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Neat
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I wish I was doing more now
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Way back in March for Science times we were accused of "making science political."
No-- we were just aware of the steps already being taken to politically control science.
COVID just gave these guys the platform to make the case for that vision in a really public way
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~2007 I was free to roam the woods dressed as Bigfoot
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Not the exact same structure but "for culinary purposes, tomatoes are a vegetable" and "comedically chimpanzees are monkeys"
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I think a lot of it is kind of like what they tell new homeowners: "Don't hire the person going door to door asking if you want your roof repaired, search out the company that already has the best reviews."
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So if you've hit on a vein of how to get attention online, people will come up to you with proposals for how to use that attention just like if you won the lottery people will show up with a bunch of ideas for how to use it. Some of that will be legitimate, but a lot will be self-interested
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There's an online attention economy where people find niches to build personal businesses around follower counts.
A lot of people who run public accounts that get a lot of likes and followers are more concerned with likes and followers than whatever specific niche they're addressing.
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At the same time I could clearly articulate to someone else why it is important not to take reviewer comments personally, but also I came home early today to put off reading a summary statement, because I know it will hurt my feelings
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Update: a man who used the name "Rusty Schackleford" (assuming I've never seen king of the hill?) went through people's backpacks and tried to bum a light
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Update: "These books are free to enjoy" includes an instructions manual for beating children
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Update: both the crutches and the corn have been there "for a long time"
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The trick to a standing desk is to try it every so often, find it uncomfortable and go back to sitting and then develop a thrombus
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6/ If your argument about climate change appeals to someone as a parent, someone who cares about international trade, or something else-- then you have another window you can get through to them with.
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5/ Another is to consider the multiple idenity groups that everyone belongs to, and activate some of the other groups.
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4/ However certain topics, just by nature of their framing will become attached to identities. One thing we can do is try to anticipate when a science topic is going to activate identity buttons, and frame it is a way that preemptively validates the values of concerned groups.
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3/ So long as climate change is viewed as a "liberal thing," we won't make any progress, because experts will be dismissed before they can even speak. If we can prevent science-topics from becoming attached to identities like "republican" or "democrat" that's best.
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2/ This is why the information deficit model of scicom is so ineffective. The more science education someone has, the better able they are to justify their identity driven choices.
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-cost of goonies-style traps, map printing, and the risk of treasure hunting adventurers
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I think that works best if I can convince a revenant skeleton or a ghost or something to stand out there and challenge people with riddles
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My plan is to bury gold in my yard, like a pirate