Feeling chaotic, just made a Truth Social account to talk about science
November 18, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Feeling chaotic, just made a Truth Social account to talk about science
Welcome new followers. You came for Onions, but feel free to stay for psychometrics and computational social science
December 30, 2024 at 3:05 AM
Welcome new followers. You came for Onions, but feel free to stay for psychometrics and computational social science
Kids, study social science
October 7, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Kids, study social science
Natural science, licks the rock
Social science, watches someone else lick the rock and writes down if they die
Social science, watches someone else lick the rock and writes down if they die
While measuring brown sugar today, I noticed a dis-colored mass and culled it. Washed it off and it looked like a rock. "How did a rock get in there?"
Later, in the name of Science! I licked the rock.
It was sweet. I decided it's probably a solid crystal of sugar that had escaped the crusher.
Later, in the name of Science! I licked the rock.
It was sweet. I decided it's probably a solid crystal of sugar that had escaped the crusher.
December 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Natural science, licks the rock
Social science, watches someone else lick the rock and writes down if they die
Social science, watches someone else lick the rock and writes down if they die
Me, I’m social science.
December 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Me, I’m social science.
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
January 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
I’m seeing lots of people on here misunderstand the purpose of ICE watch.
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
It’s de-escalation. And it’s grounded in the social science of violence. 🧵
Doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific
September 2, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific doing social science with synthetic research participants is unscientific
New post: Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? (No. No it can't. Come on, now.)
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Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers?
No. No it can't. Come on, now.
davekarpf.beehiiv.com
March 5, 2026 at 4:49 PM
New post: Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers? (No. No it can't. Come on, now.)
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Wolf pairs stay together for years, hunting, raising pups and guarding territory side by side. Science calls it social monogamy, but it looks a lot like love.
October 1, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Wolf pairs stay together for years, hunting, raising pups and guarding territory side by side. Science calls it social monogamy, but it looks a lot like love.
There is SO much junk social science around introversion and extroversion. And a lot of hostility. Hell, I’ve even heard podcasters and YouTubers who are all about tackling junk social science, harp on and on about how introverted they are.
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
There is SO much junk social science around introversion and extroversion. And a lot of hostility. Hell, I’ve even heard podcasters and YouTubers who are all about tackling junk social science, harp on and on about how introverted they are.
No, a LOT of them think that. Science may be one of the most social forms of knowledge production we have. Arguably it’s at least as social as creative writing. Actual scientists will tell you this. Yet, millions of people think they can do science alone with an LLM.
I just now realized that some guys think that fancy predictive text can make new scientific discoveries but that doesn’t even make sense.
July 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
No, a LOT of them think that. Science may be one of the most social forms of knowledge production we have. Arguably it’s at least as social as creative writing. Actual scientists will tell you this. Yet, millions of people think they can do science alone with an LLM.
Good to see @bsky.app has emerged as the social media platform of choice for science stuff
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
Bluesky now platform of choice for science community
It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…
arstechnica.com
August 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Good to see @bsky.app has emerged as the social media platform of choice for science stuff
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
arstechnica.com/science/2025...
i reject all the significant achievements of modern science and social development in favor of a video i once saw of a dying penguin
January 28, 2026 at 5:33 AM
i reject all the significant achievements of modern science and social development in favor of a video i once saw of a dying penguin
In case anybody needs reminding...
"Science in Health, Wealth, and War"
A Social Media OpEd. [Video: 7m 30s]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gsf...
"Science in Health, Wealth, and War"
A Social Media OpEd. [Video: 7m 30s]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gsf...
“Science in Health, Wealth, & War” A Social Media Op-Ed by Neil deGrasse Tyson
YouTube video by StarTalk Plus
www.youtube.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In case anybody needs reminding...
"Science in Health, Wealth, and War"
A Social Media OpEd. [Video: 7m 30s]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gsf...
"Science in Health, Wealth, and War"
A Social Media OpEd. [Video: 7m 30s]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Gsf...
social media is not "just wanting to communicate with your friends". And Taylor knows it. This is a deliberate denial of basic reality, and a large body of science on how algorithmic social media can harm kids in particular.
Can social media be addictive?
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
@taylorlorenz.bsky.social says no.
“You wanting to communicate and chat with your friends every day is not an addiction,” says Lorenz. “And to frame it that way is incredibly harmful and anti-science.”
September 16, 2026 at 7:51 PM
social media is not "just wanting to communicate with your friends". And Taylor knows it. This is a deliberate denial of basic reality, and a large body of science on how algorithmic social media can harm kids in particular.
As a fan of Star Trek & other science fiction, I don’t mind if science is fudged for dramatic effect. But when the scientific process & scientists themselves are misrepresented, inserting secrecy & efforts at social control, it contributes to distrust in science & misconceptions that can cause harm.
The new movie Disclosure Day is all about a big, alien secret. But SETI researchers behind the updated postdetection protocol say they aren’t in the business of secrets
What Spielberg’s Disclosure Day gets wrong about the search for aliens
The new movie Disclosure Day is all about a big, alien secret. But SETI researchers behind the updated postdetection protocol say they aren’t in the business of secrets
www.scientificamerican.com
June 12, 2026 at 3:43 PM
As a fan of Star Trek & other science fiction, I don’t mind if science is fudged for dramatic effect. But when the scientific process & scientists themselves are misrepresented, inserting secrecy & efforts at social control, it contributes to distrust in science & misconceptions that can cause harm.
October 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.
NSF Update
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit.
Now by Directorate...
1/11
February 19, 2026 at 2:37 AM
This thread shows a deliberate defunding of U.S. science, engineering, social science, innovation, and education excellence. It’s a U.S. national security, competitiveness, and economic disaster.
The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
-Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
-Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925
June 19, 2026 at 3:07 PM
The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
-Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
-Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925
former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."
September 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
former CDC official Dr. Houry: "I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC covid vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science."
my social science masters degree was not a waste of money and has in fact made my life better and easier
March 20, 2026 at 3:44 AM
my social science masters degree was not a waste of money and has in fact made my life better and easier
🎶 science is a social phenomenon 🎶
September 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🎶 science is a social phenomenon 🎶
it's really something that the united states effectively self-annihilated its academic institutions thus making europe the center of the world's humanities/social science academia and china the center of the world's science/technology academia
September 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
it's really something that the united states effectively self-annihilated its academic institutions thus making europe the center of the world's humanities/social science academia and china the center of the world's science/technology academia