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Um so
We set a tentative goal for the number of advance readers to send my book to & have......10x'd it??!
This is the REAL 10x effect right here
"Given the enthusiasm we can aim for more" is what my editor just told me about how many advance readers I can pick 😎 😎 😎 😎 😎
I'm trying to be cool about it but I'm just 😭😭. Please keep sharing. It's also giving me incredibly helpful feedback about what matters to you in my work. Your generosity is a lot. Thank you.
Someone I know who is a young grad student studying genetics posted on LinkedIn that his grant was defunded, with zero political commentary literally just sharing the information about what his work was, and got drowned in hundreds of DOGE supporting, sickening comments attacking every single thing about him and making up endless other lies besides.
I have been online as a researcher for a while, but it's never been like this for science. It's like science gamergate happening everywhere
In fact, we know people working in these areas who've gone entirely dark across social media and no longer can tolerate the stress and danger of doing public facing communication about their work. Think about that for a moment. Think about the people who have poured out their lives trying to help you, afraid for their families and afraid of being made a target on tv for it.
I will never forget what this year has been like for my loved ones in science, never.
They deal out conspiracy theories that make anyone who researches vaccines fear for their lives and they've cancelled over 500 million in mRNA research -- YES, THE SAME RESEARCH THAT IS DISCOVERING CANCER TREATMENT
Also they hate biology because it's half women. No I completely believe a big part of our social issue is as simple as that and I will not be taking notes. They hate biology and need to sabotage it even though it is literally the thing that gives us a light in the darkness of all human disease because biology managed to desegregate gender.
We should be throwing unbelievable amounts of money into funding science right now given how many frontiers are being pushed that could transform things WITHIN OUR LIFETIMES but instead we're fighting for our lives inside of a psyop that's convinced everyone nothing is worth anything unless it comes in a smartphone
The gaslighting we are all experiencing about science is monumental
Also yet another demonstration of the critical power of retrospective analysis, not everything can be an RCT (obviously) and breakthroughs in disease treatment often have to come from real world observational studies coupled with careful mechanism work in animal models.
Exactly the methods RFK JR is trying to destroy and that the Republicans mock as unnecessary because they only have a kindergarten crayon drawing understanding of science
And unfortunately that's what techbros have too
This is just unreal
mRNA vaccines are going to be a turning point in human history if we're ever allowed to fucking do science again in this country
@glyph @sandorspruit I love when people yell for and with me
Stay safe in the antiscience era by learning to spot the difference
- criticize evidence about, let's say, "zoofla"
Fake scientists: I am APPALLED and AGHAST... it's about the DECORUM. it's about censorship. I'm not the one saying this but it certainly seems like you have a personal vendetta about zoofla. Zooflaphobia if you will. I'm concerned for you
Real scientists: hahaha yeah. God studying zoofla sucks. Anyway want to join our zoofla project? We could use a real zoofla hater