Bret Weinstein
Evergreen College Faculty
Professor of biology. Adaptationist. Selectionist. Theorist of evolutionary trade-offs. Rethink. Re-regulate. ¡Recapture!
Biology
http://twitter.com/BretWeinstein
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684 tweets
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I hear versions of that sentiment regularly. It's very appealing. But it's pure bullshit. RT @paleofuture Ideas are easy. Execution is hard.
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.@pgirvan Make no mistake, we're being crushed at the maximum sustainable rate that averts street protest. No accident. A wealth transfer
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The increasingly preposterous illusion of democracy keeps us from demanding justice in the street. Our power is in the street. @ggreenwald
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Truth be told, I never thought contractions were a great deal until Twitter.
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Click Spillcam at the Wash. Post and see a triumph of human ingenuity. A commercial, then the oil gusher. 1 click, 2 mind-bending tragedies
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We would not be in such jeopardy were benevolence an aphrodisiac.
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Absolutely amazing. Epic animation. http://bit.ly/aQk04k Via D. LaDucer
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Absolutely amazing. Epic animation. http://bit.ly/aQk04k
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Brilliant exchange on 'collapse.' Interestingly, both men are entirely right, though they are diametrically opposed. http://bit.ly/cPNwy8
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That is incredibly disturbing. Mind boggling. Possible geologic karma. RT @mathpunk @BretWeinstein @leashless So... yeah. http://j.mp/cXLp0y
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Why are we not in the street over the destruction of our most basic freedoms? What's next? Rounding up troublemakers? http://bit.ly/aC9n1I
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.@TJ_Kelleher Problem: the 'Silent' aspect of biohistory is not a switch to unflip. The margin is bewildering. We don't even know each other
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Ack. @TJ_Kelleher West is great. But what of biologists marginalized by increasingly predatory and data (rather than theory) driven system?
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Note the connection between the last two retweets. @AndersonCooper is a problem, as @EricRWeinstein points out. Still believes in journalism
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Kindra Arnesan is scared and vulnerable. Talking because "It starts with one." We're morally obligated to protect her. http://bit.ly/9E4Q5q
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We need an analysis of BPs massive deception campaign. Given court battles to come 'Ponies and Balloons' is risky to BP. What's the benefit?
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Ponies and Balloons: a BP codephrase denoting a Truman Showesque assembling of resources around VIPs visiting the gulf. http://bit.ly/cqlTVX
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We'll understand the game when it's over, but it has a name already. BP calls it: Ponies and Balloons. http://bit.ly/cqlTVX
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It's annoying, but you get used to it. ;-) RT@VenessaMiemis just had mindblowing 5 hr airplane convo w @EricRWeinstein . the man is a genius.
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Oh, that's an easy one. RT @kate_sheppard Why Are Senate Republicans Running Defense for BP?
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We know little about the geology... BP has held that info close, claiming it’s “proprietary.” <--Interesting. What if there was an accident?
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.@complexified Predictive power is easy to recognize in retrospect. But those with it are forced to go private or else be marginalized.
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Good point. The problems aren't obscure, nor are the solutions. RT @leashless If we had the political will we wouldn't be here.
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Promote those with foresight-->system vision improves. Problem is, prediction is the most valuable commodity-->Privatized. @complexified
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Predictive power is the key to knowing who has insight. The more counterintuitive the predictions, the better the indicator. @complexified
