👀I was blocked by an academic at the center of the Covid lab leak questions for asking the question below

People are free to block whomever they want, but publicly-funded researchers send an interesting message when blocking peers for asking reasonable questions
Apparently Andersen was also caught out today selectively deleting old Tweets (in addition to blocking me)

This is not the behavior of someone interested in transparency, I wonder what is up
I've never met Andersen and my interactions with him consist of two friendly Tweets

So I'm ... curious
To be perfectly clear
I'm a prof who studies science & politics
I'm funded by NSF to research science advice in Covid
I operate in public

It'd be professional malpractice if I did not ask colleagues in the origins debate some questions in public
So ... I'm just getting started👍
Looks like it is going around
Another very outspoken scientist does not like questions being asked
(not sure I've ever interacted with her)
That escalated quickly
I do wonder what is up

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
 

Keep Current with Roger Pielke Jr.

Roger Pielke Jr. Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @RogerPielkeJr

7 Jun
🧵
Last month my op-ed in @FT on outdated climate scenarios of the NGFS used by central banks around the world to assess future climate risk & climate policy risk

I argued that the NGFS baseline scenario projected an implausible future for CO2 emissions
ft.com/content/a82a7b…
Today the NGFS has published newly updated climate scenarios ... and guess what? I was correct and to their credit, they are moving their baseline scenarios in the right direction

This thread has a quick analysis of NGFS 2.0

Here is how the new NGFS baseline (red) looks compared to that which I critiqued as implausible (blue)

NGFS 2.0 has emissions growing to ~2080 and plateauing thereafter

This is a massive revision is just a short time frame

Good for NGFS
Read 11 tweets
6 Jun
This is an exceptionally well done documentary on COVID-19 origins, with English subtitles

Sars-Cov2 anatomia di un complotto - PresaDiretta 29/03/2021 via @YouTube
This is the most remarkable new information I learned from it

Chinese government views the publication of scientific research on COVID-19 like “moves in a game of chess”
This just further supports the need to carefully analyze the research record — that in public and that behind the scenes — to better under stand these “moves in a game of chess”

Science has been enlisted in a propaganda “game” in plain sight

rogerpielkejr.substack.com/p/scientific-l…
Read 8 tweets
4 Jun
Mike Hulme's blistering critique of Michael Mann's Machichean world view and longstanding & successful effort to demonize his invented "enemies" is spot on: "Wars, battles, attacks, fights, and enemies litter its 260 pages"
issues.org/new-climate-wa…
In 2017 I gave a talk titled, "Climate Politics as Manichean Paranoia" which you can see here: rogerpielkejr.com/2017/07/24/cli…

In that talk I name-checked Mann as a leading proponent of a "paranoid style" of politics (slide below from my talk)
You can download slides from my talk here
drive.google.com/file/d/0B92CyI…
Read 6 tweets
2 Jun
🧵
The policy questions related to trans athlete inclusion in mainstream sport are actually straightforward

Here is the question: Should trans athletes be allowed to participate in mainstream sport under the gender category that they are recognized in broader society?
There are just three answers to this question:

➡️No
➡️Yes, but regulated
➡️Yes

I am in the "yes, but regulated" category
I am aware of very few who argue "yes"
I hear a lot from the "no" folks

Let's take each in turn
"Yes"

This position is functionally equivalent to abandoning male/female categories in sport & calling for open competition

It is a great point of discussion for the classroom, but it for a range of reasons - practical, ethical, legal, societal - it is not desirable in practice
Read 11 tweets
1 Jun
For my growing menagerie of misused baseline scenarios in policy analysis . . .

Accounting for finance is key for climate mitigation pathways science.sciencemag.org/content/372/65… Image
Down the rabbit hole I go ...
Roncoroni et al 2021
doi-org.colorado.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.jfs.… Image
BAU scenarios of Roncoroni et al 2021 under 5 IAMS (L)

As a comparison (R) to NGFS BAU (black) & more plausible BAU (red) ImageImage
Read 4 tweets
27 May
Statement by President Joe Biden on the Investigation into the Origins of COVID-19 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
I get what is meant here, but on this topic precise language matters

"whether it emerged from human contact with an infected animal or from a laboratory accident"

As written, these are not mutually exclusive
Biden already has a IC report
Why a new one?
Why now?
"shortly after I became President, in March, I had my National Security Advisor task the Intelligence Community to prepare a report on their most up-to-date analysis of the origins of COVID-19"

Some thoughts...
Read 9 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

:(