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    1. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      1/ Still angry at that person who was upset that covid tests return positive on applesauce. This is a true smoothbrain response, from someone who has never once investigated how measurement works. It's almost logically impossible to measure the qualia of a thing.

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    2. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      2/ The human inner ear does not measure rotation - it measures the displacement of the cupula in a water filled channel, because the cupula is displaced by the inertia of the water if the head rotates. HOWEVER, if you drink alcohol, relative densities of cupula & fluid change

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    3. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      3/ and the cupula is displaced, and the measurement system registers acceleration.

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    4. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      4/ The fuel sensor in a car's gas tank doesn't measure fuel - it's a float, and it measures how high it's riding / what angle it makes with a baseline. If you park your car on a slope, or fill the tank with water, it measures different values.

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    5. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      5/ Ammeters don't measure amps - they pass electricity through a coil, that creates a magnetic field, that field pulls on a spring loaded readout needle, and the deflection is correlated with current flow. If you bring a magnet nearby, the meter registers amps even w/o current

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    6. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      6/ Scales don't measure mass, they measure deflection.

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    7. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      7/ Academic tests don't measure mastery of the material, they measure correct answers (or, rather, answers that match what the test creator wants). If you use a cheat sheet, the test registers correct answers.

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    8. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      8/ An election doesn't measure popular will, it measures ... whatever.

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    9. ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020

      9/ Seeing that a covid test responds to apple sauce doesn't tell you that covid doesn't exist, or that the test is an op. It just tells you that tests need to be used in a way consistent with their design, because a test measures X which is correlated with Y IF AND ONLY IF Z.

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    10. Jordan Lewis‏ @jordanthelawyer 16 Dec 2020
      Replying to @MorlockP

      Same for measurements. We rarely directly measure anything. At best, we’re just measuring against an index. Scientific testing is usually separated by another step or two from a direct. Measuring X, which correlates to Y but is not Y. It’s all subject to interference.

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      ⓘ Dogs don't have thumbs‏ @MorlockP 16 Dec 2020
      Replying to @jordanthelawyer

      me: > It's almost logically impossible to measure the qualia of a thing. you: > Same for measurements. uh...yes

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        1. Jordan Lewis‏ @jordanthelawyer 16 Dec 2020
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