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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 7

      Health Nerd Retweeted Richard Dawkins

      This is just a confusion in terms: "Science" = process by which humans examine the universe "Facts" = truths about the universe that cannot be altered Science is by definition constructed. Facts are nothttps://twitter.com/RichardDawkins/status/1368259842222268421 …

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      Richard DawkinsVerified account @RichardDawkins
      Science is not a social construct. Science’s truths were true before there were societies; will still be true after all philosophers are dead; were true before any philosophers were born; were true before there were any minds, even trilobite or dinosaur minds, to notice them.
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    2. Rémi Vachon‏ @BanjoBouchon Mar 7
      Replying to @GidMK

      He tweeted basically what you said a moment after.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 7
      Replying to @BanjoBouchon

      Yeh but he doubled down on the important bit, which is this idea that some people think that there is no objective reality. That's not true - the idea is that there is no way we can objectively measure reality, not that reality doesn't exist

      4 replies 1 retweet 11 likes
    4. Stephan J. Guyenet‏ @whsource Mar 7
      Replying to @GidMK @BanjoBouchon

      I'm not convinced that some people don't genuinely believe that there is no such thing as objective reality. But in any case, whether you believe it doesn't exist or simply can't be known, both lead to absurdity.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 7
      Replying to @whsource @BanjoBouchon

      Some people may believe pretty much every ludicrous idea, but it's not the main argument. But I think it's pretty much a given that our system for analyzing the world is socially constructed, regardless of the reality we're trying to assess

      3 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
    6. Rémi Vachon‏ @BanjoBouchon Mar 7
      Replying to @GidMK @whsource

      Yeah but ultimately it’s pointless. I could as well say that this statement you make about the world is a social construct, and therefore not objectively true.

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 7
      Replying to @BanjoBouchon @whsource

      You could, and in some instances ~you'd be correct~. Eugenics was a major branch of science for decades, and considered objective truth, even though it was the epitome of a social construct

      2:32 PM - 7 Mar 2021
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        2. Rémi Vachon‏ @BanjoBouchon Mar 7
          Replying to @GidMK @whsource

          Doesn’t eugenics work for dogs ? Eugenism is more about morality (it is obviously bad for many reasons) than science.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK Mar 7
          Replying to @BanjoBouchon @whsource

          Breeding =/= eugenics. Eugenics is predicated on the idea that there are characteristics that are objectively "better" about some people compared to others, which goes back to our socially constructed attitudes towards what is considered "better"

          7 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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        1. Noël Michel‏ @VertLepere Mar 8
          Replying to @GidMK @BanjoBouchon @whsource

          Even "health" is as much a social construct too!

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