Eric Paulson

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@andrechemist Pooassium

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

I dream of a world where truth shapes people's politics, rather politics shaping what people think is true.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@robinhanson I don’t know why, but I’d guess it has something in common with why “education” departments are so horrendously bad. Perhaps the fields don’t attract talented people because they don’t seem very exciting to study.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@robinhanson Mine too. I wonder if it is the same service. I always select “Visit follow up question” when nothing else makes sense.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@robinhanson My wife’s only symptom was an unusual rash, no fever, no cough. Very surprised that she tested positive. Sometimes we wonder if the fact that we have a cat that is a carrier for FIP (her littermate died of FIP almost 20 years ago) has given us partial immunity to COVID-19.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@johncarlosbaez @MathThyMod I think Twitter can work pretty well for fiction - you should take a look at how @0x49fa98 has approached this.

[Jimmy Kimmel @jimmykimmel]

This is what it feels like when the "President" of the United States attacks you personally

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@mete_serdal @jeffreyzurofsky @elonmusk Don’t be scammed

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@robinhanson Did you know that there are about π x 10^7 seconds in a a year? (To better than 1% accuracy)

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@ericweinstein Is religion the first and most successful Kayfabe?

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@memcculloch I’ve worked with spin (magnetic resonance) for over 20 years and for most of that time I’ve tried, unsuccessfully, to come up with an accurate intuitive understanding of the physics.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@patrissimo @britbenjamin @perrymetzger @ArthurB @balajis It is interesting how we all hate to admit that we were wrong. But do you ever think less of someone for doing so? I always respect them more. I think what we really hate is *being* wrong. But pretending things are different doesn’t change reality, as this virus clearly shows.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@ScottAdamsSays Children typically have higher fevers than adults when they are sick. Maybe that is why they are less susceptible to the #coronavirus.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

Opening dialogue from the next zombie apocalypse movie: “These zombies are so slow, the only people who need to worry about them are the elderly or those with pre-existing conditions.”

[Judd Legum @JuddLegum]

WORTH REPEATING: In 2018, Trump fired the entire US pandemic response team.

These were the experts with decades of experience dealing with precisely the kind of situation we are in today.

Trump did not replace them.

He eliminated the positions.

https://t.co/LSp7ORU7Qq

[🖤 @kodamaa30]

Please, please guys. Here in northern #Italy we made one big mistake. Everybody kept saying "It's just flu" and now our intensive care units are collapsing. Everybody kept going outside like nothing happened and now our grandparents and parents are dying.
#coronavirus is not #flu

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@patrissimo Mindfulness and meditation.

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@patrissimo Happy Birthday to your daughter! Our son was born two years ago today!

[Eric Paulson @erickpaulson]

@patrissimo I think the biggest thing hindering collective action is that emotionally the virus isn’t “real” to a lot of people. Many people (myself included, unfortunately) have trouble believing in the danger without any direct experience of it. Of course by then it is too late.

[Tim Urban @waitbutwhy]

The boxes are definitely rotating right? They're not. (via @kottke)