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# ![@simonmaechling Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::282965354.png) @simonmaechling Simon Maechling

Simon Maechling posts on X about science, food, history, if you the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 2349 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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### Social Influence

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[countries](/list/countries)  [finance](/list/finance)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities) 

**Social topic influence**
[science](/topic/science) #444, [food](/topic/food), [history](/topic/history) #1061, [if you](/topic/if-you), [what you](/topic/what-you) #1634, [influencers](/topic/influencers) #367, [reduce](/topic/reduce), [france](/topic/france), [dcs](/topic/dcs), [covid19](/topic/covid19)

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"A massive global review just confirmed it. Clinical trials + real-world data from XXX million people across the globe. The HPV vaccine doesnt just reduce cervical cancer. It almost eliminates it. Yes you read that right. Girls vaccinated before XX have an XX% lower risk of cervical cancer. Not a small reduction. Not maybe. Eighty percent. The protection isnt only for the cervix. HPV causes cancers of the anus penis vagina vulva mouth throat - the vaccine blocks the virus before the damage ever starts. This isnt one study. Its Cochrane the gold standard of independent science. They analyzed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1994028124850290787)  2025-11-27T12:58Z 45.8K followers, 231.6K engagements


"Im not a bot. Im not anonymous. Im a chemist with a PhD. My goal here is simple: Make people smarter not angrier. So let me say it clearly: Your food isnt poison. Your air isnt killing you. Your medicine isnt a conspiracy. Science is not the enemy. Fear is. If youre human too say Hi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1994353556346794118)  2025-11-28T10:31Z 45.8K followers, 110.3K engagements


"All food is literally made from chemicals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1994660426060370121)  2025-11-29T06:51Z 45.8K followers, 348.5K engagements


"New study from France: XX million adults 1859 years old. ✅ NO increase in all-cause mortality X years after mRNA vaccine. ✅ -XX % of deaths related to Covid-19 among the vaccinated. mRNA Covid vaccines saved lives"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1996712037465182390)  2025-12-04T22:43Z 45.8K followers, 33.7K engagements


"The collapse of trust in science is going to go down in history as one of the most sad bizarre and destructive social contagions of modern times. We cured diseases fed billions and powered nations - and people ran toward conspiracies instead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997412402120257941)  2025-12-06T21:06Z 45.8K followers, 2.6M engagements


"Every time humans reject science - germ theory vaccines genetics nuclear GMOs - it ends in suffering. History has zero success stories for ignoring reality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997645099480547590)  2025-12-07T12:31Z 45.8K followers, 30.2K engagements


"People dont trust experts or make evidence-based decisions. Just look at the comment sections. Misinformation everywhere. The loudest voices are the least informed. The only antidote is better science communication: clearer faster and impossible to ignore"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998131578309157380)  2025-12-08T20:44Z 45.8K followers, 26.9K engagements


"THIS IS HOW SCIENCE WORKS Two huge clinical trials just delivered bad news: GLP-1 drugs - the Ozempic-style miracle meds - failed to slow Alzheimers. Yes failed. And this is exactly what real science looks like. For years anecdotal reports + early studies hinted at something exciting: People said they felt sharper on GLP-1s. Small trials hinted at cognitive benefits. Animal studies looked promising. Real-world data suggested protection. Hope was real - and reasonable. But hope evidence. So scientists did what responsible scientists do: They ran two massive well-designed placebo-controlled"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998345545543188957)  2025-12-09T10:54Z 45.8K followers, 124.7K engagements


"GLP-1 drugs failed to slow Alzheimers in two big clinical trials: Real-world data and anecdotal reports had hinted drugs like Ozempic could help"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998345547934027823)  2025-12-09T10:54Z 45.8K followers, 6578 engagements


"If I really said what I think it wouldnt be polite. I'll be simple: Were living through peak anti-intellectualism. People reject science with the same confidence that Puritans screamed about witches. Different century. Same fear. Science didnt fail you. You abandoned it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1993810285266915356)  2025-11-26T22:33Z 45.8K followers, 163.6K engagements


"Name me something chemical free"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1994895083880010010)  2025-11-29T22:23Z 45.8K followers, 56.3K engagements


"People keep calling X a free speech platform. Its not. Its a propaganda delivery system. Most of what you see isnt debate - its disinformation and engineered noise designed to confuse and anger you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997273123004060146)  2025-12-06T11:53Z 45.8K followers, 293.7K engagements


"No Bill Gates isnt brainwashing anyone. But Xs algorithm does something just as harmful: it amplifies high-arousal misinformation and suppresses boring truths. Thats how normal people slide into conspiracy thinking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997525670382186831)  2025-12-07T04:36Z 45.8K followers, 39.7K engagements


"We cured polio. We wiped out smallpox. We built the modern world. And somehow the dumbest contagion of all became people rejecting science. History is going to laugh at this era"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997995297109086282)  2025-12-08T11:42Z 45.8K followers, 497.8K engagements


"Being wrong got renamed my opinion. Knowing the facts got renamed your bias. And thats exactly how a society talks itself into stupidity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998446895220269334)  2025-12-09T17:37Z 45.8K followers, 38K engagements


"Science didnt lose trust because experts lied. It lost trust because outrage-influencers taught people to treat every disagreement as a conspiracy. The problem isnt too much scientific honesty. Its too many people monetizing distrust"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998505727456063669)  2025-12-09T21:31Z 45.8K followers, 128.4K engagements


"When you walk into a grocery store today its easy to think that the fruits vegetables and grains you see are natural products of the Earth. But in reality most of what you eat has been carefully crafted by human hands over millennia"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1995468911857254615)  2025-12-01T12:23Z 45.7K followers, 15.2K engagements


"Conspiracy theorists create a world where they cant be wrong. Evidence doesnt matter because theyve already decided that disagreement = corruption"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1996512948752355712)  2025-12-04T09:32Z 45.7K followers, 7446 engagements


"Not even bacon makes them taste good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997202405994147942)  2025-12-06T07:12Z 45.7K followers, 7231 engagements


"@DrNeilStone Some countries will be better prepared than others"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997732749596299735)  2025-12-07T18:19Z 45.7K followers, 1820 engagements


"This double-bass video took XX years of practice. Science is the same. You cant gain expertise in an afternoon. Everyone has an opinion. But you wouldnt take music advice from someone whos never played a note. So why take science advice from someone whos never studied it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1994828536616714613)  2025-11-29T17:59Z 45.8K followers, 23.9K engagements


"Many people use Im just asking questions as a cover for spreading doubt but real scientific questioning isnt effortless it requires understanding honesty and actual data. If you dont bring evidence youre not challenging science. Youre just making noise"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1996612284651634752)  2025-12-04T16:07Z 45.8K followers, 5502 engagements


"Because of farming: Your shelves are full. Famines are rare. Your food is safe year-round. Farmers grow more on less land. A bad harvest no longer means hunger. We didnt beat scarcity by luck. We beat it because science works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1996930723660324978)  2025-12-05T13:12Z 45.8K followers, 7102 engagements


"Vaccines save lives. Why do so many people push anti-vaccine disinformation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997322104795013558)  2025-12-06T15:07Z 45.8K followers, 76.8K engagements


"Science and medicine doubled life expectancy over the last century"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997769276892000691)  2025-12-07T20:44Z 45.8K followers, 130.7K engagements


"Chemicals aren't the enemy. Its the reason billions of people have food medicine and clean water at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998784808168869943)  2025-12-10T16:00Z 45.8K followers, 11.2K engagements


"Chemophobia and PFAS panic arent separate problems. Theyre the same mindset wearing different costumes. Yes this will upset a few people. Stay with me. Chemophobia says: Chemicals are bad. Natural is good. No dose. No exposure. No context. Just vibes. Once that belief is in your head everything with a long name becomes a threat. Now enter PFAS. A huge diverse chemical family smashed into one scary slogan: forever chemicals. Instant fear. Instant virality. Zero nuance. And the public reacts the same way chemophobia trained them to react: Trace = toxic. Presence = danger. Correlation ="  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1995505934785732881)  2025-12-01T14:51Z 45.8K followers, 3696 engagements


"There is no evidence of any carcinogenic effect from the waves emitted by mobile phones relay antennas Wi-Fi boxes 5G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1996319743297360180)  2025-12-03T20:44Z 45.8K followers, 6433 engagements


"Everyone has an opinion about science. But not everyone put in the years it takes to master it. Just like music: You dont watch one tutorial and suddenly play Jingle Bells. You put in the hours. The mistakes. The repetition. Thats what expertise is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997782592360153101)  2025-12-07T21:37Z 45.8K followers, 9418 engagements


"I'm European. Thats why Im saying this bluntly: Dont break the EU. Make the movement of people ideas and innovation effortless. Fix the precautionary principle. Europe should lead the next wave of scientific progress instead of regulating itself into irrelevance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997961491211784526)  2025-12-08T09:28Z 45.8K followers, 10.9K engagements


"Goldenberries are delicious. The plants A nightmare. They grow tall wild unruly - great for the Andes terrible for modern farming. So researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute did something simple and brilliant: They used CRISPR to shrink the plant. And it worked. The new gene-edited goldenberries are XX% shorter compact easy to harvest and no longer need crazy amounts of staking or trellising. Same tropical flavor. Same nutrition. Now actually farmable. This is what smart plant science looks like. A crop thats been wild for centuries suddenly becomes commercially viable - not by luck but"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997980710196425023)  2025-12-08T10:44Z 45.8K followers, 3987 engagements


"@billcreata Yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998330022851928308)  2025-12-09T09:52Z 45.8K followers, XXX engagements


"@HumaneScum On which criteria will you decide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998722556837191929)  2025-12-10T11:52Z 45.8K followers, XX engagements


"Im Simon - a chemist who believes science should be clear human and evidence-based. I debunk bad science explain complex topics simply and push back against fear-based narratives. If you want reality over panic and clarity over noise - youre in the right place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998044357723828396)  2025-12-08T14:57Z 45.8K followers, 12.6K engagements


"This is amazing - a periodic table showing every element and how its used. Chemistry really is everywhere. 🔬✨ Whats your favorite element"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1981281777584132371)  2025-10-23T08:49Z 45.8K followers, 1.9M engagements


"Im not a bot. Im a chemist. Im a human with a PhD trying to talk about science. My goal is simple make people smarter not angrier. Science explained clearly. If youre human too drop a Hi so I know Im not shouting into the botnet"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1990724180807913614)  2025-11-18T10:10Z 45.8K followers, 863.7K engagements


"@nntaleb How did you discover my secret identity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997360680559612313)  2025-12-06T17:41Z 45.8K followers, 10K engagements


"When the EU fined Musk the entire online ecosystem lit up - right-wing influencers Kremlin-aligned accounts podcasters grifters and bot networks. Not coincidence. A coordinated narrative machine"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997722393285218625)  2025-12-07T17:38Z 45.8K followers, 107.3K engagements


"Chemistry denial. A new era of stupid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997751798614896829)  2025-12-07T19:35Z 45.8K followers, 82.2K engagements


"This is the reflex every time: If a scientist works for a company the science must be corrupt. Its a lazy shortcut that writes off entire fields of evidence. It turns industry into an excuse to ignore data. And its how the anti-science crowd think"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998105851924750724)  2025-12-08T19:02Z 45.8K followers, 14.4K engagements


"Science didnt lose trust because scientists hid the truth. It lost trust because loud voices turned every disagreement into a conspiracy. The fix isnt attacking researchers - its evidence transparency and ending the industrial production of fear and doubt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998288063458365848)  2025-12-09T07:06Z 45.8K followers, 158.9K engagements


"@MansomeStranger Yes. XX% of the replies are from bots"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998395640858952086)  2025-12-09T14:13Z 45.8K followers, 7826 engagements


"@bradadey @P_McCulloughMD @DrJBhattacharya @GVDBossche You literally proved my point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998518985575616979)  2025-12-09T22:23Z 45.8K followers, 2797 engagements


"@kylben That sort of things only happens in America"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998774387193876809)  2025-12-10T15:18Z 45.8K followers, XXX engagements


"Because of science: Your mother survived childbirth. You never got polio. Youve never seen smallpox. Your friend with type X diabetes is alive. That infection you had Antibiotics cured it. We dont live longer because of luck. We live longer because science works"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1996545541409526050)  2025-12-04T11:42Z 45.8K followers, 256.4K engagements


"The problem with do your own research is that most people arent doing research - theyre going confirmation shopping. Experts get things wrong. But non-experts They get lost before theyve even found a real data point"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997559263997329886)  2025-12-07T06:50Z 45.8K followers, 67.5K engagements


"Science is advancing incredibly fast while public ignorance misinformation and anti-science sentiment are also growing - but in the opposite direction. If science keeps advancing but society doesnt understand it well invent miracles were too afraid to use"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1997940295384945128)  2025-12-08T08:04Z 45.8K followers, 5970 engagements


"A 25-year-old review paper just got retracted and instantly some people tried to spin it into a story that doesnt exist. When youre desperate for a narrative anything becomes proof - even editorial housekeeping. Here are the facts: Glyphosate is the most extensively studied herbicide of the past XX years. Thousands of studies have evaluated its safety. And the vast majority had no Monsanto involvement. Every major regulatory body - EFSA ECHA EPA PMRA WHO/FAO - has reached the same conclusion: Glyphosate can be used safely as directed and is not carcinogenic. The retracted Williams et al."  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998013282423078941)  2025-12-08T12:54Z 45.8K followers, 35.8K engagements


"Science is advancing faster than ever while ignorance misinformation and anti-science attitudes are accelerating in the opposite direction. Ignore that gap and we get the worst outcome: all the risks of ignorance none of the benefits of progress"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998329029745684956)  2025-12-09T09:49Z 45.8K followers, 5143 engagements


"Credit where its due: anti-vax influencers never quit. Fear pays better than facts. But the science is clear and the whole world sees it except the people making money pretending not to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998370307615474144)  2025-12-09T12:33Z 45.8K followers, 6911 engagements


"Hi Im Simon a PhD chemist. Im here for one reason. To help people fall in love with science again. Not with jargon but with evidence that science saves lives feeds the world and builds our future. If you want clarity in a world of noise say Hi youre in the right place"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998401883749114360)  2025-12-09T14:38Z 45.8K followers, 27.6K engagements


"Misinformation doesnt win with evidence. It wins with repetition. By repeating a lie until it feels true people mistake familiarity for facts. Chemtrails didnt need proof Anti-vax myths didnt need data Flat Earth didnt win with physics GMO panic wasnt built by toxicology"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998632119086756201)  2025-12-10T05:53Z 45.8K followers, 18.2K engagements


"Almost everything you eat has been genetically modified - just not in the way people imagine. It didnt start in high-tech labs. It started 10000 years ago with farmers choosing the plants that grew best. This timeline shows how far weve come: the sequencing of major crop genomes from tiny Arabidopsis to the massive wheat genome. Each new sequence helps scientists understand how plants work - why they yield more resist pests taste better or handle heat and drought. The more genomes we decode the more precisely we can improve crops. This is the real story of modern food: science replacing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998677011334623590)  2025-12-10T08:51Z 45.8K followers, 16.5K engagements


"@LBC What happened to free speech"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1998771101271470481)  2025-12-10T15:05Z 45.8K followers, 23.1K engagements


"People assumed open platforms would elevate truth. They didnt. Algorithms boosted outrage instead. Facts get buried under waves of profitable lies and conspiracies. The issue isnt free speech. The issue is the business model"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1999080741272186926)  2025-12-11T11:36Z 45.8K followers, 14.8K engagements


"Causation first needs correlation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/simonmaechling/status/1999088841383461013)  2025-12-11T12:08Z 45.8K followers, 3439 engagements