#Skepticism

Jonathan Ichikawa

jichikawa

One of the central themes in my research is that epistemology is practical in a particular way: skepticism is used to defend the status quo. "Someone says there's a problem,

Claire Lehmann

clairlemon

I understand why people are skeptical of experts. I just feel really sorry for people who don’t have the intellectual tools to be selective in their skepticism. I don’t know

matt

mattprice64_

So! Biden needs 6 electoral votes to hit 270 assuming Arizona goes his way (fox have called it and i think he'll carry it but understand the skepticism) NV (6)

Bartley Kives

bkives

Well, it’s happened to me, folks: I have someone in my life who’s fallen victim to the lure of conspiracy theories. COVID, the U.S. election (yes, even after Jan. 6)

Cody Christensen

SeeChristensen

Judging colleges based on the amount of economic mobility they produce is an increasingly popular way to gauge college quality. There’s just one problem: Data that measure mobility have limitations

Damian Counsell

DamCou

This is an excellent thread, and it all-but throws away its killer point: that this kind of skepticism should be applied to COVID-19 stats as well. I dearly wish more

curtmills

CurtMills

the old iron ass approach early Obama skepticism by the business set remains interesting — the rant by Rick Santelli (as happens, he’s in the news again now) or Scaramucci’s

DTDCGooner

DTDCGooner

I searched my old tweets for “Arteta” to see what I had said. it’s a real roller coaster. I asked this wild ass hypothetical that summed up my early skepticism.

The Stepchild

ClimhazzardZero

Anyone who really believes that Biden refusing to prosecute Trump for his crimes would "unify" the parties clearly knows nothing about Trump's base. (1/4) They're already convinced that Trump has

Luke Thomas

lthomasnews

Just had an interesting conversation with former Bellator champ Rafael Lovato. You'll recall he had to retire early due to a brain issue & relinquish his title after beating Mousasi.He's

Kirbmarc

kirbmarc

I'm getting a bit tired of people who think that criticism of some institutions justifies embracing "alternative" institutions as rational. Even if institutions are flawed people far too often embrace

Scott Lincicome

scottlincicome

Good thread. The only thing I'd add is that this isn't coming from some rando on social media, CNN/etc, some dopey losing candidate, or even a sitting congressman. It's coming

Thomas Berry

Thomas_A_Berry

Yesterday was my last day serving as a federal appellate law clerk. I’m incredibly grateful for the rare opportunity to get this “behind the scenes” view, and I learned a

kilgore trout, back in some form

KT_So_It_Goes

usual skepticism applies here but as I said before bill barr is ten times smarter than trump, twice as good at playing the ratfuck game, and the last dude in

Motor City Muckraker

MCmuckraker

Without a widespread willingness of the populace to get vaccinated, the consequences could be disastrous: The pandemic won't end, leading to future surges, an overburdened healthcare system, a crippled economy,

Stokely 🔑

PBentis

Black leftists are not respected by any community any more. Our icons, Malcolm, DeBois, Nkrumah, Ture, Shakur, Hampton, Hamer, King are put on pedestals and commercialized as Mavericks of their

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