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Keira
@Keira_Havens
Pro wonder, creativity, skepticism, & science. Words matter. Tweets are my own.
Sep 24, 2023 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
New Box of Rocks is out on IQ, eugenics, and a thinker following Pinker's blueprint for mainstreaming biological essentialism - Scott Alexander Siskind of SlateStarCodex. medium.com/@Keira_Havens/… If you're not familiar with Siskind, @CadeMetz wrote a profile a few years ago that resulted in quite a backlash - many, many, many people in effective altruism, rationalist, tech communities and beyond read Siskind's work nytimes.com/2021/02/13/tec…
Nov 12, 2019 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
I cannot believe this. @sciam this is not okay. It is irresponsible to pose this question, to normalize the asking of it. This puts a veneer of scientism over the reprehensible idea that biology is the final arbiter of human nature. It is not. Do better. The most irritating part of this is that IT IS A GOOD ARTICLE. The author doesn't hedge for clickbait. He calls out yet another reheated racist argument pretending to be science. The headline does the exact opposite. Have some pride @sciam, change the headline
Oct 7, 2019 • 30 tweets • 10 min read
Well. I certainly have a lot of thoughts on this. I'll call this thread Being Wrong In Science. 1/×

Might be long.

Probably, definitely long. Image .@DrJenGunter @phylogenomics @jameshamblin and more have already gotten PNAS to take down the sexualized imagery, so thank you to everyone who called this out. But this study itself, and the conclusions it draws, didn't show up out of the blue. 1/x
Sep 20, 2019 • 31 tweets • 8 min read
I’m sure this person thinks they’re being clever, but you know what, let’s do this: Newton WAS wrong. A thread on perspective, bias, and how our particular circumstance impacts our thinking. 1/x I’ll start with the laws of motion. When Newton wrote these up, he was observing momentum. The concept of "energy" as we understand it today did not exist 2/x
Aug 28, 2019 • 18 tweets • 14 min read
I want to tweet every single line of this article by @Jetjocko in @wired but I’ll start with this one: “The idea that should run freon through your cortex is that Jeffrey Epstein likely helped plant some thoughts there” wired.com/story/jeffrey-… 1/x @jetjocko @WIRED It is the most concise, well written article I’ve seen yet on the damage that willful blindness and continued engagement with Epstein has wrought. What ideas did he help shape? What other ideas got ignored? wired.com/story/jeffrey-… 2/x
Aug 5, 2019 • 40 tweets • 19 min read
Let’s talk bodies, self, and the ethical use of biotechnology. A thread on what a human is, the differences between individuals, and autonomy as the bedrock principle of the biotechnological age. 1/x Here’s the previous discussion on science, legitimacy, and social capital if you missed it