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  • Zozano@aussie.zonetoScience Memes@mander.xyzProtons
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    6 months ago

    Wanda, I wish I had an extra inch

    noo timmy, you’re still a child, why are you already so concerned with how others perceive you??!

    Cosmo, I want a flashlight so bright I can see inside a black hole.

    LOL here you go. Want me to teleport you to the event horizon for testing?


  • Zozano@aussie.zonetoScience Memes@mander.xyzProtons
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    6 months ago

    Technically not. There are habits, which are mental, and then there are chemical addictions.

    Regardless, you could simply wish for crack to magically appear in everyone’s blood stream in a constant pace for the next week, then turn it off suddenly, and watch everyone (except the crackheads with a stash) go through hell together.






  • Zozano@aussie.zonetoScience Memes@mander.xyzBig Science
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    6 months ago

    The part which annoys me is about intentions.

    Sure, lobby groups do pay off some people with a PhD to lie for them (Patrick Moore), that’s not up for debate.

    But to imply that this is the norm is just ignorant of how research is conducted.

    Most scientists are either employed by a company, working towards a very specific, non contentious goal (like developing cold fusion), or are involved in research at a university, paid for in grants by their government to research whatever has been approved as worthy of investigation.

    Nobody is pressuring these researchers to find evidence to support any particular agenda, the chips land where they fall. There’s no fat cat smoking a cigar telling the climate science team at their local university that they need to find more evidence to crash the petrol stocks so they can sell more solar panels.





  • Epistemology should be taught in primary school.

    I mean that unironically. Learning about simple principles like non-contradiction and logical fallacies can help inoculate against so much bullshit.

    With AI distorting the internet in every capacity, virtually everyone needs a new norm for evaluating whether their knowledge can be justified.