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Scientists only know how to fight #fictions with facts

And that is a dramatic #disadvantage on social media

My latest article is on the #asymmetric power that keeps the #lableak conspiracy myth alive despite mounting scientific evidence against it

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protagonistfuture.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-tw…

In the article, I explain why every time a new scientific report from experts comes out on the origins (like today 🔽), a social media machinery kicks into gear to defame & #harass scientists, push counter-narratives & #poison the infosphere

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pnas.org/doi/full/10.10…

This is no coincidence, but the inevitable outcome of our broken info sphere & #epistemic crisis.

A crisis where people lose the ability to assess what is real or true.

See, #information has a special function in society it does not only inform our choices and beliefs...

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Sayan Dey

@sayan_dey

#ThisDayInHistory Post 661:

19 April 1770 (252 years ago): Captain James Cook sighted the eastern coast of what is now Australia.

CC: @Australia

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#History #OnThisDay #OTD #CaptainJamesCook #Australia

19 April 1971 (51 years ago): Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.

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#ThisDayInHistory #History #OnThisDay #OTD #Salyut1 #SovietUnion

@isro

19 April 1975 (47 years ago): India's first satellite Aryabhata launched in orbit from Kapustin Yar, Russia.

CC: @isro

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#ThisDayInHistory #History #OnThisDay #OTD #Aryabhata #India #Satellite #ISRO

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Wesley Kress, MBA, MSOM © ⚡️

@WesleyBKress

@ElrondNetwork

(1\25) The #vision & addressable market opportunities of Blockchain’s such as @ElrondNetwork & accompanying #community/network $EGLD ⚡️ is vast beyond what many can fully grasp. It’s the opportunity to re-write the rules of the status quo system that currently serve the few (1%)

(2\25) & inherently promotes inequitable opportunity & wealth inequality. #Blockchain systems can re-shape every industry #Finance, #Entertainment, #SupplyChain, Content Delivery, #BigTech, #Food, #Agriculture, #Education, #Politics/Government, #Transportation, #healthcare

(3\25) #Digital gaming etc. The existing status quo system restricts the majority from participating both in the value sharing (#investing) at the ground level due to supposed accredited investor protections & the value creation (new products/services) unless one has access to

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GAVNet

@GAValueNetwork

Daily Bookmarks to GAVNet 04/24/2021 greeneracresvaluenetwork.wordpress.com/2021/04/24/dai…

Study reveals the workings of nature's own earthquake blocker

phys.org/news/2021-04-r…

#EarthquakeGates #geophysics #ComputerModeling #research

Commodity Prices Reach Rally Inflection Point!

seeitmarket.com/commodity-pric…

#CommodityPrices #InflectionPoint #trends

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Marcia Smith

@SpcPlcyOnline

Future Space Leaders webinar beginning: spacecommerce.tv/events/Future-…
Rep Don Beyer (D-VA), Sen John Hickenlooper (D-CO), chairs of the H and S space subcommittees; Bhavya Lal, NASA Acting Chf of Staff; Ellen Stofan, Under Sec for Sci and Research, Smithsonian

Stofan (who was NASA Chf Sci few yrs ago): re NASA and Earth sci research, need to reflect on how much NASA has done already, but renewed emphasis on climate in Biden Admin. Priorities set out in Decadal Survey. Use data to understand climate change and make us resilient to it.

Stofan: beyond Earth, incredibly exciting how close we are to answering the question of "are we alone." That's why #NASAPerseverance #Ingenuity are there. Europa, Enceladus, Titan, JWST coming up. Not govt v cmrcl, it's "everybody on deck," a global effort.

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The Weather Channel India

@weatherindia

#NASA's Ingenuity Helicopter Touches Down on #Mars' Surface Ahead of Historic First Flight on April 11

weather.com/en-IN/india/sp…

(📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech)