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elprager.bsky.social • 14 days ago

Combating misinformation again: science is esoteric, for elites, scientists make millions off grants, data unimportant . .

Hurricane, tornado, storm warnings/alerts, weather forecasts, GPS, iPhones, computers, clean drinking water, & more built on science and data. Need investment scicomm now. 🧪

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rob-jp.bsky.social•14 days ago

When the shit really starts hitting the fan, these science deniers will come back for help.

geocollaborate.bsky.social•14 days ago

Spot on Ellen Prager!!

One comment on the YouTube page “lol @ title, it’ll be fine bro”. The title I used was ‘Life Threatening Flood Event Likely This Weekend…’

Latest death toll stands at 8 and I fear it will rise.

Tell those family members that just lost loved ones, “It’ll be fine bro…”

michaelpholz.bsky.social•14 days ago

Oddly, its almost as if they knew the nation was going to be in ruins soon so consider remediation or managing the outcome of catastrophic events futile.
Not that they are intelligent enough to grasp the realities...greed blinds fools.

jonesmurphy.bsky.social•14 days ago

Bigots detest science. It makes them look like fools. Trump's approval is going UP to new record highs based on this attack on science.

elprager.bsky.social•14 days ago

Partly our own fault for not investing and taking the time to communicate the importance of science and how it helps everyone, even bigots! We need to do more to talk to people outside our communities and comfort zones, and it takes investment which is not happening. Angry, frustrated and sad.

jonesmurphy.bsky.social•14 days ago

Scientists overwhelmingly do not want to talk to black people. Yet blacks are the most supportive people in the US of science. It's not a communication problem of science per se. It is a monumental failure to confront bigotry & hatred, especially racism. Most scientists are bigots & racists.

jonesmurphy.bsky.social•14 days ago

Science must urgently get busy confronting bigotry & hatred of various forms, but first and foremost confronting Nazi eugenics. Too many scientists quietly practice lives of color-coded segregation and Nazi eugenics, even though they should know it's all bullshit.

elprager.bsky.social•14 days ago

Sorry Jones, I don't agree with that. I know so many scientists that are not bigots or racists. I'm not saying this is not a huge issue, but please do not generalize to the rest of us.

jonesmurphy.bsky.social•14 days ago

You're contradicting yourself out of solidarity with racists and racism. You say it's a huge issue in the scientific community, but deny it is caused by any significant % of scientists. I am absolutely generalizing. I do not see any substantial % of scientists today who violate racist taboos.

jonesmurphy.bsky.social•14 days ago

One of us is blind. I see scientists overwhelmingly practicing color-coded segregation & inbreeding in their own lives. I see no significant efforts and statements from my own alma mater Caltech for example against global warming denial/accelerationism, even while Caltech recently nearly burned down

captainmanicotta.bsky.social•14 days ago

And how did that help us during Helene?

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