Plato's Cave-Diver

Ex-Christian atheist, father, husband, Humanist. Enjoy science, philosophy, and respectful discussion. Gentle with people, ruthless with ideas.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

Being systematically misinformed is much worse than being uninformed, and much harder to fix.
#skepticism

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@RandalRauser For similar discordance playing out in real time, see Pro-Life Christians advocating that we ignore the advice of epidemiologists and cancel all social-distancing measures or shelter-in-place orders to protect the economy.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@chrislhayes This wasn’t proofread unfortunately

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@HawliBear It hit Edmonton this week. Everyone was asked to stay home, my job (at west Edmonton mall) where I’ve worked for 6 years suddenly became very precarious. Mass layoffs came Wednesday. Massive pay cuts for remaining workers came yesterday.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@Crispybroccoli Lol

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@NikkiReimer Shop. Wash your hands after and don’t touch your face during. Don’t hoard.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@IslandReader1 @mattmfm

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

Hi America. Just a friendly Canadian neighbor here. Fuck you eh? Like sincerely go fuck yourself.

[Business Insider @BusinessInsider]

Trump tried to poach German scientists working on a cure for coronavirus and offered cash so the vaccine would be exclusive to the USA https://t.co/BOriyRJdn5

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@charliekirk11 This is realllly dumb. Even for you.

[Scribulatora @Scribulatora]

As previously frozen things begin to thaw, and the world warms, we should expect a whole new series of bacterias and viruses - all of which will go global.

We need to be ready. Always. The countries that stay ready, no matter the cost, will be the countries that survive.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@kelnoland2020 Wipe Out.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@KillerMartinis Canada feels nervous but everyone is preparing and not too many panicking. Some hoarding and profiteering going on but overall I’m kinda heartened by the reaction so far.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@andylassner Just use the parental controls and block it. They’ll thank you some day.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@Andrew__Kort @Ivote4US2 @DrDenaGrayson @realDonaldTrump That’s an important point. Strain on the healthcare system won’t necessarily result in more cases, but it will mean that the mortality rate of the disease will go up, so that 2% death rate could easily double

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@Chlanandria @DailyCaller His own administration had to come out and make like 4 corrections to what he said. How do you call that great?

[Health Nerd @GidMK]

TEN WAYS TO BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM DURING THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK:

1. You
2. Can't
3. 'Boost'
4. Your
5. Immune
6. System
7. It's
8. All
9. Complete
10. Bullshit

Practice social distancing and wash your hands, people

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@Chris23703 @chrislhayes If a tree falls in a forest and no one hears it, those sound waves still ripple through the air and the ground, their energy was dissipated across a huge area, and all of the matter in the tree remains. The observer has no affect on the reality of what they observed.

[Plato's Cave-Diver @BlakeSeidler]

@Chris23703 @chrislhayes Man this is a weird thread to be getting into this discussion, but that’s not remotely accurate according to science. Science figures out stuff all the time about things that no one ever observed. Those things happened, the universe is changed by them.

[a trifoilate ursine @HawliBear]

When I was still a strong believer in my Christian faith, I friended a woman on Facebook who had done missionary work abroad (which I now know is inherently problematic)

Instead of building me up and fostering my belief and the things I truly felt Christ was leading me to do 1/n