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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose Feb 20

    There are now bets being taken about whether I can really tell the difference between tea made properly and tea made in a microwave. If I decline to take part in this experiment, I am anti-science and it's likely that I am pretending to know things I don't know.pic.twitter.com/wdYBQmmXsY

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      2. Dan Perrins‏ @BlackBeard20096 Feb 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Go for the real cutting edge experiment,, coffee made in or out of the microwave. Come to the Dark Roast Side Helen... @pluckrose_david lol

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      3. david pluckrose‏ @pluckrose_david Feb 20
        Replying to @BlackBeard20096 @HPluckrose

        Coffee should never, never make by microwave on the other hand piss water they call tea could be microwave 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄

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      4. Dan Perrins‏ @BlackBeard20096 Feb 20
        Replying to @pluckrose_david @HPluckrose

        tell us how you really feel about tea, don't hold back. lol

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      2. (((A Student, For Real)))‏ @J_indetroit Feb 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Don’t do it. Your Britishness outranks Americans on this issue. (use this argument on everyone but me)

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      3. Ben‏ @BristolBen Feb 20
        Replying to @J_indetroit @HPluckrose

        All tea tastes the same to me. Americans have been making tea with salt water ever since that problem in Boston, but I couldn’t tell the difference. 😐

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      4. (((A Student, For Real)))‏ @J_indetroit Feb 20
        Replying to @BristolBen @HPluckrose

        I’ve never met an American who had more than a cursory interest in tea. We drink coffee here. <beats chest>

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      6. Ben‏ @BristolBen Feb 20
        Replying to @AtticusOz @J_indetroit @HPluckrose

        Anything with coffee beans has my blessing 😊

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      8. Ben‏ @BristolBen Feb 20
        Replying to @AtticusOz @J_indetroit @HPluckrose

        I’m an equal opportunity coffee drinker, from Instant Nescafé all the way to the most exclusive espresso. ☺️

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      1. flabberghosted(Am I an NPC?)‏ @observeaddict Feb 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I admit its a lot of work for something as insignificant as tea, but you either trust in the scientific method or you don't. You don't want to undermine all of your arguments you've ever made.

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      1. Tom Clarke‏ @tomeclarke Feb 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I think that having more ways to make tea that tastes good is a good thing. Think about it, it can only mean more tea! So it’s a choice between having more tea, or proving Americans are dumb. It’s a win win!

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      1. Cab Davidson‏ @gnomeicide Feb 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        It's not about the flavour of the tea, it is respect for tradition.

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      2. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia Feb 20
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        My ex-husband had many arguments with Argentines. "Water isn't path dependent" he would tell them. They insisted that mate (the drink) must be made with H2O at 70C, that has NEVER boiled. Not water boiled & then cooled to 70C. No! (They have special kettles that cut off at 70C).

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      3. Žarko Radulović‏ @josephbt Feb 20
        Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

        what? like, with thermostats and valves?

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      4. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia Feb 20
        Replying to @josephbt @HPluckrose

        The kettle just has a mate setting and it shuts off at 70C. True story. These are common in Argentina.

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      5. Žarko Radulović‏ @josephbt Feb 20
        Replying to @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

        i'm just blinking now

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      6. Mild mannered janitor.‏ @CBrenchley Feb 21
        Replying to @josephbt @IonaItalia @HPluckrose

        THEY MIGHT BE RIGHT THOUGH!! Temporary hardness of water (dissolved Calcium Hydrogen carbonate) is removed by heat- so boiling will remove more than heating water to 70 °C

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      7. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia Feb 21
        Replying to @CBrenchley @josephbt @HPluckrose

        OMG

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      8. Mild mannered janitor.‏ @CBrenchley Feb 21
        Replying to @IonaItalia @josephbt @HPluckrose

        😉

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      9. Iona Italia‏ @IonaItalia Feb 21
        Replying to @CBrenchley @josephbt @HPluckrose

        https://youtu.be/9C4uTEEOJlM 

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