It’s been a brutal couple of weeks in the US, so for #MisconceptionMonday I’m going to dive into one that is critical to the political environment right now: the extent to which the public is being misled on the concept of DEI. I’ll focus on DEI in science.
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To be clear, no one cannot predict earthquakes. That science does not exist (and it may never exist). Anyone who says otherwise is likely a charlatan. We'll talk about that on a later #MisconceptionMonday.
Yesterday was the 325th anniversary of the last magnitude 9 earthquake to hit Cascadia. In honor of this event, I’m not doing #MisconceptionMonday, and will instead talk about some steps you can take to be prepared for earthquakes.
It's #MisconceptionMonday, friends! Let's have some of you chime in to correct misconceptions in your own fields. Trust me--we're going to to speak up about our science over the next four years.
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Despite my crankiness (horror, actually) over the inauguration, I’m going to calm my soul by focusing on things I can actually address. It’s #MisconceptionMonday, and today we’re addressing this one:
Is the Cascadia subduction zone overdue for a massive earthquake?
This question inspired me to do a new #MisconceptionMonday post. Check it out at bsky.app/profile/geop...
Got questions about earthquakes, their sizes, and occurrence rates? Give a holler. And if you’re someone who wants to discuss another topic for #MisconceptionMonday, start your own thread!
This week’s #MisconceptionMonday was inspired by a question I read elsewhere on Bluesky today: is the number of earthquakes we see today unusual? Are earthquakes getting more common or larger?
Good question. Let’s chat. 🧵
It's the anniversay of Alfred Wegener's presentation of Continental Drift! Join me for #MisconceptionMonday, where we talk about CD, Plate Tectonics, rogue scientists, and how science really works.
So why was Continental Drift not broadly accepted? Let’s discuss for #MisconceptionMonday.
Today’s #MisconceptionMonday is a little bit outside of my normal discourse, but I’m gonna go with it. Today is the anniversary of the idea of Continental Drift, so we’re going to discuss some misunderstandings around how science progresses. 1/n (long, as usual)
Another good thread for #MisconceptionMonday!
Nice idea from my colleague in the geology department.
#MisconceptionMonday
I may try to start next week.
I'm gonna try something new here, and I'm hoping you all will join me. From now on (assuming I can keep up) the week will start with #MisconceptionMonday. We're going to address one or more topics that people commonly misunderstand.
Starting my first #MisconceptionMonday with a common one in seismology: do small earthquakes relieve the pressure on faults? Are small quakes a good thing?
🧵. Long 🧵. But hopefully worth it.
