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Prediction: the claim that the National Park Service did a $1 billion survey will turn out to be an obvious lie in multiple ways, and we will know this with 24 hours (the entire NPS budget is about $3 billion)

Scientists are constantly and consistently trying to prove themselves wrong, whereas those who practice pseudoscience are more concerned with proving themselves right. The pseudoscientific spirit of MAHA is in plain sight:

Here's what I have been able to find so far: 1. The total amount spent on Federal Consulting Group was $75 million, not $1 billion 2. That's total spending since 2010, not an annual allocation 3. Just $2.3 million involved the National Park Service, again over multiple

Keep in mind this is not just some arcane example. This is the anecdote that Musk chose to use in front of a national audience when asked by a friendly interviewer. He should have the details right. "$50 million of condoms to Gaza" was an unforced error too, but that was in the

"a billion dollars for a simple online survey 'do you like the National Park?'" This is literally what Musk said, in case you think he is making a broader claim. That's the quote.

Musk says that the National Park Service spent almost a billion dollars on a 10-question survey. The NPS' annual budget is $3.3 billion. Does anyone find it remotely plausible that the National Park Service spent more than 25% of its budget on a survey?

And, in fact, it was not plausible that the National Park Service (or anyone else) spent almost a billion dollars on a survey. Musk just made it up.

Utah bans fluoride from drinking water. There is no evidence it causes harm. There is good evidence it is good for dental health. But none of that matters any more apparently.

30 secs of this was enough to stick in my head for a good portion of a shopping outing... So bad, bizarre, and yet somehow engrossing...

The anti-vaccine movement is a pseudoscientific assault on public health.

This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history in my 50 years in the business. These are going to be huge losses to the research and public health community. nature.com/articles/d4158…

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CBS News has obtained a list of 365 federal grant programs halted this week by the Justice Department, disrupting programs to help victims of hate crime and sex trafficking, children who've suffered violence, and refugees. cbsn.ws/3GuD3CZ

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lol, thanks, grok.

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