Ranty Skeptic

Scientist. Skeptic. A little bit ranty. Not really comfortable “doing my own research” outside my field, but happy to be educated by people who know stuff.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

One challenge with engaging Creationists is that they love to claim that science is compatible with their beliefs yet will never say what they expect the evidence to look like if their beliefs are true. I've therefore tried to think of testable predictions of Special Creation. 🧵

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@SingularTechie @nealtaparia Because the vast majority of people don’t want to live on handouts. They want to work reasonable hours and be able to support their family/lifestyle. People need a bit of help from time to time but don’t want to be reliant on it.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@catturd2 Making money from overseas wars is what made
America great the first time around.

[Jared Ryan Sears @JaredRyanSears]

I didn't realize that a two-sentence tweet would get so much attention, so here is a longer explanation of why Social Security doesn't add to the national debt: 🧵

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@ItaiYanai And if you’re in Australia, make sure you’re a Level E professor. 🙄 @arc_gov_au @nhmrc @ausgov

[Andrea C. Love, PhD @dr_andrealove]

Just dropping in here as an infectious disease immunologist:

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS.

It doesn’t matter what RFK Jr, Joe Rogan, Bret Weinstein), Pete Hegseth, Woody Harrelson, Bill Maher, and others say. Their arrogance doesn’t make their claims true.

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[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@upstatefederlst It will be of inferior quality. There’s a reason Chinese goods are cheaper and Americans won’t accept those wages and conditions.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@RossKneeDeep The world is in a state thanks to the climate crisis and Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump did an exceptional job of scapegoating a bunch of different folks - mainly Biden and immigrants - for global problems and thereby present himself as the solution. (To stay out of prison.)

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@DreadNobody @CBSNews Sadly, if Trump starts a global trade war, my own back yard is collateral damage. Anyway, good luck. I hope we’re all wrong about it.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@JDRedding @Prime_Headlines @CBSNews It was. Reply was more aimed at the post before.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@WakkaChokka @polijunkie_aus Good luck, anyway. I hope I��m wrong, but I think you’re going to need a lot of it. Hopefully, Trump will surprise all his detractors, America will be a shining beacon, and the world will not be irrevocably fucked. 🤞

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@WakkaChokka @polijunkie_aus Trump is making promises he can���t keep but he doesn’t care. It will keep him rich and out of prison.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@DreadNobody @JDRedding @Prime_Headlines @CBSNews But well done for gambling your future on a man who has bankrupted multiple businesses and achieved the appearance of success largely through fraud and manipulation. Just remember to blame him when his plans are shit.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@DreadNobody @JDRedding @Prime_Headlines @CBSNews Green energy is cheaper in the long run. Already cheaper than fossil fuels over here. It was spiking oil prices that drove up energy prices globally (thanks Putin) because we don’t yet have the energy security that local renewables provide.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@JDRedding @Prime_Headlines @CBSNews Indeed. How? By making everyone accept higher prices so that local manufacturers become competitive. Both things can be true at the same time. If you’re in a privileged position, you can probably afford this brand of patriotism/nationalism. What about those who can’t afford it?

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@NBarton @polijunkie_aus I only how that there are historians in the future who can look back and add his name to the list of people who were responsible for so much harm. I fear that his legacy might be a collapse of the civilisations that would record it as Trump America fucks the climate forever.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

@WakkaChokka @polijunkie_aus He didn’t cause the inflation here. Or in the UK. Or Europe. It was a global problem, largely caused by wars and energy insecurity - and past inaction on climate change. Remember to blame Trump when Musk breaks the functional government and his trade wars tank the economy.

[Ranty Skeptic @rantyskeptic]

If it didn’t have such awful consequences for the rest of the world, I could console myself that I’m not American. Feeling for my American friends. I hope your country isn’t broken beyond repair. Look out for whoever Trump chooses to scapegoat his inevitable failures. #sigh