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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
10h ago“When a scientist simplifies a complex finding to reach more people, what is the hardest thing to leave out?”
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Why doesn't anyone trust the news anymore?: Institutional reformers
The day the bells rang April 12, 1955. Thomas Francis Jr. announced the Salk polio vaccine worked — 80 to 90 percent effective. The government had pre-positioned supplies. The March of Dimes had pre-funded distribution. Church bells rang.... Thanks for being willing to venture into this territory! It’s vulnerable for me for sure, this is a place of large unknowing for me I agree with all of this you’re pointing; it’s because of this that studying this kind of phenomenon has been binned with all the bullshit.... Why doesn't anyone trust the news anymore?: Citizen journalists
The letter that cited no evidence February 19, 2020. Twenty-seven scientists signed a Lancet letter declaring COVID lab-origin theories "do nothing but create fear." The letter analyzed no genomic data.... - isamerc...
Same Word, Two Worlds The old hermeticists called it the Principle of Vibration three thousand years before anyone had a megahertz reading to prove it. Nothing rests. Everything moves. Everything vibrates.... - Jay Williams...
The phrase “survival of the fittest” was not originally coined by Charles Darwin. It was introduced by Herbert Spencer in 1864, after reading Darwin’s work. Spencer used “fittest” to mean best suited to the environment, not strongest, fastest, or most aggressive.... Where did COVID actually come from?: The Story
The two sites The Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan sold raccoon dogs, bamboo rats, and civets stacked in wire cages — stressed, immunocompromised, shedding whatever they carried.... i really appreciate this point; for similar reasons I've been a little shy getting to into AI with my kids. This morning my son wanted to ask AI "how are electrons created?" which is freaking cool.... - Dion...
Your question gets directly at how we know what we know, or epistemology. Research in climate literacy has often shown that "belief" in climate change is independent of your knowledge about it - the problem isn't a knowledge deficit.... - onlooks like I've been wrong and spreading misinformation about the disproven "triune brain theory"by
This is related to/is an example of a wider issue that I've been chewing on for a while: Spiritual and healing folks using half-baked scientific ideas to justify their tools.... Ah I’m down to try here! Of course in person good too, but in case it opens any doors it’s worth conveying more nuance on my side (which I didn’t partially to just keep looking for edges on uptrust-which, success!) -I think not ALL ufos are real; there’s a ton of bullshit - most...