Dr. Jonathan N. Stea
@jonathanstea.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Clinical Psychologist. Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Calgary. Author. New book: https://a.co/d/06FboJTN Newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/jonathanstea University of Calgary: https://profiles.ucalgary.ca/jonathan-n-stea
My grandma died today. She showed unconditional love. She was the sweetest. I’ll miss her. She hated my trolls. RIP. ❤️
Are these people for or against electromagnetism?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3w agoRepublican Minnesota state auditor candidate Scott Jensen: "I think we have ignored in western medicine the potential benefits of discoveries made centuries ago. The notion of electromagnetic powers, of minerals, and rocks, and things like that, that could have curative capabilities we've ignored."
Are they going to "investigate" with science or vibes?
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea@jonathanstea.bsky.social · 3w agoWhen a clown moves into the palace, he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus.
When a clown moves into the palace, he doesn’t become a king; the palace becomes a circus.
The University of Alberta’s free online critical thinking and science literacy course to help people differentiate science from pseudoscience: www.ualberta.ca/en/admission...
One thing I wonder about chemtrails is... ...what happens when they fall off the edge of the earth?
@jonathanstea.bsky.social maybe you can send them your books.
Just an FYI - RFK Jr invited public input on changing vaccine categories and recommendations, and right now the vast majority of comments *support* his approach. If you would like to comment, you can do so here. Deadline is in two days: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
Request for Information: Categories Used in Federal Vaccine Recommendations and the Role of Shared Clinical Decision-Making
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS or the Department), in support of the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines and in furtherance of the Executive Order of August 10, 2026, "Delivering ...
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This book details shows how MAHA activists have used science denialism to worsen health outcomes. It also traces the history and harm of the anti-vaccine movement and describes its modern incarnations and propaganda tactics. Highly recommended and hard to put down. 😊✌️
The ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY: "No, no, no, no...the average pin is capable of holding no more than 875 fairies, assuming that they aren't sitting on each other's shoulders."
Looking for advice on pseudoscience? Urine luck!
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea@jonathanstea.bsky.social · 4w agoSocial media has worsened our collective science literacy skills. For example, there are urine therapy groups on Facebook. Similar alternative medicine groups provide a sense of community, but at the cost of promoting pseudoscientific beliefs that compromise health.
Science, politics, you name it. Gullibility and mis/disinformation is the name of the game.
Dr. Jonathan N. Stea@jonathanstea.bsky.social · 4w agoSocial media has worsened our collective science literacy skills. For example, there are urine therapy groups on Facebook. Similar alternative medicine groups provide a sense of community, but at the cost of promoting pseudoscientific beliefs that compromise health.
Social media has worsened our collective science literacy skills. For example, there are urine therapy groups on Facebook. Similar alternative medicine groups provide a sense of community, but at the cost of promoting pseudoscientific beliefs that compromise health.
My wife just learned that my audiobook is on Spotify and can be streamed with a Premium account—and she would like you to know that. 😊✌️
#Booksky 🧪📚💙 #science Fateema Sayani notes that "Stea demystifies the concept of science overall, noting that it’s ***something to regard as a tool*** or process and not something to believe in."
Short Stack Fella 🇨🇦🇺🇦@shortstackfella.bsky.social · last mo.I really liked this book, too. Another I really enjoyed was Mind the Science by another Jonathan, @jonathanstea.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_th...
I really liked this book, too. Another I really enjoyed was Mind the Science by another Jonathan, @jonathanstea.bsky.social en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_th...
Mind the Science - Wikipedia
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50% done with this. Even if you think you know everything about vaccines you should read it. It does an amazing job of telling the history of vaccines from day 1 and how antivaxx nonsense in 2026 is no different from 200 years ago. I’m learning a ton.
Boston Tom Levenson@tomlevenson.bsky.social · 7mo agoSelf promotion alert! My book A Pox on Fools, comes out on 5/26 (UK) & 6/9 (US). It's a history of vax opposition, tracing RFK Jr.'s anti-vax grift back to once-somewhat plausible fears. Its goal: to help readers debunk his BS for any persuadables they know. Preorders are a book's best friend!
Calling yourself a critical thinker is not sufficient for critical thinking.
I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because it always coincides with their own desires. - Susan B. Anthony
I once asked Daniel Kahneman (Nobel Prize recipient) to be involved in a book I was co-editing. Though qualified, he so very kindly declined, citing his lack of expertise. When I contrast his humility with the daily death of expertise on social media, I die a little inside.
Not to mention the threats against your hair, but it's good you keep doing what you do regardless.