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Lesley Daniels
@lesleydaniels.bsky.social
Nurture Curiosity and Inspire Awe!
Interests: Space, astronomy, meteorites, drones, full scale flight simulation, aviation, Earth sciences, nature, photography, AI, philosophy, critical thinking. Always learning something new.

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They laughed at me years ago when I said an anti-science movement was trying to get momentum. Here we are now.
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It would be very healthy for human species, If there is less Discouragement.
April 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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I feel confident in predicting history will judge this decade or so as the absolutely stupidest time in American history.

Honestly our kids and grandkids will read about this time and be shocked that adults existed.
March 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Before the conspiracy theorists start, these are condensation trails, contrails or vapour trails created by aircraft engines under the right atmospheric conditions. Hot humid air from engines combines with cold dry air to form cloud-like trails as water vapour condenses and freezes to ice crystals.
March 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I wake each morning wondering what happened in USA today. This happened today. 😳😩🤦🏼‍♀️
Aaaand we have an alleged rapist alcoholic for Secretary of Defense.
January 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Sounds about right. It’s the reason we don’t have science-based clean air policies in schools, hospitals & other public indoor settings…
I fear there is deep truth here.
January 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Science literacy should be a requirement – along with outing the deniers and the propagandists.
January 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
youtu.be/TYIh4MkcfJA?...
Asch Conformity Experiment. Watch to the end and think about where you see this happening all around you.
Asch Conformity Experiment
YouTube video by eqivideos
youtu.be
January 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Misogyny & the Bible

Misogyny in the Bible should be blatantly clear to any sane human with only a modicum of integrity!

The manmade Bible is the most misogynistic book EVER published.

It will always remain a mystery to me that there are any Christian women at all!
December 29, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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A random thought, for those of philosophical bent @lesleydaniels.bsky.social
Biologist: Behaviour, including religiosity, is just biology
Chemist: Life is just chemical reactions in dynamic equilibrium
Classical physicist: Chemistry is just the physics of atoms/molecules
Mathematician: physics is just maths expressed in matter and energy
Quantum physicist: Hold my beer
December 21, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Once we know about the ‘Illusion of Truth’ effect we can look out for it. Do you check why you believe what you do? Is it really true or have you just been told that repeatedly? Take care what you repeat.
How liars create the ‘illusion of truth’
Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not. Understanding the "illusion of truth" effect can help you avoid falling victim to this trick.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Know your cognitive biases!
November 28, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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There are really only 2 cases in the pandemic. 1. Reff>1, where the pandemic grows exponentially until a significant part of the population is either chronically ill or dead. OR 2. Reff<=0.9999... where the pandemic exponentially decays towards elimination. Understanding this changes everything.
November 18, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Not all opinions are equal or useful and some are harmful and dangerous.

The Problem with Opinions - by @geostylegeo.bsky.social and JW Traphagan.

futureu.education/perspectives...
COMMENTARY: The Problem with Opinions - Future U
"Lack of awareness of one’s responsibility to form reasoned and cogent opinions deeply damages public discourse."
futureu.education
November 25, 2024 at 7:07 AM