Joshua Tan

I think about things. CUNY. AMNH.

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@ialexruffer @RossElderWrites @MickWest @DrBeaVillarroel Take it from this PhD in astrophysics: Mick’s analysis (such that it is—it’s really just operational skepticism) is the one most astrophysicists with PhDs accept as convincing in this back-and-forth.

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@stevenstrogatz I’m glad you felt happy by this, but I personally don’t agree that this autocorrect is all that weirdly touching and insightful.

[katya schwenk @ktyschwnk]

Needless to say, Edge Ops and the Piccerillos have refused to explain what’s going on.

Read the full story here: https://t.co/f6v402mPTI

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Iberia What kind of evil do you think this is?

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Iberia lists tickets for $500 on their website from New York to Paris. I have a multi-city ticket with Iberia starting New York to Dublin. I want to change to the Paris flight without changing the rest. Iberia demands $1000. How does this make sense?

[Mica Rosenberg @micarosenberg]

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵
https://t.co/tE6pdG0h2l

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@MiddleOfMayhem I take it the answer is “yes”? :)

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@MvonRen @MiddleOfMayhem @MickWest I love how the straightforward statement goes out: “there are no clear videos” and the response comes back “what about this blurry video?” 🤡

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood Some of us like to test things. It's okay if you don't. Just a friendly little idea you can do with what you'd like :)

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood If you are bored, stop replying! Or you can ask your god what to do! But, before doing that, I recommend doing a controlled experiment to decide whether your god is responding in a fashion that is empirically justifiable!

Granted you might believe he doesn't want you to test him

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood Lol. I'm having a fun time talking with you. If you aren't, it's okay to stop.

In any case, for me, I like to talk about things that don't exist: Greek mythology, Aristotelian physics, etc. All in the service of learning about those funny things humans believe for bad reasons :)

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood Except because gods don't exist, it's actually NOT how things are. :)

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood I'm good, thanks! I have done plenty of diving, don't you worry!

The point I am making is pretty easy to understand even as you don't seem to be able to address it directly.

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@DrNeilStone TBH, there are times I can't really stand you, but I still appreciate us being on the side of scientific reality. We don't have to like each other to be effective allies. Hopefully you see the same with Greta. If not, well, maybe there can be some emotional growth... or not.

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood Yeah, best if you don't try to defend it. It's not a good look.

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood Lol. The argument being understandable by a five year old is a feature not a bug.

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood Nah. It’s still totally weird if you *merely think it is a bad thing*. Doesn’t need to be the worst thing.

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@madd_the_sane @Lus_Headbanged @BeingJWood Can you imagine actually trying to defend that as a moral argument? “I let these innocent people suffer so that I can make these other guilty people suffer more.” Talk about sadistic!

[Joshua Tan @astrophysically]

@Lus_Headbanged @madd_the_sane @BeingJWood Weird that your omnipotent and omnipresent god just kinda lets that happen, huh?