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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Feb 2021

    zeynep tufekci Retweeted Prof. Jose-Luis Jimenez

    Epistemic trespassing alert!!! 😃😃😃 I'M JOKING I'M JOKING but I did write a book on how such processes on social media (where platform design and human/social dynamics interact) hobbled so many social movements before. Free Creative Commons copy here: https://www.twitterandteargas.org/ https://twitter.com/jljcolorado/status/1357737374621515776 …

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    Prof. Jose-Luis JimenezVerified account @jljcolorado
    1/ Some reflections on scientific Twitter sociology I hadn't used Twitter much before the pandemic. I was used to the politics of peer-review, grants, large studies etc. But scientific Twitter can be the Wild West by comparison.
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      2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Feb 2021

        Epistemic trespassing is always interesting, definitely has the good, the bad and the ugly. Every field attempts to police it. Ranges from licensing to public outrage. As usual, a lot defends on specifics. One can find examples to all: the good, the bad and the ugly versions.

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      3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Feb 2021

        Usually it's never a one-way street. I've been frustrated by (some) in the medical community making fairly baseless assumptions about how most people would behave, and also, interestingly, they don't even accept they're making assumptions. Signature epistemological power move.

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      4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Feb 2021

        Anyway, I look forward to discussing “tyranny of structurelessnes” with aerosol scientists and others.

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      2. Tarot XIII‏ @blaze9112 6 Feb 2021
        Replying to @zeynep

        i just hope that nobody will listen to what an economist has to say about public health ever again

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      3. Nicest Snog 🔎‏ @Insect_Song 6 Feb 2021
        Replying to @blaze9112 @zeynep

        All the economists I follow are saying things like "allow rapid testing" and "spend more on vaccines so we get them faster." What am I missing?

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      1. Firas Durri‏ @firasd 6 Feb 2021
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        Firas Durri Retweeted zeynep tufekci

        I think your point here gets at a lot of issues 👇there is definitely some 'cliquishness' in science twitterhttps://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1340752034044276739 …

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        zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
        Too often what feels like "expert/science consensus"ish is actually a few Twitter people with lots of followers. (NOT ME lol!) when, in reality, there is a real debate within the scientific community—but then media leans on the high-profile Twitter experts and make it worse.
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      2. ihnorton‏ @ihnorton 6 Feb 2021
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        It’s a miracle that Wikipedia was created and sufficiently established before “modern Twitter.” Can you imagine trying to recreate it today?

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      3. ihnorton‏ @ihnorton 6 Feb 2021
        Replying to @ihnorton @zeynep

        There seems to be a big void between the niche and often inaccessible journal realm, and public-facing sci-comm (including intra- and extra-field Twitter dunking). So many discussions would be improved by a common, living site w/ tiered intro to major questions in diff. fields.

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      1. Natanael, tech custodial engineer‏ @Natanael_L 6 Feb 2021
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        For better or worse, the field of cryptography has it's saying "don't roll your own crypto", as in don't try to create your own encryption system, just use what has been designed by experts. It's a fine line between discouraging dangerous behavior vs discouraging learning.

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