#Scientific

Costin Antonescu

CostinAntonescu

I’ve been thinking about the role of conferences in academia now that we can’t go to any (in person). I think this “pandemic pause” in scientific conferences is an opportunity

Rob Ford

robfordmancs

A possible solution to foul-ups like this would be to require all journalists attending the daily briefing to be given a day long crash course in the relevant science. This

🦇Count Jakeula🦇

waveturtlejake

I’m not an inerrantist. If you pressed me, I would hesitantly name various historical and scientific details in the Bible I believe are incorrect. But I think A LOT of

François Benoux

_benoux_

ATHEISMThe atheist community proved to be the most toxic proponent of BLIND TRUST & UNCRITICAL ACCEPTANCE OF AUTHORITY in the name of science. There is not a single mental trap

Christopher Keelty 🏳️‍🌈

keeltyc

This account has 15 followers, so I'm reluctant to amplify their message, but they just followed me and I'm really bothered by their arguments, so I'm going to respond. Follow

Andrew Dessler

AndrewDessler

quick note about the ridiculous claim that "climate change science can't be falsified". of course climate science is falsifiable. to show this, you have to break it down to its

Santtu J. Räisänen

SanttuRaisanen

Yesterday, I watched CS professor Michael Kearns speak on AI ethics, and now I feel compelled to rant.Namely, how a lot of AI ethics represents a complete failure in moral

Eric Jonas

stochastician

How would I improve American scientific output for $100B? A thread. 1/n First, we already have a lot of processes that seem to work incredibly well, and processes really matter!

Roger C. Schonfeld

rschon

Preprints have completely transformed the medical publishing landscape over the past four months. All the promised benefits and all the feared risks of preprints have come into stark relief against

H D Kumaraswamy

hd_kumaraswamy

Has the PM slyly asked the nation to observe a candle light vigil on the eve of foundation day of BJP? April 6 being its foundation day, what else can

Aelfred The Great

aelfred_D

History, as a discipline/art form, is particularly hard because it exists along two related but distinct axes.The first runs from the academic article/monograph which painstakingly tries to establish the truth

Brian Bateson

Bateson_AB

Some people are losing their heads over the notion that Alberta will pursue potential solutions related to the #COVID19 pandemic that have been approved by world leading regulators but have

Dr. Stephen M. Hahn

SteveFDA

We at FDA do not permit politics to enter into our scientific decisions. This happens to be a political season but FDA will remain data driven. On behalf of FDA‘s

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

I came to the UK some 20 years ago as a young scientist during the early Blair government years. Things weren't perfect then but, to me, there was a sense

Sankrant Sanu सानु संक्रान्त ਸੰਕ੍ਰਾਂਤ ਸਾਨੁ

sankrant

Tired of seeing the dumb ignorance and scientism (science as a dogma) that has assorted Indian "seculars" "rationalist" and jihadis ranting against "cow urine." So here is thread.First some background.

Philip Watson

PhilipWatson_

Chatting to a social psychologist this morning who said that watching people 'losing their minds' over Covid19 has been an excellent case study on how fear overrides all rational thinking