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Science Literacy

@SciLiteracyChan

Ongoing video series dedicated to improving public science literacy. Currently a PhD student in statistics. https://t.co/kaHJF5RAbM

Vancouver, Canada Katılım Temmuz 2017
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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@michaelshermer It's worth reading the wider context for this excerpt, which is misleading on its own: healthfeedback.org/claimreview/mu… 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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Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer@michaelshermer·
"There is uncertainty about the effects of face masks. The pooled results of RCTs did not show a clear reduction in respiratory viral infection with the use of medical/surgical masks. Hand hygiene is likely to modestly reduce burden of respiratory illness" cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10…
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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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David Gorski, MD, PhD
David Gorski, MD, PhD@gorskon·
@mistahbuhau The depressing thing I learned in 2021 is just how many self-identified movement "skeptics"—including very prominent "skeptics" whom I once admired—are anything but skeptics when it comes to transgender people and gender-affirming care and are in fact raging transphobes.
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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Bram Binsky@BramBinsky·
@MakingSenseHQ Sam Harris promotes his podcast on twitter explaining why he quit twitter. Well done this makes perfect sense 👏
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Making Sense Podcast
Making Sense Podcast@MakingSenseHQ·
NEW PODCAST EPISODE Sam Harris explains why he deleted his Twitter account. He then speaks with Cal Newport about the fragmentation of modern life. bit.ly/3GTm4Zs
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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Gad Saad
Gad Saad@GadSaad·
Exactly. People reached out to him in all sorts of ways. His breathtaking arrogance was astounding. I have many behind the scenes stories. If he is such a Zen guy, he should truly use this moment to engage in self-reflection. Ok off to exercise soon!
Dave Rubin@RubinReport

@ericweinstein @SamHarrisOrg We all tried with varying degrees of success/failure to make sense of the craziness. I think he had some big misses which he refused to acknowledge and became resentful of people who saw it differently. And social media isn’t very forgiving. Is what it is. Happy Thanksgiving.

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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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L. Amber O'Hearn
L. Amber O'Hearn@KetoCarnivore·
@SciLiteracyChan @jordanbpeterson Let's see. First you disparage my work as "opinion". Then you dismiss 100 year old work as irrelevant (just wait until you're a little older, heh). Then you move the goalpost from nutritionally sufficient to something else. Yeah, no. I'll pass on engaging.
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L. Amber O'Hearn@KetoCarnivore·
I find it funny that my paper gets cited by people who don't read it and simply assume it says the carnivore diet would be nutritionally insufficient. Last time was more dramatic, as it was in medical news, but this is still funny.
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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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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Science Literacy@SciLiteracyChan·
@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.
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