#Beliefs

Tim Harford

TimHarford

THREAD1/"When the facts change, I change my opinions. What do you do? - Attributed (without evidence) to John Maynard Keynes, hero of "How To Make The World Add Up" ch

BetaModification

MyBetaMod

Nine lessons learned from studying the cognitive biases:*A Thread* 1. I am not immune from the negative patterns I recognise in others.I studied the biases to learn more about other

Alexis McGill Johnson

alexismcgill

For as long as I’ve been involved at Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger’s legacy on race has been an open question.What people want to know is: Was she or was she

CienciaPR

CienciaPR

A2: Dealing with misinformation is frustrating for scientists, so we encourage people to start from a place of empathy. Recognize these are scary and uncertain times and that it can

Buck Sexton

BuckSexton

1. Everything is now political 2. Your enemies do not seek to convert you, but to destroy you3. Your basic freedoms are under assault- and we’re losing 4. Winning matters,

Antis-Delete-Your-Blogs-Pls

adybpt

I'd like to talk about this from a place of opening genuine discussion, not trying to point fingers or demonise anyone, but I really wish we could talk about the

LXXVIII

Ouroboros78

I'm largely okay with my friends hanging around with people I've cut out of my life because the reasons I ended those friendships were personal to my situation, but there's

Ash⁸˙² is just 𝒶𝒾𝓇 ✧

justair2mewgulf

Today I'm taking an aggressive approach to reach as many people as possible before the issue grows.Nothing serious happened, but I'm seeing a bit of drama going around. I know

Minorities in STEM

MinoritySTEM

I’ve received a lot of questions about how I coped with my #mentalhealth in academia. Here’s a thread of things that helped me:#PhD #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2020 #STEM#WomenInSTEM 1. CBT - Cognitive

Darby Lines 🌹

Angry_Drunk

Ok. Since I guess we’re going to keep rolling with the wide-eyed “Why would they force schools to re-open? Do they want people to die?” incredulity let’s break this down.

Zain Kahn

heykahn

The world's most powerful skill:Effective decision-making.But colleges eat up 4 years of our lives and don't even bother teaching it.Instead, here are 10 quick lessons from psychology that will upgrade

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

Who'sreadyforSCOTUSopinion(s)at10?! Today is NOT the last opinion day of the Supreme Court's term. We don't know when that is yet! Big cases remaining: •contraceptive mandate•Oklahoma tribal lands•ministerial exception•T

Radical Traditional Jewish Person

JustSayXtian

I've been thinking about this for a while, and I think the answer I have is the idea that religion/theology/relationship-with-God is primarily about individual salvation and reward after death.https://twitter.com/calieber/status/1255300

Busari Abdulhafeez

polymath001

Mrs X baby weighed 5 kg. Her doctors advised her to have a CS because her pelvis was narrow & it will be difficult for the baby to pass through.She

Spider (he/they) 🔯♿🏳️‍🌈

vaspider

One of the things I've been thinking about a lot since a panel I was in on Friday abt accessibility in horror games is that, if you successfully advocate for

MightyQMadness

mightymomadness

1. #Qanons Being an informed #freethinking individual takes a certain level of effort and responsibility. To defeat any enemy takes knowledge. Knowledge is the root of all power. Therefore to