David Benfell, Ph.D. / is on Nostr

Ph.D. Human Science (Saybrook University, 2016). Post-disciplinary, Vegetarian Ecofeminist Scholar, Researcher, and Non-Magical Thinker.

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Last Notes

2023-10-27 10:08:45

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@npub1ddp…2tax @npub1r9k…st4e It appears you are relying on survey methodology in your assessment. To put it mildly, this is unreliable.
https://disunitedstates.com/human-science/human-science-inquiry/human-science-inquiry-quantitative/report-phone-polls-arent-dead-yet/
Even before we get to response rate issues (which doom the methodology), it's much too early. in the cycle.
I discount survey results because of the response rates. But long before these became an issue, the standard advice was that while you don't ignore these results, you don't take them too seriously either. There's just too much that can happen between now and election day and too much time for it to happen in.
And the simple fact has been that abortion has mattered a great deal. The burden of proof lies on you to show it won't.
https://disunitedstates.com/illiberalism/gilead/supreme-court-to-hear-case-that-threatens-roe-v-wade/

2023-10-12 00:46:06

I can't say this is wrong. At the very least, it's something to think long and hard about and I'm simply not seeing how humanity survives.
We rather clearly failed the evolutionary fitness test with #COVID19. We're failing it with the #ClimateCrisis.
And what we see with white Christian nationalism is a certain malevolent idiocy that has demonstrated a determination to prevent us from saving ourselves.
From: @npub1hjm…c2hk
https://tech.lgbt/@BridgetClinch/111218736051890373

2023-09-19 01:58:12

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@npub1gmx…atcq
Sickness is immediate. Union organizing takes months.
There is a disconnect in your advice that 1) reflects the privilege that other people's financial woes are not your problem, and 2) demonstrates why scientists in the physical and natural sciences should be circumspect in weighing in on social science issues.

2023-08-19 23:33:37

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@npub17a9…mv9a Not yet, anyway.
I think Donald Trump will fail. But this leaves open the question of whether a future demagogue might succeed and the question of whether we will have done a damned thing to prevent them.