Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

When there *is* a scientific consensus, like say on anthropogenic global warming or on the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines, it's a rare and valuable thing. You undercut the importance of cases like those when you use "follow the science" to score a cheap rhetorical point. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 1, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Maybe we need to be more careful with terms like "follow the science"? Experts disagree with one another on all these decisions, there is "science" on both sides, and this sort of rhetoric is often used as a cudgel to create a false sense of consensus. https://t.co/ZQLGzKSOXn https://t.co/qBR9wLlchx — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Sept. 1, 2021

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Very cool to see an actual randomized control trial on mask- wearing, which finds positive effects. — PolitiTweet.org

With dozens of researchers at Yale, Stanford, Berkeley and IPA and several other organizations, we ran a cluster ra… https://t.co/mUHQFtQwun

Posted Sept. 1, 2021