Thread by @ErrataRob

He's shown no understanding of or interest in science.
Sure, the left-wing abuses "follow the science" pretending it's an arbiter of truth, but the right-wing is often out in crazyland with ivermectin and vaccine denial.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1608175680407191552

Sure, it's a flaw among the left-wing the way they demand we can't question science, but the right-wing isn't questioning science so much as going off into pseudo-science crazyland.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1608188169417023488

The mRNA vaccines are an immense value to those vulnerable to covid19 (like myself).
Citing Nicki Minaj's cousin's friend who claims the vaccines cause his balls to swell is not "questioning science".
Questioning whether its appropriate to give children boosters is.

Twitter 1.0's flaw is that you had people with no understanding of the science making arbitrary decisions about what "followed the science".
The solution to this is transparency. There are only a few big issues of concern, like ivermectin and mRNA vaccines.

There is as yet no evidence ivermectin helps prevent/cure covid19. Hire scientists. Write this up, so that everyone can read and comment. Every time #ivermectin trends from crazies citing some new "resurch", explain why it isn't.

At some point, something might change. There might be a new study that isn't actually crap that does suggest ivermectin helps. You have to hire people competent enough that doesn't get complacent.

I mention this because with "2020 election fraud fact-checking", they've gotten lazy dismissing new claims out of hand without doing the necessary work. They are right, there are no valid claims, but I can see the laziness and slop in their work.