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Historian of science, secrecy, and nuclear weapons. Professor of STS at @FollowStevens. UC Berkeley alum with a Harvard PhD. NUKEMAP creator. Coder and web dev.

Hoboken, NJ / NYC
blog.nuclearsecrecy.com
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    Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein Feb 26
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    Whenever airline ticketing gives me the option to select "Dr." as my title, I am always tempted to do it, but then I wonder if this situation is the most likely outcome of such vanity.pic.twitter.com/F2K0X8wkLI

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      2. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein Feb 26
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        (Is a doctorate in the History of Science better or worse than a doctorate in Literature in this situation? I could probably provide useful information like, "you know, in a few decades they might decide that your condition is really a different thing than they once thought.")

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      3. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein Feb 26
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        ("I'm pretty sure there's a social dimension to your affliction... let's explore that.")

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      4. Alex Wellerstein‏Verified account @wellerstein Feb 26
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        ("Have I told you about Ignaz Semmelweis? It's a crazy story! Hello? Sir? Can you hear me? We're losing him!")

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      2. Casillic‏ @Casillic Feb 26
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        Well guess it depends on where the planes going. So never know, it might come in handy....pic.twitter.com/vr1RYZVa1Q

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      1. Timoer‏ @TFr68 Feb 26
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        I have also been tempted a few times, but my PhD in chemistry would probably not help, unless I would need to poison them 😉

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      1. Divy Tolia (Div-yuh)‏ @designMoreData Feb 26
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        😂👍🏼

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      1. rjzii‏ @rjzii Feb 26
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        You're likely fine, statistically you can expect at least one medical professional (e.g., MD, DO, RN, etc.) on board a large enough aircraft. Plus, depending on the problem, a paramedic might be more useful than an MD whose been specialized for a long time.

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      1. Michael Kowal‏ @mikekowal86 Feb 26
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        I've contemplated this more times than I can count

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      1. сука-billed blyatypus‏ @dasbub Feb 26
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        Play it safe and choose Rev.

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      1. Nikolai Sokov‏ @SokovNikolai Feb 26
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        Just recalling how, upon arrival in Austria, I was advised to put "Dr.Dr." on my card... But they say that Dr. on your drivers licence can get you more lenient treatment by police.

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      1. richard g maier IV‏ @ricmai28 Feb 26
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        should I tell them "does the ScD hold more clout than the PhD?Btw,is this an international flight? I'm not a Dr. but I play one on Twitter.

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      1. Tony Lovell‏ @DulcetTone Feb 26
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        Being able to say something pithy in remembrance has to count for SOMETHING.

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      1. EK3‏ @EK14MeV Feb 27
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        Advanced degrees only apply to specialization purviews. Yet "expertise" is now abused by sociopolitical and economic activists in areas where intensely immoderate ideological infusion rejects wider truths, historical wisdom,and even reality, & is now compromising natural sciences

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      1. Tony Pennino‏ @beatnikprof Feb 27
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        Same.

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      1. lee‏ @VelmaHamdan Feb 27
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        These are all funny, thank you

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      1. snooti fox‏ @mheplersmith Feb 28
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        Die not, poore death, nor yet canst thou kill mee.

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