How Do We Know
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I’m interested in asking about and demonstrating how we know what we know.
Storytelling… #journalism
They obeyed in advance…AGAIN!
The Washington Post killed off its "Democracy Dies In Darkness" slogan.
New slogan: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
The Washington Post killed off its "Democracy Dies In Darkness" slogan.
New slogan: “Riveting Storytelling for All of America.”
January 17, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Storytelling… #journalism
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Podcast + dumb host questions + groovy space science = big fun
Thanks to @danbat.bsky.social for answering my stupid questions on this week's podcast. 😁
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If I Fell Into a Black Hole (and other cosmic questions): with Dr. Dan Batcheldor
Podcast Episode · TheThinkingAtheist · 01/14/2025 · 48m
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January 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Podcast + dumb host questions + groovy space science = big fun
Anybody else like the heater on but open a window when it’s 30-40 degrees outside?
January 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Anybody else like the heater on but open a window when it’s 30-40 degrees outside?
“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'
'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. [...] 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll
'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. [...] 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll
January 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“Alice laughed. 'There's no use trying,' she said. 'One can't believe impossible things.'
'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. [...] 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll
'I daresay you haven't had much practice,' said the Queen. [...] 'Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." -Lewis Carroll
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Solving more nuanced problems becomes easier once you've established the foundation of everyone having a shelter.
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Finland’s Zero Homeless Strategy: Lessons from a Success Story
By Laurence Boone, Boris Cournède, OECD Economics Department; and Marissa Plouin, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Following a period when homele…
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January 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Solving more nuanced problems becomes easier once you've established the foundation of everyone having a shelter.
oecdecoscope.blog/2021/12/13/f...
oecdecoscope.blog/2021/12/13/f...
Cat owner gives raw milk to 3 of 4 cats. Milk had bird flu. 2 cats died. 1 blind and paraplegic. Maybe there’s something to pasteurization after all…
He gave his cats raw milk because he thought it was healthier. He says it tragically backfired
A California man says his two cats died and a third was hospitalized after he fed them raw milk recalled for bird flu risk.
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January 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Cat owner gives raw milk to 3 of 4 cats. Milk had bird flu. 2 cats died. 1 blind and paraplegic. Maybe there’s something to pasteurization after all…
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I love how people distrust actual expertise, yet 100% believe randos on the internet 🤪🤣
January 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I love how people distrust actual expertise, yet 100% believe randos on the internet 🤪🤣
A post from a recovering narcissist about how she thinks about the world when she can’t understand it.
From the skeptic community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the skeptic community
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January 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A post from a recovering narcissist about how she thinks about the world when she can’t understand it.
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FACTS! Not make believe.
January 12, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FACTS! Not make believe.
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I’m worried that the exodus from Meta and Twitter is what they want. To isolate us from each other.
Isolation is a big part of autocracy. It makes people easier to lie to and abuse.
I don’t have a global answer, but I am working on building a social media space for our podcast listeners.
Isolation is a big part of autocracy. It makes people easier to lie to and abuse.
I don’t have a global answer, but I am working on building a social media space for our podcast listeners.
January 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I’m worried that the exodus from Meta and Twitter is what they want. To isolate us from each other.
Isolation is a big part of autocracy. It makes people easier to lie to and abuse.
I don’t have a global answer, but I am working on building a social media space for our podcast listeners.
Isolation is a big part of autocracy. It makes people easier to lie to and abuse.
I don’t have a global answer, but I am working on building a social media space for our podcast listeners.
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Every science policy professional should keep this in mind.
found this @jasonhickel.bsky.social screenshot on FB
January 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Every science policy professional should keep this in mind.
"... but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas when I do not know, neither do I think I know; so I am likely to be wiser than he to this small extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know." -- Socrates
January 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"... but he thinks he knows something when he does not, whereas when I do not know, neither do I think I know; so I am likely to be wiser than he to this small extent, that I do not think I know what I do not know." -- Socrates
"I found that the men most in repute were all but the most foolish; and that some inferior men were really wiser and better." - Plato, The Apology of Socrates
Plato, The Apology of Socrates - The Center for Hellenic Studies
Translated by Benjamin Jowett Adapted by Miriam Carlisle, Thomas E. Jenkins, Gregory Nagy, and Soo-Young Kim Socrates [17a] How you have felt, O men of Athens, at hearing the speeches of my accusers, ...
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January 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"I found that the men most in repute were all but the most foolish; and that some inferior men were really wiser and better." - Plato, The Apology of Socrates
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Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
New Achilles Heel Exposed in Antibiotic Resistance
Carbapenems are last-resort antibiotics for treating bacterial infections. A study shows how zinc plays a role in drug-resistant bacteria.
www.genengnews.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Good resistance news: An 'Achilles heel' discovered in antibiotic resistant bacteria. Scientists in Canada found the critical vulnerability: bacteria need zinc. Deprive them of the nutrient & their stability is disrupted making them susceptible to antibiotics again www.genengnews.com/topics/infec...
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"Propaganda works, is the real upshot of a survey showing lingering post-pandemic distrust of science." @danvergano.bsky.social is doing the best at this. One thing I'll add...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
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The Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with Scientists
Propaganda works, is the real upshot of a survey showing lingering post-pandemic distrust of science
www.scientificamerican.com
January 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
"Propaganda works, is the real upshot of a survey showing lingering post-pandemic distrust of science." @danvergano.bsky.social is doing the best at this. One thing I'll add...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
When is the last time you were wrong about something? What changed your mind?
January 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
When is the last time you were wrong about something? What changed your mind?
An interesting read from 2022 on why Americans distrust science.
It talks about too much information, disinformation, misinformation, etc.
An interesting statistic about how many people are behind anti-vax posts.
(Hey, when you read “anti-vax” just now, did you react? Pay attention.)
It talks about too much information, disinformation, misinformation, etc.
An interesting statistic about how many people are behind anti-vax posts.
(Hey, when you read “anti-vax” just now, did you react? Pay attention.)
Why do so many Americans distrust science?
Medical science faces a credibility crisis that threatens its ability to protect health. Scientists need to grasp the forces sowing suspicion about their work.
www.aamc.org
January 6, 2025 at 3:09 PM
An interesting read from 2022 on why Americans distrust science.
It talks about too much information, disinformation, misinformation, etc.
An interesting statistic about how many people are behind anti-vax posts.
(Hey, when you read “anti-vax” just now, did you react? Pay attention.)
It talks about too much information, disinformation, misinformation, etc.
An interesting statistic about how many people are behind anti-vax posts.
(Hey, when you read “anti-vax” just now, did you react? Pay attention.)
Today, an immigrant mowed my lawn.
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In the moment in which you read the word "immigrant', did you picture a Hispanic person?
My lawn guy is, in fact, British.
You might have been justified in assuming Hispanic, but not justified in accepting it as confirmed truth.
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In the moment in which you read the word "immigrant', did you picture a Hispanic person?
My lawn guy is, in fact, British.
You might have been justified in assuming Hispanic, but not justified in accepting it as confirmed truth.
January 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Today, an immigrant mowed my lawn.
...
In the moment in which you read the word "immigrant', did you picture a Hispanic person?
My lawn guy is, in fact, British.
You might have been justified in assuming Hispanic, but not justified in accepting it as confirmed truth.
...
In the moment in which you read the word "immigrant', did you picture a Hispanic person?
My lawn guy is, in fact, British.
You might have been justified in assuming Hispanic, but not justified in accepting it as confirmed truth.
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Fascinating reporting by @josh-kaplan.bsky.social, including a reference to militia ties to “high-ranking officers … in Tennessee.” (Send me your tips!) www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
January 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Fascinating reporting by @josh-kaplan.bsky.social, including a reference to militia ties to “high-ranking officers … in Tennessee.” (Send me your tips!) www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...
Here's an interesting thread from reddit, challenging some of the commonly held nostalgic myths.
Yes, I'm aware of the irony of using a reddit thread as a source of truth, but the comments are something to ponder.
Never considered what kind of house one could afford on one income in the 50s.
Yes, I'm aware of the irony of using a reddit thread as a source of truth, but the comments are something to ponder.
Never considered what kind of house one could afford on one income in the 50s.
What’s a myth about "the good old days" that you wish people would stop believing?
www.reddit.com
January 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Here's an interesting thread from reddit, challenging some of the commonly held nostalgic myths.
Yes, I'm aware of the irony of using a reddit thread as a source of truth, but the comments are something to ponder.
Never considered what kind of house one could afford on one income in the 50s.
Yes, I'm aware of the irony of using a reddit thread as a source of truth, but the comments are something to ponder.
Never considered what kind of house one could afford on one income in the 50s.
You have a belief. You go along in your life pretty well, until one day this belief is challenged.
Probably, you dig in. It’s natural to be defensive.
But the next step should be to ask yourself: why am I being defensive? Am I afraid that I am wrong?
And if I am wrong, how do I know?
Probably, you dig in. It’s natural to be defensive.
But the next step should be to ask yourself: why am I being defensive? Am I afraid that I am wrong?
And if I am wrong, how do I know?
January 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
You have a belief. You go along in your life pretty well, until one day this belief is challenged.
Probably, you dig in. It’s natural to be defensive.
But the next step should be to ask yourself: why am I being defensive? Am I afraid that I am wrong?
And if I am wrong, how do I know?
Probably, you dig in. It’s natural to be defensive.
But the next step should be to ask yourself: why am I being defensive? Am I afraid that I am wrong?
And if I am wrong, how do I know?
“A fact does not become evidence until it indicates one [hypothesis] or eliminates the other.” - Aron Ra
January 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
“A fact does not become evidence until it indicates one [hypothesis] or eliminates the other.” - Aron Ra
We have to start from the idea that we could be wrong.
If there’s no room in your mind (or mine) for the possibility of being wrong, then there’s no honest pursuit of the truth.
If I accept I could be wrong, then I can consider ideas that go against what I think is true.
If there’s no room in your mind (or mine) for the possibility of being wrong, then there’s no honest pursuit of the truth.
If I accept I could be wrong, then I can consider ideas that go against what I think is true.
January 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We have to start from the idea that we could be wrong.
If there’s no room in your mind (or mine) for the possibility of being wrong, then there’s no honest pursuit of the truth.
If I accept I could be wrong, then I can consider ideas that go against what I think is true.
If there’s no room in your mind (or mine) for the possibility of being wrong, then there’s no honest pursuit of the truth.
If I accept I could be wrong, then I can consider ideas that go against what I think is true.