Sam Gregson

Christian Ferko - and many others - have noticed that there is a very well trodden rhetorical path in contrarian "science" communication circles. Have you noticed it? Why does it recur so often? Clip: youtube.com/shorts/SbIuc... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=J7lL... ⚛️🧪

Preview clip of a wider discussion on private funding of science. Is Google really eating the public sector's lunch in science? Not so fast says @livlanes.bsky.social Private companies and academia fulfil different roles. Clip: youtube.com/shorts/Ukgaq... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=_Fw8... ⚛️🧪

Creating cutting edge physics theories is incredibly difficult when you don't understand the basics of the field. Everyone is welcome in science, but you need to do the work if you want to push the field forward! Clip: youtube.com/shorts/4oMEL... Link: youtube.com/watch?v=d07L... ⚛️🧪

Christian Ferko explains why simply being a "physics contrarian" isn't a virtue and those with alternative theories need to do the work to convince the field. You don't get points for edginess! Prove it! Clip: youtube.com/shorts/-qf5q... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=1Lrq... ⚛️🧪

C-14 is vital in a huge number of fields and is one of the most important isotopes ever discovered! Preview clip of my discussion on the science behind radiocarbon dating with archaeologist @flintdibble.bsky.social . Clip: youtube.com/shorts/BMvzt... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=yZvS... ⚛️🧪

Christian Ferko explains why QM only allows you to reconstruct your deceased grandma if you're an all powerful God/computer outside the universe! 🗣️ "This seems like essentially religion with extra steps!" Clip: youtube.com/shorts/BtHL2... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=p3lq... ⚛️🧪

Sensor expert Dr Ramsey Faragher explains why it would be insane to use a quantum sensor to detect the heartbeat of a downed aviator rather than a GPS based tracker! Clip: youtube.com/shorts/JesHM... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=FpZN... ⚛️🧪

Preview clip. @mickwest.com explains that UAP researchers making extreme claims that satellites may have been orbiting the Earth pre-Sputnik need to accurately define their datsets *and* make those datasets available to fellow scientists and investigators. Clip: youtube.com/shorts/7k7W_C13Myw ⚛️🧪

Preview clip from our chat with @davidkipping.bsky.social on engaging sceptical audiences. 🗣️ "I try to offer an olive branch. [...] Let's work through it! [...] I get why you would think this, but here's why it's wrong." Clip: youtube.com/shorts/ZeSX0... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=aT3S... ⚛️🧪

@mickwest.com explains that UAP investigators need to conduct a serious investigation if they want to show that scientists are being targeted. 🗣️ "You have to do the work [...] and not just blindly repeat the headline." Clip: youtube.com/shorts/jDBLT... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=2iOe... ⚛️🧪

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The @guruspod.bsky.social guys decide on whether delusional true believers or cynical grifters are worse for our modern discourse. @ckava.bsky.social has some problems... Full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFfI... Clip: www.youtube.com/shorts/PFfPc... ⚛️🧪

Archaeologist @flintdibble.bsky.social follows up with a great irony. Abusive pseudo archaeology influencers claiming to be cancelled are running a grift "as old as time". 🗣️"Being an antagonistic piece of f-ing shit... works!" Clip: youtube.com/shorts/Cd25i... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=LUEU... ⚛️🧪

History and archaeology YouTuber Kayleigh Düring explains why influencers get so angry when you debunk fantastical historical narratives. It effects their income.💰 🗣️"It's all about money. It's all about the grift." Clip: youtube.com/shorts/pHIVb... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=LUEU... 🧪⚛️

If protons *and* neutrons can bind together to form atomic nuclei, why can't neutrons *alone* or protons *alone* do the same? It turns out that the answer lies in quantum mechanics and the Pauli exclusion principle. Check it out! Link: youtube.com/shorts/PFdFwbr6hL0 ⚛️🧪

@cdelawalla.bsky.social insists that legacy science institutions need to wake up and realise that keeping their heads down to maintain funding is not productive. 🗣️ "NIH is going to be the research arm of MAHA!" Clip: youtube.com/shorts/m6ibo... Full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=KDTt... 🧪⚛️

CEO of @standupforscience.bsky.social @cdelawalla.bsky.social explains how the Trump admin's attacks on sci forced her to act. Fighting back is not "politicising science". 🗣️ "I wasn't the one who banned f*cking words!" Clip: youtube.com/shorts/RPMf9... Full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=KDTt... ⚛️🧪

The proton beams of the Large Hadron Collider contain a hell of a lot of energy, so where do they go when the machine is turned off? How are they disposed of safely? How do you turn off the Large Hadron Collider? Here's how!... Link: youtube.com/shorts/Mcy9z... ⚛️🧪

Colette believes it is imperative that scientists push back when their profession comes under attack from partisan political actors. 🗣️ "If you just sit there and keep your head down, you're part of the problem!" Clip: youtube.com/shorts/tz7cK... Full chat: youtube.com/watch?v=KDTt... ⚛️🧪

Dave "Professor Dave" Farina explains why he believes evidence, sources and data are constantly beaten out by lies and conspiracy theories. 🗣️ "It's never going to be as exciting as this sensationalist bullsh*t!" Clip: youtube.com/shorts/8nOt7o5DKLU Full: youtube.com/watch?v=F2fhLAZd250 ⚛️🧪

Professor Dave believes scientists who come under attack from anti-science actors need to take off the kid gloves and fight back. 🗣️ "In my humble opinion, we need to be done with that sh*t!" 🗣️ "Please be more vocal, be more direct and be more deliberate!" Clip: youtube.com/shorts/6yGOv... ⚛️🧪

Professor Dave wants scientists to be more blunt when calling out grifters, liars and cranks. 🗣️ "If someone is a lying piece of sh*t fraud profiting by telling lies, then they're a lying piece of sh*t fraud profiting by telling lies". Clip: youtube.com/shorts/VP2it... ⚛️🧪

@michaelemann.bsky.social explains that scientific recommendations have been rebadged as attacks on freedom to create distrust amongst specific political cohorts. 🗣️ "If you die, that's the ultimate loss of freedom." 🗣️ "If you lose a liveable planet, that's the ultimate loss of freedom." ⚛️🧪

Prof @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social explains that vaccine misinformation is now a major killing force in the US. 🗣️ "Countering the anti-vaccine misinformation is almost as important as being a vaccine scientist." Clip: youtube.com/shorts/8JPl2... Full: youtube.com/watch?v=O4PF... ⚛️🧪

Prof @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social follows that there exists a long history of scientists being politically active. 🗣️ Einstein: "I do not share your view that the scientist should observe silence in political matters." Link: youtube.com/shorts/anJisOKW1cU Chat: youtube.com/watch?v=O4PFGQFm5ZQ ⚛️🧪

Prof @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social explains why scientists engaging with cranks can have negative consequences and why he refused to debate RFK Jr. 🗣️ "Why would they want me to debate RFK Jr?...to legitimise him." Link: youtube.com/shorts/bMk8QKFJYXk Full chat: youtube.com/watch?v=O4PFGQFm5ZQ ⚛️🧪

Prof @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social explains that science communication can always be improved, but the main problem currently is that our media ecosystem is full of influencers ready to misrepresent science communication. 🗣️ "What you really had was the bad actors weaponising it at every turn." ⚛️🧪

Prof @michaelemann.bsky.social explains how bad actors attack scientists as "political" regardless of the objectivity of their output. 🗣️ "I didn't come to politics. Politics came to me!" 🗣️ "They would much rather have you just be quiet and take it!" Full chat: youtube.com/watch?v=O4PF... 🧪⚛️

Taster clip - @michaelemann.bsky.social discusses the deleterious impact of AI, social media and mis- and dis- information. ⚛️🧪

Draconian cuts to physics by the UK government are unacceptable. They damage the UK's science base and threaten our reputation as a reliable international scientific partner. Prof @johnwomersley.bsky.social explains how *you* can stand up for physics. Full talk: youtube.com/watch?v=hOSReagyPDg ⚛️🧪

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This is appalling. The problem isn’t entertaining ET hypotheses, it’s making absurd claims backed by atrocious statistical analyses that misinform and scare the public. One part in a billion and 40% are both less than 0.5, so they’re basically the same thing. Come on. 🧪⚛️

A quick elevator pitch for a new Higgs Factory collider. There is a very powerful scientific (and economic) rationale for building a new collider to produce and study huge numbers of Higgs Bosons. My full case is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtJg... 🧪⚛️

Short summary of the recent Sean Carroll vs Eric Weinstein debate: 🧪⚛️

When floating ice melts, does the water level go up or down? 🧊🧊🧊🥤 Actually, for pure water and ice, it doesn't change! 🤯 Here's why! 🤔 #Physics YouTube link: www.youtube.com/shorts/V77Q5... 🧪⚛️

Great discussion with @theorydad.bsky.social, Jenny List & @koppenburg.ch on the potential future of particle physics and the pros and cons of future machines. Particle physicists need to form a clear consensus in the next year to drive the field forward. Link: youtube.com/watch?v=wr3Xbnr0UD8 ⚛️🧪

Why do rapidly spinning objects often look like they're spinning slowly or even backwards? ⚔️ This is the phenomenon of "aliasing". Some cameras record video at a frame rate that's too slow to reconstruct the true motion of an object. ⏩ ⚛️🧪 Check it out: youtube.com/shorts/EjnqJ7GTeaU

Did you know that old cathode ray tube (CRT) TVs were like mini Large Hadron Colliders? Your (grand)parents used to watch TV on a particle accelerator in their very own home! Check it out! 🧪⚛️ #particlephysics #physics #tv #history #largehadroncollider

How powerful are the beams of the Large Hadron Collider? The answer might shock you... 😅 🧪⚛️ #physics #particlephysics #CERN #LHC #largehadroncollider #energy

You’re very welcome! I definitely had to clean up some of my knowledge from dark, dusty corners 😅