Twitter CEO Elon Musk announced that its social platform will promote “reasoned” questioning of scientific data – while digging into Dr. Fauci.
On Wednesday, Musk, who can be particularly vocal on the platform since taking over in late October, wrote: “Twitter’s new policy is to follow science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of science. .”
Gad Saad, a well-watched evolutionary behavior scientist, jokingly responded to Musk’s tweet by posting a video of Dr. Fauci and writing, “Science is all His Eminence Lord Fauci says it is.”
Musk is once again ruffling feathers on Twitter by saying the platform will “follow the science,” which will include a robust challenge to theories and data — a dig at those who blindly followed CDC advice and other governments during the pandemic.
An exchange with renowned evolutionary biologist Gad Saad gave Musk another opportunity to criticize Dr. Fauci, who was largely responsible for the government’s COVID response
“His excellence is science,” Saad continued.
To which Musk replied, “Anyone who says questioning them is questioning the science itself cannot be considered a scientist.”
Musk then took his point one step further by posting a meme poking fun at those who “believe anything blindly.”
On several occasions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Fauci has asserted that those who criticize him and his work are “actually criticize science.’
During a November 2021 interview, Fauci, speaking about the so-called politicization of public health, said those who criticize the COVID response he led are “really criticizing science, because I represent science.” .
“It’s dangerous,” he continued. “To me, it’s more dangerous than the slingshots and arrows thrown at me. I’m not going to stay here forever, but science is going to be here forever.
And if you harm science, you’re doing something very harmful to society long after I’m gone. And that’s what worries me.
Although many users approved of Musk’s new policy, some were less thrilled and mocked and condemned Musk’s stance.
New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali wrote that Musk’s statement was “something a really stupid person would tweet.”
Journalist Ashton Pittman further criticized Musk’s tweet, writing, “By ‘reasoned questioning,’ Elon Musk means bats*** clown car conspiracy theorist driver.”
As information about the former owner of Twitter continues to become public, Musk recently revealed that staff at the company were previously ‘had an internal Slack channel called without irony ‘Fauci Fan Club.’
He also focused on what he may be implying was a chronic lack of institutional accountability surrounding Fauci and his work as a top government scientist.
“Hardly anyone seems to realize that the bioethics officer at NIH — the person who is supposed to make sure Fauci behaves ethically — is his wife,” Musk wrote.
Earlier this month, Musk raised his eyebrows again when he tweeted, “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci.”
Dr. Fauci has infamously asserted repeatedly during the pandemic that criticizing his beliefs and responses to COVID-19 is tantamount to criticizing science itself.
Musk posted a meme that reinforced his criticism of those who established their beliefs according to Dr. Fauci’s COVID commandments
Laith Alkhouri, MSNBC Analyst and CEO of Risk Intelligence wrote‘The scientific method does not take place on Twitter.
“It’s done by experienced scientists who make observations and ask questions, and go through assessments and reviews – not 5G and flat Earth conspiracy theorists.”
But while some doubt Twitter’s ability to serve as a platform for a fruitful exchange of scientific ideas, others appreciated Musk’s statement in the aftermath of years of accounts being silenced and banned for challenging question the government line on COVID and a number of other health-related measures. . .
In response to Musk’s statement that following science “necessarily includes reasoned questioning of science,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton wrote, “Bad news for transgender extremism, covid totalitarians and climate alarmists “.
Mathematical physicist and managing director of Thiel Capital, Eric Weinstein wrote that Musk’s decision “changes”. All. So true.
“Is it a 1000% commitment to biologists that they can stop *lying* about biological sex, healthy reproductive development, ‘herd immunity’, genetic differences between geographically separated populations, the dough of horse, Wuhan Inst. GOF, etc. ?’ he wrote.
Joshua Stevens, head of Earth mapping and data visualization at NASA, wrote that Musk’s policy is “fair and reasonable”.
“And if a scientist tells you otherwise, never let them get poetic about *curiosity and wonder* ever again.”
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