I can verify this is happening to her replies that have no offensive content whatsoever—but in fact are substantive. It’s likely because people who disagree with her have reported her as “misinformation”—and the automated system is very prone to manipulation like this.https://twitter.com/Ayjchan/status/1462782744635785222 …
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Replying to @zeynep
I mean, if you want to have a conversation about metrics and logistics of Twitter, fine. The silver lining is them deboosting a literal grifting conspiracy theorist who has a book to sell.
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Replying to @WryWryWry3
The lucrative path in her field would have been to join the in-crowd which let Peter you-know-who lead the whole field by the nose into very troubling corner—the damaging effects of which are yet to play, likely for decades—for almost two years despite obvious, visible problems.
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Replying to @zeynep @WryWryWry3
Please explain how that works. How lucrative is being a postdoc who's not selling hit books for conspiracy theorists? Postdocs get paid very little, and there's no market for an empty book titled "I'm Not A Virologist, Don't Listen To Me". This is anti-science propaganda.
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"All those greedy academic scientists are in on the global conspiracy for their cushy five figure salaries! Only the brave truth tellers sacrifice all that for fame and fortune". This is the lowest level of gross and a really irresponsible abuse of your platform.
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Replying to @drethescientist @WryWryWry3
In a world where people "in the field" put their name on "frozen food more likely than anything do to with lab" without evidence, logic or embarrassment, yeah, the field could use some prodding because, as usual, gatekeeping needs to be earned, otherwise it backfires. As it is.
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Alina Chan, or her book, is the least of the problem the "correct" field faces in this issue of origins, and it is amazing to me that so many cannot see this obvious fact and try to focus on the real problem, which has just begun to play out, and is potentially catastrophic.
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Replying to @zeynep @drethescientist
Really, it doesn’t occur to you the best selling lists across the country, as noted by your employer, are literal bullshit conspiracy theories by Robert Kennedy about how Bill Gates is funding the worldwide Jewish conspiracy? You don’t think people are going to do the same here?
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The fact that there are nutty conspiracies doesn't make all claims that the powerful conspire together (say, revolving doors), or that there are censorship in authoritarian governments, into "conspiracy theories". The smart approach is to have some sense into the difference.
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Replying to @zeynep @drethescientist
Oh so SOME dialogue that is very obviously self-serving MAY be possibly true, therefore we should give credence to that? There’s a laundry list of examples of why that’s not advised, but hey, Glenn Greenwald took this path and look how successful he is now!
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Artyom Korenevsky Retweeted Artyom Korenevsky
Consider for a minute:https://twitter.com/ArtKorenevsky/status/1462460935822618631?t=oNyLFA3rByTWSXQfqFZWMQ&s=19 …
Artyom Korenevsky added,
Artyom Korenevsky @ArtKorenevskyThere's absolutely nothing deterministic about life. Our entire existence is literally a product of randomness. From Brownian motion of particles to macro evolution. All we have is the scientific method to counteract the false perception of linearity created by our brains.0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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