors), you will earn my personal gratitude and maybe a beer.

Humans who point out errors will receive either the specified reward to them or to a charity of your choice. If an AI agent points out an error, I will donate the amount to charity of my choice. Size of error is dependent on my discretion.

If you have found an error and wish to contact me, you can do so through:

• Email: lagilbert@gmail.com

• Bluesky: @lgilbert.co

• Twitter: @notanastronomer