#Scientific

Scientific method.People don’t trust scientists because when something is unfolding in real time the public lives thru the steps of scientific method. People seeing scientists recommend things and then also
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Shit like this really makes u realise that so much of what seperates 'dangerous' conspiracy theory from Science™ is the literary register in which the information is presentedhttps://twitter.com/bigthink/status/1326690035450716163
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Dear virtual #Sunbelt2020 and #icwsm 2020 participants. Dear people who could not afford to participate in these or other online conferences. I think it is important to be transparent at
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Sometime soon I’d like to write an essay breaking down why I disagree with the belief that magic is just mystified science. More specifically, the whole “science is just magic
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A thread on scientific talks and musical viruosity. This post is mainly for people interested in science and traditional Irish music (I fish in small pools). I've been attending a
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BREAKING! Do mask mandates work? Our analysis below.We looked at cases on days where mask mandates were in place vs when they were not. We calculated the cases per day
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Great thread. Interesting how I find philosophical approaches on these issues more compelling than scientists’ “purist” stance that assumes some magical neutrality or rationality. We’re always partial. It’s ok. Science
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1/ Fascinating result at the @CND_tweets in #Vienna today, with #cannabis being removed from Schedule IV of the 1961 UN Convention, which is reserved for the most harmful and addictive
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Yes,  transwomen are women.  A ThreadThe law can have its own definition of a woman and it does not need to tie in with the gender critical feminist view. All
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THREAD: 1) It is extremely important that there is a growing public conversation about how to overcome the fears and suspicions of large numbers of Black people so that they
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A few of you have asked me to comment on the various scientific arguments made about COVID-19 on my weekly @talkRADIO spots with @Iromg. With very occasional exceptions ("Cancer Research
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i'm an atheist & i value the "scientific method" a lot, but i think rituals, different belief systems, spirituality, and mysticism are highly underrated & should be explored and embraced
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The British government was blindsided by a new strain of coronavirus, and again by the world’s response. The inside story of how Johnson was forced into action. By @Steven_Swinford (1)https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/a-warning-a-ca
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FYI: The CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports are written by career scientists and serve as the main vehicle for the agency to inform doctors, researchers and the general public
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This is going to be kind of a rant. Bear with me. As you know I do personal projects on a regular basis. Almost all of these projects are (gross)
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It always surprises me how Feyerabend never gets mentioned in these arguments about postmodernism and relativism. a lot of the stuff that gets attributed to Foucault and Derrida about relativism
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