(more…)There's a disconnect around the concept of "consensus" in science. People say: science would never advance if we trusted consensus.
— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) January 21, 2021
The point is: consensus is the best info experts have. If you're outside the field, take it. Because WITHIN the field, we challenge it constantly.
Category: Skeptic
Ball Tazing
Did a White Supremacist Taze Himself to Death Last Week?
(more…)Combating Nonsense
(more…)Also I will never forgive the Republican Party for forcing me (and everyone) to combat nonsense like this rather than spending our time doing interesting and creative work. The human cost is immeasurable, both psychologically and tangibly.
— Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll) October 15, 2020
Tavistock Institute
A Critique of the Tavistock Institute – The Mother Of All Conspiracy Theories:
(more…)“Shapiro”
One of the best ways to win arguments is to be so completely wrong that there's no way anyone could feasibly correct you without teaching three entry level college courses in the process.This is known colloquially as a "Shapiro."— Matty Be Mad (at all cops) 🌹 (@MattyBeRad) September 1, 2019
Conservatives are Terrified
Study – Conservatives are Terrified (and That’s Why They’re Conservative):
(more…)Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories
Coronavirus: Conspiracy Theories – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver:
(more…)Alien Civilizations
No, "scientists" didn't say there are 36 contactable alien civilizations in our galaxy. Two British researchers made a statistical argument that there are probably at least 4…and with slightly different assumptions, the number could be 1 (ie, just us). https://t.co/VypeQDTntI pic.twitter.com/1UHCIsmDTX— Corey S. Powell (@coreyspowell) June 16, 2020
Major Cosmological Discovery
Once again a quick reminder that unless you look at your Twitter feed and say “omg will all those jubilantly ecstatic physicists SHUT UP about this already” there probably has not been a major cosmological discovery, no matter what the New York Post article says— Katie Mack (@AstroKatie) May 21, 2020
“Doing Research”
