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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    1. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 16 Feb 2020

      any other practicing agnostics out there? because it's time to make this official

      29 replies 0 retweets 52 likes
    2. Jennifer Gunter‏Verified account @DrJenGunter 16 Feb 2020
      Replying to @AlanLevinovitz

      Sorry, hard core atheist here

      3 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
    3. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 16 Feb 2020
      Replying to @DrJenGunter

      by agnostic I just mean that my bedrock is "whoa, I have no idea why there is something instead of nothing" if by atheist you mean, "but I'm pretty sure that most of the religious answers to this questions are wrong..." then I'm 100% with you

      2 replies 1 retweet 16 likes
    4. Jennifer Gunter‏Verified account @DrJenGunter 16 Feb 2020
      Replying to @AlanLevinovitz

      Hmmmm. I never think about why we are here. I believe in the randomness of things. Random mutations leading to different bird beaks and so some survive. And I guess random explosions of matter?

      1 reply 0 retweets 14 likes
    5. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 16 Feb 2020
      Replying to @DrJenGunter

      Randomness is scary to lots of people. I think a part of my agnosticism (central part?) is being grateful for randomness? After all, without it...none of this!

      1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
    6. Jennifer Gunter‏Verified account @DrJenGunter 16 Feb 2020
      Replying to @AlanLevinovitz

      I am very accepting of randomness. I honestly think it is because of Aidan (my son’s death). There was for me no other way to move on, or I suppose stumble, on.

      2 replies 0 retweets 19 likes
    7. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 16 Feb 2020
      Replying to @DrJenGunter

      For many, the exact opposite: there needs to be a "reason" for everything—the randomness is terrifying.

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      David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 16 Feb 2020
      Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @DrJenGunter

      Yep. That trait of needing an explanation is one big reason there are antivaxxers.

      7:09 PM - 16 Feb 2020
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        2. Alan Levinovitz‏Verified account @AlanLevinovitz 16 Feb 2020
          Replying to @gorskon @DrJenGunter

          And I get it! One of the reasons I'm thinking more about trying to "codify" rituals/stories of uncertainty is because I think that might provide a comforting alternative to the (false) narratives/rituals that inevitably fill the void when people suffer.

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        3. Jennifer Gunter‏Verified account @DrJenGunter 16 Feb 2020
          Replying to @AlanLevinovitz @gorskon

          I see how people go there, but 100 years ago no one understood why women who were dying from cancer smelled so much or what the cancer was and now we know it is cervical cancer due to HPV and we have a vaccine. I can accept the science will happen for many things after I’m gone.

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