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{
"id":"2839909593",
"name":"Lisa M.P. Munoz",
"screen_name":"lisampmunoz",
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{"id":"1206605381650337792","timestamp":"1576512115","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206594367529598976","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"@vgr 1/ A lot of people blame scientific misinformation and crackpottery on a lack of scientific literacy or critical thinking skills. For much of scientific misinformation, it is not a lack of information that is causing the problem nor a lack of education"},
{"id":"1206605382900207617","timestamp":"1576512115","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"3","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206605381650337792","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"2/ While scientific literacy and critical thinking can certainly help, I believe that a lot of scientific misinformation results of all the same cognitive biases and shortcuts that lead to other types of misinformation in other arenas"},
{"id":"1206605807791562752","timestamp":"1576512216","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206605382900207617","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"3/ In science, that can become more magnified because of how complexly, and sometimes slowly, insights unfold and because of how deeply new insights sometimes clash with culturally ingrained stories and insights"},
{"id":"1206605808877948928","timestamp":"1576512217","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206605807791562752","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"4/ Common sense, gut instinct heuristics often fail at this level of complexity and we as people always have a need to believe what is in line with our own reality"},
{"id":"1206605810085879808","timestamp":"1576512217","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206605808877948928","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"5/ Most of us, me included, do not have the time to deeply analyze every piece of info we come across and even if we did, we'd still be prone to misinformation on some level"},
{"id":"1206607266692173824","timestamp":"1576512564","retweet_count":"1","favorite_count":"3","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206605810085879808","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"6/ Like most things in life, scientific understanding often comes down to motives -- what people want to believe to fit with worldview, whether politics, religion, or self psych...which is why so uneven and unpredictable when and how will encounter"},
{"id":"1206607267862401026","timestamp":"1576512564","retweet_count":"1","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607266692173824","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"7/ It's ultimately about the anecdote and the first encounter -- how the stories about the science fit into your personal narratives and who and how you first heard about the information"},
{"id":"1206607269464596480","timestamp":"1576512565","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"4","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607267862401026","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"8/ Misinformantion once out is virtually impossible to correct even with evidence -- seen this in every realm not just science -- one of many factors that contribute to conspiracy theories"},
{"id":"1206607271041675266","timestamp":"1576512565","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607269464596480","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"9/ Misinformation is part of life and starts young When my 6 year old hears something from her teacher about a topic for the first time, she wholeheartedly believes it to be true even if it is demonstrably false"},
{"id":"1206607272287383558","timestamp":"1576512566","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607271041675266","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"(among the funniest is that she believes her teacher to be 104 years old, because she said so, even though my daughter is smart and old enough to know that she is younger than say my parents who are around 70)"},
{"id":"1206607273424019456","timestamp":"1576512566","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"3","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607272287383558","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"10/ Or if she mishears something (like that people have already landed on Mars), it is difficult for her to unhear. That first piece of info makes an indelible mark on us"},
{"id":"1206607274757763072","timestamp":"1576512566","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607273424019456","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"11/ Scientific misinformation/crackpottery is everywhere and there's no way to correct all the instances without being deeply disliked or yourself seen as at best a know it all and at worse a crackpot yourself"},
{"id":"1206607276108341250","timestamp":"1576512566","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607274757763072","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"12/ No one is immune from it -- just depends on where the info intersects with life motives and narratives"},
{"id":"1206607277320527872","timestamp":"1576512567","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607276108341250","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"13/ Scientists are not immune, which is why we sometimes see flagrant misinformation in scientific papers -- not always intended to mislead or be false but perhaps was thought to be in the spirit of advancing a particular narrative (or type of scientific tribalism)"},
{"id":"1206607278528434177","timestamp":"1576512567","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"3","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607277320527872","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"14/ And then of course, we see that in marketing for sci-tech startups, where I truly believe sometimes founders forget in the storytelling how to distinguish truth and fiction, and in this blurring comes misinformation"},
{"id":"1206607279769960448","timestamp":"1576512567","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607278528434177","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"15/ Favorite recent topics of misinformation I've encountered\na) that reducing plastic straws is a good priority for environmental stewardship\nb) that water doesn't have \"memory\", yes talking about Frozen\nc) that synthetic meat products are healthier for people than natural meat"},
{"id":"1206612500382408709","timestamp":"1576513812","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206607279769960448","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"16/ Let's take each one at a time\n First, I believe that the war against plastic straws is misguided"},
{"id":"1206612501925904389","timestamp":"1576513812","retweet_count":"1","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206612500382408709","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"17/ While plastic from straws is a source of contamination in the oceans, it pails in comparison to other sources of plastic, such as fishing gear (not to mention more pressing contaminants in the air and water) -- yet in some parts of the world, we are overly focused on them"},
{"id":"1206612692397645827","timestamp":"1576513858","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206612501925904389","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"OMG! went up to 40 and they all disappeared with an error message from Twitter -- will try to reconstruct :/"},
{"id":"1206613662720499712","timestamp":"1576514089","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206612692397645827","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"18/ Why? It's something tangible & easy, unlike, say, reducing global carbon emissions. My opinion on this is nothing new, but while calling attention to human impact on the environment is positive, over-appropriating resources based on a misleading narrative is irresponsible"},
{"id":"1206613664394088450","timestamp":"1576514090","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206613662720499712","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"19/ Second, I believe in water having memory. While water has no memory in the homeopathic sense (which is why people are latching onto it from Frozen), water does carry a meaningful memory past activities, like legacy pollutants in streams like mercury"},
{"id":"1206613665878806528","timestamp":"1576514090","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206613664394088450","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"20/ ... and climate patterns literally frozen in time in ice cores. The homeopathic argument about molecules in water retaining memory of other molecules with medicinal value conflates this basic idea and can make it dangerous"},
{"id":"1206614078262775809","timestamp":"1576514188","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206613665878806528","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"21/ Lastly - and I am a vegetarian - so many people are starting to eat Impossible burgers for better health outcomes. While these meat alternatives are likely on net better for the environment, I believe that with their additional saturated fat, they may be worse for health"},
{"id":"1206614080062205959","timestamp":"1576514189","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206614078262775809","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"22/ But I don't know if there's enough evidence to support it yet. Health studies are complex and true insight comes over lots of time"},
{"id":"1206614596242563073","timestamp":"1576514312","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"3","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206614080062205959","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"23/ Again common sense heuristics fail and it is very difficult for anyone to be truly and continuously scientifically informed."},
{"id":"1206614597777723392","timestamp":"1576514312","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206614596242563073","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"24/ There are tons more examples -- ranging from home remedies to anti-vax to climate conspirators... some are blatant crackpottery while I think of others are more of this natural evolution of information misinformation"},
{"id":"1206614599040155649","timestamp":"1576514312","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206614597777723392","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"25/ Social psychologists could take a bigger role in helping curb scientific misinformation. While their research is subject to all the same bias and flaws, their understanding of the human mind can help craft stories that will stick or overturn flawed dogma"},
{"id":"1206614600378179584","timestamp":"1576514313","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206614599040155649","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"26/ Of course that can only go so far in combating the constant deluge of information we get often from bots and fake sources, designed just to spread misinformation"},
{"id":"1206615195449053186","timestamp":"1576514455","retweet_count":"1","favorite_count":"4","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206614600378179584","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"27/ Most of us don't know when we are being blatantly misinformed v. distracted v. simply unable to sort through all the conflicting information"},
{"id":"1206615197076594690","timestamp":"1576514455","retweet_count":"1","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206615195449053186","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"28/ I believe stories and firsthand experience are ultimately the only things that effectively bake evidence and critical thinking into human decision making to result in real change"},
{"id":"1206615198758559745","timestamp":"1576514455","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206615197076594690","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"29/ I see hope in stories like the Sami people in the Arctic working on their own to protect reindeer herds from starving due to the permafrost melting and refreezing blocking their lichen food source."},
{"id":"1206615200239116288","timestamp":"1576514456","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206615198758559745","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"30/ While they cannot stop the degradation of the Arctic happening from changing climate, they can continue to protect the reindeer and spread the stories to others"},
{"id":"1206615201853968389","timestamp":"1576514456","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206615200239116288","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"31/ This creates new memories and culture surrounding climate in that region and making it more likely people, at least there, will accept the scientific evidence of climate change"},
{"id":"1206616405262639104","timestamp":"1576514743","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206615201853968389","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"32/ It saddens me to think that real change in many cases - i.e. being able to combat misinformation - will only come about from people experiencing negative things"},
{"id":"1206616406831386624","timestamp":"1576514743","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206616405262639104","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"33/ It's a continuous process. Today's misinformation can become tomorrow's scientific fact and vice versa"},
{"id":"1206616408160972807","timestamp":"1576514744","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206616406831386624","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"34/ Even with the examples from earlier, misinformation can serve an important role in the natural evolution of information generation"},
{"id":"1206616409318580226","timestamp":"1576514744","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206616408160972807","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"35/ For example, even if alternative meat is less healthy for people than natural, I believe we could see a future where we think of meat consumption like the gladiators of Rome -- how barbaric?! -- and this phase of alt meat could be a big player"},
{"id":"1206618099518185473","timestamp":"1576515147","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206616409318580226","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"36/ Similarly with the was on plastic straws, while it could push people to be more aware of human impact or it could be distracting us from the real actions that need to be taken"},
{"id":"1206618100906500097","timestamp":"1576515147","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618099518185473","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"37/ Hindsight is 20/20 and we won't know for sometime whether these narrative distractions will be net positive"},
{"id":"1206618102039007233","timestamp":"1576515148","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618100906500097","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"38/ When people hear I work in #scicomm, they immediately ask how can I deal with all the wrong science out there and the lack of literacy? But I don't view it as a problem, it's a process"},
{"id":"1206618103297269760","timestamp":"1576515148","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618102039007233","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"39/ We have to get a lot wrong -- which by default, means having misinformation out there for some time -- before we get things right"},
{"id":"1206618104693952514","timestamp":"1576515148","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618103297269760","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"40/ It's an extra scary time to be in science because of the information and misinformation deluge"},
{"id":"1206618106078126080","timestamp":"1576515149","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618104693952514","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"41/ But it will never really end -- that's the fun of discovery"},
{"id":"1206618107382583296","timestamp":"1576515149","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618106078126080","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"42/ There was a time I set out to wring every piece of misinformation I heard but I know think of many of these instances as people's individual personal stories and tread lightly until I find a way to inform without cutting down their narrative"},
{"id":"1206618108758286336","timestamp":"1576515149","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"1","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618107382583296","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"43/ It doesn't always work, and I think we need a lot more work in cognitive science, anthropology, and psychology to be more effective in this regard"},
{"id":"1206618110016589824","timestamp":"1576515149","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618108758286336","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"44/ But my personal narrative tells me to be positive -- so like everything, I try to fit my entire belief system on scientific misinformation and crackpottery into a positive view of the future :-)"},
{"id":"1206618902379282432","timestamp":"1576515338","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618110016589824","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"45/ To come full circle where I started, it is absolutely important for all people to learn critical thinking skills -- including source identification and a brief on cognitive biases -- from a young age. But misinformation is not simply a challenge at the individual level"},
{"id":"1206618904082042881","timestamp":"1576515339","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618902379282432","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"46/ It is a challenge that cuts to the heart of human evolution and society -- and what makes us us. Scientific progress will continue hand in hand with scientific misinformation"},
{"id":"1206624044650553349","timestamp":"1576516564","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206618904082042881","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"47/ It was easier to dismiss snake oil when we knew less. Now people are up against the limits of human cognition"},
{"id":"1206626094759206912","timestamp":"1576517053","retweet_count":"2","favorite_count":"5","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206624044650553349","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"48/ Wondering now if we need a new phrase for something that starts as misinformation and ends up later overturned, to distinguish from true crackpottery?"},
{"id":"1206650635590000640","timestamp":"1576522904","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206626094759206912","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"49/ Relatedly, so many \"facts\" we once learned we now know to be impermanent"},
{"id":"1206650637448089600","timestamp":"1576522905","retweet_count":"1","favorite_count":"7","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206650635590000640","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"50/ Had never thought about facts being so fragile until recently. Parallels in many ways the fragility I associate with memory, which is odd as memories change over time but facts feel like they shouldn't"},
{"id":"1206693398800932867","timestamp":"1576533100","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"2","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206650637448089600","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"51) Yes, exactly...most of us want to believe that what is better for the environment must therefore be better for health, part of our common sense heurestics and fits with \"natural\" thinking in health https://t.co/wsreRjnakq"},
{"id":"1207125082490986499","timestamp":"1576636021","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1206693398800932867","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"52/ Wanted to say something specific to true crackpottery: true crackpots don't deserve equal air time. It adds to the distraction issue and pretends there are two even sides."},
{"id":"1207125083652796416","timestamp":"1576636021","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1207125082490986499","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"53/ Even though we society accepts as facts change over time, when it comes to information that has been tested and tested again and born out to be unequivocally true, like Earth being round, the other \"side\" should be shut out https://t.co/dpHgVDLUWn"},
{"id":"1207125085246676994","timestamp":"1576636022","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1207125083652796416","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"54/ I truly don't understand the mental gymnastics that go into flat Earth thinking and I resent a bit that I even need to analyze how that happens."},
{"id":"1207125086072913922","timestamp":"1576636022","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1207125085246676994","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"55/ That type of crackpottery is in a separate category than the more day to day information/misinformation train that I spoke about yesterday"},
{"id":"1207126872603140096","timestamp":"1576636448","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1207125085246676994","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"55/ Other topics are more nuanced and complex, so while I know anti-vaxx and anti climate change people to be spouting misinformation, I have some understanding of how they may have gotten there"},
{"id":"1207126873916002311","timestamp":"1576636448","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1207126872603140096","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"56/ Those are conversations worth having at the narrative level. What stories can we tell or what experiences might they have that will better fit their life narratives?"},
{"id":"1207126874717085697","timestamp":"1576636448","retweet_count":"0","favorite_count":"0","in_reply_to_status_id":"1207126873916002311","in_reply_to_user_id":"2839909593","in_reply_to_screen_name":"lisampmunoz","text":"57/ What new memories or imprints an we create based on evidence? This is a rich and still largely untapped area for exploration"},
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