Science Literacy

Ongoing video series dedicated to improving public science literacy.

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@AporiaMagazine @NoahCarl90 The point after which sentience is presumed to emerge seems like a logically coherent and relevant cut-off point. Carl's rejoinder to that is "what about wasps?" If wasps are sentient (which is doubtful), it would also be wrong to kill them regardless of our feelings about it.

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@Russwarne I'm confused at your reasoning process:

-DOJ says there's low quality evidence of lab leak
-They didn't tell us what that evidence is
-There's still a sizeable weight of evidence in the literature of natural origins

How do these facts (or others) lead to "assume lab accident"?

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@michaelshermer It's worth reading the wider context for this excerpt, which is misleading on its own: https://t.co/k2ElNUvtmp

Only 1 study actually tested mask efficacy on Covid (that study found that masks worked). Other studies occurred prior to Covid (i.e., focused on different viruses).

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@gorskon @mistahbuhau I learned the exact same thing, but replace "raging transphobes" with "condescending, profoundly dishonest ideologues who uncritically accept activist mantra based on an embarrassingly low standard of evidence that they wouldn't accept for most other issues".

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@kevinburch @StuartJRitchie This ignores dose response.

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@BramBinsky @MakingSenseHQ If you listen, he explains this. He has a social media team that handles these posts. He quit using Twitter personally for a variety of reasons. If you're interested, you can listen; or, you know, react negatively without being informed, as per Twitter norms.

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@GadSaad It's the height of irony for you to accuse others of arrogance. Your SM presence, books and YT channel absolutely drip with arrogance. But I guess you call that "satire" when you do it.

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@KetoCarnivore @jordanbpeterson I didn't move any goalpost. My whole point was the "lack of sufficient evidence" from the start. I figured you wouldn't answer my question. Take care and good luck with the asinine diet.

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@lockwood_brent @SlippyNips @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk Go publish some papers, convince other scientists that your analyses have merit, and then I might take interest when you claim that all of science was wrong and you're right. Until then, take care.

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@Kalldas271 @JennyLe43000971 @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk You find this response bewildering somehow?

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@lockwood_brent @SlippyNips @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk With all due respect, you're relying on extremely unreliable sources that are completely out-of-step with the scientific literature. Science can indeed be wrong, but you haven't demonstrated that here. Instead, you've demonstrated the need to improve your epistemics.

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@KetoCarnivore @jordanbpeterson Sincere question though: do you think the evidence you cited in your “empirical evidence” section is accurately interpreted as strong support for a carnivore diet, or do you think the literature is so far pretty sparse?

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@KetoCarnivore @jordanbpeterson And then you discussed a 1928 paper, other ~100-yr-old papers, and some ketogenic diet papers. This is consistent with my interpretation of the lack of evidence for nutritional sufficiency. Apparently, you’re over-claiming on the evidence you reviewed in your own paper.

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@KetoCarnivore @SnowballProfits @essentialgoodns @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk I shouldn’t have cited your opinion paper though, as it’s obviously well out-of-step with the nutritional scientific consensus of what can constitute a healthful diet. So that was definitely a mistake.

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@KetoCarnivore @SnowballProfits @essentialgoodns @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk And then you discussed a 1928 paper, other ~100-yr-old papers, and some ketogenic diet papers. This is consistent with my interpretation of the lack of evidence for nutritional sufficiency. Apparently, you’re over-claiming on the evidence you reviewed in your own paper.

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@kinggonfrmdao @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk “Didn’t deny climate change once”

He has downplayed humans’ involvement in raising CO2 emissions countless times, which is anathema to the weight of evidence. But you’ll just scream “corrupt” at any evidence you don’t like, so this is probably a pointless exercise.

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@kinggonfrmdao @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk “Corrupt big bodies of literature”

How would that work exactly? Thousands of independent scientists working around the world are conspiring to manipulate the literature? This would require a totally implausible grand conspiracy theory.

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@akprb101 @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk That said, some intellectuals that've been influential to me include Steven Pinker, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, Will MacAskill, Peter Singer, Paul Bloom, Daniel Kahneman, Keith Stanovich, and Thomas Sowell.

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@akprb101 @mikemashu @jordanbpeterson @elonmusk It's hard to recommend others because I don't know your needs. Personally, I derive meaning from exploring the marvels of science, from music/art, from trying to do good (philanthropy), from having valuable relationships, etc. I don't rely too heavily on any figure for meaning.