Charles Oakes

3.6K posts

Charles Oakes banner
Charles Oakes

Charles Oakes

@oakescs

geochemist || aqueous thermodynamics || Pitzer model aficionado || experimental thermochemistry #geochemistry #aqueous

United States Katılım Ocak 2015
355 Takip Edilen147 Takipçiler
Oncotarget Journal
Oncotarget Journal@OncotargetJrnl·
@Thatsregrettab1 Try Sci. Reports. They published thousands of high-risk papers. And you ignore them completely. Maybe there you will find a true sleuth love.
English
3
0
0
226
Cheshire
Cheshire@Thatsregrettab1·
Even random Reddit users have concerns.
Cheshire tweet media
English
4
2
16
3.5K
The Drunk Republican
The Drunk Republican@DrunkRepub·
Me looking to see which blue spots still need to be eradicated from the South’s new district map
English
65
422
7.6K
102.1K
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@Thatsregrettab1 @RetractionWatch 😮. The Europeans have massively f’d up legal systems if randos from non-euro countries can sue citizens of Euro countries in Euro courts for outting scientific misconduct.
English
2
0
3
40
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@RonSonic @alexthechick @tbrusletten I recognize the sarcasm but the number of scientists who consider scientists as a group to be morally superior is enormous. Many also exert themselves to protect that image by suppressing exposure of scientific frauds.
English
0
0
1
10
alexandriabrown
alexandriabrown@alexthechick·
That this is disingenuously phrased as the collapse of trust in science rather than collapse of trust in scientists is why scientists have earned the withdrawal of trust.
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times. We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

English
36
228
1.7K
21.9K
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@cathinott @memeticsisyphus not enough papers are retracted. There are 100s of paper mill journals that publish nothing but trash. Until institutions take a united stand against scientific journal publishers paid with taxpayer $, it won’t change.
English
0
0
1
28
Catherine Hessian
Catherine Hessian@cathinott·
@memeticsisyphus Spot on. And what about the crisis of fraudulent researchers and scientific papers? Why are so many papers retracted? How many Alzheimer’s patients have been harmed by decades of fraud? What about the scam of peer review?
English
2
1
15
501
memetic_sisyphus
memetic_sisyphus@memeticsisyphus·
These “defenders of science” were nowhere to be found as all of the great science outlets like The Scientific American, or scientific institutions like the AMA were flooded by ideologues with radical left wing politics. They were nowhere to be found when replication crisis hit psychology, sociology, and even medicine. They’re nowhere to be found as these institutions torched their public trust with radical partisan politics and nowhere to be found when the science itself turned to junk. They sound like that old man in the gym bragging about how much he could bench in high school as if it has any bearing on the here and now.
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times. We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

English
47
279
2.1K
52K
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@memeticsisyphus don’t stop at soft sciences & medicine when it comes to replication crisis; it exists in chemistry but doesn’t get attention until things like cold fusion get the attention of funders.
English
0
1
0
135
IlyaR 🇨🇦🇮🇱
IlyaR 🇨🇦🇮🇱@SocialImpurity·
As every academic knows, "the public" are just uninitiated simpleton to be milked for their tax $$$, herded, and led by the nose into the enlightened future. /s That said, masks work, vaccines save lives, lockdowns flattened the curve, while the GBD was fraud and stupidity.
AJ Kay@AJKayWriter

What’s really wild is watching scientists blame the public for the loss of trust instead of recognizing it as a predictable response to their own failures (e.g. opacity, arrogance, conflicts of interest, groupthink, politicization, dogma, authoritarianism, censorship, fraud, lies, and outright harm to name a few.)

English
2
0
0
132
Charles Oakes retweetledi
AJ Kay
AJ Kay@AJKayWriter·
What’s really wild is watching scientists blame the public for the loss of trust instead of recognizing it as a predictable response to their own failures (e.g. opacity, arrogance, conflicts of interest, groupthink, politicization, dogma, authoritarianism, censorship, fraud, lies, and outright harm to name a few.)
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times. We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

English
55
197
999
21.4K
Charles Oakes retweetledi
David Burge
David Burge@iowahawkblog·
People generally nod their head in agreement that there exists a Military Industrial Complex with a financial interest in endless wars. At this point we should also agree there's a Homeless Industrial Complex with deep financial interests in perpetuating homelessness
English
93
413
2.3K
34.6K
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@simonmaechling “A scientifically illiterate society becomes easy to manipulate” Spot on. Bad, incompetent, and dishonest scientists use this to their advantage. The enemy is amongst us.
English
0
0
0
11
Simon Maechling
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling·
I’m a chemist. I need to say this - because it’s getting dangerous out there. It’s called chemophobia. And it’s turning scientifically illiterate panic into a personality trait. People are now terrified of: • “artificial chemicals” • molecules made in a lab • pesticides at parts-per-billion • ingredients they can’t pronounce Meanwhile they drink alcohol, inhale smoke, burn fuel, eat plant toxins and scroll on phones built entirely by chemistry. The hypocrisy is unbelievable. Chemistry is not some dark force attacking humanity. Chemistry is: • medicine • fertilizers • vaccines • materials • electronics • clean water • food preservation • modern agriculture • literally your own body Without chemistry, modern civilization collapses frighteningly fast. And yet social media has convinced millions of people that “chemical-free” is a meaningful scientific concept. It isn’t. And when fear replaces chemistry, people stop trusting: • vaccines
• medicines
• food safety
• crop protection
• innovation itself A scientifically illiterate society becomes easy to manipulate. So yes - I will keep defending chemistry. Because chemistry is not the enemy. Chemistry is the reason most of us are alive long enough to complain about it.
Simon Maechling tweet media
English
531
895
3.1K
60.8K
Stryder502
Stryder502@stryder502·
@romanhelmetguy If it can't be replicated, your data is proprietary, or your methods are "Trust Me", its not science no matter how many well connected and well papered people scream it is.
English
1
12
226
2.7K
Roman Helmet Guy
Roman Helmet Guy@romanhelmetguy·
People haven’t lost trust in “science,” they’ve lost trust in a self-selected self-perpetuating academic priest class who rely on constant alarmism or revisionism to secure funding and who look upon dissent as heretical to an extent that would make the medieval church blush.
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling

The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times. We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.

English
273
2.5K
17.8K
355.6K
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@Paul_provalone @WallStreetMav @simonmaechling Evidence should not be trusted. Evidence should be examined. It must be consistent with physical laws and with other data. The “collapse of trust” is largely due to some spectacular cases of of scientific fraud as well as a plethora of not so spectacular cases.
English
0
0
3
90
paul
paul@Paul_provalone·
@WallStreetMav @simonmaechling It is how science works. You collect evidence and trust the evidence. We have the evidence. You are still not trusting it. RFK Jr: “There is no vaccine that is safe and effective” Right wingers genuinely want you dead.
paul tweet media
English
21
1
24
1.9K
Simon Maechling
Simon Maechling@simonmaechling·
The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad, bizarre, and destructive social contagions of modern times. We fed billions, cured diseases and powered nations - yet people ran toward conspiracies instead.
English
6.1K
5.5K
25.2K
1.9M
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@Rididelduol @seconds_0 When cheaters are caught, they still get to use tax payer $ to defend themselves. The victims don’t have that luxury. It’s a futile exercise unless a politically motivated patron is found or when the fraud produces disaster. Then the hordes exclaim: “why wasn’t anything done”!
English
0
0
0
42
Charles Oakes retweetledi
reason
reason@reason·
Corrupt scientists rarely face accountability. The real victims are everyone else. reason.com/2026/05/06/how…
English
2
15
98
31K
Clark H
Clark H@Clarksterh·
Company appears to have adjusted the data after unblinding and database lock (presumably wo telling the FDA, bc they wld have rejected it). Interesting question is how the FDA discovered it.
Andrea Angioi, MD, FASN@andreaangioi

The most dangerous number in medicine is not a bad p-value. It is a rescued p-value. FDA says Tavneos’ pivotal AAV trial went from p=0.1025 to p=0.0132 after post-unblinding readjudication. Now CDER proposes withdrawal. This is a trial-integrity earthquake. #MedTwitter #Nephrology #Vasculitis #ANCA #ClinicalTrials #DrugSafety #EvidenceBasedMedicine

English
2
1
6
1.2K
Charles Oakes
Charles Oakes@oakescs·
@Clarksterh @BioDueDiligence “The court dismissed the shareholders’ lawsuit, granting summary judgment in favor of ChemoCentryx. The court’s opinion did not acknowledge or address the data manipulation allegations in the Walton Report” Amazing how frequently this seems to occur.
English
0
0
0
21
Clark H
Clark H@Clarksterh·
@BioDueDiligence Pretty egregious since fairly large number of ppl involved. Hopefully, as has happened before, a few spend some time in jail.
English
1
0
2
64
Rick Martin
Rick Martin@Jabba217Rick·
@MoosesFelix The thing that really gets me about this race is that Secretariat had no one pushing him. Alone at the front and ran the fastest race ever. Still the fastest race ever
English
1
0
0
309
Jason Locasale
Jason Locasale@LocasaleLab·
There’s a lot of criticism directed at this person right now. The reality is he’s an academic who publishes his work - academic work usually carries no value for direct military or industry applications. He was, however, widely regarded as one of the top scientists in chemistry - a field I trained in, so I was familiar with him. His work involves some interesting basic science, but he has not made any major breakthroughs in technological innovation. He made serious mistakes in not disclosing consulting money and in how he handled interactions with the FBI, and he’s a convicted felon for that. He lost his job and is no longer capable of conducting research in the US. But since then he has been effectively unemployable in the US, and no university would touch him regardless of the value his science might provide. It’s not surprising he would go to China if they offer him a job. If the choice is being unemployed and unemployable in the US or continuing his work elsewhere, the decision is straightforward. The broader issue is whether American research institutions that permanently exclude someone whose work and ideas still have value are serving their intended mission.
Reuters@Reuters

Charles Lieber, a former Harvard scientist convicted of lying to US authorities about payments from China, is now running a Chinese state-funded brain-computer interface lab in Shenzhen reut.rs/4mXiMqQ

English
9
9
92
16.7K

Keşfet

@OncotargetJrnl @Thatsregrettab1 @DrunkRepub @RetractionWatch @RonSonic @alexthechick @tbrusletten @cathinott