Come on, people. This level of punning usually leads to a whole thread.
Look, we conspiracy theorists are just thirsty for knowledge. We don’t want it watered down. Our voices will never be drowned out! Truth will precipitate from the clouds of scientific distortion!
Creativity deserves reward.
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Perfect comment for the topic.
re: How to simulate a moon landing in your kitchen
I knew it! I faked the moon landing! It was me all along!
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You may have saved the thread with this highlight.
Basically you’re seeking someone with clandestine access to a skinny person’s toilet. A stool pigeon.
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Not sure how this crosslinking works, but this:
That’s a sickness of our times - the fact that studying something should be done for private profit (immediate or delayed) rather than for the hell of it. Universities have been morphed, by the recruitment industry, into work training - a role they fulfil very badly and at tremendous expense for our societies. This is the root of all illnesses, this association between degrees and salaries, something completely arbitrary that perverts universities, damages research, and unloads the cost of employee training on society at large.
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This doesn’t need more likes, this needs All The Likes. (Sir David is not the best example, IMO - he is a communicator and a naturalist. I wouldn’t say he’s a scientist - but then, he has contributed more to science than me, and I was a scientist by profession until recently…)
IDK, I think scientists have always inclined towards patronising the general public. You get the occasional gifted communicator like Carl Sagan or David Attenborough, but more often scientists assume lay people won’t listen to detailed arguments, and need stuff dumbed down to the point where it sounds like religious dogma. And in fairness, that is broadly true.
Suppose you want people to make scientifically informed choices about vaccinating their kids. Ideally you would say “here’s the avai…
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Aww. Shucks. kicks the dirt
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