When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on.

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[lizardbill@hachyderm.io]

@jascha "Scientists paid to make their research open access" doesn't have the same ring to it.

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@jascha it's the whole point of science.

The friction occurs because of who funds studies, etc. And that can be legitimate.

But science itself is just science.

Every conversation I have had where I encountered this, I made that point. And it sticks.

There is bias in some aspects of what is *presented* as science.

But that's not science.

Science is not marketing. So I point to that.

[ben@mastodon.lubar.me]

@jascha scientists do not want you to know their password and three security questions

[octaviaconamore@cutie.city]

@jascha @chirpbirb they also tend to want to talk about what they *don't* know

[mkj@social.mkj.earth]

@jascha Yeah. Have you ever tried talking to a scientist about their field of study? I don't particularly recommend it; once you get them going, it's damn near impossible to get them to shut up!

[rabidchaos@hachyderm.io]

@mkj @jascha ... You still haven't said why I shouldn't? All I heard is why I should.

[sverik@kogumus.masto.host]

@jascha Scientists don't want you to know about Roko's Basilisk.

[einspossum@chaos.social]

@jascha scientists dont want you to know that they said "you too" to the waiter that told them "bon apetit".

[kimlockhartga@beige.party]

@jascha

. . . this one neat trick. ugh.

[anatomical_normalcy@mastodon.social]

@RogerBW @jascha
Scientists don't want to bother debunking Flat Earth because someone already did that with a stick thousands of years ago

[chu@climatejustice.social]

@jascha

Oh please someone read this paper. Anyone! Anyone with a heartbeat please read this paper. Here.

The assholes at Elsevier put it behind a paywall but here's a preprint you can share with anyone else who has a heartbeat.

Please for the love of God. Anyone read this!!!

[noplasticshower@infosec.exchange]

@knowprose @jascha one of the reasons we founded BIML was to do science unencumbered by marketing pressure #MLsec

https://berryvilleiml.com/

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@noplasticshower @jascha One of the many reasons I follow you.

My own writing tends toward the same thing, but I am not a scientist. I just follow coherence. It takes me to interesting places.

[dianora@ottawa.place]

@jascha They sure sound enthusiastic on https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks

[noplasticshower@infosec.exchange]

@knowprose @jascha Thank you for that. Attention is all we need...LOL

[cellomomoncars@mastodon.social]

@jascha
Reminds me of that joke

Child to his biologist dad:
"Dad what's an electron?"

Dad: "Why don't you ask your mom, she's the physicist, electrons are her wheelworks."

Child: "But I don't want to know *that* much about it."

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@noplasticshower @jascha It's a marathon, that's for sure.

The Distraction economy keeps the good stuff out of people's heads. Been writing about that, though data sovereignty has been the more prominent thing in the past week. Wrapping that up today on knowprose.com.

[sollat@masto.ai]

@jascha
If anything, scientists are wary of telling you because they know you’ll take whatever they say to the most illogical conclusion.

[rowinspeez@mas.to]

@jascha they put all their shit online and are begging you to engage with their ideas, if you can credibly disprove something they will change their theories because of you!