@willshawison@clevebarb@scdlcaramia@RWMaloneMD Hantavirus is a virus with consistent annual human infections and lots of study behind it. Health information websites updating information on hantavirus is not weird or suspicious. It's not some extinct ancient pathogen. Some dots don't need connecting.
@mzgluna@FeralFujinPaca@wynrosei This story just isn't true. It wasn't that he noticed midwives washing their hands and stole their idea. Why do people make this stuff up?
Social status considerations have overriden genuine societal benefit with regard to how representatives in government behave. That seems an important yet scary step toward a poor future. Intelligence would need to be focused on directional structural change. Less incentive for personal gain being a part of representative government would be a good direction. These seem to be vectors for thymos.
To poorly quote someone I don't remmebr cause I'm not a super computer, too much freedom can lead to oppression. Devious factions can derive ultimate power using the framework set up by "just" victories in structural alignment. Maybe that's the thymos acting up. But I feel like our intelligence can cut off this cycle somehow cause it's never the majority engaging in these tactics.
@feraljokes Anyone in your life who has told you you're funny was either lying or mocking you. You'd be better off just working yourself into a feminine tantrum like the rest of your friends.
@SpaceX@Starlink You make the extraordinary look mundane. People should really be more stoked about even these now routine rocket launces. They're a wonder of humanity.
@NateSilver538@nikitabier This speaks more to the popularity of mainstream media than any sort of systemic bias/bubble on X. You assume these outlets deserve all the eyeballs. You fail to acknowledge your own biases in analyzing all this (and the data you posted is crazy misleading).
@JeromeAdamsMD The upheaval experienced as a result is the problem, not the lethality of the virus itself. It allowed governments an unprecedented level of control in the name of "safety". All of that being a result of GoF research means we can't let it go.
My favorite bit of that is "the idea of a scientific ecosystem that is free of errors is an unattainable utopia". Very intentional wording. Accept all our mistakes, dummy... what do you want, absolute perfection? Like those are the only two options. They use this language to trick mainstream sci journos, because the two are inextricably linked via two-way access of favor.
@peter_berghmans Most all of his points are incoherent or assuming WIV was some amazingly transparent institution that we'd have info from if it existed. Slop thread. Says "made by AI" below every post for me. Curious what that actually means.