#Scientific

Marie-Michelle Strah, PhD

cyberslate

Thread:It will take us 20-30 years to undo the damage wrought by the culture of #disinformation and violence In America right now.And that's *if* we re-invest in education instead of

Trevor Bedford

trvrb

Separately, I wanted to address the question of "why do this?" with regards to sequencing of infections involved in the White House #COVID19 outbreak. 1/10https://twitter.com/trvrb/status/1323011782714159105 Although the origins o

philwoodford

philwoodford

I do understand what JVT is saying here, of course. We don’t know that vaccinated people won’t transmit the virus. In the short-term, it makes sense. But I also think

Rupert Pearse

rupert_pearse

The vaccine conversation took an unexpected turn this week with the decision to prioritise first doses for people who haven't been vaccinated over second doses for those who have. Staff

Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism

CSEPEcon

*Thread on Economics and Predictions*Fascinating ontological case from Tony Lawson:1) Past economic predictions were unsuccessful 2) Successful prediction is impossible 3) We don't need successful prediction 4) We don't want

Samantha Fowler is Staying Home

fowlersamanthaa

Why do we keep learning about the debunked Stanford Prison Experiment, and what can this teach us about #SciComm? #SciCommSunday 1/9 Inspired by @yourewrongabout’s amazing podcast on The Stanford Prison

Jonas R. Kunst

KunstJonas

Historically, medical conditions that disproportionally affect women have falsely been attributed to psychological causes, often referred to with euphemism such as "biopsychological". Yet I am shocked to read this about

Robin Monotti

robinmonotti

External peer review of the RTPCR test to detect SARS-CoV-2 reveals 10 major scientific flaws at the molecular and methodological level: consequences for false positive results.https://cormandrostenreview.com/report/ "The WHO-pro

B. Fox

BearcatsRadio

CFB Prognosis: grim.One Man's View: "Task Force" or not, the precautionary measures (helmet only) bear little connection to the scientific realities governing the spread of infectious diseases. Like other decisions,

David Gorski, MD, PhD

gorskon

Science denialists and quacks love to abuse Koch's postulates to deny that various microorganisms are the true cause of disease; so it was inevitable (and no surprise) that they're doing

Esperanza

endclasssociety

1. We often call things “liberal” as a pejorative. Sometimes it can get confusing if you don’t understand what liberalism is, what’s wrong with it, and why we should oppose

Khalid Umar 🇵🇰🇹🇷🇦🇿

KhalidUmar33

#CulpritNo1TakesOver49 Years ago “The Main Culprit who Triggered East Pakistan Crises 1970-71 Took Over”. Dams built, industry expanded, economy improved, universities established, nation’s discipline improved?Whenever he spoke he did

Samuel Miller McDonald

sjmmcd

Every single economic growthist—whether liberal, socialist, centrist, or any other sort—is still a growthist only because they lack a basic understanding of ecological sciences (or are bad faith nihilists!) A

James Heathers

jamesheathers

I've been thinking a lot about impostor syndrome recently. Some of it is, obviously, character based.But some of it is *context*.If I ever had any impostory thoughts, let me tell

Dr. Sandy Simons MD

ERGoddessMD

If you are hesitant about the #CovidVaccine, like I was, that’s understandable. Here are some things I found reassuring that you might like to know. 1. The development of this

Nate Fischer

NateAFischer

Prediction: Demands will escalate that amateurs abstain from independent analysis and defer to credentialed experts.The better the analysis, the more strident the denunciations will be.The reason is that credentials are

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