Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Science blinders, even on the smartest people in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 hour, 29 minutes agoPopeBeanie:
I get the connection you’re making, but really, is there more than just the name to discredit good science in a different discipline?
I’ll take as a win, the fact that we agree about Musk.
I should be more clear: I am all for vaccines as a life-saving technology. I think they should be available over-the-counter in Epi-Pens, eve…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Science blinders, even on the smartest people in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 5 hours, 53 minutes agoI get the connection you’re making, but really, is there more than just the name to discredit good science in a different discipline?
I’ll take as a win, the fact that we agree about Musk.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Science blinders, even on the smartest people in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 10 hours, 43 minutes agoPopeBeanie:
Musk is out of his depth on vaccines (and probably on rocketry too, judging from how he like to blow shit up on his laugh pads)…
But just gotta say, Germany isn’t helping it’s case by naming it’s vaccine regulator the Paul Ehrlich Institute, if this is the same one who wrote The Population Bomb which held that we humans reached…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Science blinders, even on the smartest people in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 19 hours, 38 minutes agoMusk has blinders on like other groups he promotes on X who have trouble separating facts from conspiracy theories. I first realized this when he completely misunderstood and discounted how rapid Covid tests work, and what can cause false positives or negatives. He ranted against them, before many people learned how crucial they would become. Now…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Thank Gaia for GMOs! in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 day, 1 hour agoPopeBeanie:
That should be Thank Gregor Mendel, Norman Borlaug, and Genentech for GMOs. Gaia née Earth just unconsciously provided the raw materials.
And the most important reason for thanks is The Green Revolution that saved a billion humans from starvation. This helps people cope with reality without psychotropic drugs.
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PopeBeanie started the topic Thank Gaia for GMOs! in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 week, 6 days ago(And thank Reg for “turning me on” to 404.)
Source link in science.org:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aeb3034?ref=404media.co -
Unseen replied to the topic Physics Girl is back!! in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 month, 1 week agoI’m so glad she has recovered enough to post again. She was one of my favorites back when she was posting regularly.
It looks like the disease took its toll. One hopes she will bloom back into a full recovery in coming months.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Physics Girl is back!! in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 month, 1 week agoPopeBeanie:
It would be kinda hard for Japanese tourists to carry a Super-Kamiokande while visiting Disney. 😉😁
Seriously, that was a ton of new learning in 8 minutes. They never taught in public school that light has different speeds going through different media. Not to mention that public schools teach little about subatomic particles other…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Physics Girl is back!! in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 month, 1 week agoShe suffered from long covid sooo badly, for sooo long, I couldn’t believe she’d be so great again. Here she is, from bed, but excited, cogent, and a source of scientific knowledge and enthusiasm again! (I was tearing up.)
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Fairly Random Tidbits in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 7 months, 3 weeks agoClear evidence, in only 18 seconds, that free will does not exist.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Gain of Function research in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 months agoTheEncogitationer wrote:
Another thought on this: If they’re killed off fast enough, the bacteria aren’t around to evolve.Yes, absolutely. Just a side-note, elsewhere in that video they were also discussing how to terminate pathogens with a “cocktail” approach, which is applying more than one treatment at once in order to kill faster, lea…[Read more]
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Gain of Function research in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 months agoPopeBeanie,
Another thought on this: If they’re killed off fast enough, the bacteria aren’t around to evolve.
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TheEncogitationer replied to the topic Gain of Function research in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 months agoPopeBeanie,
I realized this while watching this awesome episode on bacteria phages, which are viruses that prey only on bacteria. I start the hour long episode more than halfway in, and it’s not important to watch any further than their discussion on gain of function:
Wait…Don’t watch all of a video about a medical regimen that has to be c…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Gain of Function research in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 8 months agoI just watched a Matters Microbial episode on MicrobeTV, which for me, added an enlightening perspective on gain of function research.
Antibiotic over-prescriptions are already proven to be a dangerous way to cause pathogenic bacteria to evolve resistance to treatments. Some doctors still prescribe them for “just in case” scenarios, and patients…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Geology in the forum
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 1 year, 3 months agoThis is about some new things learned from the Jan 2022 Tonga eruption.
10 minutes long, followed by 1-1/2 minutes of credits:
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_Robert_ posted an update in the group
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 2 years, 9 months agoStrega, You Keepin Yer Feets Dry, Heck of a flood up there?
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ysumlin posted an update in the group
Science — the kind that requires evidence and reason. 3 years, 11 months ago - Load More