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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 14d

This isn't science communication anymore.

It's contrarian and libertarian coded bs reskinned with physics.

It's the usual formula of the influencer.

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Marco Facchin @marcofacchin.bsky.social · 16d

All this, whilst she remains entirely silent on the real war on science both ideological (insert classic outraged "are we really financing THAT" popular article here) and practical (let's get rid of these unproductive funds/positions)

Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 16d

Great piece by @jonathanjarry.bsky.social on the descent of Sabine Hossenfelder, from science communicator to contrarian outrage-monger www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/...

Sabine Hossenfelder Asks If Science Is Dying. It’s Not.

Physics is dying. It’s mathematical fiction. Science is failing. Most of academic research that your taxes pay for is almost certainly bullshit. I don’t trust scientists. Would you believe me if I tol...

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 22d

Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.

Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?

Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q

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Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · 22d

Had a brilliant time discussing the latest results from the NASA @nasapersevere.extwitter.link rover on Mars.

Did we just find a biosignature and evidence that life once flourished on the red planet?

Mars scientist Henry Manelski breaks down the science!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=PQUEXBy2J2Q

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Did We Just Find Life On Mars? Mars Scientist Explains.

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Sep 15

I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.

Here's why physics is just like sex...

Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...

#science #comedy

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Sep 15

I've been trawling through some old science comedy sets.

Here's why physics is just like sex...

Link: youtube.com/shorts/EurEA...

#science #comedy

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🇵🇸Tim Henke (tɪm 'ɦɛŋ.kə) @timhenke.bsky.social · Sep 15

It's an important continuation of the trend that "all experts are shills and must not be trusted, only populists can be trusted"

Even domains that seem far from public policy are attacked. Because if their experts can be trusted, then maybe there are other experts elsewhere, too.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Sep 11

Streamers are building huge audiences by attacking academic physics as just another corrupt establishment. Scientists are starting to worry about the consequences, writes Dan Kagan-Kans.

Essay | The Rise of ‘Conspiracy Physics’

Streamers are building huge audiences by attacking academic physics as just another corrupt establishment. Scientists are starting to worry about the consequences.

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Sep 15

There are no personal attacks here

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Martin Bauer @martinmbauer.bsky.social · Sep 9

Today LHCb presented a new measurement of the decay of a B meson into a K* and a μ+ μ- pair

Previous results disagreed with the Standard Model prediction for the branching fraction and angular distribution

The new measurement has almost twice as much data and still disagrees!

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?

Wonder no more!

I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.

Check it out!

Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Sep 8

Have you ever wondered why physicists are so excited to study the Higgs Boson at a new Higgs Factory collider?

Wonder no more!

I explain what a Higgs factory is, why we need one, and the amazing measurements the machine will make.

Check it out!

Link: youtu.be/xtJgh7yZHkk

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Steve Desch @deschscoveries.bsky.social · Aug 8

I have a complaint about Avi Loeb's latest work and I want to speak to management.

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This is not the quality of pseudoscience infotainment to which I have grown accustomed

Teasing the public with fraudulent or self-deluded promises of aliens used to mean something. It took work. It meant slapping together…

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Aug 6

a close up of a lizard with its tongue out .

ALT: a close up of a lizard with its tongue out .

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

Was a pleasure, Steve! Thanks for taking the time!

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.

Spoiler alert: It isn't.

We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.

Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

Had the pleasure of chatting with Prof Steve Desch (@deschscoveries.bsky.social) regarding Avi Loeb's latest claims that an interstellar object might be a hostile alien probe.

Spoiler alert: It isn't.

We break down Loeb's weak, cherry picking arguments.

Full link: youtube.com/watch?v=B4wp...

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Jul 25

Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.

It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.

Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190

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The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Jul 25

Carbon-14 may be the most important radioisotope ever discovered.

It has revolutionised our understanding of the past, helped demystify bio pathways and confirmed anthropogenic climate change.

Come learn about its incredibly fraught discovery!

Link: youtube.com/watch?v=47tPQWHL190

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The Insane Science of Carbon-14: Part 1: The Discovery of Carbon-14

YouTube video by Bad Boy of Science

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Jun 19

My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.

Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Jun 19

My final thoughts on the now infamous Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate and the absurdly inflated play that Eric - and his ideas - get in online spaces.

Full video: youtube.com/watch?v=VIOV...

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Jun 6

A huge hit… sadly

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Jun 6

My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.

Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.

tl;dr Eric lost badly.

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Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw

Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard

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Sam Gregson @badboyofscience.bsky.social · Jun 6

My thoughts on the Sean Carroll and Eric Weinstein debate.

Eric's ideas only exist in the worlds of YouTube grievance, culture war nonsense, and the negative space left by the perceived failings of string theory.

tl;dr Eric lost badly.

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Full video: youtu.be/27RVNYSc2lw

Eric Weinstein: Sean Carroll's Terrence Howard

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If Books Could Kill @ifbookspod.bsky.social · May 30

This month's bonus episode is about the rise of the lab leak theory from an unfounded theory promoted by right-wing cranks to an unfounded theory promoted by prominent liberal journalists.

The Lab Leak Goes Mainstream | If Books Could Kill

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Stuart Neil @tetherin.bsky.social · Jun 3

The legacy of the promotion of the ragbag of unevidenced and often mutually exclusive lab leak theories by a motley crew of lunatics, conspiracists and MAGA proto-Fascists is that that this will all happen again - the same way it did in 2019.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: Inside the thriving wild-animal markets that could start the next pandemic

Live-animal markets are a natural laboratory for viruses to evolve and spark deadly outbreaks, yet scientists lack support to study the risks they pose.

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