Dissenting Skeptic (@dissenting2020) 's Twitter Profile
Dissenting Skeptic

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calendar_today26-09-2023 07:56:52

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Laurence (Larry) Boorstein (@larryboorstein) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rebecc@ ███████ It could be that the reason Dems didn't release the Epstein files is that they are in them too. The fact that Dems didn't release them is not an excuse for Trump and Bondi failing to release them now. The two parties protect their own and each other.

Holtz (@biorealism) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Elon Musk Tesla Can you reconcile robots replacing human jobs as they do in this diner with your concern about falling fertility rates? People need jobs if they are going to have kids.

Tyler Stepke (@tylerastepke) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The irony is that most of the vocal scientists supporting the lab leak hypothesis have been clear that the accident is the shared responsibility of the US and China. We provided the research methods and critical technology. NIH funded insane gain-of-function on SARS viruses in

harish seshadri (@harishseshadri2) 's Twitter Profile Photo

But these Twitter "debates" are important. They remind us that (1) virologists haven't learned anything from their colleagues' disastrous mistakes. (2) they'll do the same sh*t again and cause a worse disaster, when the political scene becomes more favorable.

Michael Weissman (@mbw61567742) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Nod Rebecc@ ███████ among the reeds Richard H. Ebright Holtz Nate Health Nerd Garry, Holmes, Rambaut, Suchard, Andersen, Worobey, Wertheim weren't. Multiple gross errors of basic reasoning now stand as the last word in the peer-reviewed scientific record on this topic. Regardless of which authors wrote or even read the paper, a correction is needed.

Lisa Britton (@lisabritton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

People are complaining that girls are still behind in math and it is URGENT that we address this gender gap immediately. Meanwhile, boys are behind in everything else, but we don’t see the same sense of urgency. Why?

People are complaining that girls are still behind in math and it is URGENT that we address this gender gap immediately. Meanwhile, boys are behind in everything else, but we don’t see the same sense of urgency. Why?
Bryce Nickels (@bryce_nickels) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The fact that it took 15 years!!! to retract this paper—which was shown to be wrong only a few weeks after it was published—is yet another clear example of why scientific journals should be relegated to the dustbin of history.

Bryce Nickels (@bryce_nickels) 's Twitter Profile Photo

DID YOU KNOW? The bacterium at the center of this retracted 2010 paper was named GFAJ-1--short for “Give Felisa a Job”--a nod to lead author Felisa Wolfe-Simon. The strain’s name underscores the perverse incentives in science to over-hype non-results to advance your career.