Dr Anna Dornhaus
@dornhaus
Collective behavior, insects, complex systems; Prof in Ecology & Evol Bio at Univ of Arizona; science for public/kids; mastodon: @[email protected]
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Key thing about scientific research: we don't know the answer yet. But do we think we know the answer? You bet! (we're human, after all) Therefore, key difficulty in science: overcoming our convictions. How? Rigorously discard hypotheses that make wrong predictions.
Not sure what you think is at stake, but whatever it is, working to elect an egocentric, incompetent, authoritarian, convicted felon is throwing the baby with the bathwater. And then, eroding the trust of the public in democratic institutions, the electoral process, the press,
This video was REMOVED FROM X‼️ Y’all know what to do…. GO‼️
refreshing an article & seeing the change of narrative shift in real time… dystopia is now
First: I am a proud Jew and grandchild of Holocaust survivors. Second: Israel is killing thousands of innocent civilians in Gaza. The actions of the Netanyahu government, and our funding and support of those actions, are morally indefensible. (2/6)
Social insect researchers and students: the IUSSI-North American Section meeting is coming up! Arizona in the mountains in late summer - spectacular landscape, gorgeous weather. Registration includes all accommodation and food. iussi.cyberbee.net/iussi-2024/
UPDATE: Around 2:00 a.m. law enforcement officers in gas masks and riot gear stormed a pro-Palestinian encampment on the @uarizona campus. The move came hours after a 10:30 p.m. deadline for protesters to leave the area. More: news.azpm.org/p/azpmnews/202…
@UArizonaPolice out ticketing bike commuters and tear gassing our students but apparently have no problem with other encampments. @uarizona are you so afraid of your students that you’d ruin your lawns and close your campus rather than support the first amendment?
Although I sort of knew this, it is still shocking: the US isn't on here but I think that the old median age in Germany explains many of the cultural and living differences between Germany and the US.
Map by @landgeist shows the median age across Europe. Remember that median age means half the population is older than that age. In Portugal's Alto Tamega half of the population is older than 56.2 years! Imagine managing such a region. Challenging! Source: landgeist.com/2023/08/19/med…
6/Lets look at each review in turn. 1. MASKS: N=35 studies in community settings (3 RCTs) & 40 in healthcare settings (1 RCT). 😷 MAJORITY of studies found that masks (87%) and mask mandates (89%) REDUCED infection compared to those that found no effect (12%).
This means Google is using tracking info – what it thinks it knows about me – to decide which answer it should serve to a question *where there is clear scientific consensus on the answer*. You can see the problem here.
This rule should also be applied to science journalism and outreach by scientists.
Here’s your friendly neighborhood script reader thought of the day: if you are writing about real places and real issues - like say, NASA - it will help you to assume that one of your readers has never heard of NASA, and one is a literal astronaut. Here’s why I think this:
Culture war rhetoric thrives in a fragmented media landscape where there is no shared source of truth, and no challenge to radical opinions. That is a perfect description of US media, but doesn’t describe British media at all.
There is a persistent myth of "the happy poor". It's just that: a myth. While happiness and life satisfaction are of course driven by many other things as well, people in poor countries are on average much more unhappy. Economic growth matters. ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-vs…
can confirm the next 30 years line. It is therefore WAY more important to get to know future peer collaborators/reviewers than meet the famous people, though I have had some GREAT conversations with smart old famous folk whilst others were out partying too.
Here’s your friendly neighborhood script reader thought of the day: if you are writing about real places and real issues - like say, NASA - it will help you to assume that one of your readers has never heard of NASA, and one is a literal astronaut. Here’s why I think this:
Just had a lab meeting on the use of LLMs in science, covering pitfalls as well as use cases. I think the cat is out of the bag, and we need to start developing frameworks for responsible use, rather than pretending people won't use LLMs extensively. Our framework, v 1.0:
Good tips here on how to identify fake images. But: we're never going to investigate every image or headline we see this way, and each of them is still going to marginally affect our worldviews. At least we should get in the habit of doing it for the big things.
#AprilFoolsDay is here! Let's run through a few ways to avoid being fooled. Today or any day of the year. Let's go back to the pic of #PopeFrancis in a designer puffer. We know it's fake. Here's how you could've caught it. (Hint: Open lots of tabs!)#medialiteracy
The red line is when Republicans ended the national assault weapons ban.
A selection of Lego flying insects by MarcoIntothewild is today's Staff Pick! 🪰 Do you recognize any of the insects built here? Full details: ideas.lego.com/projects/8ede1… #LEGOIdeas
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