See these and more results at our website https://t.co/lFfopyIRuP Or read the publication in the American Journal of Bioethics! https://t.co/uEcs0T3ggm Findings are based on a survey of 824 professional bioethicists.

4. 15% of bioethicists thought it was ethically permissible to offer payment in exchange for organs (e.g. kidneys).

3. Most (59%) thought it was ethically permissible for clinicians to assist patients in ending their own lives.

2. Most (82%) thought it was permissible to select embryos based on somewhat painful medical conditions, whereas only 22% thought it was permissible to select on non-medical traits like eye color or height.

1. A large majority (87%) of bioethicists believed that abortion was ethically permissible.

New survey: Bioethicists influence policy in medicine, science, and public health. But what do they actually believe? @leah_pierson and colleagues set to find out. https://t.co/lFfopyIRuP

Our article, Bioethicists Today: Results of the Views in Bioethics Survey (VIBeS), is now out in AJOB! We surveyed 824 US bioethicists on: (1) Major issues in bioethics, like medical aid in dying, paying organ donors, abortion, and many others (2) Their backgrounds 🧵

To improve our forecasts, experts emphasized the need for investment in the heliosphere compared to other physical domains, with 47% of experts ranking the heliosphere as having the highest return on investment.

In the event of a major storm, 40% of participants thought that it was “highly unlikely” or “somewhat unlikely” that space weather forecasts would be “sufficiently accurate” for power company operators to take effective action.

Participants thought there was a 33% chance that within the next 10 years a space weather event could cause unplanned regional power outages.

New survey results on space weather, in collaboration with @mathewjowens and @L_A_Barnard 51% of experts think we could see geomagnetic storms significantly larger than the largest storms over the past 200 years, including the 1859 Carrington Event. https://t.co/NMmCiSyS5q

Curious about expert opinion on space weather? @L_A_Barnard and I recently worked with @ApolloSurveys to canvas 144 scientists on risks and forecasting of extreme geomagnetic storms. The full results are here: https://t.co/tsGiJGIuWq

You can read more in this article at The Guardian. https://t.co/yU5IByflvn

2. But critically, disruptive protests only really work for issues that already have high public support (e.g. climate change):

New survey results on social change and protests, led by @JamesOzden at the Social Change Lab. 1. Experts thought the most important tactical and strategic factor for a social movement’s success is “the strategic use of nonviolent disruptive tactics” https://t.co/WcxYvmBJhf

NEW RESEARCH 📢 Our expert survey of 120 social movement academics finds broad support for disruptive climate protest! 69% of experts surveyed thought that disruptive protests were at least “somewhat effective” for making progress on climate change https://t.co/xGVECi9aNV

Cool dataviz of the event (ab)normality ratings from our latest @BrightLineWatch report

Complete results can be found at Apollo https://t.co/iSmYyTiiLd A full synopsis can be found at Bright Line Watch https://t.co/10Wzt4Zpzl A big thanks to @BrendanNyhan for generously sharing their data.

Experts estimated a 70% probability that in at least two statewide elections in 2022, Republican candidates who lose the election would refuse to concede defeat.

The small fraction who thought he committed a crime but should not be prosecuted indicated several reasons for their response, most commonly that a prosecution could encourage future administrations to prosecute their opponents.