The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell
It's been a terrible week. A terrible, terrible week. The worst people on earth are full of energy and vigour, the best are defined by anxiety and self-doubt. Here are three simple rules to surviving the next four years, because by God we'll need them iandunt.substack.com/p/a-little-b...
January 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I found this op-ed by Peter Kalmus in @nytimes.com to be a very powerful and sobering read on the LA fires from the lens of a climate scientist (who left LA to avoid the fire risk... and the house he moved from ended up burning down this time)
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles (Gift Article)
After the Bobcat fire, the area no longer felt safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
#DeonticDrivers: differences between strong population science knowledge and individual variations
#Uncertainty and #Risk ( #Probabilities ) are #SolidFacts
#Uncertainty and #Risk ( #Probabilities ) are #SolidFacts
Science denialists believe they are the true “skeptics” who are embracing science’s rigor.
They claim they want evidence--but failure to accept well-supported conclusions in the light of overwhelming evidence isn’t skepticism.
It’s denial.
- @thinkingpowers.bsky.social
They claim they want evidence--but failure to accept well-supported conclusions in the light of overwhelming evidence isn’t skepticism.
It’s denial.
- @thinkingpowers.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#DeonticDrivers: differences between strong population science knowledge and individual variations
#Uncertainty and #Risk ( #Probabilities ) are #SolidFacts
#Uncertainty and #Risk ( #Probabilities ) are #SolidFacts
Is societal collapse inevitable?
research.”
“At the end of the day, we have to radically transform society, and we have to do it fast,” he says. That means overhauling politics, policies and institutions, safeguarding food production and the natural world that supports life on Earth.
research.”
“At the end of the day, we have to radically transform society, and we have to do it fast,” he says. That means overhauling politics, policies and institutions, safeguarding food production and the natural world that supports life on Earth.
December 28, 2024 at 11:39 PM
#Uncertainty #Ambiguity #Doubt are #SolidFacts to be proudly touted and affirmed repeatedly as key parts of #ProblemSolving for everyone
January 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
#Uncertainty #Ambiguity #Doubt are #SolidFacts to be proudly touted and affirmed repeatedly as key parts of #ProblemSolving for everyone
Confusion between #PopulationHealth and #IndividualDifferences
#Uncertainty #Risk #Prevention are #SolidFacts
#Uncertainty #Risk #Prevention are #SolidFacts
February 15, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Confusion between #PopulationHealth and #IndividualDifferences
#Uncertainty #Risk #Prevention are #SolidFacts
#Uncertainty #Risk #Prevention are #SolidFacts
If you don’t recognize the attack on Argentina as Trump‘s attempt at a Bush WAR for oil (and rare earth minerals) part duece💩 than take a look at all similarities presented in this amazing video compilation. #SolidFACTS
December 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
If you don’t recognize the attack on Argentina as Trump‘s attempt at a Bush WAR for oil (and rare earth minerals) part duece💩 than take a look at all similarities presented in this amazing video compilation. #SolidFACTS
November 16, 2023 at 11:02 PM
Morning News Updates, January 26, 2025
YouTube video by Aaron Parnas
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#Uncertainty and #Unknowns are #SolidFacts
#FakeAnswers used in #PoliticalGameTheory
that has become a #SelfTrapping #ParanoiaFramework
#FakeAnswers used in #PoliticalGameTheory
that has become a #SelfTrapping #ParanoiaFramework
That’s why I think it’s so unhelpful (and also why I engaged in good faith with the original poster).
I really enjoyed God Delusion when I was younger but I now think it’s “atheism for dummies” approach has caused real harm to the discussion.
I really enjoyed God Delusion when I was younger but I now think it’s “atheism for dummies” approach has caused real harm to the discussion.
January 6, 2024 at 10:00 PM
#Uncertainty and #Unknowns are #SolidFacts
#FakeAnswers used in #PoliticalGameTheory
that has become a #SelfTrapping #ParanoiaFramework
#FakeAnswers used in #PoliticalGameTheory
that has become a #SelfTrapping #ParanoiaFramework