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SapphironZA, to science_memes in Kid's going places

The tragedy is that studies like this still get funding over actually relevant research.

maeries,

Damn, all those like … 10$ that could have been used somewhere else

Vorticity,

Something tells me that you don’t work in science. The process for getting science funding isn’t simple and weeds out useless studies pretty quickly. On average, calls for proposals have about a 15% success rate. So, 15 in every 100 proposals get funded. They are funded after being vetted for usefulness, feasibility, novelty, cost, and other factors.

Since studies are well-vetted before getting funded, studies that sound like they’re simple or useless based on headlines normally make a lot of sense when you read the research results.

psud,

Some of the odd studies were simply cheap, and are, in fact useless

gibmiser, to science_memes in Hypnotism-Administered Placebo Treatment for Susceptible Populations Suffering from Existential Dread

For anyone else who did not initially realize this was satire

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fossilesque,
@fossilesque@mander.xyz avatar

Listen the Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology is highly regarded.

Dasnap, to science_memes in #science
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I’ve been saying this for years but everyone just called me a quack.

Lemminary, (edited )

Well, you’re literally a talking duck, Dasquack 🦆

supercriticalcheese, to science_memes in Biochem

Hmm object to the average chemical engineering work. We are mostly fancy plumbers, so we end up just sizing pipes and piping systems a lot .

Omega_Haxors, (edited ) to science_memes in Magic π

Memory Masters destroying the last of their childhood memories so they can add another 80,000 digits of pi to their mind palace.

contextMemory Mastery is a technique where you force your brain to remember random information by formatting it in a certain way, some people have gone on to use this trick to memorize millions of digits of pi. A study recently came out confirming that every time you make a new memory it destroys an old one, so every time someone makes a “memory palace” it comes at the cost of older memories, such as in childhood.

hanke,

You wouldn’t happen to have that study close at hand?

I often nerd into new hobbies and learn new stuff. I also don’t feel like I remember as much of my early childhood as people around me does.

I have no idéa if this is what’s happening to me, but it’d be interesting to read about.

Omega_Haxors, (edited )

Sorry couldn’t find it and google is being as fucking useless as always 😔

EDIT: Found it, it was a youtube video youtu.be/diyoTo3Co08

exocrinous,

A study recently came out confirming that every time you make a new memory it destroys an old one

If that was true, babies would forget their first memory every time they remember their second memory. There’s no way it’s true. It might be partly true, but it can’t be completely true.

Omega_Haxors, (edited )

Well the way memory works is that it allocates certain clusters of neurons to storing information. When you’re young there’s a lot of blank space that you can store stuff in but as you get older you start having to pick and choose as more and more brain space gets taken up.

Here’s a cool video on the subject: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5trRLX7PQY Fun fact: because of how memories are formed in chains you can tell if you’re on the precipice of forgetting something if you try to recall it and you start trailing into another memory. You can experience this for yourself by trying to recall the beat of an old song and note when it starts morphing into the beat of a newer song. It’s also worth noting that every time you recall a memory you destroy the original and rewrite it, bringing it back to the top. That little asshole is like 90% of the reason why our memories suck so much shit and are so prone to outside manipulation.

metaStatic, to science_memes in BIG GEOLOGY

They've played us for absolute fools

Wogi,

This is such bullshit. You can’t drink lava.

It’s really more like a soft taffy. You eat it. I eat lava all the time and I’m FINE. eat the lava kids

x4740N, to science_memes in It's a new era.
@x4740N@lemmy.world avatar

Isn’t it “cheques”

vind,
@vind@lemmy.world avatar

It’s checks in American English.

Mr_Blott,

That’s true.

“God, do they still use those? I haven’t seen a cheque in 20 years”

Cheques out

Aurenkin, (edited )

That checks out, once you check that task off I’ll send your check, just make sure you check it before depositing it.

EDIT: ChatGPT did a better job at this than I did.

In a game of chess, the king was in check, so the player paused to check his phone, where he received a check for his latest freelance project, after which he decided to check off his to-do list and check his coat at the restaurant’s check-in counter.

psud,

It seems to be fair to use the American spelling, as everyone else doesn’t use them.

threelonmusketeers, to science_memes in Shame.

“I can’t survive above 38.0 C for very long as well.”

OP must be weak. I had a fever above 38.0 °C for over a week once. Finally went to the hospital and my fever was gone by the time I arrived. Our bodies do some weird sh*t sometimes.

BanjoShepard, to science_memes in It's just science.

Has anyone run them through HotDogNotHotDog app analysis? Maybe they’re not just nature’s hotdogs, and we’re missing out.

Omega_Haxors, (edited ) to science_memes in i <3 statistics

Trees are actually oxygen neutral for most of their lives, their main purpose is in sequestering carbon.

DeterminedBauhinia, to science_memes in Zoology :)
Turun, to science_memes in Me too

Shout-out to the PDF reader evince, which shows a preview of the linked part when hovering the link!

Especially useful for hyperlinked images and tables.

some_guy, to science_memes in Me too

HIPERLINKED

lukini,
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ACESS

zifnab25, to science_memes in high rise

This Kind Of Smart, Walkable, Mixed-use Urbanism Is Illegal To Build In Most American Cities

Sabre363, to science_memes in Let's meet those headlines

I petition that henceforth all words be pronounced in the spirit of Greek heroes

DarkDarkHouse,
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All hail the great Johncles

Kolanaki,
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“My testicles itch.”

Threeme2189,

All hail the mighty Testicules!

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