#Causation

There's a commonly held belief that autistic people cannot read social cues. Like most things autism, there is a grain of truth to this, but it's also very misleading.Let me
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We talked about Hattie’s use of the term “effect sizes” in class last night and I woke up still annoyed by this ridiculous “zone of desired effects” image 1/10 Bob
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Ireland's epidemic has been shadowing the trajectory of most European countries, most closely Denmark, but also countries like Spain and Greece.It's Greece I'm going to focus on, due to a
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This type of reporting on #SARSCoV2 #COVID19 #coronavirus makes my blood boil. There is no evidence that the dominant strain is such because it is "more contagious"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-05/mutant-coronavirus-has-e
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Excellent article by @davidfrum that details the timeline of Trump’s incompetence and dereliction of duty. Let’s dive into some of his most important points: 1/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/americans-are-paying-the-price-for-trump
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1/11 to discuss the journey of evidence on #COVID19vaccines & blood clots, focusing on: What is pharmacovigilance? Value of hypothesis generating Qs What is often available in press releases
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What happens to our soul after death?A thread https://sciencestories.in/souls-after-death/ Science Explains What Happens to Your Soul After Death...““I believe that consciousness, or its immediate precursor proto-consciousness, has bee
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ABORTION IS HEALTHCARE: FIGHTING ABORTION MYTHS. I recently created these to try to address the myths that Trump and Republicans use to convince folks they’re “Pro-Life.” 1: LATE-TERM ABORTIONS. Pence
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The last 3 crises have reinforced just how useless much of what we all are taught in school really is, when it comes to dealing with real-life uncertainties. Here is
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You know what? Let’s make this a thread. I’m going to talk about the four most common fallacies in parent writing about autistic kids, and why they are hooey. The
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When I saw this video of the rat's lack of fear of the cat, I couldn't help but think of this thread about toxoplasmosis, rats, and extremism:...1/https://twitter.com/Nick_Carmody/status/1188463843284045826 https://twitter.com/LuluLemew/statu
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Three new important studies came out in the past week about kids & #COVID19. All have limits (the science isn't perfect). But together, they matter, & you deserve to know
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The most dangerous mental errors (you don’t know you’re making): Fundamental Attribution ErrorHumans tend to:(1) Attribute someone else's actions to their character—and not to their situation or context.(2) Attribute our
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BAGAIMANA KUCING ANDA MUNGKIN BOLEH MEMPENGARUHI MINAT KERJAYA ANDAHaa siapa sini penggemar kucing? Korang nak tau tak, ada kemungkinan kucing (atau lebih spesifiknya tahi kucing) boleh mempengaruhi kerjaya yang anda
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The progesterone wars (the ongoing debate between transfem patients and cis doctors about whether progesterone should be used in transfem HRT) are interesting to me, because I don't think the
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In our recent debate, my opponent raised the "Great Barrington Declaration". It is a massively dangerous and deadly idea that will lead to millions of dead Americans. We need to
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