Tim Urban

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@nikillinit Between stuff I’ve been reading about Ivermerctin and stuff I’ve been reading about the Sacklers, it’s pretty ugly. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Is the pharmaceutical industry the new cigarette industry? — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

There's a second poll going on below between people who are furious at me because they don't know heterosexual mean… https://t.co/jffahHsLgZ — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@BillyTheFrum I'm sure trans people appreciate me not assuming anything about their sexual orientation. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@1cavemank @thseusna Which isn't surprising. The only think I assume my writing over-selects for is people who are… https://t.co/ap2u7qte3a — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@anastaciav If the option were LGBT it would suggest trans people cannot be heterosexual or asexual. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

What best describes you? — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@avi_eisen @adityabapat12 @Cshearer41 It helps to add a second diagonal inside each semicircle (that connects the m… https://t.co/gAOnaheWZK — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@jeffreyjev @adityabapat12 Oh you're right. Good job @xihxus — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@adityabapat12 @Cshearer41 I put them together into one circle, each on a different side. That leaves a 1x1 empty s… https://t.co/y3XLm5jL5O — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@adityabapat12 @Cshearer41 The way I thought about it: I made the big square side 2. If you move the outer orange… https://t.co/Z0L9G3zNcx — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Congrats to @adityabapat12 for being the first one to get it right. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@adityabapat12 @Cshearer41 🎯 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

0-for-40 now. You only need 9th grade math and with some effort can do it in your head. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@xoelipedes @MCMakesMoney @Cshearer41 The question isn't the ratio of orange to square, it's the ratio of orange to the whole shape. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

The first 20 answers are all wrong. There is an exact answer and it's not 1/2. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@MCMakesMoney @Cshearer41 no — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Extra credit for doing it in your head. Puzzle by @Cshearer41 https://t.co/UrEuF6MKut — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@lubufra Yeah it’s a spectrum and both ends suck, but there are way more people on the gullible end and the gullibl… https://t.co/MJRCItTXdb — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@mgoetzke A lot more damage is done by groupthink than contrarian individuals. Just look at history. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

When “everybody is saying it,” we’re programmed to assume it must be the truth. A better policy: think of “everyb… https://t.co/h9jW1e58sb — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@elonmusk https://t.co/BoyAmEGwf6 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

This same metaphor applies to lots of arenas. In the war of ideas, logical fallacies is moving pawns like knights.… https://t.co/41jc2845B3 — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Cheaters only have power to do damage when A) people stop noticing the difference between playing by the rules and… https://t.co/942acB9VNm — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

3) Start moving your pawns like knights and your bishops like queens and see if you can get away with it When a pe… https://t.co/crpzitxLUu — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

1) Stand firm on your positions, and try to change enough minds that the chess board moves towards you, until your… https://t.co/ptPtl1NRnN — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Politics is like chess. Being in the center of the board, with mainstream positions, is a strong strategic position… https://t.co/2QFUdyFUyb — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

Pot and psychedelics both up the creative spring rate in all of those situations. But it also ups how good I think… https://t.co/4oCyOoSvmu — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@TheDukeOfIron I went into the ocean alone the other day and bobbed around in the waves for an hour and had like 7 epiphanies. — PolitiTweet.org

Tim Urban @waitbutwhy

@katrinbretscher Depends how granular it is. Too much detail in the outline plus a perfectionist impulse to stick t… https://t.co/niRdFxRqRe — PolitiTweet.org