#Scientific

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astrobassball

In physics/astronomy, >90% of PhDs will not get a tenure-track position.There are ways to guide+mentor grad students+postdocs to build fulfilling careers and find success in AND out of academia.Blanket attacks

Chris Morten

cmorten2

Aducanumab & FDA transparency in the news. @US_FDA appears on the cusp of approval, & Biogen's market cap surged >$10B, but does the drug actually work? At least one expert

Bethann Garramon Merkle, MFA 😷✊🏽

commnatural

100% on this issue (#SciComm not a distraction). Behavioral psych indicates evidence doesn't often change people's minds but in these convos, I've found citations productive. Here are some of my

Sam Cooper

scooperhoops

Here's a chart showing every NBA team's net difference in Wide Open 3-pt% from this year compared to last year.20 teams have gotten better...the average team by about 1-1.5%.PHX is

Aditya Mukerjee, the Otterrific 🦦 🏳️‍🌈

chimeracoder

I'm an ACAB, which stands for "All Classifications Are Bad"https://twitter.com/whileonefork/status/1333045133256876034 Friendly reminder: Myers-Briggs was developed by two white supremacist eugenicists, with the goal of "

American Academy of Pediatrics

AmerAcadPeds

Eight years ago today, 20 children and 6 adults were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary. Far too many children have been injured or killed by gun violence since then and

Rational π ☪️

m_afnaaan

Thread on Muslim Pioneers and Ancient Islamic Contributions to the Scientific World. First of all no thread is going to do any justice to the vast Muslim intellectual contributions

Steve Baker MP

SteveBakerHW

Via @spectator,"Some of those claiming to be ‘following the science’ seem not to understand the meaning of the word."https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-strong-was-the-scientific-advice-behind-lockdownMy letter and brief t

The Boxer Philosopher

crack_jowe

•Sun Tzu & The Art of the Setup•How do I approach fighting with philosophy?Take this clip for example3 punchesTrust me:There’s more to it than you think...***Mini Thread***(RT to watch the

Dr Fiona Rawle

FiRawle

Because of the awful @WSJ piece & the editor’s doubling down of its sexism, I thought we could use a reminder about some research that exists showing that women are

eugyppius

eugyppius1

1. The medical establishment has made corona orders of magnitude worse than it needed to be. Had we faced corona without epidemiological models, PCR tests or public health interventions, we

Sunsara Taylor

SunsaraTaylor

1] I am a proud follower of the revolutionary leader Bob Avakian.I want to share some of why, and some links for those of you who are serious about getting

Ben Miller

benwritesthings

Germany really is doing the worst possible version of lockdown right now — where it doesn’t work, the rules change every two weeks, and the moral panics are all about

ClimateNode Risk Map

climateriskmap

NEW TOPIC: coffee in Minas Gerais, BrazilMinas Gerais is the biggest coffee-producing state in the world’s biggest coffee-producing country, accounting for around half of Brazil's coffee. How might climate change

DistractedGlowb

DistractedGlowb

This tweet is misleading. Yes, research isn't automatically open source *in general,* incl. COVID19 research. However, COVID19 has led to unprecedented sharing of research. That open source isn't the norm

HindooHistory

HindooHistory

One more clip from the @bharatvaarta interview. I noted how there was a relationship between the intellectual study of Sanskrit texts translated by the orientalists and the missionary reports that

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