Sean Carroll
@seanmcarroll
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Physics, philosophy, complexity. @JohnsHopkins & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. Increasingly at Bluesky rather than here.
Joined February 2009
Most of my social-media activity is elsewhere, but I've been hanging around X to advertise the podcast and occasionally make a political point. But it's become too unpleasant, I have better ways to spend my time. And ultimately I do agree with this sentiment.
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“For every single professional use that scientists used to use Twitter for, Twitter is much worse now than it used to be, and Bluesky is better that Twitter currently is.” (Link in reply because, as we know, X is terrible.)
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Next Thursday 5/29, 7:00pm at Johns Hopkins: Alison Gopnik @AlisonGopnik gives the Distinguished Lecture in Natural Philosophy on "The Evolution of Human Intelligences: Exploit, Explore, Empower." Open to all! https://t.co/1ngMo6jYAY
naturalphilosophyhopkins.org
Alison Gopnik, UC Berkeley 7:00pm, Glass Pavilion, Johns Hopkins Homewood Campus The Evolution of Human Intelligences: Exploit, Explore, Empower A common model of AI suggests that there is a single...
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American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg.
theatlantic.com
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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It is important to be very clear. The people you see in this photo have not had any due process whatsoever between being uprooted from their lives & families in the U.S. and finding themselves now in CECOT prison in El Salvador: https://t.co/vnjugE9dW8
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This is not business as usual; it's a time of existential threat to democracy, science, and our way of life. Have to start acting that way.
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The self-proclaimed free-speech warriors were always running a con. Amazing how many people fell for it.
The trump administration has banned the use of hundreds of words. These include "woman," "sex," "LGBT," and "antiracism" - NYT The list of 200 undesirable words was published by the New York Times. They included: "woman," "man," "antiracism," "discrimination," "feminism,"
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What a pointless betrayal of some of our brightest young scholars.
we just cut off the funds of Fulbright scholars overseas? https://t.co/TdpnJN6tJk
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There are going to be Stand Up for Science events this Friday in DC and around the country. Gotta do what we can to be heard.
Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals. https://t.co/fhMS1HI3YW
@NewsfromScience
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Anyone with the slightest interest should check out Kevin's book, Cocktail Theory: A Sensory Approach to Transcendent Cocktails. https://t.co/byFvJEXSgq
sfumatofragrances.com
Dr. Kevin Peterson, co-founder of Sfumato, explores cocktails from the perspectives of an engineer, a perfumer, and a bar owner. Cocktail Theory - A Sensory Approach to Transcendent Drinks is a...
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This Breast Cancer Awareness Month, look into Atossa Therapeutics. We’re advancing an (Z)-endoxifen (investigational) program to address important unmet needs in breast health. Review our science, our team, & our balance sheet. Then decide for yourself. Nasdaq: ATOS
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Mindscape 307 | Kevin Peterson on the Theory of Cocktails. (The principles of balance and substitution apply more widely!) #MindscapePodcast
https://t.co/7K2B9xHOkS
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Helen's recent book (with slightly different titles in US & UK) is The Blue Machine: How the Ocean Works. https://t.co/ZkRdX58Z67
amazon.com
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Mindscape 306 | Helen Czerski @helenczerski on Our Energetic Oceans. #MindscapePodcast
https://t.co/sTkTUTYTvH
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Lily's 2018 book is relevant here: Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity. https://t.co/lHN5LKq30B
amazon.com
Political polarization in America is at an all-time high, and the conflict has moved beyond disagreements about matters of policy. For the first time in more than twenty years, research has shown...
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Mindscape 305 | Lilliana Mason on Polarization and Political Psychology. Possibly of some contemporary relevance. #MindscapePodcast
https://t.co/n5rw3Iy3V4
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