Sam Gregson
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Could we be missing new physics at the Large Hadron Collider because we haven't studied long lived particles well enough? 🤔
Could unseen particles be punching through particle detectors without leaving a trace? 👻
Check it out!
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This is absolutely despicable.
Come on, give me more ratings, and let a proven liar spray you with a firehose of shit for 3 hours.
If you don’t, you’re a coward.
These 2 are truly disgusting.
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Joe Rogan is a moron and a disgrace.
People don’t think RFK Jr is an odious, malignant influence because “the media” or because “didn’t read shitty book”, you block head.
It’s because his advocacy has caused untold, needless suffering around the world while lining his pockets.
1/ I watched Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Joe Rogan yesterday and it gave me an opportunity to look into some of the "old-school" antivax claims.
First Joe Rogan let's us know that he used to think RFK Jr. was "kinda loony", but now he's a true believer in RFK's antivax claims.
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Dog piling an embattled scientist by making fun of his clothes to the tittering glee of antivax dickheads just screams “serious journalist”.
Wtf happened to this guy?
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Jesus, Joe Rogan’s brain is absolute mush.
How does Peter Hotez “debating” (I.e. firefighting lies from RFK Jr) for 3 hours fix any problems with “Big Pharma”.
Answer: It doesn’t.
Also, Joe’s characterisations show that he’s fully bought the latest Bret Weinstein bullshit.
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One of the dumbest people on the planet:
So much stupid in such a condensed segment. Joe manages in 1 min to demonstrate how bad his reasoning is, how terrible his sources of information are, what a shit comedian he is, how far down the conspiracy rabbit hole he is, and how genuinely terrified he is of vaccines.
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What do you call the bias that causes people to default to the idea that disparate views on a topic have roughly equal merit/accuracy/support?
It’s exemplified in eg “You either win the lottery or you don’t. It’s 50:50!”
50:50 bias? Rogan triangulation? False middle?
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One wonders why this august list of signatories is concerned about being called out by fact checkers and debunkers.
Massive podcasters, pundits and journalists - many with huge political influence - that we never stop hearing from complaining that they’re being gagged 🙄
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The amazing thing about lab leak is that it has been successfully pitched as a maligned, upstart hypothesis that just can’t catch a break.
In reality, it’s backed my huge $$&, an entire party in the US and dozens of credulous journalists that happily regurgitate baseless crap.
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@PeterHotez
Nope - this is a long standing correlation.
Some causation speculation:
- general contrarianism and distrust of government leads people to antivax *and* decentralised currency positions
- lots of contrarian voices push blockchain/crypto hustles
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Is there really a huge, white, capitalised sign that says "CANADA" in the Canadian wilderness?
Is there really a key giving people a sense of scale in the Pacific Ocean?
We may never know the answer to these questions.
THEY don't want you to know the answers.
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People seem to think that “raising hypotheses” on podcasts is “doing science”.
If you only raise lazy, baseless hypotheses - most of which are long debunked - and then stop, you aren’t “doing science”, you’re lazily cosplaying and expecting others to do all the hard work for you
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What was the probability of Charlie Kirk understanding conditional probability?
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What is wrong with this guy?
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Joe Rogan: Scientists don't understand that a problem can depend on more than one variable.
Good one, Joe.
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I think I just heard the heads of
@Debunk_the_Funk
@DrSusanOliver1
@gtuckerkellogg
@AtomsksSanakan
@gorskon
@PeterHotez
and many others explode in unison 😅
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What happened to those Neuralink test animals, Elon?
This guy is supposed to be humanity's saviour? Musk is a buffoon.
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This isn’t funny, edgy or acceptable.
This is just open and disgusting racism and it’s inexcusable.
Elon Musk has totally lost the plot.
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As usual, Joe’s desperately broken truth seeking methodology is: “You don’t say what most people say, so what you say is cool!”
If it’s contrarian or a CT, this knucklehead is all in. Again, spreading harmful, bullshit to millions of people to pad his own wealth.
Pathetic.
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Michael Shermer - professional sceptic - explaining how *checks notes* the 2nd law of thermodynamics/entropy is responsible for poverty 🙄
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I honestly don't think you can find purer refined narcissism (and delusion) anywhere than within the Weinstein family:
Has anyone considered that Bret could actually be a cringe demon which feeds off generating cringe inducing content?
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I like the record to be complete, but really I don't because it's upsetting my audience of antivax losers and I'm perfectly happy lying for money.
That about sum it up?
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🚨🚨🚨 BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨
Man changes mind. The horror.
This is the level of most of this stuff.
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This must be the worst particle physics based article I have ever read.
Going to have to do a video break down.
Please send any other contenders!
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This guy wonders why he’s getting his medical licenses stripped.🤔
Being vit deficient is obv a bad thing.
Suggesting Vit D supplementation is superior/an alternative to C19 vaccination to a contrarian audience (which we all know he is doing) is pathetic and endangering.
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Also, realise that a significant reason that psychos like RFK Jr now have a reasonable level of support is that idiots with huge platforms like Joe Rogan have been pushing anti vax crap for years.
Now here’s the granddaddy to say: “See! I was right!”
One huge feedback cycle.
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This you, fuck wit?
If I lived in a house made of so much glass that it could re-glaze a skyscraper, I wouldn't be going after a scientist who is actually capable.
Just a thought.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you The Amazing Hotez! 🎪
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Scientists have discovered that SC2 susceptible animals were at the Huanan market just before the pandemic began.
Had a fascinating discussion breaking down the findings with
@angie_rasmussen
,
@edwardcholmes
and
@PhilippMarkolin
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Check it out!
Link:
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Classic Bret: totally wrong and yet absurdly confident in the face of an expert trying to correct him
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Let's check in on Bret Weinstein this week:
- Hinting that public health officials deserve to be hanged
- Disinfo groups may be covering for paedophiles until it's convenient
- The vaccines are dangerous and "experimental"
This guy's brain is complete red pilled mush.
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I can’t be the only one who finds the “free will” debate uninteresting and tedious.
Usually it seems to be just fighting over definitions.
We have to run our society as if individuals have free will, so… 🤷🏽
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I hate to say: “I told you so…” 🙄
Covid proved Israel is willing to murder its own citizens by vaccinating them. Why wouldn't they also let Hamas murder them?
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I guess it’s more professional to dress like a fired train driver moving into accountancy 🤷🏻♀️
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Kate Middleton has been working from home on special project, palace confirms
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It’s depressing that so many people follow a brain dead idiot like this.
He is someone whose entire existence, online presence, and business plan is aimed at being needlessly provocative and stoking division.
Stop giving these grifters any oxygen. Your time is more valuable.
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A constant irritation in lab leak discourse are those that use general concerns around biosafety - which are perfectly valid and acknowledged by every single virologist I’ve spoken to - with supposed suppression and coverups of the nature of one particularly viral outbreak, SC2
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Modern dark matter search experiments use ancient Roman lead shields salvaged from ancient Roman ship wrecks.
Here's why!
For a longer discussion, check out my interview with archaeologist
@FlintDibble
here:
#DarkMatter
#particlephysics
#Rome
#romans
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Nothing Bret does is anywhere close to science.
It’s delusional, inept conspiracy mongering for cash. 💰
As ever, the Weinsteins not only avoid peer review like the plague, but impugn the motives of anyone that holds their feet to the fire in even the most milquetoast of ways.
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Online lunatics again baselessly attacking a guy who creates cheap vaccines because he’s at the intersection of a load of things they hate: scientists speaking up, public health, debunking, vax access and an evidence based world view.
Pathetic.
Stand strong,
@PeterHotez
The activist group
@USRTK
(funded heavily by anti-vaxxers) is again baselessly and unethically smearing scientists, this time the vaccinologist
@PeterHotez
, with lies and malicious fabrications.
Their goal is to intimidate and bully outspoken scientists.
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And notice that all the other contrarian dopes (JBP, Lex etc) have moved to soft soaping and stanning for the new conspiracy theory shiny shiny.
There’s no mileage is supporting a mainstream candidate, oh no!
It’s far “edgier” to back an antivax, conspiracy addled lunatic. 🙄
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Is particle physics in crisis? 🔥🧑🚒
Fascinating discussion of where we are in particle physics and where we need to go with
@CburgesCliff
,
@martinmbauer
and
@particleist
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Get past online sensationalism and down to brass tacks!
Check it out!
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@Elliptization
So, if pronouns are there, I'm coping and seething.
If they're not there, I'm still coping and seething.
Not too bright, are we?
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Lab leak discourse has been particularly ridiculous of late.
We seem to have reached the position where it’s obvious that the promised revelations aren’t coming, so we’ve moved on to the meta hunt for the supposed cover up and the contrarian discourse surfers have arrived.
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This is some of the dumbest and most unhinged nonsense you’ll see on X…and that’s saying something.
Clips of the absolute Peak Bret moments I tweeted about yesterday:
1) Bret's new evolutionary hypothesis that humans evolved to make government policies like China's One Child Policy to accidentally create a surplus of men to send to war
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Time for well known, abusive cranks attacking and defaming scientists in many disparate arenas to have a quiet think.
Congratulations,
@MichaelEMann
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I bet this is hard hitting 🙄
"So, like, some people say you're like, not into, like vaccines and stuff. What do you say to - not me - those people?"
"So, JR told me to read your book on Fauci and it's like science is going to the dogs, man, but you're against that. Cool."
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Honestly, Eric Weinstein is the biggest bullshit artist out there.
It's always "their fault" and "look what you made me do" rather than influential, connected people like himself shovelling raw sewage all day and then complaining about the smell of sewage.
Eric Weinstein is a great sensemaker because he doesn't tell you *what* to think, he teaches you *how* to think.
e.g. "Should I get the Covid vaccine?"
First, consider that Covid is probably a bioweapon. Then "they" could be lying about the vaccine for our own good...
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A quick video on the legendary Peter Higgs.
The Higgs Boson is a new window on the fundamental nature of our universe - a window we have only just begun to peek through.
Peter's legacy will endure for centuries to come.
#Higgs
#Higgsboson
#PeterHiggs
#LargeHadronCollider
#CERN
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Science is difficult.
The work is painstaking, underpaid and under appreciated.
Colleagues are critical and demanding by design.
By contrast, contrarian influencers are lazy and want to short cut that hard work by bamboozling non expert audiences.
Don’t be taken for a ride.
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@michaelshermer
Equating "conspiracy theories" with "normal empirical enquiry" isn't smart, revolutionary or insightful.
It's ridiculous, inaccurate and a pointless perversion of language.
Coming from a supposed expert in conspiracism, this is utterly bizarre.
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What these people seem to want is the ability to say whatever they like and pump out debunked crap on climate change (Peterson), vaccines (Tucker, Weinstein), COVID origins (Ridley, Taibbi, Shell) etc etc etc without any expert pushback.
No.
The government isn’t banning you.
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Too easy.
Who's the definition of a 'stupid person's idea of a clever person'
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Is there anyone dumber or more transparent than Dave Rubin?
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I don't think I've ever seen a purer distillation of the clickbait pseudo-science bullshit that plagues the supposed science communications space on YouTube.
Probably another good tier list: Worst YouTube "science" thumbnail.
Let's get the band back together!
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This guy is absolutely gone.
Yes, the robots and cars are cool.
However, his brain has been absolutely trashed by contrarian garbage. He needs help and sensible people to put an arm on his shoulder.
It’s getting very ugly. 😳 😬
Musk doubles down on his claims that there's no evidence the Allen, Texas mall shooter had white supremacist beliefs, and that
@bellingcat
"does psy-ops" professionally.
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Eric is big mad because I think he’s full of shit.
“Anti collegial [..] bullshit”, huh? This coming from a guy that avoids
@IAmTimNguyen
and peer review like the plague, made a fool of himself with
@MickWest
and thinks “they” are playing footsie with him on ET.
Ok, big guy 👌🏻
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Tired of seeing nonsense shared, so want to highlight a few people I think you should follow:
Follow
@martinmbauer
for brilliant threads about physics and our universe.
There are many others in this space sharing cool insights:
@CburgesCliff
@theory_dad
@freyablekman
etc
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This person - complaining about the overselling of painstaking scientific papers - is currently falling over themselves at an anonymous, unconfirmed report of sick WiV workers from a blog pushed by Michael Shellenberger.
The lack of self awareness on display is amazing.
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People should be allowed to speak freely and we generally are.
Others taking time to correct the unfettered, debunked bullshit that a lot of these characters (not all or all the time) regularly spin for clicks and cash is *their free speech*.
This is not hard.
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I’ll be leaving if this happens.
I’m not spending all day wading through nonsense from blue tick psychos that I can’t close the door on.
Freedom of speech does not mean you can sit in my living room screaming obscenities and conspiracy theories.
Musk is so, so bad at this.
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Imagine taking a moron like Russell Brand seriously about anything.
Needless contrarian waffle glued together with conspiracy theory ideation and grievance mongering.
He's a walking poster boy for everything wrong in alternative media.
Russell Brand falsely believes that Black Rock conspired with elites to start Maui wildfire for profit and land grabs.
“They started this fire! They started it with a laser from space!… Not only feels true, in terms of its results, it is kind of true! There is a conspiracy…”
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@zeynep
@KatzOnEarth
@RottenInDenmark
A LL needs to explain a tonne of extant evidence:
- Cases clustering around the HSM
- ILI peaking around the HSM
- Cases + swabs clustering on HSM animals
Zoonosis readily explains all this and has even made predictions (2 lineages) .
There are no weird anomalies to explain
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The grift perfectly encapsulated.
The impenetrable shield that every fuckwit influencer uses to peddle their bullshit snake oil and lies.
Obviously, Brand will get a right of reply and we wait to see the evidence.
This reflexive “they’re out to get the heretic” is pathetic.
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I mean ffs, look at leading signatory Taibbi’s last few stories:
- Twitter files - riddled with errors and biased reporting
- US has a UFO hangar - 0 evidence
- 3 sick WiV workers had COVID - 0 evidence and countered by intel within days
I wonder why he hates fact checks 🤷🏻♀️
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It’s hilarious watching all the greatest minds and weird grifters pretend that they don’t understand how something can be both “implausible” and “not fully ruled out”.
It’s implausible that you can’t get this. It’s all clearly not ruled out.
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Bret Weinstein thinks that Israel knew about the Hamas attack ahead of time and didn’t act because… reasons.
This man is a total disgrace.
Still no response to the thorough debunk of his latest vaccine egregious vaccine disinfo, but plenty of time for whatever this is.
Bret is off to the races! What is the 'spiracy behind the invasion of Israel? Bret smells a false flag!
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Some theorists believe the LHC experiments may be seeing hints of additional Higgs Bosons. 🤔
Is the Higgs part of an extended family? 👪
I chatted about this intriguing idea and the latest data with theoretical physicist Prof Sven Heinemeyer.
Link:
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No.
These people can have differing opinions. Many do and receive zero pushback.
What they can't do is engage in the disgusting behaviour below without consequences.
You know this and are wilfully misrepresenting the situation for your own benefit 🤷♀️
But what's new?
There is a group of scientists attempting to shut down scientists asking for an investigation of a lab
#OriginOfCovid
by complaining to their employers.
While the harassment from both sides is real and severe, I believe the true intention here is silencing one's opponents.
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Not Robert Malone then? 😅
BREAKING NEWS
The 2023
#NobelPrize
in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.
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I like to think I’m “creating other conscious realities” when I push out another 3d shape in the bathroom.
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Notice that people like this never show you anything. It’s just vibes.
They want to assure you it’s all tit for tat. It’s totally symmetrical. Everyone is as bad as one another. It isn’t.
These people benefit from leaving you less informed.
Don’t be taken for a ride.
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Let’s do Bret Weinstein:
- ivermectin is 100% effective against COVID - it isn’t
- the vax are deadly and kill more than they save - all evidence suggests the contrary
- Hamas attack may have been caused by high vax rates and was an anti-IDW distraction
Why question this? 🤔
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I have no idea what this means.
Science aims to both reach a consensus position AND allow space for a level of dissenting opinions that could change a particular consensus.
Putting them at loggerheads like this makes no sense.
Science that does not allow for dissent and focuses on consensus is not science. It's "The Science ™️."
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We currently have Matt Taibbi and Nate Silver - two influencers with massive followings - who are just openly lying about KA receiving “quid pro pro” funding to coverup the origins of SC2.
You’ve got ex White House staffers twisting the words of old, out of context Slack dms.
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Conspiracy theorist goobers now lambasting scientists for not undertaking experiments they themselves demand be banned.
Self consistent arguments be damned. BURN THE WITCH 🧙♀️🔥
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The Weinsteins
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Keep Galileo’s name out your fucking mouth!
Galileo was sentenced to house arrest until his death for challenging the idea that the Earth isn’t the center of the universe. 400 years from now, I wonder if people will look back & laugh at the idea that in 2024 people thought a tiny increase in Earth’s surface temperature
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Anyone got any suggestions for Amsterdam?
Restaurants, attractions etc?
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Thanks for the shout out,
@FlintDibble
! and for standing up for science and truth in an incredibly difficult environment!
Hats off! 🎩
#flintdibble
#joerogan
#jre
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This is why “steelmanning” can be actively harmful in the current media landscape.
SMing that “RFK just meant SC2 kills less Jews” ignores both what he said and the context that he is a rabid conspiracy crank.
RFK doesn’t deserve such latitude based on years of past actions.
It’s awful how people won’t appreciate the nuances and subtleties of RFK Jr. saying a contagious virus was secretly designed to spare Jews.
I think his years pushing insane conspiracy theories has earned him the benefit of the doubt. How dare anyone smear him with his own words!
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A system where you can pay to be boosted and receive “extra gravitas” by an algorithm is “meritocratic”.
However, the previous system, where a mark you could simply ignore was used to signify a high profile person, was not.
Grifting rarely makes any sense. 🤷🏻♀️
Love me, Elon!
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The
@NANOGrav
collaboration and its partners believe they have picked up the background hum of the universe - long wavelength
#GravitationalWaves
- What are they? ✅
- How did they do it? ✅
- Why should you care? ✅
- More! ✅
Take a look!
Link:
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AIDS/HIV denialism led me to be suspicious of our vaccines 🥴
It should be embarrassing to even bring up these two lunatics in a scientific discussion.
The fact that one is now part of a medical task force in a major US state is equal parts pathetic and terrifying.
Heather Heying has made more progress on her HIV/AIDS denialism ✈️journey🧳and seems to now believe that HIV and AIDS are merely "fellow travelers."
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Tomorrow, we - myself and a crack team of particle physicists yet to be revealed - will be tier listing particle physics experiment logos.
Shots will be fired.
If you'd like to see any particular logo assessed, leave a comment!
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@PeterHotez
Not surprising from The Hill. They host that execrable horseshoe program “Rising” which consistently platforms overt cranks and conspiracy theorists on the matter of COVID origins and leaps on every possible rake regarding the subject.
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It would be helpful for
@Ayjchan
and
@jbloom_lab
to explain to their followers that this date - which they amplified - was a clear mistake (as colleagues pointed out was likely).
If the ‘overselling’ of evidence is such a huge concern, you have a duty to correct the record.
@MJnanostretch
@zhihuachen
Here are some notes for you. Bloom and Chan being overconfident and expressing inference of early outbreak based on false Dec 15 date. Worobey and Rasmussen being cautious and looking for empirical confirmation. Right?
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