Current Twitter CEO Elon Musk said Twitter will foster “reasoned” skepticism of scientific data.
“Twitter’s new policy is to follow science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of science,” Musk wrote.
Many Twitter users rallied and suggested the policy encouraged the real search for scientific truth.
Evolutionary behavioral scientist Gad Saad appeared to joke sarcastically about the dogmatic way scientific experts have been treated amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Elon Musk’s Twitter profile displayed on a phone screen and the Twitter logo displayed on a screen are seen in this illustrative photo taken in Krakow, Poland, September 29. 15, 2022.
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Science is all His Eminence Lord Fauci say yes,” Saad joked. “His Excellency is science.
Musk responded by observing, “Anyone who says questioning them questions the science itself cannot be considered a scientist.”
Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton tweeted: “Bad news for transgender extremism, covid totalitarians and climate alarmists.”
Journalist David Martosko called on his followers to recognize that Musk’s announcement has massive implications.
“Isn’t it remarkable that this is a departure from what we have seen for many years?” He asked. “I hope this also means that it will be acceptable to look at who is funding science and what kind of restrictions that places on scientists.”
Mathematical physicist, economist and managing director of Thiel Capital, Eric Weinstein expressed hope that the change could be a major shift in a variety of topics.
“It. Changes. Everything. If it’s true,” he wrote. “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.?”
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Joshua Stevens, NASA’s Earth Mapping and Data Visualization Manager, tweeted: “It’s fair and reasonable. And if a scientist tells you otherwise, never let them get poetic about curiosity again and wonder.”
Some Twitter users appeared to condemn Musk’s statement.
New York Times contributor Wajahat Ali tweeted that Musk’s message was, “Something a really stupid person would tweet.”
Journalist Ashton Pittman tweeted: “By ‘reasoned interrogation,’ Elon Musk means batsh*t clown because conspiratorial driver.”
Elon’s post seemed like a veiled critique of dogmatism amid the covid19 pandemic, in particular to the director of the National Institute of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Antoine Fauci.
Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, admitted the COVID-19 lockdowns were “draconian” but necessary. He said he wanted to use his experience to inspire a younger generation of scientists.
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On the same day, Musk announced that staff at the Twitter platform “previously had an internal Slack channel unironically called ‘Fauci Fan Club’.” It comes amid an ongoing series of “Twitter Files” showing the public the inner workings of Twitter before Musk acquired the platform.
Musk also tweeted a statement that questioned Fauci’s institutional responsibility.
“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 in December, Musk appeared to joke, “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci.”
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