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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Thanks. I didn't realize there was a further breakdown from the 934,094 total and can't edit it now. Here's the exact breakdown. medical & public health scientists: 15,989 medical practitioners: 47,278 concerned citizens:
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
"Still trying to process my emotions on learning that @twitter blacklisted me. The thought that will keep me up tonight: censorship of scientific discussion permitted policies like school closures & a generation of children were hu
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
He's a Dr. and a Stanford professor of medicine. The Great Barrington Declaration was signed by almost a million doctors. They were warning about the harm lockdowns would do to kids and they were correct. Even if they weren't, thi
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
"Take, for example, Stanford’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) who argued that Covid lockdowns would harm children. Twitter secretly placed him on a “Trends Blacklist,” which prevented his tweets from trending." What. Why?
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Effective Accelerationism(zestular.substack.com)
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
It's distrust in the elite who, frankly, have earned it. The 2008 bank bailouts were the last straw for many. Epstein was the last straw for many. Covid mismanagement was the last straw for many.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
The squelching of dissent/free speech and destroying small businesses in favor of large corporations.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
We saw this a lot with Covid. I just hope we learned to be more open minded next time.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
It's more about forest management, which they largely stopped doing in past decades and were supposed to start back up. They are far, far behind. Until they catch up the wildfires will continue burning massive amounts of fuel unimpeded
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
There's a comment on the video from someone that has, though no mention of the touchscreen specifically. "I used to deliver out here in the Bay Area. This Van has SO MANY improvements over the normal Transits and Fluid Vans. I abs
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Exactly. Hardware was fast enough in 1969 to put men on the moon. In 2022 we have laggy text editors. That's not a hardware problem.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
That's some other mental model. Apple made beautiful products to become the most valuable company in the world.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
> approximately 260 talented Plaids "Plaids" This joins the list of Googlers, Xooglers, Nooglers, Amazonians, Tweeps, Krakenites, what else?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
You also have to carry it around, it increases the surface area of your head, it's harder to do shoulder checks, they are uncomfortable when it's hot out, and for some hair types it messes up your hair for the day.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
It's like talking to modern academics on Twitter. At it happens, it was trained on Twitter...
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
If they are normal, that's even more concerning? "Both parties had access to these tools. For instance, in 2020, requests from both the Trump White House and the Biden campaign were received and honored."
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
It doesn't matter which side, because isn't the problem that the government is doing an end run around the 1st Amendment? If you don't think so now, you might in 2024. So it's time to care now.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
They produce MBAs, but some of the most successful founder entrepreneurs drop out from those institutions. What does that tell you?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
That's an important question.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Is it possible to do notifications without a native app?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
How do we get off this ride?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Even worse is "Trust the science", which means "Trust us". It's anti-science. "I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned" -Richard Feynman
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Calling it Data Science was a tell. Have you noticed how non-scientific things add "science" to the name to make it sound like it has scientific rigor? Data Science, Political Science, Social Science, Scientology Compare to Physic
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Are we in a Dark Age right now?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
"A.I. Safety" is a proxy for a battle over control of what kind of output or inquiry should be allowed at all. Suffice it to say, ideologues desperately want control over everything AI/ML. That's the real danger.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
What should Web 3.0 be?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Me neither! How are they paying rent?
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
You're not angered that you were advised to give this to a 15 year old with no upside even after he was hospitalized for 2 weeks as a result?!
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
There is no greater injustice than punishing the innocent.
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by scifibestfi 4y ago
Aren't they just referring to the rich elite class that uses nepotism?

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