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#science #skepticism #technology #futurism #fintech That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. 証拠なしに主張できることは、証拠なしに退けることができる。 Incredible claims require incredible evidence. 信じがたい主張には、信じがたい証拠が必要である。
I don’t believe in conspiracy theories because there are simpler ways of explaining events that are more reliable. Conspiracists rarely make useful predictions. #conspiracies #reality
What is your favorite alternative to GitHub? Preference for open and decentralized. #opensource #git
I am curious whether similar statistics are available for Tokyo and how it would compare. In the last year pedestrian friendliness has both increased and decreased with the large influx of tourists. On one hand more shops are open. On the other, getting to them is more painful in the crowds. No idea if pedestrian fatalities have increased.
I would be far less turned off by the hypocrisy of Christian ministry if more Christians behaved like Pres. Jimmy Carter. RIP. #christianity #religion
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
My wife literally detests Phillip Glass’s Complete Piano Etudes, saying it sounds like piano practice. But I find the simplicity and repetition to be strangely pleasing. #classical #piano
Russia is my mother and Putin is my father. My goal in life is to be an orphan. #russia #putin
An easy litmus test for whether someone is a conspiracy theorist or science denier is they actively resist the usage of those labels. #conspiracy #disinformation #propaganda
Humans and chimps are descended from a common ancestor that died out millions of years ago. This idea doesn’t burst my ego at all. #evolution #dna