Author, Potter, Expertise in Risk Perception Psychology
near Boston
Joined January 2009
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A vital and inspiring bit of philosophy for the many who, under the clouds of all we face, see the world as only dark and negative. instagram.com/reel/DfAJZrVNA…
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How barbarous that the public used to gather to watch executions. How utterly barbarous that ISIS live-streamed beheadings of hostages? This is what the Trump Administration has given us, via the ignorant false macho brutality of Pete Hegseth. apnews.com/article/fort-hood…
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THIS is what the government of Donal Trump is doing. Every American citizen should be afraid of a government that acts like this, no matter their party. nytimes.com/2026/08/13/us/po…
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WOW! Here's one i missed. Trump admin rejects LNT! "A myopic policy of minimizing even trivial risks ignores the reality that substitute forms of energy production also carry risk, such as pollution with potentially deleterious health effects" federalregister.gov/document…
I haven not posted here for some time, but the need to share this is clear. livescience.com/planet-earth…
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Dear #RFK and emotion/values-based doubters about #vaccines safety. Real evidence (the kind you stubbornly deny) is required by law. nytimes.com/2026/03/16/healt…
I wonder whether the Trump cult is so incredibly devoid of independent thought that they can be not embarrassed by this. As an y America, of any party, should be. We're talking denial of high school-level science. apnews.com/article/epa-clima…
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THIS JUST IN! The news media do not report on the causes of death in proportion to what actually kills us! ourworldindata.org/does-the-…
david ropeik retweeted
“Incomplete risk reporting causes harm because it doesn’t give people the information they need to make the healthiest choice for them and their circumstances," says former science journalist @dropeik, author of 3 books on evaluating health/safety risks.
journalistsresource.org/home…
This is the way risk SHOULD be reported.
The 'Boogeyman' in Our Food: Fears vs. Facts About Lead webmd.com/diet/news/20251031… from @WebMD;
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Dear Right Wing extremists (that's you, White House) Understandable you're upset by left-wing violence, but (from the Economist)
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Profound insight, and a challenge to The 1619 Project thinking. Class division, even more than race, is tearing us apart, around the world. nytimes.com/2025/08/14/opini…
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Sen. Bill Cassidy OK'g JFK Jr as HHS Sec said "I practiced medicine for 30 years, After seeing patients die from vaccine preventable diseases, Personally witnessing the safety monitoring, and the effectiveness of immunization, vaccines save lives." The deaths to come are on him
Sen. Bill Cassidy OK'g JFK Jr as HHS Sec said "I practiced medicine for 30 years, After seeing patients die from vaccine preventable diseases, Personally witnessing the safety monitoring, and the effectiveness of immunization, vaccines save lives." The deaths to come are on him
Thanks to RFKJr., US officially turns its back on one of the most exciting biomedical technologies to emerge this century, a gift to European and Asian competitors and one that is likely to hit US health costs and maybe US lives. statnews.com/2025/08/05/mrna…
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Sen. Bill Cassidy OK'g JFK Jr as HHS Sec said "I practiced medicine for 30 years, After seeing patients die from vaccine preventable diseases, Personally witnessing the safety monitoring, and the effectiveness of immunization, vaccines save lives." The deaths to come are on him
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary and a longtime vaccine critic, announced in a statement Tuesday that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects - all using mRNA technology - will be halted. apnews.com/article/kennedy-v…
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david ropeik retweeted
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary and a longtime vaccine critic, announced in a statement Tuesday that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects - all using mRNA technology - will be halted. apnews.com/article/kennedy-v…
Sen. Bill Cassidy OK'g JFK Jr as HHS Sec said "I practiced medicine for 30 years, After seeing patients die from vaccine preventable diseases, Personally witnessing the safety monitoring, and the effectiveness of immunization, vaccines save lives." The deaths to come are on him
The antivax insanity is awful, but shutting down mRNA research will also stall advances toward mRNA pesticides and fungicides that can replace nasty agri-chemicals.
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Simply noting that people are tribal isn't enough. We must realize that being true to your tribe is biologically tied to our survival instinct. Any challenge to your tribe sets off a Fight or Flight or Freeze response. It's WAY more powerful than reason
psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
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