You seem skeptical, at best.

I actually think it’s more about a desire for control and (misguided) agency over yourself, and to belong to a community that believes the same thing that you do. Distrust of pharma doesn’t help though (although distrust of your pediatrician takes precedence because that’s whom you interact with directly, and I know a…

Do you have examples other than when he failed to exonerate Tom Brady?

Judging by the way you wrote it, I assume you think it perpetuates the stereotype, but I disagree. IMO, NGD has built up enough of a reputation of being in awe of science and passionate about it, and just wanting to convey it to the public, that taken in that context, his snowflake comment is part of that larger…

Well, nobody might actively think that, but if people are exposed enough to very minor science facts on a regular basis then our general acceptance of it may increase and we might be more trusting of very important science facts that are affecting our health and the future of our society. But we may have to agree to…

Yeah I actually don’t know enough (or have forgotten) the details, I should probably read up on them, especially considering the otherwise very high opinion I have about him.

This is so sad.

This is actually an interesting discussion in the splinter comments section, which is shocking.

I think you’re missing the point. The snowflake fact might not be relevant, but the larger picture that “Reading this fact from NGD might be the only time all week that many people think about science” still holds. Hell, most people can’t even name one living scientist; NGD might be the most well-known!

I agree that NGD will not single-handedly cure ignorance. But if he can make a tiny dent then it’s worth the thirty seconds it took to tweet and definitely not deserving of a left-wing blog that generally advocates for climate science taking him to task over it.

Yup, no argument here.

Hard disagree. This country is woefully uninformed about science, and that leads to the anti-vaccination movement and climate change denials, among many other problems. NDT is obviously being pedantic with this, but it draws attention to being informed and accurate about representation of physics principles.

What, if any, are good ways that we can remove carbon from the atmosphere? Serious (maybe dumb) question. Is there anyone working on this? More than planting trees too. I heard about efforts to engineer bacteria to do this kind of thing. Might be time for a career change, maybe I can contribute to these efforts.

As the customer, given that they offered to make the meal up on the spot, I would have negotiated to get the price a little lower. Doesn’t hurt to ask!

“Truckload of people” actually doesn’t sound like that many people to be honest.

I like how Cummings proposes that McAleenan accompany him on a visit to one of the concentration camps (paraphrasing). When AOC goes down there, she’s called a liar for reporting what she sees; when Pence goes down there, he lies about it himself.

There’s no reasoning or discussion anymore. There’s just beating them in the next election

Yeah, but can you imagine her as President?

I have a one year old daughter and these four women are the main reason I have some hope that I didn’t make a horrible mistake bringing her into this world.

Doesn’t Rep Lucy Grey mean she COULDN’T care less? Because if she ‘could care less’, it means she cares to some degree.