Ruins of the Buddhist Shikshin Temple, Xinjiang, China

"Intermediate levels of scientific knowledge are associated with overconfidence and negative attitudes towards science", Lackner et al. 2023 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-023-01677-8

The Institute for Replication (#I4R) is collaborating with the publisher (Nature Human Behaviour) and has now produced a report on the above paper (https://osf.io/mg95t/files/mjs86 ) which is largely positive:

"LFMMG (2023) presents a computationally reproducible and largely robust finding. We re-implemented the full analytical pipeline and conducted thirty-one robustness checks with those results summarized in Table 8. There is much kudos to be given to the original authours* for making the process of replicating their work clear and worthwhile."

* typo in the original text of the report.

#ScientificPublishing #PRC #PublishReviewCurate

Intermediate levels of scientific knowledge are associated with overconfidence and negative attitudes towards science - Nature Human Behaviour

Lackner et al. show that individuals with an intermediate level of science knowledge tend to have overconfidence in their own knowledge and negative attitudes to science.

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#Chinese #nationals arrested over zombie vape pod lab
"2 #PRC nationals hv been arrested for allegedly using luxury pool villa in Chon Buri as base to produce illegal #vape prods..πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ machines were producing #etomidate, "zombie drug", a sedative increasingly linked to drug-laced vape pods.. Jia Jing Zhuang, 47, & Teng Ji, 24, were arrested at te scene.
Both allegedly admitted they were hired to guard te property & oversee te chemical mixing equipment"πŸ‘‡
#Blacklist te crooks!
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/3257713/chinese-nationals-arrested-over-zombie-vape-pod-lab

πŸ“’ Volt Typhoon & Salt Typhoon : la Chine prΓ©-positionne des accΓ¨s dans les infrastructures critiques US
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Article de perspecti...
πŸ“– cyberveille : https://cyberveille.ch/posts/2026-05-17-volt-typhoon-salt-typhoon-la-chine-pre-positionne-des-acces-dans-les-infrastructures-critiques-us/
🌐 source : https://cyberdefensereview.army.mil/CDR-Content/Articles/Article-View/Article/4477628/chinas-cyber-explosives-are-in-place-wheres-our-response/
#Chine #PRC #Cyberveille

@Jazone
#Taiwan πŸ‡³πŸ‡« is not now nor has it ever been part of the #PRC πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³, so it canNOT "declare #independence *from* #China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³." πŸ€”
#WordsDoMeanThings
I'm not calling them "fake media," but they're absolutely wrong about this… #CNN doesn't know shit about #Taiwan πŸ‡³πŸ‡«. The #US' πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ so-called "one #China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ policy" does NOT "recognize" that Taiwan belongs to the #PRC. It only *acknowledges* that China holds this position. I thought CNN knew better… πŸ€¦πŸ½β€β™‚οΈ
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-e&q=China+Taiwan+acknowledge+recognize
#WordsDoMeanThings
#GetItRightCNN!

@John
I wasn’t making a a comment either way. Whether the author is right or wrong wasn’t in my mind when I tooted this. It is important to be informed of the #Chinese perspective in a world that is being thrashed by a demented #POTUS. Time will tell how close he is to the unfolding events.

My personal opinion (yet to be tested, torn down and rebuilt) is that #China is not ready for #Hegemony yet, and certainly cannot get to that #Geopolitical position without a worthy adversary. Given the identifying Chinese virtue that is patience, I would not put it past #Xi to work #POTUS like #Putin has and set the #US on a course to it’s downfall (post #tRump) while helping China to take over the throne. Thus shifting from the #PRC #MultiPolarWorldOrder to a #MonopoleWorldOrder in the future. This would be a long term strategy likely to be taken by the Chinese.

I’d better brush up on my ZhongWen (Chinese), eh…

"If China is capitalist, that means capitalism works!" - Very Serious Leftists
"If China is capitalist, that means capitalism works!" - Very Serious Leftists