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Absolutely correct, thank you.

The only people on twitter who know what they’re talking about are the subset of scientific experts who happen to have a twitter account. But their papers and public press conferences are more informative than tweeting over the noise of twitter.

A really great example is the current hysteria over the “mask conspiracy theory”. A few minutes reading the WHO’s advice months ago told me more than everything people have posted since. Still, people post accusations at the WHO, apparently not even bothering to read their position.

People don’t seem to like experts, and twitter is an exaggeration of all that is irrational amongst people.




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