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#skepticism, as a movement, seemed inviting in the 1980s. @RonaldReagan was in power, with the full cooperation of American #journalism and #media. @TheDemocrats try to pretend that the @realDonaldTrump phenomenon was worse, but...Reagan's clown show started the trend.
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the @RonaldReagan cabinet was much like @Quillette or @SubstackInc is these days: a loose aggregation of crooks and cranks, miscellaneous right-wing ideologues who did badly in professional life and were inclined to blame "liberals" or "the government" for their problems.
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making wild, unsubstantiated claims was now the *in* thing, during @RonaldReagan's figurehead presidency—that's the real power a president has over a country, by the way.
people consciously or sub-consciously copy how a president talks. especially, they copy the *jokes*.
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people consciously or sub-consciously copy how a president talks. especially, they copy the *jokes*.
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According to the current globe-earth science, the earth's curvature over a distance of 5 miles would be 16 feet high.
How did they construct the LHC tunnels/foundation to be flat over that distance? Is the LHC fake?
#CERN #skepticism #flatearth #WorldWideWeb
How did they construct the LHC tunnels/foundation to be flat over that distance? Is the LHC fake?
#CERN #skepticism #flatearth #WorldWideWeb
#CERN is "birthplace of the World Wide Web". Are they just testing fiberoptic cables?
AWAKE
ATLAS - holding up the world
ALICE - down the rabbit hole
CMS - content management system? Logo looks like a fiberoptic cable
LHCb = "Large Hadron Collider beauty" Weird logo. ГНСР?
AWAKE
ATLAS - holding up the world
ALICE - down the rabbit hole
CMS - content management system? Logo looks like a fiberoptic cable
LHCb = "Large Hadron Collider beauty" Weird logo. ГНСР?
Is all of the particle physics/dark matter/black hole/satellite/NASA stuff fake? Created to shape peoples' perceptions?
We still use undersea cables for internet connections. Is the SpaceForce just protecting & patrolling the internet, defending our e-commerce & media industry?
We still use undersea cables for internet connections. Is the SpaceForce just protecting & patrolling the internet, defending our e-commerce & media industry?
I was asked recently to provide some examples of health and fitness marketing that makes false claims and/or exploits human biases. I came up with a billion examples. Here are just 6:
#science #skepticism #criticalthinking #exercise #health
#science #skepticism #criticalthinking #exercise #health
1/6. All-natural #wheyprotein. It exploits the irrational cognitive bias towards natural products.
2/6. L-carnitine sold for decades as a ‘fat burner’ despite research which failed to show consistent and reliable outcomes.
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Delta coronavirus variant: scientists brace for impact
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#COVID19 #DeltaVariant #consequences #PandemicResponse
nature.com/articles/d4158…
#COVID19 #DeltaVariant #consequences #PandemicResponse
How market ecology explains market malfunction
pnas.org/content/118/26…
#MarketBehavior #MarketEcology #MarketEfficiency #MarketMalfunction #InvestmentStrategy
pnas.org/content/118/26…
#MarketBehavior #MarketEcology #MarketEfficiency #MarketMalfunction #InvestmentStrategy
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From Tragedy to Hesitancy: How Public Health Failures Boosted COVID-19 Vaccine Scepticism
nakedcapitalism.com/2021/06/from-t…
#PublicHealth #COVID19 #vaccines #skepticism #LessonsLearned
nakedcapitalism.com/2021/06/from-t…
#PublicHealth #COVID19 #vaccines #skepticism #LessonsLearned
The argument for a carbon price
ourworldindata.org/carbon-price
#FossilFuels #CarbonPricing #ClimateChange
ourworldindata.org/carbon-price
#FossilFuels #CarbonPricing #ClimateChange
